Link Ink: 'Bob' on DVD, the 'Marvel Heroes' MMO Gets Unreal and 'My Little Pony' Invades Skyrim

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DVD: All 33 episodes of Bob Newhart's 1992 sitcom, Bob, about a Golden Age comic book artist's reluctant '90s resurgence will be collected on DVD in April. [Robot6]

Movies: P.J. Hogan has signed on to direct an unspecified style of feature film based on Jeff Smith's Bone. Given Hogan's live action credentials, the movie could wind up being a live action CGI hybrid, but who knows? [SHH]

Gaming: The Marvel Heroes MMO will be powered by Unreal Engine 3 technology. Does that mean everything will look gorgeous but nobody will be able to jump? Either way, it's nice to know there'll be some power under the game's hood. [Marvel]

Gaming: CA EiC Laura Hudson's secret childhood cartoon crush, Pit, returns on March 23 in Kid Icarus: Uprising. [ANN]

Toys: Hot Toys is bringing back its massive The Dark Knight Batmobile. Now go sell a kidney, or something. [Facebook]

Humor: My Little Pony invades Skyrim. Friendship with Nords, Elves and such is apparently not so magical. [Joystiq]

Toys: DC Direct will release a Spy vs. Spy vinyl toy two-pack on May 23 that's chock fulla' weapons. [TNI]

Gaming: A first image from the upcoming Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock PlayStation 3 game seems somewhat promising. [Kotaku]

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Kyle

Honestly, I'm 34 and never even HEARD of that Newhart show - is it worth checking out? I guess, though, in 1992 I had better things to do than watch Friday prime time television. Maybe I'm missing out on a lot of good television from 92-96.

January 20 2012 at 5:02 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Kid Cadaver

Great news about Bob's DVD release! That was a great show that was completely mishandled by CBS back in 92. Instead of making it a priority to push the new show from a man who'd already delivered two classic sitcoms to the network, they dumped it on Friday nights to die because they were too enamored with the flavor-of-the-month creative teams at the time behind Murphy Brown and Designing Women and gave new shows from them all the plum spots on the schedule.

No one remembers what those new shows were now, and when's the last time anyone bothered watching a Murphy Brown or Designing Women rerun? Yet because of them, the last great sitcom from one of the legends in the business got a shortened and damaged lifespan.

Now how about someone releasing more than just the first season of Newhart on disc? The fact that that show is almost completely unavailable digitally is a travesty.

January 20 2012 at 11:46 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply