Expert: Crystal - 8/13/2008

Question
I have been a long time 90210 fan and watched them back when they came out and now bought them on dvd season 5 just came out and i know they changed the BG music but did they change or cut out parts too, bc somehow i remember ray pruit singing more on the show i have only seen him sing once and that was the episode with them at the rolling stones concert. didnt he perform a lot at the after dark.???? please let me know i have tried looking for origional episodes on youtube... but no luck finding an ans. thanks Niki

Answer
Hello Niki,

Jamie Walters/Ray Pruit performed quite a few times on the show, either at the After Dark or somewhere else. Here's the episodes with the song(s) he performed according to the tv.com BH90210 episode guide:

Rave On - Hold On
Homecoming - Drive Me
Who's Zoomin' Who? - Hold On
Things That Go Bang I The Night - The Worms Crawl In...
Rock of Ages (Rolling Stones ep) - Hold On
Up In Flames - The Comfort of Strangers
Sentenced To Life - Drive Me
Sweating It Out - I Know The Game
Hazardous To Your Health - I Know The Game
Little Monsters - Why & I Know The Game
You Gotta Have Heart - Hold On
Alone at the Top - Why & Hold On
A Song for My Mother - Why & The Comfort of Strangers
P.S. I Love You - Donna (seems written specifically for show) & the Beatles song Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da

I haven't had the chance to view my DVDs yet, but if you didn't see his performances while viewing yours, that would indicate that they were cut for the DVD release due to copyright issues.

I have heard scenes that don't feature music are also being cut due to copyright issues. One I found myself is Season 2's episode "Mexican Standoff". It has a clip of the movie "Grapes of Wrath" where Brenda & Dylan are watching it for a school assignment. However, it's cut on the DVD release.

So, it appears any missing or changed scenes of episodes would be due to the copyright issues.

Hope this helps you.

Take care,
Crystal