It's been six months since
rumors hit that
Mister Ed was coming to DVD. The rumor - which supposedly came from an MGM sales sheet shown to retailers - indicated that a Season 1 set was on-the-way for November 2003.
Well, MGM has already announced their complete November DVD slate, and the talking horse was nowhere to be seen on it. Was the rumor wrong, or the date incorrect, or was the info correct at the time but changed later (perhaps to accomodate holiday sales of MGM's
007 DVD boxes)? Frankly, we don't know.
However, information about a Mister Ed DVD release IS starting to leak out of MGM now. No release date has been mentioned, and there are no details yet. In fact, the info we DO have is a little schizoprhenic: Although the title "Mr. Ed - Season 1" is shown in the notice (followed immediately by a listing of all 26 first-season episodes displayed in production order), it also says in multiple places that this release will be "The Best of Mister Ed - Vol.1," and displays the graphic that you see pictured.
Which way are they going with this? Since no telling specs (running time, disc count, or price) are mentioned yet, we just can't tell. We're waiting on MGM's full-blown announcement to clear up the mystery, and to give us a concrete date (it won't be before January, though). Stay tuned, and we'll have that for you just as soon as it's available.
