To everyone who has posted here, it takes two to tango. If you want others to help in your lost media searches, you have to help others with theirs. It's the golden rule.
To everyone who has posted here, it takes two to tango. If you want others to help in your lost media searches, you have to help others with theirs. It's the golden rule.
Perhaps, but there are only so many hours in the day. What I have been trying to find, from political speeches/debates to obscurities from the 60s-70s are both objectively more important from a historical perspective and much more in danger of actually being *lost,* not just "currently unavailable on DVD/streaming." The fact is, not all search efforts are created equal, and there are worthier prizes to be sought after than Wubzy, as far as Im concerned. To devote valuable time to that search effort in the vain hope that others return the favor is a fools errand anyway, based on my prior experiences. (No offense to OP.)
Ive done more than my fair share around here--Ive already "served my time" so to speak, when it comes to aiding other search efforts. I played a large role in finding Cry Baby Lane and Penis. I singlehandedly saved Just For Kicks and ensured that the extremely rare Uccidere in Silenzio and I Dolci Inganni soundtrack are preserved online. I tracked down several hard to find pieces of history, from the RFK/McCarthy debate and Carter's Farewell address, plucked them from obscure websites that could have gone dark at any time and preserved them on YouTube. I am currently working on doing the same for Clarissa Explains It All, two different long out of print and extremely rare novelizations as well as the La Calda Vita soundtrack. In the absence of official soundtrack releases, Ive ripped the music from Devil in the Flesh and Alice: An X Rated Musical Fantasy on YouTube so they can be enjoyed by others. Ive compiled all major US Presidential speeches and debates into standardized playlists on YouTube for the convenience of others--something not even CSPAN had done before. (Other sites compiled the speeches in text form' but not video.)
Now, Id never dream of "pulling rank" and demanding other people help me in my search efforts if they dont want to. You cant force people to be interested in things theyre not. Rightly or wrongly, thats just not how this works. But neither will I tolerate someone else implying I have not been helping out the cause of media preservation, that I owe anything to anybody here. I will devote the limited time I have on this Earth to finding what interests me and I expect everyone else will do the same. It can be frustrating sometimes but its better than the alternative.
To everyone who has posted here, it takes two to tango. If you want others to help in your lost media searches, you have to help others with theirs. It's the golden rule.
Perhaps, but there are only so many hours in the day. What I have been trying to find, from political speeches/debates to obscurities from the 60s-70s are both objectively more important from a historical perspective and much more in danger of actually being *lost,* not just "currently unavailable on DVD/streaming." The fact is, not all search efforts are created equal, and there are worthier prizes to be sought after than Wubzy, as far as Im concerned. To devote valuable time to that search effort in the vain hope that others return the favor is a fools errand anyway, based on my prior experiences. (No offense to OP.)
Ive done more than my fair share around here--Ive already "served my time" so to speak, when it comes to aiding other search efforts. I played a large role in finding Cry Baby Lane and Penis. I singlehandedly saved Just For Kicks and ensured that the extremely rare Uccidere in Silenzio and I Dolci Inganni soundtrack are preserved online. I tracked down several hard to find pieces of history, from the RFK/McCarthy debate and Carter's Farewell address, plucked them from obscure websites that could have gone dark at any time and preserved them on YouTube. I am currently working on doing the same for Clarissa Explains It All, two different long out of print and extremely rare novelizations as well as the La Calda Vita soundtrack. In the absence of official soundtrack releases, Ive ripped the music from Devil in the Flesh and Alice: An X Rated Musical Fantasy on YouTube so they can be enjoyed by others. Ive compiled all major US Presidential speeches and debates into standardized playlists on YouTube for the convenience of others--something not even CSPAN had done before. (Other sites compiled the speeches in text form' but not video.)
Now, Id never dream of "pulling rank" and demanding other people help me in my search efforts if they dont want to. You cant force people to be interested in things theyre not. Rightly or wrongly, thats just not how this works. But neither will I tolerate someone else implying I have not been helping out the cause of media preservation, that I owe anything to anybody here. I will devote the limited time I have on this Earth to finding what interests me and I expect everyone else will do the same. It can be frustrating sometimes but its better than the alternative.
Dang, you got a LOT of commitment there. You sound like the kind of person that could just pull any lost media from the Dark Web in just an hour, or 2. You are a MASTERMIND!!!
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Post by Terry the Cat on Apr 20, 2021 15:52:46 GMT
As for me, I'm drawn to the deeper mysteries of lost media, having helped out with both the Clock Man and Plug Man searches, and currently trying to uncover the ever-elusive Yeah Yeah Beebiss I with a team of searchers. I was also pretty involved with solving the Hitogata mystery before that hit a very hard dead end.
I've also started dabbling in audio mysteries again and I'm currently trying to determine the veracity of two audio clips: One of which surfaced on the internet around 2008, which is purportedly audio recordings from the day of the Southern Television broadcast hijacking in 1977, aka the Vrillon incident. Another LMW user has already claimed the audio to be authentic, but I still have some doubts and I'm researching further.
While my searches/investigations might not always be "historically important", there is still a lot of value to be found in making sure the mysteries of lost media can and will be solved. And that takes up a lot of my free time to where I'm sometimes not able to help with other searches.
But everyone has a different sense of what is worth searching for, so I would say keep looking for those Wubbzy clips. If anyone wants to join you on your search, they will come. Just don't try to force people to help you. That's not gonna get you anywhere.
Dang, you got a LOT of commitment there. You sound like the kind of person that could just pull any lost media from the Dark Web in just an hour, or 2. You are a MASTERMIND!!!
I appreciate it, but if I'm being honest, a lot of it is being in the right place at the right time. The rest is just having the time and dedication to "brute force" it on Google, and the willingness to pony up the cash to buy a copy of something that's rare and then spread it around online.
I don't know how well it came across, but I wasn't trying to talk up my own accomplishments so much as illustrate what's possible when someone is passionate about what they're searching for. I would not have the same enthusiasm searching for something I personally don't find interesting, like Wubzy. And I doubt the OP would have the same drive to track down the Catherine Spaak movies and 70s porn I'm currently looking for. I think each of us can accomplish more on our own following our passions than forcing ourselves into search efforts we don't believe in.
It is not a matter of forcing people. Rather, it is a matter of choosing to broaden your own horizons, your tastes, going outside your comfort zones, which you have both done. The community surely appreciates your service.
your posts arent always gonna appeal to everyone. I have specific tastes and i make post about them, and they barely get responses. I make a thread about more widespread topics im interested in, and they get replies. People arent and shouldnt try to respond to every single thread they see.
As the others said, be patient! We have lives outside of lost media hunting and we all have different interests (there's nothing wrong with yours, but of many of us are not interested in what you've talked about).
I've made 5 threads on this forum so far and 3 of them have zero responses. It's a bit frustrating, but I'm not complaining because I'm aware of the above.
I have loads of threads here with zero responses, why don't you contribute on those? Would also help if you bring more people interested on Wubbzy here to move the lines, introduce lostmedia to nickjr communities. New blood to pass forward the torch of raiding files, since those are mostly lightened up by nostalgia and we were already to old, in our teenies and tweenies when those toons started.
I think what people find interesting on here is subjective. I spent a lot of time on searches about:
-Unidentified cartoon/show about a disfigured toe -The JBVO DBZ episode -Cartoon Network commercials -Random commercials that weren't even lost, but people couldn't remember what they were advertising. Not even the big two people were looking for, I tried getting involved in the Subway search but just couldn't maintain interest even though I participate in commercial searches pretty regularly, and the cartoon network commercials were also Subway commercials, so I dunno why I couldn't get interested?? -Pink Morning Cartoon when we only just had the clips -A 90s radio/internet clip about Johnny Cage being dead that nobody knows the origin of -kids science tapes from the 80s -I didn't even intend to get as involved in Yeah Yeah Beebiss I, but then I got so invested within the newest post about it that now I'm super involved. -And there are my personal searches which is probably seen as boring sometimes. The McDonald's arcade game, the slumber party VHS.
I don't think it's fair to say something is outright boring. Especially when kid shows get a lot of attention in the forums? I just think it depends on the person.
I hate discord as a platform. I only use it sparingly and under protest as a way to keep in touch with communities like this one. The only thing its good for is facilitating Dungeons and Dragons sessions with long distance friends.
I miss forums. Forums are the best method for cataloging varied yet interrelated discussions.
1) They encourage users to stay on topic,
2) preserve the history of the conversation so newcomers know whats going on,
3) the relative permanency of posts encourages users to only say what theyre willing to stand behind,
4) and theres the perfect blend of anonymity of your real life identity yet the ability to accrue respect from the community based on the merit of your contributions.
Social media is cancer and discord is just chaos where I never know whats going on and no topic is allowed to reach a natural conclusion. I miss the pre-2008 internet
At least we're finally pushing back against social media. That seems like progress
I think what people find interesting on here is subjective. I spent a lot of time on searches about:
-Unidentified cartoon/show about a disfigured toe -The JBVO DBZ episode -Cartoon Network commercials -Random commercials that weren't even lost, but people couldn't remember what they were advertising. Not even the big two people were looking for, I tried getting involved in the Subway search but just couldn't maintain interest even though I participate in commercial searches pretty regularly, and the cartoon network commercials were also Subway commercials, so I dunno why I couldn't get interested?? -Pink Morning Cartoon when we only just had the clips -A 90s radio/internet clip about Johnny Cage being dead that nobody knows the origin of -kids science tapes from the 80s -I didn't even intend to get as involved in Yeah Yeah Beebiss I, but then I got so invested within the newest post about it that now I'm super involved. -And there are my personal searches which is probably seen as boring sometimes. The McDonald's arcade game, the slumber party VHS.
I don't think it's fair to say something is outright boring. Especially when kid shows get a lot of attention in the forums? I just think it depends on the person.
Yes. Like, I know it's just a silly kids show but I love Eureeka's Castle. And partly that's due to nostalgia, but also it's because of the genuine merit in the production, even if it's not telling a "deep" story. Like, a well-designed character can be so engaging--to say nothing of what's possible between *two* interesting characters interacting with each other! I may be alone in this, but I think Eureeka and Magellan's skits together are really cute. She's like his big sister or "unspecified female caregiver," by encouraging him, putting him to sleep, making breakfast and resolving disputes.
Their life together represents an alluring panacea: something desperately needed in a weary world of scarcity, illness, political instability and economic collapse. You can enjoy that legacy with the next generation of children. You can enjoy it as a young-at-heart idealist. You can enjoy it as a stoner. And you can enjoy it as a member of the "little" subgroup within the BDSM/kink community. Eureeka's Castle fits in too many possible niches of our culture for it to be lost--even just partially.
So anyway, on that level I understand you, OP. Wubzy probably means something similar to you. It's just you get your comfort show from a generation I wasn't part of, and never got the chance to know properly. Maybe that's on me. (Though if I'm being honest, Wubzy will be pretty far down on the queue...) In the meantime, I hope you find comrades who share your passion on this search. And if I somehow come across any info that might help, I will pass it in your direction, OP. I think Eureeka (*puts on sunglasses*) would have wanted it that way. Amiright?
Ok, I see tons of problems with this statement, and this is coming from a 2000's kid who feels really nostalgic for the old internet. First off, there was plenty of social media platforms that existed before 2008 like LiveJournal. There's was lot dumb, stupid drama perpetuated by complete morons back there in ye good olde days™. That is literally the reason Encyclopedia Dramatica came to exist. To talk about all of the drama queens on that ancient social media platform.
