Available exclusively online, shipping this December 6th, and from Amazon and elsewhere on April 10th
Posted by David Lambert
10/25/2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
16 Episodes! 3 Discs! And Tons of Extras!
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
50th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD set of 1960s TV
sitcom featuring autographed postcard in online offer,
now available for direct-to-consumer pre-order at:
October 25, 2011 - TV Time Machine Productions and Lightyear Entertainment are proud to announce that the brilliant but short-lived 1962 ABC TV situation comedy, I'm Dickens...He's Fenster, starring John Astin and Marty Ingels, is now available for pre-order. It will be released direct-to-consumer by TV Time Machine Productions in a special Volume One 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD Digipak set on December 6, 2011, followed by general commercial distribution in the same format by Lightyear Entertainment on April 10, 2012, through eOne distribution.
Included only with the initial online direct-to-consumer offer is a randomly-selected limited-edition autographed postcard personally signed by one of the show's cast members (limited number available - first come first served). This exclusive online offer is now available to consumers (ships Dec 6, 2011) and can be pre-ordered for $29.95 plus shipping at www.dickensandfensterdvd.com. The I'm Dickens...He's Fenster Golden Anniversary three-disc set features the first sixteen episodes of thirty-two from the show's only season, and includes the following:
Sixteen hilarious digitally remastered I'm Dickens...He's Fenster episodes, many of which haven't been seen in 50 years!
Video features with all-new interviews including stars John Astin (The Addams Family) and Marty Ingels (The Dick Van Dyke Show), Directors Arthur Hiller (The In-Laws, Silver Streak), Norman Abbott (The Munsters), and Creator/Producer Leonard Stern (Get Smart)
Audio commentaries featuring John Astin and Marty Ingels, Yvonne Craig (Batman), Lee Meriwether (The Time Tunnel), series regular Dave Ketchum (who played "Mel Warshaw"), Chris Korman, son of Harvey Korman (Blazing Saddles, The Carol Burnett Show), and creator/producer Leonard Stern
I'm Dickens...He's Fenster Get Physical featurette
Video tribute to the late Leonard Stern, Creator/Producer of I'm Dickens...He's Fenster
The Joke featurette
Love Me, Love My Dog featurette
How Not to Succeed in Business featurette
I'm Dickens...He's Fenster Commercial Bumpers
Rare I'm Dickens...He's Fenster ABC TV Network Promo
Rare I'm Dickens...He's Fenster Cast Commercial
Thank You slide show video featuring the dozens of people who helped make the 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition a reality
Three discs in a Collector's Edition Digipak with Slipcase
And for those who purchase the I'm Dickens...He's Fenster Golden Anniversary DVD set through the www.dickensandfensterdvd.com website, collectors will receive:
A limited-edition autographed collector's postcard personally signed by one of the stars of I'm Dickens...He's Fenster (John Astin, Marty Ingels, Yvonne Craig, Lee Meriwether, or Dave Ketchum) - limited number available
Your full name featured in the credits on Volume 2! As a "co-architect" of the I'm Dickens...He's Fenster project, anyone purchasing the I'm Dickens...He's Fenster Volume One DVD set will receive a name credit in a special feature on Volume 2!
Exclusive members-only online access to rare I'm Dickens ...He's Fenster video and audio, interviews, scripts, photos and much, much, more!
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster Volume One 50th Anniversary Collector's Edition DVD Set is now exclusively available for purchase from TV Time Machine Productions (a leader in the production and preservation of classic TV content), direct-to-consumer, for $29.95, through the www.dickensand fensterdvd.com website, to be shipped December 6, 2011, followed by commercial distribution to physical and digital retailers beginning on April 10, 2012, by Lightyear Entertainment through eOne Distribution, a leader in the distribution of entertainment products through partnerships with the world's largest on-line retailers.
I'm Dickens...He's Fenster followed the comic exploits of two construction workers and bosom buddies (played by John Astin and Marty Ingels). After producing thirty-two side-splittingly hilarious episodes, and despite critics' raves in The New York Times, The Hollywood Reporter and Time Magazine, the show was prematurely canceled in its first season. By the time its final ratings came in, showing it having beaten Sing Along with Mitch and Route 66 for its time slot, it was too late to reassemble the cast, who had moved on to other projects. The successful and beloved show had become a casualty of timid programming and unlucky timing.
Although short-lived, I'm Dickens...He's Fenster featured an extraordinary roster of guest stars, many of whom made their television debuts on the show including: Yvonne Craig ("Batgirl" from Batman), Harvey Korman (The Carol Burnett Show), Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H), Peter Lupus (Mission: Impossible), Lee Meriwether (The Time Tunnel), Ellen Burstyn (The Exorcist), Edy Williams (Beyond the Valley of the Dolls), and Jim Nabors (The Andy Griffith Show, Gomer Pyle USMC). The series also featured such directing talent as Arthur Hiller (Love Story, The In-Laws), Jay Sandrich (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls) , Norman Abbott, (The Munsters), Claudio Guzman (I Dream of Jeannie) and writers Mel Tolkin (Your Show of Shows, All in the Family), Don Hinkley (The Steve Allen Show, The Muppet Show) and Jay Sommers (Green Acres, Ozzie & Harriet).
In addition to being creator, writer, director and producer on I'm Dickens...He's Fenster, Leonard Stern's remarkable career included writing for the Abbott and Costello and Ma and Pa Kettle movies, and the classic TV shows The Honeymooners, Sergeant Bilko and The Steve Allen Show. From 1965-1970, Mr. Stern was executive producer, writer and director on the classic spy spoof Get Smart (starring Don Adams and Barbara Feldon). He also created, produced and directed the TV series He & She (co-starring Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss) and McMillan & Wife (starring Rock Hudson and Susan St. James). He also co-created the immensely popular series of children's game books, Mad Libs.
