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Oldest Extant Off-Air VHS/Beta Tape You Have

I have no idea why people want to sell videotapes full of white MOLD in them! Those tapes are literally death traps for any VCR, good or not. And then ones where the tape guards are broken off. I've been to yard sales where tapes were thrown into empty boxes, left for the elements to ruin them. This mainly happens with rental tapes and kids retail shows, but it still irks me. At least most of the tapes I've found in the past 6-8 months have been clean. Latest lot I had problems with was the Boise ID VHS lot back in February, where many tapes did not have a box and quite a few tapes caused VCR issues. Granted most of those were just rental movies copied thank goodness. But I learned that fast forwarding and rewinding on a separate VHS rewinder (which I have) seems to alleviate this problem most of the time. The keeper tapes had early '00s cartoons and quite a few clips and full episodes of Days of Our Lives dating 1992-2001, along with a complete Jenny Jones episode from September 1992.
Most estate sale tapes are quite clean, stored in a cabinet or on a bookshelf for a long time without being out in the elements. Even storing tapes in garages for years at a time can cause mold due to wide temperature differences throughout the year.
 
Of those four vendors, the one selling the most tapes had to have been the third one. All of the tapes he had appeared to be pretty clean, including the ones in hard plastic cases that looked like they dated back to the '80s. The tape with Top Gun, Rambo: First Blood Part II, The Philadelphia Experiment and Praise the Lord was one of the tapes in hard cases. While the labeling on the tape itself was consistent with most of its contents, the labeling on the case listed other contents that were nowhere to be found on this tape. Three items on the case label were crossed off--"Xmas 1984," "Country Programs" (would have been cool if that had referred to shows from the early days of TNN) and "New Year's 1985," but also written on the label and not crossed off was "Children of the Dust." While that was the name of a CBS movie that aired in 1995, it was also the name of a theatrical film released in 1923. Since most of the crossed-out writings seemed to indicate home video, I have a feeling another tape with said content was placed in that case before this one with the movies was placed in it. I would hope no one would have wanted to tape over a family home video! That said, I wouldn't be surprised if any of the other tapes in the hard cases were mismatched with what was written on the case labels.

And one correction--I mentioned that almost all of the tapes in the one indoor vendor's booth were moldy except for the Sadat tape I bought and the Princess Diana tape I left behind. I remembered there was one other non-moldy tape in that booth, which was an unlabeled mid 2000s Sony T-120.
 
Children of the Dust was a two-part western miniseries that aired on CBS in late February 1995, with Sidney Poitier. I have part 2 (2/28/95) taped off KIMA, one of the first Yakima tapes I bought over 2 years ago.
No, the Boise tapes did not have mold, but many were missing their case and were stored in a garage (or a shed, I can't remember).
 
One more thing--doing some research, I found out that the call letters "WTOF" (referring to the gospel music radio cassette tape I bought) actually refer to a Christian radio station in Canton, Ohio, not Alabama as I initially said--makes sense. WTOF changed its call letters to WHK-FM in 1997 and served as a sister station to AM 1420 WHK in Cleveland, which at the time was also a religious format. The 98.1 FM frequency in Northeast Ohio is now home to top 40 format WKDD in Akron.
 
An even bigger cause of mold besides large temperature swings is storing tapes in areas with high humidity. Mold can gum up VCRs, and it can also get on the video heads which spreads the mold to other tapes you play in the same player.

There are some good (and effective) tutorials online on how to get rid of tape mold, I've used them before with success, we will need to use them more in the future as these tapes get older and older.
 
Someone actually bought that 24,000 VHS lot! Makes my collection of about 150 home recorded tapes look very miniscule. Of course that number is always in flux as I send most tapes to eBay after I finish going through them. Too bad the collection begins in February 1987, it would be even more valuable had the man bought his first VCR in 1979 or 1980. I found a few tapes yesterday at a yard sale in a nearby mobile home park. Most from the Seattle market:

Tape 1 - 'Spaceballs' (1987) and part of the Max Movie Show taped off Cinemax 3/18/1989 with promos; starts with the end of that day's episode of Animal Crack-Ups and a couple of promos taped off KAPP/ABC. Memorex T-120 in SP mode
Tape 2 - Last 10 minutes of Freedom: The History of Us, and episode of Frontline taped off KCTS/PBS 2/20/2003 with promos; partial recording of Stephen King's The Stand (Part 2) taped off KOMO/ABC 5/9/1994 with commercials; most of part 3 taped off KOMO/ABC 5/11/1994 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 3 - Episode of Commander in Chief taped off KOMO/ABC 11/29/2005 with commercials; episode of The West Wing taped off NBC (presumed KING/5) 12/11/2005 minus commercials. TDK T-120 / SLP mode
Tape 4 - Episode of Meet the Press taped off KING/NBC 11/16/2003 with commercials (Tim Russert interviews Wesley Clark); episode of 60 Minutes II taped off KIRO/CBS 11/19/2003 with commercials (again, an interview with Wesley Clark). TDK T-120 in SP mode
A fifth tape has some movie taped off Hallmark Channel in June 2007 with commercials, but I forget the title at the moment. The label is marked 'Sarah Part III Hallmark'. I don't think it's Sarah, Plain and Tall: Winter's End...? This is another TDK 120 in SP mode. Tape 6 was a rental dud and tape 7 was erased.

The mold issue is why I'm skeptical about buying most VHS lots from the deep south and FL. Mississippi and Alabama have some nice small markets and small-town TV stations with little content on YT, but they always have horrible humidity. Storing them indoors with a good heating/cooling system helps. But I've even seen moldy tapes in Yakima where we mainly have dry heat summers and cold winters, so who knows?
 
The Hinckley Community Garage Sales were quite a success in terms of me finding more tapes. I got ten tapes from one of many residents in the town holding sales, three tapes from a vendor at the flea market in the elementary school parking lot and three more tapes at a rummage sale at a church across the street from the school.

Garage sale:
TAPE 1: Partial episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman taped from WEWS on 3/10/1996 with commercials; part of A Face to Die For (NBC made-for-TV movie) taped from WKYC on 3/11/1996 with two commercial breaks included, also includes the opening of Channel 3 News at 11:00 afterward. Scotch T-120.

TAPE 2: Part of Billy Ray Cyrus: Dreams Come True (ABC concert special) taped from WEWS on 2/17/1993 with commercials; short clip from News Channel 5 at 11:00 with Ted Henry and Wilma Smith taped from WEWS on 2/17/1993 (Ted Hart reports on the now-defunct Boot Scoot'n Saloon in Brunswick, appropriately placed after the Billy Ray Cyrus special); several episodes of Earth Revealed taped from WVIZ in October 1992 with short intershows after each episode--no promos, just a station identification slide with music playing for a minute before the start of the next show, a common practice during the station's late night/early morning college telecourse block--each of these recordings ended with the first few minutes of that day's episodes of Time to Grow. Fuji T-120.

TAPE 3: Partial episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond and What I Like About You taped from WBNX on 11/18/2005 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of Joey, episode of Will & Grace and first couple minutes of The Apprentice taped from WKYC on 11/17/2005 with commercials; partially taped-over broadcast of part two of Category 7: The End of the World (CBS miniseries) and first few minutes of a special 19 Action News broadcast on Cleveland's then-mayor-elect Frank Jackson taped from WOIO on 11/13/2005 with commercials; last few minutes of Ashlee Simpson: Live and Legal, episode of Score and partial episode of Next taped from MTV in October 2005 with commercials; partial recording of Pearl Harbor (2001) taped from unknown pay TV channel. JVC T-120.

TAPE 4: Music video of "Opposites Attract" by Paula Abdul taped from MTV circa 1991; episode of Beverly Hills 90210 taped from WOIO on 8/29/1991 with commercials; partial episode of Another World taped from WKYC in July 1990 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of Another World, full episode of Santa Barbara, broadcast of Inside Edition (only the first segment is shown) that gets interrupted by an NBC News Special Report on Mikhail Gorbachev speaking at Stanford University before the station joins A Current Affair in progress (only about a minute of the latter show is found) taped from WKYC on 6/4/1990 with commercials, very weak audio throughout though; partial broadcast of part two of Brotherhood of the Rose (NBC miniseries) taped from WKYC on 1/23/1989 with commercials. Fuji T-120.

TAPE 5: First few minutes of a broadcast of Entertainment Tonight (mostly focusing on the O.J. Simpson verdict) taped from WKYC on 10/3/1995, recording starts with a few commercials; A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes (CBS made-for-TV movie) taped from WOIO on 10/22/1995 with commercials, along with the opening to 19 News at 11:00; partial broadcast of NBC's coverage of Game 1 of the 1995 American League Division Series, first showing New York Yankees vs. Seattle Mariners, then showing Cleveland Indians vs. Boston Red Sox (the latter was in a rain delay for a little while) taped from WKYC on 10/3/1995 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 6: Mariah Carey (NBC concert special) taped from WKYC on 11/25/1993 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of Love Connection, episode of The People's Court and start of a Psychic Television Network infomercial taped from WUAB in June 1993 with commercials; partial episode of In Search Of... (Sodom and Gomorrah) and partial episode of Time Machine (Allied to the Mafia) taped from A&E in June 1993 with commercials, cable box changes channels to WVIZ for an episode of Covert Bailey's Fit or Fat taped in June 1993 with promos leading up to the start of Barney & Friends (likely an early morning recording); partial episode of Cops (Pierce County Sheriff's Department) taped from WOIO in June 1993 with commercials; partial episode of Taxi taped from WJW in June 1993 with a few commercials; two more partial episodes of Love Connection taped from WUAB in June 1993 with commercials. Fuji T-120.

TAPE 7: Last couple minutes of an episode of Home Improvement, episodes of Becker, Everybody Loves Raymond, another Becker and another Raymond taped from WBNX on 10/3/2003 with commercials, cable box changes channels to WOIO for an episode of Joan of Arcadia also taped on 10/3/2003 with commercials; most of a broadcast of News Channel 5 at 11 with Leon Bibb and Lorna Barrett taped from WEWS on 9/27/2003 with commercials, recording stops a few seconds into John Chandler's sports segment; partially taped-over episode of Everybody Loves Raymond and another full episode of Becker taped from WBNX in September 2003 with commercials; partial broadcast of The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) taped from WJW on 9/14/2003 with commercials; two partially taped-over episodes of The Nanny taped from Lifetime in July 2003 with commercials; partially taped-over broadcast of Summer of Fear (1996) taped from Lifetime in June 2003 with commercials. TDK T-120.

TAPE 8: Episode of Beverly Hills 90210 taped from WOIO on 11/7/1991 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of Another World and full episode of Days of Our Lives taped from WKYC in August 1991 with commercials; two more episodes of Beverly Hills 90210 taped from WOIO on 9/12/1991 and 9/19/1991 with commercials; two more episodes of Days of Our Lives taped from WKYC in August 1991 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 9: Episode of House taped from USA on 8/20/2006 with commercials, first couple minutes of the 2006 Vans Invitational follow; episode of Monk taped from USA on 7/9/2006 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 10: The Gardener's Guide for Northeast Ohio (four-hour local public television special) and The Way We Shopped (local documentary special) taped from WVIZ on 3/11/2001 with pledge breaks throughout; partial episode of Vicki Lawrence (Wacky Weddings) taped from WKYC sometime in 1994 with a few commercials. Scotch T-120.

I left several other tapes behind at this one, many of which seemed to have movie titles on the labels, although I do recall seeing one indicating a Trans-Siberian Orchestra concert on PBS.

Flea market vendor (only one keeper out of the three tapes I bought, the vendor also had several other used blanks without labels, which I only left behind to save some money):
TAPE 11: The Sound of Music (1965) taped from WKYC on 12/28/1986 with commercials--someone else already uploaded the commercials from this exact broadcast and station onto YouTube though. Fuji T-120.

The other two tapes were movies copied from rental tapes. Now I wish I had picked up at least a couple of the unlabeled ones (you'd think if they were going to make their own copies of rented movies, they would label them). From my experiences of what I've found, the unlabeled tapes generally seem to be random time-shifted TV shows.

Church rummage sale (only one keeper out of three tapes found):
TAPE 12: Home Alone (1990) taped from Cinemax circa December 1992 with a couple of promos before the movie; The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) taped from Showtime circa March 1993; The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and part of Howie Mandel: Howie Spent Our Summer taped from Showtime in March 1993 with promos before each program. Scotch T-120.
 
I remember that Mariah Carey (NBC concert special), because it was preceded by the Dolphins/Cowboys game. As Bob Trumpy said "Leon Lett NO!" What i remember about that game was that Dick Enberg proclaimed that "The Cowboys will win!" before everybody realized that it could be a Miami touchdown! Crazy ending that was.
 
I've got the Billy Ray Cyrus special taped off KAPP. The same tape also has a complete airing of the 20th AMAs (I had about an hour of footage on a previous tape that I just sold on eBay) and part of an episode of A Current Affair: Extra, which aired on KIMA at 11:15p Sunday following the CBS Sunday Night News.
Too bad I wasn't able to hit the Zillah city-wide sale back in April, but I'll make sure to make it next April. Last year there were 70 homes, but in 2016 there were over 115. I remember going to a local yard sale earlier this year and one of the ladies was actually in Zillah on the day of the sales...the roads were absolutely jam-packed and congested. People came from all over the valley and Tri-Cities too! I'm just hoping #1, they didn't buy ALL of the recorded tapes and #2, that the homeowners didn't throw them away after they couldn't sell them...

There's another Yakima-area VHS collector, her YT account is 'misslizzie2007'. She lives in Sunnyside and has collected tapes just for about a year or so, and already has about 100 tapes to go through. Lizzie and I talk every week about our finds and I've watched plenty of her videos already. Most of the latest content she's posted comes from Tri-Cities, because she tries to hit the estate sales out there every weekend and find those VHS rarities. A few weeks ago she went over to an estate sale in Pasco and bought over 70 tapes, consisting of various sci-fi shows and other fun stuff. Pretty much everything had commercials; almost the entire series of Star Trek TNG (KNDU/25), dozens of DS9's, Voyager episodes (off KBWU/66, which was the low-power Fox station before KFFX signed on), Stargate SG-1's, Earth 2 episodes, plus an episode of the short-lived West 57th newsmagazine, found uncut with commercials off KEPR/CBS in the spring of 1989; and the entire first week of Jay Leno's tenure on The Tonight Show with commercials!
In fact she ended up going to the same Lincoln Avenue sale that I went to back in July, but we didn't run into each other at the same time.
 
Several tapes found today at a local estate sale in another mobile home park. The couple lived in Snohomish County prior to the late '90s, so I got some scattered Seattle stuff mixed with Yakima. Decent finds overall, plus the newest TV footage ever found on a VHS tape - not marked anywhere on the label.

Tape 1 - Episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire taped off KAPP/ABC 5/13/2001 with commercials; part of 'The Yearling' (1946) taped off KYVE/PBS in 2001; Feng Shui: Environments for Success and Well-Being taped off KYVE/PBS in April 2001 with pledge breaks; part 1 of Steve Martini's The Judge taped off KNDO/NBC 5/6/2001 with commercials
Tape 2 - 'White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf' (1994) taped off Hallmark Channel 5/19/2007 with commercials; 'Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing' (1992) and two-hour episode of Matlock taped off Hallmark Channel 5/20/2007 with commercials
Tape 3 - Several episodes of Painting with Pastels with V. Earlene Harrison taped off KBTC-28 Tacoma/PBS in Oct 1995-Jan 1996, with a few partial promos scattered throughout. KBTC produced this program.
Tape 4 - Both parts of 'Dead Man's Walk' taped off KOMO/ABC 5/12 and 5/13/1996 with commercials - started with the first few minutes of the Patriots-Colts 'deflategate' game from 2015! (They recorded on VHS up to a January 2016 Seahawks game)
Tape 5 - Episode of Law & Order: SVU taped off KNDO/NBC 9/28/2004 with commercials; George Strait Live from the Astrodome taped off CMT 10/11/2004 with commercials; end of the 2004 Vice Presidential Debate and post-debate commentary taped off Fox News on 10/5/2004; partial episode of Last Comic Standing, KNDO Local News 11 at 11 and most of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno taped off KNDO/NBC 8/30-31/2004 with commercials; part of 'Cast Away' (2000) taped off KAPP/ABC 2/21/2004 with commercials
Tape 6 - More episodes of Painting with Pastels with V. Earlene Harrison taped off KBTC/PBS in January-March 1996, with some promos included between episodes
Tape 7 - All three parts of Stephen King's Storm of the Century taped off KAPP/ABC 2/14, 2/15 and 2/18/1999 with commercials
Tape 8 - Both parts of 'Anne Frank: The Whole Story' taped off KAPP/ABC 5/20 and 5/21/2001 with commercials; about 20 minutes of some 1940s movie follows; very end of You Decide 2000: A Presidential Campaign Special and an intershow taped off KCYU-LP/Fox on 10/27/2000; partial airing of 'Tootsie' taped off TNT 9/8/1998 with commercials
Tape 9 - The most recent TV footage I've found on this format: the Seahawks-Panthers divisional game taped off KCYU-LD/FOX on 1/17/2016 with commercials, just a year and a half ago. After the game is about 40 minutes of blank screen (but the memory counter still kept running). Next is the last 20 minutes of 'Love's Unending Legacy' taped off Hallmark Channel 4/7/2007 with commercials; followed by part of a KIMA NewsWatch broadcast taped 1/6/2005, but in terrible quality with lots of interference.

Will be hitting at least three more estate sales tomorrow plus some scattered yard sales. Hoping for the best!
 
Three more keepers found today at three different yard/estate sales in Yakima.

First estate sale
Tape 1 - 'Two for Texas' (1998) taped off TNT 1/18/1998 with commercials (SLP mode, blank after 2 hours)

Second estate sale
Tape 2 - Masterpiece Theatre episode (House of Cards 'To Play the King'), an intershow and part of Jack Horkheimer: Star Hustler taped off KYVE/PBS 1/16/1994

Yard sale, in West Valley
Tape 3 - 'Scrooge' (1951) taped off KCYU-LP 68 (Fox) 12/11/1999 with commercials. SP mode, TDK T-120
 
Went to an estate sale in Medina yesterday morning and spotted a huge amount of tapes for sale. I picked up eight, six of which were keepers.

TAPE 1: That Darn Cat (1965) taped from the Disney Channel in June 1988; The Hoboken Chicken Emergency (1984) taped from the Disney Channel on 6/5/1988 during its Super Debut Weekend with promos afterward; Tigers '88 pregame report and first inning of Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Indians taped from The CableSystem Channel 5A on 6/5/1988 with commercials--this local cable channel would later go on to become the now-defunct WT05 in Toledo and would become the city's affiliate of The WB and later The CW. BASF T-120.

TAPE 2: Various events from the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, first on 8/1/1996, then on 7/26/1996, taped from WKYC in Cleveland with commercials, also including the latter night's Channel 3 News at 11:00 and abbreviated version of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. RCA T-120.

TAPE 3: The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) taped from the Disney Channel in June 1991 during a Summer Preview with a couple of promos afterward. Scotch T-120.

TAPE 4: Seinfeld episodes "The Clip Show" and "The Finale" taped from WKYC on 5/14/1998 with one commercial break included--noticed that it taped over an episode of Bill Nye the Science Guy, which I would have wanted to see. BASF T-130.

TAPE 5: Various events from the 1996 Summer Olympic Games taped from WKYC on 7/27/1996, some commercial breaks are included, but most are cut out; partially taped-over Cinema 36 presentation of Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) taped from WUPW in Toledo circa 1986 minus commercials. Fuji T-120.

TAPE 6: Good Morning Vietnam (1987) taped from WKYC on 2/3/1992 minus commercials; one partial and two full episodes of The Letter People taped from WGTE in Toledo circa 1987, no promos, just filler slides with WGTE's legal ID before and after. BASF T-160.

The cashier at this estate sale said all items would be half-price the next day (today), so I might end up going back later on today.
 
Found three tapes yesterday at a yard sale in Wadsworth. Very interesting mix this time with some obscure content as well as some international recordings (yes, on an NTSC tape!) Not since April of last year have I found anything taped outside of the USA (referring to the tape of Romanian TV shows from 2010 I got at an Akron thrift store last year).

TAPE 1: Blue Crush (2002) taped from DirecTV Pay-Per-View in February 2003; Judge Dredd (1995) taped from unknown pay TV channel in February 2003; Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995) and most of Super Troopers (2001) taped from Cinemax in February 2003 with a short intershow in between, tape runs out during the governor's press conference scene. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 2: Episode of Dragon Tales taped from AFN Atlantic in December 1999; three hours of Looney Tunes cartoons during the Looney Tunes Weekender taped from Cartoon Network UK in December 1999, some commercial breaks were paused out, but many were included; The Three Caballeros (1944) and episode of Rugrats ("The Carwash"/"Heat Wave") taped from the AFN Kids block on AFN Kaiserslautern in April 2001 with command information spots (mostly PSAs); The First Easter (Christian cartoon special), episode of Lifestyle Magazine ("Child Abuse: Help and Hope"), broadcasts of The 700 Club and Real Videos (contemporary Christian music video show) and first few minutes of an episode of The Andy Griffith Show taped from AFN Spectrum in March 2001 with command information spots; partial episodes of Ed, Edd N Eddy and Cow and Chicken taped from Cartoon Network UK in January 2001 with one commercial break in between. TDK T-160.

TAPE 3: Evel Knievel (made-for-TV movie) taped from TNT on 7/30/2004 with commercials, including local ads from Time Warner Cable in Columbia, South Carolina, copied from playback of a DVR recording. Sony T-160.
 
So we've both found AFN programming this year. Except your programming was mainly cartoons, and it was newer than my stuff. Cartoon Network UK may have been converted to NTSC for the military personnel.
I found a bunch of AFN Germany programming from 1991-1994 in a Montana VHS lot several months ago. Lots of sitcoms, an episode of Baywatch, a 1992 SNL, Clinton news conferences, and newsmagazines (like Primetime Live). Also found a partial episode of JEM taped in 1991. They all have PSAs and community announcements on them.
 
crainbebo said:
So we've both found AFN programming this year. Except your programming was mainly cartoons, and it was newer than my stuff. Cartoon Network UK may have been converted to NTSC for the military personnel.
I found a bunch of AFN Germany programming from 1991-1994 in a Montana VHS lot several months ago. Lots of sitcoms, an episode of Baywatch, a 1992 SNL, Clinton news conferences, and newsmagazines (like Primetime Live). Also found a partial episode of JEM taped in 1991. They all have PSAs and community announcements on them.
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Makes me wonder if they did the same thing with any other cable networks out there.
 
Tapes found this weekend at two estate sales, one about five blocks from my apartment, and another near Eisenhower High School in Yakima. Good content overall, a lot of 1980s stuff!

First estate sale
Tape 1 - A rare T-90 cassette (equal to an L-750 Beta tape). 'The Sting' (1973) taped off KIMA/29 5/1/1988 with commercials (Sunday Special Movie); 'No Way Out' (1987) taped off Showtime circa August 1988. Memorex T-90.
Tape 2 - 'Twelve O'Clock High' (1949) taped off The Family Channel circa 1991 minus commercials; about three and a half hours of Shaka Zulu (the 1986 miniseries) taped off KSTW/11 in May 1987 with commercials. Kodak T-120.
Tape 3 - 'Murder in Texas' (1981) taped off TBS 1/20 and 1/21/1988 with commercials. Maxell HGX T-120.
Tape 4 - 'Doctor Zhivago' (1965) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; 'Treasure Island' (1950) taped off KIMA/29 1/3/1988 with commercials. Laser T-120
Tape 5 - Episodes of America's Most Wanted, The Simpsons and Married...with Children taped off K53CY/FOX 3/25/1990 with commercials; about 5 minutes of Dear John taped off KNDO/NBC 3/7/1990 with commercials; episode of Cheers taped off KNDO/NBC 3/8/1990 with commercials; partial broadcast of 'Perry Mason: The Case of the Notorious Nun' (1986) taped off an unknown Yakima station sometime in early 1990 with commercials (suspect K53CY); end of Dance Party USA plus episodes of The Flintstones, JEM, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Miami Vice taped off USA Network in December 1989 with commercials. An unknown T-120.
Tape 6 - Good Morning America taped off KAPP/ABC 5/14/1997 with commercials (Joan & Charlie on their tour of Scandinavia). Polaroid T-120.
Tape 7 - Episode of All My Children and first few minutes of One Life to Live taped off KAPP/ABC 9/24/1998 with commercials; another clip of All My Children taped off KAPP/ABC sometime in September 1998 with a couple of commercials, rest of tape is erased. TDK T-120.
Tape 8 - 'The Hanging Tree' (1959) taped off KSTW/11 in November 1985 with some commercials (other breaks paused out); 'Tom Horn' (1980) taped off KSTW/11 in November 1985 minus commercials; episode of Kids Incorporated taped off KAPP/35 Yakima in May 1985 with commercials. Memorex Pro Series T-120.

Second estate sale
Tape 9 - 'It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World' (1963) taped off TNT 2/7/1996 with commercials. Movie is in widescreen format. Maxell T-120
 
Another copyright strike notice!
Do NOT post any Sneak Previews episodes to YouTube. I would also assume this includes At the Movies (with Siskel & Ebert) as well. I just got a copyright strike this morning for two SP clips. Only post them to SiskelandEbert.org please. Thanks!
 
crainbebo said:
Another copyright strike notice!
Do NOT post any Sneak Previews episodes to YouTube. I would also assume this includes At the Movies (with Siskel & Ebert) as well. I just got a copyright strike this morning for two SP clips. Only post them to SiskelandEbert.org please. Thanks!
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Well, That Sucks. The Fine Folks At WWCI Claimed It! And Who The Heck Is WWCI!?
 
Yet another copyright notice...NOT a strike.
Some if not most episodes of the original Maury Povich Show (1991-98) could be blocked worldwide by NBC Universal. I now have a January 1992 episode on a worldwide block. Not sure if I have it on Dailymotion but it will have to go there if I don't. Thank goodness not a strike. Sad, because his first run was 1000x better than his current show.
No tapes this weekend, the only tape I found was three movies off HBO without any promos. That goes into the dud pile right away. I do have 13 tapes coming in from Wahpeton, ND however, off eBay. One of my fellow YouTubers (Michael Pannoni) bought one of these lots about a week ago and found 1990 Married...with Children episodes off KVRR, 1996 Comedy Central reruns of Soap, and some early 2000s stuff. One of my lot's labels is an early-mid 1980s Scotch with a Dymo label. We'll see what happens. Usually Dymo labels are a good sign for very old content. Maybe more MWC on some of these tapes.
 


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