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Oldest Extant Off-Air VHS/Beta Tape You Have

The oldest tape I recall having in my household featured Peter Pan with Mary Martin. Wikipedia says that NBC re-aired its 1960 telecast (the last of three different versions of the production) several times, but the only post-70's airings were in March 1989 and March 1991 before Disney Channel acquired the rights to it. Our tape had to be the 1989 airing off NBC, because it had traditional commercials, one of which was (coincidentally?) a Peter Pan Peanut Butter commercial featuring Mark Linn-Baker, and another was the classic Raisin Bran "Everyone deserves two scoops" commercial, both of which can be found on YouTube and are dated 1989. Also, the version of Peter Pan on our tape edited out a dance sequence where Liza, the Darlings' maid, flies to Neverland and dances with the animals. Wikipedia notes that this scene was edited for time beginning with the 1989 airing.

The tape had bits and pieces of other shows or possibly TV airings of movies, but I have no idea what they were of. I re-watched Peter Pan countless times and would sometimes bring the tape to friends' houses to watch it with them. Unfortunately, while holding the tape outside a friend's house, I dropped it on the pavement of their driveway and it broke. Thankfully, I found the official VHS (released by the now-defunct company Goodtimes Home Video) at a yard sale not too long after that, and of course, it can be found on YouTube nowadays, and it was released on DVD as well. The earlier two productions were also remastered for a Blu-Ray release.
 
Another week of tapes! One at a thrift store I've never been to before, and several at a yard sale.

Thrift store (they don't open often. Cluttered and full of stuff everywhere you look. Hundreds of VHS tapes and very few blanks. They usually 'throw them out'.)
Tape 1 - Gallagher: We Need a Hero and part of 'Billy Bathgate' (1991) taped off Showtime 1/22/1993 with promos (Free Preview Weekend). Unknown T-120, quite old, from the mid '80s.
Two others I found were duds - one movie without pay-TV promos and another copied from the rental in SLP with NOTHING afterwards

Yard sale
Tape 2 - 'Days of Thunder' (1990) taped off HBO 7/11/1991 with promos. TDK T-120
Tape 3 - 'Threesome' (1994) and part of 'Sleep with Me' (1994) taped off Showtime 2 in August 1995 with about five minutes of promos in between. Memorex T-120
Tape 4 - 'Sommersby' (1993) taped off HBO2 in October 1994 with promos afterwards. Scotch PHG T-120
Tape 5 - 'Top Gun' (1986) taped off Cinemax on 12/7/1991 with promos. JVC T-120
Tape 6 - 'There's Something About Mary' (1998) taped off Direct Ticket PPV on 3/27/1999; this is followed by a long phase of channel surfing on the DirecTV receiver - CNN International programming on CNN (202); a couple minutes of ESPNEWS (207), and settles on a Sanford & Son rerun in progress on TV Land with commercials; rest of tape is blank. Gemini T-120
Tape 7 - 4 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show taped off TV Land in October 2000 with commercials. Fuji T-120
Tape 8 - Dancing with the Stars season 2 finale, Grey's Anatomy, KATU 2 News at 11, Ebert & Roeper, The Tim McCarver Show, Alias rerun and a couple of late-night 'making wealth'-type infomercials taped off KATU/ABC 2/26-27/2006 with commercials. Sony T-120
Just one dud from here, a tape with 'JFK' that went blank after the movie.

Next week could be a real doozy. There's an estate sale coming up in Terrace Heights (will be posted on Craigslist) with years and years worth of Indianapolis 500's on VHS, and out in Sunnyside, there's another estate sale at a 3-story house...the ladies who were doing one in West Valley this weekend (no tapes found) told me 'it's got everything you love'. Welp, how many are we going to get out there I wonder? ;)
 
crainbebo said:
Another week of tapes! One at a thrift store I've never been to before, and several at a yard sale.

Thrift store (they don't open often. Cluttered and full of stuff everywhere you look. Hundreds of VHS tapes and very few blanks. They usually 'throw them out'.)
Tape 1 - Gallagher: We Need a Hero and part of 'Billy Bathgate' (1991) taped off Showtime 1/22/1993 with promos (Free Preview Weekend). Unknown T-120, quite old, from the mid '80s.
Two others I found were duds - one movie without pay-TV promos and another copied from the rental in SLP with NOTHING afterwards

Yard sale
Tape 2 - 'Days of Thunder' (1990) taped off HBO 7/11/1991 with promos. TDK T-120
Tape 3 - 'Threesome' (1994) and part of 'Sleep with Me' (1994) taped off Showtime 2 in August 1995 with about five minutes of promos in between. Memorex T-120
Tape 4 - 'Sommersby' (1993) taped off HBO2 in October 1994 with promos afterwards. Scotch PHG T-120
Tape 5 - 'Top Gun' (1986) taped off Cinemax on 12/7/1991 with promos. JVC T-120
Tape 6 - 'There's Something About Mary' (1998) taped off Direct Ticket PPV on 3/27/1999; this is followed by a long phase of channel surfing on the DirecTV receiver - CNN International programming on CNN (202); a couple minutes of ESPNEWS (207), and settles on a Sanford & Son rerun in progress on TV Land with commercials; rest of tape is blank. Gemini T-120
Tape 7 - 4 episodes of The Andy Griffith Show taped off TV Land in October 2000 with commercials. Fuji T-120
Tape 8 - Dancing with the Stars season 2 finale, Grey's Anatomy, KATU 2 News at 11, Ebert & Roeper, The Tim McCarver Show, Alias rerun and a couple of late-night 'making wealth'-type infomercials taped off KATU/ABC 2/26-27/2006 with commercials. Sony T-120
Just one dud from here, a tape with 'JFK' that went blank after the movie.

Next week could be a real doozy. There's an estate sale coming up in Terrace Heights (will be posted on Craigslist) with years and years worth of Indianapolis 500's on VHS, and out in Sunnyside, there's another estate sale at a 3-story house...the ladies who were doing one in West Valley this weekend (no tapes found) told me 'it's got everything you love'. Welp, how many are we going to get out there I wonder? ;)
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Wheres the house listed at with the tapes.
 
Wouldn't know re: Indy 500 tapes. Probably '90s. I have to look for myself. I already have the full '91 broadcast and part of the '87. The older the better...always looking for the elusive commercial break.
 
Last few days have been a doozy. Still adding tapes to the overall collection. Ellensburg flea market on Wednesday, then two estate sales in Sunnyside and Terrace Heights today! Great stuff overall.
No INDY 500s...the estate sale owner got them confused...they were NASCAR races like the Daytona 500, at Terrace Heights. Not listing addresses just because.

Ellensburg (Wednesday 7/24)
Tape 1 - Several hours of Pearl Harbor related specials taped off The History Channel on 12/7/2001 with commercials. Includes segments of 'Live from Pearl Harbor' with commemorations of the attacks. TDK T-120
Tape 2 - 10 Years of Friends and series finale of Friends taped off KNDO/NBC (translator K31AK) 5/6/2004 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 3 - Most of 'Inside the Third Reich' (1982) taped off TBS 10/27-28/1988 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 4 - American Experience episode (part 2 of The Kennedys) and The Plot to Kill President Kennedy taped off KCTS/PBS on 9/21/1992 (no promos); first half of Quantum Leap taped off KNDO/NBC (K31AK) 9/22/1992 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 5 - Most of a CSI: Miami episode and partial episode of Intervention taped off A&E in September 2008 with commercials; then cuts to several hours of Northwest Cable News taped 8/29 and 8/30/2008 with commercials. Maxell T-160
Tape 6 - 'Drums Across the River' (1954) taped off AMC 9/30/2006 with commercials; Walker, Texas Ranger episode taped off USA in October 2006 with commercials; episode of Bonanza taped off KWPX/i: Independent Television in October 2006 with commercials; another episode of Walker, Texas Ranger taped off Hallmark Channel in October 2006 with commercials; episode of Charlie's Angels taped off KWPX/i: Independent Television in October 2006 with commercials; ends with a partial episode of Walker, Texas Ranger taped off Hallmark Channel 6/27/2006 with commercials. Fujifilm T-120
Tape 7 - Two episodes of Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction taped off KCYU-LP/FOX (Ellensburg translator K41CK) 8/28/1995 and 9/4/1995 with commercials. TDK T-120

Saturday's haul

Sunnyside
Tape 1 - The Glenn Miller Band Reunion taped off KYVE/PBS 3/10/1989 with pledge breaks and 11:00pm sign off (no Star Hustler that night? The sign-off is the same as the one I posted from June 1991.) After about 20 minutes of static, the tape finally reverts to a commercial break and an infomercial about How to Build a Fortune in 1988 taped off KIMA-29 in June 1988; partial broadcast of "Onassis: The Richest Man in the World" (1988) taped off KAPP/ABC 5/1/1988 with commercials; partial broadcast of "Dallas: The Early Years" (1986) taped off KIMA/CBS 5/16/1987 with commercials; ends with a couple of partial clips - opening to Make Me Laugh taped off USA Network around late 1985, and about 8 minutes of game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final taped off USA Network 5/23/1985. Panasonic T-120
Tape 2 - Full broadcast of "Gypsy" (1993) taped off KIMA/CBS 12/12/1993 with commercials. I had a small part on another tape with commercials, but I now have a full broadcast. After is a partial broadcast of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman taped off KIMA/CBS 11/27/1993 with commercials; partial episode of CBS Reports: Who Killed JFK: The Final Chapter taped off KIMA/CBS 11/19/1993 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 3 - Part of "The Sound of Music" (1965) taped off KAPP/ABC 12/30/2007 with commercials; then cuts to a partial Young & The Restless taped off KIMA/CBS in December 2007 with commercials; most of a KIMA Action News broadcast and about 1/2 of The Late Show with David Letterman taped off KIMA/CBS 11/16/2007 with commercials (Stu Seibel's final forecast). TDK T-120
Tape 4 - 'The Odd Couple II' (1998) taped off KIMA/CBS 2/15/2002 with commercials; last couple minutes of The Bold & The Beautiful taped off KIMA/CBS 9/20/2001 with commercials; episodes of The Bold & The Beautiful taped off KIMA/CBS 9/21/2001, 9/24/2001 and 9/25/2001 with commercials
Tape 5 - Sinatra miniseries taped off KIMA/CBS 11/8/1992 with commercials, also an hour of the 11/10/1992 broadcast with commercials. Sony T-120 (LP)
Tape 6 - Episode of Young & The Restless taped off KIMA/CBS 10/8/2002 with commercials (also includes Bold & The Beautiful but there's no audio and it's in B&W quality); episodes of The Young & The Restless and The Bold & The Beautiful taped off KIMA/CBS 10/3/2002 with commercials

Terrace Heights
Tape 7 - Last 10 minutes of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '93, Merv Griffin's New Year's Eve Special (oops, they aired about a minute of satellite feed color bars afterwards), and sign-off taped off KAPP/ABC around 1-2AM PT on New Year's Day 1993 with commercials, after about an hour and a half of static is a partial broadcast of the final round of the Masters and part of "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975) taped off KIMA/CBS 4/12/1992 with commercials; part of the Johnnie Walker World Championship, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town and several minutes of World News Sunday taped off KAPP/ABC 12/22/1991 with commercials
Tape 8 - 1990 Daytona 500 taped off KIMA/CBS 2/18/1990 with commercials (Spanaway WA native Derrike Cope won that race). Sony T-120
Tape 9 - 2003 Daytona 500 taped off KCYU-LP/Fox 2/16/2003 with commercials (rain-shortened); part of 'The Best of Times' (1986) taped off unknown pay-TV channel in the late 1980s. Sony T-120
Tape 10 - 1994 Daytona 500 taped off KIMA/CBS 2/20/1994 with commercials
Tape 11 - 1990 Budweiser 500 (from Dover DE) taped off ESPN 6/3/1990 with commercials (another win for Spanaway native Derrike Cope); ending of the Atlanta 500 taped off KAPP/ABC 3/18/1990 with commercials; ending of the Pontiac Excitement 400 (from Richmond) taped off TBS 2/25/1990 with commercials
Tape 12 - 1998 Daytona 500 taped off KIMA/CBS 2/15/1998 with commercials. TDK T-120
*There were multiple other Daytona 500s that I left behind, including the 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 1997, 1993 and 2008 broadcasts. I have WAY too many tapes at that moment...

Great stuff coming soon! :)
 
crainbebo said:
Last few days have been a doozy. Still adding tapes to the overall collection. Ellensburg flea market on Wednesday, then two estate sales in Sunnyside and Terrace Heights today! Great stuff overall.
No INDY 500s...the estate sale owner got them confused...they were NASCAR races like the Daytona 500, at Terrace Heights. Not listing addresses just because.

Ellensburg (Wednesday 7/24)
Tape 1 - Several hours of Pearl Harbor related specials taped off The History Channel on 12/7/2001 with commercials. Includes segments of 'Live from Pearl Harbor' with commemorations of the attacks. TDK T-120
Tape 2 - 10 Years of Friends and series finale of Friends taped off KNDO/NBC (translator K31AK) 5/6/2004 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 3 - Most of 'Inside the Third Reich' (1982) taped off TBS 10/27-28/1988 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 4 - American Experience episode (part 2 of The Kennedys) and The Plot to Kill President Kennedy taped off KCTS/PBS on 9/21/1992 (no promos); first half of Quantum Leap taped off KNDO/NBC (K31AK) 9/22/1992 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 5 - Most of a CSI: Miami episode and partial episode of Intervention taped off A&E in September 2008 with commercials; then cuts to several hours of Northwest Cable News taped 8/29 and 8/30/2008 with commercials. Maxell T-160
Tape 6 - 'Drums Across the River' (1954) taped off AMC 9/30/2006 with commercials; Walker, Texas Ranger episode taped off USA in October 2006 with commercials; episode of Bonanza taped off KWPX/i: Independent Television in October 2006 with commercials; another episode of Walker, Texas Ranger taped off Hallmark Channel in October 2006 with commercials; episode of Charlie's Angels taped off KWPX/i: Independent Television in October 2006 with commercials; ends with a partial episode of Walker, Texas Ranger taped off Hallmark Channel 6/27/2006 with commercials. Fujifilm T-120
Tape 7 - Two episodes of Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction taped off KCYU-LP/FOX (Ellensburg translator K41CK) 8/28/1995 and 9/4/1995 with commercials. TDK T-120

Saturday's haul

Sunnyside
Tape 1 - The Glenn Miller Band Reunion taped off KYVE/PBS 3/10/1989 with pledge breaks and 11:00pm sign off (no Star Hustler that night? The sign-off is the same as the one I posted from June 1991.) After about 20 minutes of static, the tape finally reverts to a commercial break and an infomercial about How to Build a Fortune in 1988 taped off KIMA-29 in June 1988; partial broadcast of "Onassis: The Richest Man in the World" (1988) taped off KAPP/ABC 5/1/1988 with commercials; partial broadcast of "Dallas: The Early Years" (1986) taped off KIMA/CBS 5/16/1987 with commercials; ends with a couple of partial clips - opening to Make Me Laugh taped off USA Network around late 1985, and about 8 minutes of game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final taped off USA Network 5/23/1985. Panasonic T-120
Tape 2 - Full broadcast of "Gypsy" (1993) taped off KIMA/CBS 12/12/1993 with commercials. I had a small part on another tape with commercials, but I now have a full broadcast. After is a partial broadcast of Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman taped off KIMA/CBS 11/27/1993 with commercials; partial episode of CBS Reports: Who Killed JFK: The Final Chapter taped off KIMA/CBS 11/19/1993 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 3 - Part of "The Sound of Music" (1965) taped off KAPP/ABC 12/30/2007 with commercials; then cuts to a partial Young & The Restless taped off KIMA/CBS in December 2007 with commercials; most of a KIMA Action News broadcast and about 1/2 of The Late Show with David Letterman taped off KIMA/CBS 11/16/2007 with commercials (Stu Seibel's final forecast). TDK T-120
Tape 4 - 'The Odd Couple II' (1998) taped off KIMA/CBS 2/15/2002 with commercials; last couple minutes of The Bold & The Beautiful taped off KIMA/CBS 9/20/2001 with commercials; episodes of The Bold & The Beautiful taped off KIMA/CBS 9/21/2001, 9/24/2001 and 9/25/2001 with commercials
Tape 5 - Sinatra miniseries taped off KIMA/CBS 11/8/1992 with commercials, also an hour of the 11/10/1992 broadcast with commercials. Sony T-120 (LP)
Tape 6 - Episode of Young & The Restless taped off KIMA/CBS 10/8/2002 with commercials (also includes Bold & The Beautiful but there's no audio and it's in B&W quality); episodes of The Young & The Restless and The Bold & The Beautiful taped off KIMA/CBS 10/3/2002 with commercials

Terrace Heights
Tape 7 - Last 10 minutes of Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve '93, Merv Griffin's New Year's Eve Special (oops, they aired about a minute of satellite feed color bars afterwards), and sign-off taped off KAPP/ABC around 1-2AM PT on New Year's Day 1993 with commercials, after about an hour and a half of static is a partial broadcast of the final round of the Masters and part of "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975) taped off KIMA/CBS 4/12/1992 with commercials; part of the Johnnie Walker World Championship, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town and several minutes of World News Sunday taped off KAPP/ABC 12/22/1991 with commercials
Tape 8 - 1990 Daytona 500 taped off KIMA/CBS 2/18/1990 with commercials (Spanaway WA native Derrike Cope won that race). Sony T-120
Tape 9 - 2003 Daytona 500 taped off KCYU-LP/Fox 2/16/2003 with commercials (rain-shortened); part of 'The Best of Times' (1986) taped off unknown pay-TV channel in the late 1980s. Sony T-120
Tape 10 - 1994 Daytona 500 taped off KIMA/CBS 2/20/1994 with commercials
Tape 11 - 1990 Budweiser 500 (from Dover DE) taped off ESPN 6/3/1990 with commercials (another win for Spanaway native Derrike Cope); ending of the Atlanta 500 taped off KAPP/ABC 3/18/1990 with commercials; ending of the Pontiac Excitement 400 (from Richmond) taped off TBS 2/25/1990 with commercials
Tape 12 - 1998 Daytona 500 taped off KIMA/CBS 2/15/1998 with commercials. TDK T-120
*There were multiple other Daytona 500s that I left behind, including the 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 1997, 1993 and 2008 broadcasts. I have WAY too many tapes at that moment...

Great stuff coming soon! :)
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Oh I would have been interested in getting the 2008 and 2006 daytona 500s, is there any chance youd still be able to get them?
 
I have tapes of the 1990, 1994 and 2003 Daytona 500 races as well. The one I have from 1990 doesn't have commercials, the one I have from 1994 is incomplete and only includes a couple of commercial breaks and the one I have from 2003 only has the first two hours of the race since it was taped in SP mode, but does have commercials.

Picked up a few more tapes this past weekend. Not all of them were all that great this time though.

Strongsville garage sale:
TAPE 1: Last 30 minutes of Panic (2000), In the Gloaming (1997) and part of Something to Talk About (1995) taped from HBO2 in May 2002 with promos in between. Fuji T-160.


Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds flea market vendor--most of these tapes didn't have labels and, evidently, it took this person long enough to upgrade to a DVR:
TAPE 2: Episodes of Let's Make a Deal, The Price Is Right and first couple minutes of 19 Action News at Noon taped from WOIO on 8/7/2012 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 3: Few minutes of a broadcast of 60 Minutes taped from WOIO in April 2012; two-hour episode of Dancing with the Stars and partial episode of Castle taped from WEWS on 4/3/2012 with commercials, weak audio; another episode of Dancing with the Stars taped from WEWS on 4/16/2012 with commercials; partially taped-over broadcast of Dateline NBC and start of Channel 3 News at 11 taped from WKYC on 6/3/2011 with commercials; one partially taped-over, one full and one partial episode of Bait Car taped from TruTV in April 2010 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 4: Starts with two hours of blank signal (probably forgot to keep their digital cable box turned on); two-hour season finale of American Idol taped from WJW on 5/23/2012 with commercials; first two hours of Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers taped from WGN America in May 2012 with commercials, NO AUDIO. Sony T-120.

TAPE 5: One partial and two full episodes of The Will: Family Secrets Revealed taped from OWN on 4/20/2012 with commercials; episode of Dancing with the Stars taped from WEWS on 5/1/2012 with commercials; episode of The Price Is Right and start of 19 Action News at Noon taped from WOIO on 5/2/2012 with commercials. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 6: Episode of The Dr. Oz Show taped from WEWS on 9/3/2012 with commercials, Cox Digital Cable box then switches over to WKYC for the last hour of the final round of the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship and first few minutes of Channel 3 News at 6 (Russ Mitchell reports live from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte) taped the same day with commercials. TDK T-120.

TAPE 7: Few minutes of an episode of Wheel of Fortune (Halloween Week) taped from WEWS in October 2011 with a few commercials; NBC News coverage of Barack Obama's State of the Union address taped from WKYC on 1/24/2012 with commercials in between analysis and interview segments afterward; partially taped-over episode of National Geographic Inside (Manhattan Mob Rampage) taped from National Geographic Channel on 9/24/2011 with commercials; partially taped-over broadcast of Citizen Kane (1941) and part of The Power and the Glory (1933) taped from TCM in September 2011 with 15 minutes of promos in between; partially taped-over broadcast of 20/20 (Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words) and most of News Channel 5 at 11:00 taped from WEWS on 9/13/2011 with commercials, weak audio. Maxell T-120.

Next weekend is an estate sale in Independence that looks like it could be pretty promising based on the photos in the listing for it on estatesales.net. For you local radio buffs, that's the same Cleveland suburb where several of the Cleveland market's top radio stations are headquartered, specifically those owned by iHeartRadio and Salem Communications. The listing says the homeowner was the owner of a local restaurant and bar--would be interesting to find out which one.
 
No doubt, if I ended up finding nothing but 2012 stuff on old stock tapes, I'd sell 'em as blank most likely. That doesn't happen too often. Usually the newest tapes I'll find are in the late 2000s range - past the end of prerecorded VHS. I usually have a cut off of around 10 years, so 2009 is about as new as it gets on my YT channel.
I listed 34 tapes on eBay last night, putting up 40 more at the end of this week or early next week, then a smaller lot after that. Probably 80+ tapes to sell in the near future. Will be nice to get some space, I'm hoping, at least if the bids start flying!
 
Scott2013 said:
I have tapes of the 1990, 1994 and 2003 Daytona 500 races as well. The one I have from 1990 doesn't have commercials, the one I have from 1994 is incomplete and only includes a couple of commercial breaks and the one I have from 2003 only has the first two hours of the race since it was taped in SP mode, but does have commercials.

Picked up a few more tapes this past weekend. Not all of them were all that great this time though.

Strongsville garage sale:
TAPE 1: Last 30 minutes of Panic (2000), In the Gloaming (1997) and part of Something to Talk About (1995) taped from HBO2 in May 2002 with promos in between. Fuji T-160.


Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds flea market vendor--most of these tapes didn't have labels and, evidently, it took this person long enough to upgrade to a DVR:
TAPE 2: Episodes of Let's Make a Deal, The Price Is Right and first couple minutes of 19 Action News at Noon taped from WOIO on 8/7/2012 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 3: Few minutes of a broadcast of 60 Minutes taped from WOIO in April 2012; two-hour episode of Dancing with the Stars and partial episode of Castle taped from WEWS on 4/3/2012 with commercials, weak audio; another episode of Dancing with the Stars taped from WEWS on 4/16/2012 with commercials; partially taped-over broadcast of Dateline NBC and start of Channel 3 News at 11 taped from WKYC on 6/3/2011 with commercials; one partially taped-over, one full and one partial episode of Bait Car taped from TruTV in April 2010 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 4: Starts with two hours of blank signal (probably forgot to keep their digital cable box turned on); two-hour season finale of American Idol taped from WJW on 5/23/2012 with commercials; first two hours of Chicago Cubs vs. Milwaukee Brewers taped from WGN America in May 2012 with commercials, NO AUDIO. Sony T-120.

TAPE 5: One partial and two full episodes of The Will: Family Secrets Revealed taped from OWN on 4/20/2012 with commercials; episode of Dancing with the Stars taped from WEWS on 5/1/2012 with commercials; episode of The Price Is Right and start of 19 Action News at Noon taped from WOIO on 5/2/2012 with commercials. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 6: Episode of The Dr. Oz Show taped from WEWS on 9/3/2012 with commercials, Cox Digital Cable box then switches over to WKYC for the last hour of the final round of the 2012 Deutsche Bank Championship and first few minutes of Channel 3 News at 6 (Russ Mitchell reports live from the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte) taped the same day with commercials. TDK T-120.

TAPE 7: Few minutes of an episode of Wheel of Fortune (Halloween Week) taped from WEWS in October 2011 with a few commercials; NBC News coverage of Barack Obama's State of the Union address taped from WKYC on 1/24/2012 with commercials in between analysis and interview segments afterward; partially taped-over episode of National Geographic Inside (Manhattan Mob Rampage) taped from National Geographic Channel on 9/24/2011 with commercials; partially taped-over broadcast of Citizen Kane (1941) and part of The Power and the Glory (1933) taped from TCM in September 2011 with 15 minutes of promos in between; partially taped-over broadcast of 20/20 (Jacqueline Kennedy: In Her Own Words) and most of News Channel 5 at 11:00 taped from WEWS on 9/13/2011 with commercials, weak audio. Maxell T-120.

Next weekend is an estate sale in Independence that looks like it could be pretty promising based on the photos in the listing for it on estatesales.net. For you local radio buffs, that's the same Cleveland suburb where several of the Cleveland market's top radio stations are headquartered, specifically those owned by iHeartRadio and Salem Communications. The listing says the homeowner was the owner of a local restaurant and bar--would be interesting to find out which one.
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Do you have an ebay scott would be interested in some of the 2012 tapes.
 
Scott2013 said:
Okay, as promised, here's the full rundown of the tapes I found at yard sales last week, minus the "duds."

Yard sale #1 (the same house in Brunswick I went to last time):
TAPE 1: Part one of Joseph (1995 made-for-TV movie) copied from rental tape; last few minutes of a taped-over recording of Star Wars (1977) copied from rental tape, then cuts to about two hours of events from the 2002 Winter Olympic Games taped from WKYC in Cleveland on 2/10/2002 with commercials, shown through the second VCR used to copy Star Wars; partially taped-over episode of NYPD Blue and episode of Philly taped from WEWS in Cleveland on 1/22/2002 with commercials; episodes of The Drew Carey Show, The Job and first few minutes of 20/20 Downtown taped from WEWS on 1/23/2002 with commercials

TAPE 2: Part two of Joseph (same two-tape movie as on Tape 1) copied from rental tape; episode of Gardener's Journal taped from HGTV in April 2001 with commercials; partial episode of Homes Across America taped from HGTV in April 2001 with commercials; partial episode of Gardening by the Yard taped from HGTV in April 2001 with commercials; partial episode of Modern Masters taped from HGTV in summer 2000 with commercials

TAPE 3: Ghostbusters (1984) taped from WEWS (ABC Sunday Night Movie) circa 1988 minus commercials, part of it is taped over with an episode of The Cosby Show taped from WKYC in Cleveland on 10/4/1990 with commercials; Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) copied from rental tape

TAPE 4: Unforgiven (1992) taped from Request Pay-Per-View in August 1993 with promos before the movie; The Bodyguard (1992) taped from Request Pay-Per-View on 8/13/1993 with promos before and after the movie

TAPE 5: Six episodes of St. Elsewhere taped from WJW in Cleveland in November 1989 with commercials, tape ends with the first few minutes of an Arsenio Hall episode that aired after the sixth episode. WJW aired St. Elsewhere weeknights at midnight, followed by Arsenio at 1AM.

TAPE 6: Four episodes of Howard Stern taped from E! in January 1998, first episode is minus commercials, the rest have commercials, tape is a bit damaged in the first two episodes, but quality improves by the third; two episodes of Model taped from E! on 1/18/1998 with commercials; episode of Baywatch taped from WKYC in January 1998 minus most commercials; partially taped-over episode of Coming Attractions and first few minutes of the Golden Globe Awards Pre-Show with the late Joan Rivers taped from E! on 1/18/1998 with commercials; partially taped-over Late Show airing of Hercules in the Underworld (1994), episodes of Who's the Boss, Victory with Morris Cerullo (religious program), Conan the Adventurer and partial episode of Saban's VR Troopers taped from WUAB in Cleveland on 1/9/1995 with commercials, including promos for early WB network shows and promos for the launch of UPN seven days afterward. WUAB carried both UPN and The WB programs prior to fall 1997, when WBNX in Akron picked up the WB affiliation.

TAPE 7: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) taped from WEWS (ABC Sunday Night Movie) on 9/28/1986 minus commercials (ads from this showing of the movie are already found elsewhere on YouTube); Never Say Never Again (1983) taped from WEWS (ABC Sunday Night Movie) on 11/2/1986 with commercials, including several local political ads, as it was shown two days before Election Day; incomplete recording of Kelly's Heroes (1970) taped from SuperStation TBS in February 1988 with commercials

Yard sale #2 (this one was just around the corner from my house!):
TAPE 8: Ross Perot political infomercial taped from NBC (WKYC) in October 1992; Larry King Live segments interviewing lawyer Gerry Spence taped from CNN sometime in 1994; part of the 1994 Daytona 500 taped from WJW on 2/20/1994, one partial and one full commercial break are included; some coverage of the Dodge National Circuit Finals Rodeo taped from ESPN in March 1994 with a few commercials; part of an episode of The World's Most Dangerous Stunts taped from WOIO in Cleveland in May 1994 with a few commercials; part of the 1994 GM Goodwrench 400 taped from TNN on 8/21/1994 minus commercials; some coverage of the Mesquite Championship Rodeo taped from TNN sometime in 1994 minus most commercials; 20/20 package with Catherine Crier on animal cruelty at rodeos taped from either WEWS in Cleveland or WAKC in Akron sometime in 1994

TAPE 9: Most of the 1997 AC Delco 400 taped from TNN on 10/27/1997 with commercials; short clip from the WVIZ Televised Auction taped in May 1998

TAPE 10: NFL's Greatest Moments taped from ESPN circa 1990 minus commercials, part of it is taped over with some footage of Top Rank Boxing on ESPN around the same time

TAPE 11: Another Ross Perot political infomercial taped from NBC (WKYC) sometime in 1992; partially taped-over episode of Agri Country (agricultural information show that was broadcast throughout Ohio) taped from WAKC in Akron circa 1992 minus commercials; some 1992 National Finals Rodeo coverage taped from ESPN in November 1992 minus commercials; two more episodes of Agri Country taped from WAKC in January 1993 minus commercials

TAPE 12: Partial broadcast of the Mesquite Championship Rodeo taped from TNN circa 1994 minus commercials, weak audio; partially taped-over broadcast of Round 10 of the 1988 National Finals Rodeo taped from ESPN in December 1988 with commercials; unknown Discovery Channel documentary on whitetail deer taped circa 1989 minus commercials; broadcast of the Mesquite Championship Rodeo taped from TNN sometime in 1989 minus most commercials

Yard sale #3:
TAPE 13: Copycat (1995), Unzipped (1995) and Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995) copied from rental tapes; episode of Friends ("The One with the Baby on the Bus") taped from WXIA in Atlanta in March 1996 with commercials; two segments from an episode of The George and Alana Show taped from unknown Atlanta TV station in March 1996 (anyone happen to remember which station aired that show in Atlanta?)

TAPE 14: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) copied from rental tape, 1994 print; partial broadcast of the 1994 Hooters 500, NASCAR Shop Talk and part of the 1994 Golf Magazine Senior Tour Championship taped from ESPN on 11/13/1994 with commercials, fed through the second VCR used to copy the movie; partially taped-over episode of Jerry Springer (moms who party too much) and first ten minutes of Channel 5 Eyewitness News at Noon with Amanda Davis taped from WAGA in Atlanta on 10/20/1994 with commercials

Yard sale #4:
TAPE 15: Runaway Bride (1999) taped from Armstrong iN Demand Pay-Per-View (Medina, Ohio) in January 2000
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I think WAGA aired George and Alana in Atlanta
 
Another week, another big bunch of tapes. (This must be the new norm!) The first several found on Friday...

Yard sale #1 - West Valley. Retired C-Band dish in the yard too, but not a lot of interesting stuff recorded from it. Too bad.
Tape 1 - 'Resurrection' (1999) taped off KAPP/ABC 3/15/1999 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 2 - The Judds' Final Concert taped off Viewer's Choice PPV 12/4/1991 (no promos - already have this); episode of Dinosaurs taped off KAPP/ABC 9/25/1991 with commercials; part of 'All Dogs Go to Heaven' (1989) taped off unknown channel; part of WWF WrestleMania VI taped off Viewer's Choice PPV on 4/1/1990; very end of 'Colors' (1988) taped off Viewer's Choice PPV in 1989. Sony T-120
Tape 3 - 'What Women Want' (2000) taped off Blockbuster/Direct Ticket PPV in 2001; some of part 2 of Noah's Ark taped off KNDO/NBC 5/3/1999 with commercials. TDK T-120

Yard sale #2 - Also West Valley. Lots of mixed content here, the man who ran this sale buys out contents of local estate sales. He did a sale last year where I found the Cheers finale and some other goodies.
Tape 4 - 'The Last Emperor' (1987) taped off HBO 2/15/1989 with nearly 20 minutes of promos afterwards; partial episodes of Oprah Winfrey and Geraldo taped off KAPP-35 Valentine's Day 1989 with commercials; end of another Oprah Winfrey and start of another Geraldo taped off KAPP-35 in January 1989 with commercials; Berenstain Bear's Christmas Tree taped off HBO in December 1987 with a few promos. Scotch T-120
Tape 5 - Martha Stewart's Home for the Holidays special taped off KIMA/CBS 12/4/2001 with commercials. TDK T-160 (7 hours in EP blank!)
Tape 6 - Las Vegas episode taped off KNDO/NBC 10/18/2004 with commercials; CSI: Miami taped off KIMA/CBS 10/18/2004 with commercials; partial final break from Crossing Jordan taped off KNDO/NBC 10/17/2004; part of Medical Investigation taped off KNDO/NBC 10/15/2004 with commercials; CSI: Crime Scene Investigation taped off KIMA/CBS 10/14/2004 with commercials; Jeopardy! taped off KNDO-23 10/15/2004 with commercials (Ken Jennings had $1,976,300 at the end of that episode); episode of Las Vegas taped off KNDO/NBC 10/11/2004 with commercials; episode of CSI: Miami and about 15 minutes of KIMA News at 11 taped off KIMA/CBS 10/11/2004 with commercials. Panasonic T-120
Tape 7 - 'Crossing Delancey' (1988), 'Secret Admirer' (1985) and 'Action Jackson' (1988) taped off HBO 9/3/1989 with numerous promos in between movies; last 20 minutes of 'The Corn is Green' (1979), Not Necessarily the News and part of 'Protocol' (1984) taped off HBO in July 1986, some promos after NNTN. Scotch T-120
Tape 8 - Episode of JAG taped off KIMA/CBS 3/30/1999 with commercials; part of Legendary Lighthouses and Mystery! taped off KYVE/PBS in January 1999 with promos; partial broadcast of KNDO's 23 NBC News taped in December 1998 with commercials; partial episode of Star Trek: Deep Sapce Nine taped off KCYU-LP 68 in December 1998 with commercials; episode of 3rd Rock from the Sun taped off KNDO/NBC 12/15/1998 with commercials; part of Fender Philosophers taped off KYVE/PBS in November 1998 with sign-off afterwards (and it's different than the previous ones I've posted). Scotch T-120
Tape 9 - The West Wing episode taped off KNDO/NBC 5/19/2004 with commercials; part of Threat Matrix taped off KAPP/ABC 9/25/2003 with commercials; season premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation taped off KIMA/CBS 9/25/2003 with commercials. Sony T-120 HG

and then today...
Tape 10 - 'Wuthering Heights' (1998) taped off KYVE/PBS 10/18/1998; partial episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Almost Home and part of Nurses taped off KNDO/NBC 6/26/1993 with commercials (B&W picture). Fuji T-120
Tape 11 - Metropolitan Opera Die Walkure taped off KUSM/PBS in June 1990 with a couple of intermission promo segments; episode of The People's Court taped off KTGF-16 Great Falls (NBC) in June 1990 with commercials. Maxell T-120
Tape 12 - Episodes of Northern Exposure taped off KIMA/CBS 5/2, 5/9, 5/16 and 5/23/1994 with commercials; Sting in the Spotlight concert taped off KYVE/PBS 7/30/1994; episode of Northern Exposure taped off KIMA/CBS 4/24/1995 with commercials. Scotch T-120
Tape 13 - Episode of Star Trek: Enterprise taped off KCYU-LP in March 2005 with commercials; partial episode of Scientific American Frontiers and full episode of Rough Science taped off KYVE/PBS in March 2005 with promos; end of the series finale for Home Improvement and Spin City taped off KAPP/ABC 5/25/1999 with commercials; partial episode of Politically Incorrect, infomercial for Making Money Secrets and 1:05AM sign-off taped off KAPP/ABC 5/19/1999 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 14 - JAG episode taped off KIMA/CBS in February 1999 with commercials; episode of The X-Files (syndicated repeat) taped off KCYU-LP 68 2/13/1999 with commercials; Martial Law taped off KIMA/CBS 2/13/1999 with commercials; Profiler taped off KNDO/NBC 2/13/1999 with commercials; NOVA (Escape! Because Accidents Happen, Plane Crash and Abandon Ship) taped off KYVE/PBS 2/17/1999 with promos; ends with an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine taped off KCYU-LP68 in February 1999 with commercials. Sony T-120.
There's a couple more that I haven't checked yet, including one with Northern Exposure 1993 written on the label.
 
Didn't do as well as you did this week. The estate sale in Independence didn't have as many used blanks as I thought they would. I ended up buying three and two of them ended up being Greek movies copied from rental tapes made by a company called Greek City. The third one was about 10-15 minutes of what looked to be a Greek soap opera. I tried translating the title on Google, but couldn't come up with a result. Strangely, on one of the movie tapes I got, during the copyright warning screen at the beginning, I could faintly hear the song "Georgy Girl" by the Seekers playing in the background before the movie started. I'm wondering if whoever copied the movie had somehow picked up a radio frequency as they were recording...weird.

The Lincoln Highway Buy-Way yard sale is this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday, but I'm not sure I'm going to make it out there this year.
 
Picked up six tapes from the Litchfield Flea Market on Sunday, all from the same vendor. This vendor actually had several boxes full of these tapes among the rest of the merchandise he had in the tent he set up and he told me that he actually had more in his truck. I probably would have gotten a few more if I had more money with me, but here's what I ended up finding.

TAPE 1: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Seattle Supersonics taped from SportsChannel Ohio on 1/4/1995 with commercials; most of the second half of the CompUSA Citrus Bowl and first half and halftime show of the Rose Bowl taped from WEWS on 1/2/1995 with commercials. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 2: Stalin (made-for-TV movie) taped from HBO on 11/21/1992; Witness (1985) taped from unknown pay TV channel circa 1992; three episodes of Tales from the Crypt taped from HBO circa 1992; partial episodes of That's Amore and One Day at a Time taped from WOIO in November 1992 with commercials. Focal T-120.

TAPE 3: Most of Game 1 of the 1995 American League Championship Series taped from WEWS on 10/10/1995 with commercials; most of Game 2 of the 1995 ALCS taped from WEWS on 10/11/1995 with commercials. Scotch T-120.

TAPE 4: Super Bowl XXIV taped from WJW on 1/28/1990 with commercials; postgame coverage of the 1990 AFC Championship, episode of Babe Winkelman's Good Fishing and most of Channel 3 News at 6:00 taped from WKYC on 1/14/1990 with commercials; most of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and partial broadcast of Hard Copy taped from WKYC on 12/6/1989 with commercials. JVC T-120.

TAPE 5: Comic Relief VI and part of Deadlock (1991) taped from HBO on 1/15/1994 with promos in between. Polaroid T-120.

Tape 6 had one of the games of the 1995 American League Division Series taped from WKYC with commercials, but I may or may not look at this one in its entirety because of a squeaking sound my VCR makes when fast-forwarding and even when just playing back the tape. No abnormal noises when it rewinds the tape though.

Some extra notes/thoughts:
Many of the tapes this flea market vendor was selling had movie titles written on the labels with a few sports tapes as well. I was more interested in the latter due to the fact that the movies probably would have been recorded from premium channels without any commercials or promos.
I have a feeling Tape 2 originally contained an unscoped, six-hour aircheck of WOIO from November 1992 ranging from Fox prime time programming to the late night hours. Tape starts with a few seconds of In Living Color before it cuts to the HBO movies, and in between the last two Tales from the Crypt episodes was a left-over snippet including a 1-900 hotline commercial and the start of the end credits of Simon & Simon. Would have been interesting to see what else WOIO was showing in the wee hours.
I wonder if Tape 4 originally had an unscoped aircheck of WKYC afternoon and evening programming from 12/6/1989. If so, it likely would have started with Another World, then Days of Our Lives, Divorce Court, The People's Court, Inside Edition, A Current Affair, Channel 3 News at 6:00 and, as was still shown, NBC Nightly News and the first segment of Hard Copy.
 
Wow! You found Super Bowl XXIV *with* commercials. Patience paid off.
And the 'That's Amore', even partial, is just crazy rare. Luca Barbareschi, an Italian man who starred in a bunch of no-name Italian films, was the host of that relationship game show which in most markets, was either on the cheapest independent in town or thrown to 2AM in markets that didn't have a C-grade independent. It had just as much success as Bill Cosby's You Bet Your Life revival, come to think of it! Meaning...nessuna.

Went through a tape from an estate sale last Friday (West Valley area) and it was a full broadcast of the 2006 Tournament of Roses Parade taped off HGTV with commercials, most aired prior to all the festivities. Nothing else on that TDK tape and it dated back to at least the early '90s.
 
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Picked up six tapes from the Litchfield Flea Market on Sunday, all from the same vendor. This vendor actually had several boxes full of these tapes among the rest of the merchandise he had in the tent he set up and he told me that he actually had more in his truck. I probably would have gotten a few more if I had more money with me, but here's what I ended up finding.

TAPE 1: Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Seattle Supersonics taped from SportsChannel Ohio on 1/4/1995 with commercials; most of the second half of the CompUSA Citrus Bowl and first half and halftime show of the Rose Bowl taped from WEWS on 1/2/1995 with commercials. Polaroid T-120.

TAPE 2: Stalin (made-for-TV movie) taped from HBO on 11/21/1992; Witness (1985) taped from unknown pay TV channel circa 1992; three episodes of Tales from the Crypt taped from HBO circa 1992; partial episodes of That's Amore and One Day at a Time taped from WOIO in November 1992 with commercials. Focal T-120.

TAPE 3: Most of Game 1 of the 1995 American League Championship Series taped from WEWS on 10/10/1995 with commercials; most of Game 2 of the 1995 ALCS taped from WEWS on 10/11/1995 with commercials. Scotch T-120.

TAPE 4: Super Bowl XXIV taped from WJW on 1/28/1990 with commercials; postgame coverage of the 1990 AFC Championship, episode of Babe Winkelman's Good Fishing and most of Channel 3 News at 6:00 taped from WKYC on 1/14/1990 with commercials; most of NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw and partial broadcast of Hard Copy taped from WKYC on 12/6/1989 with commercials. JVC T-120.

TAPE 5: Comic Relief VI and part of Deadlock (1991) taped from HBO on 1/15/1994 with promos in between. Polaroid T-120.

Tape 6 had one of the games of the 1995 American League Division Series taped from WKYC with commercials, but I may or may not look at this one in its entirety because of a squeaking sound my VCR makes when fast-forwarding and even when just playing back the tape. No abnormal noises when it rewinds the tape though.

Some extra notes/thoughts:
Many of the tapes this flea market vendor was selling had movie titles written on the labels with a few sports tapes as well. I was more interested in the latter due to the fact that the movies probably would have been recorded from premium channels without any commercials or promos.
I have a feeling Tape 2 originally contained an unscoped, six-hour aircheck of WOIO from November 1992 ranging from Fox prime time programming to the late night hours. Tape starts with a few seconds of In Living Color before it cuts to the HBO movies, and in between the last two Tales from the Crypt episodes was a left-over snippet including a 1-900 hotline commercial and the start of the end credits of Simon & Simon. Would have been interesting to see what else WOIO was showing in the wee hours.
I wonder if Tape 4 originally had an unscoped aircheck of WKYC afternoon and evening programming from 12/6/1989. If so, it likely would have started with Another World, then Days of Our Lives, Divorce Court, The People's Court, Inside Edition, A Current Affair, Channel 3 News at 6:00 and, as was still shown, NBC Nightly News and the first segment of Hard Copy.
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Let me know if youd be interested in selling the tape 3 with the alcs games as i collect footage from old stadiums like the kingdome.
 
Another small score from the Value World store in Middleburg Heights yesterday.

TAPE 1: Most of an episode of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here taped from WJET in Erie on 3/2/2003 with commercials; part one of Salem Witch Trials (CBS miniseries) taped from WSEE in Erie on 3/3/2003 with commercials. Sony T-160.

TAPE 2: Starts with about an hour of an extremely scrambled aerial signal of an unknown TV station, content was barely identifiable, all I could tell was it was a recording of two back-to-back sitcoms--had commercials, but I couldn't recognize many of them with the scrambling; then reverts to part of The Bachelor: The Women Tell All and partial season finale of The Bachelor taped from WEWS in Cleveland on 4/25/2002 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 3: Three episodes of Hawaii Five-O taped from WTVU/WBNE in Hartford (now WCTX) circa 1996, no commercials intact except for a few station ID bumpers, could tell these were copied from other tapes. Maxell T-160.
 
Scott2013 said:
Another small score from the Value World store in Middleburg Heights yesterday.

TAPE 1: Most of an episode of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here taped from WJET in Erie on 3/2/2003 with commercials; part one of Salem Witch Trials (CBS miniseries) taped from WSEE in Erie on 3/3/2003 with commercials. Sony T-160.

TAPE 2: Starts with about an hour of an extremely scrambled aerial signal of an unknown TV station, content was barely identifiable, all I could tell was it was a recording of two back-to-back sitcoms--had commercials, but I couldn't recognize many of them with the scrambling; then reverts to part of The Bachelor: The Women Tell All and partial season finale of The Bachelor taped from WEWS in Cleveland on 4/25/2002 with commercials. Sony T-120.

TAPE 3: Three episodes of Hawaii Five-O taped from WTVU/WBNE in Hartford (now WCTX) circa 1996, no commercials intact except for a few station ID bumpers, could tell these were copied from other tapes. Maxell T-160.
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Do you sell any of your tapes?
 
Six more tapes found at a yard sale in Medina earlier today. More duds than keepers this time though.

TAPE 1: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Hollywood Hist-o-rama short on James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Hard Way (1943) and part of Kings Row (1942) taped from TCM in April 2006 with promos in between. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 2: Starman (1984) taped from unknown pay TV channel circa 1990 (presumably); then reverts to end credits of unknown documentary movie and a few commercials taped from WUAB in February 1990 before the tape goes blank. Scotch T-120.
 
Scott2013 said:
Six more tapes found at a yard sale in Medina earlier today. More duds than keepers this time though.

TAPE 1: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Hollywood Hist-o-rama short on James Cagney, Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), The Hard Way (1943) and part of Kings Row (1942) taped from TCM in April 2006 with promos in between. Maxell T-120.

TAPE 2: Starman (1984) taped from unknown pay TV channel circa 1990 (presumably); then reverts to end credits of unknown documentary movie and a few commercials taped from WUAB in February 1990 before the tape goes blank. Scotch T-120.
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Did the tcm tape have any introductions to the movies from robert osbourne?
 


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