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The Missing 60
Hammond Eggar:
--- Quote from: IFleecem on November 09, 2007, 05:47:07 PM ---Yeah, TBS would sandwich a Stooge short between early morning movies (end at 4:20am Stooges til 4:30am) as filler (as they figured) I think Little Rascals got the same treatment. But this would happen at strange times as I set my VCR timer that shorts would be started or not be on as TV Guide would have them listed (back before all of this futuristic computer stuff folks)
I especially remember The Ghost Talks with it staring about 5 minutes in after the title sequence and cutting out some middle and go to the conclusion of the story. At first you know you missed something but until you see it uncut (which takes a long time in some instances) You don't know what your missing.
And TBS must have figured the same thing. Still at least they were shown regularly on TV.
(including the missing 60) Although as I posted on another thread some were still hard to find in any time length. They Stooge To Conga comes to mind as a good example of this.
Enuff Fluff for now
IFleecem
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I still recall when TNT was using Ted Healy/Stooges shorts as late night/early morning filler. That's how I got my copies of the MGM shorts. I seem to recall reading/hearing that TNT also aired some of Shemp's solo shorts, but would need confirmation on that. 8)
IFleecem:
Wow missed out on that, Don't think that our cable system had those channels yet. Middle of the night on cable they needed stuff to keep going 24 hours daily. Stooges have landed and have the situation well in hand.
I Fleecem
Tardo317:
--- Quote from: Hammond Eggar on November 09, 2007, 05:29:39 PM ---Has WSBK ever aired Spooks and Pardon My Backfire as 3-D shorts? KRRT, a station here in San Antonio, ran them one night back in the early-1990s as part of an evening of 3-D movies. Local Diamond Shamrock gas stations supplied viewers with the glasses. [pie]
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I remember WSBK showing the 3-D shorts back around '83 or '84. I had those glasses for the longest time. I don't think they've shown them as 3-D recently though.
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