Shows that look vastly better on TV and streaming than on DVD releases (1 Viewer)

[smithbrad]

I re-up'ed with STARZ for a month and verified that Wagon Train is now in HD 1080p there as well, so if you want to watch the later seasons, 6 through 8 you can find them there. Unfortunately, I believe there are still the same missing episodes as before.

 

[Neil Brock]

Along with Blood Is Thicker Than Junk from season 2, This Little TV Went To Market from season 3 and A Matter Of Silence from season 6 also appear to be edited on the DVD.

I found the first 2 uncut on Prime but the last one is the same cut version on the DVD.

 

[Dan McW]

I watched "Blood Is Thicker Than Junk"--great to see it uncut. It did have the double copyright years at the end.

I also checked out "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe" and "Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle" to see if a certain word might have been edited out, but it wasn't. "Mama's Baby" did not seem to have a tag scene, unless they edited a fadeout and I missed it. There was a closing scene with Fred and Lamont that was like a tag scene. I've seen the episode many times, and I'm pretty sure it was uncut. On "Legal Eagle," the closing theme played out for 20-25 seconds after the credits finished, about the longest I can ever remember it doing so. On the other two episodes, the Sony logo came up right as the credits ended.

Sanford episodes always end with the director's credit before the end credits roll. If "Mama's Baby" had a tag scene removed, then they stuck the director's credit in early. I think that was done for some Barney Miller episodes that aired on TV Land. They cut the final scene and stuck the director-writer-producer credits at the end of the previous scene and then jumped to the end credits.

There's one oddity with "Mama's Baby." The opening credits have "Starring Redd Foxx with Demond Wilson." The other two episodes I mentioned have "Starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson." I think it was around season four that they gave Wilson a starring credit, but apparently some earlier episodes have the later opening-credit sequence with the "and" credit.

 

[Robbie^Blackmon]

I found the first 2 uncut on Prime but the last one is the same cut version on the DVD.

So, where did the 3 missing minutes go for "This Little Tv.."? That is, what is the material that was reinstated? Curious!

 

[Neil Brock]

So, where did the 3 missing minutes go for "This Little Tv.."? That is, what is the material that was reinstated? Curious!

I have no idea.

 

[Neil Brock]

also checked out "Mama's Baby, Papa's Maybe" and "Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle" to see if a certain word might have been edited out, but it wasn't. "Mama's Baby" did not seem to have a tag scene, unless they edited a fadeout and I missed it.

Are you talking about the DVDs or streaming?

 

[Dan McW]

Are you talking about the DVDs or streaming?

Sorry. I viewed them on Peacock.

 

[Desslar]

Some Sanford and Son shows fare better on streaming. Many have been upscaled to 1080p quite nicely, and the episode "Blood Is Thicker Than Junk" is now remastered and uncut AND upscaled.

Wow, I had no idea Roger Mosely was on Sanford and Son.

 

[SteveB651]

The 3rd season of The Hardy Boys Mysteries (1978-79) looks fabulous on Peacock. Night and day compared to the grimy, cut syndicated version DVDs. As far as I can discern it's HD. The previous 2 seasons (with Nancy Drew) on Peacock seem to be from the same masters used for the DVDs. Uncut, much better looking than the 3rd season DVDs but a bit tired looking and not HD.

 

[Dan McW]

I watched one of my favorite Sanford & Son episodes tonight on Peacock, "The Suitcase Case." Gabriel Dell (billed here as Gabe) plays a robber who has a special way of making Fred remember things.

 

[oldtvshowbuff]

Still would love to see Route 66 completely remastered, looking far better than what you'd see on DVDs, especially the first half of season one!

 

[Dan McW]

I've watched Sanford & Son on Peacock.

 

[Neil Brock]

Still would love to see Route 66 completely remastered, looking far better than what you'd see on DVDs, especially the first half of season one!

The best you can get still for Route 66 are the beautiful transfers that Nick at Nite ran in the mid 80s.