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So does this mean that somewhere in the Warner Brothers archives there are dozens of episodes of this show that nobody has ever seen?
by steviedotboston 6y ago
So does this mean that somewhere in the Warner Brothers archives there are dozens of episodes of this show that nobody has ever seen?
- bigmattystyles 6y agoLikely, unless they degraded and were dismissed - there is also a mountain of pilots of shows that have never seen the day.
- ashtonkem 6y agoMaybe. As other people have mentioned, film can degrade over time, and can be destroyed via negligence or accident. Archives occasionally catch on fire, destroying old masters. It also depends how it was produced. In the 1970s some shows were recorded directly onto tape for the sake of cost and convenience. It wasn’t uncommon for tapes to be wiped and reused to save more money, which is why a bunch of original Dr Who episodes are missing. If the show was shot on film, then it’s more likely that masters or high quality prints survived, since it’s not possible to reuse the film.
- rbanffy 6y agoAs others pointed out, film degrades over time if not carefully preserved (and there is little reason to believe they cared past giving up on Blazing Saddles 2) and videotape is sometimes reused. They may also not be completely finished past a least-plausible-effort.