Uncut Episodes

[tpcrotty2]

So does anyone know if any commercial releases of this show were uncut?

We know that both commercial US releases of the entire series and the episodes available to watch for free on NBC.com/NBC app feature EDITED/SYNDICATED episodes scattered throughout the high school years. These episodes are easy to identify as they run approximately 22:15 in length while the uncut episodes are longer. The College Years appear to be intact. Also, I believe that Good Morning Miss Bliss is uncut as I have compared them to original airings I was able to locate a few years ago.

It is likely that the episodes that were released on VHS back in the 90s are all uncut, even though some of those same episodes are edited now on US DVD/NBC. I can confirm that "Dancing to the Max" is edited on US DVD/NBC but was released UNEDITED years ago on one of these VHSs. It is likely that the same goes for "Cream for a Day", "House Party", and maybe a handful of others...

A lot of people have said they believe the uncut prints of these episodes to be lost forever. However, here is footage from French airings that were uncut years after the show originally aired: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SSd91BhbUw. Also, I have read that Canada aired uncut reruns as late as 2011.

Elsewhere, I have been told that this release features entirely uncut episodes (and is watchable in English): https://www.amazon.fr/Sauv%C3%A9s-pa...4&s=dvd&sr=1-3. Does anyone know this to be true? I am somewhat skeptical, especially since I have also read that this different international release IS EDITED: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Saved-Bell-.../dp/B0073V2GL0

Has anyone been able to make sense of all this and acquire completely uncut episodes of the high school years? Were they ever all released completely intact and watchable in English???