Very true. And, to be honest, I would prefer that cut--when I was re-watching American Graffiti for the first time in years a couple years ago, I remember thinking that one or two scenes really seemed out of place and draggy and pointless and probably could have been trimmed out; even though as scenes they were still pretty good, they just didn't flow with the pace of the film. Afterwords, I found out they were originally cut out of the film and then restored by Lucas. Normally, studio-imposed cuts aren't good but I have to agree with these ones.