Talk:The Wizard of Oz on television
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[edit] Deletion of broadcast history
I removed the long list of the movie's broadcast history as it was overly long, non-notable and tantamount to trivia.--Thepinksuicidallemming 03:43, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
I removed the list again, please take note of why I have done so. If you really feel strongly about what I have done, please say so, so we may reach an agreement.
- Only the first listed airdate was referenced.
- WP:NOT#DIR points out an almost identicle example
- List is tantamount to trivia. See WP:TRIV. This does not include any notable airing that have already been addressed in the body of the article.
- I haven't even touched on the fact that the entire article (not only the list) is limited to airings in the United States. But this is another problem.
--Thepinksuicidallemming 04:49, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Why was a referenced fact removed?
I added a New York Times reference which said the film was first shown in 1956, which someone later removed, and added the claim that it was first seen in 1959 [1]. Why? Added back the ref, since this aarticle has been cirticized for lack of refs in the AFD for the article listing all the showtimes [Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Wizard Of Oz - Television Airdates]. Edison 19:43, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
The claim that the film was trimmed to ninety minutes for its 1956 showing is highly questionable, although I was not old enough to see it in that year. I have, however, been watching it on TV since 1959, and I can certainly vouch for the fact that, despite commercial breaks, the film was shown complete in a two-hour time slot between 1959 and 1968.AlbertSM 01:22, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Worldwide view
Four months on from my first encounter with this page and I think I should actually add this template. This article deals with the movie on American TV only, despite the fact that many other nations are highly likely to have screened it (I know it's shown every couple of years in Australia).--Thepinksuicidallemming 09:12, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Appallingly American-centric article. The Wizard of Oz is shown every year here in Britain and indeed is one of the main films of the Christmas period, The Sound of Music the other. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Panthro (talk • contribs) 02:50, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
- That would be difficult to research for an American editor. You are in Britain: what have you done to remedy this lack? — Walloon (talk) 01:06, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Details
It has to be asked — gently, but necessarily: Is there anyone on this planet who really needs to know the exact date on which The Wizard of Oz was shown on TV every year from 1959 to the present? — Walloon (talk) 01:03, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
No one needs to know, in the sense that it's not a matter of life and death, but it certainly makes for interesting trivia, especially if you are old enough to have fond memories of the time in which the film was gaining its now-classic status because of its television showings.AlbertSM (talk) 18:44, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Changes made in running time: time compression
Time compression on video tape is usually accomplished by speeding up the playback slightly on a VTR equipped with dynamic tracking for the video and pitch-shifting for the audio. This results in a fairly smooth picture with some residual vertical stepping effects. The audio is pitch-corrected to avoid the "chipmunk" effect mentioned in the main article. This is necessary to compensate for the increase in pitch introduced by speeding up the playback. Thomprod (talk) 18:07, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
