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Quite possibly. I have the entire series on DVD with some episodes recorded off Good Life and others off 16 mm transfers. The 16 mm ones have many of the bumpers and all episodes appear uncut.Are the 46 minute HE episodes on ME-TV cut or timesped? The opening theme sounds a little fast to my ears. I know that when Warner remastered their shows they took out all of the bumpers going in and out of commercial but is content cut?
Man, what a trainwreck this ad is. The leisure suit, the helmet hair, the full freakin' interview in a comb ad. Plus, you'd expect a string of wisecracks from a Kookie interview, but mostly he gives his serious thoughts on hair styling (!).
I have a good number of 16mm episodes as well. For instance I looked at the episode I Wed Three Wives and the two leads from 77 Sunset Strip are guests. On the ME-TV copy, they are on screen for about 10 seconds at the beginning of the show and I can't believe it aired that way.Quite possibly. I have the entire series on DVD with some episodes recorded off Good Life and others off 16 mm transfers. The 16 mm ones have many of the bumpers and all episodes appear uncut.
Both. I edited a few HE episodes from Me-TV and found one at 46 minutes and another at 48 minutes. Most of the teasers are cut, which are about a minute in length. Your hearing is accurate. The dialogue occasionally is garbled or unintelligible from being timesped. Not often enough to be a large distraction, but annoying when it happens.Are the 46 minute HE episodes on ME-TV cut or timesped? The opening theme sounds a little fast to my ears.
Yes. Unfortunately. I remember that too.I have a good number of 16mm episodes as well. For instance I looked at the episode I Wed Three Wives and the two leads from 77 Sunset Strip are guests. On the ME-TV copy, they are on screen for about 10 seconds at the beginning of the show and I can't believe it aired that way.
Sadly, the Surfside 6 set has a majority of simply unwatchable episodes, a mere shadow of its handful of "quality" episodes and probably coming from badly deteriorating mangled 16 prints to super low rez VHS sources.
Between goodlife episodes and ones I transferred from 16mm, I would say that 95% of the ones I have are great quality. The problem is that the people like myself who are serious collectors don't go around bootlegging copyrighted material. The folks who do that are the ones who got 3rd, 4th generation and worse copies.Yes, unfortunate that Surfside 6 seems to have been short changed compared to 77SS and HE in recent airings. Though I think it may have had a complete (or nearly) run in Seattle in 1989-1990. Goodlife repeated a smaller set of Surfside 6 during the run when I had the channel. Me-TV has not acquired it yet. Seems less likely for the reasons you stated, but again, Hawaiian Eye was a pleasant surprise when it showed up.
About 20 Surfside 6 episodes were posted on the Warner Archive website several years ago, along with HE. They were taken down after a few weeks.Between goodlife episodes and ones I transferred from 16mm, I would say that 95% of the ones I have are great quality. The problem is that the people like myself who are serious collectors don't go around bootlegging copyrighted material. The folks who do that are the ones who got 3rd, 4th generation and worse copies.
I cannot say if it is the best episode of 77 Sunset Strip, but I would love to see the episode of Conflict entitled “Anything For Money” in which Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. first played the character of Stuart Bailey.My friend's husband is big into HE but hasn't seen the other WB detective shows. I want to send him sample episodes of each of them. I've never been a huge fan so I don't know the best episodes. I do remember for years that all of the 77SS fans were hot to get the Reserved for Mr. Bailey episode. What would you suggest as the best episodes of Strip, Surfside and Bourbon Street?
The pilot episodes of all three are good, imo. Actually, it's the first series episode of 77SS, Lovely Lady, Pity Me. They convey the elements of drama and mystery basic to each series. I especially like the Bourbon Street Beat pilot, Taste of Ashes, which tells how Cal joined Rex in the detective agency. It also has a nice rendition of the theme song played by Eddie Cole, which sets the tone for the series.My friend's husband is big into HE but hasn't seen the other WB detective shows. I want to send him sample episodes of each of them. I've never been a huge fan so I don't know the best episodes. I do remember for years that all of the 77SS fans were hot to get the Reserved for Mr. Bailey episode. What would you suggest as the best episodes of Strip, Surfside and Bourbon Street?