HossC

I'm still waiting for the start of the F1 season (the first race is March 16th), but all the cars and drivers appeared at a special show in London earlier this week to launch the 75th season. Below is a link to highlights of the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0NJ3KqMjKY

I'm not sure if Sanford and Son was ever shown in the UK, although I've watched a couple of episodes online (including 'The Piano Movers' which featured Rick Hurst as a police officer). It's quite different to the original UK show Steptoe and Son on which it's based. One obvious difference is that Steptoe and Son had a horse and cart rather than a pickup truck. Here's a 5-minute documentary about the original.

NEPHEW Boss How Hughie was known in 'Uncle Boss'.

I can't say that I'm familiar with the newer car, but I saw this yesterday and thought I'd share it:

Chief LACEY

Bill GRIBBLE Appeared in 'Daisy's Song' and 'Moonrunners'.

Slim plastic DVD cases with two discs per case.

Waterfront

There are probably several reasons. Firstly, I think my set came out in 2011 (it might be a later repackage as the original used full-size cases and mine uses the slimmer ones), so the distribution companies likely only have a certain number of years in their contract. When the new company takes over, they realise they can reduce their costs by compressing the video and squeezing more episodes onto fewer discs (mine has three episodes per disc like my Dukes set). Secondly, the US and Europe use different TV systems (NTSC and PAL), so the TV shows have to be converted when they cross the Atlantic.

No, both of mine are by a company called Playback (they also distribute a lot of UK TV shows on DVD). It looks like the new one is a 20 disc set by a company called Fabulous.

Gangster

That's a bargain. I think my 26 disc set was either €30 or £30 (I can't remember whether I got it here or in the UK) when I bought it many years ago. I don't know if the same happened over the lockdown in the US, but I noticed that some boxsets got repackaged with no additional extras and their prices more than doubled. Maybe the distributors changed, but the Knight Rider boxset is now €90 (€120 for the Blu-Ray). I managed to get the complete Knight Rider reboot series for €2 from a second hand store a couple of weeks ago.

AGENT Roach

WEATHERLY Road

plants

PM me if you need help.

Hobie, could you please just post the videos rather than links to Bing searches? I'm sure I'm not the only one who's much more likely to hit play on a video than click on a mysterious long URL.

Little Cousin came in a UFO. Close. It was Mr. & Mrs Tewilliger.

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Diamond In the M*A*S*H episode 'Rainbow Bridge', Hawkeye and Trapper are off to Tokyo and get a shopping list that includes a training bra (for Klinger). Father Mulcahy says, "Understandably, there's some gaps in my education. What exactly is a training bra?" Hawkeye replies, "Just like an ordinary one, only it has two little wheels in back." 😀

NASHVILLE Mentioned in many episodes.

training

I only came across this artist earlier this week, but I immediately liked the honesty and openness of the lyrics, and she's got a great voice. I've picked a live version as the official video contains a lot of swearing. This is from last night's Graham Norton Show in the UK where Cyndi Lauper seemed to be a fan, but she was on Jimmy Fallon just over a week ago in the US. Lola Young - Messy

Harvey S. LAIDMAN Directed three episodes of Dukes. He sadly passed away at the beginning of the year.

JUDGE Carter