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Re: Are we Spoiled?
Hindsight is 20/20, and unfortunately for many of the shows I wanted I only taped them from edited syndication or cable reruns if and when they came on, and I tried to find network copies of them but it often seems everyone who has what I want wants nothing I can offer. That's why I wanted to jump for joy when they started putting TV shows on DVD.
I was negative five years old when, say, WKRP began, and my mom and dad hadn't even met. We got our first VCR when I was one. I had no idea about syndication cutting until The Simpsons was edited, and I had had the foresight to tape that from Fox from day one. For other, earlier shows, I had no idea until much later the extent of the practice. Even for taping them off syndication or cable in the 1990s my mom started to come down on me for the quantity of tape necessary.
And even if you can find the uncut versions, there is no guarantee of the quality. I've seen recordings with more waves than the beach at Waikiki.
Spoiled? Not even close.
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