The cut out scenes in syndication

[BestTVever]

I only one season 1 on DVD but apparently like other sitcoms there are so many edited out scenes we dont see on TV anymore. I was watching a few episodes on youtube and was floored at scenes I have never seen before. For example on the episode The return of Eleanor when Larry streaks to the bedroom, Mrs Roper goes to the door singing and keeps asking Larry for an encore. In the episode The Older Woman, Larry tries to seduce the old lady but a major scene is cut. He pours the wine in the kitchen and walks into the living room. When he sees the old woman, he runs back into the kitchen and refuses to continue with the plan. Janet then promises Larry that Chrissy will go on a date with him if he continues on with the plan. Larry reluctantly agrees and then goes into the living room. In all the TV scenes that are played, it shows Larry fully cooperating with the plan and just immediately grabbing the glasses of wine and go into the living room.
I know the endings are always cut in syndication but I wonder how many scenes we are missing. Now I want to get the DVD collection to get see all these scenes that I dont remember seeing before.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by BestTVever

I only one season 1 on DVD but apparently like other sitcoms there are so many edited out scenes we dont see on TV anymore. I was watching a few episodes on youtube and was floored at scenes I have never seen before. For example on the episode The return of Eleanor when Larry streaks to the bedroom, Mrs Roper goes to the door singing and keeps asking Larry for an encore. In the episode The Older Woman, Larry tries to seduce the old lady but a major scene is cut. He pours the wine in the kitchen and walks into the living room. When he sees the old woman, he runs back into the kitchen and refuses to continue with the plan. Janet then promises Larry that Chrissy will go on a date with him if he continues on with the plan. Larry reluctantly agrees and then goes into the living room. In all the TV scenes that are played, it shows Larry fully cooperating with the plan and just immediately grabbing the glasses of wine and go into the living room.
I know the endings are always cut in syndication but I wonder how many scenes we are missing. Now I want to get the DVD collection to get see all these scenes that I dont remember seeing before.

Yes for those of us who discovered the show in syndication, it was cool seeing the new scenes that was cut.

[Chocolate Moose]

the dvd sets are a treasure trove!

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by Chocolate Moose

the dvd sets are a treasure trove!

Except for season 4 episode Ralph's Rivals with missing tag scene

[BestTVever]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Yes for those of us who discovered the show in syndication, it was cool seeing the new scenes that was cut.

I grew up watching the show but I cant of course remember every scene so its neat when you see these scenes.

One scene I do remember watching as a kid was One Day At A Time when Barbara finds Snyder and his girlfriend smoking pot. Barbara made all these subtle jokes like....whats for dinner "pot roast." And all of her banter is cut from TV syndication. They edit the hell out of the Golden Girls too.
The most famous edit was on the Brady Bunch on the episode Bobby and Cindy want to go swim naked in the neighbor's pool but Alice wont let them. Thank goodness for MeTV because they dont edit out that scene but even MeTV does not show all the show.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by BestTVever

I grew up watching the show but I cant of course remember every scene so its neat when you see these scenes.

One scene I do remember watching as a kid was One Day At A Time when Barbara finds Snyder and his girlfriend smoking pot. Barbara made all these subtle jokes like....whats for dinner "pot roast." And all of her banter is cut from TV syndication. They edit the hell out of the Golden Girls too.
The most famous edit was on the Brady Bunch on the episode Bobby and Cindy want to go swim naked in the neighbor's pool but Alice wont let them. Thank goodness for MeTV because they dont edit out that scene but even MeTV does not show all the show.

I only remember watching one three's company episode live when I was 8 and it was a season 8 episode when Jack and Larry was falling in the lake up at the cabin

[BestTVever]

Originally Posted by TVFactFan

I only remember watching one three's company episode live when I was 8 and it was a season 8 episode when Jack and Larry was falling in the lake up at the cabin

I was that age when it debuted. It was so cutting edge and filled with sex that in elementary school it was something to brag about. "I watch Threes Company" because it meant you were old enough to get the sex jokes even though you probably weren't. I remember watching season 2 where Jack poses as a nude model and watching with my dad. I heard him say that maybe I should not be watching it but I still did
It went to #1 with a bullet. But looking back the show still cracks me up.

[Mace Dolex]

Pretty much every episode of Three's Company has 2-3 minutes edited out but luckily we have the DVD's, I also noticed how the syndicated version carefully would trim back a few of the homophobic remarks that Mr. Roper or Mr. Furley take towards Jack

[JumpSteady]

I recently finished watching Three’s Company on DVD. I really enjoyed seeing all the scenes and tags that were cut in syndication. The show really is better when there aren’t scenes cut. I really feel like the DVDs are worth it for this reason alone. One of my favorite episodes is Hair today gone tomorrow and I was excited to see what had been cut. It turned out there was a whole set that had been cut the set of Lanes hair salon where Jack buys the moustache.

[TVFactFan]

Originally Posted by JumpSteady

I recently finished watching Three’s Company on DVD. I really enjoyed seeing all the scenes and tags that were cut in syndication. The show really is better when there aren’t scenes cut. I really feel like the DVDs are worth it for this reason alone. One of my favorite episodes is Hair today gone tomorrow and I was excited to see what had been cut. It turned out there was a whole set that had been cut the set of Lanes hair salon where Jack buys the moustache.

Yes I didnt see that scene at all on Cable or Local syndication. I didnt see it until I became a grown man and bought the DVD

[Dianne3]

I live in Canada.
Since October 16, a station that shows classic tv shows throughout the day, started showing Three's Company for the first time. It was ironic that Suzanne Somers died the day before, and this day would have been her birthday.

Initially, I didn't see the big deal about this station showing Three's Company, since this show is regularly shown on other channels. But it's reruns on this stations, that I am seeing scenes for the first time.

Not long after I saw one of Chrissy's tag scenes (her last), I started the thread Chrissy's tag scenes.

[Mace Dolex]

Originally Posted by JumpSteady

I recently finished watching Three’s Company on DVD. I really enjoyed seeing all the scenes and tags that were cut in syndication. The show really is better when there aren’t scenes cut. I really feel like the DVDs are worth it for this reason alone.

The edits done for the syndication versions were also different than the edits done once the series starting airing on TBS and Nick@Nite in the 90's trust me I used to record onto VHS all episodes.

One of my favorite episodes is Hair today gone tomorrow and I was excited to see what had been cut. It turned out there was a whole set that had been cut the set of Lanes hair salon where Jack buys the moustache.

That funny scene was present in syndication but when aired on Nick@Nite it was entirely trimmed out, really that scene is so hilarious I'd like to know the dumb person that's in charge when it came to editing sitcoms once they left the network airings.

[TMC]

Originally Posted by Dianne3

I live in Canada.
Since October 16, a station that shows classic tv shows throughout the day, started showing Three's Company for the first time. It was ironic that Suzanne Somers died the day before, and this day would have been her birthday.

Initially, I didn't see the big deal about this station showing Three's Company, since this show is regularly shown on other channels. But it's reruns on this stations, that I am seeing scenes for the first time.

Not long after I saw one of Chrissy's tag scenes (her last), I started the thread Chrissy's tag scenes.

I honestly don't have much of an issue with editing out the Chrissy tag scenes (when Suzanne Somers was going through her contract dispute during Season 5). It was pretty redundant to have Jack or Janet fill Chrissy in on what we just saw happen in the episode. Plus, it was kind of a blessing in the disguise that we saw less and less of Chrissy because her character by that point, had become a Flanderized cartoon character.

[TVFactFan]

Its still a mystery why Jack only phone scene with chrissy was cut out of syndivcation