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Id rather not see the show on DVD incomplete.

I didnt buy the Quantum Leap sets for this same reason. After renting a few episodes from netflix I saw how bad it was with the music changed.

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They did this with the "Tour of Duty" DVDs too and diehard fans were/are in an uproar about it. The episodes in syndication were stripped of the original tracks and it really made an impact in my opinion. In shows like "Wonder Years" and "Tour..." the music is so integral to the show, but if I were faced with not having the shows at all or settling in order to get the stories and actors - I'd begrudgingly choose the latter.

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You misread, they will try get the songs - but it won't be completely intact.

They're not going to replace everything, they couldn't and wouldn't really need to - some songs will be licensed.

I would rather get it on DVD, music is important to the show - but I honestly couldn't remember half of the songs or even notice if they were changed. I am fine with music changing as long as it doesn't involve cutting a scene out.

I want it on DVD and uncut, but a song here and there isn't too important.

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I knew that if released, it would come down to this. I don't see how you can release a show like TWY, when the music is important to the series. I have mixed feelings about this, and a good part of me says wait it out and do some dealing for at least some of the songs.

Take the episode "The Accident", it wouldn't be the same at the end with some boring music instead of the Bob Seger hit.

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It's gotta have the original music. I just watched "Freaks and Geeks" on DVD, the music made the show and the producers made the right decision to pony up for the original music. But ouch the set runs around $45 for only 14 episodes. I rented it, but I'm sure the fans will pay whatever the price needs to be.

If the original music isn't there, it's probably not even worth renting.

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This is why it would be such a good move for TV Land or someone to start running the intact episodes and heavily promote it as the versions that will NEVER be on DVD.

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I would rather not see it all. Every time I see WKRP or Tour of Duty in syndication these days and it has that terrible generic music instead of the real songs, I tear my hair out. It is the definition of frustrating, and takes you out of what are amazing TV shows. Would you take "In the Air Tonight" out of that quintessential Miami Vice scene? No. It's not the same scene without it. The song is part of the show.

I would much rather pay $50 for a season of any of these shows with the right music than $25 with crap. I would not buy a Wonder Years or WKRP collection without the original music.

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must have original music. they should air on tvland or something, too, but with original music also. not that i remember every song played, but there was some scenes that just went with the music.

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And the music industry wonders why it is so beloved by the population.

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I know I wouldn't have bought the Yearbook edition of Freaks and Geeks if it didn't have the original music intact and the same principle applies here. I'm not buying Wonder Years unless ALL of the original music is there.

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You guys ruin it for everybody else. There is no way to get every song, some won't license of any price. So we get nothing because of the absurd idea 20 seconds of background music matters to a 22 minute show.

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How disappointing. I realize that Wonder Years came out before most people ever thought about buying whole television shows to watch at home but you'd think many of the major companies would have someone working for them who would foresee these sort of problems. Of not. Perhaps they're spending all of their time creating great shows staring Joey Lawrence and Matt LeBlanc (with Jillian Barberie as the zany apartment manager or course).

Commenter #1 Thanks for the tip on the Quantum Leap DVDs - I've been wanting them for a while and didn't know the music had been changed.

mf.

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I think having the songs on the DVDs be advantageous for the music copyright holders, because the DVDs would generate more interest in the CDs. Their greed is stopping them from making more money down the line. Good job music industry.

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I would rather they wouldn't be released if they can't get the original music. And I thought the first season of "The Wonder Years" was some of the best television ever. Even years later, after drifting away from the show, the last few minutes of the series finale had me crying.

The DVD release BECOMES the show. We buy them to OWN the experience, and share it with others. It's the only way the show can be remembered and discovered by new generations. (3am airings on "TV Land", cut up with commercials, doesn't do it for me.) So if they can't get Joe Cocker's "With a Little Help From My Friends" they'll substitute some cheaper song? Yuck. Why bother? It's not the real thing--it's a fake. You might as well watch the color remake of "Psycho".

I was burned by the "Greatest American Hero" DVDs. I was SO looking forward to seeing that show on disc. Then they substituted all that music, including "Rocket Man". I won't buy the second season at all, since "Operation: Spoilsport", the best episode they ever made, was the very first time I ever heard "Eve of Destruction" (I wasn't around when it first came out!), and the thought of that episode without that song makes my head hurt.

I'd rather pay much more for the discs, to get the real thing. Like the way "Freaks & Geeks" did it.

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