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Many syndicated reruns cut out the original musical numbers to save time for commercials. A true complete series must include the full, uncut episodes with the original songs intact.
By the early 1980s, Ross Bagdasarian Sr.’s original novelty creations from the late 1950s had been off the air for decades. Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and his wife, Janice Karman, set out to revive the franchise. They pitched a modernized version of the trio to NBC, which premiered on September 17, 1983.
Many syndicated reruns cut out the original musical numbers to save time for commercials. A true complete series must include the full, uncut episodes with the original songs intact.
By the early 1980s, Ross Bagdasarian Sr.’s original novelty creations from the late 1950s had been off the air for decades. Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and his wife, Janice Karman, set out to revive the franchise. They pitched a modernized version of the trio to NBC, which premiered on September 17, 1983.