# Please discontinue these edited shows. I listen so I can waste time. Don't take that away **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [October 24, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-discontinue-these-edited-shows-i-listen-so-i-can-waste-time-dont-take-that-away/180181 "2021-10-24T14:33:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![pilotmusicroom](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pilotmusicroom/32/26492_2.png) [@pilotmusicroom](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pilotmusicroom)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-discontinue-these-edited-shows-i-listen-so-i-can-waste-time-dont-take-that-away/180181/1 "2021-10-24T14:33:42Z")
I don’t like the new edited version of the show. I listen to the show so that I can waste a full hour and I enjoy all of the show. You have cut so much out of the new version of the show. Please return the full versions of the show to the airways so I can continue to waste my time. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-discontinue-these-edited-shows-i-listen-so-i-can-waste-time-dont-take-that-away/180181/2 "2021-10-24T16:19:26Z")
[Show Archives | Car Talk](https://www.cartalk.com/radio/browse) waste all the time you want. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-discontinue-these-edited-shows-i-listen-so-i-can-waste-time-dont-take-that-away/180181/3 "2021-10-24T19:18:06Z")
I’ve got more time to waste than you but I don’t listen to them at all. Not to be critical but after a while the humor is just nauseating. And then someone calls in telling the color or name of their car trying to fit in and be funny. I think it is the same person doing those CDC PSAs. “My red car is named Lucy and sometimes she coughs in the morning when I start her up. It is very worrying and sometime parks next to the green car and I’m afraid for her.” ---
**Author:** ![Roger124](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Roger124](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Roger124)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 1:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-discontinue-these-edited-shows-i-listen-so-i-can-waste-time-dont-take-that-away/180181/4 "2021-10-25T01:32:08Z")
I would rather have them air full episodes as they were originally aired. Just give us when the original airing date was. ---
**Author:** ![PintoKid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pintokid/32/45996_2.png) [@PintoKid](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PintoKid)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 10:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-discontinue-these-edited-shows-i-listen-so-i-can-waste-time-dont-take-that-away/180181/5 "2021-10-25T22:40:34Z")
I’m going to disagree. When we had the 1-hour shows we got 50-odd minutes of content and 1 puzzler a week. Now we have about 70 minutes of content (in 2 podcasts) and 2 puzzlers. I do agree with @Roger124 that it would be nice to know the original air date(s). ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 10:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/please-discontinue-these-edited-shows-i-listen-so-i-can-waste-time-dont-take-that-away/180181/6 "2021-10-25T22:46:51Z")
> [@Roger124](#): > > I would rather have them air full episodes as they were originally aired That might not be possible b/c of content-rights difficulties. Not a legal-eagle, but I presume just b/c an episode was on the air before doesn’t imply it can be re-broadcast now. Obtaining the necessary permissions may be impossible or impractical.