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Jack1000 · 07-06-2005, 12:24 AM

Guys,

I can not, absolutely can not wait until LITB comes out on DVD! I mean all six seasons! Do you realize that it is common practice for syndicate to chop out a minute of scenes when a series first goes into syndication? I don't know when "Beaver" went into syndication, (does anyone know?) But let's say Spring of 1964. I may be wrong about this, but this means that there are at least 2-3 minutes of LITB dialoge from EVERY episode that we have NEVER seen! I don't know who the oldest poster would be on this board who could remember LITB in it's original UNCUT format, but it's been a long time since 1963. I can't imagine what we have been missing! But we can look forward to at least 3 minutes of never before seen footage (to us at least) on each and every episode! The stories uncut are going to have so much more meaning to them. I speak from the experiences of owning several other DVD TV series. There is no comparison when you watch a series on TV Land or syndicate in relation to when you see it on DVD.

The sad part is going to be the agony of waiting for Universal to release all six seasons. This could take 6-10 years at the rate that DVD's are released! I normally would have put this in the LITB DVD thread. But as this show holds such a special significance for me as a fan and supporter of how great Jerry Mathers was in this role, I had to create a seperate thread!

How about ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS as extras on the DVD's!!!??? Someone said that the show back then had only 1-2 commercials during it's original 25 minute run. (Damn TV Land for your edits of this great show, or any of your shows!) One of the sponsors was a typewriter company. Does anyone remember who it was? During the show's original 1957-1963 prime time run, (I wish I could just hope back into a time machine and turn on anybody's TV and watch this show the way it was intended!) Jerry and/or Tony would endorse this typewriter, which counted as a commercial and one of them or both would say how this particular typewriter would improve your grades in school. (A poster on the board mentioned this.)

Anyway, I am sure many of you feel the way that I do about this landmark classic show!

Jack

07-06-2005, 12:24 AM	#1
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	The Dream of Seeing This Series UNCUT! Guys, I can not, absolutely can not wait until LITB comes out on DVD! I mean all six seasons! Do you realize that it is common practice for syndicate to chop out a minute of scenes when a series first goes into syndication? I don't know when "Beaver" went into syndication, (does anyone know?) But let's say Spring of 1964. I may be wrong about this, but this means that there are at least 2-3 minutes of LITB dialoge from EVERY episode that we have NEVER seen! I don't know who the oldest poster would be on this board who could remember LITB in it's original UNCUT format, but it's been a long time since 1963. I can't imagine what we have been missing! But we can look forward to at least 3 minutes of never before seen footage (to us at least) on each and every episode! The stories uncut are going to have so much more meaning to them. I speak from the experiences of owning several other DVD TV series. There is no comparison when you watch a series on TV Land or syndicate in relation to when you see it on DVD. The sad part is going to be the agony of waiting for Universal to release all six seasons. This could take 6-10 years at the rate that DVD's are released! I normally would have put this in the LITB DVD thread. But as this show holds such a special significance for me as a fan and supporter of how great Jerry Mathers was in this role, I had to create a seperate thread! How about ORIGINAL COMMERCIALS as extras on the DVD's!!!??? Someone said that the show back then had only 1-2 commercials during it's original 25 minute run. (Damn TV Land for your edits of this great show, or any of your shows!) One of the sponsors was a typewriter company. Does anyone remember who it was? During the show's original 1957-1963 prime time run, (I wish I could just hope back into a time machine and turn on anybody's TV and watch this show the way it was intended!) Jerry and/or Tony would endorse this typewriter, which counted as a commercial and one of them or both would say how this particular typewriter would improve your grades in school. (A poster on the board mentioned this.) Anyway, I am sure many of you feel the way that I do about this landmark classic show! Jack
	Last edited by Jack1000; 07-11-2005 at 02:17 AM.