First of all, let me just give a great big thanks to everyone who has been involved with this thread. I've found stuff I've been searching years for and seen things I thought I'd never see again. This is a tremendous resource for a rather uncommon niche, and I would just like to voice my appreciation.
So, anyway, enough of that. I've got two reasons for posting today: Number 1, I have a few requests. I'm looking for some fairly obscure stuff, and things that were probably hard to get due to the "no video" rules. Now, I know most people are probably already uploading what they have, but what the hell, I'll ask anyway. Here's what I'm looking for:
- Superstar Television
- Monster Sound Show
- Animation Tour (I know, Ha.)
- the entire Backlot/Tram Tour
- the old Tram Tour waiting area (remember that they had tv monitors overhead to distract you from the fact that you were waiting in line for hours? They featured interviews with various stars, Carol Burnett, Tom Selleck, etc., the ones preceding the walking tour had Rick Moranis and Goldie Hawn. Anybody have that? I'd really be impressed.)
- the Skyway
- Penny Arcade
- Magic Kingdom Railroad
- old Communicore, any of the old exhibits that they used to have, i.e. SMRT-1, Backstage Magic, the Person of the Century poll (whatever happened to that, who turned out to be the person of the century?) etc.
- the old version of Universe of Energy
- The Image Works
- the trailers preceding the Great Movie Ride
Reason Number 2: I don't want to be someone who just takes and takes, I 'd like to contribute as well. But, I'm a little short in the ride video department. I have a fairly crappy version of Maelstrom, and a fairly blurry version of Spaceship Earth (no, not the Walter Cronkite version). What I do have are a good number of Disney specials that I've taped over the years. I've seen a couple things like this on popkid's ftp, so I'm assuming they are fair game. I have:
The opening of MGM Studios
The opening of EuroDisney (DLP)
WDW 20th anniversary (Regis sings! and it's hideous!)
A day at the Disney (MGM) Studios
WDW 4th of July Spectacular from 1988 (first half) and 1989
"It All Started with a Mouse" this is kind of a history of the Disney Company from Walt's birth through present day that I taped off of the Disney Channel in the late 80's. It really is quite good, and includes interviews with Marc Davis, Ward Kimball, Ollie Johnston, Frank Thomas, Glen Keane, Ken Anderson, Michael Eisner and Jeffrey Katzenburg, among others.
Anybody interested in that kind of stuff? Yes? No? Maybe? OK, the thing is, I don't know how to get VHS recordings onto my computer. I know it's been explained on here before. I've seen it explained. I just can't find it. I've done a cursory search with no luck, so I'm hoping someone will take pity on me and explain it (preferably while speaking slowly and using small words.) That would be outstanding.
So, once again, thanks to everyone for all of the... um, hey, is anybody still reading? Anybody? Hello? Blink twice if you can hear me. Hellooooo...oooo...oo..