What were the first 200 videos that got taken down that you no longer have archived?
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Oldest Extant Off-Air VHS/Beta Tape You Have
- Thread starter Stanislav
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What were the first 200 videos that got taken down that you no longer have archived?
I remember a few years ago, at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds flea market that's held every weekend during the warm weather months, I picked up a tape (a JVC T-120) that had the same issue as your Tape 2 with the tape being all chewed up at the beginning. I haven't converted much of it yet. For the most part, it's a random mishmash of various cable programs (a lot of them incomplete) taped from a DirecTV receiver in September 2007, with a lot of channel flipping throughout. Various programs from MTV2 (Sucker Free, Wild N Out), BET (BET Live, Rap City, 106 & Park, Booty Call [1997 film]), Disney Channel (That's So Raven and maybe something else), Nickelodeon (Drake and Josh), etc. I think they also recorded one or two songs from one of the hip-hop stations on XM Satellite Radio when DirecTV simulcast many of the commercial-free music stations from that service. Of all the music videos that were found on the tape, the only one I really recognized was "Crank That Soulja Boy" and I think that was the part of the tape that was the most damaged.
No finds on my end this week. I did hit a couple of estate sales within the last couple of days, but the only home-recorded tapes I spotted at those sales were family home movies and obviously not for sale.
I found out there used to be a thrift store in Parma Heights called Thrift Nation that apparently sold recorded VHS tapes according to one of the reviews of it I read on Yelp. Unfortunately, it closed in 2014. A shame, too, because nowadays I'm in that Cleveland suburb on a regular basis anyway DJing for an Internet radio station in that area every week.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/thrift-nation-cleveland
Have you come across any tapes with old Game Show network shows like lingo whammy from 2003-2009.
VHS alert for Scott...
50+ tapes on the curb near South Euclid. And a funny message to boot! "The WORLD needs YouTube to have more classic TV content!"
https://cleveland.craigslist.org/zip/d/cleveland-curb-alert-vhs-gold-50-vhs/6918143847.html
50+ tapes on the curb near South Euclid. And a funny message to boot! "The WORLD needs YouTube to have more classic TV content!"
https://cleveland.craigslist.org/zip/d/cleveland-curb-alert-vhs-gold-50-vhs/6918143847.html
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Tape 4 - 'A League of Their Own' (1992) taped off HBO 8/7/1993 with promos prior to the movie; then a partial scrambled video/clear audio broadcast of the Pazienza-Honeyghan fight and Holyfield-Stewart taped off Viewer's Choice PPV on 6/26/1993;
I remember watching Leonard vs. Hagler that way! That primitive scrambling with the audio in the clear wasn't terribly effective.
Have you come across any tapes with old Game Show network shows like lingo whammy from 2003-2009.
I personally recorded a few episodes of As Seen On on GSN back in 2000, some have commercials, most do not. I also have a partial episode of The $100,000 Pyramid taped from GSN the same year. The only other GSN recording I have has partial episodes of Wheel of Fortune and Card Sharks taped in 2008, from a VHS lot I bought from an eBay seller in Brownwood, Texas.
I personally recorded a few episodes of As Seen On on GSN back in 2000, some have commercials, most do not. I also have a partial episode of The $100,000 Pyramid taped from GSN the same year. The only other GSN recording I have has partial episodes of Wheel of Fortune and Card Sharks taped in 2008, from a VHS lot I bought from an eBay seller in Brownwood, Texas.
Do you know any good consistent ebay sellers of vhs tapes by chance? The thing is you never fully know what your getting with ebay and it helps if you know the seller your buying from.
On Wednesday, after I was finished with my weekly radio gig, I stopped by the Value World thrift store in Middleburg Heights and actually spotted and picked up six VHS tapes. Most didn't have labels. One was erased, two were blank, and one was a dud, but here's what I found on the other two.
TAPE 1: Partial episode of The Simpsons taped from WJW on 2/22/1998 with a few commercials; partial episode of King of the Hill taped from WJW on 3/8/1998 with commercials; episode of Real TV taped from WJW on 3/18/1998 with commercials; episode of NYPD Blue and first few minutes of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 3/17/1998 with commercials; most of another episode of Real TV taped from WJW on 3/16/1998 with commercials; episode of America's Funniest Home Videos and start of 20/20 taped from WEWS on 3/16/1998 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of NYPD Blue and start of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 3/9/1998 with commercials; another partially taped-over episode of NYPD Blue and first few minutes of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 1/20/1998 with commercials; most of another episode of NYPD Blue and start of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 11/11/1997 with commercials. RCA T-120.
TAPE 2: Broadcast of Fox 8 News at Ten taped from WJW on 8/22/2005 with commercials; most of another broadcast of Fox 8 News at Ten taped from WJW on 9/7/2005 with commercials; episode of Medium taped from WKYC on 9/19/2005 with commercials; episode of NCIS taped from WOIO on 9/20/2005 with commercials; episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit taped from WKYC on 9/20/2005 with commercials; pilot episode of E-Ring taped from WKYC on 9/21/2005 with commercials. Polaroid T-120.
Also picked up two used blank audiocassettes from a small box of them near the front of the store, but haven't listened to either of them yet. One was labeled "DWTV English"--audio from the DW-TV network recorded onto a cassette?
The dud tape had the movies Midnight Lace (1960) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) taped from unknown channels. I looked at very little of the tape before I opted to toss it because of the squealing sound the tape made while fast-forwarding.
TAPE 1: Partial episode of The Simpsons taped from WJW on 2/22/1998 with a few commercials; partial episode of King of the Hill taped from WJW on 3/8/1998 with commercials; episode of Real TV taped from WJW on 3/18/1998 with commercials; episode of NYPD Blue and first few minutes of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 3/17/1998 with commercials; most of another episode of Real TV taped from WJW on 3/16/1998 with commercials; episode of America's Funniest Home Videos and start of 20/20 taped from WEWS on 3/16/1998 with commercials; partially taped-over episode of NYPD Blue and start of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 3/9/1998 with commercials; another partially taped-over episode of NYPD Blue and first few minutes of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 1/20/1998 with commercials; most of another episode of NYPD Blue and start of News Channel 5 at 11 taped from WEWS on 11/11/1997 with commercials. RCA T-120.
TAPE 2: Broadcast of Fox 8 News at Ten taped from WJW on 8/22/2005 with commercials; most of another broadcast of Fox 8 News at Ten taped from WJW on 9/7/2005 with commercials; episode of Medium taped from WKYC on 9/19/2005 with commercials; episode of NCIS taped from WOIO on 9/20/2005 with commercials; episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit taped from WKYC on 9/20/2005 with commercials; pilot episode of E-Ring taped from WKYC on 9/21/2005 with commercials. Polaroid T-120.
Also picked up two used blank audiocassettes from a small box of them near the front of the store, but haven't listened to either of them yet. One was labeled "DWTV English"--audio from the DW-TV network recorded onto a cassette?
The dud tape had the movies Midnight Lace (1960) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) taped from unknown channels. I looked at very little of the tape before I opted to toss it because of the squealing sound the tape made while fast-forwarding.
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Not a lot of finds this past weekend, this was all I could come up with:
Estate sale in Harrah WA (Friday)
Tape 1 - Bob Hope: The First 90 Years taped off KNDO/NBC 5/14/1993 with one commercial break (already posted said break from WDAF, has no local ads); last 15 minutes of 'A Quiet Little Neighborhood, A Perfect Little Murder' (1990) taped off KNDO/NBC 10/14/1990 with one commercial break. Scotch T-120
One other tape was a dud, no commercials.
West Valley yard sale (Saturday)
Tape 2 - 'Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit' (1987) taped off TBS 6/20/1993 with commercials. Maxell T-120
Tape 3 - 'Perry Mason: The Case of the Tell-Tale Talk Show Host' (1993) taped off KNDO/NBC 10/22/1993 with commercials (already have this and 'The Defense Rests' special from the same night on another tape). Memorex T-120
Estate sale in Harrah WA (Friday)
Tape 1 - Bob Hope: The First 90 Years taped off KNDO/NBC 5/14/1993 with one commercial break (already posted said break from WDAF, has no local ads); last 15 minutes of 'A Quiet Little Neighborhood, A Perfect Little Murder' (1990) taped off KNDO/NBC 10/14/1990 with one commercial break. Scotch T-120
One other tape was a dud, no commercials.
West Valley yard sale (Saturday)
Tape 2 - 'Perry Mason: The Case of the Sinister Spirit' (1987) taped off TBS 6/20/1993 with commercials. Maxell T-120
Tape 3 - 'Perry Mason: The Case of the Tell-Tale Talk Show Host' (1993) taped off KNDO/NBC 10/22/1993 with commercials (already have this and 'The Defense Rests' special from the same night on another tape). Memorex T-120
Six tapes found today at two different sales in Yakima. First, a massive sale at a private school in Yakima with five tapes and a few duds.
Tape 1 - 'The Man in the Iron Mask' (1998) and 'Blues Brothers 2000' (1998) taped off Dish on Demand 10/11/1998 with a few promos and bumpers; ends with 'Rain Man' (1988) taped off Cinemax in February 1990. Polaroid T-120
Tape 2 - 'Flubber' (1997), 'Home Alone 4' (1997) and 'Sphere' (1998) taped off Dish On Demand in August 1998 with promos and interstitial material. Maxell HGX T-120
Tape 3 - Episode of The Agency, KIMA News at 11 and first half of The Late Show with David Letterman taped off KIMA/CBS 2/7/2002 with commercials (SP mode). TDK T-120
Tape 4 - Partial That '70s Show, Titus, Dark Angel, Blind Date, 3rd Rock from the Sun rerun, Jenny Jones, Carlton Sheets infomercial and a few hours of Shop at Home Network (Electronic Essentials) taped off KCYU-LP/Fox on 5/22-23/2001 with commercials. Very old TDK T-120 (dating back to the mid '80s!)
Tape 5 - 'The Empire Strikes Back' (1983) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'Labyrinth' (1986) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; end of 'Gremlins' (1984), 'The Vals' (1983) and start of 'Vision Quest' (1985) taped off Cinemax 3/3/1987 with promos. Video Plus T-120 (with BFC written on the tape guard - cheap quality tape)
In addition I also picked up an ACADEMY SCREENER for the 1996 movie 'Flirting with Disaster'. No previews on that tape, released by Miramax Home Entertainment with a print date of 11/07/1996.
Then one more tape at an estate sale:
Tape 6 - 'Love Comes Softly' (2003) taped off Hallmark Channel on 4/13/2003 with commercials; part of 'Empty Cradle' (1993) and start of 'Danielle Steel's Changes' (1991) taped off Lifetime 4/12/2003 with commercials; cuts to part of an unknown courtroom movie taped off Lifetime Movie Network around July 2002 with commercials; partial episode of Days of Our Lives taped off KNDO/NBC in May 2002 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 1 - 'The Man in the Iron Mask' (1998) and 'Blues Brothers 2000' (1998) taped off Dish on Demand 10/11/1998 with a few promos and bumpers; ends with 'Rain Man' (1988) taped off Cinemax in February 1990. Polaroid T-120
Tape 2 - 'Flubber' (1997), 'Home Alone 4' (1997) and 'Sphere' (1998) taped off Dish On Demand in August 1998 with promos and interstitial material. Maxell HGX T-120
Tape 3 - Episode of The Agency, KIMA News at 11 and first half of The Late Show with David Letterman taped off KIMA/CBS 2/7/2002 with commercials (SP mode). TDK T-120
Tape 4 - Partial That '70s Show, Titus, Dark Angel, Blind Date, 3rd Rock from the Sun rerun, Jenny Jones, Carlton Sheets infomercial and a few hours of Shop at Home Network (Electronic Essentials) taped off KCYU-LP/Fox on 5/22-23/2001 with commercials. Very old TDK T-120 (dating back to the mid '80s!)
Tape 5 - 'The Empire Strikes Back' (1983) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'Labyrinth' (1986) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; end of 'Gremlins' (1984), 'The Vals' (1983) and start of 'Vision Quest' (1985) taped off Cinemax 3/3/1987 with promos. Video Plus T-120 (with BFC written on the tape guard - cheap quality tape)
In addition I also picked up an ACADEMY SCREENER for the 1996 movie 'Flirting with Disaster'. No previews on that tape, released by Miramax Home Entertainment with a print date of 11/07/1996.
Then one more tape at an estate sale:
Tape 6 - 'Love Comes Softly' (2003) taped off Hallmark Channel on 4/13/2003 with commercials; part of 'Empty Cradle' (1993) and start of 'Danielle Steel's Changes' (1991) taped off Lifetime 4/12/2003 with commercials; cuts to part of an unknown courtroom movie taped off Lifetime Movie Network around July 2002 with commercials; partial episode of Days of Our Lives taped off KNDO/NBC in May 2002 with commercials. TDK T-120
Six tapes found today at two different sales in Yakima. First, a massive sale at a private school in Yakima with five tapes and a few duds.
Tape 1 - 'The Man in the Iron Mask' (1998) and 'Blues Brothers 2000' (1998) taped off Dish on Demand 10/11/1998 with a few promos and bumpers; ends with 'Rain Man' (1988) taped off Cinemax in February 1990. Polaroid T-120
Tape 2 - 'Flubber' (1997), 'Home Alone 4' (1997) and 'Sphere' (1998) taped off Dish On Demand in August 1998 with promos and interstitial material. Maxell HGX T-120
Tape 3 - Episode of The Agency, KIMA News at 11 and first half of The Late Show with David Letterman taped off KIMA/CBS 2/7/2002 with commercials (SP mode). TDK T-120
Tape 4 - Partial That '70s Show, Titus, Dark Angel, Blind Date, 3rd Rock from the Sun rerun, Jenny Jones, Carlton Sheets infomercial and a few hours of Shop at Home Network (Electronic Essentials) taped off KCYU-LP/Fox on 5/22-23/2001 with commercials. Very old TDK T-120 (dating back to the mid '80s!)
Tape 5 - 'The Empire Strikes Back' (1983) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'Labyrinth' (1986) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; end of 'Gremlins' (1984), 'The Vals' (1983) and start of 'Vision Quest' (1985) taped off Cinemax 3/3/1987 with promos. Video Plus T-120 (with BFC written on the tape guard - cheap quality tape)
In addition I also picked up an ACADEMY SCREENER for the 1996 movie 'Flirting with Disaster'. No previews on that tape, released by Miramax Home Entertainment with a print date of 11/07/1996.
Then one more tape at an estate sale:
Tape 6 - 'Love Comes Softly' (2003) taped off Hallmark Channel on 4/13/2003 with commercials; part of 'Empty Cradle' (1993) and start of 'Danielle Steel's Changes' (1991) taped off Lifetime 4/12/2003 with commercials; cuts to part of an unknown courtroom movie taped off Lifetime Movie Network around July 2002 with commercials; partial episode of Days of Our Lives taped off KNDO/NBC in May 2002 with commercials. TDK T-120
Was the sale like a yard sale at a private school or was the school itself selling its inventory?
Six tapes found today at two different sales in Yakima. First, a massive sale at a private school in Yakima with five tapes and a few duds.
Tape 1 - 'The Man in the Iron Mask' (1998) and 'Blues Brothers 2000' (1998) taped off Dish on Demand 10/11/1998 with a few promos and bumpers; ends with 'Rain Man' (1988) taped off Cinemax in February 1990. Polaroid T-120
Tape 2 - 'Flubber' (1997), 'Home Alone 4' (1997) and 'Sphere' (1998) taped off Dish On Demand in August 1998 with promos and interstitial material. Maxell HGX T-120
Tape 3 - Episode of The Agency, KIMA News at 11 and first half of The Late Show with David Letterman taped off KIMA/CBS 2/7/2002 with commercials (SP mode). TDK T-120
Tape 4 - Partial That '70s Show, Titus, Dark Angel, Blind Date, 3rd Rock from the Sun rerun, Jenny Jones, Carlton Sheets infomercial and a few hours of Shop at Home Network (Electronic Essentials) taped off KCYU-LP/Fox on 5/22-23/2001 with commercials. Very old TDK T-120 (dating back to the mid '80s!)
Tape 5 - 'The Empire Strikes Back' (1983) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'Labyrinth' (1986) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; end of 'Gremlins' (1984), 'The Vals' (1983) and start of 'Vision Quest' (1985) taped off Cinemax 3/3/1987 with promos. Video Plus T-120 (with BFC written on the tape guard - cheap quality tape)
In addition I also picked up an ACADEMY SCREENER for the 1996 movie 'Flirting with Disaster'. No previews on that tape, released by Miramax Home Entertainment with a print date of 11/07/1996.
Then one more tape at an estate sale:
Tape 6 - 'Love Comes Softly' (2003) taped off Hallmark Channel on 4/13/2003 with commercials; part of 'Empty Cradle' (1993) and start of 'Danielle Steel's Changes' (1991) taped off Lifetime 4/12/2003 with commercials; cuts to part of an unknown courtroom movie taped off Lifetime Movie Network around July 2002 with commercials; partial episode of Days of Our Lives taped off KNDO/NBC in May 2002 with commercials. TDK T-120
Was the sale like a yard sale at a private school or was the school itself selling its inventory?
Donations from families that have children going to the private school (which is Yakima Adventist Christian School if you're wondering). Huge sale overall. Tons of furniture, aisles worth of clothes, huge Christmas and Halloween decoration area, boxes of books (mix of children's and adult fiction/non-fiction), some kitchen stuff. Only thing they were missing was electronics. I think there was one VCR and one DVD player for sale. No televisions, radios or anything like that.
Multiple yard sales today resulted in no other tapes.
Multiple yard sales today resulted in no other tapes.
Oh wow do you collect old cds or recorded radio shows on cassettes they are coming harder and harder to come by lately.Donations from families that have children going to the private school (which is Yakima Adventist Christian School if you're wondering). Huge sale overall. Tons of furniture, aisles worth of clothes, huge Christmas and Halloween decoration area, boxes of books (mix of children's and adult fiction/non-fiction), some kitchen stuff. Only thing they were missing was electronics. I think there was one VCR and one DVD player for sale. No televisions, radios or anything like that.
Multiple yard sales today resulted in no other tapes.
A few finds at a yard sale today near Union Gap.
Tape 1 - Delta Airlines Portland Grand Floral Parade coverage taped off KOIN-6 6/12/1994 with commercials, rest of the tape is erased. Maxell T-120
Tape 2 - Episode of The Pretender taped off KING/NBC 12/14/1996 with commercials; full TGIF block taped off KATU/ABC 9/26/1997 with commercials: two-part episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, You Wish! pilot, Teen Angel pilot, 20/20 and partial Channel 2 News at 11. TDK Hi-Fi T-120 (but not in Hi-Fi!)
Tape 3 - Starts with an unknown city council meeting; the cuts to a couple hours of TBN taped in late 2000 including a partial Praise the Lord; and the last 20 minutes contains a partial broadcast of the 1999 Culligan Holiday Bowl (Washington vs. Kansas State) taped off ESPN 12/29/1999 with commercials. Gemini T-120
A fourth tape was totally erased, and mind you it was a T-160!
Tape 1 - Delta Airlines Portland Grand Floral Parade coverage taped off KOIN-6 6/12/1994 with commercials, rest of the tape is erased. Maxell T-120
Tape 2 - Episode of The Pretender taped off KING/NBC 12/14/1996 with commercials; full TGIF block taped off KATU/ABC 9/26/1997 with commercials: two-part episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, You Wish! pilot, Teen Angel pilot, 20/20 and partial Channel 2 News at 11. TDK Hi-Fi T-120 (but not in Hi-Fi!)
Tape 3 - Starts with an unknown city council meeting; the cuts to a couple hours of TBN taped in late 2000 including a partial Praise the Lord; and the last 20 minutes contains a partial broadcast of the 1999 Culligan Holiday Bowl (Washington vs. Kansas State) taped off ESPN 12/29/1999 with commercials. Gemini T-120
A fourth tape was totally erased, and mind you it was a T-160!
On Saturday I drove nearly an hour and a half from home to an estate sale in Kennewick. This was on the south side of Kennewick, near I-82. I picked up over 40 tapes for about a nickel a piece!! However, only 22 of those were keepers, some with just 5-10 minutes of usable content. Oh well, there are some diamonds in the rough on the other hand. NOTHING at all from local TV or from the prior residence of the estate owner (Lynchburg VA). The only 'local TV' I found was a movie without commercials that had a KCIK-14 El Paso TX identification briefly at the bottom right of the screen.
Tape 1 - 'Bell, Book and Candle' (1958) taped off WOR-9 New York on Memorial Day 1986 with commercials; my first find from pre-WWOR channel 9; 'The Sting' (1973) taped off unknown pay-TV channel. RCA T-120
Tape 2 - 'Almost an Angel' (1990) copied from rental tape; 'Kindergarten Cop' (1990) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; first 20 minutes of 'Catlow' (1971) taped off TBS circa 1992; part of 'Bomba and the Lost Volcano' (1950),'Bomba and the Hidden City' (1950) and first 10 minutes of The Woody Woodpecker Show taped off TNT in the early morning hours of 1/3/1992 with commercials
Tape 3 - 'Goodbye Charlie' (1964) taped off AMC circa July 2001 with introduction segment; 'The Quick & The Dead' (1987) taped off the Westerns Channel in July 2001 with promos in between; partial episode of Tales of the Gold Monkey and an episode of Hogan's Heroes taped off TV Land in July 2001 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 4 - 'Two Mules for Sister Sara' taped off Cinemax circa 1989; 'There Was a Crooked Man' (1970) taped off Cinemax circa 1989; 'Young Sherlock Holmes' (1985) taped off The Movie Channel on 4/23/1989 with over 10 minutes of promos afterwards; ends with a few minutes of promos taped off a different Movie Channel recording in March 1989. Maxell T-120
Tape 5 - 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' (1989) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'Hangman's Knot' (1952) and 'Last of the Comanches' (1953) taped off TNT circa 1991 minus commercials; part of 'The Princess Bride' (1987) taped off The Movie Channel on 3/11/1989 with promos afterward. Maxell T-120
Tape 6 - 'Murder, She Said' (1961) taped off Turner Classic Movies circa early 2000; two episodes of Tales of The Golden Monkey taped off TV Land in July 2000 with most commercials; 'Donovan's Kid' (1979) taped off the Westerns Channel in July 2000 with a couple minutes of promos afterwards. TDK T-120
Tape 7 - 'Unconquered' (1947) taped off WTBS circa 1987 minus commercials; 'The Man from Laramie' (1955) and 'Carbine Williams' (1952) taped off unknown pay-TV channels; parts of 'Redhead and the Cowboy' (1951) and start of 'Never Love a Stranger' (1958) taped off WTBS-17 9/18/1987 with commercials (Late Theater). RCA T-120
Tape 8 - 'The Terminator' (1984) copied from rental tape; 'Crucifier of Blood' (1991) taped off TNT 11/4/1991 minus commercials; 'Return to Treasure Island' (1954) taped off TNT 11/13/1991 with commercials
Tape 9 - 'Robin Hood' (1938), 'Westworld' (1973) and 'My Favorite Wife' (1940) taped off unknown channels minus commercials; part of 'Crosscurrent' (1971) and first few minutes of a Time-Life infomercial taped off WGN-9 12/14/1991 with commercials. Memorex T-120
Tape 10 - 'Treasure Island' (1934), 'Battle of Rogue River' (1954) and 'Home Alone' (1990) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; partial episode of Salvage 1 taped off Nostalgia Television in August 1992 with commercials (only my second find from this channel!) RCA T-120
Tape 11 - 'The Skin Game' (1971) and 'Inn of the Sixth Happiness' (1958) taped off unknown channels with no commercials; afterwards is about 2 minutes of AMC promos circa 1994 before the tape goes blank. RCA T-120
Tape 12 - 'Two Mules for Sister Sara' (again) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; 'The Lion and the Horse' (1952) taped off WTBS 8/11/1987 with commercials; 'The Eagle and The Hawk' (1950) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; part of 'Journey to the Far Side of the Sun' (1969) taped off TBS 6/17/1988 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 13 - 'The Hunt for Red October' (1990) taped off Request TV circa January 1991; 'Back to the Future III' (1990) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'The Cover Girl and The Cop' (1989) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; ends with last 30 minutes of 'Dick Tracy' (1990) and several minutes of promos taped off Request TV in January 1991. Recorded onto a cheap generic T-120 with no name.
Tape 14 - 'North by Northwest' (1959) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; 'Angel in My Pocket' (1969) taped off TBS minus commercials; 'Charley Varrick' (1973) and first 15 minutes of 'The Groundstar Conspiracy' (1972) taped off TBS 1/7-8/1988 with commercials
Tape 15 - 'Forbidden Planet' (1951), 'My Name is Nobody' (1973) and 'The Last Wagon' (1956) taped off unknown channel without commercials; last few minutes of 'The Little Kidnappers' (1990) and several minutes of Animals of Africa taped off The Disney Channel 8/17/1990 with promos
Tape 16 - 'That Darn Cat!' (1965) and 'The Secret of the Pirate Inn' (1969) taped off unknown channel (Disney I'm guessing?) without promos; part of 'Something Big' (1971) taped off WTBS in December 1986 with commercials. Maxell HGX Gold T-120.
Tape 17 - 'IQ' (1994) taped off pay-per-view; 'Star Trek: Generations' (1994) and start of 'Man of the House' (1994) taped off Viewer's Choice PPV in August 1995 with promos. TDK T-120
Tape 18 - 'The Mark of Zorro' (1940) taped off Westerns circa 2001; partial episode and full episode of Gunsmoke, episodes of Mannix and two episodes of Hogan's Heroes taped off TV Land in March 2001 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 19 - 'Agatha Christie's Dead Man Folly' (1986) taped off Mystery Channel circa 2001; 'Agatha' (1979) taped off Mystery Channel in 2001 with some promos; 'Agatha Christie's Thirteen at Dinner' taped off Mystery Channel circa 2001. TDK T-120
Tape 20 - 'Crocodile Dundee II' (1989) taped off Showtime circa 2001; 'Chicken Run' (2000) taped off HBO Family circa 2001; unknown 1950s western movie and part of 'Don Ricardo Returns' (1946) taped off Westerns Channel in July 2001 with promos; unknown Perry Mason movie taped off Court TV in June 2001 (presumed) with commercials; partial episode of the Ink & Paint Club taped off Disney Channel in January 2001 with promos. Sony T-120
Tape 21 - 'Pistol Harvest' (1951) taped off Westerns Channel around June 2001 with promos and a segment with Dennis Weaver; also has various other Westerns Channel content on it that I haven't looked at in full. TDK T-120
Tape 22 - Hogan's Heroes and Tales of the Golden Monkey episodes taped off TV Land in July 2000 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 1 - 'Bell, Book and Candle' (1958) taped off WOR-9 New York on Memorial Day 1986 with commercials; my first find from pre-WWOR channel 9; 'The Sting' (1973) taped off unknown pay-TV channel. RCA T-120
Tape 2 - 'Almost an Angel' (1990) copied from rental tape; 'Kindergarten Cop' (1990) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; first 20 minutes of 'Catlow' (1971) taped off TBS circa 1992; part of 'Bomba and the Lost Volcano' (1950),'Bomba and the Hidden City' (1950) and first 10 minutes of The Woody Woodpecker Show taped off TNT in the early morning hours of 1/3/1992 with commercials
Tape 3 - 'Goodbye Charlie' (1964) taped off AMC circa July 2001 with introduction segment; 'The Quick & The Dead' (1987) taped off the Westerns Channel in July 2001 with promos in between; partial episode of Tales of the Gold Monkey and an episode of Hogan's Heroes taped off TV Land in July 2001 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 4 - 'Two Mules for Sister Sara' taped off Cinemax circa 1989; 'There Was a Crooked Man' (1970) taped off Cinemax circa 1989; 'Young Sherlock Holmes' (1985) taped off The Movie Channel on 4/23/1989 with over 10 minutes of promos afterwards; ends with a few minutes of promos taped off a different Movie Channel recording in March 1989. Maxell T-120
Tape 5 - 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' (1989) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'Hangman's Knot' (1952) and 'Last of the Comanches' (1953) taped off TNT circa 1991 minus commercials; part of 'The Princess Bride' (1987) taped off The Movie Channel on 3/11/1989 with promos afterward. Maxell T-120
Tape 6 - 'Murder, She Said' (1961) taped off Turner Classic Movies circa early 2000; two episodes of Tales of The Golden Monkey taped off TV Land in July 2000 with most commercials; 'Donovan's Kid' (1979) taped off the Westerns Channel in July 2000 with a couple minutes of promos afterwards. TDK T-120
Tape 7 - 'Unconquered' (1947) taped off WTBS circa 1987 minus commercials; 'The Man from Laramie' (1955) and 'Carbine Williams' (1952) taped off unknown pay-TV channels; parts of 'Redhead and the Cowboy' (1951) and start of 'Never Love a Stranger' (1958) taped off WTBS-17 9/18/1987 with commercials (Late Theater). RCA T-120
Tape 8 - 'The Terminator' (1984) copied from rental tape; 'Crucifier of Blood' (1991) taped off TNT 11/4/1991 minus commercials; 'Return to Treasure Island' (1954) taped off TNT 11/13/1991 with commercials
Tape 9 - 'Robin Hood' (1938), 'Westworld' (1973) and 'My Favorite Wife' (1940) taped off unknown channels minus commercials; part of 'Crosscurrent' (1971) and first few minutes of a Time-Life infomercial taped off WGN-9 12/14/1991 with commercials. Memorex T-120
Tape 10 - 'Treasure Island' (1934), 'Battle of Rogue River' (1954) and 'Home Alone' (1990) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; partial episode of Salvage 1 taped off Nostalgia Television in August 1992 with commercials (only my second find from this channel!) RCA T-120
Tape 11 - 'The Skin Game' (1971) and 'Inn of the Sixth Happiness' (1958) taped off unknown channels with no commercials; afterwards is about 2 minutes of AMC promos circa 1994 before the tape goes blank. RCA T-120
Tape 12 - 'Two Mules for Sister Sara' (again) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; 'The Lion and the Horse' (1952) taped off WTBS 8/11/1987 with commercials; 'The Eagle and The Hawk' (1950) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; part of 'Journey to the Far Side of the Sun' (1969) taped off TBS 6/17/1988 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 13 - 'The Hunt for Red October' (1990) taped off Request TV circa January 1991; 'Back to the Future III' (1990) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'The Cover Girl and The Cop' (1989) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; ends with last 30 minutes of 'Dick Tracy' (1990) and several minutes of promos taped off Request TV in January 1991. Recorded onto a cheap generic T-120 with no name.
Tape 14 - 'North by Northwest' (1959) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; 'Angel in My Pocket' (1969) taped off TBS minus commercials; 'Charley Varrick' (1973) and first 15 minutes of 'The Groundstar Conspiracy' (1972) taped off TBS 1/7-8/1988 with commercials
Tape 15 - 'Forbidden Planet' (1951), 'My Name is Nobody' (1973) and 'The Last Wagon' (1956) taped off unknown channel without commercials; last few minutes of 'The Little Kidnappers' (1990) and several minutes of Animals of Africa taped off The Disney Channel 8/17/1990 with promos
Tape 16 - 'That Darn Cat!' (1965) and 'The Secret of the Pirate Inn' (1969) taped off unknown channel (Disney I'm guessing?) without promos; part of 'Something Big' (1971) taped off WTBS in December 1986 with commercials. Maxell HGX Gold T-120.
Tape 17 - 'IQ' (1994) taped off pay-per-view; 'Star Trek: Generations' (1994) and start of 'Man of the House' (1994) taped off Viewer's Choice PPV in August 1995 with promos. TDK T-120
Tape 18 - 'The Mark of Zorro' (1940) taped off Westerns circa 2001; partial episode and full episode of Gunsmoke, episodes of Mannix and two episodes of Hogan's Heroes taped off TV Land in March 2001 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 19 - 'Agatha Christie's Dead Man Folly' (1986) taped off Mystery Channel circa 2001; 'Agatha' (1979) taped off Mystery Channel in 2001 with some promos; 'Agatha Christie's Thirteen at Dinner' taped off Mystery Channel circa 2001. TDK T-120
Tape 20 - 'Crocodile Dundee II' (1989) taped off Showtime circa 2001; 'Chicken Run' (2000) taped off HBO Family circa 2001; unknown 1950s western movie and part of 'Don Ricardo Returns' (1946) taped off Westerns Channel in July 2001 with promos; unknown Perry Mason movie taped off Court TV in June 2001 (presumed) with commercials; partial episode of the Ink & Paint Club taped off Disney Channel in January 2001 with promos. Sony T-120
Tape 21 - 'Pistol Harvest' (1951) taped off Westerns Channel around June 2001 with promos and a segment with Dennis Weaver; also has various other Westerns Channel content on it that I haven't looked at in full. TDK T-120
Tape 22 - Hogan's Heroes and Tales of the Golden Monkey episodes taped off TV Land in July 2000 with commercials. TDK T-120
On Saturday I drove nearly an hour and a half from home to an estate sale in Kennewick. This was on the south side of Kennewick, near I-82. I picked up over 40 tapes for about a nickel a piece!! However, only 22 of those were keepers, some with just 5-10 minutes of usable content. Oh well, there are some diamonds in the rough on the other hand. NOTHING at all from local TV or from the prior residence of the estate owner (Lynchburg VA). The only 'local TV' I found was a movie without commercials that had a KCIK-14 El Paso TX identification briefly at the bottom right of the screen.
Tape 1 - 'Bell, Book and Candle' (1958) taped off WOR-9 New York on Memorial Day 1986 with commercials; my first find from pre-WWOR channel 9; 'The Sting' (1973) taped off unknown pay-TV channel. RCA T-120
Tape 2 - 'Almost an Angel' (1990) copied from rental tape; 'Kindergarten Cop' (1990) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; first 20 minutes of 'Catlow' (1971) taped off TBS circa 1992; part of 'Bomba and the Lost Volcano' (1950),'Bomba and the Hidden City' (1950) and first 10 minutes of The Woody Woodpecker Show taped off TNT in the early morning hours of 1/3/1992 with commercials
Tape 3 - 'Goodbye Charlie' (1964) taped off AMC circa July 2001 with introduction segment; 'The Quick & The Dead' (1987) taped off the Westerns Channel in July 2001 with promos in between; partial episode of Tales of the Gold Monkey and an episode of Hogan's Heroes taped off TV Land in July 2001 with commercials. TDK T-120
Tape 4 - 'Two Mules for Sister Sara' taped off Cinemax circa 1989; 'There Was a Crooked Man' (1970) taped off Cinemax circa 1989; 'Young Sherlock Holmes' (1985) taped off The Movie Channel on 4/23/1989 with over 10 minutes of promos afterwards; ends with a few minutes of promos taped off a different Movie Channel recording in March 1989. Maxell T-120
Tape 5 - 'Star Trek V: The Final Frontier' (1989) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'Hangman's Knot' (1952) and 'Last of the Comanches' (1953) taped off TNT circa 1991 minus commercials; part of 'The Princess Bride' (1987) taped off The Movie Channel on 3/11/1989 with promos afterward. Maxell T-120
Tape 6 - 'Murder, She Said' (1961) taped off Turner Classic Movies circa early 2000; two episodes of Tales of The Golden Monkey taped off TV Land in July 2000 with most commercials; 'Donovan's Kid' (1979) taped off the Westerns Channel in July 2000 with a couple minutes of promos afterwards. TDK T-120
Tape 7 - 'Unconquered' (1947) taped off WTBS circa 1987 minus commercials; 'The Man from Laramie' (1955) and 'Carbine Williams' (1952) taped off unknown pay-TV channels; parts of 'Redhead and the Cowboy' (1951) and start of 'Never Love a Stranger' (1958) taped off WTBS-17 9/18/1987 with commercials (Late Theater). RCA T-120
Tape 8 - 'The Terminator' (1984) copied from rental tape; 'Crucifier of Blood' (1991) taped off TNT 11/4/1991 minus commercials; 'Return to Treasure Island' (1954) taped off TNT 11/13/1991 with commercials
Tape 9 - 'Robin Hood' (1938), 'Westworld' (1973) and 'My Favorite Wife' (1940) taped off unknown channels minus commercials; part of 'Crosscurrent' (1971) and first few minutes of a Time-Life infomercial taped off WGN-9 12/14/1991 with commercials. Memorex T-120
Tape 10 - 'Treasure Island' (1934), 'Battle of Rogue River' (1954) and 'Home Alone' (1990) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; partial episode of Salvage 1 taped off Nostalgia Television in August 1992 with commercials (only my second find from this channel!) RCA T-120
Tape 11 - 'The Skin Game' (1971) and 'Inn of the Sixth Happiness' (1958) taped off unknown channels with no commercials; afterwards is about 2 minutes of AMC promos circa 1994 before the tape goes blank. RCA T-120
Tape 12 - 'Two Mules for Sister Sara' (again) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; 'The Lion and the Horse' (1952) taped off WTBS 8/11/1987 with commercials; 'The Eagle and The Hawk' (1950) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; part of 'Journey to the Far Side of the Sun' (1969) taped off TBS 6/17/1988 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 13 - 'The Hunt for Red October' (1990) taped off Request TV circa January 1991; 'Back to the Future III' (1990) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; 'The Cover Girl and The Cop' (1989) taped off unknown pay-TV channel; ends with last 30 minutes of 'Dick Tracy' (1990) and several minutes of promos taped off Request TV in January 1991. Recorded onto a cheap generic T-120 with no name.
Tape 14 - 'North by Northwest' (1959) taped off unknown channel minus commercials; 'Angel in My Pocket' (1969) taped off TBS minus commercials; 'Charley Varrick' (1973) and first 15 minutes of 'The Groundstar Conspiracy' (1972) taped off TBS 1/7-8/1988 with commercials
Tape 15 - 'Forbidden Planet' (1951), 'My Name is Nobody' (1973) and 'The Last Wagon' (1956) taped off unknown channel without commercials; last few minutes of 'The Little Kidnappers' (1990) and several minutes of Animals of Africa taped off The Disney Channel 8/17/1990 with promos
Tape 16 - 'That Darn Cat!' (1965) and 'The Secret of the Pirate Inn' (1969) taped off unknown channel (Disney I'm guessing?) without promos; part of 'Something Big' (1971) taped off WTBS in December 1986 with commercials. Maxell HGX Gold T-120.
Tape 17 - 'IQ' (1994) taped off pay-per-view; 'Star Trek: Generations' (1994) and start of 'Man of the House' (1994) taped off Viewer's Choice PPV in August 1995 with promos. TDK T-120
Tape 18 - 'The Mark of Zorro' (1940) taped off Westerns circa 2001; partial episode and full episode of Gunsmoke, episodes of Mannix and two episodes of Hogan's Heroes taped off TV Land in March 2001 with commercials. Sony T-120
Tape 19 - 'Agatha Christie's Dead Man Folly' (1986) taped off Mystery Channel circa 2001; 'Agatha' (1979) taped off Mystery Channel in 2001 with some promos; 'Agatha Christie's Thirteen at Dinner' taped off Mystery Channel circa 2001. TDK T-120
Tape 20 - 'Crocodile Dundee II' (1989) taped off Showtime circa 2001; 'Chicken Run' (2000) taped off HBO Family circa 2001; unknown 1950s western movie and part of 'Don Ricardo Returns' (1946) taped off Westerns Channel in July 2001 with promos; unknown Perry Mason movie taped off Court TV in June 2001 (presumed) with commercials; partial episode of the Ink & Paint Club taped off Disney Channel in January 2001 with promos. Sony T-120
Tape 21 - 'Pistol Harvest' (1951) taped off Westerns Channel around June 2001 with promos and a segment with Dennis Weaver; also has various other Westerns Channel content on it that I haven't looked at in full. TDK T-120
Tape 22 - Hogan's Heroes and Tales of the Golden Monkey episodes taped off TV Land in July 2000 with commercials. TDK T-120
How do you find out about these estate sales id be interested in checking some out as i have an interest in old vhs and radio broadcasts?
Kindergarten Cop on Tape 2 was likely taped from NBC if it was taped in 1992. That's when the movie made its network TV premiere.
Little off-topic, but last week, I went on a charter bus trip to South Dakota. Stopped at several different attractions along the way there and back with the biggest highlights being Mount Rushmore and the Badlands. I bring this up here because the part of the country where I was has a lot of TV markets that are much smaller on the Nielsen scale than my home market of Cleveland, markets that are not always the easiest to find footage from on YouTube. The stopover on the first night was just outside Davenport, Iowa (the Quad Cities), which is market #108. Second night was in Sioux City, Iowa, market #152. Then two nights in Rapid City, market #174. Last two overnight stopovers were in Fairmont, Minnesota, which picks up stations in Minneapolis/St. Paul (#16) and the much smaller market of Mankato (#201) and then Madison, Wisconsin (#84).
Now to peruse eBay for VHS lots located within any of those markets, including the ones we drove through without stopping. Only listing from Rapid City I found is a two-tape set, one of which has Seinfeld episodes. There was a 36-tape lot from Goshen, Indiana (South Bend) available earlier, but the seller ended the listing just yesterday without the lot ever being sold. Supposedly had such contents as Oprah episodes, President Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address, a WSBT special on the blizzard of 1978, Christy episodes, George W. Bush's 2001 inauguration, The Elizabeth Smart Story (CBS made-for-TV movie), etc.
Little off-topic, but last week, I went on a charter bus trip to South Dakota. Stopped at several different attractions along the way there and back with the biggest highlights being Mount Rushmore and the Badlands. I bring this up here because the part of the country where I was has a lot of TV markets that are much smaller on the Nielsen scale than my home market of Cleveland, markets that are not always the easiest to find footage from on YouTube. The stopover on the first night was just outside Davenport, Iowa (the Quad Cities), which is market #108. Second night was in Sioux City, Iowa, market #152. Then two nights in Rapid City, market #174. Last two overnight stopovers were in Fairmont, Minnesota, which picks up stations in Minneapolis/St. Paul (#16) and the much smaller market of Mankato (#201) and then Madison, Wisconsin (#84).
Now to peruse eBay for VHS lots located within any of those markets, including the ones we drove through without stopping. Only listing from Rapid City I found is a two-tape set, one of which has Seinfeld episodes. There was a 36-tape lot from Goshen, Indiana (South Bend) available earlier, but the seller ended the listing just yesterday without the lot ever being sold. Supposedly had such contents as Oprah episodes, President Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address, a WSBT special on the blizzard of 1978, Christy episodes, George W. Bush's 2001 inauguration, The Elizabeth Smart Story (CBS made-for-TV movie), etc.
Kindergarten Cop on Tape 2 was likely taped from NBC if it was taped in 1992. That's when the movie made its network TV premiere.
Little off-topic, but last week, I went on a charter bus trip to South Dakota. Stopped at several different attractions along the way there and back with the biggest highlights being Mount Rushmore and the Badlands. I bring this up here because the part of the country where I was has a lot of TV markets that are much smaller on the Nielsen scale than my home market of Cleveland, markets that are not always the easiest to find footage from on YouTube. The stopover on the first night was just outside Davenport, Iowa (the Quad Cities), which is market #108. Second night was in Sioux City, Iowa, market #152. Then two nights in Rapid City, market #174. Last two overnight stopovers were in Fairmont, Minnesota, which picks up stations in Minneapolis/St. Paul (#16) and the much smaller market of Mankato (#201) and then Madison, Wisconsin (#84).
Now to peruse eBay for VHS lots located within any of those markets, including the ones we drove through without stopping. Only listing from Rapid City I found is a two-tape set, one of which has Seinfeld episodes. There was a 36-tape lot from Goshen, Indiana (South Bend) available earlier, but the seller ended the listing just yesterday without the lot ever being sold. Supposedly had such contents as Oprah episodes, President Bush's 2003 State of the Union Address, a WSBT special on the blizzard of 1978, Christy episodes, George W. Bush's 2001 inauguration, The Elizabeth Smart Story (CBS made-for-TV movie), etc.
Do you have the link for that goshen listing? And how do you know someone didnt buy it now or offer the seller a price for them through private message and thats why the listing was taken down as this frequently happens.