Let us know if you ever want to upload and share the episode! Sent from my iPad
> On Oct 13, 2013, at 8:04 PM, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: > > Follow-up to the timing of episodes released. As suspected, they are grossly > incomplete. I finally got around to digitizing the Letterman/Wopner episode. > Total running time was over 44 minutes. Julio Iglesias was also a guest on > that episode. His chat segment (where Carson hilariously asked whether he put > on both socks first and them shoes or one shoe, one sock, one sock) and two > songs are missing completely from the iTunes version of the episode (TRT for > Julio was 12 minutes). The TRT of the episode on iTunes is 26 minutes. People > who buy the iTunes episode will be entertained, but they will be > short-changed. > > As for critics who said Carson's show was too formulaic, Iglesias was on just > after the break following the monologue, opened with a song, sat for host > chat, then sang a second song. Then followed Letterman, then the courtroom > sequence, then the post-verdict chat. And it all flowed great. > > By the way, TDK made the best brand of VHS tapes in terms of longevity. I > recorded the episode in EP/SLP in 1986 (along with a decent rerun of Late > Night with Howard Stern and Steven Wright as guests) and the picture and > sound quality are only barely degraded. Things I recorded on Sony tapes just > a few years ago, by contrast, did not hold up well at all (but by then, Sony > was about the only brand still selling tapes). > > >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 4:44 PM, David Bruggeman <[email protected]> wrote: >> > On a related note, how many have been watching the interviews on Turner >> > Classic Movies? I'm a bit disappointed, but not surprised, that most of >> > them are cut for time. I'd say for the 12 minute segment, but many of them >> > don't fit that block - like much of Turner's schedule. >> >> I would have to ask the Carson estate why they'd feel the need to cut >> the full segments on TCM and the digital sales. The entire >> Letterman/Wopner episode is a classic (I have it on VHS). Looking at >> the running time on the iTunes store, more than 1/3 of it is missing >> (probably closer to 1/2 of it, actually). That is way more than music >> cues and credits. The "trial" itself was over 10 minutes, plus the 6 >> or 7 minutes with Letterman before the trial. No way the monologue and >> desk segments totaled 8 minutes. >> >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
