Viewers report that their local station aired "The Gum" instead of the expected "The Soup Nazi" episode, with unclear reasons for the schedule change.
Tonight they aired "The Gum," where Kramer tries to get landmark status for the Alex Theater. Lloyd Braun gets Jerry some Chinese gum, and George's old neighbor wrecks the Jon Voight car. This episode was supposed to be "The Soup Nazi".
Anyone heard of any explanations?
I haven't, but now I have an episode on the wrong tape! Ugh... I hope they haven't completely cancelled Soup Nazi from syndication due to Al, the real soup guy, not liking his portrayal in the show.
Glad to hear it wasn't just a local problem,
Matt
This episode was
Not sure what channel or whatever you get, but the Soup Nazi was on here (in Ontario) last night (Tuesday) and tonight was the one with Fred, the guy who couldn't remember Elaine so she started liking him, George wouldn't give out his ATM card code, Kramer drove a fire truck, Jerry almost did a commercial for Leapin' Larry. So, yes, the Soup Nazi lives in syndication!
I wish I cataloged my tapes...I just have a whole mess of tapes with a whole mess of Seinfeld episodes on them. I recently moved and attempted to scan through them and label them, and got through half of them.
Jim
In article , matthew michael wright wrote:
What do you mean, you have the episode on the wrong tape. Have you been setting up your tapes so that you leave room for every episode in the proper order? I'm just curious. I just tape them as they come.
Daniel Cohen wrote:
I'm kinda insane like that. I just recently started, and thought it would be kinda cool to have them all in order on tapes, so yes, I record blank space over tapes to get it to the right position if it doesn't get placed at the start. Working out well so far, except when they put on different episodes without warning. ;-)
Matt
In article , matthew michael wright wrote:
Why not just one tape per show then?
Speaking of recording Seinfeld, does anyone else (or does everybody) record the show commercial free? I used to put the VCR on record and leave it running, but I started to get sick of seeing dated car and furniture commercials, so I tossed te whole thing and started pausing out all of the commercials. I also scrap a show if my local weatherman flashes a warning about a storm or flood...
In article , Lance Allred wrote:
Lance,
I don't record seinfeld, but have recorded a couple of other series from time to time. I went the opposite direction: I started by editing the commercials, then I quit. It just was too much of a pain to try and keep the commercials out. But, for one series I was keeping I did go back and dub them over to new tapes and _then_ I zapped the commercials.
In article , [email] (Dave v1.0) wrote:
Dave, et al,
I ALWAYS pause the commercials- after all, I',m watching the show as I'm recording, so why not? I usually show the Seinfelds to my friends later, and it's so pleasant to not have the commercials. Be sure and tape the shows on the first airing, because the syndicated shows cut out Jerry's stand-ups and run credits over the final scenes!!! Those bastards!
Lance Allred ([email]) wrote:
I have about 150 episodes (using the sogaard episode list technique) that are commercial free. In my effort to get them all as they came, I had to program my VCR once or twice, and that resulted in commercials. I missed one episode last season -- The Van Buren Boys -- because my friend neglected to record it properly. And when it came into reruns, I missed it as well! Hopefully it will appear one of these Thursday nights or come into syndication soon.
I may in the future grab a second VCR and put them all in order ...
kcw
Lance Allred wrote:
Don't even get me going on my taping/editing/cataloging procedures!
The Anal-Retentive Video Librarian
** As they once said in a movie..I gots to know! **
very non rententivly....!
In article , matthew michael wright wrote:
What do you mean, you have the episode on the wrong tape. Have you been setting up your tapes so that you leave room for every episode in the proper order? I'm just curious. I just tape them as they come.
In article , [email] wrote:
I do edit out the commercials. That is a must. But setting up the tapes in advance so they record in the right order would be very difficult. I commend anyone who is trying to do this. Though it would be cool. Perhaps if I had thought of that when I first started taping the shows. At this point I'm not going to start over since I'm only about 22 shows short of a complete set.
I think trying to put them in the right order with a second VCR is a bad idea. Copies of tapes don't come out very well. Especially a copy of a recording from a TV broadcast, and especially if you don't record the show in SP (2 hour) mode. Even then it's not going to come out too well. I'm using LP (mode) mode. 150 eps will fit on about 14-15 LP tapes. I figure that's a good balance between wanting to have quality recordings and not wanting to deal with a 30-tape collection.
I traded in editing out commercials for putting them in order. Because I realized I wouldn't be watching it every night, and there would be times it would have to be auto-recorded, I just decided to fit 8 episodes per 4 hour LP tape in 1/2 hour increments. This means I can put on auto-record and still maintain order. I also know exactly where to fast forward to on a tape, etc. and which tape it is. Although commercials are the unfortunate downside to this, it's not too hard to fast forward through them.
Yah, I'm using LP as well and it will come to 20 tapes with commercials through the next two weeks of new episodes (160 episodes total). I just recently started and only have about 5 so far, and yesterday screwed me up, but we'll see how it goes.
I do have a question, since i got yesterday's in the wrong place. Does anyone know if tape quality will come out better if I record static over the previous episode before recording the correct episode over it? For instance, with a music tape, if I tape over an existing one, I can still hear the other one in the background at certain low-points in songs. This is due to layering and such. If you record blank space over it and then record new songs, you don't get that background song from a previous recoring. Does this hold true for video tapes or will it degrade the quality further if I put a static layer over the current episode (tape a channel I don't get for instance).
Thanks,
Matt
matthew michael wright wrote:
It shouldn't be necessary if the erase head is working properly, but it can't possibly hurt.
Another little known fact - the first recording on a brand new tape is NOT the best, it is the second. It's as if the magnetic particles need to be "broken-in". Of course, the difference may not be noticable depending on your source signal quality and many other factors - but for the best possible recording - record any old junk on a new tape first, then tape over it!
Thanks for the info. I actually noticed the other day that an episode I recorded over some static I had previously recorded for positioning turned out better than some of the episodes when they were taped for the first time.
My signal quality isn't very good to start with, so any improvements help on a tape which is going to lose some quality anyway.
Matt
Daniel Cohen wrote:
I used to love the "4-hour" speed on my older VCR - like you said - good compromise. Too bad most VCRs did away with it, especially high-end ones. On the plus side, most high end VCRs have indexing - which lets you jump to the beginning of any episode quickly - if you keep a list. I use SP on T-160 tapes, which allows for 7 eps on a tape. All episodes to date required 23 tapes - not to bad.
Andy MacAskill wrote:
I started out only wanting my favorites last January, I'm now only missing 5. Guess I realized that I like them all.
Loved Jerry in those Coke Bottle glasses. billfd10