turtles on the USA cartoon express
 

I heard that when Turtles was on USA Cartoon express, parts where cut out? WHY? How much was cut of from each ep? Give scenes from each ep on USA that you remember being cut out. I am glad I never recorded the turtle eps on that channel. That is bad to do, that cut out sences of reruns.

I only saw the turtles on USA Cartoon express when I was flipping through channels and at most saw 2 minutes of the eps because by the time turtles went on Cartoon express (it moved out of WBLVI 56 in early September 1993 and was on USA Cartoon express from Fall 1993-early September 1996, what a conicdinence the very last ep of the series aired 2 months after it was taken off USA meaning 1996 was the END OF the series and 1997 was the real end since that was when it was taken off CBS and they stopped making new toys of the series) I lost interest. USA cartoon express seemed to be the channel of where shows go when people loose interest.

Most cable channels that rerun cartoon shows cut about two minutes out of them. I think it is because they are required to show more commercials. I have also heard that the Simpsons reruns have some edits.
USA did it when they actually showed cartoons, and i know they do it on other channels too. It is sad, yes... the show just isn't the same when it isn't complete. I'm pretty sure Cartoon Network does not do this though, and it shows all shows in their entirety.
In fact, I was watching Family Guy once on CN and they actually showed an extra part that wasn't on my dvd version.
So who knows, editing is weird.

I miss the USA Cartoon express. I wish there was a site that had images or videos of the Cartoon express animation that was shown when going to commericals and when the cartoon block started and ended. I used to watch Super Mario Bros. Super Show and the Real Ghostbusters on that all the time.

I have those on tape somewhere, because I used to tape the TMNT on Cartoon Express sometimes. They were really bad animations. One funny one was where the turtles came down on parachutes and painted a tunnel for the cartoon express train to go through. Crazy.

"Action, adventure and all the rest on the USA Cartoon Express!"

Don't know why I remember the jingle.

They edited the hell out of GI Joe. I found a site once that showed comparisons between the full-length episodes and the USA edited ones. They really butchered them.

They did the same with Real Ghostbusters so all the episodes I own are from stations other than USA. Though Fox Family edited a few episodes for content and even banned one for it's devil-worshipping scenerio. Stupid soccer moms.

But the Cartoon Network does not edit their shows for length. They have a firm stance against that. God I love that channel.

And the Simpsons are editted even worse than anything USA ever did. Some of the best jokes I remember end up thrown away for more commercials.

I can't remember what the episode is called, but it's the one that's divided up into Lisa's Day, Homer's Day, and Bart's Day. In the reruns, they completely cut out Homer's Day. You never know why he's even trying to get to the hospital. They also cut out a few other short parts of that episode.

And The Real Ghostbusters was aired on Fox Family (now ABC Family), where it too was pretty butchered. Maybe it's me, but I just think there shouldn't be seven commercial breaks in a half hour show.

Yeah, they even shortened the opening sequence and changed the credits so that they'd go by faster. I guess it's better that they take a minute from the opening and the credits than the show itself, but still...

Oh, and I signed your petition. My VHSs are practically dust.

AS I would like to get back to the turtles editing, what do all of you recall that they cut out of the turtles on USA. What seasons ran on USA of the turtles?


A Little off the topic, why did the USA Cartoon express go off?

Hmm....the whole opening aerobics sequence from "Bye Bye Fly" was cut out.
Also, the entire Metalhead sequence from "Big Bug Blunder".

Editing the cartoons we all love and know by heart is stupid and it sucks. Can you believe my parents used to get upset whenever I got mad at the T.V. for that crap?

There was no need to edit them. No one wanted to see more commercials.

Programmers should knock that off.

Yeah that really sucks that they edited the episodes. They keep adding more and more commercials to shows these days plus now a lot of channels add voiceovers and split screens in closing credits to advertise thier crappy shows.

I really liked watching USA Cartoon express too bad it hasn't been on for years.

I remember a post saying that a scene was edited in michelangelo's birthday in the beggining. Not that I care, I hope they did not edit anything out of REturn of the TEchnodrome. Did they. What do you remember them editing from return of the technodrome?

What did they edit out in the first 5 eps (from turtle tracks to Shredder and splintered).

I agree with all of you about them cutting out scenes of reruns and that being awful. That may damage interest in people. That is low ofthem doing it from simpsons. I notcied cuts from simpsons reruns.

what did they edit from, if they did, the opening and closing credits. I AGREE WITH ALL OF YOU THAT WE ALL DON"T CARE FOR MORE COMMERICALS.

I don't remember anything in particular about what they edited in Return of the Technodrome. I don't think I saw the first season on USA. I saw and taped it from the channel it was originally on. If I had the episode on tape that USA was currently airing I would just watch the tape instead.

With the earlier episodes they sometimes cut nothing. For example, Curse of the Evil Eye and The Fifth Turtle were completely clean of edits. Anything in Season 4 and above had severe edits. Each episode had about 2 minutes of unnecessary scenes removed. Ninja Turtles Cartoon Fan can help me out with edits from certain episodes but here's what I can remember.
Cowabunga Shredhead-
Bebop and Rocksteady cleaning the hideout and saying "What does Shredder think we are a couple of house maids?" is cut.
The scene in Vinni's Pizza is cut to Vinni simply handing Mikey a soft drink.
Footage of the turtles hiding out when Shredder has the reprogrammed disk is cut.

Rock Around the Block-
Scene where Shredder and company first enter the rocket base is cut to them simply making the entrance with the transport module.
Scene with Bebop and Rocksteady fooling around with the controls is cut
The fight with Tragg is cut a bit short
All scenes with Vernon studying transendental procrastination is cut
Tower of Power-
All footage of the turtles on the ship to Paris is cut with the exception of them barfing from the pizza.

Polly Wanna Pizza-
Scene of Mugsy and his partner trying to attack a green wrestler for stealing his birb is cut

Nightmair in the Lair
Michaelangelo strolling on the beach and first meeting creepy Eddy is cut
Leonardo and Michaelangelo first meeting the spider is cut.
The scene where Milton gets hurt by going down the stairs in a chair is cut

Krangenstein Lives!
All scenes of Vernon searching the city for Krang's body is cut.

I'm probably missing some edits in each of those eps but those are just the ones I remember.

[quote="Deathknight"]With the earlier episodes they sometimes cut nothing. For example, Curse of the Evil Eye and The Fifth Turtle were completely clean of edits.



I dunno about that... I seem to remember they cut stuff out of every episode. The very first episode USA showed was "The Incredible Shrinking Turtles". I remember watching it and right away I noticed they cut out parts (can't remember which now...I think they cut the entire scene where Leo makes the snake eat soap).
And as for Curse of the Evil Eye, they cut out the part where Leo's swords get turned into ice cream cones. "Ice Cream Cones? Yuck!"
Also in that episode, they cut out a whole part inside the Taj Mahal when the Turtles are fighting Baxter. I think it was when the "glob monster" globbed Michelangelo to the wall.



On another note, did anyone ever notice that CBS actually edited some episodes when it re-aired them in later seasons? It only cut about 30 seconds per episode. The episodes I noticed this in were "Krangenstein Lives" and "Revenge of the Fly"
"Krangenstein Lives" I had taped from USA, and there were actually parts in the USA version that weren't shown in the CBS rerun...that's how I know this.
Also, in "Revenge of the Fly", they cut out part of the beginning, and started the episode a little bit later.
Just some useless info for anyone who cares...

well I know the fifth turtle was left uncut, I have an encode of that I can watch right now.

That's odd, but I don't remember anything cut out of that episode either..

I have a bundle of USA episodes on tape but it's too painful to watch the edits.

[quote="MrPliggins"]WHAT ALL THOSE PARTS YOU MENTION THAT WERE CUT FROM THE SHRINKING TURTLES AND CURSE OF THE EVIL EYE WERE MAIN SCENES and they had better release ALL OF THE REST OF THE TURTLE EPS ON DVD BECAUSE OF THIS.

THIS IS WHAT I HATE ABOUT RERUNS. SCENES GET CUT