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From: Anonymous@rna.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Does ANYBODY out there know someone
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Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 18:54:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 18 18:54:00 1984
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Nf-From: rna!Anonymous    Dec 19 18:54:00 1984

In NYC on WPIX they always cut something out, usually one of the
best parts. For instance, in City on The Edge of Forever they
hacked out the bum accidentally killing himself with a phaser that
looks like a shaver. Or in I, Mudd they ripped out a chunk of the best 
bit of theater ever put on by the crew of the Enterprise, namely when
they try to short circuit Norman with zany, illogical, behavior.

The original episodes were x minutes long with (1hr - x)
being the time alloted for commercials. Now all of these stupid independent
stations want to cram in more advertising so who suffers... you guessed it.
This is bad enough but to make it worse they seem to have taken the
ennie mennie minne mo approach rather than trying to pick the least painful
2 or 3 minutes.

In reference to the speeding up a film, it is rumored that this is done
with commercials. It tends to have desirable (from the advertiser's 
point of view) subliminal effects. I have never heard of this being done
with reruns. (I don't think the fools at WPIX have the imagination).


					-I think I'm dead, Jim
					Serge Sretschinsky