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Word of warning for those catching this on Comcast Digital Cable...

posted 18 years ago by DeliciousFires
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Hey, for those of you catching the show on Comcast On Demand, be warned that not all of the episodes are in the order they should be. Just thought I'd let you guys know because I've been recording the episodes onto DVD and have had to start over three times already because some episodes appear where they shouldn't be (i.e. "Twelve Angry Kids," "A Little Magic).

For a complete list of all episodes in the order they should be in, check out this site:

http://www.tv.com/silver-spoons/show/495/episode_listings.html?season=1&tag=nav_bar;1

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[–] BHoeffer68 18 years ago

Also the episodes are edited. There were parts I remember that were cut out. These look like they were taken from syndicated versions.
The episode where Ricky dresses up like a girl to pretend to be Derek dates, was my favorite episode as a kid and I had on tape from its original run. There are 2 scenes that are cut short and leave out some funny parts.

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[–] DeliciousFires 18 years ago

ACK! That sucks. But hey, at least they're digitally remastered and look great. Guess it's the best we can do for right now. Hopefully, a DVD set will be released soon.

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[–] MichaelMovieLoft 18 years ago

Also the episodes are edited. There were parts I remember that were cut out. These look like they were taken from syndicated versions.

I noticed that too. I just saw the episode where Ricky drives Edwards car into the house and Grandfather Stratton calls up the auto club. I remember him giving a huge club number with zeros. Kind of stupid they would show the syndicated episodes because there are no commercials.

MM

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[–] DeliciousFires 18 years ago

Comcast On Demand is continuing to mess with me! They keep adding new episodes, but for some reason have skipped over "Honor Thy Father." And yes, the episodes added are STILL out of order! Does anyone know of they do this regularly with Tube Time shows??

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[–] DaBears54 18 years ago

I lost track of the show for many years. I thought the two episodes with Ox and Mr T and when Ox takes Ricky to court were back to back episodes. Since I read someone's post on here saying Comcast's dumbasses bounce episodes I had to check the link that person posted of TV time. I was surprised to see that the court episode was months later.

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[–] DeliciousFires 18 years ago

Hey filmsRreel, how about reading the rest of the posts before you start name-calling? The episodes are NOT uncut.

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[–] DeliciousFires 18 years ago

Uh, why do you think I'm complaining???

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[–] DeliciousFires 18 years ago

2 more episodes just added tonight. But guess what?? Episode 12 STILL hasn't been put up! I don't understand this crap...

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[–] branenj001 18 years ago

Im wondering how long it will be before they stop showing them. It seems they did that with The Facts Of Life. I was religiously watching them for about a year and would anxiously, sometimes impatiently, wait for them to update them. I go away for a month, come back and see that the same episodes are still on there, and literally the next day they were gone.

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[–] Riogirl 18 years ago

I know what you mean...I was so disappointed when they took away One Day at a Time. Thats when I had to start watching Silver Spoons.

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[–] branenj001 18 years ago

Yep, I started watching Silver Spoons when they took facts of life away. It's going to suck even more when/if they take silver spoons off LOL because the facts of life episodes I had seen most of them previously at one point but ive never seen silver spoons before. Im hoping they dont take it off for awhile. I want to see the episodes where he is a bit older and Alfonso is on.

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[–] Riogirl 18 years ago

I just hope they don't take Silver Spoons away because then I'll have to watch Soap or Carson's Classics. And frankly, neither one of those prospects sounds too great.

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[–] branenj001 18 years ago

I know it!
They will probably replace Silver Spoons with something else that I will get interested in, only for them to take it away again.

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[–] ScarletKnights 18 years ago

Well they have added I Dream of Jeannie and Bewitched, and they haven't added any new episodes of Silver Spoons lately, so the end may be near.

The irony is that one of the stars listed on the On Demand screen is Alfonso Riberio, yet none of his episodes have aired yet.

Also, does anyone know why Leonard Lightfoot left the show?

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[–] branenj001 18 years ago

Man, still no new episodes. There are only two of the old ones left on there and I think they expire in a few days so sadly I Think the end really IS near. Man, has it been a year since they first showed them? I know that it seemed like The Facts Of Life was on almost a year when it was on. Maybe the facts was more popular? It seemed like I saw alot more facts episodes than spooons. BUMMER I was totally getting into it and wanted to see the alfonso episodes. Hopefully once the first season comes on dvd this summer, the second season will not take forever to come out. I'm not sure exactly where we are seasons wise on demand.

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[–] ScarletKnights 18 years ago

The odd thing is, there are no more new Silver Spoons, and no more new Carson's Classics, but there are new Soaps.

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[–] branenj001 18 years ago

Man soap has been on there FOREVER. It must be mega popular or something.

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[–] branenj001 18 years ago

aww :( It's gone!

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[–] ScarletKnights 18 years ago

The worst part is that there is still a menu listing for the show. What a tease.

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[–] DaBears54 18 years ago

But you know the *beep* up thing about comcast showing Bewitched and Jeannie is that they are all over the cable stations and Silver Spoons isn't. They should replace them with shows that are not on regular cable.

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[–] DaBears54 18 years ago

If you have Comcast Cable. It's in the on demand section. Go to Tv Entertainment and click on tube tv or something like that.

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