Alright; I kind of like to consider myself the house expert on these two subjects, well aside from dycaite and others.
I just made a thread for the Wicked Witch episode, but the reason people fear it being lost forever is because it had one airing (though didn't Sesame Street episodes usually air twice a day, though that really doesn't make a difference?) right before home recording was common, or at least existed. Cracks on the other hand, is said to have been shown on Plaza Sésamo (Mexico's Sesame Street), well into the '90s, and it also aired nearly a dozen times when home recording was common. Ironically, Cracks was being shown right around the time of the Margaret Hamilton episode.
The part of the story that fascinates me most (though it doesn't really have anything to do with how it was found), is there was a man named Jon Armond who acquired the short before dycaite, but he was contractually forbidden to release it online. As for why, I would love to know. My understanding is that it was left in his mailbox by either a heir of the creator or someone involved in its creation themselves. People came from other states for Armond to show them the short... wow! Turns out this copy was pulled from an episode, so dycaite has the copy. I just found the whole "underground tapes railroad" thing to be so comical for an obscure-as-fuck Sesame Street short from the '70s. I found out on Muppet Central that the creators have zero ownership of this short.
But yeah, right around Christmas of 2013 Cracks was anonymously emailed to dycaite, a copy which appeared to be straight from the archives, replete with a title card, run time, etc.
So the lesson to be learned here is that there is literally no connection to how Cracks was found to help us find the Margaret Hamilton episode. I emailed Sesame Workshop... no reply. Who knows? It may just anonymously appear like Cracks did one day. They have to transfer the archives to digital one day (if they haven't already), so maybe the person doing that will say "Oh yeah". Good thread though; I will never get tired of talking about these.
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Not to get too off-topic, but I dug up a thread on Muppet Central recently that said Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce (when you really think about it, what a comical subject for a banned episode, of all things) aired in someone's area, so hope may perhaps not be completely lost on that one (read the thread before you just immediately dismiss it; I believe them).
Btw, am I only one who doesn't care about this "remake"? What's the fun in it now that he knows people are paying attention? I just want to see the original shitty film, replete with random Cosby splices (there's a question for Lorenzo); that's all I care about.
Oh my god I can't wait any longer. Can someone please call Lorenzo again?
Hell no; I thought the last call was too soon.
It's so sad that we have to pester him about it. It's like "Here! Take our $$$!". His hesitance only increases the aura. This is a common theme through all lost media.
Say we never called him again; what would happen? They have no web presence; how would they communicate a Kickstarter to the public? Edit: Oh yeah; it'll randomly appear and reach it's $20,000 goal with one contributor...
This is like a lot of the other lost media out there; we did everything we can, now it's time to play the waiting game.
There was never a formal recording of the Pokemon show.
That directly contradicts what Chris Mitchell told me years ago when I was messaging with him. Unfortunately, I can't provide proof because YouTube inconsiderately purged everybody's pre-2014 inboxes.
EDIT: I messaged him about it again. Hopefully, he'll respond and reconfirm.
Don't worry; there's proof in the Chadtronic video.
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