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Thanks, I’d forgotten about that one. There’s also a Season 3 B.B. King song that went missing, “The Thrill is Gone”, in the episode “Hello, Buckwheat”.

Can you please check and see what the missing song in Season 1, Episode 10 is (“No One Gets Out of Here Alive”), during the scene around the 7:30 mark when Aldo is driving the van and singing along to a song? I vaguely remember it in the network and syndicated versions, but it’s been MIA on all...

After letting 6 months pass since my purchase of VEI’S WISEGUY DVD set, I finally broke down and bought their Blu-ray release, and after having sampled a number of the episodes and compared them to their DVD counterparts, I can comfortably say that this set is worth the upgrade for die-hard fans...

Nice job on the covers! How is the quality of the blu-ray transfers? Are they merely upconverts of the same SD transfers from the DVDs, or do they look much better? Trying to decide if I want this on my Christmas list, or if I should just stick with the recent DVD set.

Any brave souls have early reviews or thoughts about the new Blu-ray set, and how it compares to prior DVD releases and transfers? I’ll probably take the plunge if I see enough recommendations saying it’s worth the upgrade.

In addition to these songs, there are at least 2 more instances of music replacement including Depeche Mode and Walk the Moon. The only thing the VEI set has going for it is the inclusion of the Dead Dog Records episodes.

I’m curious if these are the exact same transfers as those used for the DVDs. If so, and I suspect they probably are, I’m curious how the last couple seasons will look in HD, considering they were originally shot on film but edited on SD video. They were supposedly remastered almost 20 years...

I’ll give my Studioworks discs a spin tomorrow and see if they still work. I ripped them to mp4s to stream on my Apple TV devices a few years ago (so that I no longer need to use the discs), and had no problems reading the discs at the time. Maybe they’ve deteriorated since?

I was comparing the 95 minute Studioworks version of the pilot to the VEI 2-part version, and it looks like Part 1 ends when the cops pull over Vinnie and Tony Greco, and a stenciled “To Be Continued” appears, followed by a new end credits sequence that’s different from the extended version...

Yes, those are the volume “titles” that each was released under between 2003-2005. Ventura Distribution owned the Studioworks Entertainment DVD label.

Thanks, I had forgotten about “Hit the Road, Jack”! You are correct, the Studioworks volume had the pilot in its original format, running about 95 minutes. The liner notes incorrectly state that it’s in 2 parts.

To have the most complete home video version, you are correct. It’s the VEI set combined with a Studioworks or Mill Creek copy of “No One Gets Out of Here Alive”. From a PQ standpoint, all 3 releases are roughly the same (likely using the same transfers that Cannell Productions provided, music...

A few more observations about the new VEI set: Season 3, Episode 7 (“People Do It All the Time”) is included in this set. It was previously included in the Studioworks set as a bonus episode, however it was NOT included in the Mill Creek 67-episode set for reasons unknown. Therefore, this VEI...

I think it’s worth it as well in order to have all of the episodes finally, after almost 20 years of DVD releases excluding Dead Dog. Save the Steelgrave episode though from the prior set! I’m guessing that they spent the extra money on the Dead Dog songs at the expense of “Good Lovin”. (I...

My WISEGUY set from VEI arrived today. Here are my initial observations based upon a brief glance at a few of the discs: “Good Lovin’ ” is now gone (was featured in the previous DVD releases), and that whole jukebox music scene has been removed from the song’s start up to the song’s end...

The VEI set has an Amazon listing (currently showing as unavailable) that mentions the Dead Dog Records arc is included, and features rear box art. VEI has also updated their website listing to specifically mention that it includes Dead Dog. Now the question is will it have “Nights in White...

One last bit of news for now: FilmRise, who currently has streaming rights to the Cannell library, has the Dead Dog Records arc included on their Wiseguy channel on YouTube. They added them back in November apparently. Here’s the link to the “Dead Dog Lives” episode: Unfortunately, their...

One other peculiar item on the webpage: it lists a total running time of 73 hours and 23 minutes. This is very specific, but doesn’t make a lot of sense in hindsight. There were 75 episodes produced (technically 73, as the pilot and the season 4 premiere were originally telecast as 2-hour...

I’m happy to be the canary in the coal mine on this one, though if VEI ends up being wrong, it’ll be the last thing I ever buy from them. It‘s shipping from Canada, so I did standard rate (the prices for 2-day and 1-day were more than the set cost), so I have no clue when to expect it to arrive.

VEI’s upcoming WISEGUY DVD release mentions on their website and their email blasts that it includes all 75 episodes. Given that previous releases dating back almost 20 years had music replacement and were missing the “Dead Dog Records” storyline, I was rather skeptical of this announcement...