This morning I checked out an app for Peacock and found LITB all unedited episodes. I even saw Gilbert telling Beaver he has to go home right away when Jeff is in the tub taking a whole bath. Wonder why METV cuts it out as it’s a very short scene.

I wonder if they have my cut out sentence or two from Miss Landers in June's Birthday.

It's funny, but if you've never seen the unedited stuff before, you'll never notice how jarring it can be to see what you've missed. Most times what's edited out isn't essential to the plot but it still irritates me that they seem to have the "nerve" to judge how essential or unessential a scene or even a sentence is.

"Wonder why METV cuts it out as it’s a very short scene"

Because every little bit can add up. A network can use even 5 or 10 seconds to squeeze in perhaps a promo-clip of another show on it's network. I often wonder when "peak editing" can occur; a point where no more fat can be cut before cutting into muscle. I have seen on other networks of other shows where they'll use an abbreviated version of of a show's intro, or as in with the endings/outros, they'll squeeze the credits in only the bottom quarter of the screen ( while rolling ridiculously fast ) while displaying promos on the rest of the screen.

I don't remember much about the old 16mm LITB syndication films, but they were probably as horrible as most were. LITB was remastered and probably the syndication episodes were upgraded. MeTV appears to prep the commercial DVD episodes for TV, but Antenna TV used the syndication episodes, which looked good on there.

On the old films they would cut out a few seconds before breaks, and on many shows they did what I call blackout edits, where they would cut whole scenes. Sony duplicated these on their shows like Father Knows Best and Dennis the Menace. These edits add up to a choppy, lousy looking episode.

my question

When did what I call "publishers" of art (loosely) & of literature become editors of another artists final product ?

Should Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, & Networks ... be allowed to edit TV shows, movies, or even opinions of such for any reason ?

Do I really need someone else deciding what is suitable for me when either written or filmed, 50 years ago or today?

My opinion - Editing for making room for more commercials is bad enough, but what is politically correct today should not play into the edit. It's what we call history.

End Rant lol

I wonder if they have my cut out sentence or two from Miss Landers in June's Birthday.

I watched that whole episode. June says she should save the blouse for a special occasion. Beaver tells June that she can wear it tomorrow at the mothers tea at Mrs. Harrison’s house and she said she would come. That’s a special occasion. June agrees to wear his blouse.

There is no new scene where Miss Landers talks about going to Mrs. Harrison’s to sing. She never mentions her.

They go to the classroom and they’re practicing singing Old MacDonald and Mrs. L says they did a great job and how they will all assemble in the playground right after lunch. When Whitey asks if they come back from Mrs. Harrison’s or do our mothers get to keep us, Miss Landers says the bus will bring them back here. This is the first time we realize that Beaver and June will be at Mrs. Harrison’s house.

Miss Landers dismisses the class for lunch. Beaver tells Larry his mother is going to the tea and she’s going to wear the blouse. Larry says his mother might come if she gets over her nervous headache.

The scene they usually cut is June talking to 2 other ladies about her nice house and how Mrs. Mondello was supposed to pick up June but phoned. She’s upset about her daughter. One lady says how she’s 18. Then Mrs. Harrison says she has a surprise and a group of children from the school are going to sing for them. One mother, maybe Whitey’s, says it’s our boys. June realizes Beaver is there.

I guess it was supposed to be a surprise that the kids were all going to the tea.

my question

When did what I call "publishers" of art (loosely) & of literature become editors of another artists final product ?

My opinion - Editing for making room for more commercials is bad enough, but what is politically correct today should not play into the edit. It's what we call history.

End Rant lol

I don't think that the originating artists had to contend with the cancel culture.
Nowadays people actually work towards finding an angle by which they can claim to be a victim.

I watched that whole episode. June says she should save the blouse for a special occasion. Beaver tells June that she can wear it tomorrow at the mothers tea at Mrs. Harrison’s house and she said she would come. That’s a special occasion. June agrees to wear his blouse.

There is no new scene where Miss Landers talks about going to Mrs. Harrison’s to sing. She never mentions her.

They go to the classroom and they’re practicing singing Old MacDonald and Mrs. L says they did a great job and how they will all assemble in the playground right after lunch. When Whitey asks if they come back from Mrs. Harrison’s or do our mothers get to keep us, Miss Landers says the bus will bring them back here. This is the first time we realize that Beaver and June will be at Mrs. Harrison’s house.

Miss Landers dismisses the class for lunch. Beaver tells Larry his mother is going to the tea and she’s going to wear the blouse. Larry says his mother might come if she gets over her nervous headache.

The scene they usually cut is June talking to 2 other ladies about her nice house and how Mrs. Mondello was supposed to pick up June but phoned. She’s upset about her daughter. One lady says how she’s 18. Then Mrs. Harrison says she has a surprise and a group of children from the school are going to sing for them. One mother, maybe Whitey’s, says it’s our boys. June realizes Beaver is there.

I guess it was supposed to be a surprise that the kids were all going to the tea.

Thanks! If that snippet ever existed, I guess we can say it's lost.