ALICE DVD's finally hit the market

Season Two of ALICE is finally released the end of October, 2012.   It has taken 25 years+ to get official copies released since the show left the air in 1985.   Now if only more seasons will follow with releases!

WHEW!   When ALICE left the airwaves in first run episodes in 1985, and for years afterward, I would scour the racks of retail stores selling VHS and later DVD releases of television sitcoms.   It seemed that EVERYTHING ELSE existed and was simple to find ... All in the Family, available!   The Jeffersons, no problem.   The Flying Nun, easy!   But ALICE eluded us for decades, for no apparent reason.   Finally, there's light at the end of the tunnel, maybe!

First things first .... I started a Facebook group in January of 2012 titled "Release ALICE on DVD -- ALL SEASONS!".   It was created to HOPEFULLY help create a grassroots movement to encourage WBTV to release ALICE.   I can't say that I know of it's final effect, but Warner Brothers suddenly released SEASON ONE, with little warning, the summer of 2012.   Many diehard ALICE fans that I know rushed to order their copy.  

As any ALICE fan knows, Season One, though it was filled with a lot of nostalgic first beginnings of ALICE, lacked a lot in terms of character development (Vera was practically a vegetable in some first season episodes, for example.)   Season Two (which kicked off with Madelyn Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr. coming on as Executive Producers) did wonders to take ALICE to new heights.   The characters, from the very first second season episode, seemed remarkably DIFFERENT.   So getting Season Two was a great start.

But it remains to be seen if future ALICE seasons will be released.  I dare say that SALES (Read that as $$$) will be the determining factor.   So, the better the sales of Season One and Season Two, the more likely that Seasons Three-Nine will someday (hopefully soon!) exist!

Purchase Seasons One and Two (and a six episode compilation) at www.wbshop.com.   You can also purchase it at www.Oldies.com.   The latter ships overseas!