 The original version of the film was longer, but, Executive Producer  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) claimed there were too many gremlins and  several scenes were cut as a result. One of the deleted scenes  portrayed three of the main gremlins (George, Lenny and Daffy)  sneaking into Grandpa Freds studio and "helping" him host, which  worked because Grandpa Freds show was supposed to be scary. A still  from this scene was used on the video cover.