Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 03:38:37 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: update, was: no, "MeTV", we do NOT want "Meet the Press". Bring back the Flintstones Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv References: Content-Language: en-US From: trotsky In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 73 Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.hasname.com!usenet.blueworldhosting.com!diablo1.usenet.blueworldhosting.com!feeder.usenetexpress.com!tr2.iad1.usenetexpress.com!news.newsdemon.com!not-for-mail Nntp-Posting-Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 08:38:38 +0000 X-Received-Bytes: 3621 Organization: NewsDemon - www.newsdemon.com X-Complaints-To: abuse@newsdemon.com Message-Id: <17d21161696e7e03$19320$3841210$c6d58c68@news.newsdemon.com> Bytes: 4023 On 5/21/24 12:09 AM, BTR1701 wrote: > In article , > shawn wrote: > >> On Mon, 20 May 2024 20:19:36 -0700, BTR1701 wrote: >> >>> In article , >>> danny burstein wrote: >>> >>>> [update at end: Summary: The Flintstones are back] >>>> >>>>> [snip] >>>> >>>>>> Your MeTV station must be one of those that pre-empts certain >>>>>> programming for other stuff sometimes. >>>> >>>>>> They get into the weeds in all of this at >>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeTV >>>> >>>>> fortunately, unlike our EVIL NBC BLUE NETWORK affiliate here which >>>>> only shows a half hour of World News Now, the MeTV carrier >>>>> broadcasts the full line without fail (modulo special stuff >>>>> like tornado warnings, etc.). >>>> >>>>> So this, starting next week, is brand new. >>>> >>>>> I'll be sending letters in the morning... >>>> >>>>> thaNKS again >>>> >>>> Well, I had Tweeted at them, and wrote a letter. >>>> >>>> Don't know if it was me (although I'll take credit!) >>>> but I just looked at next Sunday's - 26-May-2024, and >>>> it still has the interloper instead of Fred and Barney, >>>> >>>> HOWEVER... >>>> >>>> The schedule (on the xFinity page) for two weeks forward >>>> (Sunday, 02-June-2024) is back to three episodes of >>>> The Flintstones. >>>> >>>> *whew* >>>> >>>> Now if we could only get them to restore the proper >>>> intro/outro for season one, as opposed to using the >>>> clips from the later seasons. That's right, they're >>>> showing Bam Bam and Pebbles in Season One... >>>> >>>> (Getting them to restore the five minutes they've >>>> clipped to shovel in more commercials is, of course, >>>> a near hopeless cause. As is gettin them to air >>>> the episodes they've cancelled out 'cuz PC) >>> >>> I wish I could find the original sheet music for THE FLINTSTONES, >>> particularly the closing credit score. That's some good stuff. >> >> So none of these work? >> https://musescore.com/song/the_flintstones_theme-1579587 > > No, I'm looking for the original orchestral recording scores. Those are > all just piano arrangements and duets and they're simplified for > beginner-level musicians. > >> https://www.alfred.com/meet-the-flintstones-score/p/00-PR-0002333/ > > This is closer-- it's an arrangement of the main theme for orchestra-- > but it's still not the original and it's arranged for players who aren't > at the level of the studio orchestras that did those old cartoons. Fascinating, I had no idea that "arranged at the level of those studio orchestras" was even a thing. In fact I would bet money that it isn't.