Mister Hepburn Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Might not be the best place for this, but I know several of you will be thrilled with this news! http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Maude-The-Complete-Series/20532 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 BEYOND thrilled! :HALKING: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 I really hope Bill Macy and Adrienne Barbeau do a media blitz to promote this like she did with Bea when Season 1 came out eons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted December 2, 2014 Report Share Posted December 2, 2014 Couldn't be more thrilled. Always did like Maude more than AITF. The cover art doesn't look too great. I'd rather have it be that nude painting of Bea from the '70s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mot Morenzi Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 This news had me through the roof! Shout seems to be the go-to place for Sony shows that don't make the cut. I hope the eventually acquire The Nanny if Mill Creek can't obtain seasons 4-6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Baxter Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Bliss! Finally we can watch all the fun as Bea deals with colorization Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted December 14, 2014 Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 Bliss! Finally we can watch all the fun as Bea deals with colorization Oh, I'm gonna like you Louise!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryCarter Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 Lots of details about the DVD release including two unaired episodes that will be included! https://www.shoutfactory.com/tv/comedy/maude-the-complete-series Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 This is great! I wonder why the episodes didn't air- it seems like that would be a waste of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Baxter Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 One can only hope that one of the unaired episodes shows us Maude posing for the infamous painting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreddieMertz Posted January 9, 2015 Report Share Posted January 9, 2015 God, I hope! LOL! P.S. Love ur profile pic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 Incredible that we've never heard of these unaired eps till now, over 40 years later! Can't wait to get a gander at 'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleRickyII Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 This is great! I wonder why the episodes didn't air- it seems like that would be a waste of money. Given that both of the episodes were eventually recast and reshot, my guess is that someone (Norman Lear or CBS, perhaps?) didn't like the result when they were originally taped and wanted a do-over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Just got an email saying my set had shipped! I'm more excited than Vivian after Maude got the obscene phone call!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Just got an email saying my set had shipped! I'm more excited than Vivian after Maude got the obscene phone call!! Well that's pretty excited and who can blame you??? Can't WAIT to hear all about the bonuses, particularly the reshot 2 eps! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperco Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 My set came in today. As usual, Shout! knocked it out of the park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted February 13, 2015 Report Share Posted February 13, 2015 My set came in today. As usual, Shout! knocked it out of the park. Is that your review???!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted February 20, 2015 Report Share Posted February 20, 2015 I had to treat myself to this awesomeness when it popped up today at Rue's estate sale website: I love the suitably Democrat inscription on the back: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted February 27, 2015 Report Share Posted February 27, 2015 This set is worth every penny. I finished the first disk of Season Three last night and these episodes are totally brilliant uncut. In particular, the episode "Lovers in Common" had me howling. Bea and Rue were completely hilarious from the first moment of the episode. Maude and Viv are so underrated as a TV duo, who shouldn't get overshadowed by Dorothy and Blanche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 So..the two unaired/reshot/whatever episodes: what's that all about???? Splain please! Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperco Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 So..the two unaired/reshot/whatever episodes: what's that all about???? Splain please! Thanks! The first episode, "The Double Standard", features no openings or closings, and uses a script much thinner than the rewrite for Season Two, which introduces Chris and includes Vivian. The aired version is unquestionably funnier, but why the initial offering was shelved remains a mystery. The second episode, "Arthur's Friends", has credits and, according to my research, was supposed to air on 01/13/75 but was pulled at the very last minute when sponsors dropped out. Interestingly, the script is surprisingly close to the remake that eventually aired two years later, "Maude's New Friends". But the casting is very different. Bea Arthur's real life husband, Gene Saks, plays the husband in the unaired version and he comes across as very lecherous and almost frightening. The aired version, with James Coco, goes broader and puts more emphasis on the comedy, and thus, works better. Both are fascinating, but probably less polished than their aired counterparts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 The unaired version "The Double Standard", to me, almost felt like dress rehearsal footage stitched together: very odd camera angles, minor flubs, and very muted audience reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeySanJoaquin Posted February 28, 2015 Report Share Posted February 28, 2015 The unaired version "The Double Standard", to me, almost felt like dress rehearsal footage stitched together: very odd camera angles, minor flubs, and very muted audience reaction. It was probably not "doctored" in post with laugh track sweetening since it wasn't going to air after all....and it could very well have been just the taped dress since that's how Lear did his shows, taping the show night's dress rehearsal and subsequently the "air" show with the best parts edited together to form the actual "finished product" -- which is why you can sometimes see different hairstyles, etc. in some scenes that don't match up perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 The Maude set is 50% off today only via Shout Factory! https://www.shoutfactory.com/editorials/the-dog-days-of-summer-sale?utm_source=Shout!+Factory+Master&utm_campaign=5ccd7d443d-Dog_Days_of_Summer_Flash_Sale_1_August_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d0d2f6aeb4-5ccd7d443d-89359853 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjw Posted August 18, 2015 Report Share Posted August 18, 2015 Thanks for the tip -- great price for a great set! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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