Oldest Extant Off-Air VHS/Beta Tape You Have

[Darth_vader]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Episode #5.

 

[crainbebo]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

I got a MASSIVE load of blank tapes today from Everett. Some AWESOME stuff found! Here they are.

Tape 1 - five episodes of Star Trek: TNG, including the episode "Heart of Glory" from 1988, taped off both KVOS-TV Bellingham and KCPQ 13 Tacoma around 1990 with ads. There is a piece of paper inside with the episode listings.
Tape 2 - several M*A*S*H reruns taped off KSTW (back when it was called KSTWashington in the WA/BC superstation days) around 1989 with ads included. The tape looked older than that - at first I thought it was going to be earlier!
Tape 3 - My oldest blank tape YET!! The movie "On the Town" with Gene Kelly taped off WFLD 32 Chicago around April of 1983 with ads!! (based off a Pontiac Chicagoland ad with "take stock by April 30" mention and mention of the '83 Firebirds)
Tape 4 - A few hours of the "Lonesome Dove" miniseries originally broadcast on CBS in 1989, but this is a TNT rerun from 1995 (based on ads and bumpers). Includes all commercials.
Tape 5 - A tape of the the "Met" PBS opera program with a Don Giovanni opera performance, taped in 1990 off KCTS 9 Seattle, including promos after the show. Also includes an episode of the documentary "Television" with Edwin Newman also off KCTS and produced by KCET and WNET. This episode is part one of two about TV news and includes a feature on the JFK assassination.
Tape 6 - The movie "South Central" (1992) and "Sugar Hill" (1994) taped off an unknown channel without commercials.
Tape 7 - The movies "The Outlaw Josey Wales", "Hang 'Em High" and "Joe Kid" taped off unknown channel without commercials.
Tape 8 - The movies "Braddock: Missing in Action III" and "Red Sonja" taped off unknown channel without commercials.

Don't worry, I've got eight more tapes coming in tomorrow from Florida! I'll tell you what they are once I get them.

-crainbebo

 

[Scott2011]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

I got a MASSIVE load of blank tapes today from Everett. Some AWESOME stuff found! Here they are.

Tape 1 - five episodes of Star Trek: TNG, including the episode "Heart of Glory" from 1988, taped off both KVOS-TV Bellingham and KCPQ 13 Tacoma around 1990 with ads. There is a piece of paper inside with the episode listings.
Tape 2 - several M*A*S*H reruns taped off KSTW (back when it was called KSTWashington in the WA/BC superstation days) around 1989 with ads included. The tape looked older than that - at first I thought it was going to be earlier!
Tape 3 - My oldest blank tape YET!! The movie "On the Town" with Gene Kelly taped off WFLD 32 Chicago around April of 1983 with ads!! (based off a Pontiac Chicagoland ad with "take stock by April 30" mention and mention of the '83 Firebirds)
Tape 4 - A few hours of the "Lonesome Dove" miniseries originally broadcast on CBS in 1989, but this is a TNT rerun from 1995 (based on ads and bumpers). Includes all commercials.
Tape 5 - A tape of the the "Met" PBS opera program with a Don Giovanni opera performance, taped in 1990 off KCTS 9 Seattle, including promos after the show. Also includes an episode of the documentary "Television" with Edwin Newman also off KCTS and produced by KCET and WNET. This episode is part one of two about TV news and includes a feature on the JFK assassination.
Tape 6 - The movie "South Central" (1992) and "Sugar Hill" (1994) taped off an unknown channel without commercials.
Tape 7 - The movies "The Outlaw Josey Wales", "Hang 'Em High" and "Joe Kid" taped off unknown channel without commercials.
Tape 8 - The movies "Braddock: Missing in Action III" and "Red Sonja" taped off unknown channel without commercials.

Don't worry, I've got eight more tapes coming in tomorrow from Florida! I'll tell you what they are once I get them.

-crainbebo

I saw a couple of episodes of that PBS "Television" documentary in my TV As Pop Culture class my junior year of college.

 

[crainbebo]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

On the "On the Town" tape, I also found the NBC special "Here's Television Entertainment" with a variety of stars including Steve Allen and Carol Burnett. It was taped off NBC (WMAQ 5 Chicago) on 12/04/1983 and includes all the commercials!

-crainbebo

 

[crainbebo]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Got my Florida VHS lot today. Eight tapes in the lot.

Tape 1 - "Airplane II" and "Private School", both '80s movies, taped off an unknown channel (Airplane II) and HBO (Private School) without any promos.
Tape 2 - "The Final Option" [1982] taped off HBO with promos before the movie (from around late 1984), "Krull" [1983] taped off HBO also around late 1984 with promos before the movie, the cartoon musical "Stanley the Ugly Duckling" from 1982, taped from the HBO Family Showcase in 1984, and an episode of Charlie's Angels taped off WOFL-TV 35 Orlando (when they were IND) back in 1984 with ads.
Tape 3 - "Space Riders" [1984], "Table for Five" [1983] and "Children of the Corn" [1984] taped off HBO in both 1984 and 1985 with promos before the movies.
Tape 4 - "The Ski Bum" [1971] taped off USA around 1984, commercials cut out, and the Highway to Heaven episode "To Touch the Moon" taped off WESH-TV 2 Daytona Beach on 9/26/1984 with all ads included, plus an episode of Quincy taped off WOFL in 1984 (syndicated repeat).
Tape 5 - "Revenge of the Ninja" [1982] taped off HBO around 1984.
Tape 6 - "Story of Jacob and Joseph" taped off WMOD 43 Melbourne, FL around 1985 without commercials. Unfortunately, not only was WMOD a poor signal, but this tape is BLANK for the remaining 4.5 hours.
Tape 7 - "The Promise" [1979] and Sakharov [1984] taped off HBO in 1984 with promos before the movie.
Tape 8 - The first two "Highway to Heaven" episodes, taped off WESH in September 1984 with ads; an episode of Night Gallery taped off WMOD with ads; an episode of "Twilight Zone" taped off WMOD with ads; and an episode of Kojak taped off WMOD with ads, all were in 1984.

-crainbebo

 

[jwgreek8606]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Got my Florida VHS lot today. Eight tapes in the lot.

Tape 1 - "Airplane II" and "Private School", both '80s movies, taped off an unknown channel (Airplane II) and HBO (Private School) without any promos.
Tape 2 - "The Final Option" [1982] taped off HBO with promos before the movie (from around late 1984), "Krull" [1983] taped off HBO also around late 1984 with promos before the movie, the cartoon musical "Stanley the Ugly Duckling" from 1982, taped from the HBO Family Showcase in 1984, and an episode of Charlie's Angels taped off WOFL-TV 35 Orlando (when they were IND) back in 1984 with ads.
Tape 3 - "Space Riders" [1984], "Table for Five" [1983] and "Children of the Corn" [1984] taped off HBO in both 1984 and 1985 with promos before the movies.




Does the Quincy episode have ads?
Tape 4 - "The Ski Bum" [1971] taped off USA around 1984, commercials cut out, and the Highway to Heaven episode "To Touch the Moon" taped off WESH-TV 2 Daytona Beach on 9/26/1984 with all ads included, plus an episode of Quincy taped off WOFL in 1984 (syndicated repeat).
Tape 5 - "Revenge of the Ninja" [1982] taped off HBO around 1984.
Tape 6 - "Story of Jacob and Joseph" taped off WMOD 43 Melbourne, FL around 1985 without commercials. Unfortunately, not only was WMOD a poor signal, but this tape is BLANK for the remaining 4.5 hours.
Tape 7 - "The Promise" [1979] and Sakharov [1984] taped off HBO in 1984 with promos before the movie.
Tape 8 - The first two "Highway to Heaven" episodes, taped off WESH in September 1984 with ads; an episode of Night Gallery taped off WMOD with ads; an episode of "Twilight Zone" taped off WMOD with ads; and an episode of Kojak taped off WMOD with ads, all were in 1984.

-crainbebo

 

[crainbebo]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

The Quincy does have ads.

-crainbebo

 

[Scott2011]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Haven't updated this thread with my latest VHS finds in a few weeks, so here come a couple of different sets of tapes listed.

This first one comes from a flea market trip from about a month ago:
TAPE 1: An unusual find, but I liked it: The 1988 Akron City Championship high school football game between the Firestone Falcons and the Garfield Rams...what I found was video of the game shot by someone from Firestone accompanied by a radio broadcast of the game from 1590 WAKR in Akron with Bob Allen and Bill Rico (sp?) calling the game (minus halftime and most of the radio commercials, although it did include ads for Marshalls, Honeymoon Donuts [partial], a Cleveland Cavaliers basketball promo, and a WAKR community calendar segment [partial])...that footage was followed by a short highlight reel of the Firestone Falcons' 1988 football season set to music and a couple of local news segments on Falcons games, one from WJW (with the late Casey Coleman doing the play-by-play) and the other from the now-defunct WAKC, the former ABC affiliate in Akron...some pretty rare content!

TAPE 2: Up Close and Natural episode "Life in the Winter Forest" taped from WNEO/WEAO in Akron on 12/5/1991 as part of an instructional block feed (often recorded by teachers and school librarians for classroom use), the recording started with a station ident promoting the then-new program Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego (a real classic if you were a '90s kid like me) and ended with a slide promoting the next program on the lineup, The Letter People; next were a few Christmas specials that appeared to have been copied from rental tapes: Frosty the Snowman, The Night Before Christmas, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and A Disney Christmas Gift (apparently I had forgotten that I already had a couple of those on other tapes, oops); last five minutes of an episode of Knots Landing taped from WJW on 12/5/1991 with a few ads; last ten minutes of an episode of The Young and the Restless and full episode of The Bold and the Beautiful taped from WJW on 12/6/1991 with ads

TAPE 3: The Three Tenors: Paris 1998 (PBS concert)...this one actually only has the first two hours of the three-hour event because whoever originally owned it recorded it in SP speed...also, strangely enough, part of the concert was taped from WOUB/WOUC in Athens, Ohio, and the rest was taped from WPBY in Charleston (West Virginia Public Television) as indicated by the pledge drive breaks that were found

TAPE 4: Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) taped from Request Pay-Per-View; most of The Fugitive (1993) and American Heart (1992) taped from HBO in October 1994 with promos found after both movies; last 60 minutes or so of Splash (1984) taped from KBHK in San Francisco in June 1994 with ads; tape ends with a short clip of Baseball Tonight on ESPN taped in June 1994 with a few ads found

On a side note, one interesting thing I spotted at this particular flea market was that one booth had both new and used recordable Betamax tapes, something you really don't see very often even at flea markets. Also, inside a display case, amongst a bunch of other miscellaneous items was another used recordable VHS. The label said it supposedly contained some NASCAR race and the 2006 MTV Video Music Awards, but a note on the tape read "Not for sale."

Now for the stuff I found last weekend:
TAPE 1: The Big Green (1995) taped from the Disney Channel circa 1996 during a free preview weekend, included a Magical World of Disney intro with Michael Eisner; A Mom for Christmas (1990) taped from the Disney Channel in December 1996, the first few minutes are missing because someone was channel surfing on the cable box, so we also see a short clip of Inside Politics on CNN and a brief hodgepodge of other cable programs from Northeast Ohio's Cablevision lineup (now Time Warner Cable); Teen Wolf (1985) taped from TNT in March 1997 with ads, along with the first 30 minutes or so of Back to the Future (1985) (strangely enough, no ads from that movie were found, but a couple of Monstervision segments with Joe Bob Briggs were left in)

TAPE 2: James and the Giant Peach (1996) taped from the Disney Channel circa 1998; Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) taped from TBS Superstation in December 1998 with ads; RocketMan (1997) taped from Starz circa 1998 or 1999

TAPE 3: The Man Who Broke 1000 Chains (1987) taped from HBO; most of The Phantom (1996) taped from unknown pay TV channel; last 10-15 minutes of WWF In Your House taped from Request Pay-Per-View on 4/28/1996; part of Beach Red (1967) taped from SuperStation TBS circa 1989 with a few ads

TAPE 4: Leviathan (1989) taped from HBO; Moving (1988) taped from unknown pay TV channel; Just One of the Guys (1985) taped from unknown pay TV channel

TAPE 5: Her Last Chance (NBC made-for-TV movie) taped from WKYC on 4/8/1996 with ads; last 20 minutes or so of What About Bob (1991) copied from rental tape as indicated by the "white screen of death" at the end, Her Last Chance apparently taped over most of it

TAPE 6: Sarah, Plain and Tall (CBS Hallmark Hall of Fame movie) taped from WJW on 2/3/1991 with ads, mostly Hallmark commercials, but did include some local ads before and halfway through the movie, the recording actually started with the end credits of that night's Murder She Wrote; tape ends with a WEWS promo for The Morning Exchange with Fred Griffith and Lee Jordan and a few minutes of an episode of General Hospital

TAPE 7: This one was basically a seven-hour homemade compilation of highlights from episodes of WWE Raw on TNN and WWE Smackdown on UPN (WUAB) from March through July 2002, very few commercials were included (mostly WWE-themed ads)

I also picked up four more tapes from the one vendor's Dark Shadows collection I mentioned before. All had commercials from the Sci-Fi Channel from May through July 1995. One of those tapes also had a short cilp of an old cartoon at the end, but I couldn't identify what it was or what channel it was on.

 

[kinphoenix2]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Have any of you perused the "Everything is Terrible" youtube channel of VHS Found Footage stuff? Oh dear.. don't visit it unless you have SEVERAL hours to spare.

 

[retrosmart]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

What are self-made means.


FYI, I like to record scenes and commercial from my favorite television series and films on TV.



Does Houston sell self-made tapes?

 

[crainbebo]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Self-made means the tapes were not store-bought tapes, and were recorded off a home-based TV. I.E. if you find some movies on VHS that have HBO promos on them, that means that they were home-recorded movie tapes, and not store-bought (with previews, FBI warnings, etc.)

In Houston, I'd check online for flea markets and maybe some very local thrift stores. I.E. stores that are not owned by a large organization (like Goodwill, St. Vincent de Paul etc). Many of those "local" thrift stores stock everything, and don't check for home-recorded material. I've seen many T-120 VHS tapes, used with recordings, while going through thrift stores (but I've never bought any from a thrift store).

-crainbebo

 

[nomadcowatbk]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Self-made means the tapes were not store-bought tapes, and were recorded off a home-based TV. I.E. if you find some movies on VHS that have HBO promos on them, that means that they were home-recorded movie tapes, and not store-bought (with previews, FBI warnings, etc.)

In Houston, I'd check online for flea markets and maybe some very local thrift stores. I.E. stores that are not owned by a large organization (like Goodwill, St. Vincent de Paul etc). Many of those "local" thrift stores stock everything, and don't check for home-recorded material. I've seen many T-120 VHS tapes, used with recordings, while going through thrift stores (but I've never bought any from a thrift store).

-crainbebo

garage sales and estate sales where all kinds of old junk are sold are also good places to look

 

[crainbebo]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

I keep finding my tapes at a local record store up in Everett. The owner sells TONS of VHS tapes, and at any given time boxes are in the store, full of VHS, as high as the ceiling (10 feet!) Most of the time I look through the boxes for tapes that are interesting. The "On the Town" Gene Kelly tape from 1983 off WFLD was in a box that was easy to dig through (on top!) The no-commercial "Missing in Action III" tape - well, not so much. Had to go through a few boxes to get that. Seems like that box had a couple other movie tapes, and then tons of (old!) tapes that someone recorded gameplays of video games over. (i.e. hooked up the VCR to the PlayStation or XBOX and let it run)

It was also easy to find the M*A*S*H and Star Trek tapes, as they were in a pile right on top. For some reason however, the M*A*S*H tape has #1: been reduced to "some commercials" as some episodes have ads cut out, and #2: has a fast forward problem. When I fast forward through, when taking it out the tape looks like it was ate up bad. When I carefully place the tape back in it's area, it works fine until I click FF. Wonder what the issue is there...no other tapes I have had that problem.

-crainbebo

 

[retrosmart]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

The reason why I'm asking, because I want to see the old smile of a child promos from then, in fact I want to see what KLTJ looked like then, in fact what stations in Houston are on thrift stores?

 

[Scott2011]

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I keep finding my tapes at a local record store up in Everett. The owner sells TONS of VHS tapes, and at any given time boxes are in the store, full of VHS, as high as the ceiling (10 feet!) Most of the time I look through the boxes for tapes that are interesting. The "On the Town" Gene Kelly tape from 1983 off WFLD was in a box that was easy to dig through (on top!) The no-commercial "Missing in Action III" tape - well, not so much. Had to go through a few boxes to get that. Seems like that box had a couple other movie tapes, and then tons of (old!) tapes that someone recorded gameplays of video games over. (i.e. hooked up the VCR to the PlayStation or XBOX and let it run)

It was also easy to find the M*A*S*H and Star Trek tapes, as they were in a pile right on top. For some reason however, the M*A*S*H tape has #1: been reduced to "some commercials" as some episodes have ads cut out, and #2: has a fast forward problem. When I fast forward through, when taking it out the tape looks like it was ate up bad. When I carefully place the tape back in it's area, it works fine until I click FF. Wonder what the issue is there...no other tapes I have had that problem.

-crainbebo

The one tape of Super Bowl XXV I got a couple of months ago had a similar problem. I played it back for about a minute during Hank Williams Jr.'s theme song at the beginning, then tried rewinding it, but when I did that, my VCR ejected the tape and shut off by itself. Turns out the inside of that tape was very dusty. Unfortunately I'm kind of reluctant to try to play that tape again because I'm afraid of damaging my VCR.

 

[retrosmart]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

I keep finding my tapes at a local record store up in Everett. The owner sells TONS of VHS tapes, and at any given time boxes are in the store, full of VHS, as high as the ceiling (10 feet!) Most of the time I look through the boxes for tapes that are interesting. The "On the Town" Gene Kelly tape from 1983 off WFLD was in a box that was easy to dig through (on top!) The no-commercial "Missing in Action III" tape - well, not so much. Had to go through a few boxes to get that. Seems like that box had a couple other movie tapes, and then tons of (old!) tapes that someone recorded gameplays of video games over. (i.e. hooked up the VCR to the PlayStation or XBOX and let it run)

It was also easy to find the M*A*S*H and Star Trek tapes, as they were in a pile right on top. For some reason however, the M*A*S*H tape has #1: been reduced to "some commercials" as some episodes have ads cut out, and #2: has a fast forward problem. When I fast forward through, when taking it out the tape looks like it was ate up bad. When I carefully place the tape back in it's area, it works fine until I click FF. Wonder what the issue is there...no other tapes I have had that problem.

-crainbebo

The one tape of Super Bowl XXV I got a couple of months ago had a similar problem. I played it back for about a minute during Hank Williams Jr.'s theme song at the beginning, then tried rewinding it, but when I did that, my VCR ejected the tape and shut off by itself. Turns out the inside of that tape was very dusty. Unfortunately I'm kind of reluctant to try to play that tape again because I'm afraid of damaging my VCR.

LOL! What do you mean by that, shouldn't you use a cleaner. If you damage the VCR, you won't record no smile of a child, I keep my VCR and VHS clean, so that it can last long. BTW I have a bunch of old VHS from 87-present and they haven't fade out. Why did the VHS from the 80's hasn't fade away yet?

 

[Scott2011]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Picked up some more VHS tapes a couple of weekends ago. Here's what I found on them:

TAPE 1: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) taped from Showtime circa 1992

TAPE 2: House of Frankenstein (NBC made-for-TV movie) taped from WKYC on 11/2/1997 minus ads; two late-night infomercials (George Foreman's Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine and The Psychic Solution), weekend broadcast of Access Hollywood, weekday broadcast of Access Hollywood rerun from 10/31/1997, and first 45 minutes of Fox 8 News in the Morning (Bill Martin and Stefani Schaefer at the news desk and John O'Day in the newsroom) taped from WJW on 11/3/1997 all with ads, including a few local political ads, since it was taped a day before Election Day

TAPE 3: This one was basically a hodgepodge of children's shows taped between December 1993 and March 1994: Super Mario Bros. Super Show on the Family Channel; The Bugs Bunny Show on TBS; Popeye on the Family Channel; Muppet Babies, David the Gnome, and Eureka's Castle on Nick Jr.; Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs on WPGH in Pittsburgh; and two episodes of Tom and Jerry Kids, one taped from WWCP in Johnstown, PA, the other taped from WPGH...some of these shows included the commercials, but most did not

TAPE 4: Last 30 minutes of Blue Chips (1994) and all of You've Got Mail (1998) taped from Cinemax in August 2000 with an 11-minute promo block in between the two movies

TAPE 5: The Wizard of Oz (1939) and CBS special The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic taped from WJW on 2/28/1990 minus ads except for a Ronald McDonald Children's Charities ad and a CBS Read More About It PSA with Angela Lansbury after the special; Love Story (1970) taped from the Movie Channel circa 1990

TAPE 6: Donahue episode (Gloria Pitzer and her replicas of famous recipes, the recording actually starts about six minutes into the show) taped from WKYC in April 1993 with ads and first three minutes of Channel 3 News at 6; most of an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation taped from WUAB on 10/18/1992 minus ads; The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950) taped from the Movie Channel in July 1992 with promos before the movie

TAPE 7: The Woman in Green (1945) unknown if this was taped from premium cable or copied from a rental tape

TAPE 8: Angels in the Outfield (1951), The Winning Team (1952), and Clash By Night (1952) taped from TCM circa 2000 with promos shown in between the first two movies and Robert Osborne's opening and closing factoids before and after each movie

TAPE 9: A&E Biography of Princess Diana taped on 1/3/2002 minus ads, hosted by Harry Smith; Christmas in July (1940) taped from TCM in January 2002 with opening and closing segments with Robert Osborne

TAPE 10: Metropolis (1927) taped from TCM in February 2003 with Robert Osborne's segments before and after the movie; A&E Biography of Humphrey Bogart taped in February 2003 minus ads, hosted by Bridget Fonda; most of The Mummy (1932) with Osborne's closing and TCM promos followed by The Raven (1935)

TAPE 11: Broadcast of The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet taped from WJW on 5/1/2008 with ads and first five minutes of That's Life with Robin Swoboda (local program); 20/20 special on Steve Irwin taped from WEWS on 9/27/2006 with ads; Dateline NBC broadcast (To Catch a Predator investigation in Petaluma, California) taped from WKYC on 10/6/2006 with ads; pilot episode of Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich (short-lived Ohio Lottery game show) taped from WEWS on 10/7/2006 with ads and Ohio Lottery drawing with Cherie McClain; two-hour Dateline NBC broadcast taped from WKYC on 10/7/2006 with ads; last 30 minutes of another Dateline NBC taped from WKYC on 1/13/2006 with ads

I also picked up a tape that was supposed to have several episodes of The A-Team and was dated "2/28/2000," but when I played it, all I saw was a blank screen, even though the memory counter on my VCR was still running, so unfortunately, that one turned out to be a rip-off. I'm curious if anyone happens to know what cable network aired A-Team reruns in 2000.

 

[jwgreek8606]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Picked up some more VHS tapes a couple of weekends ago. Here's what I found on them:

TAPE 1: Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) taped from Showtime circa 1992

TAPE 2: House of Frankenstein (NBC made-for-TV movie) taped from WKYC on 11/2/1997 minus ads; two late-night infomercials (George Foreman's Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine and The Psychic Solution), weekend broadcast of Access Hollywood, weekday broadcast of Access Hollywood rerun from 10/31/1997, and first 45 minutes of Fox 8 News in the Morning (Bill Martin and Stefani Schaefer at the news desk and John O'Day in the newsroom) taped from WJW on 11/3/1997 all with ads, including a few local political ads, since it was taped a day before Election Day

TAPE 3: This one was basically a hodgepodge of children's shows taped between December 1993 and March 1994: Super Mario Bros. Super Show on the Family Channel; The Bugs Bunny Show on TBS; Popeye on the Family Channel; Muppet Babies, David the Gnome, and Eureka's Castle on Nick Jr.; Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs on WPGH in Pittsburgh; and two episodes of Tom and Jerry Kids, one taped from WWCP in Johnstown, PA, the other taped from WPGH...some of these shows included the commercials, but most did not

TAPE 4: Last 30 minutes of Blue Chips (1994) and all of You've Got Mail (1998) taped from Cinemax in August 2000 with an 11-minute promo block in between the two movies

TAPE 5: The Wizard of Oz (1939) and CBS special The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic taped from WJW on 2/28/1990 minus ads except for a Ronald McDonald Children's Charities ad and a CBS Read More About It PSA with Angela Lansbury after the special; Love Story (1970) taped from the Movie Channel circa 1990

TAPE 6: Donahue episode (Gloria Pitzer and her replicas of famous recipes, the recording actually starts about six minutes into the show) taped from WKYC in April 1993 with ads and first three minutes of Channel 3 News at 6; most of an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation taped from WUAB on 10/18/1992 minus ads; The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950) taped from the Movie Channel in July 1992 with promos before the movie

TAPE 7: The Woman in Green (1945) unknown if this was taped from premium cable or copied from a rental tape

TAPE 8: Angels in the Outfield (1951), The Winning Team (1952), and Clash By Night (1952) taped from TCM circa 2000 with promos shown in between the first two movies and Robert Osborne's opening and closing factoids before and after each movie

TAPE 9: A&E Biography of Princess Diana taped on 1/3/2002 minus ads, hosted by Harry Smith; Christmas in July (1940) taped from TCM in January 2002 with opening and closing segments with Robert Osborne

TAPE 10: Metropolis (1927) taped from TCM in February 2003 with Robert Osborne's segments before and after the movie; A&E Biography of Humphrey Bogart taped in February 2003 minus ads, hosted by Bridget Fonda; most of The Mummy (1932) with Osborne's closing and TCM promos followed by The Raven (1935)

TAPE 11: Broadcast of The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet taped from WJW on 5/1/2008 with ads and first five minutes of That's Life with Robin Swoboda (local program); 20/20 special on Steve Irwin taped from WEWS on 9/27/2006 with ads; Dateline NBC broadcast (To Catch a Predator investigation in Petaluma, California) taped from WKYC on 10/6/2006 with ads; pilot episode of Make Me Famous, Make Me Rich (short-lived Ohio Lottery game show) taped from WEWS on 10/7/2006 with ads and Ohio Lottery drawing with Cherie McClain; two-hour Dateline NBC broadcast taped from WKYC on 10/7/2006 with ads; last 30 minutes of another Dateline NBC taped from WKYC on 1/13/2006 with ads

I also picked up a tape that was supposed to have several episodes of The A-Team and was dated "2/28/2000," but when I played it, all I saw was a blank screen, even though the memory counter on my VCR was still running, so unfortunately, that one turned out to be a rip-off. I'm curious if anyone happens to know what cable network aired A-Team reruns in 2000.

TV Land back when it was good

 

[jwgreek8606]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

Got my Florida VHS lot today. Eight tapes in the lot.

Tape 1 - "Airplane II" and "Private School", both '80s movies, taped off an unknown channel (Airplane II) and HBO (Private School) without any promos.
Tape 2 - "The Final Option" [1982] taped off HBO with promos before the movie (from around late 1984), "Krull" [1983] taped off HBO also around late 1984 with promos before the movie, the cartoon musical "Stanley the Ugly Duckling" from 1982, taped from the HBO Family Showcase in 1984, and an episode of Charlie's Angels taped off WOFL-TV 35 Orlando (when they were IND) back in 1984 with ads.
Tape 3 - "Space Riders" [1984], "Table for Five" [1983] and "Children of the Corn" [1984] taped off HBO in both 1984 and 1985 with promos before the movies.
Tape 4 - "The Ski Bum" [1971] taped off USA around 1984, commercials cut out, and the Highway to Heaven episode "To Touch the Moon" taped off WESH-TV 2 Daytona Beach on 9/26/1984 with all ads included, plus an episode of Quincy taped off WOFL in 1984 (syndicated repeat).
Tape 5 - "Revenge of the Ninja" [1982] taped off HBO around 1984.
Tape 6 - "Story of Jacob and Joseph" taped off WMOD 43 Melbourne, FL around 1985 without commercials. Unfortunately, not only was WMOD a poor signal, but this tape is BLANK for the remaining 4.5 hours.
Tape 7 - "The Promise" [1979] and Sakharov [1984] taped off HBO in 1984 with promos before the movie.
Tape 8 - The first two "Highway to Heaven" episodes, taped off WESH in September 1984 with ads; an episode of Night Gallery taped off WMOD with ads; an episode of "Twilight Zone" taped off WMOD with ads; and an episode of Kojak taped off WMOD with ads, all were in 1984.

-crainbebo

I'd like to do a trade with you I'm the future

 

[crainbebo]

Re: Self-made VHS tapes at Thrift Stores

JWgreek, for now, I do not do trades. Sorry.

-crainbebo