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Cuts To Eps On Re-Runs You Hate?

posted 9 years ago by Rytman
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What cuts to scenes on the syndicated eps do you hate? I'll start;

-In "All Night Security Dude" when Al tells Peg towards the end that he was going to face off with "Spare Tire", she tells him to be careful. When he asks if she's worried, she says "Of course I'm worried. Tomorrow's garbage day, I'm not getting up that early." On the syndicated version they cut out her crack about garbage day, so it came across as an awkward, "touching" moment on a show that was supposed to be anything but. Just really out of place.

Your pick(s)?

[–] Rytman 9 years ago

Bump.

[–] stevenackerman69 9 years ago

Any of them. I wish in syndication they didn't have to do that.

[–] monkeyalien 9 years ago

You mean only things that are just cut out, or cuts to commercial or another scene? I don't think they were like that in the original run but in syndication I've noticed weird cuts to commercial or the opening credits, such as right after Al walks in the door and the audience applauds but most noticeably the episode where Al pretends to be a senior citizen. Kelly and Bud sit down and the screen & audio fades to the commercial and when it's back Peg & Al walk in the door. Always seem like that was supposed to be a continuous scene. Maybe it's because in syndication the placement or even existence of the opening credits is tampered with. I know they'll edit things out to make more time for commercials to bring in more money, so maybe they looked for ways to break up long scenes to accomplish that.

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[–] Rytman 9 years ago

Not so much stuff like that, but actual scenes where they cut dialogue like the one I just mentioned.(Although I know what you're saying about the first commercial break when in fact there wasn't any when the shows originally aired. They do this with "Seinfeld" re-runs as well.)

Another example is in "Sofa So Good", Kelly asks Bud if there's any way he can take the blame for her boyfriend burning up Peg's sofa. Bud then replied "You can find me a girl that won't say no." To which Kelly said "So there's no way then."

On the syndicated version, Kelly asks the same question as above, but they cut to Jefferson coming in the door instead. Just weird and awkward cuts to some of these eps.

[–] monkeyalien 9 years ago

I seem to recall seeing that scene edited as you described but I also know it in it's original form. After binge-watching DVD, and likely the original, versions of That '70s Show I've noticed a lot of things that are edited from syndication airings which is for more commercial time and/or for content to fit ABC Family's draconian & contradictory policies.

Since Bud & Kelly's dialogue is definitely not one of the most racy lines or scenes on the show it's probably edited to allow room for a bit more commercial time and thus more money. Every bit helps I guess. The only place I see this show on, except for a brief one-episode a night at 11:30 PM on a local network run last year, is early in the morning on TBS for 1 to 4 hours depending on the day of the week and the apparent whims of the network. Maybe the it's commercial time doesn't sell for much.

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[–] dgierasch 9 years ago

I noticed that one too, poor editing job. One that bothers me is in season 5, episode 10. After Al tosses Kelly's date out the front door he originally says to Bud "I do believe that's a record". He says it again at the end of the episode after Kelly moves back home. In reruns though they cut out this line.

[–] holbrookp 9 years ago

One scene that has been cut is in the episode where Al tries to sell the Dodge. He has it advertised and a succession of potential buyers come to the door. These are shown as a quick series of him answering the door, finding someone there who cannot be buyers for one reason or another (such as them being winos looking for a car to live in) and then he shuts the door in their faces. The scene fades out and back in as he goes to answer the door again.

At one point, he opens the door and there are two bearded middle-eastern men holding a briefcase of cash and an armload of dynamite. One says with an accent, "No time to argue! Give us the car and directions to Sears Tower!"

Of course, this is never seen again after 9/11. I wonder if the show would get any reaction if that scene were included again!

Another interesting cut is when Al, Peggy, and the No Ma'am guys with their wives watch Bud wrestling King Kong Bundy on TV. The wives get aroused and individually proposition their husbands. Each man looks into the camera and says in horror, "Uh-oh!"

It used to be that when Peggy would suggest sex to Al, he'd look into the camera and say, "Uh-OH?"

But that isn't shown anymore for some reason. Al's line comes across as phony or something?

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[–] YankeesJetsRule1975 8 years ago

I was watching All night security dude for like the 39th time the other day and TBS and was wondering if they were going to cut the line of "Of course I'm worried. Tomorrow's garbage day, I'm not getting up that early." and of course they did. I don't get why that line was cut about garbage day when this show had so many crazy lines that aren't cut when on TBS. How is that line even that bad.

[–] Rytman 8 years ago

As another poster already stated, I think a lot of it now has to do with making time for commercials and getting that $$$ from the revenue it brings in. It's funny, since I remember most if not all of the stuff they've cut out originally left in the re-runs, but only ended up being cut in the last several years.

[–] YankeesJetsRule1975 8 years ago

i'm just happy that MWC is not on TV land where they pretty much cut a whole scene out while making the show an extra 7 to 10 minutes longer.

Can you recall any other cuts of lines or scenes in MWC?

[–] Rytman 8 years ago

In "I Want My Psycho Dad" Part 2 when Officer Dan fires his gun back at the group of thugs shooting at them through the hotel window then says "Damn Postal Workers. Don't they know we're from Chicago? We invented random violence!" They cut out the 2 sentences after "Damn Postal Workers." IDK if this was to save time or they thought the part about Chicago and random violence was "offensive." Hell, today it's more true than it was back then.

[–] mslady89 8 years ago

Thank you so much, cuz I just knew she said something after that because it sounded so awkward. Her tone/inflection didn't indicate the end of a sentence or thought. Why would they cut that?

[–] Puvwall (1387) 2 years ago

Bump