Interesting Article: The Expense Of Licensing Music For TV Series DVD

[Mike Dow]

I did not realize some of the time and expense that goes into getting some of our favorite shows out on DVD....

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/tv/ny-ettel3740641apr06,0,2908965.story?coll=n y-television-headlines

[chip-hp]

Thanks, Mike ... interesting article ... I liked "Freaks and Geeks" :) ... but maybe not $70 worth :( ...

[JonUrban]

Yeah, it's a shame it's such a pain. One series I would definatly buy would be WKRP, especially the first two years. I would love to see them again, with the original music intact.

How could they do the censorship/free airwaves "Imagine" episode without the song "Imagine"???

[BradOlson]

Check this news out: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0001WTWXI

[Anthology123]

Yeah, it's a shame it's such a pain. One series I would definatly buy would be WKRP, especially the first two years. I would love to see them again, with the original music intact.

How could they do the censorship/free airwaves "Imagine" episode without the song "Imagine"???


If you remember how many songs were used on WKRP, you would know why it would take forever to secure all the licenses. They even had to change 1 or 2 in syndication.

Also as for Imagine, for the story of the censorship group, it was important that the head of that group read the lyrics himself instead of playing the song, so he could diseminate it into his own distorted viewpoint of the song.
"Imagine all the people SHARING all the world? - sounds like communism to me."

[JonUrban]

If you remember how many songs were used on WKRP, you would know why it would take forever to secure all the licenses. They even had to change 1 or 2 in syndication.

Also as for Imagine, for the story of the censorship group, it was important that the head of that group read the lyrics himself instead of playing the song, so he could diseminate it into his own distorted viewpoint of the song.
"Imagine all the people SHARING all the world? - sounds like communism to me."

Funny how ya remember stuff like this. I don't think I've seen that epsisode since it aired on the network, but it just stuck with me. I thought they played the song at the end. However, I do remember Gordon Jump reading the lyrics, and the religious guy saying they were communistic, or whatever.....

[Sean Keane]

A few years ago Castlerock Entertainment was considering me to play Michael Richards' brother in The Michael Richards show. In a meeting I suggested using Casino Royale. That was kiboshed instantly. Mr. Glenn Padnick informed me of the cost prohibitiveness of using popular records on TV.