Posted by gerry on 01/16/45 11:52

Jayembee is right about the Encore Action channel showing them. I
taped several episodes. The Green Hornet has Bruce Lee and good acting
leads, but not much else, looking as if it were shot on a shoestring
budget. The flat lighting and all around bad photography make the
cheap production values look even cheaper. While Bruce Lee gets all
the attention for his part in the show, Van Williams was well cast to
be the Green Hornet. But it will be Bruce Lee's fame that will
eventually get this second rate crime show (with first rate, badly used
acting talent) on DVD. 20th Century Fox is probably already looking
for any outtakes available of Bruce Lee as Kato on the Green Hornet,
for inclusion on the Green Hornet DVD. Fox better rush, Van Williams
is getting on in age, and they will need him for the background
commentary, as most of the main people working on this series have gone
to their reward, so they are not available.

jayembee wrote:
> teem <stooges2757@alltell.net> wrote:
>
> > jayembee <jayembeenospam@snurcher.com> wrote:
> >
> >> teem <stooges2757@alltell.net> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Was at monsters in motion 7 they're offering a set of the show,
> >>> i'm worried it;s a hack job?,not licensed?
> >>
> >>It's a hack job; no licensed.
> >>
> >> There is no legitimate DVD release of the show, nor has there been any
> >> indication of one in the foreseeable future. Fox (who produced the
> >> show, and owns the rights to it) has only said that they don't have
> >> any current plans to do one. The general belief is that there are
> >> rights issues with the characters. Though Fox owns the series, the
> >> characters are still owned by George Trendle's Estate, so Fox would
> >> likely have to negotiate for a new license to put the show out on
> >> DVD.
> >>
> >> (The same problem is holding up BATMAN, which is owned by Fox, but
> >> the characters are owned by Warner subsidiary DC Comics.)
> >>
> >>> How does one find out these things?.I want pritine shows like
> >>> Voyage is.
> >>
> >> Rule of thumb is that if it's not available from major etailers (like
> >> Amazon or DVD Planet) or major retailers (like Best Buy or Wal-Mart),
> >> it's most likely not a legit release.
> >>
> >> You can also bookmark the site tvshowsondvd.com. While they do miss
> >> a fair number of titles (titles from Public Domain labels, for
> >> example, or relatively obscure non-American series), if it's a
> >> well-known series, and they don't have a DVD release listed, it's
> >> not a legit release.
> >>
> > So,you think this a ''at home'' job?,some dude cranking out
> > dvds?,
>
> That pretty much sums it up, yes.
>
> > Theres gotta be some legit from this,no cable station runs all
> > the Hornet eps.,where did all the epws. come from?.
>
> (1) Yes, cable stations *do* run all of the episodes. I, for one,
> have tapes of all 26 episodes when they ran on FX about a dozen
> years ago. And all of them have run on Encore Action in the
> relatively recent past.
>
> (2) In addition to those two sources, collectors have a way of
> acquiring copies.
>
> -- jayembee

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