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36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
I added this to my basket on 28th May 2006 and since then it's release has been delayed many times. Now, just 1 month before it's latest release date there's still no information as to just what this is going to contain... is it the first series, series 1-part 1, selected episodes... what? You'd think that after more than a year of waiting Amazon would be able to provide something more than an ever changing release date.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Due to the high cost of securing music rights, the distributors of "The Wonder Years" and artists whose music appeared on the show have yet to come to an agreement. Original music rights agreements were negotiated before the widespread use of DVDs, thus the rights to use the music never extended beyond the original airings and syndication. Several television shows that have relied heavily on external music sources, most notably "WKRP in Cincinnati" and "The Wonder Years" therefore run into a problem, since the original agreements never included home video or DVD rights, thus the rights to each song must be renegotiated in order for the song to be included on the DVD. This can be very expensive, and can take many years. For example, the first season DVD of "WKRP in Cincinnati" released in 2007 omitted most of the original music in the soundtrack, since agreements could not be reached with many of the record companies. Therefore, music heard in the original airings and syndication was removed in favor of "generic" music, for which royalties are not due. For a show like "The Wonder Years," in which the original music is an essential part of the structure of each episode, music rights would have to be secured for each episode for each season, since using generic music would ruin the structure of the storytelling. The cost would likely run into the millions of dollars to secure tracks from "The Beatles" and other high-profile artists, which would cut into the profit margin of the DVD sales. This would reduce the profit margin significantly, thereby reducing the liklihood that a comprehensive DVD set would ever be released.
To date, there have been two 'best-of' DVD sets for "The Wonder Years" They are: "The Best of The Wonder Years: July 24, 1999" (1 Disc-2 episode set) and "The Christmas Wonder Years: July 24, 1999" (1 Disc-2 episode set). However, they are quite expensive and do not contain the original music.
To date, there have been two 'best-of' DVD sets for "The Wonder Years" They are: "The Best of The Wonder Years: July 24, 1999" (1 Disc-2 episode set) and "The Christmas Wonder Years: July 24, 1999" (1 Disc-2 episode set). However, they are quite expensive and do not contain the original music.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
It is a great show but all this waiting is appaling. Amazon will not even give a release date. Please release it! It is the best show in the world. Could we get an update on what is happening?It would be a shame not to release this wonderful show on DVD
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Why not look over the pond?
I'm lost as to what the problem is ? I simply typed "Wonder Years, Entire all episodes" into Google. Read more
Published on 26 May 2008 by Cowboydom
Not coming out any time soon
The release date of 2020 is there only so that Amazon can list this item, ready for when - if - it ever comes out. Read more
Published on 21 April 2008 by Miss Annie Marriott
Why its not on DVD yet
The reason this fabulous tv show has never been released is because of copyright. The music that is featured throughout the series is from artists like the beatles, the stones,... Read more
Published on 30 Mar 2008 by David J. Williams
It's great
I've got every episode of the wonder years and watch it all the time, and its every bit as good as i remember it being, if not better
Published on 30 Mar 2008 by Mr. J. P. Daniel
Wonder years....... Twilight years
Having ordered this some time ago expecting shipment in 24 hours!!!!! I now look forward to my retirement when I can enjoy this DVD. Read more
Published on 6 Dec 2007 by Mr. J. STEPHENS
finally.....
Outstanding news! All good things are worth waiting for. Only 12 years and 35 days to go. I am so happy I could just scream.
Published on 26 Nov 2007 by Mr. R. C. Sorensen
Delays, delays, delays
It might have something to do with music rights issues.
The Northern Exposure DVDs, of course, have been wrecked by corporate America's unwillingness to either pony up... Read more
The Northern Exposure DVDs, of course, have been wrecked by corporate America's unwillingness to either pony up... Read more
Published on 20 Nov 2007 by Ronald G. Helfrich Jnr
No Plans for Release
I contacted 20th Century Fox, who own the rights to The Wonder Years, and asked if they had any plans to release the series on DVD. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 2007 by Mr. S. M. Jennings
Kevin hitting 68 in 2020!!
I hope that someday this magic series will be put fully onto dvd, i heard somewhere that there is a prob. with doing this because of legal issues with the soundtrack.. Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2007 by G. O'connor
Is this a joke?!!!!
Like every other reviewer here, I added this to my basket in 2006, and have been given about 10 different release dates since then... and now 2020? Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2007 by W. Norie
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