I am thrilled to hear this news<\/a>.<\/p>\n UPDATE<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n THE ENTIRE POST BELOW IS OUT OF DATE. HOLY SHIT. I HAD NO IDEA. NOBODY TOLD ME. <\/a><\/p>\n I’m so excited. I am buying them immediately.<\/p>\n Out-of-date bitching to follow<\/i>:<\/p>\n Now can we PLEASE PLEASE release 30something<\/i> on DVD too? I can’t tell you how many stupid Internet petitions I’ve signed, the basic plea being: ‘We, the undersigned, wish to see 30something<\/i> be released …” I met the former president of Lifetime at a dinner party a couple years ago – and I bombarded him with questions about who owns the rights to that show (because Lifetime played the entire show in re-runs during 1994 and 1995 … a glorious time for all 30something<\/i> fans) … I demanded to know WHY it hadn’t been released. He, naturally, did not know. I then said, “Uhm … could you re-run it again, please? Just for me?” I wasted no time with small talk with this dude.<\/p>\n He: “I was once the President of Lifetime.” I’m sure it will be released eventually – it’s just a matter of time – but seriously. That show was a phenom at the time – and I know many people hated it, and bitched about it, and yapped and whined and moaned about it – wah wah, those people are so annoying, wah wah, what privileged yuppie saps, wah wah, I hate those people! <\/i><\/p>\n Shut up, please. To me, the only <\/i>annoying people were the ones who bitched about that show nonstop for 2 years. You hate those people? Then don’t freakin’ watch it. Honestly. I loved the show. To me – some of those actors on that show had acting moments that were pretty much as good as it gets – not just in terms of television acting, but in terms of acting IN GENERAL … Patricia Wettig? Forget about it. She was extraordinary on that show. But they all were. Perhaps not Mel Harris – but she did her part fine enough … I want to see it all again. I actually video-taped as many episodes as I could during the glorious re-run time in the mid-90s – Mitchell will remember this well, since we lived together at the time. They ran them in order – every night was a new episode, at 11:30 pm. We ran our social lives around 30something<\/i>. Because we were younger then, we would make plans to go out, and meet up with our various boyfriends, AFTER we watched 30something<\/i>. And I taped them all. But the tapes are going bad. They’re fuzzy now, nearly unwatchable.<\/p>\n The situation is growing urgent.<\/p>\n But regardless of my 30something<\/i> gripe, yay for the release of the first season of Maude<\/i>!<\/p>\n You know what? This makes me think I need to do a whole 30something<\/i> post. I remember DBW and I talking about it a while back. It would be a great post. I have SO much to say about all of those people. I still haven’t recovered from Garry’s death. I never will, thank you very much. I grieve about it on long winter evenings. (movie quote, anyone??)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I am thrilled to hear this news. UPDATE THE ENTIRE POST BELOW IS OUT OF DATE. HOLY SHIT. I HAD NO IDEA. NOBODY TOLD ME. I’m so excited. I am buying them immediately. Out-of-date bitching to follow: Now can we … Continue reading
\nMe: “Awesome, good for you. Now what about re-running 30something<\/i> again, chappie?”<\/p>\n