Me and my SUV (Season 1)

The first season of Me and my SUV ran for 25 episodes from July 19, 1998 to January 3, 1999 on the Laugh Planet Network

History
The series was hinted at in 1996, in an interview with Vince Anderson. After the success of the pilot episode of Intelligent Life back in 1995, Anderson was asked if he had any plans to make more episodes of the series. He replied with “I have no plans to continue Intelligent Life at this time, but I’m working on something else. You’ll see it in a year or two. The series was officially announced in December 1997, as part of Laugh Planet’s “Coming Next Year“ promotion.

Episodes
The first season has 25 episodes, with a new episode airing every Sunday from 7/19/98 to 1/3/99.

Release
The series premiered on Sunday, July 19, 1998. It immediately became a huge hit and was the network’s number one show by September 1998. It ran for 25 episodes until January 3, 1999.

Home Video Release
Select episodes from the first season were released on VHS throughout 1999, as part of a ”Me and my SUV: Volumes 1-5“, with 5 episodes on each tape.

On December 1, 2000, the first season was released in its entirety as “Me and my SUV: The Complete First Season”, on a 5-tape VHS set and a 3-disc DVD set.

Remaster
In July 2016, it was announced that the first 8 seasons of the show would be completely reanimated and remastered in full 16:9 widescreen HD (Season 9 and Season 10 are already in HD).

The remastered first season, (along with the second season), were released on Blu-ray disc on June 20, 2017. Additionally, all reruns replaced the original 4:3 episodes with the new ones.