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twbnth #5

“I am a lawyer, I own a bowling alley. Two separate things.”

that’s just one of many brilliant quotes from what i truly believe to be one of the best(and horribly underrated) tv series in boob tube history.  for those unaware, i’m referring to a show that ran on nbc from 2000-2004… Ed.

in a nutshell, here’s the plot : “Tom Cavanagh plays Ed Stevens, a hot shot New York City lawyer, who, upon finding out that his wife is cheating on him, moves back to his hometown of Stuckyville where he buys the local bowling alley and sets up his new law practice. Ed tries to win back Carol Vessey, the woman of his dreams, only to find it is more difficult than it seems.”

there’s so many great things about this show i can’t even begin to list them all here…hmmm, i may have just inspired another blog topic for myself!

anyways, what does Ed has to do with my ‘twbnth’ list? well let me tell you, good people of the tundra.

we live in an age where literally every tv series gets a dvd set released seemingly within minutes of it’s season finale.  an age where even if a show is crap and gets canned after 6 episodes, that program’s mourning fans can still own the ‘entire series’ before their tears have even dried.  an age where nickelback is still popular for some reason despite making the same terrible record over and over again!! (ok that last point had nothing to do with the topic at hand, it just really erks me to no end)

the point of all this ranting? you ask, well let me tell you.  in the midst of all this garbage being put out by studios, no Ed dvds yet exist!!  4 seasons of dramedic brilliance just sits on the shelf somewhere at nbc just begging to be converted to dvd format and thrust into the marketplace.

and it’s not only the show itself that’s begging to be on dvd, we the fans have been dying, aching and pleading to the powers that be to realease the set for years now.  check out this petition .  over 12,000 people signed so far.  if they release the complete 4 season box set at around $70 each, let’s say….that’s like…..erm….well it’s at least $100 in nbc’s pocket!!(ok my math sucks, but come on nbc, with the poor state of your shows these days [cough cough Heroes cough Leno Show cough cough] i think you could use that pocket change)

the people demand Ed on dvd!  do what’s right nbc!  make it so!!!