Episode 847 and How We Found "Cracks"

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).

www.muppetcentral.com/forum/threads/snuffys-parents-get-a-divorce.33395/

Head writer Norman Stiles discusses: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVekUafLzfM

He doesn't even remember why it wasn't aired, lol. 

Sorry to bring yet another subject in here, but hopefully this thread can be a catch-all for all Sesame Street things.

So all-in-all, we all would love to see 847, but what can we do other than just keep our fingers crossed?

Yes. After all, The Electric Piper was found, and some Tom and Jerry original titles that were thought to be lost forever.

I might take a look and make a crackdown (lol, get it. Ugh. I shouldn't be in public) on looking for it. I have fairly decent Spanish skills. They are a bit rusty, but it wouldn't hurt to look around.

It really wouldn't be a bad idea at all. I might just do that later today

Tfw you are more focused on the fact TESTMACARONI (one of my favorite youtubers) commented then the original topic.) who knows though? Descriptions don't always say everything.

I'm back. So we're looking for the Spanish Dub now? I live in Mexico. 
Are we trying to contact anyone?