This is a public access TV show that aired in the 80s. Survival! (The name of the show) was a show that aired in Winnipeg, Canada. This show is notable because supposedly one of the creators of South Park worked on it. The show was once archived, but apparently the original archive it was in got destroyed, and this is all that remains. I think this is a full episode, but it's hard to tell. Anyone know how to find this?
Last Edit: Aug 24, 2023 21:21:44 GMT by nostalgist32x
It looks like that the Youtube video linked is stitched together clips from a documentary titled Winnipeg Babysitter, a film/art project from 2005 by artist Daniel Barrow, that heavily featured clips from various Canadian public access shows from the 1980's. That documentary itself seems to be lost media, as no trace of the actual film seems to be anywhere online minus clips like the ones featured in the linked Youtube video.
I also found a movie poster for the documentary film Survival Lessons: The Greg Klymkiw Story, which is about the creator of Survival, and the man that played Trevor on the show:
I found the trailer for the documentary as well, which was once on Youtube, but was accessible through Internet Archive. I downloaded it and put it on IA at this link:
The site gives 2 options, to either pay $6 (not sure if that's American or Canadian, since VUCAVU is based in Canada; they're seemingly legitimate and have ties to much of Canada's arts and film scenes) to rent it, or to request an exhibition copy. It seems you have to be working for some sort of museum or other arts-based organization in order to do so, however, from what the information the order form for requests is looking for.
That's as far as I've gotten thus far, but will continue helping whenever I can get back to doing so.
It looks like that the Youtube video linked is stitched together clips from a documentary titled Winnipeg Babysitter, a film/art project from 2005 by artist Daniel Barrow, that heavily featured clips from various Canadian public access shows from the 1980's. That documentary itself seems to be lost media, as no trace of the actual film seems to be anywhere online minus clips like the ones featured in the linked Youtube video.
I also found a movie poster for the documentary film Survival Lessons: The Greg Klymkiw Story, which is about the creator of Survival, and the man that played Trevor on the show:
I found the trailer for the documentary as well, which was once on Youtube, but was accessible through Internet Archive. I downloaded it and put it on IA at this link:
The site gives 2 options, to either pay $6 (not sure if that's American or Canadian, since VUCAVU is based in Canada; they're seemingly legitimate and have ties to much of Canada's arts and film scenes) to rent it, or to request an exhibition copy. It seems you have to be working for some sort of museum or other arts-based organization in order to do so, however, from what the information the order form for requests is looking for.
That's as far as I've gotten thus far, but will continue helping whenever I can get back to doing so.
Hey Just so you know I've gotten some more info as well. There are two links in the description of the video that are both broken. One of them is a PDF with info about Survival! The other is an interview with Daniel Borrow. The PDF wasn't saved, but the interview was.