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6 or 7 episodes?

posted 20 years ago by afnaste
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When I first saw this in Eastern Massachusetts in the 80's it was 7 episodes, everything else says 6 episodes. Did they do this to make each episode fit in a 30 minute time slot?

[–] BertramWilberforceWooster 20 years ago

It is six episodes (I own it on DVD).

"I cut my finger. That's tragedy. A man walks into an open sewer and dies. That's comedy."

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[–] sheeleyb 20 years ago

Hrmm.... 6 episodes vs. 7 episodes.... What's 6x7 again? :D

[–] NightBeforeAllSaints 19 years ago

....Woah.....

That is Belguim DEEP THINKING!!!! :O :D

[–] contact-300 19 years ago

Hoopy indeed! :D

[–] themightymartin 19 years ago

You're a hoopy frued sheeleyb. You really know where your towel is.

"Groovy"

[–] Scrugulus 18 years ago

Here's an excerpt from the wikipedia article:

"The complexities of adapting the material for television meant that some episodes became as long as 35 minutes [...] There have been several different edits of the series: Some, but not all, PBS stations recut the series into seven 30-minute episodes..."

"I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me."