Jean-Michel
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2002
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There's an absolutely huge list of edits that have been made to Python since the original broadcasts here. Also a lot of info about stuff that was written but not filmed, stuff that was filmed but cut out before the actual broadcast, etc. etc., with lots of extracts from the actual shooting scripts (NOT the versions in "All/Just the Words," which are mostly transcripts). Here's what's been edited since the original broadcasts (if the A&E set does in fact include any of this material be sure to chime in, I haven't actually compared them yet):
Page 10 of the site has a comparison between an old audio recording of "Mr Neutron" and the version we all know and possibly love, but since it's unknown exactly where the audio copy comes from (i.e. whether it was made from the original broadcast or possibly from a rough edit that never actually went out) it doesn't really count. It apparently comes from the ABC versions of the show (the ones the Pythons successfully sued over). The "masturbation" line in 3-5 was indeed cut for the original transmission, but subsequently reinstated in repeats. The same episode was also shorn of the line "what a silly bunt!" in the "Travel Agent" sketch, but this apparently has not been recovered.
Page 10 of the site has a comparison between an old audio recording of "Mr Neutron" and the version we all know and possibly love, but since it's unknown exactly where the audio copy comes from (i.e. whether it was made from the original broadcast or possibly from a rough edit that never actually went out) it doesn't really count. It apparently comes from the ABC versions of the show (the ones the Pythons successfully sued over). The "masturbation" line in 3-5 was indeed cut for the original transmission, but subsequently reinstated in repeats. The same episode was also shorn of the line "what a silly bunt!" in the "Travel Agent" sketch, but this apparently has not been recovered.