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Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

There was in 2007, there was a co-sponsored bill called the Family Friendly Flies Act, where they wanted to have child safe viewing areas on the planes where anything over G couldn't be played.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

But I think it never passed.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

And, and

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

I'm sure it didn't pass because that's a near impossibility or just a terrible idea to be like, we'll put all the kids in the back of the plane together without their parents.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

Well, that makes sense.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

A little more sense.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

All right.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

Well, that makes sense.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

Yeah.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

Yeah, and if you're wondering how much gets edited out, someone actually did check running times of movies shown on Virgin Air and Air Canada.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

They had funding.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

That's right, which will be flying soon when we do our Canadian tour.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

We got some Air Canada flights booked.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

Can't wait.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

You got that straight.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

And they found that two-thirds of the movies shown on these two airlines were the same length as the theater presentation.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

Fourteen percent were shorter.

Stuff You Should Know
Short Stuff: In-Flight Entertainment

uh not not 14 shorter but 14 of the movies overall so that like that just sort of tells you how many movies are being edited down for content um 21 were longer which is sort of interesting yeah i would guess virgin is not huge on editing down movies but you never know you never know so yeah chuck said you never know i guess chuck doesn't that mean that short stuff is out indeed

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Selects: How Dopamine Works

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