Showing posts with label Boy Meets World. Show all posts
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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

NEW RELEASE TUESDAY (11/5): 1990s HIGH SCHOOL IS BACK IN FULL FORCE!


It's another New Release Tuesday and this week sees the release of numerous complete TV series sets. Most are re-issues that have been released in individual sets but that doesn't stop us from loving those shows.

Drama Pick-of-the-Week

Mad Men - Season 6  (DVD/BD)


The sixth season of the 1960s-era advertising drama continues its creative stronghold as the ad men adjust to the changing office environment in response to an evolving American culture. Don Draper's life in these 13-episodes continues its normal topsy-turvy routine, as it starts off with a Hawaiian vacation and ends with the impending transition of the firm's key players to Los Angeles.

Sci-Fi Pick-of-the-Week

Under the Dome - The 1st Season (DVD/BD/Limited Edition)


Stephen King's summer hit comes to DVD. The mystery surrounds the appearance of a transparent dome around the small town of Chester's Mill in Maine. The residents find themselves completely disconnected from the outside world thanks to the impenetrable wall. All 13-episodes of the first season are presented in this set.


Kudos to the designer of the Limited Edition packaging. The set is presented as a snow globe of Chester's Mill, with the DVDs stacked on a spindle.

Comedy Pick-of-the-Week

Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely All of It Set


Sweetie darling, we're back! The chain-smoking, boozy ladies of Absolutely Fabulous return with this new complete series set. So what makes this set different from the Absolutely Everything set released in 2008? A lot of things. First, the new episodes/specials for the 20th Anniversary, as well as commentaries, are included in this release. New interviews and special features have been created for this set, and Seasons (or Series, as the British like to call it) 1-3 have been remastered for a much sharper and crisper appearance. No word if the replaced music has been restored. Word of advice: Wait a little bit and purchase this set. We're sure Edina and Patsy will reunite in several years for a 25th Anniversary, and there will be yet another complete collection set.

Retro Pick-of-the-Week

Flo - The Complete Series


The sassy Southern waitress from Mel's Diner got her own show in 1980. After departing Alice in February 1980, Florence Jean Castleberry travels to Houston, Texas for a new gig. Along the way, she stops in her hometown Fort Worth (or Cowtown as Flo refers to it) for a visit, and winds up settling in and purchasing a roadhouse, which she names Flo's Yellow Rose. The DVD set, exclusively available through the Warner Archive Collection, includes the short 6-episode first season and 23-episode second season. If you don't go and buy this set then you can "Kiss my Grits!"

Complete Collection Picks-of-the-Week

Boy Meets World - The Complete Collection


The entire 7-year run of Boy Meets World was released in individual sets throughout the years, even bundled together. This is the first time they are all presented in one complete package. There is also new bonus content specifically produced for this release, and in anticipation for the 2014 Disney spin-off Girl Meets World.

Beverly Hills 90210 - The Complete Series


A new complete series set featuring television viewers' favorite zip code is released in one neat-o looking package...or is it? The show's ten seasons are split into two yearbook disc holders, featuring double-sided discs. While the packaging is innovative for followers of the West Beverly High gang, cardboard holders have been known to scratch discs during storage and even pick up some residue glue that affects playback. This set just repackages all the episodes that were released in the individual sets. There is no new bonus content and all original music has been edited out - which is pretty much the norm for CBS-released DVD sets.

Saved by the Bell - The Complete Collection


The five-season run of the Saturday morning show featuring the original gang is included in this set. Unfortunately it pretty much is another lovely repackaging of the older sets with some new bonus material. Glaringly absent are the Good Morning, Miss Bliss episodes that were like a prologue of the Saved by the Bell episodes we remember. The Hawaiian Movie is also missing from this set but new cast and crew interviews could make up for that fact.

Seinfeld - The Complete Series


The show about nothing gets a Complete Series set...again. This isn't the first time at the rodeo for Seinfeld's complete series set. The last release was in 2007. Unfortunately for fans, this set repeats all the bonus content from previous releases, and the bonus disc is the same from the '07 release. If you haven't picked up this show yet, you're in luck. It's slightly cheaper than the previous release. 

Weeds - The Complete Collection (BD)


Lionsgate and Showtime are getting things right with this complete collection Blu-ray release. With consumer demand for Blu-ray collections increasing, the studio has placed all eight seasons of the dark comedy about a cannabis-selling widower and mother in one nifty, glowing set. New special features are included in this set, in particular a cast roundtable discussing the final season of the show.

Friday, August 9, 2013

RETRO-TGIF! 2-HOUR COMEDY BLOCK OF 'BOY MEETS WORLD'


Well another Friday has come and gone, at least work-wise, and now it is time to relax and enjoy the evening. If you have nothing else to watch this evening then you have found the right place because Stay Tuned's Retro-TGIF comedy block is about to start. Tonight's offering will be four episodes of Boy Meets World.


Boy Meets World was a coming-of-age comedy gem on ABC's TGIF lineup from 1993 to 2000. The "Boy" was Cory Matthews and the "World" was pretty much everyday lessons learned in the home, in school, and real-life situations. Cory, his best friend Shawn, and romantic interest Topanga were middle school students when the show premiered. Issues of adolescence and becoming young adults were primary stories the show touched upon, and as the kids moved through high school and then into college, the characters discovered that the world can be hard sometimes.


Cory's stability, the place he could always turn to, and basically his rock was his family and home. The stark differences of home life compared to his friend Shawn's made Cory appreciate his family a little more and he eventually understood why parents act in ways adolescent teens don't necessarily like. As he entered college and adapted to a whole new world, Cory found comfort and support from his second family, his friends. Cory's foil was his so-called nemesis, Mr. Feeny. It seems that wherever the kids went Mr. Feeny was not far behind as he became the kids' teacher, high school principal, and eventually college professor during the run of the show.

Boy Meets World dealt with relationship issues, from first crushes and dating, all the way to marriage, but it tackled tougher situations like alcoholism and drug abuse, abandonment, and even death. It isn't surprising that this sitcom has left its mark on television history and its legacy continues now that Disney Channel has given the green light on a spin-off, Girl Meets World, where Cory and Topanga will be the parents of an adolescent Matthews. The pilot episode is scheduled to premiere in 2014.


All seven seasons of Boy Meets World have been released on DVD, and even re-released after Lionsgate acquired the show's distribution rights. Now, if you don't own any sets and you're interested in purchasing them then you might want to hold out for the upcoming release of a complete series set. Rider Strong tweeted the following on August 6.


In addition to Strong's tweet regarding interviews for new DVDs, Maitland Ward (who played Rachel) has also been spotted recording an interview for what appears to be new bonus features for the new set. The release of a new complete series set is most likely tied to the Disney Channel spin-off, and a way for a new generation of kids to learn the background of Girl Meets World.

Enough chit-chat, let's get to the show!

8:00 PM - Boy Meets World


8:30 PM - Boy Meets World


9:00 PM - Boy Meets World


9:30 PM - Boy Meets World



We had to throw in an extra one because the final episode was a two-parter. That about wraps up this week's Retro-TGIF and we hope you enjoy the trip down memory lane.

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