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Originally Posted by Stephen
I've seen previous TV versions of Ghostbusters and Back to the Future they have some sweaty words replaced and occasionally different takes of scenes or some scenes cut completely. The 4k version of Ghostbusters is have includes the TV edit as a bonus feature.
I think there was even a Superman TV cut.
In most cases they would put the rating before the film so you know what you are watching. I remember even trailers used to have the MPAA rating cards. Green or red.
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‘We came, we saw, we kicked its ass’ (which was a Bill Murray ad-lib, but made it into the theatrical cut) was replaced in the TV version of Ghostbusters with ‘what a knockabout of pure fun that was’, which IIRC was what was actually scripted.
And in the mayor’s office, this exchange:
Stantz: Everything was fine until dickless here shut off the containment grid.
Mayor: Is that true?
Venkman: Yes it's true---that man has no dick.
Becomes a claim that Peck is ‘some kind of rodent’.
And unless you saw Robin Hood Prince of Thieves in the cinema you probably never heard the line “I never saw the breasts of a noblewoman before!” - the line has been restored to streaming versions of the film but to this day if it appears on broadcast TV that entire 2-3 seconds of film is rather awkwardly chopped out.
