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GT3NE1 08-23-03 01:12 AM

Sports Night DVD Boxed Set
 
I love this show. Will forever be a fan. I am looking once again at shelling out the dough for the boxed set. I thought I remember reading back when it came out that the episodes were the cutdown ones that reran on Comedy Central. Does anyone know about this? Thanks.

Cornelius1047 08-23-03 01:19 AM

How were the episodes cutdown on Comedy Central, exactly?

K

speedy1961 08-23-03 04:35 AM

Never heard that at all. Great set.... Pick it up...

Each episode runs about 22 - 23 minutes which is the standard length of episodic television these days.

lisadoris 08-23-03 05:22 AM

I have the set and don't remember anything about the episodes being cut. Great show, great box set.

Static Cling 08-23-03 05:32 AM

Were they cut down or cut differently? I think I remember them not cutting where a commercial should've been sometimes, or vice versa. I don't remember anything missing from the episodes when I watched them.

jarofclay73 08-23-03 09:13 AM

Although I have not seen every episode that came out for Sports Night, I can say that the ones I have seen are NOT cut.

If you want to make a case for scenes cut, you'd have to buy Mr Bean: The Complete Bean and that's an issue in itself.

marty888 08-23-03 09:16 AM

It's all there ...every wonderful minute of it.

bboisvert 08-23-03 10:21 AM

One of the best DVD purchases I've ever made (in terms of re-watch value). Those episodes get a ton of airplay in my home. :)

(And, as everyone else is saying... I saw no evidence of cuts/edits. Nor do I even remember this being a rumor when the set was released.)

milo bloom 08-23-03 11:18 AM

Fair warning, the laugh tracks on the first several episodes are still there, but are nowhere near bad enough to not get this set. I was lucky to find this used a while back for a good price.

ChemDoc 08-24-03 08:54 AM

This is an absolutely great set! I don't watch much TV, and never saw Sports Night on the air, but when it got released and I found out that it was Aaron Sorkin writing the show, I blind bought and I will say that it has been the highlight of my DVD watching summer.


-doc

Fielding Mellish 08-24-03 08:57 AM

Hands down, the most rewatched part of my collection. Been through the entire series at least 3 times (so far).

JUST GET IT.

Kube 08-25-03 10:22 AM

Great series. Great DVDs.

I do hate the laugh tracks. Was very surprised they survived.

Zero extras. We want Audio Commentary with Aaron Sorkin like on the upcoming West Wing disks.

TheHistorian 08-25-03 12:25 PM

I was doing a crossword puzzle last night at dinner. I came to the following:

DOWN
1 With 88 down, a violinist

Yep, it was Yehudi Menuhin. When I realized it was going to work out that way, I nearly choked I was laughing so hard.

Ah, Sports Night, I love thee.

lisadoris 08-25-03 03:06 PM


Originally posted by TheHistorian
I was doing a crossword puzzle last night at dinner. I came to the following:

DOWN
1 With 88 down, a violinist

Yep, it was Yehudi Menuhin. When I realized it was going to work out that way, I nearly choked I was laughing so hard.

Ah, Sports Night, I love thee.

You've got to be kidding!!! rotfl

fsubruce 08-25-03 05:05 PM

Sports Night was a great show, but the box set leaves much to be desired. Buena Vista included NO extras: no outtakes, commentaries, documentaries, nothing. It's still an essential purchase, but the DVDs could and should have been much better.

Static Cling 08-25-03 05:08 PM


Originally posted by fsubruce
Sports Night was a great show, but the box set leaves much to be desired. Buena Vista included NO extras: no outtakes, commentaries, documentaries, nothing. It's still an essential purchase, but the DVDs could and should have been much better.
There was a Sports Night fan that worked at Buena Vista that was leading the charge for these DVDs, and had some extras planned out (one I remember was a trivia game), but BV ix-nayed them. :(

zekeburger1979 08-25-03 05:12 PM

Buena Vista a.k.a Cheapskates. :)

TheHistorian 08-26-03 01:54 PM


Originally posted by lisadoris
You've got to be kidding!!! rotfl
I couldn't make this stuff up.

There was very nearly tasty beverage sprayed everywhere...

Kube 08-28-03 07:55 PM

What sort of extras were being planned?

edytwinky 08-28-03 08:01 PM

How much does this set usually run in the store?


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