Theatrical Version vs. Extended Television Version

Have you guys not seen this version?

You may not have been born or seen the bootleg.

Here's some info:

When King Kong (1976) made its network television debut on NBC in 1978, a number of scenes deleted from the theatrical version were reinstated to make the film longer. Most fans of the extended version of the film agree that it works much better than the original truncated release. This is the first of the King Kong films to have an extended cut. The second one is the 2005 remake of King Kong. The newly added sequences included:

01. A Surubaya bar showing Prescott drugging a Petrox crewman. This explains the plot point mentioned later about Prescott wearing a Petrox crew jersey.
02. Joe and Boan playing cards and being interrupted by a Captain Ross on the loudspeaker calling all hands to assemble in the mess room.
03. Jack being shown in the room getting more and more upset over being locked up down below.
04. Garcia spying on Dwan while she's showering. He is being held by his ankles over the side of the ship so he can peer through the porthole. Jack happens by the scene. He tickles Timmons until he drops Garcia into the ocean. 05. The ship’s crew is watching an old movie on television while Roy Bagley observes the oil-like substance taken from the island under a microscope. He swigs some wine and calls for a boat to take him ashore.
06. A longer battle between King Kong and the gigantic snake. It ends with an alternate take of Kong killing the snake and pounding his chest.
07. Some extended footage of King Kong breaking through the gate.
08. Before Jack enters Dwan's dressing room, he is confronted by a security guard.
09. Some additional dialogue between Dwan and Wilson in her dressing room.
10. During King Kong's rampage in New York, a Petrox head executive tells Wilson he's fired. He tells him that there is nowhere he can hide where Petrox can’t find him.
11. After King Kong steps on Wilson, killing him, the camera pulls back to reveal that all that's left in Kong's footprint is Wilson's hat.
12. Dwan and Jack talking and running down a street trying to hot-wire a car.
13. A car coming down the street in front of King Kong crashes into his foot. Kong roars, picks up the car and throws it into the side of a building.
14. Some extended footage of King Kong attacking the elevated train.
15. Some extended footage of King Kong hiding from search helicopters at the East River waterfront.
16. Some additional dialogue between Jack and Dwan in the bar. This includes some critical dialogue that explains why Jack and Dwan don't end up together at the end of the film. Jack says that if Kong is killed, then neither of them would ever be able to look each other in the face again.
17. Two brief, additional clips of the military guarding the Queensboro Bridge.
18. An alternate, extended scene of King Kong destroying the power station.
19. An extended scene of the governor concurring with military advisors at City Hall, including a general telling him they don't have time to get Prescott's head examined, and another advisor saying that standing around won't get him votes.
20. Some extended footage of King Kong peering in the window at Dwan in the bar.
21. A military official ordering jet fighters to be aborted and for choppers to be sent instead.
22. Jack stealing a discarded ten-speed bike and racing after Dwan and King Kong down a New York street.
23. Three short clips of King Kong lumbering down Wall Street with Dwan in hand.
24. The helicopter gunships taking off.
25. An extended scene of King Kong climbing the World Trade Center where he actually stops to rest about halfway up the twin towers.