On Aug 8, 5:14 pm, Mr. Mike <m...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> As far as I can determine, the "masters" for these Columbia House
> tapes were not the same ones used by Paramount to make the Family
> Channel versions (later shown on WGN). They came from some secret
> vault at CBS (or so I think).
>
> Family Channel paid a portion of the cost to remaster the shows, and
> Paramount redid the entire show (all 51 or whatever minutes of them).
> But then Paramount also prepared seriously chopped up versions which
> the Family Channel could broadcast -- these were usually about 46
> minutes long with tons of stuff missing and the shows being sped up.
>
> You can read about some of the omissions on the following WWW pages:
>
>
http://www.mjq.net/fiveo/wgn.htmhttp://www.mjq.net/fiveo/columbia-house.htm
>
> For example, the Columbia House version of Nine Dragons (my favorite
> episode) is VERY shitty, full of scratches and other damage. This
> damage does NOT occur on the Family Channel (remastered) version.
Wait...it gets more confusing...at least from my view point. About
nine years ago....while FAM was still showing their Five-O's, a local
station where I live was showing 2 Five-O's per day...and they seemed
to be complete...with the wave breaks as well. I'm sure they were
complete because I remember seeing scenes in them that I hadn't seen
on other syndicated versions. Like a long sequence when Chin Ho gets
killed in "A Death In The Family", where McGarrett swears to avenge
his death. On other syndicated versions, that scene was cut...so
using that one as an example, I'm rather sure that my area WAS showing
complete prints. Also the commercial breaks were very small as
well....more proof. And the VIACOM ending had a voice saying the name
as Viacom was spelled out.
Told ya it's confusing. (Oh....I used to post here years ago when I
had webtv.....geesh....seems unbelievable now.... but I remember my
most famous posting was one titled "The Governor's Name")
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