"Seven Rare Moments" Talkback

**Martianinvader** · #1 11-10-2009, 12:03 AM

http://www.platypuscomix.net/hollywood/rarestuff.html

Not everything makes it to DVD for some reason. Though the likelihood of this last one being on any 24 set is miniscule....

mobo85 · #2 11-10-2009, 05:15 PM

The peppermint gag still appears in the DVD version of Rudolph. What's probably more well known is that until a few years ago, CBS restored two other scenes to the special: an instrumental break in the middle of "We Are Santa's Elves" and the song "We're A Couple of Misfits," which had been replaced by another song called "Fame and Fortune" at the request of the original sponsor, General Electric.

I don't think that "Elephant Issues" was banned- at least, if Fox banned it, Nickelodeon certainly played it. They were pretty good on some of the stuff in Tiny Toons that Fox wouldn't show, like the ending to "Bicycle Buster" which Fox removed after the first airing and the "Toons from the Crypt" episode, which I don't think Fox aired in its entirety at all.

**Super Leviathan** · #3 11-10-2009, 05:52 PM

I might be misremembering, but I remember Hulu's version of that Family Guy episode having the Christian Bale cutaway at first. The episode feels incomplete without it there.

I'd argue that any instance of Beavis saying fire is also pretty rare, since those were among the episodes Mike Judge excluded from the Beavis and Butt-Head DVD's, and in fact haven't been seen uncensored domestically since, what, 1993?

**Martianinvader** · #4 11-10-2009, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mobo85

The peppermint gag still appears in the DVD version of Rudolph. What's probably more well known is that until a few years ago, CBS restored two other scenes to the special: an instrumental break in the middle of "We Are Santa's Elves" and the song "We're A Couple of Misfits," which had been replaced by another song called "Fame and Fortune" at the request of the original sponsor, General Electric.

I don't think that "Elephant Issues" was banned- at least, if Fox banned it, Nickelodeon certainly played it. They were pretty good on some of the stuff in Tiny Toons that Fox wouldn't show, like the ending to "Bicycle Buster" which Fox removed after the first airing and the "Toons from the Crypt" episode, which I don't think Fox aired in its entirety at all.

I hate CBS for bringing the cuts back, yet keeping the "Misfits" song, then snipping it up to match the "Fame and Fortune" footage. Kids shouldn't have to grow up to that mess.

The thing is, I didn't get to see the Nick run of Tiny Toons, but everyone has told me "Elephant Issues" never ran there, or if it did, that it only ran once in the beginning. I still haven't seen Toons from the Crypt.

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Feel free to dispute this, but I remember Hulu's version of that Family Guy episode having the Christian Bale cutaway at first. The episode feels incomplete without it there.

Why would I debate that? Hulu uses the earliest version it can get. It used the Fox version at first, no doubt.

**Super Leviathan** · #5 11-10-2009, 07:53 PM

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Why would I debate that? Hulu uses the earliest version it can get. It used the Fox version at first, no doubt.

I didn't mean it like that. It's just that the first version on Hulu went up months ago, and I didn't want to rule out the possibility of my memory being faulty.

DarthGonzo · #6 11-10-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Super Leviathan

I might be misremembering, but I remember Hulu's version of that Family Guy episode having the Christian Bale cutaway at first. The episode feels incomplete without it there.

I believe the Hulu version did have the Bale cutaway at first. Despite my better judgment I recently erased the original airing of "Ocean's Three and a Half" that I had DVR'd. I probably shouldn't have. But between two new FG episodes and the Ed, Edd and Eddy movie this weekend, I needed the room.

Funky Al · #7 11-10-2009, 08:32 PM

I actually Remember watching the Secret Rodney 30 Rock when it first aired! That makes TWO people who watched season 2.
And I'm glad they replaced the Coke signs. It seems cold and kind of contradictory to the show's message.

Jon Cooke · #8 11-11-2009, 01:04 AM

That Plucky Duck Show promo was actually originally a promo for Tiny Toons back in its syndication days. The Fox folks just had Alaskey redub some of Plucky's lines to plug the new show. The original version of the ad was on YouTube at one point (not sure if it still is or not). There was another Tiny Toons promo with all original animation featuring Elmyra and Furrball. I think it was done by the same studio, but my memory is rusty.

**Martianinvader** · #9 11-11-2009, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Jon Cooke

That Plucky Duck Show promo was actually originally a promo for Tiny Toons back in its syndication days. The Fox folks just had Alaskey redub some of Plucky's lines to plug the new show. The original version of the ad was on YouTube at one point (not sure if it still is or not). There was another Tiny Toons promo with all original animation featuring Elmyra and Furrball. I think it was done by the same studio, but my memory is rusty.

.....It's still on YouTube; someone PMed me yesterday pointing it out. That makes two that have confirmed it. The article's been corrected now.

J. B. Warner · #10 11-11-2009, 10:00 AM

I remember buying "The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season", and searching all over the special features going "Where's the Oprah thing?" It's the most I've cared about watching her show in my entire life.

"Those are Christmas lights, I put 'em up to make everyone happy." That's my first time watching the Peter Griffin/Christian Bale thing, and it was actually funnier than I thought it'd be.

Zorak Masaki · #11 11-11-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Super Leviathan

I might be misremembering, but I remember Hulu's version of that Family Guy episode having the Christian Bale cutaway at first. The episode feels incomplete without it there.

I'd argue that any instance of Beavis saying fire is also pretty rare, since those were among the episodes Mike Judge excluded from the Beavis and Butt-Head DVD's, and in fact haven't been seen uncensored domestically since, what, 1993?

Actually, i think they did keep the fire and drug references in the Beavis and Butthead dvd, at least for the episode "Home Improvement" (i havent seen the dvd, but i did see the commercials for it which had beavis holding a can of paint thinner, which they proceded to sniff while a disclaimer came up saying "snorting paint thinner will damage your brain. Look what its done to Beavis and Butthead".

**Super Leviathan** · #12 11-11-2009, 02:29 PM

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Actually, i think they did keep the fire and drug references in the Beavis and Butthead dvd, at least for the episode "Home Improvement" (i havent seen the dvd, but i did see the commercials for it which had beavis holding a can of paint thinner, which they proceded to sniff while a disclaimer came up saying "snorting paint thinner will damage your brain. Look what its done to Beavis and Butthead".

The paint thinner scene is intact (sans disclaimer) but the DVD cut out a bunch of other material (including Beavis flicking a lighter while watching the Bill Clinton speech).

DarthGonzo · #13 11-14-2009, 11:15 PM

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"Those are Christmas lights, I put 'em up to make everyone happy." That's my first time watching the Peter Griffin/Christian Bale thing, and it was actually funnier than I thought it'd be.

Say what you will about Family Guy, but there's something about the way Seth voices Peter in material like this that just makes it hysterically funny.

J. B. Warner · #14 11-15-2009, 09:23 PM

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Say what you will about Family Guy, but there's something about the way Seth voices Peter in material like this that just makes it hysterically funny.

Yeah, I'll definitely give him that. MacFarlane is the master of the mid-sentence stutter. (One of my favorite Peter lines is his attempt to lie about his age from "Let's Go to the Hop" - "Seventeen. [pause] An-and a half.")

DarthGonzo · #15 11-16-2009, 11:07 PM

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Yeah, I'll definitely give him that. MacFarlane is the master of the mid-sentence stutter. (One of my favorite Peter lines is his attempt to lie about his age from "Let's Go to the Hop" - "Seventeen. [pause] An-and a half.")

Or from last Sunday's episode, "Hannah Banana"...

"Meg we're do...we're do...we're doing...we're doing Chris' monkey."