Incorrect information on the TV shows page (Gummi Bears)

[witchkitten]

I was browsing the TV shows page and I believe I came across an error. For Gummi Bears, the info says that there were 95 episodes produced when in actuality there were only 65 episodes, at least according to all of the other episode guides and listings for the show. Here is a link to the page that has the error:
http://www.ultimatedisney.com/tvshows.html

[Luke]

Hello and welcome to the forum!

The number of episodes was taken from Bill Cotter's book <i>The Wonderful World of Disney Television</i>. I've just done a recount and indeed, it still comes to 95. It seems like the discrepancy stems from the fact that Cotter's book lists every episode separately. Many of the episodes are just 15 minutes long and paired up to make a half-hour. So, it seems like there are 65 half-hours of episodes (with commercials, of course) or 95 episodes total, meaning that 60 episodes are 15 minutes long and the remaining 35 are half-hour shows.

[witchkitten]

Thank you for explaining that to me. I was a little confused when I read it since I had always read that there were 65 episodes. That is very strange that The Wonderful World of Disney Television splits the episodes up that way.

[bcotter]

Why does the book split them up that way? Mostly because that's the way Disney made them. They originally planned to do some mixing and matching of the shorter episodes if needed to pad out later seasons, although that never happened.

If anyone does spot any goofs in the book or has questions about it please let me know (I'm the guy who wrote it).

Regards

Bill Cotter