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PYLdude

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« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2007, 12:25:36 AM »
I stand, applaud, and raise a can of beer in your honor. (It's empty, only because I don't feel like going downstairs.)

Eitherway, Britgirl, congratulations, again.
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MrBuddwing

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« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2007, 12:55:00 AM »
[quote name=\'Britgirl57\' post=\'148233\' date=\'Mar 14 2007, 09:10 PM\']
I wanted to let everyone know the results of my quest to find a 1958 episode of Concentration on which my father appeared. The Library of Congress has only 10 episodes from August 1958 (when the show started) to the end of 1959, which was the period during which I was guessing my dad appeared on the show. Miraculously one of those 10 episodes turned out to be an episode in which my father appeared and in fact won! I have just today heard from NBC that they are granting me a "personal use license" which will allow the Library of Congress to copy the negative.  This whole entereprise is going to cost me over $1,000, but I reckon it'll be worth it to see the look on my dad's face when I fire up the DVD at his 80th birthday party in April.
Thank you to everyone on this board who contributed to my search.
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I am delighted, astonished and relieved about your success.

Relieved, because I still felt a little guilty about initially offering faulty information. I'd assumed your father's episode was at the Library of Congress along with all the other saved episodes of "Concentration." Well, blow me down - it turns out it was!

Astonished, because to be honest with you, I wasn't that optimistic about your chances. I would have given odds of 1 in 10 at best that you'd succeed. Glad to be wrong here.

And, of course, I'm delighted that your perseverance paid off - some of the more sensible members of this forum might have discouraged you, but you just kept plugging away, and you weren't disappointed.

Congratulations!
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« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2007, 01:37:44 AM »
This is by far the happiest thing we've had happen in the 4+ years of this board's existence, and we didn't have anything to do with it!

Congratulations!
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Johnissoevil

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« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2007, 02:01:14 AM »
This is indeed great news.  I'm very happy for you, BritGirl.
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« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2007, 08:04:41 AM »
Man...I'll join in the congratulatory parade.  That is incredible.

Be sure to take really good care of it!
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« Reply #20 on: March 15, 2007, 08:30:13 AM »
Congrats, BritGirl!!!! I was hoping this day would come for ya!!!!
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« Reply #21 on: March 15, 2007, 09:03:06 AM »
Congratulations from me too.  I was hoping that it would work out for you (and your father) and lo and behold, it did.  I know you both (and the rest of your family) will enjoy his birthday!
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Adam Nedeff

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« Reply #22 on: March 15, 2007, 11:52:49 AM »
Late to the party here, but let me throw in my "Congratulations" for whatever that's worth!
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PYLclark86

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« Reply #23 on: March 15, 2007, 12:34:53 PM »
As everyone else has already said, congratulations!
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« Reply #24 on: March 15, 2007, 12:48:06 PM »
Fantastic news.  Be sure and share with us his reaction.
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« Reply #25 on: March 15, 2007, 01:55:30 PM »
[quote name=\'dale_grass\' post=\'148294\' date=\'Mar 15 2007, 12:48 PM\']
Fantastic news.  Be sure and share with us his reaction.
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To being reunited with his appearance - and not how much it cost to do it!

Seriously, Britgirl57, does the Library of Congress plan on making a film negative-to-video copy? (For that kind of dough, I'd expect nothing less than a 16mm print - then again, I own a 16mm projector.)
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« Reply #26 on: March 15, 2007, 02:27:23 PM »
Awwww, you guys are so sweet. I just logged on and was amazed to see 4 whole pages of congratulations! What a lovely surprise. I promise to report back on my dad's reaction to seeing the episode - his birthday is on April 20th (same as Hitler's - ha ha!) but I'm planning on showing it at his party the next evening. I won't be back in the US till the beginning of May, whereupon I'll post a full report, I promise. He's an exuberant fellow so I imagine it should be quite a scene!

FYI - The LoC is going to produce a Betacam preservation copy from the kine negs (the pictures and sound being on separate tracks) and then make a DVD from that for me. I will then have to have that DVD transferred into the British PAL format but that's the easy part. Of course NBC still hasn't officially given the LoC permission to reproduce it yet but that's only a matter of time - NBC is sending me an invoice for the personal use rights but when I've paid that , it'll be all systems go. I assume that once the master is available at the LoC, the cost of producing another DVD would be much less, though NBC would still have to grant permission.

Thanks again to you all!
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« Reply #27 on: March 15, 2007, 02:34:41 PM »
[quote name=\'Britgirl57\' post=\'148305\' date=\'Mar 15 2007, 11:27 AM\']
I promise to report back on my dad's reaction to seeing the episode - his birthday is on April 20th (same as Hitler's - ha ha!)
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This may be the first time in the history of this forum that someone has Godwin'd a thread. She's just full of firsts. Brilliant! :)
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« Reply #28 on: March 15, 2007, 04:34:54 PM »
"con"+g+"rats"+"shoe"+"lei"+"shins"
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« Reply #29 on: March 15, 2007, 05:10:06 PM »
[quote name=\'alfonzos\' post=\'148311\' date=\'Mar 15 2007, 04:34 PM\']
"con"+g+"rats"+"shoe"+"lei"+"shins"
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Great. If you just spoiled the puzzle on the show she's paying a grand for, I vote you get banned immediately.
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