VERY ODD "Beverly Hillbillies" on COZI

[sdwulfdawg]

This morning San Diego NBC 7 launched COZI and I managed to catch the "Beverly Hillbillies"...two rather odd episodes.

It was very strange that the theme song music was NOT the usual "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song ("Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed, A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,") but rather a generic bluegrass music bed. Also, the production values on the episodes (featuring Bea Benadaret) were terrible...not what I've been accustomed to...

Any ideas? Does COZI/NBC not have the sync rights to the more familiar "Beverly Hillbillies" theme or syndicated episodes?

Ideas?

(Crossposting this to the National TV section)

 

[KeithE4]

This morning San Diego NBC 7 launched COZI and I managed to catch the "Beverly Hillbillies"...two rather odd episodes.

It was very strange that the theme song music was NOT the usual "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song ("Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed, A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,") but rather a generic bluegrass music bed. Also, the production values on the episodes (featuring Bea Benadaret) were terrible...not what I've been accustomed to...

Any ideas? Does COZI/NBC not have the sync rights to the more familiar "Beverly Hillbillies" theme or syndicated episodes?

Ideas?

(Crossposting this to the National TV section)

Was it the pilot episode (set at the Clampett cabin in the Ozarks), maybe? IIRC, it had a different theme song.

 

[wncc]

Public domain episodes. The theme song is not in the public domain, that's why their is different music. My bet is it was a 1st season episode, because all of season 1 is public domain.

 

[Tom Wells]

I love this episode, and made an elaborate edit of the Jed/Pearl interchange to eliminate the laugh track which I will
isolate and post a sendspace link to. I use it as a breakup element in a pop-antipop AM Trainwreck part 15 station.
Hopefully later today.

 

[microbob]

Public domain episodes. The theme song is not in the public domain, that's why their is different music. My bet is it was a 1st season episode, because all of season 1 is public domain.

They were available on DVD at Cracker Barrel and Wal Mart several years ago. I would bet that Cracker Barrel still sells those public domain episodes. Andy Griffith is another show that has the 1st season in public domain.

 

[mysticnitekatt]

Public domain episodes. The theme song is not in the public domain, that's why their is different music. My bet is it was a 1st season episode, because all of season 1 is public domain.

It's all of Season 1, and part of Season 2.

Andy Griffith is another show that has the 1st season in public domain.

Actually, it's a little over a dozen episodes from Season 3

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES running on COZI are from the same source as the ones airing on RTV.

 

[anotherguyTN]

There are also certain episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show that are PD, although it's probably not over 6 or 8.

 

[sdwulfdawg]

Re: VERY ODD "Beverly Hillbillies" on COZI - MAJOR WEIRD TURN ON THIS THREAD

Public domain episodes. The theme song is not in the public domain, that's why their is different music. My bet is it was a 1st season episode, because all of season 1 is public domain.

It's all of Season 1, and part of Season 2.

Andy Griffith is another show that has the 1st season in public domain.

This whole thing took a very weird turn the other day.....

I saw the same episode (Christmas in the Ozarks) which had the familiar music omitted in a terrible print on COZI, in a pristine clean print with the original music intact on ME-TV.

Actually, it's a little over a dozen episodes from Season 3

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES running on COZI are from the same source as the ones airing on RTV.