Subj : Re: When everything is digital.. this happens..
To   : Atari8Guy
From : Blue White
Date : Mon Mar 20 2023 17:08:26

-=> Atari8Guy wrote to Arelor <=-

 At> Is this not also what happened with the TV show WKRP?  The original
 At> airing had an awesome collection of tunes that were very much part of
 At> the show, but the licensing costs got out of control so in syndication
 At> and when the boxed set DVD came out it was a bunch of crapola songs..

Yes.  Some of the scenes/songs still present in syndication were replaced
or lost on the original DVD.  There has recently been a Shout! Factory DVD
release that has a good deal (but not near all!) of the scenes and songs
restored.

An odd bit of trivia regarding that latest DVD set... they used the
original sources, wherever possible.  This lead to a rarely/never before
seen ending to the episode "The Contest that Nobody Could Win" (or maybe it
was No One?) being used in place of the ending that almost everyone
remembers.

I don't remember the exact story... either they decided to reshoot it, and
change the ending, before it ever aired, or they changed it after the
original broadcast.  I believe it was the former.  The better-remembered
ending is my favorite.  The original/alternate ending is not as believable.



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