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-J. Theakston
| Is this the series where the astronauts go back in time to caveman days where the cavewoman is played by Imogene Coco? |
| The show was done live and some Kinescopes are floating around in the hands of collectors now. As I hear, there were also video masters made as well. David Suskind, the producer of the show, had a son who turned all the existing material over to the Museum of Television and Radio. From what I've heard, it's been extremely difficult between them, CBS and the Roald Dahl estate to get them released. |
| Here's a good web site about it that I found: . . . . |
Bring back John Doe! Or at least resolve the cliff-hanger with a 2hr movie or as an extra on a dvd release.
| There was this one episode where during a storm an old lady got a call from her husband. . . |
| That was a Twilight Zone episode. |
would be nice on disc.
-J. Theakston
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Originally Posted by Jack Theakston
I'd disagree with that. Doing new transfers on a Telecine over someone's 20-year-old film chain transfer would do a world of good.
However, a number of people I've talked to are under the impression that the videotape on these shows still exist, and fooling around with Kinescopes would not be necessary. |
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OK. There are 5 episodes that have floated around the past several (or more) years:
William and Mary I Heard You Calling Me The Croaker Dissolve to Black Death Wish Although there's no way to verify, I have heard through internet sites that within CBS there resides 3 more episodes: False Face Soft Focus Side Show It would seem then that the two Paley centers house the only "known" copies of the following episodes: The Down Car The Sisters Button Button The Overnight Case Hush Hush 20/20 This raises a question. If a studio (say CBS or Paramount) decided to officially release the entire series on DVD, would they have to go crawling to The Paley Media Center and could The Media Center block the release and continue to hold the monopoly of part of the series? And would they? Of course, there may be other sources which we don't know about. I asked Paley media center (via E-mail) if there was (or would be) any way to view episodes on line even for a fee. They didn't answer my e-mail. Even a devoted fan is unlikely to make a special trip part way across the US to LA or NY for the purpose of seeing the episodes. So, for right now at least, most of us are stuck. But several years ago the CBS anthology "Suspense" was thought to be a lost series. 90 episodes (actually 88 of the original run) turned up and that entire output was released on three separate volumes so, there is always hope. [Edited by moderator to remove graphics and links to another forum. If you're going to copy your messages, please copy just the text. Thank you.] |
I was a vocal part of the previous WAY OUT (CBS 1961) discussion thread and I am more than willing to lend my support (for whatever it is worth) to this one.
It must be remembered (or at least understood) that the more "esoteric" classic tv series DVD releases like THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THE INVADERS, ONE STEP BEYOND and even the Irwin Allen 1960s SF tv series all consistently had someone of prominence (or influence) either fronting for or actually spearheading these ambitious undertakings.
With THE INVADERS it was CBS Home Entertainment executive Paul Brownstein. With the recent ONE STEP BEYOND DVD release it is John Kenneth Muir. With the Irwin Allen 1960s SF tv series it was Kevin Burns. Without these people there would be nothing.
If there is ever to be a DVD release of WAY OUT then (likely) it will have to come from a similar advocate of identical stature. Hopefully there is someone out there who is a champion of the actual series, or Roald Dahl, or even David Suskind.
I wish they would come forward...and soon!
Jeff T.
