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Ernie Kovacs Collected!
We’re very pleased to be bringing television’s original genius into the 21st century with the 6-DVD box set titled The Ernie Kovacs Collection. The set contains over 13 hours of content, covering his brilliant—albeit short—career. All of his best-loved characters are present: the Nairobi Trio, Percy Dovetonsils, Eugene, the Kapusta Kid, Miklos Molnar, Uncle Gruesome, Matzoh Hepplewhite, Rock Mississippi, the Question Man and Dorf. Due out April 19, the set is sure to make fans happy and introduce a new generation to this comic legend. The celebration was kicked off this past weekend on what would have been Kovacs’s 92nd birthday. In his honor, fans ignited Twitter, Facebook, Myspace and his newly launched website by posting birthday remembrances and hash-tagging one of his signature phrases, “It’s Been Real” (#itsbeenreal) — thus officially bringing Ernie Kovacs into the modern age. Don’t forget to order the box set directly from Shout! Factory to get a bonus DVD featuring even more unreleased Kovacs material.
Gosh, Mr. Wilson — It’s A Dennis The Menace DVD!
The Beaver isn’t the only little ’50s tyke getting the DVD treatment. He’s soon to be in the company of that mischievous, slingshot-wielding comic strip icon Dennis The Menace. We’re releasing the classic first season of this beloved series in a 5-DVD box set. It includes all 32 original uncut episodes plus archival bonus content such as interviews with Jeannie Russell and Gloria Henry, original promos and an episode of The Donna Reed Show that featured guests Jay North as Dennis and Joseph Kearns as Mr. Wilson. The set hits streets on March 29.
ELP ’78 . . . Live!
Last year Emerson Lake & Palmer fans ecstatically received the 4-CD “best of the bootlegs” collection A Time And A Place. We decided that there must be more! And so there is. We went digging for other live sets and came across the original analog tapes of their much-traded legendary February 9, 1978, concert at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. The 2-CD Live At Nassau Coliseum ’78 will be available officially—for the first time ever, mind you—on February 22 and offers 17 stellar tracks, including the trio’s biggest hits from the ’70s. It’s another one not to be missed.
Good Things Come In Small Packages
Great news for all you fans of ’80s TV (we know who you are). Webster: Season One is finally available on DVD. It’s true — that cute little rascal and all his adventures are ready to be enjoyed once again. In fact, we find Webster so completely adorable that we put together a little something we like to call a “Cuteness Reel” which properly extols the level of cuteness one can achieve. The DVD is out on Tuesday. “Awww” over the reel today.
The (MST) World In Your Hands
We’re big fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000, much like many of you. And we like things in miniature. See: MST3K 20th Anniversary Edition with a mini Crow figurine, MST3K Volume XVI with a tiny Tom Servo and MST3K XIX with a diminutive Gypsy. Well, may we now unveil for you the MST3K stress ball, miniaturized for play with the aforementioned ’bots or to help you relieve tension. Your choice. It’s yours free of charge with purchase of MST3K Vol. XX exclusively at Shout! Factory. Order the box set and get the world in your hands (while supplies last). The box set is officially out on March 8.
While you’re there, check out the new single-DVD re-releases of the long-out-of-print MST3K classics Beginning Of The End and The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies, shipping February 15 and only available directly from Shout!. We’ll sweeten the pot even further: save $5 when you preorder both by using coupon code MST3K5OFF.
Freaks, Geeks & Coeds . . . In The Flesh!
The Paley Center for Media’s annual Paley Festival lineup was just announced. Each year the center programs a two-week-long set of panels featuring the talent behind the hottest TV shows currently airing. This year they’ve added in a Shoutastic panel, sponsored by Zune: a reunion featuring the casts and creators of Freaks And Geeks and Undeclared. Paley Center members get ticket-buying priority. You can get more information here. The fest is scheduled for March 4–17 at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills.
On The Road…
Shout! artists with current U.S. tour dates include Los Lobos, Richard Thompson, Jimmie Vaughan and Marshall Tucker Band.
This 'N' That
Remember when we told you that our new website was launching in January? April, erm, January Fools! Actually we’re taking a little extra time to fine-tune the experience. We’ll let you know when we’re ready . . . “soon” is the operative word!
The entire series of ReBoot – all 47 episodes plus special features on 9 DVDs – is now available in The Definitive Mainframe Edition. Order now, and while supplies last, you will receive a limited-edition 3D lenticular collectible postcard of Dot's Diner. This collectors' set offers 21 hours of your favorite show and includes enough extras to cause a meltdown. The box set will ship for a release date of March 1.
Congratulations to Richard Thompson. He has been named to the 2011 Honour’s List as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), capping off an amazing 2010 that included receiving a Grammy® nom for his recent release Dream Attic. Hail to the OBE!
We’re very pleased to see Ernest Borgnine receiving a Life Achievement Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards next week. We loved every minute of working with him for the McHale’s Navy releases and, at 93, he’s still working! Congratulations, Ernie! TCM pays homage to the legend on January 29 at 8 p.m. EST by airing a one-hour interview with host Robert Osborne and showing four of his outstanding movies: Marty (1955), Bad Day At Black Rock (1955), The Dirty Dozen (1967) and The Wild Bunch (1969).
If you missed our December late-night musical performances, fear not. They live on the Web. Click through to enjoy Los Lobos on The Tonight Show and on Conan, plus Jimmie Vaughan on Conan.
We love this new clip from the making of Marvel Knights: Black Panther — so much that we wanted to share it with you. Go behind-the-scenes with Djimon Hounsou, Kerry Washington, Alfre Woodard and Stan Lee as they made Black Panther. The DVD is released on January 18.
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