Author Topic: MBC Archives Back Open Online (Read 9348 times)

Tim L · « **Reply #15 on:** January 30, 2009, 01:04:41 PM »

[quote name=\'Kniwt\' post=\'207206\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 12:57 AM\']
[quote name=\'narzo\' post=\'207201\' date=\'Jan 29 2009, 07:51 PM\']
yes it is NOT mac friendly I'm sorry to say. Same issues here.
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I'm happily watching the museum's 1967 episode of Concentration on my Mac at the moment, but I cheated by viewing the frame source, grabbing the URL that began with "mms:", and opening that directly from my old copy of Windows Media Player.

Yes, it's ugly, but if you're on a Mac, well, at least it seems to work.
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I did that to share some Johnny Cash Show files with some friends of mine on another message board..They have to copy/paste into their own browsers but it seems to work..

tomobrien · « **Reply #16 on:** January 30, 2009, 01:19:41 PM »

[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'207203\' date=\'Jan 29 2009, 10:37 PM\'] It's not certain these would still be available now, though there is no reason there wouldnt be.. [/quote]
Not everything that's in the collection is digitized and available for viewing now. (I'm not saying that officially, only as a volunteer who spends every Monday morning cataloging the archives.) Still, there's a lot of great stuff that is ready to watch.

PYLdude · « **Reply #17 on:** January 30, 2009, 01:20:46 PM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'207208\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 02:33 AM\']
[quote name=\'petek66\' post=\'207207\' date=\'Jan 29 2009, 10:55 PM\']
Hardly in line with their alleged mission to "collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content...".[/quote]
Um, in what way is that not "contemporary?"
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I think petek's complaining about how it isn't from the original broadcast.

clemon79 · « **Reply #18 on:** January 30, 2009, 01:37:19 PM »

[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'207220\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 10:20 AM\']
I think petek's complaining about how it isn't from the original broadcast.[/quote]
I'm sure he is. My question stands.

ChrisLambert! · « **Reply #19 on:** January 30, 2009, 01:43:24 PM »

Wow, check out the bozo hosting "The Other Guy."

mmb5 · « **Reply #20 on:** January 30, 2009, 04:55:11 PM »

Something is really weird with It Takes Two. The screen ratio seems to be 10:9, cutting off a little bit of a the bottom and a significant part of the right. I dorked with the HTML a bit to get it to a 3:2 ratio, albeit stretched it doesn't at least cut off the right side of the screen. 4:3 still caused a cut off.

--Mike

petek66 · « **Reply #21 on:** January 31, 2009, 02:52:17 AM »

[quote name=\'clemon79\' post=\'207222\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 12:37 PM\']
[quote name=\'PYLdude\' post=\'207220\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 10:20 AM\']
I think petek's complaining about how it isn't from the original broadcast.[/quote]
I'm sure he is. My question stands.
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Contemporary = "Deal or No Deal" Historic = "Super Password"

I don't expect them to have original broadcasts but for cryin' out loud they should
be uncut. Card Sharks, Weakest Link, and Family Feud, to name a few more, are
similar quality... I bet they just TIVOd a day of GSN and called it "preservation".

clemon79 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 31, 2009, 06:37:13 AM »

[quote name=\'petek66\' post=\'207267\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 11:52 PM\']
Contemporary = "Deal or No Deal" Historic = "Super Password"[/quote]
Um, you're serious, aren't you.

Historic = I've Got A Secret. Historic = Beat The Clock. Historic = Winner Take All. Super Password is nowhere CLOSE to that echelon.

The crew disapproves of your shenanigans.

DrBear · « **Reply #23 on:** January 31, 2009, 09:18:13 AM »

Matter of semantics. If you haven't seen it and can't see it any more, it's historic, meaning it's part of history.

I won't dispute whether using historic as meaning "something that should go down in history" applies in this case and I can see that point regarding relative merits of shows. In a way, everything's historic if it is from the past and shows us something of our history. What's My Line is the best example of this, but Super Password does show us something of our history; to wit, that at one point in our culture, Bert Convy was considered suitable to host a difficult word game.

Don Howard · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2009, 09:44:27 AM »

There are quite a few good things in the Radio section, too. They include Break The Bank, Stop The Music, Take It Or Leave It and many others.

Tim L · « **Reply #25 on:** January 31, 2009, 10:24:40 AM »

[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'207276\' date=\'Jan 31 2009, 09:44 AM\']
There are quite a few good things in the Radio section, too. They include Break The Bank, Stop The Music, Take It Or Leave It and many others.
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They even have a Championship Bowling TV show from 1968-In color even..

Sort of a poor man's syndicated "Pro Bowlers Tour"

Seriously-They do have a lot from Radio..As far as "preservation", they have what they have, and what they have is good, fior the most part..

tomobrien · « **Reply #26 on:** January 31, 2009, 11:57:18 AM »

[quote name=\'petek66\' post=\'207267\' date=\'Jan 31 2009, 01:52 AM\']
I don't expect them to have original broadcasts but for cryin' out loud they should
be uncut. Card Sharks, Weakest Link, and Family Feud, to name a few more, are
similar quality... I bet they just TIVOd a day of GSN and called it "preservation".
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I'm sure the Museum will be happy to do your bidding, using the funds received from your paid membership.

Tim L · « **Reply #27 on:** January 31, 2009, 12:40:14 PM »

[quote name=\'tomobrien\' post=\'207281\' date=\'Jan 31 2009, 11:57 AM\']
[quote name=\'petek66\' post=\'207267\' date=\'Jan 31 2009, 01:52 AM\']
I don't expect them to have original broadcasts but for cryin' out loud they should
be uncut. Card Sharks, Weakest Link, and Family Feud, to name a few more, are
similar quality... I bet they just TIVOd a day of GSN and called it "preservation".
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I'm sure the Museum will be happy to do your bidding, using the funds received from your paid membership.
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Touche'..Well said Tom..

While you dont "expect" them to have original broadcasts..They have hundreds of orginal broadcasts of mostly all TV and radio genres..Considering that most of what is offered here (and on sites like YouTube, Internet Archive, etc.) Wouldnt have been possible till the last few years, Dont you think we ought to be grateful for what we do have?

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #28 on:** January 31, 2009, 05:46:10 PM »

[quote name=\'petek66\' post=\'207267\' date=\'Jan 31 2009, 02:52 AM\']I don't expect them to have original broadcasts but for cryin' out loud they should be uncut. Card Sharks, Weakest Link, and Family Feud, to name a few more, are similar quality... I bet they just TIVOd a day of GSN and called it "preservation".[/quote]If you don't like it, you're free to discontinue your usage of the site.

Some people don't have GSN, but remember Super Password. Ever think of that?