Post by darkrage6 on Dec 4, 2023 0:14:58 GMT
With how popular the original SBTB was and is you'd think it would've gotten better treatment on home video in the USA but unfortunately on every single DVD and streaming release here at least half of the episodes are the edited syndicated versions that were trimmed by about 90 seconds. It was initially thought that Peacock had all of them uncut but someone on TV Vault who managed to get those rips said that was not the case and the current airings on the SBTB FAST channel are also the edited ones as well. You can tell which episodes are edited based on the run-time(if it's 22:50 or longer it's the uncut version, any shorter then that and it's the syndicated version)and after going through all of them via iTunes(as you can see the runtimes of episodes on there without having to buy them first). i've been able to find which ones were edited.
As a result of this the uncut versions of many SBTB episodes have not been seen in the U.S. since their original NBC airings(with the exception of the scant few episodes that were released uncut on VHS in the 90s which i'm working on getting someone else to rip)but the uncut versions were aired overseas all throughout the 90s and 2000s according to comments i've seen on this video(which is one of the few episodes released on VHS):
According to the comments the show was aired uncut(albeit with burned in foreign subs)on the Dutch version of Nickelodeon all the way until 2010. Knowing that it's surprising that uncut recordings have not turned up. There is a complete series DVD that came out overseas, no idea if it's uncut or not though: www.amazon.co.uk/Saved-Bell-Complete-Mark-Paul-Gosselaar/dp/B0073V2GL0
There's also a DVD in Canada that might be worth checking out: www.ebay.com/itm/175219809406?
As a result of this the uncut versions of many SBTB episodes have not been seen in the U.S. since their original NBC airings(with the exception of the scant few episodes that were released uncut on VHS in the 90s which i'm working on getting someone else to rip)but the uncut versions were aired overseas all throughout the 90s and 2000s according to comments i've seen on this video(which is one of the few episodes released on VHS):
According to the comments the show was aired uncut(albeit with burned in foreign subs)on the Dutch version of Nickelodeon all the way until 2010. Knowing that it's surprising that uncut recordings have not turned up. There is a complete series DVD that came out overseas, no idea if it's uncut or not though: www.amazon.co.uk/Saved-Bell-Complete-Mark-Paul-Gosselaar/dp/B0073V2GL0
There's also a DVD in Canada that might be worth checking out: www.ebay.com/itm/175219809406?