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The Game Show Forum => The Big Board => Topic started by: chad1m on January 29, 2009, 01:00:11 PM
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I received this email in my inbox this morning:
The Museum of Broadcast Communications is happy to announce that the ability to access thousands of hours of digitized content is available through our online catalog...As of January 27, 2009 registered users will once again be able to not only browse our entire holdings, but also watch and listen to the 7,000 assets that have been digitized over the last four years.
This would not have been possible without the generous support of Cleversafe, a based company that is revolutionizing the way the world thinks about storing data...
Great news, I was a big fan of the site. There is a lot of good game and non-game material for free viewing. To search the archives, simply go to http://archives.museum.tv/ (http://\"http://archives.museum.tv/\")
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I'm very happy about the return of the archives. Found some great shows there a while back, not just games.
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A non-circulating episode of "It Takes Two" is the best game show item I've seen for immediate on-line viewing!
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It's nice, but this Mac/Flip4Mac user is having problems. I get the little bumper[?] video, but it isn't switching over to the show.
Yeah, this isn't the place to be bringing that up [although some of the other Mac users may want to be warned]. That said, I have seen some of the treasures in there in the past---and boy, there certainly are some treasures.
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[quote name=\'Chief-O\' post=\'207192\' date=\'Jan 29 2009, 07:18 PM\']
It's nice, but this Mac/Flip4Mac user is having problems. I get the little bumper[?] video, but it isn't switching over to the show.
Yeah, this isn't the place to be bringing that up [although some of the other Mac users may want to be warned]. That said, I have seen some of the treasures in there in the past---and boy, there certainly are some treasures.
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yes it is NOT mac friendly I'm sorry to say. Same issues here.
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Here is a list of shows I posted that were available in the MBC Archive as of November 2007..From a thread around that time..
Down You Go (DuMont)
Beat The Clock
Concentration (1967)
Baby Game
It's Academic (Chicago) with NBC Peacock opening "Brought to you in Living Color by WMAQ-TV"-File is B&W though
It Takes Two
GE College Bowl (1959 and 60)
Jeopardy 6-27-74, 2-1972 (2000th ep.) and 1-3-75 Final of Fleming Version
Jeopardy Premiere 1984 (Trebek)
Just Men! 3-4-83
Masquerade Party (ABC) 1955
Pantomime Quiz (ABC) 1955
Music Bingo (NBC) 1958
Personality 1967
2ep. Queen For A Day ABC 1960
Public Prosecutor 1951-52 DuMont
Stump The Stars 1962 CBS
Supermarket Sweep both ABC 1966 and Lifetime 1991
This Is Your Life-several episodes from 1953-87
Tic Tac Dough NBC 1957
20 Questions DuMont 1952
Wheel of Fortune-1983 Syndicated Premiere
As I said then, this was just a representative sample..It's not certain these would still be available now, though there is no reason there wouldnt be..
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LMaD from 1984 as well...
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[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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Well, the first show I checked out - Super Password - was a GSN recording complete with
onscreen rating and logo bug, squashed prize plugs, no end credits, and commercials!. Hardly in line with
their alleged mission to "collect, preserve, and present historic and contemporary radio and television content...". I hope the other shows in their collection fared better.
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[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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[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'207203\' date=\'Jan 29 2009, 11:37 PM\']
This Is Your Life-several episodes from 1953-87
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I've seen this listed as a game or quiz show in many places over my lifespan.
How is this a game or quiz show?
Post #4444 this is. How much would that pay off on the Super Spin-Off board?
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[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'207210\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 06:40 AM\']
[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'207203\' date=\'Jan 29 2009, 11:37 PM\']
This Is Your Life-several episodes from 1953-87
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I've seen this listed as a game or quiz show in many places over my lifespan.
How is this a game or quiz show?
Post #4444 this is. How much would that pay off on the Super Spin-Off board?
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As I said above the list was just a representation.. Not an exhaustive list. I probably put it on because of Ralph Edwards' Involvement...
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[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'207211\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 07:32 AM\']
[quote name=\'Don Howard\' post=\'207210\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 06:40 AM\']
[quote name=\'Tim L\' post=\'207203\' date=\'Jan 29 2009, 11:37 PM\']
This Is Your Life-several episodes from 1953-87
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I've seen this listed as a game or quiz show in many places over my lifespan.
How is this a game or quiz show?
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As I said above the list was just a representation.. Not an exhaustive list. I probably put it on because of Ralph Edwards' Involvement...
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Oh, I understand that. I'm just wondering why it appears in many descriptions in some places (including, I believe, on the linked web site) as a game or quiz show.
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Appearing on "This Is Your Life" is the reward for winning "The Game of Life." :)
IIRC, didn't the subjects get showered with prizes? A 16mm projector with a film of the show comes to mind, cause I wanted one of those when I was a kid.
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[quote name=\'Jimmy Owen\' post=\'207215\' date=\'Jan 30 2009, 09:03 AM\']
Appearing on "This Is Your Life" is the reward for winning "The Game of Life." :)[/quote]
And if you lose, you have to appear on it *twice.* :)
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[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..
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[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.
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[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.
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[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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Wow, check out the bozo hosting "The Other Guy."
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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
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[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".
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[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. (http://\"http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/897/rikerspissedsy3.jpg\")
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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.
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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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[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..
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[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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[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?
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[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?