So why did I title this article "A Frustrating Blunder"? Because the set will only have 100 of the Boys' 190 shorts! Even more ridiculous is that all the feature films will be on separate discs, artificially bloating the set to 20 discs. Three feature films could fit on a single disc, while the extra discs could have had the remaining 90 shorts.
Unless I could get the set at a slashed clearance price, I am making the hard decision not to buy this set. It is just too asinine to make a 20 disc Blu ray set, but not to include all 190 shorts. This is being promoted as a limited edition set celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Columbia Pictures, which rationalizes only 100 shorts. But still... no... it has to have all 190.
I hope Sony will eventually reissue the Blu ray set after Columbia's 100th, to include all 190 shorts. Or license it out to ClassicFlix to get it right. As far as I'm concerned, the 190 shorts, the 14 Shemp solo shorts, the 2 feature films with Curly, and the Boys' TV pilot Jerks of All Trades, are essential. Anything less than that is a pass. I could do without the Joe DeRita feature films and most of the other extras. But a box set must include the essentials to be worth buying.
If you would like to make your frustration and displeasure known to Sony about this, you can email them at consumer@SPHECustomerSupport.sony.com and SPE_Feedback@spe.sony.com and to tahra_grant@spe.sony.com
If you would like to contact ClassicFlix to suggest they license the Stooges catalog to reissue the box set correctly, you can contact them at support@classicflix.com or by using their contact form www.classicflix.com/contacts
