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Chad 01-12-03 03:57 PM


Originally posted by Mr Snappy
A little off topic, but am I the only one who refuses to watch "TV" versions of great movies? How can anyone watch classics like "Blazzing Saddles" or "Animal House" on TV???? Once upon a time this was the only way to see movies after their theatrical run, but today.....come on!

Originally posted by devilshalo
So am I the only one that when a movie comes on broadcast tv, IF it's one of my favorites, I'll throw the dvd on instead? ;)
You are both wise beyond your years. :D

According to my TiVo, Ferris Bueller's Day Off seems to be playing every other day on VH1 (You know, that other station that used to play music videos).

Rypro 525 01-12-03 04:17 PM

They've played "Blazing Saddles" on the "classic old persons borring channel" as someone in my english class put it TCM

maiana 01-12-03 04:23 PM

It seems that Outbreak has been on at least once a month for a while. I remember when The Stand was on every other week also.

JoeyOhhhh 01-12-03 05:39 PM

Godfather (come on, how many times has it been on in the past few months, and marathons of Godfather also)

Anything TNN and TNT gets the rights to air.

jaymart 01-12-03 06:11 PM

I think SciFi shows Alligator at least once every weekend.

The Cow 01-12-03 06:30 PM

Beastmaster movie seems to be on about every other hour....

B.A. 01-12-03 06:39 PM

I will agree that Turner Broadcasting has utterly killed The Shawshank Redemption and any value it used to have for me.

B.A. 01-12-03 06:40 PM

And TNTs 24 hours of A Christmas Story over the holidays is annoying, too. Sometimes enough is enough, and 24 hours of that is ridiculous - I used to like that movie, too.

Calculon 01-12-03 10:14 PM

It's a Wonderful Life

spainlinx0 01-13-03 01:11 AM

Mrs. Doubtfire

GuessWho 01-13-03 08:32 AM

Anything in the TNT library

Doug Heffernan 01-13-03 08:35 AM

Vegas Vacation - and I wish they played it more!

rfduncan 01-13-03 11:36 AM


Originally posted by devilshalo
So am I the only one that when a movie comes on broadcast tv, IF it's one of my favorites, I'll throw the dvd on instead? ;)
Not if it is the still unavailable The Breakfast Club. :(

Tom Banjo 01-13-03 12:00 PM

Airborne
Back to the Future III

GuessWho 01-13-03 12:10 PM


Originally posted by Calculon
It's a Wonderful Life
It's on 2x and only 2x a year.

Up to the mid 90's every channel played this non-stop because the copyright had run out and it was free domain. So any channel could air it for free... and did. Over and over.

However, NBC now has exclusive rights and shows it 2x... at the beginning of the Christmas season and on Christmas Eve.

A movie shown twice a year is not over-played.

happycamper 01-13-03 12:46 PM

Heat

And USA's obsession with teen angst movies:

Can't Hardly Wait
10 Things I Hate About You
She's All That
Never Been Kissed
Jawbreaker

das Monkey 01-13-03 12:55 PM

Cast another vote for <B>The Breakfast Club</B>. So many of the films listed are relatively new, but <B>The Breakfast Club</B> was being overplayed back in the late 80s. Even now, it seems like it's on at least once a week.

Times have changed, but if you had asked this question 5 years ago, it's unlikely anything could top the replays of <B>Cobra</B> and <B>Over the Top</B>.

Gotta agree on <B>Alligator</B> too. I can't believe how frequently Sci-Fi shows that.

das

marty888 01-13-03 01:50 PM


Originally posted by The Cow
Beastmaster movie seems to be on about every other hour....

...especially years ago on HBO - which someone quipped, actually stood for <b>H</b>ey, <b>B</b>eastmaster's <b>O</b>n !

Drive-In Nut 01-13-03 01:58 PM

Meet The Parents has been on HBO every day since its premiere.

Mezzanine 01-13-03 04:52 PM

Happy Gilmore, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Twister

Pants 01-13-03 05:05 PM

Paramount's decision to air The Godfather on every one of their cable channels (even VH-1) is rediculous. I'd like to watch music on VH-1, but they're in the middle of a 8 hour a day, weekend long Godfather Marathon

SuperJim88 01-13-03 05:11 PM


Originally posted by das Monkey
Cast another vote for <B>The Breakfast Club</B>. So many of the films listed are relatively new, but <B>The Breakfast Club</B> was being overplayed back in the late 80s. Even now, it seems like it's on at least once a week.
Sadly to say, I have never seen The Breakfast Club, not even once. :D

Is it any good?

Kromax 01-13-03 06:32 PM

Gee, surprised nobody posted ROADHOUSE, since they play it every day on TNT.

Creek Rat 01-13-03 06:38 PM


Originally posted by The Cow
Beastmaster movie seems to be on about every other hour....
BINGO!

I can't believe it took 30 posts for someone to stumble into the correct answer!

Between HBO, Skin-a-max and the Turners the video tape would strech to the sun and back.


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