Last night, I decided to time the episode of Welcome Back, Kotter that aired (The Great Debate), and to my surprise, it was a lot longer than I expected. I was expecting the usual edited episodes (like what TV Land aired), but I was wrong. It clocked in at 25:07, without any commercials. For those who get WPIX/WB 11...consider us very, very lucky.

If this is old news, I'm sorry. If this isn't, then even better :)

Oh my! Did you time The Jeffersons, too?

Last night, I decided to time the episode of Welcome Back, Kotter that aired (The Great Debate), and to my surprise, it was a lot longer than I expected. I was expecting the usual edited episodes (like what TV Land aired), but I was wrong. It clocked in at 25:07, without any commercials. For those who get WPIX/WB 11...consider us very, very lucky.

If this is old news, I'm sorry. If this isn't, then even better :)

Tivo is the way to go. If you can get it, I highly recommend it. I can't live without it any more.

I haven't gotten the chance to time The Jeffersons, but the next time it comes on, I will. I should also time Good Times once that airs (even if the last season is coming to DVD soon, thus completing the series).

Brian, I don't have a Tivo. However, I'm capturing the episodes with my video capture card, editing out all commercials in a clean and easy fashion, and then burning them to DVD for my own personal viewing.

Last night, I decided to time the episode of Welcome Back, Kotter that aired (The Great Debate), and to my surprise, it was a lot longer than I expected. I was expecting the usual edited episodes (like what TV Land aired), but I was wrong. It clocked in at 25:07, without any commercials. For those who get WPIX/WB 11...consider us very, very lucky.

If this is old news, I'm sorry. If this isn't, then even better :)



Another reason I wished i lived in NYC-lol

Solomon, there are some people who can get a signal to WPIX from Philly. I know I used to have a TV (one without cable) that could pick up WPHL17.

I will be taping Kotter tomorrow and The Jeffersons to see if that is uncut, too.

nocomments: I hope to see some on YouTube! You do a great job with classic TV series there. I'm just wondering how you got those Perfect Strangers episode unedited? What station?

Well, I checked The Jeffersons and Good Times, and both are syndicated cuts :(

I should've expected that, though. With Kotter uncut, I can't really complain :)

I might just add some to YouTube. I haven't been able to reconvert some of my videos in a while, so I'll have to do that soon. I'm planning on adding that and some Charles in Charge stuff too from My 9 (My 9's airings of seasons 2-5 all seem to be around 22:25-22:30, so I'm assuming they're uncut...the season 2 bonus episode from the season 1 DVD was 22:27, so it seems to fit along with that).

The Perfect Strangers episodes...I downloaded a bunch off of eMule. They come from a Middle Eastern station called METV (not to be mistaken with Chicago's ME-TV). Not sure if they air it anymore, but I have plenty on my computer, so I'll be adding more soon.

I watched the Perfect Strangers pilot from your YouTube videos. Awesome stuff. That opening for the pilot I have never seen. Rare stuff! Also, the bumper before the closing is intact! How many episodes do you have?? This is GREAT! I hope you have some from the final season, too.

I have about 73 in total, all uncut. Unfortunately, none from seasons 7 and 8. I have 4 from season 1, all but 1 episode from season 2, a handful from season 3, all but 2 episodes from season 4, and a handful from seasons 5 and 6 (a very small handful from 6).

I also watched the Perfect Strangers episodes that were uploaded to YouTube. It is one of my favorite shows and I would like to thank nocomments for uploading these as well.

Wow! I hope you put all of them up soon! METV (Middle East TV) seems to air Hogan Family, Welcome Back Kotter, Growing Pains right now. Lucky people in Lebanon!

can someone please let me know what is Middle East TV

I haven't gotten the chance to time The Jeffersons, but the next time it comes on, I will. I should also time Good Times once that airs (even if the last season is coming to DVD soon, thus completing the series).

Brian, I don't have a Tivo. However, I'm capturing the episodes with my video capture card, editing out all commercials in a clean and easy fashion, and then burning them to DVD for my own personal viewing.what is a VIDEO CAPTURE CARD? I have a DVD player/recorder. Can I do that stuff you mentioned?

nocomments: Someone flagged your Perfect Strangers pilot? What idiot did that? Now, it can't be saved because of that.

nocomments: I found 49 episodes on eMule. Hopefully I can get them all. It is going very slow, though. It should go faster since I have cable. Maybe when you have time you can post a list of all episodes you downloaded, and I'll do the same. I found 5 of the 6 from S1--hopefully they download.

I just timed the "Classroom Marriage" episode of Welcome Back Kotter I recorded the other night, and without commercials, it clocked in at 25:04. :thumbsup:

I just timed the "Classroom Marriage" episode of Welcome Back Kotter I recorded the other night, and without commercials, it clocked in at 25:04. :thumbsup:


Wonder why WBK is aired UNCUT and not the Jeffersons

Has anyone else been recording the WPIX late night broadcasts? I've missed a few. I always miss the Friday night shows and might want them to complete my collection down the road.

So far, the only episode that has been cut was "The Fight:" It's missing the tag scene/joke, and only clocks in at 24:00. But so far all episodes are intact (I get the station on my Dish receiver channel 234.)

They lose the rights this Sept, so hopefully they show each episode once.