Which long running 50s sitcom would you most like to see get a complete release? (1 Viewer)

[Neil Brock]

December Bride

Make Room for Daddy / The Danny Thomas Show

Burns and Allen

Love That Bob

Bachelor Father

Private Secretary

Jack Benny Program

Life of Riley

The Gale Storm Show (Oh Susannah)

My Little Margie

 

[Gary OS]

Your poll system only allowed for one vote, so I went with Bachelor Father as my top choice. I'd of course get most of them if released.

 

[Dave Lawrence]

While I’d definitely like to see complete releases of MRFD and Private Secretary (along with The Ann Sothern Show), my most wanted 50s sitcom is Burns & Allen. I would hope that this imagined complete series set would also include the one season after Gracie retired and it was renamed The George Burns Show.

For a 50s drama complete series set, my top pick/wish is Dragnet.

 

[Capt D McMars]

A restored Mr Peppers with Wally Cox & Tony Randell.

 

[jayembee]

Burns and Allen for me, followed by Life of Riley.

 

[MartinP.]

The Jack Benny Program's the one I want the most.

 

[BobO'Link]

Tough choices - Burns & Allen is pretty much neck-and-neck with The Jack Benny Program for me but I went with B&A. Even so, I'd purchase any of those on the list should they see release.

 

[Peter M Fitzgerald]

Many fine choices offered in the poll, but I had to go with The Jack Benny Program. It's a culture crime that it has been relegated to some public domain collections and the licensed Shout Factory set (which I'm happy to have) of a handful of episodes + some later specials.

 

[timk1041]

Your poll system only allowed for one vote, so I went with Bachelor Father as my top choice. I'd of course get most of them if released.

My top choice too. I like Danny Thomas as well but at least a few seasons were released on video. Bachelor Father never has had any commercial release.

 

[Gary OS]

My top choice too. I like Danny Thomas as well but at least a few seasons were released on video. Bachelor Father never has had any commercial release.

And that was a huge reason for my pick. Jack Benny, MRFD, Burns & Allen and others listed have had releases of some kind. But Bachelor Father hasn’t had any kind of release. Not a “Best Of” set. Not even a PD release from Alpha or any other outfit. It is truly MIA when it comes to Home Video.


Gary “plus it’s just a great, but somewhat forgotten, 50’s sitcom” O.

 

[Jack P]

I have good boot sets of both Jack Benny and Burns and Allen. I would vote for Jack Benny only on condition that the filmed shows must have their integrated commercial spots restored since they often involved funny scenes.

Burns And Allen would have to have the integrated Carnation/B.F. Goodrich spots that were left intact on the Columbia House VHS releases of Season 3 and early Season 4 (the first filmed seasons).

 

[Neil Brock]

I would have to go with Jack Benny, since the majority of the series was done either live or videotaped, although those tapes are all burned up in the Universal fire and only kinescopes of those episodes remain. But even if you take into account the PD releases, almost of half of the series remains unavailable.

 

[Bert Greene]

A very hard choice. Very, very hard. Because I'd really welcome them all.

But if I had to truly limit myself to one title, I'd go with "Life of Riley."

 

[Sky King]

Hi All,

As much as I like Jack Benny,
I’d rather see The Bob Cummings Show complete with the original commercials.
Second choice would be Bachelor Father.
Two largely forgotten and underrated shows whose comedy still holds up today.

John

 

[Matt Hough]

The poll is the Sophie's Choice of Home Theater Forum! I drove myself nearly crazy trying to decide from such appealing selections (frankly, I'd take any of them and be thrilled). I went with December Bride, but I can understand why The Jack Benny Program is currently in the lead.

 

[Gary OS]

A very hard choice. Very, very hard. Because I'd really welcome them all. But if I had to truly limit myself to one title, I'd go with "Life of Riley."

That's my 2nd choice, Bert. Life of Riley (the one starring William Bendix, not Jackie Gleason) has also been all but MIA since the beginning of Home Video.

I'm shocked that thus far my choice of Bachelor Father is holding its own. At the outset I've have predicted the following order from this poll:

Jack Benny
Burns & Allen
MRFD
Love That Bob
My Little Margie or December Bride
Bachelor Father
Gale Storm Show
Life of Riley
Private Secretary

Note: That would NOT be my order choice. Just what I expected from the HTF crew.

My desired order would start with these 3 for sure:

Bachelor Father
Life of Riley
The Jack Benny Show


Gary "everything after that is negotiable" O.

 

[Lecagr]

December Bride would be my choice, although Jack Benny, Burns & Allen, and Bachelor Father are also worthy qualifiers.

 

[Josh Steinberg]

I’m not very familiar with the majority of these but I would happily take a release as an excuse to give them a try.

 

[potnoodle]

I would agree with Jack Benny Show getting a more complete release but there are a substantial number of episodes already available, so my choice went to Private Secretary as there are so few episodes out there from that show and Ann Sothern is a favorite of mine.

 

[jdee28]

It would be nice to see the rest of Our Miss Brooks. It has been remastered, so there are HD transfers that can be put on disc.