Finally Resolved: Doris MPI sets are edited slightly

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BREAKING NEWS....lol.......There has been a long discussion regarding the running times of the Doris Day episodes on the 5 MPI sets....each run around 23 minutes length...when the average early 1970's sitcom still ran over 25 minutes. While I still don't know if the episodes are edited by time speed compression or actually are missing small scenes I can now say definately that I recently compared the upcoming MPI Doris Day Christmas Memories DVD which contains the three previously released holiday themed episodes with the season versions after I read that the new release would contain episodes struck from the original negatives which made me run for a time check.....So far I have only checked one episode....

A Two Family Christmas on the season 2 set runs 23:43 but on the new release it runs 25:24 and does look much more colorful and cleaner! Now I have not done a side by side comparison, during fast foward I did not notice any scenes edited, so I am assuming the season sets are time compressed.

Finally let me say that I still consider MPI (next to Shout Factory) the leader in quality and content of classic TV on DVD and though the shows are edited they released a very rare 5 season series in a timely manner with great extras on every release, a far superior job to the hatchet jobs done by Paramount.