I'd much prefer that to not ever seeing the puppet segments from the remaining episodes because of some dumb 5 minute copyrighted clip. I cant speak for Pinwheel because Ive never watched it, but when it comes to Eureeka I wouldn't mind AT ALL if they just cut out the shorts and only aired the puppet segments. My guess is, under those parameters, they couldnt release Pinwheel at all because *every* episode contains licensed shorts. It's a minor point of contention but I think its worth pointing out because it shows that editing the actual footage doesnt seem like something Paramount is willing to put in the effort to do. My hunch is the rest of S3 plus the first two seasons (which were an hour long) have the licensed shorts. We only have 26 episodes of the third season and all of them are both 22 minutes long and have cutaways to segments of kids playing on a playground or something. It seems like, with Eureeka, they didnt cut out the licensed shorts so much as withhold the episodes that contained them. And I could be wrong, but I think Michael Nesmith owns PopClips (which as mentioned is a 1980 show but thought I should clear that one up since it's on this list anyway). I'm not sure about Video Comics and America Goes Bananaz though because they were originally QUBE shows. They definitely still own Pinwheel and presumably Nickel Flicks, By The Way, and Hocus Focus as well. And it does seem the rights for their shows during the Warner years did transfer over to Viacom. I doubt we'll be seeing either though, especially the latter. They dropped the acquired shorts from Pinwheel sometime in 1989 so they could release it on Paramount+ like that (although I personally wouldn't like it as much that way), and some of what was on Nickel Flicks is in the public domain. They actually could do Pinwheel and Nickel Flicks to an extent. Nick didn't have much of a budget back then. I think the only two that weren't were America Goes Bananaz (which I'm just realizing isn't on this list for some reason) and Video Comics. Yeah, a lot of the shows they aired in their first year were taking pre-existing content and putting an original framing device around them. When Nickelodeon was sold to Viacom, did that include the rights for these shows or does Warner Bros still retain them? I don't know, but that could be another factor in their non-appearance over the years.ĩ:30:28 GMT theCarbonFreeze said:With Paramount+ bringing Eureeka's Castle and a bunch of other lost media "holy grails" into the mainstream again, I decided to check if some of these might have been saved also. Further complicating matters is that Nickelodeon used to be owned by Warner Bros when a lot of these first-generation programs were airing. It's almost certainly a combination of copyright for the licensed footage, plus the (correct) assumption that no one will actually watch them that's holding up their release on Paramount+. They still absolutely ought to be saved, but I won't exactly be marathoning them if they do. They would be of no interest to anyone today except for their historical value. Most of these programs sound like they were just glorified clip shows of old film serials and recycled cartoons. With Paramount+ bringing Eureeka's Castle and a bunch of other lost media "holy grails" into the mainstream again, I decided to check if some of these might have been saved also. I don't feel like indexing every show, the majority of them are virtually non-existent regarding footage.Īlso, I'm not a member on the Classic Nick Shows tracker so if someone else is and can tell us what they've got from this era that'd be dope PopClips - One episode is on YouTube split into chunks with some missing audio, as well as bumpers and clips Hocus Focus - Short clips on YouTube available Video Comic Book - Two episodes found (Apparently 70 segments were made, did this even have a budget?) Nickel Flicks - No footage found (what happened to the pre-taped segments? Destroyed?)īy The Way - No footage OR EVEN A SHOW SUMMARY found We don't even have episode counts for the majority of these. I also highly doubt the masters exist for the majority of these programs considering their age, and if they do whether they'd be within the Viacom vaults or in someone's house in Columbus. I don't expect much of a hunt for these as I presume most members here (myself included) are way too young to have ever seen any of these shows live, but a remarkable amount of Nickelodeon's launch line-up, besides Pinwheel, seems to be near totally lost.
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