I feel like the Margaret Hamilton episode of Sesame Street being found is probably the biggest find of the Lost Media era I've been a part of, other than A Day With Spongebob (despite that being lost to the ether). I was never a part of the search effort, but always hoped that it would be found, since I'm a big fan of both Sesame Street and The Wizard of Oz. So happy this one's been preserved.
It made my heart swell when I heard it was found. Getting to see it again as an adult was wonderful and something I thought I'd never get to do. Margaret Hamilton was great, what a true nostalgia trip.
Holy #$$%$. I saw the Wicked Witch episode as a toddler when it originally aired and thought the few clips we had was all I'd ever see of it again in my lifetime. Sorry to whomever is upset it got leaked - it NEEDED to be. I don't believe in hoarding media and keeping it from people. This truly is amazing.
"Waaaaaah! It got stolen!" Maybe they should've thought of that before keeping it locked up in a museum. Should've just gone the NBC route and this wouldn't have happened.
My mother told me that she saw the episode when she was a little girl. Because when I showed her the whole lost media thing about the episode and the clips of it being partially found. She recognized it immediately!
@@mrwrigh that and the following for me: Lego ninjago lost sets, lost Codename kids next door scripts, and the handy Manny pilot Then and only then my life will be complete
It really is…she was such a wonderful and sweet woman from what many people have said about her since her passing so any form of entertainment with her in it is a treat..she was on an episode of Mr. Rogers too where she dissects her witch character to help kids not be so frighted..it’s a great watch and it’s on TH-cam
Will Lee, the actor of Mr.hooper, never had cancer. He died due to a heart attack in Lenox Hill Hospital and did participate in the Thanksgiving Day Parade in November 1982, before passing away the following month. It's good the piece of lost media pertaining to the 1982 parade was found, because it literally was what was left of Will Lee aside from the Mr.hooper persona he played on Sesame Street for 12 seasons until his death.
There was some clips of it in a recent special about the series, which IMO felt a bit disappointing as it was only a few clips and a lot of it focused on BLM-related stuff that I didn't care much for rather than the general history of the show and what it's done for television (both children's TV and in general). Granted I've only seen that special like once so maybe I'm misremembering.
@@Lobsterwithinternet Yup! I always think "Who's really making money off stuff like the original Witcher series? Why can't I see that in full with English subs anymore?"
And this is media from a big corporation as opposed to an indie project that a few people developed. I don't feel like it's morally wrong to pirate/share content from big corporations, they've got too much money as it is. If this was an indie project, I would 100% want the original creator(s) to give their explicit permission, especially if the uploader was making money. But a big media corporation is different.
@@lindanimated there’s not really a difference between pirating from a corporation or indie studio, either way the ppl who worked hard to create the product will potentially lose money. However in this scenario, it’s not like anyone was airing the wicked witch episode anytime soon, so it’s fine in this context imo
@@kekcrocgod6731 With the often anti-consumer business practices OF the typical corporation, I have no issue with pirating. Also, the "ppl who worked hard to create the product" aren't going to be effected. You're talking about the people who actually work on projects, I assume, like writers, camera operators, etc. In most cases, unless it's a massive strategic effort, pirating isn't going to harm said people.
I saw Blameitonjorge's tweet about the finding of the Sesame Street episode while I was at work. I was so excited, I had to tell my coworkers. This was the greatest find for me personally. It seemed among the most unlikely to resurface, as home recordings were extremely rare, and Sesame Street Workshop seemed adamant on keeping it locked away forever. Now that I can watch it for myself, it feels so strange, but in a good way.
i literally screamed when i heard that the Sesame Street episode was found😭 i got into the community back in July of 2016 after watching Jorge’s lost or banned episodes of kids shows video and i immediately fell down the rabbit hole. so much has happened since then and so much had been found in the years that have passed and i can’t believe the Sesame Street episode (which i had thought was LONG gone) is now available on the internet! what a win for the lost media community, i am ESTATIC
I remember hearing about the wicked witch sesame street story last year, I thought it was so crazy I needed to see it, though I didn’t know it would surface, But then I heard it surfaced and I immediately downloaded it just in case. It wasn’t really too scary, But it’s really funny! Seeing big bird with a bat is a gift to humanity!
IKR?? I personally downloaded it so I had a copy. If it becomes more obscure, I'll always be able to watch it. Plus it's a good way to keep it from getting lost again.
@@MedioPlague i felt the same way, i didn’t find it scary at all, it was hilarious😭 but my mom had told me that she was afraid of the witch when she was little so i guess i could understand how some little kids find her scary lol
I really didn’t expect the Sesame Street episode to be found in my lifetime and I’m so excited Edit: Andy Gibb wasn’t a member of The Bee Gees he was the youngest brother of three men and was a solo performer
@@EvalonGames I mean…it’s not that big a deal…he was their brother so at the very least the brother of The Bee Gees so unless you listen to them it’s and honest mistake and also it’s not the focus of the video…nothing to get angry over
@@EvalonGames Not even literal media outlets can do a simple Google search for basic facts. I read an article from Huffington Post about the 2000s show 'Degrassi The Next Generation' that 'moved the needle' for abortion but the writer they interviewed had to explain to the article author like a 5 year old that a show with the subtitle "The Next Generation" was based off an earlier show. Not to mention the earlier show tackled the same subject first back in the late 80s, but they kind of just vaguely mention that fact like it was no big deal. They also got several things wrong about the original show. Like yeah I know it's very pedantic to get annoyed about and only fans of the show would care enough to point out such inconsistencies but I mean jeez.
He died a few years later too didn't he? Laura Branigan also passed away so to have footage of a rare performance is pretty neat. (I always love finding new and rare performances of my favourite band even though theyre both still alive and touring )
Godspeeds first album being rereleased online, then the Duke Nukem Forever 2001 build being leaked, the lost Jeopardy pilot being found, and now the Wicked Witch episode of Sesame Street finding it's way online? This year has been insane for lost media.
At the rate things are going, we'll have the long-lost Tokyo Toy Show build of Sonic the Hedgehog, considered to be one of the bona fide holy grails of video game prototypes, before the end of the year.
Imagine having to pretend you're not happy about lost media being found for legal reasons. It's ok lost media wiki, we know you wrote that statement with a huge grin on your faces.
@@roxassora2706 They’re happy, but there was this dude who got mad because of the few minutes of footage we had because the epsiode was copyrighted lmao
Popping onto the wiki yesterday and finding out the wicked witch episode was found was a thrill. I legitimately started clapping and freaking out lol. What a find for the community, man.
Is there a word for the eerie feeling that comes along with the thought of all the media out there that is forever lost? It's a sort of haunting feeling of how temporary everything is
I don't know, if the rights holders are gonna be stingy for around 50 years or more regarding a piece of media and keep it locked away? Screw em Stuff like the Wicked Witch episode should be available for to the public and they shouldn't have been keeping it in the vault for so long
Honestly, knowingly keeping a piece of media history lost is just straight up selfish and the museum being mad the data got stolen and leaked is well deserved. You can't tell me nobody working for the museum didn't know the episode was lost. If Sesame Street themselves wanted to keep it under wraps, fine. But they gave the episode to a museum for viewing. Stealing a piece of media from a museum database isn't exactly the same thing as stealing the authentic Mona Lisa.
When you think about it, a lot of lost media is found in unofficially and without permission of the creators. Any time something is found through a taping of its airing, it is technically unauthorized.
Yeah, but most people aren't dicks about it to the point of taking it down, unless it's something that obviously shouldn't be leaked like the Christine Chubbuck tape. Most people don't really care when media like this gets posted online. Hell, the Scream TV series YT channel recently released the "Click Skip and Die" YT ad that had offended everyone back in the day; a lot of (ex) employees are happy to cooperate with these searches. In the case of the Sesame Street episode, these guys are just being assholes and were gatekeeping only because they could. Fuck them.
Moments like these are why I'm thankful for third-party TH-cam downloaders and uTorrent. I was able to snatch up copies of the Jeopardy pilot, the Sesame Street episode, and Quantum Quest before they got taken back down. Now I don't have to miss them ever again!
There is a 1954 Kenya Boy film by Daiei, which hasn’t been available in Japan for decades, but that’s mostly due to legal reasons. It doesn’t help that its truer to the text (and just as weird) animated remake by Toei Animation seems to be more popular in certain countries (including Sweden and Greece) rather than in Japan, because when it was first released there, it bombed hard and got devoured by the huge national success of an anime film based on Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicäa manga, much to the surprise of both critics and audiences alike. Also not helping is that both are adapted from an old graphic novel series which hasn’t long been translated into English, but was fair for its day.
@@reesetube I got it from someone on TH-cam who had uploaded it to Google Drive. Check for that, and if you can't find it, I'll reupload it this evening after I get home.
I think the fact that there's any controversy that something was "stolen" from somewhere that held it hostage solely for copyright reasons is really stupid. Copyright is one of the most abused and downright terrible systems ever invented by humanity, and it actively gets in the way of media preservation. The fact that it was "stolen" is based, actually, and I hope that happens more often to organisations who refuse to cooperate. Fuck em.
Bro imagine having a video wanted by thousands upon thousands of people then locking it up for no reason but to mess with them.and then u get mad when they leak it
I personally am frustrated that folks are trying to get the Sesame Street episode taken down; I feel like it’s extremely selfish to gatekeep media, especially when it was created to educate impoverished children. Like I really think it’s time we asked ourselves, what’s more important? Someone’s self proclaimed entitlement toward gatekeeping, or the distribution of knowledge and art? I would argue that people who are trying to make sure there are ways for the public to access the episode are doing the right thing, because the more people can access it, the less likely it will become totally lost.
The people who gatekeep don't really give a shit about preservation. Personally, I hope this episode gets posted literally everywhere to the point it becomes impossible for them to take it all down. Fuck these people.
Easy solution, if the creators don't want it up online for free for legal reasons then they can put it out online on an existing streaming service or some existing platform for a few bucks with a quick content warning. Super easy fix. Even if they take the actual stolen rip and put that up publically, I'd still say they're in the right as long as it's accessible. They'd get tons of money, tons of publicity, a lot of renewed interest in the series, and all they'd have to do is shove in 5 seconds of warning text saying something like "The following episode has been banned for intense and frightening content, viewer discretion is advised." That would solve any complaints and cost basically nothing to do.
Im so glad footage has finally been found for episode 847 of Sesame Street. I have been intrigued by this mysterious lost episode for the last 5 years and I’m so happy that it was finally located.
That Margaret Hamilton one is probably the find of the year. I read somewhere that Hamilton was really upset that she scared so many kids with her portrayal of the witch, so it’s good that we can admire her work in a new way
@@riqopowpow Don't take it the wrong way. That was meant to be a play on the line from Wizard Of Oz that said "Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead!", and the ding dong was meant to indicate a bell of some sort, verbally. Watch the film yourself, you'll see
I can say this with absolute conviction: Letting history be lost to time is a far greater sin than breaching the intellectual property rights of its negligent owners. Private entities with exclusive access cannot be trusted with preserving history.
Honestly. If I had the rights to this thing I would have released it as soon as I knew it was lost. Fuck these hoarders, I'm glad they're pissy about it, this was well-deserved.
I remember hearing about the Wicked Witch thing years ago. My dad used to watch Sesame Street in the early 80’s until he saw Sesame Street on Ice. He wasn’t born to see the wicked witch one. He thought the puppets were real creatures.
The Sesame Street find is nothing short of amazing. My cousin and I are both into lost media and have honestly kept checking for news of this particular episode for a while now since we first heard about it when we were younger (18 and 23 now). After always coming up short, so glad that it's resurfaced, and that the quality is as good as it is. Now I can finally give her some good news about this and we can finally watch it before TH-cam is sure to step in and take it down.
I now have a copy of it backed up. I am copying it to multiple hard drives and thumb drives to make sure it never gets lost again. I WILL be putting a copy of it on the internet archive as well. Copyrights be damned.
The Seaseme Street Wicked Witch is going to be up there with Cracks, Clockman, and Cry Baby Lane as one of the greatest successful lost media hunts of all time.
(That's something I'd love to see you make a top 10 for. Specifically ones that were REAL and FOUND, that excludes Kablam 29, Evil Farm Game, and A Day with Spongebob for not existing, and the Most mysterious song on the internet for not being solved. Cracks deserves to be Number 1 due to the sheer length of the hunt and the amount of crazy IRL stuff that went down, Clockman was on the internet the whole time and people just didn't know the name)
I'm happy that the Sesame Street episode was found but I'm really worried that it's going to get lost again because, like he said, the archive is taking down uploads
It's on the internet, the damage is already done so to speak. Especially with something as high profile as this. Thousands will have ripped the file and saved it onto storage devices and it will constantly be re-uploaded everywhere no matter how much they will try to take it down.
When it come to people ripping VHS recordings, I wish everyone understood interlacing and the full 60fps of a live event. There are people that rip recordings and simply not care about quality and everyone that was born in the last generation believes the recordings look like this from the time they were recorded. It's like distorting history in a way.
yeah, a lot of old media is only available at a blurry 480p 30fps because the person who owned them didnt knew anything about interlacing and the bad youtube compression
I'm glad that the Sesame Street episode was found. I actually never thought it'd ever happen, and I feel like I'm witnessing history! Been in the community since 2014, so this isn't the first major find I've seen (Cracks, Clockman, etc.), but this one is just... very especial.
I’ve always wanted the leaked version of the cleveland show pilot to be found, since it has numerous differences from the aired version, and it should be easy to find, since it’s completely gone from the internet, but should be on people’s hard drives, but of course I know no one’s gonna care about this
Awww I was hoping you would talk about how Darcy's Wild Life was found. It was even shown in the lost media wiki clip you showed at the beginning of the video! It's a show from the early 2000's that I watched a bit of and was surprised to see was lost until a TH-camr randomly uploaded it all. I wanted to see if there was more explanation or story around it!
In england we dont do it nor celebrate thanksgiving lol Most of us dont celebrate st patricks day Or july 4th. Instead we have october 5 aka bonfire night.
@@Sonicsubject why in the world would other countries celebrate the 4th of July? It’s only about our independence and according to the internet we’re one of if not the absolute worst country. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think other countries like us at all so why would they celebrate us 💀
I mean americans are werid with their sneakers or their chick filas but we do make burgers and pizzas on july 4th. We celebrate it becuase we AlMOST kept control of you guys
One of the first introductions i have had to lost media was the wicked witch in sesame street. Finding out that it has been found after many years warms my heart and smaller me would be happy to hear that this is finally found
I just downloaded the episode just in case it gets taken down. I plan to throw it on internet archives and keep a back up copy of the Witch episode of Seasme Street. It deserves to be kept and preserved forever not just held in some private collection.
Dude, I can't believe that sesame street episode was found! I remember hearing it way back when through your video and ever since its just been in the back of my head without me really thinking about it, so hearing about it again and for it to be *found* is crazy to me.
Finally finding the Sesame Street episode is incredible! I used to be so interested in it but never figured I’d see it, but now it’s out for the world to see. Way to go lost media lovers 💪
For the sesame Street episode - screw the guys who own it that are copyright claiming the leaks. They don't want it to be public? Too bad, the public deserves to have it.
I love these videos even more than videos on stuff that's currently lost. It's especially satisfying to see something long lost you'd totally forgotten about pop up in one of your FM uploads, like the Sesame Street Wicked Witch of the West episode or Quantum Quest [which I absolutely gotta watch now] Also, don't feel bad you don't really care about lost dubs or game show stuff, most people don't, and as far as I'm aware, they're niche even in the lost media following.
This makes me want to dig through old VHS tapes from my grandparent's house! I bet there could be leads to stuff at the thrift store without me even knowing
Unless they tell you stories about the weird guy. Your probs the weird guy. I'm a weirdo, but the chef's I work with play Pokémon and stuff so I'm less weird by adjacency
@@Guitar-Dog be like “In case you haven’t noticed, I'm weird. I’m a weirdo. I don't fit in. And I don't want to fit in. Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? That's weird.”
Wow! I wasn't expecting so many heavy hitters. This video was awesome, the only thing that will make this year better for lost media is if Saki Sanobashi indeed exists and is found! Also, will you be returning to Spirit Quest soon? It's been awhile and it's one of your favorite series of mine!
Game shows are hard, because they're often not considered worth releasing on DVD or any archive sites. I'm a Dana Hill fan and her appearances on To Tell the Truth are some of the more interesting appearances of her later live-action work.
Also, what was probably the golden age for game shows was also the golden age for wiping tapes, so a lot of them are just not in existence anymore. Or in the East River in NYC.
It’s awesome that the wicked witch episode was found. I was very quick to reupload it to my channel, and I did save a copy to my computer in case of takedowns. Thank god I did that. But yeah, if the episodes do eventually get taken down, I still have it and I’m not gonna let it go lost again
I still don't see how this was scary. I tried my best to put myself in the shoes of a kid, but when I watched the episode all I can imagine is how bored I would be at how awkward the dialogue was and just slightly uncomfortable due to all the yelling in the episode. But that's about it. I grew up with the original OZ as a seven year old and was never terrified of the witch, so maybe that's why it doesn't make any sense of it being banned to me. Don't get me wrong though, I agree it lived up to the hype. It was very fascinating and fun.
You have to keep in mind that the Witch is a threatening, malicious entity who has the power to turn people into inanimate objects and appear right next to her victims at any time with no warning. The fear would have come from the feeling of being powerless against this evil, inescapable figure who constantly shows up out of nowhere to torment you. Additionally, you have the weird sound effects, the visual effects (red smoke and the electric shock filter), the part where she's in a bit of a screaming match with the owners of the diner (young children generally don't respond well to adults getting into heated arguments), and the fact that she comes back at the end, implying that the characters had to suffer through that whole fiasco yet again.
Something that wasn't big enough to even get onto the lost media wiki that happened in the LM space recently btw is the start of a small search party for MySims Puzzle Party (a lot of info about the game is on the MySims Wiki btw)
I love and adore the Gibb brothers. I've got to correct a fact- Andy wasn't officially part of The Bee Gees, actually. He performed alongside them and they wrote music together, and they were even going to include him in the band, But I think his addiction issues had gotten too overwhelming to make it work. Andy Gibb was as talented as the rest of the brothers,and I'm just so happy this got archived properly! I think that he should've had a way bigger career than he did. I think clips of him on American tv are hard to come by. Thank you, thank you, thank you whoever came by it 🥰😗😅☺️😊💜
Fun fact I was in a summer volunteering program at the Kentucky Science center around the time that Quantum Quest was being shown. So I did actually get to see part of it.
The thanksgiving day parade one was pretty cool, I’ve grown up with it and I got the opportunity to see last year’s in person because my brother was in it!
no detective naoto persona manga news? some guy discovered a few chapters that were missing, but also found some that wasn't acknowledged, or at least not part of a Tankobon.
I understand it was deceitful taking and distributing the episode without expressed permission BUT things like this have no reason to be hidden from the public as if they'd be detrimental to the public's precious eyeballs. Remember how they banned Catcher in the Rye and the book wasn't brainwashing or intimidating at all whatsoever??? The US government lives by this and it's insulting. All information should always be open to the public period.
Most the creators of lost media don't want their work found or have some legal reason they can't release it. If copyright of these lost works were honored and respected to the highest degree, the entire of the subsection of lost media would be pointless. It would come down to only archiving works that the creators wanted to be publicly archived, or the companies wanted to be publicly archived. Being upset that some corporate archive who's trying to use the rarity of the episode for an attraction was "robbed" or "stolen from" and being an avid member of the lost media community who wishes for these works to be shared makes no sense to me. Seems like a bad take.
Gonna be real honest, I'm not even the remotest bit concerned about some people copying and sharing lost media that wasn't even made by the people who currently "own" it. our society's idea of ownership is so laughably stupid and anti-creative I can't be bothered to care, I hope more stuff like the sesame street thing is found even in the same manner.
In 1982, VCRs certainly were NOT commonplace. They were still expensive items (about $500- each if not more), and only one person I knew had one back then. We didn't get a VCR until 1985, and even then there were hardly anyone who had them.
I really don't understand why Sesame Workshop didn't officially release the episode online themselves; it wouldn't have been leaked illegally if they had done so. I hate when companies and private entities hoard lost media and prevent the public from seeing it; I bet some private collector has all the lost Doctor Who episodes in his attic.
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I feel like the Margaret Hamilton episode of Sesame Street being found is probably the biggest find of the Lost Media era I've been a part of, other than A Day With Spongebob (despite that being lost to the ether). I was never a part of the search effort, but always hoped that it would be found, since I'm a big fan of both Sesame Street and The Wizard of Oz. So happy this one's been preserved.
I really hate to burst your bubble but a day with SpongeBob never existed.
Let's find the cut scenes from Freaks (1932)
It made my heart swell when I heard it was found. Getting to see it again as an adult was wonderful and something I thought I'd never get to do. Margaret Hamilton was great, what a true nostalgia trip.
within three years from now, they're gonna uncover London After Midnight. mark my fucking words.
@@SmeddyTooBestChannel I'd love that
Holy #$$%$. I saw the Wicked Witch episode as a toddler when it originally aired and thought the few clips we had was all I'd ever see of it again in my lifetime. Sorry to whomever is upset it got leaked - it NEEDED to be. I don't believe in hoarding media and keeping it from people. This truly is amazing.
"Waaaaaah! It got stolen!" Maybe they should've thought of that before keeping it locked up in a museum. Should've just gone the NBC route and this wouldn't have happened.
Like museums are ment for the public to view, learn and enjoy the past . Hoarding media is senseless especially media like this
It’s probably better that it got leaked, considering that Sesame Workshop repeatedly showed no interest in releasing the episode officially.
Fr honestly I ain't never saw this episode it prolly came out like in the 80's or someshit.
My mother told me that she saw the episode when she was a little girl. Because when I showed her the whole lost media thing about the episode and the clips of it being partially found. She recognized it immediately!
The wicked witch Sesame Street episode being found isn’t just a win for Sesame Street fans it’s also a win for lost media fans!!!
This was a personal one I've wanted to get found. Now if we can the full pilot of Blue Prints my life will be complete
@@mrwrigh That, me and my friends, and the backyardigans animated pilot.
@@alexiskuwata I thought that was with real actors
@@mrwrigh that and the following for me:
Lego ninjago lost sets, lost Codename kids next door scripts, and the handy Manny pilot
Then and only then my life will be complete
It really is…she was such a wonderful and sweet woman from what many people have said about her since her passing so any form of entertainment with her in it is a treat..she was on an episode of Mr. Rogers too where she dissects her witch character to help kids not be so frighted..it’s a great watch and it’s on TH-cam
Will Lee, the actor of Mr.hooper, never had cancer. He died due to a heart attack in Lenox Hill Hospital and did participate in the Thanksgiving Day Parade in November 1982, before passing away the following month. It's good the piece of lost media pertaining to the 1982 parade was found, because it literally was what was left of Will Lee aside from the Mr.hooper persona he played on Sesame Street for 12 seasons until his death.
Thank you SaltTheory 🧂
Now I think the only piece of Sesame Street we really need is the unaired episode featuring Snuffy's parents getting divorced.
There was some clips of it in a recent special about the series, which IMO felt a bit disappointing as it was only a few clips and a lot of it focused on BLM-related stuff that I didn't care much for rather than the general history of the show and what it's done for television (both children's TV and in general). Granted I've only seen that special like once so maybe I'm misremembering.
They believe it's just a skit and not a episode.
A lot of latin american dub videos for old songs from the show went lost a while ago. Wish they could be found soon.
There's a lot more than that.
Particularly - whole lost episodes and different skits
oh yeah i remember watching that in a video a few years back and i got scared and trama
but yeah might have to check it out sometime again soon
I don't feel bad at all about the wicked witcch episode being leaked like that. No content needs to be hidden from the public like that.
Agreed.
It's already difficult enough to preserve media when companies buy the rights to a property and just sit on them.
@@Lobsterwithinternet Yup! I always think "Who's really making money off stuff like the original Witcher series? Why can't I see that in full with English subs anymore?"
And this is media from a big corporation as opposed to an indie project that a few people developed. I don't feel like it's morally wrong to pirate/share content from big corporations, they've got too much money as it is. If this was an indie project, I would 100% want the original creator(s) to give their explicit permission, especially if the uploader was making money. But a big media corporation is different.
@@lindanimated there’s not really a difference between pirating from a corporation or indie studio, either way the ppl who worked hard to create the product will potentially lose money.
However in this scenario, it’s not like anyone was airing the wicked witch episode anytime soon, so it’s fine in this context imo
@@kekcrocgod6731 With the often anti-consumer business practices OF the typical corporation, I have no issue with pirating. Also, the "ppl who worked hard to create the product" aren't going to be effected. You're talking about the people who actually work on projects, I assume, like writers, camera operators, etc.
In most cases, unless it's a massive strategic effort, pirating isn't going to harm said people.
I saw Blameitonjorge's tweet about the finding of the Sesame Street episode while I was at work. I was so excited, I had to tell my coworkers. This was the greatest find for me personally. It seemed among the most unlikely to resurface, as home recordings were extremely rare, and Sesame Street Workshop seemed adamant on keeping it locked away forever. Now that I can watch it for myself, it feels so strange, but in a good way.
i literally screamed when i heard that the Sesame Street episode was found😭 i got into the community back in July of 2016 after watching Jorge’s lost or banned episodes of kids shows video and i immediately fell down the rabbit hole. so much has happened since then and so much had been found in the years that have passed and i can’t believe the Sesame Street episode (which i had thought was LONG gone) is now available on the internet! what a win for the lost media community, i am ESTATIC
I remember hearing about the wicked witch sesame street story last year, I thought it was so crazy I needed to see it, though I didn’t know it would surface, But then I heard it surfaced and I immediately downloaded it just in case. It wasn’t really too scary, But it’s really funny! Seeing big bird with a bat is a gift to humanity!
IKR?? I personally downloaded it so I had a copy. If it becomes more obscure, I'll always be able to watch it. Plus it's a good way to keep it from getting lost again.
@@MedioPlague i downloaded it too lol
@@magicspyglassakachloe3277 that’s a good idea!! i should probably do the same lol, just in case
@@MedioPlague i felt the same way, i didn’t find it scary at all, it was hilarious😭 but my mom had told me that she was afraid of the witch when she was little so i guess i could understand how some little kids find her scary lol
I really didn’t expect the Sesame Street episode to be found in my lifetime and I’m so excited
Edit: Andy Gibb wasn’t a member of The Bee Gees he was the youngest brother of three men and was a solo performer
Even with almost everything being a few Google searches away, it seems like people can't be bothered to do the bare minimum research.
@@EvalonGames I mean…it’s not that big a deal…he was their brother so at the very least the brother of The Bee Gees so unless you listen to them it’s and honest mistake and also it’s not the focus of the video…nothing to get angry over
@@EvalonGames Not even literal media outlets can do a simple Google search for basic facts. I read an article from Huffington Post about the 2000s show 'Degrassi The Next Generation' that 'moved the needle' for abortion but the writer they interviewed had to explain to the article author like a 5 year old that a show with the subtitle "The Next Generation" was based off an earlier show. Not to mention the earlier show tackled the same subject first back in the late 80s, but they kind of just vaguely mention that fact like it was no big deal. They also got several things wrong about the original show. Like yeah I know it's very pedantic to get annoyed about and only fans of the show would care enough to point out such inconsistencies but I mean jeez.
Never seen an edit provide different and better substance than the original comment before
He died a few years later too didn't he? Laura Branigan also passed away so to have footage of a rare performance is pretty neat. (I always love finding new and rare performances of my favourite band even though theyre both still alive and touring )
I love the big lost media finds that always seem to happen around summer.
Yea, like those Summer 2020 Nintendo leaks that eventually ended up with the Startup Disc being found.
It's THE Wilfred Cthulu
@@feature.of.jarjar24 Yes :)
Godspeeds first album being rereleased online, then the Duke Nukem Forever 2001 build being leaked, the lost Jeopardy pilot being found, and now the Wicked Witch episode of Sesame Street finding it's way online? This year has been insane for lost media.
I labeled it as fake on the archives just to see what else was fake
At the rate things are going, we'll have the long-lost Tokyo Toy Show build of Sonic the Hedgehog, considered to be one of the bona fide holy grails of video game prototypes, before the end of the year.
Imagine having to pretend you're not happy about lost media being found for legal reasons. It's ok lost media wiki, we know you wrote that statement with a huge grin on your faces.
Personally, I think the Sesame Workshop should have released it on Halloween, for adult collectors and Wizard Of Oz fans alike.
@@roxassora2706 Sesame Workshop repeatedly showed no interest in releasing the episode officially, it being leaked is probably better
@@Mooms I agree and hopefully due to the leak it will be released officially and everyone will have no problems with it well legal ones
@@roxassora2706 They’re happy, but there was this dude who got mad because of the few minutes of footage we had because the epsiode was copyrighted lmao
@@Mooms You're right. As a fan of both, puppetry and witches, I think it'd be cool to see something halloweeny from Sesame Street.
Popping onto the wiki yesterday and finding out the wicked witch episode was found was a thrill. I legitimately started clapping and freaking out lol. What a find for the community, man.
Never will support lost media wiki after what happened over there.
@@timbo303official9 what happened???
@@timbo303official9 ???
@@timbo303official9 ...wha? am i unaware of something
@@timbo303official9 Okay, then why are you here? You're watching a lost media video.
Is there a word for the eerie feeling that comes along with the thought of all the media out there that is forever lost? It's a sort of haunting feeling of how temporary everything is
I believe it’s like existential
And when it’s found the eerie feeling comes with it too. Like, when I watch found media, I feel creeped out for no reason
@@thetownofwilhelm6834 that's a big part of it, definitely very existential.
@@reesetube its a form of existential dread but i feel like this isnits own type that should be classified seperate than simply just dread
@@reesetube I thought I was the only one lol
I don't know, if the rights holders are gonna be stingy for around 50 years or more regarding a piece of media and keep it locked away? Screw em
Stuff like the Wicked Witch episode should be available for to the public and they shouldn't have been keeping it in the vault for so long
Honestly, knowingly keeping a piece of media history lost is just straight up selfish and the museum being mad the data got stolen and leaked is well deserved. You can't tell me nobody working for the museum didn't know the episode was lost. If Sesame Street themselves wanted to keep it under wraps, fine. But they gave the episode to a museum for viewing. Stealing a piece of media from a museum database isn't exactly the same thing as stealing the authentic Mona Lisa.
When you think about it, a lot of lost media is found in unofficially and without permission of the creators. Any time something is found through a taping of its airing, it is technically unauthorized.
Even more likely, they’re found without the permission of corporations.
@@SlapstickGenius23 I mean do they even remember the material anymore
Yeah, but most people aren't dicks about it to the point of taking it down, unless it's something that obviously shouldn't be leaked like the Christine Chubbuck tape. Most people don't really care when media like this gets posted online. Hell, the Scream TV series YT channel recently released the "Click Skip and Die" YT ad that had offended everyone back in the day; a lot of (ex) employees are happy to cooperate with these searches.
In the case of the Sesame Street episode, these guys are just being assholes and were gatekeeping only because they could. Fuck them.
Moments like these are why I'm thankful for third-party TH-cam downloaders and uTorrent. I was able to snatch up copies of the Jeopardy pilot, the Sesame Street episode, and Quantum Quest before they got taken back down. Now I don't have to miss them ever again!
There is a 1954 Kenya Boy film by Daiei, which hasn’t been available in Japan for decades, but that’s mostly due to legal reasons.
It doesn’t help that its truer to the text (and just as weird) animated remake by Toei Animation seems to be more popular in certain countries (including Sweden and Greece) rather than in Japan, because when it was first released there, it bombed hard and got devoured by the huge national success of an anime film based on Hayao Miyazaki’s Nausicäa manga, much to the surprise of both critics and audiences alike.
Also not helping is that both are adapted from an old graphic novel series which hasn’t long been translated into English, but was fair for its day.
You mind uploading Jeopardy or smthin? I’m pretty sure that pilot is lost
@@reesetube I got it from someone on TH-cam who had uploaded it to Google Drive. Check for that, and if you can't find it, I'll reupload it this evening after I get home.
I think the fact that there's any controversy that something was "stolen" from somewhere that held it hostage solely for copyright reasons is really stupid. Copyright is one of the most abused and downright terrible systems ever invented by humanity, and it actively gets in the way of media preservation. The fact that it was "stolen" is based, actually, and I hope that happens more often to organisations who refuse to cooperate. Fuck em.
sayin the truth here
Facts
Bro imagine having a video wanted by thousands upon thousands of people then locking it up for no reason but to mess with them.and then u get mad when they leak it
exactly
@@totallynotditto1573 not a good look for the corporation right there
The wicked witch sesame street special being found was such a W. Blameitonjorge is making a documentary about it, so I'm looking forward to that too!!
I personally am frustrated that folks are trying to get the Sesame Street episode taken down; I feel like it’s extremely selfish to gatekeep media, especially when it was created to educate impoverished children. Like I really think it’s time we asked ourselves, what’s more important? Someone’s self proclaimed entitlement toward gatekeeping, or the distribution of knowledge and art? I would argue that people who are trying to make sure there are ways for the public to access the episode are doing the right thing, because the more people can access it, the less likely it will become totally lost.
The people who gatekeep don't really give a shit about preservation. Personally, I hope this episode gets posted literally everywhere to the point it becomes impossible for them to take it all down. Fuck these people.
Easy solution, if the creators don't want it up online for free for legal reasons then they can put it out online on an existing streaming service or some existing platform for a few bucks with a quick content warning. Super easy fix. Even if they take the actual stolen rip and put that up publically, I'd still say they're in the right as long as it's accessible.
They'd get tons of money, tons of publicity, a lot of renewed interest in the series, and all they'd have to do is shove in 5 seconds of warning text saying something like "The following episode has been banned for intense and frightening content, viewer discretion is advised." That would solve any complaints and cost basically nothing to do.
10000% agreed.
Im so glad footage has finally been found for episode 847 of Sesame Street. I have been intrigued by this mysterious lost episode for the last 5 years and I’m so happy that it was finally located.
I wasn't expecting half of these to be found as quickly
Its still weird to see Big Bird, Big Bird of all characters, standing out of the dinner with a bat and stick ready to throw down against the witch
It's even better when you know he's canonically 6 years old
Nobody messes with his street.
“WE RIDE AT DAWN”
"This is one of the first pieces of lost media to exist.'
*The Library of Alexandria*
"Am I a joke to you?"
That Margaret Hamilton one is probably the find of the year. I read somewhere that Hamilton was really upset that she scared so many kids with her portrayal of the witch, so it’s good that we can admire her work in a new way
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@@Odindoesstuffreal frikin swert
Alternate title: "Ding Dong, The Witch Is Found!... And other found media"
Dong
@@riqopowpow Don't take it the wrong way. That was meant to be a play on the line from Wizard Of Oz that said "Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead!", and the ding dong was meant to indicate a bell of some sort, verbally. Watch the film yourself, you'll see
Dong²
@@riqopowpow I still don't think you get what I meant
@@marcusblackwell2372 they’re just making fun of the word dong, they don’t need explanation
I can say this with absolute conviction: Letting history be lost to time is a far greater sin than breaching the intellectual property rights of its negligent owners. Private entities with exclusive access cannot be trusted with preserving history.
EXACTLY
Honestly. If I had the rights to this thing I would have released it as soon as I knew it was lost. Fuck these hoarders, I'm glad they're pissy about it, this was well-deserved.
I remember hearing about the Wicked Witch thing years ago. My dad used to watch Sesame Street in the early 80’s until he saw Sesame Street on Ice. He wasn’t born to see the wicked witch one. He thought the puppets were real creatures.
The Sesame Street find is nothing short of amazing. My cousin and I are both into lost media and have honestly kept checking for news of this particular episode for a while now since we first heard about it when we were younger (18 and 23 now). After always coming up short, so glad that it's resurfaced, and that the quality is as good as it is. Now I can finally give her some good news about this and we can finally watch it before TH-cam is sure to step in and take it down.
I now have a copy of it backed up. I am copying it to multiple hard drives and thumb drives to make sure it never gets lost again.
I WILL be putting a copy of it on the internet archive as well.
Copyrights be damned.
Hi
"We'll be uploading this for a brief time!"
Yt to mp4 converters:
The Seaseme Street Wicked Witch is going to be up there with Cracks, Clockman, and Cry Baby Lane as one of the greatest successful lost media hunts of all time.
(That's something I'd love to see you make a top 10 for. Specifically ones that were REAL and FOUND, that excludes Kablam 29, Evil Farm Game, and A Day with Spongebob for not existing, and the Most mysterious song on the internet for not being solved. Cracks deserves to be Number 1 due to the sheer length of the hunt and the amount of crazy IRL stuff that went down, Clockman was on the internet the whole time and people just didn't know the name)
No doubt. I'm so happy
Not really nobody found it, it was stolen and reuploaded elsewhere lol.
I'm happy that the Sesame Street episode was found but I'm really worried that it's going to get lost again because, like he said, the archive is taking down uploads
Yeah at that point the archive is not for preserving that's just stupid.
We need multiple people downloading multiple copies of that episode then
It's on the internet, the damage is already done so to speak. Especially with something as high profile as this. Thousands will have ripped the file and saved it onto storage devices and it will constantly be re-uploaded everywhere no matter how much they will try to take it down.
@@pegasusactua2985 :)
@@pegasusactua2985 then actual legal charges need to be made for THEFT
When it come to people ripping VHS recordings, I wish everyone understood interlacing and the full 60fps of a live event. There are people that rip recordings and simply not care about quality and everyone that was born in the last generation believes the recordings look like this from the time they were recorded. It's like distorting history in a way.
yeah, a lot of old media is only available at a blurry 480p 30fps because the person who owned them didnt knew anything about interlacing and the bad youtube compression
@@JPX64Channel And TH-cam is at fault as well, not allowing 60fps at 480p and they have their own deinterlacing method discarding every other frames.
I'm glad that the Sesame Street episode was found. I actually never thought it'd ever happen, and I feel like I'm witnessing history! Been in the community since 2014, so this isn't the first major find I've seen (Cracks, Clockman, etc.), but this one is just... very especial.
I’ve always wanted the leaked version of the cleveland show pilot to be found, since it has numerous differences from the aired version, and it should be easy to find, since it’s completely gone from the internet, but should be on people’s hard drives, but of course I know no one’s gonna care about this
Awww I was hoping you would talk about how Darcy's Wild Life was found. It was even shown in the lost media wiki clip you showed at the beginning of the video! It's a show from the early 2000's that I watched a bit of and was surprised to see was lost until a TH-camr randomly uploaded it all. I wanted to see if there was more explanation or story around it!
I didn't realize it was found! That was a show I watched in high school and only found out last year that it was lost. Off to go watch it, I guess.
That was lost??? I remember when that first aired, I'd see commercials for it. I didn't really watch it because it looked a little too goofy for me.
Darcy’s wild life? Is that where she ended up after Amphibia?
I'm just so glad that Quantum Quest was found... I'm just a big Hayden Christensen fan so I'm glad that his role hasn't been lost.
I did the biggest double take when I saw the news about the Sesame Street episode being found out of nowhere on Reddit. A massive Holy Grail
Thank you for shouting out the Macy's Parade Wiki!
As an admin for it, I'm so happy to see it being featured in the video
In england we dont do it nor celebrate thanksgiving lol
Most of us dont celebrate st patricks day
Or july 4th. Instead we have october 5 aka bonfire night.
@@Sonicsubject July 4th is exclusively American lol. It only has to do with the history of America so no other country celebrates it
@@Sonicsubject why in the world would other countries celebrate the 4th of July? It’s only about our independence and according to the internet we’re one of if not the absolute worst country. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think other countries like us at all so why would they celebrate us 💀
I mean americans are werid with their sneakers or their chick filas but we do make burgers and pizzas on july 4th. We celebrate it becuase we AlMOST kept control of you guys
One of the first introductions i have had to lost media was the wicked witch in sesame street. Finding out that it has been found after many years warms my heart and smaller me would be happy to hear that this is finally found
I was actually shocked that the Sesame Street episode was found, even by illegal means.
I just downloaded the episode just in case it gets taken down.
I plan to throw it on internet archives and keep a back up copy of the Witch episode of Seasme Street. It deserves to be kept and preserved forever not just held in some private collection.
Dude, I can't believe that sesame street episode was found! I remember hearing it way back when through your video and ever since its just been in the back of my head without me really thinking about it, so hearing about it again and for it to be *found* is crazy to me.
Finally finding the Sesame Street episode is incredible! I used to be so interested in it but never figured I’d see it, but now it’s out for the world to see. Way to go lost media lovers 💪
I’ve been waiting for the Wicked Witch episode to be found since 2014. This is huge!!!
Wow, it's crazy how fast people found some of this stuff
For the sesame Street episode - screw the guys who own it that are copyright claiming the leaks. They don't want it to be public? Too bad, the public deserves to have it.
Nice work once again, guys!
I'm glad you found out what that urban legends show was, I'm one of the people who commented that I remembered it way back
I am so glad the wicked witch episode was found, even despite pearl-clutching media conglomerates trying to shut it down for absolutely no reason
2022 is one of the best year for lost media love your content lsupersonic q keep up the good work
I love these videos even more than videos on stuff that's currently lost. It's especially satisfying to see something long lost you'd totally forgotten about pop up in one of your FM uploads, like the Sesame Street Wicked Witch of the West episode or Quantum Quest [which I absolutely gotta watch now]
Also, don't feel bad you don't really care about lost dubs or game show stuff, most people don't, and as far as I'm aware, they're niche even in the lost media following.
i never knew that sometimes lost media can be found quickly (but never easily)
This makes me want to dig through old VHS tapes from my grandparent's house! I bet there could be leads to stuff at the thrift store without me even knowing
Personally archived two different uploads of the wicked witch special 👌🏻 copyright law is a joke, media is for everyone
Never thought in my lifetime that the Jeopardy pilot would be found.
I’m excited! It was fun to just chat about lost media last stream! :D
i was so hyped to hear the sesame street episode was found! even told people at work about it
Unless they tell you stories about the weird guy.
Your probs the weird guy.
I'm a weirdo, but the chef's I work with play Pokémon and stuff so I'm less weird by adjacency
@@Guitar-Dog imagine being a weirdo for playing a really popular game
@@Guitar-Dog be like “In case you haven’t noticed, I'm weird. I’m a weirdo. I don't fit in. And I don't want to fit in. Have you ever seen me without this stupid hat on? That's weird.”
Never thought I would be excited for a Sesame Street episode that has been lost for a while.
20:35 idk why, but the thought of big bird wanting to beat the wicked witch with a hockey stick and baseball bat is so funny to me
The wicked witch piece of media is very interesting
I'm really glad the witch episode is finally found.
The Lost Episode of Seasme Street sounds so scary, and cursed! I'm happy it is not lost treasure anymore lol
Now this is a certified epic gamer moment.
I'm sorry to say, but I absolutely do not care that the way the episode got out was by it being stolen.
Wow! I wasn't expecting so many heavy hitters. This video was awesome, the only thing that will make this year better for lost media is if Saki Sanobashi indeed exists and is found! Also, will you be returning to Spirit Quest soon? It's been awhile and it's one of your favorite series of mine!
Game shows are hard, because they're often not considered worth releasing on DVD or any archive sites. I'm a Dana Hill fan and her appearances on To Tell the Truth are some of the more interesting appearances of her later live-action work.
Also, what was probably the golden age for game shows was also the golden age for wiping tapes, so a lot of them are just not in existence anymore. Or in the East River in NYC.
I've been hunting for the 96 DeVilbliss Superfinish 200 For YEARS so seeing it even if it wasn't found or talked about was cool
The biggest win for lost media since Dexter's rude removal was discovered
It’s awesome that the wicked witch episode was found. I was very quick to reupload it to my channel, and I did save a copy to my computer in case of takedowns. Thank god I did that. But yeah, if the episodes do eventually get taken down, I still have it and I’m not gonna let it go lost again
It’s always a good day when “Lost Media” becomes “Found Media”.
I still don't see how this was scary. I tried my best to put myself in the shoes of a kid, but when I watched the episode all I can imagine is how bored I would be at how awkward the dialogue was and just slightly uncomfortable due to all the yelling in the episode. But that's about it. I grew up with the original OZ as a seven year old and was never terrified of the witch, so maybe that's why it doesn't make any sense of it being banned to me. Don't get me wrong though, I agree it lived up to the hype. It was very fascinating and fun.
You have to keep in mind that the Witch is a threatening, malicious entity who has the power to turn people into inanimate objects and appear right next to her victims at any time with no warning. The fear would have come from the feeling of being powerless against this evil, inescapable figure who constantly shows up out of nowhere to torment you.
Additionally, you have the weird sound effects, the visual effects (red smoke and the electric shock filter), the part where she's in a bit of a screaming match with the owners of the diner (young children generally don't respond well to adults getting into heated arguments), and the fact that she comes back at the end, implying that the characters had to suffer through that whole fiasco yet again.
I was literally waiting on this notification all day, Also it was payday and I got a raise. Man do I love Thursdays
Something that wasn't big enough to even get onto the lost media wiki that happened in the LM space recently btw is the start of a small search party for MySims Puzzle Party (a lot of info about the game is on the MySims Wiki btw)
This year has been a real banger for lost media
One Piece of Media I hope we find is PXG a video game review show from Jetix UK.
Just so glad that episode was before Elmo , the witch would’ve probably verbally asualt him too if he tried to make friends with him
This Sesame Street episode being found gives me faith in humanity
I really hope everyone keeps archiving this found media, so they don't get lost again.
I love and adore the Gibb brothers.
I've got to correct a fact-
Andy wasn't officially part of The Bee Gees, actually. He performed alongside them and they wrote music together, and they were even going to include him in the band, But I think his addiction issues had gotten too overwhelming to make it work.
Andy Gibb was as talented as the rest of the brothers,and I'm just so happy this got archived properly! I think that he should've had a way bigger career than he did.
I think clips of him on American tv are hard to come by.
Thank you, thank you, thank you whoever came by it 🥰😗😅☺️😊💜
Dude I still can't believe so many pieces of lost media that we thought would never resurface ended up getting found.
How something made by NASA of all people can just be lost shows you that ANYTHING can be lost if we don't take the proactive steps to hold onto it.
The production was really messy. Probably everyone involved just wanted to forget about it.
The Wicked Witch episode I always wanted to work at Sesame Workshop to solely watch. so I am fucking HYPED for these finds
We can find the wicked witch episode but not the Jimmy two shoes pilot? When one door opens another stays closed!
I do remember seeing both the Macy parade and the lost sesame street episode being found in two separate news articles
I'm glad that the sesame street episode with the wicked witch is found. 😀👍
I love found lost media! Personally, I'm super glad I found my childhood's computer snake-like game and was able to play it again!
Fun fact I was in a summer volunteering program at the Kentucky Science center around the time that Quantum Quest was being shown. So I did actually get to see part of it.
The thanksgiving day parade one was pretty cool, I’ve grown up with it and I got the opportunity to see last year’s in person because my brother was in it!
no detective naoto persona manga news? some guy discovered a few chapters that were missing, but also found some that wasn't acknowledged, or at least not part of a Tankobon.
I understand it was deceitful taking and distributing the episode without expressed permission BUT things like this have no reason to be hidden from the public as if they'd be detrimental to the public's precious eyeballs. Remember how they banned Catcher in the Rye and the book wasn't brainwashing or intimidating at all whatsoever??? The US government lives by this and it's insulting. All information should always be open to the public period.
Most the creators of lost media don't want their work found or have some legal reason they can't release it. If copyright of these lost works were honored and respected to the highest degree, the entire of the subsection of lost media would be pointless. It would come down to only archiving works that the creators wanted to be publicly archived, or the companies wanted to be publicly archived. Being upset that some corporate archive who's trying to use the rarity of the episode for an attraction was "robbed" or "stolen from" and being an avid member of the lost media community who wishes for these works to be shared makes no sense to me. Seems like a bad take.
Gonna be real honest, I'm not even the remotest bit concerned about some people copying and sharing lost media that wasn't even made by the people who currently "own" it.
our society's idea of ownership is so laughably stupid and anti-creative I can't be bothered to care, I hope more stuff like the sesame street thing is found even in the same manner.
Love your channel, just gonna give you a tip 🤣 Amos = A-miss. Pretty common first name for men, definitely never heard anyone drop the A-Mose 🤣
In 1982, VCRs certainly were NOT commonplace. They were still expensive items (about $500- each if not more), and only one person I knew had one back then. We didn't get a VCR until 1985, and even then there were hardly anyone who had them.
I woke up to this, for once you gave me something decent TH-cam.
And I’ll be restoring as much of it as possible, I update it to 4K HDR or mostly just in 8K
I really don't understand why Sesame Workshop didn't officially release the episode online themselves; it wouldn't have been leaked illegally if they had done so. I hate when companies and private entities hoard lost media and prevent the public from seeing it; I bet some private collector has all the lost Doctor Who episodes in his attic.
Andy Gibb wasn't in the BeeGees. Yes, he did preform with his brothers from time-to-time, be he himself never was a BeeGee.