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Kinescopes were a lousy way to save programs. I have been looking at some episodes of the old 60's show "Shindig". I can tolerate the grain, but it's sad to know that good quality prints do not exist. Most of American Bandstand early shows exist in this format also.
I was reading an article a while back where people were complaining that most daytime shows like soap operas, talk and game shows were discarded over the years when someone cleaned out the storage room. I also heard that some shows like soaps taped over older shows because they thought no one would be interested and now they have lived to regret it.
I'm going off topic, but I have noticed too that when you get episodes of Ozzie & Harriet from their last season (1965-1966), they are always black and white prints, which is strange since the final season was shot in color. This show needs to be restored and put on DVD by each season. Those DVD's floating around out there have horrible quality. The Nelson family even released a DVD set last year and the prints are un-restored and are syndication edited. One episode ran less than 19 minutes They did include 2 color shows from the last season, but they are kind of washy.
I'm off my soap box now.
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