No more waiting for reruns! Thanks to the invention of DVDs and the brilliant idea to put TV shows on them, we live in an age when most of our favorite shows are just a few moments away. As TV on DVDs has gotten more and more ubiquitous, that eventually led to some really cool box sets for the most essential shows of all time. Take a look!
Essential TV-on-DVD Box Sets
From Seinfeld to The Sopranos, we run down the must-have TV-on-DVD box sets you've gotta get.
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January 10, 2011
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The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16 Ton Megaset
Those Brits sure know how to make us laugh with their dead parrots, funny walks and cheese shops. The comedic masters behind movies like The Life Of Brian and The Holy Grail got their start on the ridiculously influential BBC series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring some of the most famous comedy skits in the history of comedy skits. The box set itself has a total of 16 discs, most of which hold the episodes from the series, but the last two have the real gold in the form of four different live appearances by the Pythons. $42.49
Freaks & Geeks Yearbook Edition
Executive produced by Judd Apatow and Paul Feig, Freaks & Geeks might be the most important show of the '90s, and it only lasted 18 episodes. Not only did the show about two groups of friends growing up in the early '80s capture our hearts and minds with its hard-not-to-relate-to stories, but it launched actors like Seth Rogen, James Franco and Jason Segel into our consciousness. The Yearbook Edition of the box set comes with an actual yearbook full of pictures and essays you can't get anywhere else. The two discs of special features can be found on the basic version of the box, but true fans will want the one with all the bells and whistles. $132.49
Firefly: The Complete Series
Most folks will probably argue that the complete Buffy the Vampire Slayer should have made the list, but we chose Firefly for a very simple reason: it's Joss Whedon's best TV work. Lasting only 14 episodes, Firefly took familiar sci-fi space-faring elements and combined them with a wild west sense of exploration. With a little more time and some more network support, the show could have been a long-running sci-fi classic. Instead, we got the episodes, some comics and a movie in the form of Serenity, which should be, but isn't collected in the box set. $38.49
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