Looking for info on Birds of Prey (1973) TV Movie with David Janssen - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Deaks · 04-12-2026, 12:36 PM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_...281973_film%29
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069787/

Does anyone have this from a TV airing or on VHS?

I have a few copies of this film already, there are copies on DVD, youtube and it's streaming on Amazon and Tubi.

The film should open with Janssen's character singing along to the song "Three Little Fishies" that's playing on the radio, plus there are other songs throughout. The DVD releases all seem to have the songs replaced with generic big-band music. The Amazon and Tubi streams seems to have the original songs but have around 8 minutes cut from the film.

What confuses me is this copy on Youtube appears to have the ABC Movie of the Week buffer but then doesn't have the original songs?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klea--2FCTE

I would love to find someone who has their own off-air recording, or an original VHS release to see what music they have and the running times.

jeff1990 · 04-12-2026, 12:47 PM

I recall having this way back in my teens. I did a lot of downloading of old tv stuff (still do) and I know I had this on a dvd-r and I can't seem to remember anything with big band music. It's been many years though.

04-12-2026, 12:36 PM	#1
Deaks Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 26, 2007 Location: UK Posts: 184	Looking for info on Birds of Prey (1973) TV Movie with David Janssen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_...281973_film%29 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069787/ Does anyone have this from a TV airing or on VHS? I have a few copies of this film already, there are copies on DVD, youtube and it's streaming on Amazon and Tubi. The film should open with Janssen's character singing along to the song "Three Little Fishies" that's playing on the radio, plus there are other songs throughout. The DVD releases all seem to have the songs replaced with generic big-band music. The Amazon and Tubi streams seems to have the original songs but have around 8 minutes cut from the film. What confuses me is this copy on Youtube appears to have the ABC Movie of the Week buffer but then doesn't have the original songs?! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klea--2FCTE I would love to find someone who has their own off-air recording, or an original VHS release to see what music they have and the running times.

04-12-2026, 12:47 PM	#2
jeff1990 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Oct 17, 2011 Posts: 307	I recall having this way back in my teens. I did a lot of downloading of old tv stuff (still do) and I know I had this on a dvd-r and I can't seem to remember anything with big band music. It's been many years though.