We need your help bringing the Rosie O'Donnell Show to DVD!!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:42pm

Recently on Rosie O'Donnell's blog at Rosie.com, she announced they were trying to get the ROSIE O'DONNELL SHOW to DVD. The problem is its marketability. What exactly would be released? "Best of"? Broadway performances? Complete seasons? It's how to convince Warner Bros. that there is a market for them and what we want on them.

Please sign the petition that's found at this URL: http://www.petitiononline.com/rosiedvd/petition.html. Meetings with Warner Brothers and Rosie have been happening off and on, and I was recently sent a message from a former WB employee saying that the amount of signatures on the petition is a turn-off considering it had been online for years. Help increase those numbers by signing and getting the word out. Just take a look at all the Broadway performance could potentially be released:

Season 1:
June 21, 1996: RENT
June 28, 1996: SEVEN GUITARS
July 8, 1996: BRING IN DA NOISE, BRING IN DA FUNK
July 19, 1996: STOMP
October 16, 1996: SMOKEY JOE'S CAFE
March 19, 1997: LES MISERABLES
April 9, 1997: ANNIE
May 12, 1997: TITANIC: THE MUSICAL
May 23, 1997: CHICAGO
May 26: 1997: "BEST OF BROADWAY SHOW" (of that Tony season)
May 27, 1997: TITANIC: THE MUSICAL
May 28, 1997: THE LIFE
May 29, 1997: STEEL PIER
May 30, 1997: THE LIFE
June 16, 1997: BRING IN DA NOISE, BRING IN DA FUNK

Season 2:
October 3, 1997: RIVERDANCE
October 21, 1997: RENT
November 7, 1997: THE LION KING
November 18, 1997: CATS
November 25, 1997: THE CAPE MAN
December 11, 1997: A STREETCORNER SYMPHONY
January 19, 1998: RAGTIME: THE MUSICAL
January 20, 1998: THE KING AND I
January 27, 1998: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
January 29, 1998: THE LION KING
March 9, 1998: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
April 16, 1998: TITANIC: THE MUSICAL
April 20, 1998: CABARET
May 21, 1998: CABARET
September 3, 1998: SIDE SHOW
May 28, 1998: RAGTIME: THE MUSICAL
June 1, 1998: THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL
June 2, 1998: THE LION KING
June 4, 1998: THE SOUND OF MUSIC
June 5, 1998: "SALUTE TO THIS YEAR'S TONY AWARDS"

Season 3:
November 10, 1998: ON THE TOWN
November 24, 1998: PETER PAN
December 14, 1998: FOOTLOOSE
January 7, 1999: FOSSE
January 15, 1999: HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH
January 25, 1999: PARADE
February 5, 1999: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
March 12, 1999: FOSSE
April 2, 1999: CIVIL WAR
May 31, 1999: IT AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT THE BLUES
June 1, 1999: ANNIE GET YOUR GUN
June 2: 1999: FOSSE
June 3, 1999: YOU'RE A GOOD MAN, CHARLIE BROWN
June 4, 1999: CIVIL WAR

Season 4:
November 1, 1999: KISS ME, KATE
November 3, 1999: SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
November 8, 1999: PUTTING IT TOGETHER
January 28, 2000: RENT
February 1, 2000: SWING
March 9, 2000: AIDA
March 13, 2000: BOMB-ITTY OF ERRORS
April 5, 2000: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
April 7, 2000: CONTACT
April 12, 2000: AIDA
April 20, 2000: THE MUSIC MAN
May 25, 2000: THE WILD PARTY
May 26, 2000: CONTACT
May 29, 2000: JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
May 30, 2000: AIDA
May 31, 2000: KISS ME KATE
June 1, 2000: SWING
June 2, 2000: THE MUSIC MAN

Season 5:
September 8, 2000: CATS
October 13, 2000: THE FULL MONTY
November 1, 2000: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
November 16, 2000: JANE EYRE
November 17, 2000: SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
December 11, 2000: SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
March 14, 2001: SEUSSICAL THE MUSICAL
March 22, 2001: A CLASS ACT
April 17, 2001: FOLLIES
April 19, 2001: ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER
April 24, 2001: 42nd STREET

Season 6 (final season):
September 21, 2001: DREAMGIRLS
September 25, 2001: LES MISERABLES
October 2, 2001: CHICAGO
October 3, 2001: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
October 11, 2001: AIDA
November 2, 2001: MAMMA MIA!
March 5, 2002: ONE MO' TIME
March 19, 2002: SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
April 18, 2002: OKLAHOMA
April 25, 2002: THOROUGHLY MORDERN MILLIE
May 2, 2002: INTO THE WOODS
May 14, 2002: THE PRODUCERS
May 22, 2002: ROSIE'S LAST SHOW, featuring Nathan Lane, John Lithgow, Vanessa Williams, and the casts from all current Broadway shows, including INTO THE WOODS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, CHICAGO, SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS, MAMMA MIA!, OKLAHOMA, THE PRODUCERS, RENT, and more. Rosie opens the show appearing in Times Square, followed by performances in the streets from Broadway shows wishing Rosie a farewell.

There were over 100 Broadway performances, in addition to interviews and other musical performances not listed here, including Disney, Linda Eder, Barbra Streisand, Julie Andrews, Patti LuPone, Betty Buckley, Nathan Lane, Elton John, Chita Rivera, Rosie's own production numbers, and more.

Updated On: 6/1/06 at 02:42 PM

[folkyboy]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:45pm

i signed :)

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:53pm

I hope you get more signatures... and that it helps push WHV to release this.

...And before the rest of the "Punctuation Police" arrive and crackle off the bitchy remarks, you might want to change your thread title now...

It's "your" not "you're" in your header.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:56pm

Whoops, thank you!

[jensen11us2]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:57pm

Yes! Yes! and YES!

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 2:59pm

It's really such an incredible list.

WHV should research how much the "Broadway's Lost Treasures" series has made. I would think the potential profits here would be similar if this was released.

Plus you'd have regular Rosie fans buying it too, not just the Broadway/theatre crowd.

[mateo]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:02pm

gladly signed!

[Renthead#1]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:07pm

I signed

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:13pm

I'll do it only if it's a Broadway performances compilation set.

[best12bars]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:15pm

Yeah, if it's a "Tommy, can you hear me?" Cruisin' box set... my answer is "No, I can't hear you."

*holds ears*

[travismoser]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 3:20pm

I definitely signed! I doubt they would put season sets of this show out considering how many were filmed, but I'd buy them if they did!

[catstagestud]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 6:00pm

I was on it when I was 10 and have never been able to see the episode that I was at. Stupid 1996 Olympics. Oh well...I think I signed a while back when I first saw that you were lookin' for people to sign. :-P GO ROSIE!

Cheers,

Christopher

[MTVMANN]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 6:27pm

I signed and I'll buy it in a heartbeat! I recently orded Margaret Cho's "All American Girl" so I'd buy this!

[BroadwayChica]

Posted: 6/1/06 at 6:30pm

I signed. There are some TRUE gems in that show that should be preserved for futured generations.

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/3/06 at 1:08pm

Bump. Come on, we can do better than this!

[CapnHook]

Posted: 6/24/06 at 10:07pm

Perfect time to BUMP!

[mateo]

Posted: 6/24/06 at 10:08pm

HAHAHAHA thats awesome cappy!

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 6/24/06 at 10:10pm

I usually don't sign these because they have no effect, but you stated everything very well and it seems that this is very important. And I would LOVE DVDs of those performances, so I'm signing right now

[WickedGeek28]

Posted: 6/24/06 at 10:15pm

Signed, I want those dvds!