Why is that I am watching The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly (with Clint Eastwood) for about the 1,000th time and – even with the most ridiculous number of ad breaks imaginable – I am seeing scenes I have never seen before?
There was one with Tuco meeting up with some friends immediately after Blondie dumps him in the desert, then another just now with Angel Eyes going to a semi-deserted and ravaged Confederate town and meeting up with some soldiers to ask about Bill Carson. And I’ve just seen another one where Tuco has taken Blondie into the desert and is washing his feet to torment him! They’ve never been shown before – and there’s another 2 hours to go yet (well, maybe 90 minutes, not including the adverts).
TV usually has that irritating habit of cutting bits out, not putting them in.
I’m not imagining it. The original Spaghetti Western trilogy with Clint Eastwood is my favourite, and I’m a big Eastwood fan anyway. I’ve seen them lots of times, and I know these scenes are additions (the Tuco one was noticeably poorer quality and badly dubbed).