FYI:

Joss Whedon's fun attempt at a musical airs on F/X Thursday at 6:00 PM.

I really enjoyed the ep and I think it is the first time it has been shown on F/X and I am not sure if it had ever been rerun at all.

"They got the mustard out!"

-doc

"Once More with Feeling" was aired on F/X after its original airing on UPN last year. The original broadcast was something like seventy (70) minutes and the one presented as an encore on F/X last year and the one to air this week are cropped into fitting the sixty (60) minute episode.

Thanks for the info. I did not know about the original broadcast was longer. I saw the orig broadcast (I think) from a friend's videotape and I never thought about the length.

Do you know what gets cut out? I bought the soundtrack CD and it is what I remember from the video I saw.

I'll have to check it out.

-doc

I actually am not sure about what is cut out from the original run. Im sure other Buffy fans that visit DVDTalk will know, but if I remember right it was a song by Anya or Spike.

The CD would have had all of what was shown originally. I am hopeful that the DVD (of Season 6) will have it in its entirety. The one (1) good reason to own Season 6 (IMHO).

I'm pretty sure that the Tara/Willow song is cut, which is too bad, considering Amber Benson is one of the few people on the show with a really good voice. I haven't seen the cut version, though, so I'm just going by what I've been told. I'm not sure what else is gone.

Here is the stuff cut
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The episode "Once More With Feeling" originally aired at an extended length that ran over the hour-long format (approx. 8 mins. over) and was edited down to fit an hour long timeslot for each re-airing. The footage cut included the title and overture, Buffy entering the Magic Box and some corresponding dialogue, part of the song "I've Got a Theory", the entire song "What Can't We Face," dialogue when Dawn enters the Magic Box, after the song "Under Your Spell," and before the song "I'll Never Tell," a verse of the song "Let Me Rest in Peace," some footage in Dawn's bedroom, Dawn's dance number with Sweet's minions, the end of the song "Why Don't We Dance Awhile," a verse of "Walk Through the Fire," dialogue when Buffy first encounters Sweet and after the song "Life's a Show," and the song "Where Do We Go From Here" is shorter along with followed dialogue between Spike and Buffy."

Thanks for the info.

-doc

bumpy bumpy

6PM Eastern....ahh that explains why I missed it.

7am et tomorrow morning
Discuss the actual episode or answer my questions if anyone at the original thread that I bumped.

In case anyone's interested, the Region 2 PAL DVD "Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Once More With Feeling" is going to be released in the UK on April 14th. MSRP is £15.99. According to Bensonsworld it'll be Widescreen. And the DVD case says "Full-Length". Hopefully it'll also have those behind-the-scenes clips.

That's pretty pricey for one single episode. I guess I'll just wait for the Season 6 Buffy boxset next year. I'll get back on my VHS copy I made of the original airing last year.

I didn't watch it on FX, but when shows are in syndication don't they cut out another minute for half-hour shows and 2 minutes out of hour shows? So was there even more cut out of the FX version?

Yeah they did but for me at least, it didn't seem wierdly edited or anything like that.