My Two Dads

One thing I regret most about the disappearance of full-length title sequences is that we can’t use them to track the changes in a show. Every time a show is re-tooled, it needs to change its title sequence to reflect the changes, and even when it hasn’t been changed much, a show that’s in trouble might change the main title to make the premise clearer or create a different atmosphere. We saw a good example of this in the final season of Veronica Mars, where they created a new main title that emphasized the noir detective-show feel and re-mixed the theme song to be less chipper.

I’m just going to collect some thoughts on some new and upcoming TV-on-DVD releases — most of them from Shout! Factory, not because I’m a secret mole for the company but just because they’re the ones doing most of the releases of non-current TV shows these days.

Oh, Shout! Factory, you wonderful people, you’re bringing out a DVD of My Two Dads. You will not rest until you’ve brought out every show I have to admit that I actually watched In My Youth™.