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ATTENTION: CARTOON NETWORK SHOWS THE COMPLETE PRINT!!!

posted 17 years ago by andyp86
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Rest assured you can now enjoy "How The Grinch Stole Christmas" in its entirety over the next few weeks.....

I have seen "The Grinch" on the Turner cable networks (TBS, Cartoon Network, TNT etc....) for years and it has been shown complete with one commercial break (right after "the sleigh started toward the homes where the whos lay a-snooze in their town"). Furthermore, a friend of mine works for programming at Cartoon Network and he confirmed that it will be the complete print....

For those interested:
Apparently, in addition to the Turner cable networks, the show used to be broadcast on WPIX up until last year when it reverted to ABC. ABC got a hold of the new 2006 remastered DVD print and that was the version shown this year (in it's edited form). The Turner / Cartoon Network print it time-compressed to fit in the 30 mintue time slot with commercials and still be shown complete whereas the ABC print was not time compressed and had to be CUT instead.....

ANYWAY

The next few broadcasts are on CARTOON NETWORK. The next showing as of this writing is:
SUN. DECEMBER 16th....8PM

[–] cinefool 17 years ago

Thanks for the heads-up.

[–] DoctorStrangelove 17 years ago

But with at least two long commercial breaks tonight.

Last seen:
Amazing Grace - 9/10 - MUST SEE!

[–] dustinthewind25 16 years ago

Just to let you know about the Cartoon Network's showing of this special:

They had a HUGE obnoxious "CN" in the right hand corner of the screen, totally distracting.

As the end credits played, they folded them off into the corner of the screen and had two really unfunny people making lame remarks overtop of the credits.

[–] littlebittypretty1 16 years ago

OMG I HATE how they scrunch the end credits up and have some other talking over the music! Because the movie plays Fah Hoo Forres (or whatever it's called) again over the credits, and without hearing the song, I dunno, the movie doesn't feel complete. :(

[–] NSurone 16 years ago

I just saw it on Boomerang. NO cuts, NO commercials, NO voice-overs at the end.

Speaking of voice-overs and credit-scrunching, Hallmark and TVLand are the most guilty of those two abominations. Especially when it's shows like MASH and GUNSMOKE, which have beautiful theme music. All just to shove their damned promos down our throats! Shame on them!

[–] dustinthewind25 16 years ago

MAN, I wish I had known Boomerang was showing it like that!

And you are not kidding about Hallmark. I watched a movie on there not that long ago, and they had this promo logo thing advertising an upcoming movie in the corner of the screen THROUGHOUT the movie, like non-stop the whole time, and it took up almost a quarter of the screen.