More about DVDs

I'm revising my list of things that aren't out on DVD yet but should be.

1. Upright Citizens Brigade - Still on there. Still waiting for season two.
   
   
2. 21 Jump Street - Off the list. I realized that for every "Johnny Depp helps you open your heart to a boy dying of AIDS" episode, there's a whole craptacular season of mediocrity. Better left to live forever in reruns on TVLand or A&E.
   
   
3. Perry Mason - As much as I liked this show as a kid, the fact remains that I don't remember enough of any one particular episode to rationalize buying a whole season should it ever come out. Off the list.
   
   
4. The Newz - Still up there. Way up there. I saw a DVD of rival series MadTV at Best Buy, so I hold onto hope for this one.
   
   
5. Night Court - Off the list, regrettably. There just isn't any reason for a sitcom to require audio commentary. What is John Larroquette going to say? "In this scene, I tried to play my character as promiscuous and amoral." Yawn.
   
   
6. My Secret Identity - Jerry O'Connell has done a lot of stuff since this show. Can you name anything else from his body of work? Yeah. This series probably exists best cloaked by my foggy memories of it from grade school. Off the list.
   
   
7. The Equalizer - Off the list, but not because it's bad. Off the list because I'd rather catch the good episodes on TV like with 21 Jump Street.
   
   
8. Normal Life - Still on the list.
   
   
9. Get a Life - The episode titled "1977 2000" is still on the list.
   
   
10. Crimetime After Primetime - Off the list. They replaced the judge from Dark Justice. The judge. With a new actor. And it was like "Hey, everyone pretend this guy is the same person." Boo. Hiss.
    
    
11. Mission Impossible '88 - I just remembered the episode where they convince the guy he has literally conspired to work with the Devil. Off the list.
    
    
12. The Wizard - I think Bruce Boxleitner may have been on this show. Off the list.
    
    
13. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. - On the list. Definitely on the list.
    
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14. Brimstone - On the list because Sci-Fi Channel never fucking plays it. You know this show: Peter Horton plays a cop who died, went to Hell, and came back because he promised the Devil he could capture 113 souls who have escaped from eternal damnation. Dark, eerie, and very well written. It's a cop show that really reflects the pain the protagonist feels for still loving his wife.
    
    
15. Ray Bradbury Theatre - I saw a DVD of this show in the $5.99 bargain bin at Best Buy: thirteen episodes of the series that, though all are probably very good, none were "The Murderer", my all-time fave. The weird thing about this episode – made in the 1980s – is that it so accurately predicted what our world is like now: everyone carries a telephone, everyone uses it constantly. People are in constant communication with others, so much so that we're forgetting what real privacy looks like. Awesome stuff.
    
    
16. Parker Lewis Can't Lose - Just kidding. This show was coolness at the time, but it's better left now to the occasional rerun at 2:30 AM on a high-numbered cable channel now that we all remember Corin Nemec as "the angry dweeb from The Stand miniseries on ABC." It fights with Saved By the Bell for the title of "high school series that was made once and some people watched it".