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  1. MatthewA

    Cheers - Complete List of Cuts and Music Replacements

    How popular was "Miserlou" before Pulp Fiction brought it back to prominence?
  2. MatthewA

    Cheers - Complete List of Cuts and Music Replacements

    The one song that got away from the Facts box set was not a South Pacific song, but "Ease on Down the Road," which was not out of reach for Diff'rent Strokes or Sanford and Son when the episodes that had them came to disc. Sony could also get "White Christmas" for a Jeffersons Christmas episode...
  3. MatthewA

    Cheers - Complete List of Cuts and Music Replacements

    I wonder whether the rights to some of these songs have changed hands since then and the new owners are less agreeable to favorable licensing terms than the old ones were. With the way the music industry has consolidated, that's more than likely. I'm surprised they cheaped out on "Monster...
  4. MatthewA

    Cheers - Complete List of Cuts and Music Replacements

    Maybe that's why they've held off on a Blu-ray release. They want to use that to get everything right. For this show, you'd think they'd put in the effort.
  5. MatthewA

    Cheers - Complete List of Cuts and Music Replacements

    I meant that there is no footage on iTunes that isn't also on the DVD. So what they have ended up with is a hybrid that is longer than the syndicated version but is not truly uncut.
  6. MatthewA

    Cheers - Complete List of Cuts and Music Replacements

    Boy am I glad I taped the original broadcast of the final episode. I just wish my family had gotten a Hi-Fi stereo VCR a year earlier. They not only cut stuff, but they replaced pre-existing shots. iTunes has it broken up into 3 parts, each one listed as 23 minutes, so they are most likely the...
  7. MatthewA

    Cheers - Complete List of Cuts and Music Replacements

    Fans don't have the money and vault access to do it right. Companies do. If Brandon Tartikoff had treated Cheers as just another product, then it wouldn't have run 11 years.
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