DVD Picks: The Sublime and the Not-So-Sublime

Coming up Tuesday, DVD buyers will get some rather eclectic choices for their collections.

Top of the list is "M*A*S*H: The Martinis and Medicine Collection" which covers all 11 seasons on 36 discs. Some of the bonuses include cast interviews and a trivia game.

I'm not sure why, but in the sports writers fraternity, "M*A*S*H" is among the top favorites of classic TV series. Run into a sports writer, and at some point you can always bring up the series with him. I've seen every episode about 10,000 times already, but I still recommend one TV's greatest comedies as a good holiday investment.

Speaking of great comedies, "Police Squad," the Leslie Nielsen show that eventually led to the "Naked Gun" movies, is releasing the complete series. "Police Squad" is a classic that still holds up today; it was a series that was ahead of its time, and thus didn't last long on the network. It's definitely worth the price of the set.

Now, the not-so-good. DVD buyers with money to burn can shell out for "Baywatch: Seasons 1 & 2" AND get the first season of "Beverly Hills 90210." If only someone could tell those young Peach Pit gang kids what the future held in store for them...

***SPOILER ALERT***

DON'T KEEP READING IF YOU HAVE YET TO SEE THIS WEEK'S "LOST"


YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!

OK, R.I.P. Mr. Eko. One of TV's best characters didn't survive his encounter with the fog-like beast of the island, and the TV Guy is truly in mourning, mainly because I think there were more Eko stories to tell. Eko wasn't like Boone or Shannon or even Ana Lucia, who had outlived their usefulness.

It makes "Lost's" hiatus after next week's fall finale even more frustrating, since we won't have long to be able to deal with the aftermath of Eko's death. And who was the dude with the eyepatch? Plus, will Jack operate on Ben?

Seriously, ABC, this is the most screwed-up battleplan since the French went with the Maginot Line defense. Freakin' February? That's when we have to wait?

"Daybreak" had better be worth it.

WEEKEND'S BEST BETS: "Saturday Night Live" (NBC, Sat., 11:30 p.m.) presents the Best of Darrell Hammond. Hammond's political impressions are the best around, bar none, and usually are when the series shows its best writing.

"The Simpsons" (Fox, Sun., 8 p.m.) present their annual Treehouse of Horror special as the animation block returns with all-new episodes with baseball finished.