Back in the 80s, Johnny Carson, the host of the Tonight Show (there was a time when you wouldn't have had to give his title, he was a household name), would end his monologue with a plea for certain old episodes. He was trying to put together a complete archive of his episodes, and was missing several early ones, mostly kinescopes. A few recordings turned up, but I don't believe he ever got a complete collection.
Another interesting discovery was Game 7 of the 1960 World Series game, that the Pittsburgh Pirates won on an exciting game winning home run by Bill Mazeroski. Singer Bing Crosby was a 25% owner of the team, but he suddenly got superstitious about Game 7, so he set up a rig to record the game off the TV, and went to Paris, giving his housekeeper the instructions to flip on the recorder.
When he got back, knowing the outcome of the game, he watched the game, then stored it in his climate-controlled vault, where he archived all of his music and movie projects, and forgot about it.
Years after his death (edit: 2010), someone spotted the reels, and realized what they were. In those early days of TV, the games were broadcast, but not recorded, and very few people had recording equipment at home. Crosby seems to be the only one who recorded it.
So today, that iconic game, which was only available in a radio broadcast before, is now available to watch, with one of the most exciting endings of any baseball games in history.
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BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 17 pts · 176d
Back in the 80s, Johnny Carson, the host of the Tonight Show (there was a time when you wouldn't have had to give his title, he was a household name), would end his monologue with a plea for certain old episodes. He was trying to put together a complete archive of his episodes, and was missing several early ones, mostly kinescopes. A few recordings turned up, but I don't believe he ever got a complete collection.
Another interesting discovery was Game 7 of the 1960 World Series game, that the Pittsburgh Pirates won on an exciting game winning home run by Bill Mazeroski. Singer Bing Crosby was a 25% owner of the team, but he suddenly got superstitious about Game 7, so he set up a rig to record the game off the TV, and went to Paris, giving his housekeeper the instructions to flip on the recorder.
When he got back, knowing the outcome of the game, he watched the game, then stored it in his climate-controlled vault, where he archived all of his music and movie projects, and forgot about it.
Years after his death (edit: 2010), someone spotted the reels, and realized what they were. In those early days of TV, the games were broadcast, but not recorded, and very few people had recording equipment at home. Crosby seems to be the only one who recorded it.
So today, that iconic game, which was only available in a radio broadcast before, is now available to watch, with one of the most exciting endings of any baseball games in history.
DABDA@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 10 pts · 176d
Or Emily!
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 176d
Hell yeah