All the episodes on the DVD are like 21:30
That is standard for todays episodes in syndication, etc
But back in the early 1970s episodes were usually at least 25 minutes long.
So why are the episodes to this series shorter?
Did scenes get cut out during syndication?
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ahh that would explain why I thought some things seemed a little more fast paced than when I originally watched it on the vhs releases from Embassy in the 1980s.
Thanks for that information.
I don't mind time compressed as much as "cut".
Odd they would feel the need to use time compressed episodes on DVD release though when it's only a 17 episode series.
I may have to dig out my vhs releases sometime. lol
Thanks again.
:)
I wonder why episode 12 on the flute and candle is filmed with a 35 m. film and the rest are like with video tape cameras?
shareI have no idea if the episodes on the DVD set are cut. However, I believe Saturday-morning children's programming aired a greater number of commercials than did the regular prime-time schedule. So, I wouldn't be surprised at all to know that 21:30 is, in fact, the original length of each of the episodes.
shareThe DVDs are the same as the Embassy VHS releases, which are the same as the original network broadcasts. Prime time shows from 1969 were around 25 minutes, but Saturday morning shows were shorter so that they could pitch more products for kids to beg their parents to buy. For example, a typical Cap'n Crunch commercial from 1969 was a full minute long, and somewhat disguised as an entertaining animated short.
As for the "Bell, Flute & Candle episode," it appears that they found the original film elements for the other episodes (this was shot on film, not videotape like the rest of the Krofft shows), but the original materials for that episode must've gone missing, so it had to be sourced from a print -- and in the era when the print was struck, no regard was given to picture quality, so it really looks crummy compared to the rest of the series.