Cracks transcends the scare factor; it's more eerie than scary, though it's totally understandable why a bunch of kids in 1976 were scared of that face.
Also I'm gonna throw it out here just because I have to- while A Day with SpongeBob didn't even exist I still think that search was worth every minute and lived up to the hype that searching for the movie itself had.
The best part is that we're still probably not even being told the truth about it... the silence is deafening.
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For those saying the leaked scenes weren't scary, feast your eyes on the rest of the episode (this is not doctored); there's a reason they showed the footage they did and not the rest of the episode.
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Ever since Clock Man was found people have been splitting into their own things; I'm personally interested in the Tom & Jerry MMO, but there isn't one obvious thing the community is collectively interested in: the days of Clock Man and A Day With SpongeBob are long past.
847 was the hot topic at the end of last year, but it's back to dead now (especially since we can't even talk about it lol).
And I'd definitely recommend to anyone who's viewing this ghost town of a forum to go to Discord if you're not already on there.
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Also, I'm going to try and contact some people who were involved with Imagination Inc. to see if I can confirm whether or not the short was made by them.
I know it's been tried before, but since nobody has been able to talk to anyone, it doesn't really rule them out.
I know it's been said by Jon that Cracks was its author's "only contribution to Sesame Street", but I'm starting to think that's a lie.
Not calling Jon a liar, but I'm thinking whoever told him that (most likely the source he got his copy from) may be lying for some reason.
Well remember it's actually "P Imagination", not Imagination Inc.
The most I've been able to gather is Jon's source is an heir to someone who worked on it and they were "uncomfortable the short even existed in the first place" lol.
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There's still hope, as a fuckton of old Sesame Street content (supposedly every episode) is coming to HBO and the Library of Congress/Boston archive for research purposes.
But the episode will most likely never be released by the hand of Sesame Workshop themselves: the idea has been thrown about, but they didn't like the joke that was made of the classic volumes featuring "not suitable for children" disclaimers.
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As a fan of Sesame Street in general I'm looking forward to hearing the audio for anecdotes from Norman Stiles and the like.
Anyway, I can confirm that the reason the episode is not being released is because of the scare factor, not rights; I can't say anymore than that because I was told to say nothing at all. I was told this info by a very important person regarding the episode. My presumption at this point is that the episode will never be released so long as Sesame Street is an active and running brand, and if they wanted to release it they would've done so by now.
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It's maybe an episode rip, higher quality than dycaite's and no title card.
What version was Kurt Anderson shown?
I don't missing using this as a Cracks thread either... I love both these pieces equally.
See, I'm wondering if Sesame Workshop even has the version that was given to Dycaite.
If they do, and if what you suggest actually happened, why would they bother to find an episode it was included in and show that instead? (Unless they were planning on showing the episode it was in as part of the event and it just happened to work out that way... Not entirely sure what all was shown.)
If they don't have it, then that means that they couldn't have sent it in to Dycaite, and most likely someone involved with its production did instead.
Then again, maybe not. If I remember correctly, Jon Armond received his copy from a heir of someone who worked on it, and his copy was ripped from an episode...
Chances are, the title card version was probably given to Dycaite by someone at Sesame Workshop and was probably also the version shown at the event.
The whole thing is a big mystery... I just want to find out who's behind P Imagination, who sent copies to Dycaite and Jon, and why in the world Jon had to sign a contract.
As for Kurt Andersen, I don't think he ever said which version he was shown when he did his investigation.
Sorry for the rambling, just throwing some ideas out into the open.
I recall when NPR or whomever got that Dorothy Moskowitz interview they went to "the archive" in Queens and were able to pull it up on a computer. iirc they said it was actually kinda hard to find her and the short internally (as she's the only surviving credit on it I believe).
Everything at the event was segregated into segments, and I don't believe they showed all of what they wanted to. A lot of it was montages of clips; it wasn't shown as part of an episode.
I think dycaite's copy came from the vaults and someone was able to sneak it out, hence the title card.
I'm with you on all those questions friend; it's one of the greatest mysteries of mankind that only a select few will ever know or care about. The most pertinent thing Jon Armond ever said was he felt the person who gave it to him was "uncomfortable it even existed in the first place"... wow; how weird is that. They literally threw it in his mailbox and sped away, and the signed document was a fax lol.
And I don't even know who Kurt Anderson is.
tbh, I have kinda given up on it unless someone just comes out and speaks one day.
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I'll recap the event if someone who actually went doesn't get around to it: they basically showed the second half of 847, one divorce scene, Cracks (again) and a song called Spinning Wheel (among others).
Do you know if they showed the same copy of Cracks that was sent to Dycaite, or if it was pulled from an episode (no "title" card)?
The mysteries surrounding this piece are really interesting to me. Hmm... I also wonder what version Kurt Anderson was shown.
(Sorry if this is sort of off-topic.)
It's maybe an episode rip, higher quality than dycaite's and no title card.
What version was Kurt Anderson shown?
I don't missing using this as a Cracks thread either... I love both these pieces equally.
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I'll recap the event if someone who actually went doesn't get around to it: they basically showed the second half of 847, one divorce scene, Cracks (again) and a song called Spinning Wheel (among others).
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