Deleted scenes from I Love Lucy... - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Bill S. · 03-24-2008, 10:40 PM

Is there such a thing, or did they not save stuff like that back then?

BTW, I just realized this is my 1,000th post

Ireneparalegal · 03-24-2008, 10:49 PM

Congrats on the posts.

I have no idea abt the deleted scenes.

Bill S. · 03-24-2008, 11:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

Congrats on the posts.

Thanks! I should be up there with you in no time!

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I have no idea abt the deleted scenes.

They don't have anything like that on the DVD's? I still didn't buy them yet...*ducks*

Ireneparalegal · 03-24-2008, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill S.

Thanks! I should be up there with you in no time!

They don't have anything like that on the DVD's? I still didn't buy them yet...*ducks*

I haven't had time to enjoy my boxset. I seen only one disc.

*ClassicPinUp* · 03-25-2008, 12:29 AM

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BTW, I just realized this is my 1,000th post

Jude The Obscure · 03-25-2008, 01:05 AM

I have the entire series--bought the old fashioned way, season by season.
Deleted scenes are included on the DVDs.

Bill S. · 03-25-2008, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

I haven't had time to enjoy my boxset. I seen only one disc.

Well you got further than me at least! I've still got this and the King Of Queens box set on my list. They just had to release them around the same time, didn't they?

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Haha, thanks, I guess I'm officially a "Senior Member" now...unless that's been under my name for a while and I just haven't noticed...

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Originally Posted by Jude86

I have the entire series--bought the old fashioned way, season by season.
Deleted scenes are included on the DVDs.

Thanks for the info. Are there deleted scenes for every season? Also, what are they like? (For example, are they re-takes, bloopers, or bits and pieces that were cut so the show wouldn't run overtime?) Please let me know...

Lodee · 03-25-2008, 04:15 PM

I bet most of the bloopers and outtakes are gone forever. Back then they didn't even have reruns.

Benno123 · 03-25-2008, 08:15 PM

When I met Dann Cahn in Jamestown at the Memorial Day 2004 festival, I asked him about the outtakes and the footage that was photographed from different angles but not used. He said that there were very, very few mistakes and outtakes from ILL, but what did exist from those and from the "b rolls" of the film were destroyed. He said that in the late 1950s or the early 1960s, because of the cost and the space to store all this unused film, Desi Arnaz told him to throw it out. So he did what he was told, and the footage ended up in a Los Angeles dumpster.

Like he said, if he only had known how valuable that footage would have been today! (I do believe that somewhere someone has something of outtakes or footage like this from ILL ..... the lost movie appeared, as did someone's color home movie footage, so I believe that maybe somewhere there may be a few clips floating around.)

Ireneparalegal · 03-25-2008, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill S.

Well you got further than me at least! I've still got this and the King Of Queens box set on my list. They just had to release them around the same time, didn't they?

Yeah, I hear that. I asked for ILL boxset for Christmas...ask and you shall receive.

My next move is getting the KoQ boxset. I have 4 on DVD but I'd rather have the whole thing. KoQ is the only show that is perfect to me. Not a bad episode in the bunch. ILL, sorry to say has that Scotland episode. That ruined the perfection for me.

OH Nuts! · 03-25-2008, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Bill S.

Is there such a thing, or did they not save stuff like that back then?

BTW, I just realized this is my 1,000th post

Congratulations!

Bill S. · 03-26-2008, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Benno123

When I met Dann Cahn in Jamestown at the Memorial Day 2004 festival, I asked him about the outtakes and the footage that was photographed from different angles but not used. He said that there were very, very few mistakes and outtakes from ILL, but what did exist from those and from the "b rolls" of the film were destroyed. He said that in the late 1950s or the early 1960s, because of the cost and the space to store all this unused film, Desi Arnaz told him to throw it out. So he did what he was told, and the footage ended up in a Los Angeles dumpster.

Like he said, if he only had known how valuable that footage would have been today! (I do believe that somewhere someone has something of outtakes or footage like this from ILL ..... the lost movie appeared, as did someone's color home movie footage, so I believe that maybe somewhere there may be a few clips floating around.)

But Jude86 just said there are deleted scenes included on the DVD's...

Is there any truth to that?

If all that unused footage was in fact thrown out, do you think that was also the case with those bits that were cut from the Classic 39 episodes of The Honeymooners? I think I remember reading that Jackie edited those episodes himself, but I could be wrong. If he did though, I'd say there's a pretty good chance he might have kept the footage. After all, he did keep all those kinescopes of the Lost Episodes stashed away in his private vault until the 80's.

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Originally Posted by Ireneparalegal

My next move is getting the KoQ boxset. I have 4 on DVD but I'd rather have the whole thing. KoQ is the only show that is perfect to me. Not a bad episode in the bunch. ILL, sorry to say has that Scotland episode. That ruined the perfection for me.

I gotta agree with you there about there not being a bad KoQ episode...I'm not sure I've seen every single episode, but I've yet to see one I didn't like. And as you mentioned, ILL, unfortunately, had the Scotland episode.

I also bought seasons 1-4 before they released the full set, but I was planning on buying all the seasons anyway. Plus that complete set just looks so cool as a little IPS truck and everything!

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Congratulations!

Thanks Rich!

Benno123 · 03-26-2008, 09:38 PM

The deleted scenes included on ILL's DVD releases are not what I would consider outtakes as much as just "missing scenes." Here's an example:
In the original airing of "Lucy Does A TV Commercial" in the scene where Lucy pretends to be in the TV doing her show, she is seen dressed as the Philip Morris guy. In the original airing she does the "Call for Phillip Morris" call, but in the reruns that part is edited out and the scene is reedited with the "B roll" footage that is now gone, lost, destroyed. (Remember, these were edited after the original airings in the 1950s when this footage was still around.) According to Gregg Oppenheimer at the same festival in 2004 in Jamestown, he had to watch his father's 16mm prints of the shows as broadcast to find the missing footage to reedited it back into the shows because when Desilu and CBS would change music or edit lines, scenes, whatever, instead of using a print of the episode the cuts were made on the master negatives. The best way to see the most complete unedited I Love Lucy shows are to collect the DVDs or collect the shows on the collectors market with the original commercials.

There are not any "goofs" or scenes of the cast laughing at a line and having to reshoot the scene included on ILL. The only "goofs" included are the mistakes that happened in the show that made it onto the air.

Bill S. · 04-02-2008, 02:21 AM

Thanks for clearing that up for me Ben.

VintageHousewife · 06-11-2008, 09:05 PM

I too have often wondered if there were ever any deleted scenes

03-24-2008, 10:40 PM	#1
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	Deleted scenes from I Love Lucy... Is there such a thing, or did they not save stuff like that back then? BTW, I just realized this is my 1,000th post

03-24-2008, 10:49 PM	#2
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03-25-2008, 01:05 AM	#6
Jude The Obscure Retired Eternal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Posts: 7,520	I have the entire series--bought the old fashioned way, season by season. Deleted scenes are included on the DVDs.

03-25-2008, 04:15 PM	#8
Lodee Member Senior Member Join Date: Jun 12, 2003 Posts: 1,562	I bet most of the bloopers and outtakes are gone forever. Back then they didn't even have reruns.

03-25-2008, 08:15 PM	#9
Benno123 Jenna Fischer Rocks My World!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,036	When I met Dann Cahn in Jamestown at the Memorial Day 2004 festival, I asked him about the outtakes and the footage that was photographed from different angles but not used. He said that there were very, very few mistakes and outtakes from ILL, but what did exist from those and from the "b rolls" of the film were destroyed. He said that in the late 1950s or the early 1960s, because of the cost and the space to store all this unused film, Desi Arnaz told him to throw it out. So he did what he was told, and the footage ended up in a Los Angeles dumpster. Like he said, if he only had known how valuable that footage would have been today! (I do believe that somewhere someone has something of outtakes or footage like this from ILL ..... the lost movie appeared, as did someone's color home movie footage, so I believe that maybe somewhere there may be a few clips floating around.)

03-26-2008, 09:38 PM	#13
Benno123 Jenna Fischer Rocks My World!! Senior Member Join Date: Nov 01, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,036	The deleted scenes included on ILL's DVD releases are not what I would consider outtakes as much as just "missing scenes." Here's an example: In the original airing of "Lucy Does A TV Commercial" in the scene where Lucy pretends to be in the TV doing her show, she is seen dressed as the Philip Morris guy. In the original airing she does the "Call for Phillip Morris" call, but in the reruns that part is edited out and the scene is reedited with the "B roll" footage that is now gone, lost, destroyed. (Remember, these were edited after the original airings in the 1950s when this footage was still around.) According to Gregg Oppenheimer at the same festival in 2004 in Jamestown, he had to watch his father's 16mm prints of the shows as broadcast to find the missing footage to reedited it back into the shows because when Desilu and CBS would change music or edit lines, scenes, whatever, instead of using a print of the episode the cuts were made on the *master negatives.* The best way to see the most complete unedited I Love Lucy shows are to collect the DVDs or collect the shows on the collectors market with the original commercials. There are not any "goofs" or scenes of the cast laughing at a line and having to reshoot the scene included on ILL. The only "goofs" included are the mistakes that happened in the show that made it onto the air.

04-02-2008, 02:21 AM	#14
Bill S. Member Senior Member Join Date: May 11, 2003 Posts: 1,112	Thanks for clearing that up for me Ben.

06-11-2008, 09:05 PM	#15
VintageHousewife Member First Time Poster Join Date: Jun 11, 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 1	I too have often wondered if there were ever any deleted scenes