[BC] WKRP

[Alan Kline]

Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> If the original music wasn't replaced, I might buy it.. but naw, not going
> to.

Well, as I posted on Monday, I was at the electronics department at the 
local Wal-Mart at 12:01 am on Tuesday morning, waiting for the clerks to 
dig through 16 cartons to find 'KRP. (And we weren't even the first in 
line--some woman on her way home from work was waiting for a movie for 
her husband...)

I'm now 2/3 of the way through the set. Frankly, for all of the wailing 
and knashing of teeth that was going on all over the 'net about the 
music edits, I don't see it as being a big deal. There are only one or 
two places where it really makes a difference. The edits are clean, and 
if one didn't know that the music wasn't original, it would be hard to 
tell that from listening.

The thing that really stood out to me was the video--it appears that 
there is some generation loss here. Given the series' history in 
syndication, with editing and re-editing, that's not surprising. I 
probably shouldn't have expected miracles, and I really wasn't. As I 
think about it, WKRP is just about the oldest series I have on DVD that 
was originally recorded on tape--"Match Game" and one episode of "Howdy 
Doody" being older.

Bottom line? I'd give it a thumbs-up...

ak

It's good to see that most of the episodes have been released at close 
to their original lengths.