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Whatever studio created it probably has a copy of every episode on old tapes. Also I wonder if this is viable business model to request people who have a copy o

by soheil 4y ago

Whatever studio created it probably has a copy of every episode on old tapes. Also I wonder if this is viable business model to request people who have a copy of a “lost media” to turn it up for a reward.

pigeons 4y ago
Often media was reused by the studio, for cost reasons. This is one reason there are missing episodes of culturally significant television programs like Doctor Who.
- GenerocUsername 4y ago
  Also the official reason there is no original videos of the moon landing.
- soheil 4y ago
  Surely not the case in a Hollywood studio
  - pigeons 4y ago
    Universal Pictures (Hollywood) flat out destroyed their negatives.
astura 4y ago
>Whatever studio created it probably has a copy of every episode on old tapes. No, It was super common for studios to tape over old content during the early years of television. Plenty of stuff literally doesn't exist anymore.
- pessimizer 4y ago
  It also severely distorts our idea of the past, which was mostly reinforced by reruns and rebroadcasts. Major celebrities from the past had their entire careers wiped, especially if they primarily worked in live TV, or on the DuMont network: "In the earlier '70's, the Dumont network was being bought by another company, and the lawyers were in heavy negotiation as to who would be responsible for the library of the Dumont shows currently being stored at the facility, who would bear the expense of storing them in a temperature controlled facility, take care of the copyright renewal, et cetera. "One of the lawyers doing the bargaining said that he could "take care of it" in a "fair manner," and he did take care of it. At 2 a.m., the next morning, he had three huge semis back up to the loading dock at ABC, filled them all with stored kinescopes and 2" videotapes, drove them to a waiting barge in New Jersey, took them out on the water, made a right at the Statue of Liberty and dumped them in the Upper New York Bay. Very neat. No problem." -- Edie Adams, widow of Ernie Kovacs (largely forgotten extremely famous comedian) testifying before the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927072638/http://www.loc.gov/film/hrng96la.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070927072638/http://www.loc.go...
tablespoon 4y ago
> Whatever studio created it probably has a copy of every episode on old tapes. Also I wonder if this is viable business model to request people who have a copy of a “lost media” to turn it up for a reward. Old tapes don't last forever, even the fancy professional ones.

by soheil 4y ago

pigeons 4y ago

Often media was reused by the studio, for cost reasons. This is one reason there are missing episodes of culturally significant television programs like Doctor Who.

GenerocUsername 4y ago
Also the official reason there is no original videos of the moon landing.
soheil 4y ago
Surely not the case in a Hollywood studio
- pigeons 4y ago
  Universal Pictures (Hollywood) flat out destroyed their negatives.

astura 4y ago

>Whatever studio created it probably has a copy of every episode on old tapes. No, It was super common for studios to tape over old content during the early years of television. Plenty of stuff literally doesn't exist anymore.

pessimizer 4y ago
It also severely distorts our idea of the past, which was mostly reinforced by reruns and rebroadcasts. Major celebrities from the past had their entire careers wiped, especially if they primarily worked in live TV, or on the DuMont network: "In the earlier '70's, the Dumont network was being bought by another company, and the lawyers were in heavy negotiation as to who would be responsible for the library of the Dumont shows currently being stored at the facility, who would bear the expense of storing them in a temperature controlled facility, take care of the copyright renewal, et cetera. "One of the lawyers doing the bargaining said that he could "take care of it" in a "fair manner," and he did take care of it. At 2 a.m., the next morning, he had three huge semis back up to the loading dock at ABC, filled them all with stored kinescopes and 2" videotapes, drove them to a waiting barge in New Jersey, took them out on the water, made a right at the Statue of Liberty and dumped them in the Upper New York Bay. Very neat. No problem." -- Edie Adams, widow of Ernie Kovacs (largely forgotten extremely famous comedian) testifying before the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927072638/http://www.loc.gov/film/hrng96la.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070927072638/http://www.loc.go...

tablespoon 4y ago

> Whatever studio created it probably has a copy of every episode on old tapes. Also I wonder if this is viable business model to request people who have a copy of a “lost media” to turn it up for a reward. Old tapes don't last forever, even the fancy professional ones.