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Carrie · 03-11-2004, 10:12 AM

I'm not sure if this question has been asked before, but I was curious about what your favorite episodes are? Here are mine in no particular order:

"Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced"
"My Blonde-Haired Brunette"
"To Tell or Not to Tell"
"The Curious Thing About Women"
"Where Did I Come From?"
"The Twizzle"
"The Two Faces of Rob"
"The Attempted Marriage"
"My Husband is Not a Drunk"
"It May Look Like a Walnut!"
"Jilting the Jilter"
"That's My Boy???"
"Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice"
"Honeymoons Are for the Lucky"
"The Ghost of A. Chantz"
"4 1/2"
"Pink Pills and Purple Parents"
"Bupkiss"
"Never Bathe on Saturday"
"100 Terrible Hours"
"No Rice at My Wedding"
"Draw Me a Pear"
"Bad Reception in Albany"

I love them all though. It's so hard to pick!

SawgrassSteve · 03-13-2004, 09:33 AM

Carrie,
Being our newest member, I don't want you to think that we're ignoring your question here. It's a good one, but as you suspected, it has come up many times in various incarnations. Favorite episode, character, season, dream, flasback, one-Liner, Laura quote, Laura outfit, & others.
I must say though, I think you've given the longest, and best list of us all. I'll bet we all can find at least 5 of our own favorites in your list.
Just wanted you to know.

Steve

Lolac · 03-13-2004, 08:43 PM

Carrie, One of my very favorite episodes is "Coast to Coast Big Mouth." I haven't seen it in a long time and I'm very much looking forward to having it on DVD. I have many favorite episodes and many are on your list.

Lolac

Pentimento · 03-14-2004, 12:56 PM

Well, as another newcomer to this site, this question is new to me. I have many favorites but if I had to narrow it down, these would be my top five:

"All About Eavesdropping"
"Pink Pills and Purple Parents"
"The Death of the Party"
"Don't Trip Over That Mountain"
"Long Night's Journey into Day"

I would also list "Too Many Stars" among my favorites, mainly for the hilarious song performed by Millie at the auditions.

Lolac · 03-14-2004, 05:51 PM

I just want to say how happy I am to see so many new people coming to this board! We love TDVDS fans!

Lolac

Jorgy · 03-14-2004, 08:02 PM

Hello!!!
another (semi) newbie here...
I too have many many favourites but if I had to narrow it down to a few they would be...
"oh how we met the night that we danced"
"Ghost of A. Chance"
"the curious thing about women"
"what's in a middle name"
"Laura's Little Lie"
"that's my boy"
"to tell or not to tell"
"long nights journey into day"
"the lady and the babysitter"... wow...there are quite a few...lol

I haven't even seen "it may look like a walnut" (they didn't show it very often on TVLand) or "coast to coast big mouth" but i'm sure they'd be in my top episodes also...there are only a few episodes that i haven't seen but hopefully i will soon be getting the dvd sets...i can't wait!

Oh ya... before i forget, i was wondering... since the dvd's are uncut... are there any scenes that really stand out in any of the episodes that got cut from what tvland was showing?

Thanks a bunch,
Riley

Pentimento · 03-15-2004, 11:41 AM

Hi, Riley...

I've only recently obtained the Dick Van Dyke DVDs so I've only watched a few episodes so far. I'd expected to be able to notice which scenes had been deleted by TV Land (as I have with the first season of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" on DVD), but so far nothing seems different. I know the episodes must have been shortened by TV Land to allow for extra commercials, but maybe the cuts weren't entire scenes (as they were with MTM) so the missing parts aren't so obvious. I don't know.

Oh, and thanks for the welcome, Lolac.

SawgrassSteve · 03-15-2004, 04:19 PM

Yes, Pentimento
Lolac's very courteous to remember to welcome all of our newcomers. I'm absent-minded, but I'm glad to see you all on our message board. It's very encouraging, and I knew you were out there somewhere!
I feel the same way about the edits as you do. I consider myself an expert on the show, but find that I cannot notice the edits as readily as I thought I could! For the most part, they can't be whole scenes, but still I'd have thought I'd notice them.
I'm going to try a scene-by-scene comparison with a TV Land tape, and a DVD and see what I get!

Steve

Lolac · 03-15-2004, 04:36 PM

Steve, do it with the episode "Sally is a Girl." Huge edit there. There are others. I think some of these edits are very obvious. "October Eve" has a huge edit. "Washington vs. the Bunny" at the end. The whole tag scene was edited out. I am having a brain cramp and can't think of others right now, but if you watch them side by side, you will really notice them.

Lolac

Carrie · 03-16-2004, 09:46 AM

I'd like to add "The Cat Burglar" to my list of favorites. I watched it last night and laughed so hard! I'd forgotten how funny that episode was, especially when Rob was looking for the bullet in Laura's jewelry box, then trying to find the thief without making any noise. LOL!

Pentimento · 03-16-2004, 11:06 AM

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Originally posted by Lolac
Steve, do it with the episode "Sally is a Girl." Huge edit there. ... "Washington vs. the Bunny" at the end. The whole tag scene was edited out.

I'm puzzled. I just watched "Sally is a Girl" and the tag scene at the end of "Washington vs. the Bunny", and while parts of "Sally is a Girl" seemed less familiar than other parts, I'm sure I've seen the whole thing. Same with the tag scene of the bunny episode.

I know that there's no way that TV Land shows all 25-26 minutes of every episode, so all I can figure is that I'm remembering those deleted parts from when I used to watch the show in syndication prior to the existence of TV Land and the current 20-21 minute half-hour. It must have been syndicated almost immediately after it ended its prime time run because I recall watching it during the day when I was a kid (mid- to late-60s), back when a half an hour only had a few minutes of commercials.

That's why it irks me that TV Land claims to preserve our "television heritage" when they continually hack up our favorite shows to cram in more ads, but I guess that's just the way it is now. It's too bad.

Lolac · 03-16-2004, 11:29 AM

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Originally posted by Pentimento
I'm puzzled. I just watched "Sally is a Girl" and the tag scene at the end of "Washington vs. the Bunny", and while parts of "Sally is a Girl" seemed less familiar than other parts, I'm sure I've seen the whole thing. Same with the tag scene of the bunny episode.

I know that there's no way that TV Land shows all 25-26 minutes of every episode, so all I can figure is that I'm remembering those deleted parts from when I used to watch the show in syndication prior to the existence of TV Land and the current 20-21 minute half-hour. It must have been syndicated almost immediately after it ended its prime time run because I recall watching it during the day when I was a kid (mid- to late-60s), back when a half an hour only had a few minutes of commercials.

That's why it irks me that TV Land claims to preserve our "television heritage" when they continually hack up our favorite shows to cram in more ads, but I guess that's just the way it is now. It's too bad.

You're exactly right, Pentimento. You did see those scenes when you saw them when you were a kid. I remember vividly some of the scenes that were cut out from long ago. In "Sally is a Girl," Laura has a conversation with Buddy about whether or not it is appropriate for a girl to call on a man. That entire conversation is cut out on TV Land. Also a couple of small lines here and there. I used to have all TDVDS episodes on video tape that I taped from Nick at Nite and TV Land. I watched them all the time before the DVDs came out. I practically had them memorized, so the differences in the uncut version are very obvious to me. In "October Eve," when Laura and Sally are in the gallery and a man and woman are looking at the painting, most of the conversation between the man and woman talking about the painting is cut out. Yet I, like you, remember seeing those in the past. It's amazing.

Lolac

Pentimento · 03-16-2004, 11:42 AM

Well then, Lolac, thank goodness for the DVDs, right? It's so great to be able to watch the shows we love and remember so well, uncut (and with no commercials!), anytime we feel like seeing them. I also like the "extras" -- the photo galleries, commentary and original commercial spots -- included on the DVDs. The DVD is a wonderful invention.

Lolac · 03-16-2004, 01:36 PM

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Originally posted by Pentimento
Well then, Lolac, thank goodness for the DVDs, right? It's so great to be able to watch the shows we love and remember so well, uncut (and with no commercials!), anytime we feel like seeing them. I also like the "extras" -- the photo galleries, commentary and original commercial spots -- included on the DVDs. The DVD is a wonderful invention.

Amen.

Lolac

JudgeGarth · 04-07-2004, 06:45 PM

I like almost all of 'em, but my favorites are these ones with Jerry Helper: "A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat," "All About Eavesdropping." and "Love Thy Other Neighbor."

Also deserving of mention is "Scratch My Car and Die." That one is so beautifully self-contained it would make a great one-act play.

03-11-2004, 10:12 AM	#1
Carrie Dreamin' of Jeannie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Cocoa Beach Posts: 1,768	Favorite Episodes I'm not sure if this question has been asked before, but I was curious about what your favorite episodes are? Here are mine in no particular order: "Oh How We Met the Night That We Danced" "My Blonde-Haired Brunette" "To Tell or Not to Tell" "The Curious Thing About Women" "Where Did I Come From?" "The Twizzle" "The Two Faces of Rob" "The Attempted Marriage" "My Husband is Not a Drunk" "It May Look Like a Walnut!" "Jilting the Jilter" "That's My Boy???" "Very Old Shoes, Very Old Rice" "Honeymoons Are for the Lucky" "The Ghost of A. Chantz" "4 1/2" "Pink Pills and Purple Parents" "Bupkiss" "Never Bathe on Saturday" "100 Terrible Hours" "No Rice at My Wedding" "Draw Me a Pear" "Bad Reception in Albany" I love them all though. It's so hard to pick!

03-13-2004, 09:33 AM	#2
SawgrassSteve Loyal Worshipper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,423	Carrie, Being our newest member, I don't want you to think that we're ignoring your question here. It's a good one, but as you suspected, it has come up many times in various incarnations. Favorite episode, character, season, dream, flasback, one-Liner, Laura quote, Laura outfit, & others. I must say though, I think you've given the longest, and best list of us all. I'll bet we all can find at least 5 of our own favorites in your list. Just wanted you to know. Steve
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03-13-2004, 08:43 PM	#3
Lolac Dolce far niente, Carissima! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 02, 2003 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 1,487	Carrie, One of my very favorite episodes is "Coast to Coast Big Mouth." I haven't seen it in a long time and I'm very much looking forward to having it on DVD. I have many favorite episodes and many are on your list. Lolac

03-14-2004, 12:56 PM	#4
Pentimento Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 16, 2004 Location: The Big Valley Posts: 606	Well, as another newcomer to this site, this question is new to me. I have many favorites but if I had to narrow it down, these would be my top five: "All About Eavesdropping" "Pink Pills and Purple Parents" "The Death of the Party" "Don't Trip Over That Mountain" "Long Night's Journey into Day" I would also list "Too Many Stars" among my favorites, mainly for the hilarious song performed by Millie at the auditions.

03-14-2004, 05:51 PM	#5
Lolac Dolce far niente, Carissima! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 02, 2003 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 1,487	I just want to say how happy I am to see so many new people coming to this board! We love TDVDS fans! Lolac

03-14-2004, 08:02 PM	#6
Jorgy Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 21, 2002 Location: Thunder Bay ON Posts: 18	Hello!!! another (semi) newbie here... I too have many many favourites but if I had to narrow it down to a few they would be... "oh how we met the night that we danced" "Ghost of A. Chance" "the curious thing about women" "what's in a middle name" "Laura's Little Lie" "that's my boy" "to tell or not to tell" "long nights journey into day" "the lady and the babysitter"... wow...there are quite a few...lol I haven't even seen "it may look like a walnut" (they didn't show it very often on TVLand) or "coast to coast big mouth" but i'm sure they'd be in my top episodes also...there are only a few episodes that i haven't seen but hopefully i will soon be getting the dvd sets...i can't wait! Oh ya... before i forget, i was wondering... since the dvd's are uncut... are there any scenes that really stand out in any of the episodes that got cut from what tvland was showing? Thanks a bunch, Riley

03-15-2004, 11:41 AM	#7
Pentimento Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 16, 2004 Location: The Big Valley Posts: 606	Hi, Riley... I've only recently obtained the Dick Van Dyke DVDs so I've only watched a few episodes so far. I'd expected to be able to notice which scenes had been deleted by TV Land (as I have with the first season of "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" on DVD), but so far nothing seems different. I know the episodes must have been shortened by TV Land to allow for extra commercials, but maybe the cuts weren't entire scenes (as they were with MTM) so the missing parts aren't so obvious. I don't know. Oh, and thanks for the welcome, Lolac.

03-15-2004, 04:19 PM	#8
SawgrassSteve Loyal Worshipper Senior Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 1,423	Yes, Pentimento Lolac's very courteous to remember to welcome all of our newcomers. I'm absent-minded, but I'm glad to see you all on our message board. It's very encouraging, and I knew you were out there somewhere! I feel the same way about the edits as you do. I consider myself an expert on the show, but find that I cannot notice the edits as readily as I thought I could! For the most part, they can't be whole scenes, but still I'd have thought I'd notice them. I'm going to try a scene-by-scene comparison with a TV Land tape, and a DVD and see what I get! Steve

03-15-2004, 04:36 PM	#9
Lolac Dolce far niente, Carissima! Senior Member Join Date: Jan 02, 2003 Location: Fairfax Station, VA Posts: 1,487	Steve, do it with the episode "Sally is a Girl." Huge edit there. There are others. I think some of these edits are very obvious. "October Eve" has a huge edit. "Washington vs. the Bunny" at the end. The whole tag scene was edited out. I am having a brain cramp and can't think of others right now, but if you watch them side by side, you will really notice them. Lolac

03-16-2004, 09:46 AM	#10
Carrie Dreamin' of Jeannie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Cocoa Beach Posts: 1,768	I'd like to add "The Cat Burglar" to my list of favorites. I watched it last night and laughed so hard! I'd forgotten how funny that episode was, especially when Rob was looking for the bullet in Laura's jewelry box, then trying to find the thief without making any noise. LOL!

03-16-2004, 11:42 AM	#13
Pentimento Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 16, 2004 Location: The Big Valley Posts: 606	Well then, Lolac, thank goodness for the DVDs, right? It's so great to be able to watch the shows we love and remember so well, uncut (and with no commercials!), anytime we feel like seeing them. I also like the "extras" -- the photo galleries, commentary and original commercial spots -- included on the DVDs. The DVD is a wonderful invention.

04-07-2004, 06:45 PM	#15
JudgeGarth Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 07, 2004 Location: Wheaton, IL Posts: 443	I like almost all of 'em, but my favorites are these ones with Jerry Helper: "A Vigilante Ripped My Sports Coat," "All About Eavesdropping." and "Love Thy Other Neighbor." Also deserving of mention is "Scratch My Car and Die." That one is so beautifully self-contained it would make a great one-act play.