Lewis

See, they CAN remove the number, if they wanted to. They did it with 1989/1990 technology as shown here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGdomcvZ_dA

I’ve been bothered by the butchering of the yard sign scene for literally decades and won’t watch anything except the original VHS. I actually bought what I thought was a NIB 1985 VHS release on Ebay so I could have a fresh replacement for my tired original. To my surprise, I discovered the sign scene was both 1) Intact and 2) The phone number was expertly digitally removed. I mean perfectly. I did some more research and it turns out this VHS was part of CBS/FOX’s “Summer Fun” release of 8 VHS films in 1990. Revenge of the Nerds was one of those 8 films. Identical box as the original, which is why I was fooled.

Anyway, now I’m angry because there is NO excuse for them to have been cutting the scene when the 1990 version existed.
I posted the video on my twitter @kipthegifted asking “why?”.