With that said, it looks like the best way of finding the episodes would be through searching for old broadcastings recorded on VHS.
I myself sadly don't have any of the missing episodes on tape. I did have episode 114 from when it aired on December 29, 1999, but out of all the things I let get taped over, that was the one. What's worse is I taped over it on February 14, 2004, over since season one had been rerun at all. (As I had not watched the show regularly since mid-2000 I didn't realize this.)
It seems that the first 11 episodes are on YouTube, while 12-41 are nowhere to be found. I wonder if it's possible you could contact someone who worked on the series? It's possible they might able to give some useful information in regards to obtaining it.
That's all I have, it seems the other episodes simply don't exist on the internet.
OK, I made a topic about this months ago and it didn't seem to get noticed at all, so I'm creating a new one.
The 1999 revival of ZOOM has most of it's episodes on Youtube; however, 30 episodes of season 1 are still at large, simply because they did not reair once ZOOMFan1 started recording in mid-2002.
In addition to this, some episodes of the first two seasons were shown differently when they were originally aired than what we see on Youtube. In 2002, when the series was remastered to include the new fundings, scenes in 4 episodes of season two and at least 5 episodes of season one were edited, rearranged.
In some cases scenes were removed entirely as well, it seems I remember a skit in one episode where Kenny was supposedly taking a bath (while wearing a swimsuit) which is nowhere to be found in ZOOMFan1's seemingly complete season two catalog, likely because the network didn't find it appropriate.
Anyways, I hope this stuff will appear on Youtube at some point, so I just thought I'd try getting the message out there again.
What is ZOOM? I somehow doubt that most of the people here have heard of it. I think if your going to start a search its best to at least define the lost item.
With that said, it looks like the best way of finding the episodes would be through searching for old broadcastings recorded on VHS.
I don't know if this is interesting to anyone or not, but TheGamerFromMars made a video on lost JonTron episodes. In the video he shows unseen clips of JonTron's old channel from around 2010. He also mentions LMW. Here is the video:
I've read The Invention of Hugo Cabret! I would describe it less as a "graphic novel" and more of a written book that is interspersed with images to add a visual effect to various scenes that benefit from it. It actually does a excellent job at depicting the life and works of Georges Méliès. In my opinion the film is good but not as good as the book, simply because it loses what made the novel so unique - that is, mixing the elements of words and image to create a unique experience for the reader. They're both really good though.
I think that video actually prompted the initial interest in this search effort. It is too bad that it was posted before any new findings on it.
I sent Doug Williams an email about a week ago asking him a few additional questions but I never received a response from him. You might have better luck though, since you've already had successful communication.
I was thinking about doing this for a while, so maybe you could send me the questions (cuz I already have a line to him.) -Rain
Here is the email I sent him:
Hello! I'm SputnicK from the Lost Media Wiki! I wanted to thank you for sharing the script, it was a really fascinating read. I was also wondering if maybe you could answer a few more questions? Here are the ones that interested me:
A) The script depicted a very creative and interesting show set in a vibrant and colorful world. Do you know if any other scripts of the show exist? B) You said you were on the completed set. That's sound really fascinating. Can you share any details on production of the show? C) So you think it was unlikely the show ever aired. Yet there appear to be ads and rumors of its existence. Do you have any explanation for them? (and were there really three episodes slated for broadcasting?)
I find this show really fascinating, as film-making and everything Disney. If have any information to share that would be awesome Cheers, -SputnicK
IDK why he never answered. In retrospect the second question is kind of vague, I could have rephrased it. Hope you have better luck.
Really sorry 'bout the necro, but Dreamfinders got mentioned in a very big video:
Unfortunately for the video though, I found the script less than a week after the video was released, along with all that other info. Maybe, just maybe, it's time to keep searching, as I haven't contacted Doug since that other email.
Also, I'm probably going to edit the Nightmare Ned article because of this video. And keep thinking about all the NSFW/L stuff we have on here.
I think that video actually prompted the initial interest in this search effort. It is too bad that it was posted before any new findings on it.
I sent Doug Williams an email about a week ago asking him a few additional questions but I never received a response from him. You might have better luck though, since you've already had successful communication.
Ahem. If by "found" you mean "I did a quick few Google searches" then you are correct.
1) The School House Rock video is not LOST. If you read the wiki page you would know only the original audio is LOST. How could you believe that a video with 1.3M views could be considered lost by LMW? Use some common sense. 2) The video of Pokemon Live is not LOST. The professional recordings of the show are LOST. The only recording of professional quality is the Dubai recording recently uploaded by MiG Ayesa. It's obvious you did no research on this either.
I'm not trying to be rude, I just want you to know that searching for lost media requires time and research - neither of which you used here. This came out a bit harsh. nvm
Last Edit: Dec 23, 2016 21:34:39 GMT by sputnick: ._.
So alot of obscure media is uploaded through private torrent sites such as myspleen.org. These sites are useful, because, unlike outlets such as YouTube or Internet Archive, they do not remove unique content that may be copyrighted.
I've been thinking, however, that uploading any media in the form of torrents is not actually preserving it. If the torrent becomes "dead" (no users are actively seeding it), then it is impossible for anyone to download it. This leads to many torrents gradually becoming inaccessible on the internet. Despite this potential problem, a large amount of obscure media is stored exclusively using this method. So here is my question: Is preserving media through torrent sites a good practice? If not, what is the best method of "preserving" lost or obscure media on the internet?
I finished reading the script - I wrote a plot summary of sorts if anyone is interested:
Dreamfinders TV Show "Just in Time" episode: The show begins with Dreamfinder and his dragon, Figment, watching the stars through a telescope in his observatory room. He is astounded to discover to observe a group of celestial objects, which he calls "the shower of fleeting thoughts". It is basically a collection of forgotten memories that is flying through space itself. He wants to catch them and view all the memories. He uses mathematical calculations to find that he needs to leave at exactly 2:57 PM in his Dream Vehicle to catch the stars.
While all this is happening, the kids of the show (Tracy, Nick, Ernest, Jennifer, and Danny), are deciding what gifts that want to keep the old book-keeper named Eli. The girl named Tracy, has lost her wallet. She asks around for spare money to no avail. (A short plays explaining basic economics)
The villain, Fear, who is located in a dark foreboding forest called the Bewilderness, hears about Dreamfinder's plan to catch the memories in the "shower of fleeting thoughts". He wants to stop them because it contains good thoughts, which he hates because he is the villian(?). Fear devises a devious plan. He has one of his minions (Doubting Thomas), a clock to give Dreamfinder's assistant, Polly as a gift. She is suspicious but accepts it. She adds it to the collection of clocks in the "Hall of Time". (A short plays explaining how clocks work) Apparently all clocks in the realm are in the room. Suddenly, the clock explodes and destroys the entire room. Dreamfinder is dismayed because he can no longer determine when is time for him to leave to collect the "shower of fleeting thoughts". He remembers that he has a back-up clock (that he hid 25,000 years ago) but he himself forgot the location of it. He looks for it, while the kids go to talk to Curio, an artist, in hopes that he will be able to help them.
The artist, Curio, is painting the ceiling of the Atrium room. When asked about the back-up clock, he doesn't remember it. He looks in the basement of the Sci-Tech building while the kids search in other rooms. Fear, wishing to foil their plans, lures the kids into the Bewilderness by imitating Dreamfinder's voice and shouting that he's found the clock. All the kids follow the voice accept Tracy, who doesn't believe that the voice is Dreamfinder. She finds the real Dreamfinder and tells him Fear is imitating him. He goes in and saves the kids. Meanwhile, Tracy looks at the sun and then comes up with an idea. She builds a sundial.
After the kids and Dreamfinder makes it back to the observatory, she shows them her sundial. They watch it so that they can determine when it is 2:57 PM. When Fears sees them, he grows furious and uses his dark powers to bring out the clouds to block the sun, which disables the use the sundial. Dreamfinder then tells the kids to use their imagination and imagine the clouds moving away from the sun. This miraculously works, allowing for Dreamfinder to leave at the right time and catch the memories in the "shower of fleeting thoughts". He flies back down with Figment holding a bag that contains stars (or memories). They rejoice, while Fear is furious but defeated. They give Eli his presents, Tracy despite earlier claiming that store bought presents were the best, gives him a present she made herself.
NOTE: The various rooms in this show are all located in the Dreamport. The land the show takes place in is called "the realm of imagination". (END) And that's the end! It's a very interesting read and sounds like it would make for a compelling TV show.
Wow! This is insane. I can't believe he actually had a script for the show. You've done a fantastic job! Here is an internet archive link by the way for people that want don't want to download it:
The next step will be deciding if we have any other questions we want to ask him. We can derive a conclusion by reading the script and researching any additional information. Until then, congrats! I will finish reading it myself tomorrow.
GOOD FRICKIN LUCK. This makes Clock Man look easily available. If you want to hunt for this, more power to you, but I feel like this will take a while.
On the contrary, I think this could become the easiest search on LMW. It's literally been four days and @StarviendSir has already contacted the man who wrote script for it. And according to him the show never went to production - that means that finding and uploading the script will be effectively making this FOUND. There will still be, of course, many questions about the show that will need to be answered. If he was a script writer for the show than we should be able to conclusively understand the entire development of it.
With that said, it is not 100% found until we can confirm that the show never aired and that the scripts are authentically for the TV show.
Wow! That is alot of impressive information - especially that comment! I tried to find it in the wikia articles I linked in the first post but came up with no information. Are you sure it is in the links of my first comment? Regardless, that is a great find. As you mentioned, the fact that he added his email in the description suggests he is being truthful. I looked up his email and came up with three links: [1][2][3]
His name is apparently Doug Williams. For some reason he was posting random documents on slideshare in June 2016. One of them is a script for a book that he apparently wrote himself. This does complywith the image of him once being a script writer for Disney back in the 1980's. If you examine the documents, they include his name, address, phone number, and email address. This would allow someone to contact him and possibly gather some vital information. Or if he responds by email we can disregard those options for contacting him.
Anyway, this is really exciting! I think this could us somewhere, either to background of the show or support of it being cancelled. P.S. also thanks for the compliment! I appreciate it.