old shows being messed with

[Chip Chester]

Al, I think cutting credits is not allowed -- union regs, maybe? Not sure, but I'm sure it's googleable. (googliscious?) Notice how they zip thru them in a squeezed down, illegible box on some outlets? They wouldn't be doing that unless they had to.

We never watch things live any more. Record and watch later, or at least buffer enough in the DVR to skip the commercials.

Chip

[Boobtubeman]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I honestly think if I ran into J.G. Wentworth on the street, I would find it difficult NOT to tear his head off w/my bare hands, & then Sh!t down his throat... If there even is a REAL person named "J.G. Wentworth"...

Its his ass-whoop and he NEEDS- IT- NOW!!!

SR

[Sandy G]

Originally Posted by Boobtubeman

Its his ass-whoop and he NEEDS- IT- NOW!!!

SR

Dammittall, you owe me a roll of Bounties to replace the ones I used cleanin' up after reading that & then SPEWING Diet Coke all over hell & half of Georgia...

Could we shove JG Wentworth's head in Fred Thompson's mouth? Please? I'd like to see Freddy try to say "Reverse Mortgage" with a kisser full Wentworth.

[kramden66]

I watch the rebel Saturdays on metv , I have some from encore westerns back in the late 90's when they showed it commercial free and compared to the metv airings heres what I found , some episodes are time compressed or speeded up if you prefer and segments are removed here or there , the opening and ending credits are not speeded up , there was one episode where it was normal and after the half way break it came back from commercials and was speeded up from that point till the end , there isn't really any channel that's not cutting or speeding up or both unless its encore westerns or a couple other encore channels that are mainly movies but show or showed tv stuff , I often look at the line up of these channels and more then 80% of what they show is available on dvd if I don't already have it , so I don't bother to watch and get better visual quality anyway , trek on Blu-ray is amazing and you can watch it in the original mono soundtrack along with the original effects unlike the metv versions that have the new cgi, as far as andy on tv land I almost bought the whole series in a set for $100 on sale but when I saw season one will hit blu I said might as well get the blu , don't get me wrong plenty of dvds look great but when they are blu its even better , closest I've seen to actualy viewing the 35mm film itself being projected.

[markdi]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I honestly think if I ran into J.G. Wentworth on the street, I would find it difficult NOT to tear his head off w/my bare hands, & then Sh!t down his throat... If there even is a REAL person named "J.G. Wentworth"...

Thank you

I feel the same way

Some one should shoot him.

[DaveWM]

I hate the new effects on TOS

[Sandy G]

I don't understand the rationale behind running a commercial character/theme 100K a day, on all channels seemingly. Don't the Mad Men understand a concept of "Over-Saturation" ?!? Flo was a cute thing at one time, now, all I wanna do is stick her head into a commode... Same thing w/the Geico lizard.. Would LOVE to make him into a "Sail-Lizard" by running him over, backing up, & repeating as necessary... And JG Wentworth ? YOU need to meet yr end ala the Wood Chipper scene in "Fargo", sucker..

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Sandy G

I don't understand the rationale behind running a commercial character/theme 100K a day, on all channels seemingly. Don't the Mad Men understand a concept of "Over-Saturation" ?!? Flo was a cute thing at one time, now, all I wanna do is stick her head into a commode... Same thing w/the Geico lizard.. Would LOVE to make him into a "Sail-Lizard" by running him over, backing up, & repeating as necessary... And JG Wentworth ? YOU need to meet yr end ala the Wood Chipper scene in "Fargo", sucker..

I think it's Flo, that's singing on the radio commercials.
If it is her, not a very good singer.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by Dangler

I noticed on Tvland in the mornings, they expanded The Andy Griffith Show to 38 minutes. A commercial every five minutes. Now the program and ads are pretty much equal in time. You don't know if you're watching a tv show or an infomercial interrupted by those pesky clips. I gave up watching it about two years ago after the tenth rerun of the same old crap.

Yea the spam ads are out of control..... ITS NOT WORTH WATCHING ANYTHING ON REG TV JUST ABOUT NOW!!!

The screen is filled with crap during the show!! (Ads for other shows,etc) -- TOTALLY INSANE!

[Dangler]

I just noticed this morning Andy Griffith is now 43 minutes with eight minute commercial breaks. The commercial breaks are longer than the programming. It isn't worth the effort to try watch it.
Seems like the lower their ratings go, the more commercials they add. A few years ago it was a decent channel with the programming rotated after one or two cycles of the series. They don't even do that anymore. It's pretty much hacked up Andy Griffith, Gunsmoke and Bonanza. TBS is the same. Seinfeld and The King of Queens over and over and over.
I have enough vhs tapes and dvd's to watch to last a couple of years. Anyway, spring is right around the corner and the tv goes back into hibernation, except for Nascar.

[Boobtubeman]

Is it any wonder i hate VIACOM? They buy or create these channels, and use the same cookie cutter ideas on them till theyre all the same... I wish cable/sat companies werent stuck in contracts with these channels, If they got dropped it may give them a wake up call to stop pissing off their vuewers...

SR

[Sandy G]

Remember that modest Nilsson hit from the mid-Seventies ? "Kojak, Kojak, Kojak, Colombo, tell me a new one, sell me some gumbo, Tell me a new one at least once a night, but don't turn out your Love Light..." They've finally put out the Love Light...

[Retro in RI]

There is a bright spot in all this. I get an OTA channel called Movies. It's a sub channel of CW here in RI. I noticed that the movies start at odd times; 10:55, 7:35 etc. Then I figured out why. Before each movie it says that "the following movie has not been edited for time to fit more commercials"

Gotta say, I smiled when I saw that. They do mute the cursing and blurr any nudity but it appears that they show the movie in it's entirety.

I think the addy is Moviestvnetwork.net if interested.

Been seeing some good stuff on there too like Walking Tall 1 and 2 back to back.

Al

[Username1]

Originally Posted by Retro in RI

There is a bright spot in all this. I get an OTA channel called Movies. It's a sub channel of CW here in RI. I noticed that the movies start at odd times; 10:55, 7:35 etc. Then I figured out why. Before each movie it says that "the following movie has not been edited for time to fit more commercials"

Gotta say, I smiled when I saw that. They do mute the cursing and blurr any nudity but it appears that they show the movie in it's entirety.

I think the addy is Moviestvnetwork.net if interested.

Been seeing some good stuff on there too like Walking Tall 1 and 2 back to back.

Al

I thought it was quite refreshing that they were honest ! !

I really like that channel too ! !

It's on a Fox Sub here in NYC.