I Love Lucy: S1 vs. S2?

[AwallaceUNC]

The price for the first season of I Love Lucy on DVD is $75 - $100, yet the newly released second season can be gotten for aorund $40 - $50. Does anyone know the reason for this huge difference in price?

-Aaron

[Disneykid]

It's because Columbia at first made the stupid mistake of releasing season one in volumes instead of in one boxed set. There were like 3 or 4 volumes with a couple of episodes per disc. Once they were all released, Columbia packaged them all into a season boxed set, but then got lots of complaints about that, so they did season 2 in a more sensible way. Unfortunately, they haven't revisited season 1, so now seasons 1 and 2 don't match each other at all. Season 1's made up of individual keepcases whereas season 2's a digipak like other tv shows on DVD.

[AwallaceUNC]

Thanks, DK. What do you think are the odds of them reissuing Season 1 in normal packaging at an affordable price? Maybe that will depend on how well S2 does.

-Aaron