Path: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 04:59:44 +0000 From: BTR1701 Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: update, was: no, "MeTV", we do NOT want "Meet the Press". Bring back the Flintstones References: User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b3 (Intel Mac OS X) Date: Mon, 20 May 2024 22:09:19 -0700 Message-ID: Lines: 68 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-sAv3zJzPWav3Cu7IzRMMtopectRIrWNqp3RIY+Kayo1TQS7ZkuRJS/+XqyqjiGiZNXE5j6zsaiR85HJ!HgOujkmS/sBaeQrK7S3+ve8YXikc6e7RwB2zPclbRKITuLgAnAToL4myFJF5z3X7zC3weFbYZpcr!hjA= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 3791 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.