WKRP is Coming on DVD?!?

Some site I'd never heard of broke the news that WKRP is being readied for a DVD release! Although, according to the article it's still not going to have the original music. The stuff that Fox can't get licensed will be replaced with similar songs.

I don't know. If all of the original music was intact, I'd buy those DVDs with no questions asked. But, I think I'm going to hold off on any pre-ordering until I find out what the extras are. Still, all in all, it's good news.

Happy Birthday!

Spooky. I was going to launch this blog today anyway. Yesterday, I settled on the title. Today, I realized that it's the birthday of Richard Sanders, best known for playing Les Nessman on WKRP in Cincinnati! Weird, huh?

So happy 66th birthday, Mr. Sanders! And thanks for inspiring my first post!

You know what would be a nice birthday present? WKRP on DVD. The original episodes featured copyrighted music for which the producers received permission to use it for the network run of the show only. The license didn't include any provisions that would allow the songs to appear on a DVD, for example. When a handful of episodes were released on VHS, viewers heard generic music in place of the songs that were originally used. Clearly, a DVD set in this form would be received poorly, and therein lies the holdup. Whoever pays to license the music (again) would have to be sure they'd get enough of a return on their investment to make it worthwhile. I'm not holding my breath.