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DVD Pick of the Week: May 15, 2007

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American Dad! - Volume 2 courtesy 20th Century Fox
Wow, March 15 is loaded with Warner releases! They have ER Season 7, The War at Home Season 1, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Volume 6, Tom and Jerry Tales Volume 2, and Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection, which aired as part of Tom and Jerry. That's five releases on one day!

All right, time to get right to it: American Dad Volume 2 is my pick of the week for May 15. I'll admit that I'm not a big fan of this show, but the DVDs are pretty good. I prefer Family Guy over American Dad; I just feel that AD is too similar to FG, and I prefer Peter over Stan. The set includes commentary on every episode, plus three featurettes and "Multi-angle Scene Studies" on selected episodes.

Other noteworthy releases coming next week: Banacek Season 1 from Hart Sharp and TV Guide, Frasier Season 9, Home Improvement Season 6, Martin Season 2, The Rockford Files Season 4, and Wings Season 4.

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Posted by Gord Lacey
May 9, 2007 1:55 PM
I know I am in the severe minority on this but I much prefer American Dad to Family Guy. I just can't take all the endless "flashback" jokes that FG utilizes that have nothing to do with the "plot" and that South Park lampooned so brilliantly I that classic two-parter a couple of seasons back where cartman tried to get FG taken off the air.

And it just amazes me that there are people out there who will buy shows like The War at Home on DVD and yet they won't release full seasons of The Larry Sanders Show because the first season didn't seel well enough.
Posted by Buffy Freak
May 10, 2007 9:34 AM
Droopy is the best for me. I hear tell that it is uncut as previously censored material is now intact! Unfortunately 4 suffer from DVNR. To those possibly holding out hope for a Tex Avery complete MGM Collection, please buy this as good sales here will allow for that to happen. Also, the Lah Droopy shorts would not be included in such an Avery set.

I gotta get Banacek and I am interested in Rockford Files, Coach, Wings and Pup Named Scooby-Doo but have yet to begin collecting any of them. Any chance of Warner collecting all volumes of Pup Named Scooby-Doo into one set?
Posted by TheBradfordCurse
May 11, 2007 11:35 AM
One of the shows missing off your list that I've been waiting to come out on May 15th is the Red Green Show 1998 Season Box Set. It's a hilarious show.
Posted by shazam06
May 11, 2007 11:47 AM
|sf>While I'll agree that the Red Green Show is a worthy candidate, fifteen seasons would be a large number of box sets.

I'll go with the Droopy set as the one I think is the best for the week. Granted, it's a little light on features, but the shorts are classics with a serious replay value.

I'm also very glad that Warner Brothers decided to separate Droopy from the rest of the Tex Avery cartoons. In the Laserdisc box set, the Droopy cartoons were shuffled within the others. If you were in the mood to just see Droopy, you had to skip around a bit.

The other DVD releases my household plans to buy or pre-order for Tuesday will be the Tom and Jerry Tales volume 2 and A Pup Named Scooby Doo volume 6.
Posted by safarisuz
May 12, 2007 3:17 PM
Don't forget the Ratings smash "MASH: Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" will be released in its own package along with the controversial special features discs that were originally released with the "Martinis and Medicine Collection".
Posted by swamprat75
May 14, 2007 8:01 PM
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