On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Diner <[email protected]> wrote: I've watched the first two episodes, and the episodes they've picked have > aged pretty well. One thing that's noteworthy, however, is how much music > has been cut out. Johnny's original theme is still there (slightly edited), > and the band can be heard playing when Johnny says goodnight. But the rest > of the music has been removed. The "More to Come" bumper cards coming in > and out of commercials are silent (though a spare note of music sometimes > seeps through). And when a guest walks out, generic music and applause has > been dubbed over the NBC Orchestra. It's easy to tell it's not original > music because it fades out, something the live band, of course, never did. > The new music was most noticeable coming in and out of the stand-up comedy > routines - Eddie Murphy the first night and Foster Brooks the second. > Brooks' routine stood out because he did a prearranged bit where he walks > out from behind the curtain, takes a few "drunken" steps and halts, and the > music stops - and then he chastises the band for stopping, so they start - > and then stop - again. The new music just doesn't seem natural. > > Also, neither of the episodes so far have featured musical guests, so once > one of them appears, all bets are off. On the list of remaining episodes > for this month, the only episode with someone I recognize as a singer is > the one with Ann-Margret slated for next weekend. > > As someone who has bought DVDs and iTunes downloads from the Carson estate, the cutting out of music is a major annoyance to me. That band was the sound of the show. Watching the episodes I've digitized off of videotape, I'm still struck that the audience wasn't cued to applaud coming back from commercial. The music played, stopped, then the show resumed. It served as a button to each and every segment, and to not bother to work out the rights ticks me off.
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