Are The Columbia House Tapes of "I Love Lucy" Edited? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Jack1000 · 12-27-2002, 08:43 PM

Greetings,

I was told that the Columbia House tapes for ILL are cut to 21 minutes! Wow! if this is true, TV Land even has more footage! Is this true on all of the episodes or just some in the series? Some people were asking about this and I need clarification. Now, for those with DVD players, have the episodes on DVD been cut as well or are they fully restored? Thanks for the info!

Jack

Barnabas1 · 12-27-2002, 08:57 PM

The old ones my Mom has say 25 minutes, how old are yours?

Jack1000 · 12-28-2002, 05:02 PM

I don't actually have them, I wanted to clarify this editing issue before I considered purchasing them. If the ones that your Mom has are indeed 25 mins, then they sound uncut to me! Thanks!

Jack

Amanda924 · 12-28-2002, 08:39 PM

I believe the Columbia House tapes are unedited. The DVD's are the restored version.

TV Favorites · 12-28-2002, 10:31 PM

If they are 25 minutes, they are not edited. Anything less and they probably are.

SPLAIN · 12-30-2002, 03:21 PM

Of course, they're not, that was the whole point, to get the COMPLETE shows, Desi, in his book, said 24 minutes and change! On regular TV, they usually insert more commercials and therefore cut scenes!

keri · 01-01-2003, 07:09 PM

Tape an episode. They last 21+ min w/o commercials.

TVJunkie101 · 01-01-2003, 08:14 PM

The store released DVDs I bought this past summer (Volumes 1 & 2) ARE edited. Which is so awful. 21 minutes.

I was going to buy Vols. 3 & 4, but I may not, because of this. Such a shame.

I'm checking one now in case I may be wrong (I doubt I am).

Barnabas1 · 01-01-2003, 08:26 PM

Why sell them if they're not the full thing?

SPLAIN · 01-02-2003, 02:35 PM

The ones out now cannot be incomplete, that was the whole point, will time one when i get home and get back to you!

TVJunkie101 · 01-02-2003, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by SPLAIN
The ones out now cannot be incomplete, that was the whole point, will time one when i get home and get back to you!

Okay. I just finished timing it YET again, and you all are right. They are unedited. At first I was using the regular clock to determine the time, and this time used the time elapse on the DVD player. It was exactly almost 24 minutes. Give or take 10 seconds, LOL.

Sorry about that

*Phew* though. I was so ticked thinking they were unedited, LOL.

12-27-2002, 08:43 PM	#1
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	Are The Columbia House Tapes of "I Love Lucy" Edited? Greetings, I was told that the Columbia House tapes for ILL are cut to 21 minutes! Wow! if this is true, TV Land even has more footage! Is this true on all of the episodes or just some in the series? Some people were asking about this and I need clarification. Now, for those with DVD players, have the episodes on DVD been cut as well or are they fully restored? Thanks for the info! Jack

12-27-2002, 08:57 PM	#2
Barnabas1 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 01, 2001 Posts: 4,598	The old ones my Mom has say 25 minutes, how old are yours?
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12-28-2002, 10:31 PM	#5
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01-01-2003, 08:14 PM	#8
TVJunkie101 Member...you 'member? Senior Member Join Date: May 28, 2002 Location: Florida Posts: 2,838	The store released DVDs I bought this past summer (Volumes 1 & 2) ARE edited. Which is so awful. 21 minutes. I was going to buy Vols. 3 & 4, but I may not, because of this. Such a shame. I'm checking one now in case I may be wrong (I doubt I am).
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12-28-2002, 05:02 PM	#3
Jack1000 Member Senior Member Join Date: Dec 05, 2001 Posts: 2,055	I don't actually have them, I wanted to clarify this editing issue before I considered purchasing them. If the ones that your Mom has are indeed 25 mins, then they sound uncut to me! Thanks! Jack

12-28-2002, 08:39 PM	#4
Amanda924 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 06, 2002 Posts: 36	I believe the Columbia House tapes are unedited. The DVD's are the restored version.

12-30-2002, 03:21 PM	#6
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	Of course, they're not, that was the whole point, to get the COMPLETE shows, Desi, in his book, said 24 minutes and change! On regular TV, they usually insert more commercials and therefore cut scenes!

01-01-2003, 07:09 PM	#7
keri Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Nov 28, 2002 Posts: 5	Tape an episode. They last 21+ min w/o commercials.

01-01-2003, 08:26 PM	#9
Barnabas1 Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 01, 2001 Posts: 4,598	Why sell them if they're not the full thing?

01-02-2003, 02:35 PM	#10
SPLAIN I Love Lucy Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 04, 2002 Location: MONTREAL, CANADA Posts: 4,563	The ones out now cannot be incomplete, that was the whole point, will time one when i get home and get back to you!