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From the Playhouse Video VHS tape (hi-fi), so the picture resolution is a little low but the sound quality is better than my rotty laserdisc. (Laserdisc edition with alternate promo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYWfXH6wnCA)

Episode notes (clips start at 7:52):
There are two bits notoriously not carried over to DVD: a 30-second chair repair scene (at 9:25) (the DVD music bridge is longer, though) and a 5-second extension of the Ivanhoe bit from Papa bear (10:15). This version also has the original Gaylord logo, shorter Platypus and title cards with less music (and no zoom effect), a "written by" credit with "and" (vs. "teleplay by" with "&"), and a much shorter version of the end credits (all in crawl format, with about 10 jobs missing, no cast list, and all-caps on production companies on copyright screen), so those are included here too. Newer DVD versions, at least, differ in these areas. Closed captions were pulled from the tape (but were not present on its promo).

Also included is the start of the tape, with a classic 7-minute series promo. This one covers all 26 episodes, and is Playhouse branded; another (see Cinderella link below) is missing Rip Van Winkle and has different narration and music in the final section, though most of the mispronunciations are in both. This version also has writing and directing credits on several clips; those are not present in other versions I have examined, such as the Pied Piper tape's (which is otherwise identical to this one except it also has captions, and I might put it up later).

Promo from Cinderella tape: www.youtube.com/watch?v=GiU_g2GSvdY
Pied Piper exclusives: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDyDeN5FStE