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10/5/11 01:46 pm...So today I learned that the VHS copy of "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" that I watched over and over in the '80s was highly expurgated and censored. I had no idea. None. Only fifteen minutes in and I've already seen three scenes that weren't in my VHS copy. All three of them very adult and scary in tone.
I mean. The three children. Had an aunt. Who got killed by a German bombing raid in London. I never knew that.
The nosy postmistress, the gruff general, the slimy little coward of a vicar...holy cow these are GREAT CHARACTERS that hardly appeared in the copy I watched as a kid.
...I MEAN PROFESSOR BROWN HAS AN INTRO SONG of course he has like six or seven others but that one I'd never heard.
I really hope it was edited due to length on the VHS tape and not censored because this full movie is so much better.
I'm utterly fascinated.
I mean. The three children. Had an aunt. Who got killed by a German bombing raid in London. I never knew that.
The nosy postmistress, the gruff general, the slimy little coward of a vicar...holy cow these are GREAT CHARACTERS that hardly appeared in the copy I watched as a kid.
...I MEAN PROFESSOR BROWN HAS AN INTRO SONG of course he has like six or seven others but that one I'd never heard.
I really hope it was edited due to length on the VHS tape and not censored because this full movie is so much better.
I'm utterly fascinated.