A question for you

[Dave A]

Aside from my collecting mahogany boxes filled with obsolete technology and less than glowing CRT's, I have a VHS copy of a 1949 NBC program given to me by one of the principals of the show. He is 20 years gone in a car accident.

The program was a short-lived summer replacement on NBC from NY (the International Theatre) and long out of copyright. There is only one other episode of the show on the net/archive/youtube from an episode later in that season. That copy is a sophisticated version of the show directed by a true director with movie credentials later in it's season as they matured.

My version is very early (four months prior) and more a Broadway production scaled for tv. It is a directors nightmare with a hack director truly 5 seconds behind the play on stage. My donor is a recurring stooge in the audience (and a producer of this program) and a historic radio performer I had the pleasure to have lunch with back then.

He later sent me this VHS from his collection and a gracious note thanking me for remembering him and then he tragically died a few months later. I have restored it as best is possible with my dubbing center.

What do I do with this? Post it to the world? Package it and sell it for others to post to the world (that is what happened with the latter episode)? Hold private viewing parties at home?

This VHS is truly historic and I want to hear your opinions that help me figure out what to do.

And the episode is hilarious is it's own July 5, 1949 Hellzappopin way. Henry!!! Henry Aldrich!!! Bigger clues may come.

If you are nice, I may have a viewing party at ETF. No camcorders allowed.