Family Affair - Uncle Bill's Official Announcement: Box Art, Date, Cost, Extras

We now have MPI's official announcement and box art for Family Affair - Season 1 on DVD. The release date is confirmed as June 27th for a 5-DVD set running 750 minutes. Cost is $39.98 SRP, but you can already lock in your copy for $27.97 via DVDPlanet.com's presale listing. Besides the 30 episodes, there is an all-new featurette with actress Kathy Garver ("Cissy"). Here is the box, followed by MPI's description:

Family Affair was a popular situation comedy and a regular top 20 hit show for CBS-TV during its five-year run from 1966-71.

Brian Keith stars as bachelor Bill Davis, a highly-paid engineering consultant who lives in a posh Manhattan apartment with his proper English manservant, Mr. Giles French (Sebastian Cabot). Davis’ carefree existence is turned upside down when his brother and sister-in-law die suddenly in a tragic plane accident, leaving their three children orphaned.

Davis becomes an instant father figure to six year-old twins, Buffy and Jody (Annisa Jones, Johnnie Whitaker) and their big sister, Cissy (Kathy Garver). Despite their reservations, Davis and French grow attached to the children. Through humorous trial and error, coupled with big doses of love and patience, the five become a real family.

Not only was the series a household favorite, but Buffy’s best friend and confidante, Mrs. Beasley was a huge star in her own right. The talking Mrs. Beasley doll was first introduced in 1967. Coloring books, paper dolls, games and a Family Affair lunch box soon followed. Just like Buffy, the highly collectible Mrs. Beasley was a source of friendship and comfort to little girls everywhere. Cast: Brian Keith, Sebastian Cabot, Kathy Garver, Anissa Jones, Johnnie Whitaker and John Williams