are the dvds the original uncut episodes?

[dave insinga]

i was wondering i read some of the things not shown in syndication
but is the first season on dvd uncut because i've heard some shows like alf and ther may have been a few others were not the original restored episodes

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by dave insinga

i was wondering i read some of the things not shown in syndication
but is the first season on dvd uncut because i've heard some shows like alf and ther may have been a few others were not the original restored episodes

The only people who would know if the eps on DVD are the originals are the people who watched the Brady Bunch during the original run on ABC

[dave insinga]

this show has been in reruns forever many networks have ran the show every network edits a show a different way so there maybe bits and pieces shown on tvland that were not shown on say the wb or fox and yes i watched that
show on abc when it 1st aired im sure there are others.why do you answer a forum with a sarcastic remark i was merly inquiring if anyone knew.

[Jack1000]

Hi,

The pilot for Season 1 "The Honeymoon runs 25:00." Other episodes run between 25:00-25:30. (The Honeymoon did not have a tag scene in its original run.) You are getting a good 2:30- 3 minutes of footage that has not been seen on TV Land, some footage that has not been seen in syndicate, and some footage that has not been seen probably since the original run.

Both Network Syndicate/TV Land versions of The Brady Bunch I am ESTIMATING, come in at around 22:00 to 22:30 maximum. (Each station uses dufferent edits.) When TV Land acquired the rights to the Brady Bunch, I understand that they wanted their episodes to have a slightly different length. Paramount distributed the uncut version of the show and than TV Land made its own edits to fit into a 22-22:30 time slot. This is why you will see scenes that your local syndicate/TBS took out that TV Land restored and vice versa.

In any event, ALL non DVD and non Commercially produced VHS home videos of the show are missing on average 2-3 minutes of footage. With the DVD's coming in at a time frame of 25 episodes, you should be viewing the original ABC viewings of the episodes uncut. The only thing missing is that bumper spot in between the last scene and the tag sequence where one of the kids (whom the show's episode was about.)would come on and say, "The Brady Bunch Will Return in a Moment."

Otherwise, the DVD's are the original network airings from 1969-1974.

Jack

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by dave insinga

this show has been in reruns forever many networks have ran the show every network edits a show a different way so there maybe bits and pieces shown on tvland that were not shown on say the wb or fox and yes i watched that
show on abc when it 1st aired im sure there are others.why do you answer a forum with a sarcastic remark i was merly inquiring if anyone knew.

dave i wasn't being sarcastic at all, i was just saying only a person who watched the show on ABC would know for sure. We can assume it's the original ep on DVD but only a person with a good memory who watched TBB on ABC would be able to say whether it's cut or not. Then again even if someone watched TBB on ABC may not remember what they say in the early 70's so those type of questions will always be hard to answer.

[Tweety]

Originally Posted by RetroTVCollector

.. We can assume it's the original ep on DVD but only a person with a good memory who watched TBB on ABC would be able to say whether it's cut or not. Then again even if someone watched TBB on ABC may not remember what they say in the early 70's so those type of questions will always be hard to answer.

This is true... there weren't very many VCRs around in those days, so you had to catch the show when it was on...no taping and watching it later. My friends and I would sometimes make audio tapes of shows in order to get the dialogue story ("Get Smart" was an example of shows we used to audiotape. Nobody I know did that with the Brady Bunch).

It'll be interesting to me to watch the DVDs to see if I remember the restored scenes. I didn't start watching the BB until probably about the 3rd season or so, but watched the show during the remainder of its run. I haven't bought the BB DVDs yet, but probably will soon. I'll probably end up buy the first 3 seasons together when the season 3 dvds are released.

[Jack1000]

Originally Posted by Tweety

This is true... there weren't very many VCRs around in those days, so you had to catch the show when it was on...no taping and watching it later. My friends and I would sometimes make audio tapes of shows in order to get the dialogue story ("Get Smart" was an example of shows we used to audiotape. Nobody I know did that with the Brady Bunch).

It'll be interesting to me to watch the DVDs to see if I remember the restored scenes. I didn't start watching the BB until probably about the 3rd season or so, but watched the show during the remainder of its run. I haven't bought the BB DVDs yet, but probably will soon. I'll probably end up buy the first 3 seasons together when the season 3 dvds are released.

Guys,

There MIGHT. and I have to emphasize MIGHT be a scene from the original airing of Call Me Irresponsible that didn't make the DVD restoration. (I am NOT sure about this, so we can't go e-mailing or writing Paramount's home video department.....yet!)

Put on your Brady thinking caps real tight and see if you can remember this scene or if I am going crazy!!! (I think it could be both)

Remember when Greg goes to the Campas Drama School because he is trying to retrieve his designs, which he accidently leaves in his girfriend Randy Peterson's Dad's car? There is a scene where the drama teacher and Randy are rehersing a scene and the teacher opens the door and hits Greg in the chest with the flowers? While, for some strange reason, I seem to remember that Randy and the teacher reherse this scene at least once before and the drama teacher says something like "No Randy, be a little more dramatic in your dialogue." Than on the SECOND rehersal of the scene Greg gets hit with the flowers. I am NOT sure about this however. If this scene did exist it would have been before the second set of mid 1980 syndicate cuts. Because I remember the TBS running and they showed that scene and I always thought that there was something else there. I am using the Play All Feature as I am going through the disks.

If anyone has Season 2, and wants to time "Call Me Irresponsible" maybe that can help varify this information. If it comes in at 25:00-25:30, than I am nuts!!! If it's like 24:30 or less, I'll be willing to bet that they couldn't find that scene! (But than why wouldn't they use the back up 16mm prints for that scene?) I think to be honest I am probably imagining this!

OK Brady fanatics? Did this scene exist or not???

Jack