I was hoping to get every DS episode taped off of TNN, but since they are skipping so many i'm looking to buy the ones that they are not playing. If any of you have the unaired episodes on tape, I was wondering if you would be interested in selling me a tape of them? I would greatly appreciate it. My email address is: mdntrider7@qwest.net, Thanks!!!

I have taped the show ever since N@N picked it up. I have all the episodes N@N has shown, as well as all the eps from the one-time TV Land marathon. Currently, I'm recording all of the TNN eps that I do not have so far (which are few and far between). I figure by the time its all said and done, there will be about 15-20 episodes that I will need (i.e., episodes that were never shown on ANY of the following networks: N@N, TV Land, and TNN). Right now I am missing approx. 40 eps. My advise to you is wait for TNN to make it through 1 complete run-through of the show. See how many eps they show and don't show. THEN, see exactly how many you need. The reason I say wait is because wouldn't you kick yourself if you paid for some eps, then a few weeks later TV Land would have another marathon with some of the shows you missed? Or better yet, a *REAL* network, who isn't afraid of angry mothers, picked the show up?

I don't know -- even if I do manage to get all the eps off TV someday, I'm still not going to be totally content. We all know that the sister stations of N@N, TV Land, and TNN all edit out a hell of a lot to make time for commercials. Some of the edits I have seen are just scary. They have edited out so many classic scenes not just from Strokes, but from many of their other sitcoms -- such as Three's Company and Family Ties. I understand they have to edit out some stuff to create space, but its the stuff they CHOOSE to edit that concerns me. These are horrible, horrible edits and decision-making, and whoever is responsible for them should be out of a job. Really the ONLY solution is to bring complete, unedited series' for all these classic shows to DVD.

....Hoping.

Originally posted by Smokin' Sods


Some of the edits I have seen are just scary. They have edited out so many classic scenes not just from Strokes, but from many of their other sitcoms -- such as Three's Company and Family Ties. I understand they have to edit out some stuff to create space, but its the stuff they CHOOSE to edit that concerns me. These are horrible, horrible edits and decision-making, and whoever is responsible for them should be out of a job. Really the ONLY solution is to bring complete, unedited series' for all these classic shows to DVD.

....Hoping.

Okay, here is something I don't understand. I remember when TVLand showed 'My Favorite Martian' with Ray Walston and Bill Bixby. They added some kind of speed up thing that would speed up the episode and still have the commericials, yet it wouldn't cut that much into the episode. Why can't all tv series have this kind of technology? I know I'm not explaining it to well. Let me see if I can find a better explanation somewhere and I'll post it here. If anybody can understand my explanation and knows the answer, would you please inform me? Edits suck to start with, but the MFM idea really makes sense to me.

Okay, I found this little tidbit on the MFM board

And MFM can be shown in syndication uncut, because in 1983 Telepictures digitially speeded up the episodes, allowing them to be shown within the 22 minute shorted time slot used by stations in syndication. Sadly, instead of airing these uncut prints, TV LAND and Warner Bros are syndicating these newly chopped MFM episodes instead.

Okay, if My Fave. Martian could be done like this back in 1983- why can't older tv shows get treated the same way?

Thanks for the advice Smokin Sods, I really appreciate it. I think I will just wait and see what happens before paying money for the episodes.