The Odd Couple - The Fourth Season (1970)

CBS/Paramount blows it again!

It breaks my heart to have to give 1 star to my all-time favorite show, but this is just another brutal job of artistic butchery by the empty suits at CBS/Paramount.

If you're familiar with the CBS/Paramount debacle on removing ALL music from The Fugitive (see the horrible reviews here on Amazon), then you know that CBS/Paramount has taken an exteremely lame tact: instead of even TRYING to settle music clearance issues, they have instead opted to avoid any POSSIBLE payments by simply cutting out ALL music on the show. Whoever their counsel is that advised them to do this, he should be out of a job.

The cuts are just ridiculous, and have been well documented by others here. I mean, isn't there such a thing as Fair Use? Felx sings ONE LINE of The Banana Boat song (Day-O) to wake up Oscar. Gone. Oscar is offered $500 to be in Felix's movie. His response: "I'm Gonna Be in Pictures" - ONE LINE. Gone.

I can see a few popular songs having to go due to expensive royalties, but it seems that Paramount is now taking an overly cautious and downright lazy approach and instead of dealing with the issue at all, they have decided to just cut the whole damn thing out, fans be damned.

I will NEVER, NEVER buy another CBS/Paramount product unless they rectify this. Put out a deluxe set for hradcore fans with all of the music put back in. I'd buy it, regardless of cost. June 26, 2008

PARAMOUNT EDITS KEEP GETTING WORSE

I still can't believe how cheap Paramount is. At this point I don't think they even bother to attempt to get the rights to individual songs. I thought season three's edits were bad, 9 episodes out of 23 were edited, but season four has hit a new low. I haven't watched disc four yet, but out of the first 17 episodes 8 have been edited. It's a shame that such an amazing show that took so long to come out on DVD has been butchered so badly. I'm so fed up with Paramount's awful editing that I've reedited the episodes putting back some of the funniest scenes they took out. I can't imagine that it's so expensive to put 3 seconds of Oscar humming "Dance Ballerina, Dance" into an episode. Paramount, don't be so greedy. If "Freaks & Geeks" could keep the original music why can't "The Odd Couple?" June 25, 2008

another series ruined by paramount

What kind of clowns do this to customers favorite shows? I hate Paramount and will never buy another product from them. There are many "bootleg" sets available for these shows at great prices and they have not been edited. From now on thats what I buy. June 23, 2008

Corporate Greed

Corporate greed...When is it ever enough for you pigs? Top dollar purchase for an edited,no bonus feature set.Classic show,embarrasing edits by Paramount who may have reached a new low.You people suck. June 21, 2008

PARAMOUNT SCREWS THE PUBLIC--EDITED DVD SET

THis release By paramount really SUCKS. Cut up lines and missing little pieces..10 seconds here--one line there...AWFUL,. GARBAGE. And there is NO WAY to get UNCUT episodes off TV..because Paramount-sends out PRECUT 're-cut" episodes to Tv stations wtih 5 minutes ALREADY edited out for time.

Does anyone know exactly what is cut out in the 3rd & 4th season DVD's (which episode and where the cuts are ?) Can you make a list here on AMAZON?

I have figured out a FEW myself from MEMORY--such as the beginning of the SOPHISTOCATOS (Monty Hall ) episode and the GREAT missing line by OSCAR in the great FELIX DIRECTS episode "I'm Gonna Be In Pictures". And as I have read--they have CUT MYRNA's great lines and FELIX's great "FUSILAGE" lines out of one of the series funniest episodes THE FLYING FELIX is BLASPHOMY--that must be 100% uncut,. That's a true classic!!!

Maybe I can spend my ENTIRE SUMMER constructing a set of UNCUT DVD's using the Paramount dvds for Season 3 and 4 and ALL my old VHS tapes..and maybe have complete episodes...if i PRAY LOL

I assume the 5th Season will also be a disaster due to the MUSIC in the episode with ROY CLARK, PERNELL ROBERTS, PAUL WILLIAMS and other bits and pieces paramount will be TOO CHeap TO INCLUDE!!! June 21, 2008

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