pufnstuf said:

As a matter of fact I picked one up a few years ago on the D&M fan forum... I'm not 100% it's the actual fan club tape or perhaps a first generation dub, but the quality is very good.  Thought there were plenty of good copies out there already.  I can MySpleen it if people are interested.

Definitely, I second that!  Somehow that one has escaped decent preservation, and even the best copies I've seen have been lacking.  The community would definitely benefit from a nice transfer of that copy.

I think the same goes for the Bob Hope Christmas Special with the Star Wars spoof...that one was even more scarce at one point, and I still haven't seen a very clear copy to this day.

--SKot

poita said:

But is there a HR PuffnStuff forum?

Google it, there's like 10 of them.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

poita said:

But is there a HR PuffnStuff forum?

Google it, there's like 10 of them.

Oddly enough, there's no Star Wars Holiday Special forum.

Maybe there should be...

--SKot

LOL SKot, you are the man!  Anyone so unabashedly proud to be a fan of the Holiday Special deserves major kudos!

poita said:

The seller also has Thunderball, Close Encounters and Sinbad on the same tape format.

Just tested the Close Encounters tape... it's EIAJ, black and white, in excellent condition.  Looking forward to seeing the SW tape.

I don't know the answer to that yet, because I haven't had time to watch the entire movie.

SilverWook said:

Is the Bob Hope one where Mark Hamill was a guest? My parents wouldn't let me stay up to watch it...

Don't tell your folks ... but I'm sneaking you this transcript in lieu of the actual TV special (which seems to be listed on a torrent as The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special, 1977, with cast Mark Hamill, Olivia Newton-John, Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Bob Hope, Perry Como, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson and others):

Bob Hope's Christmas Specials Became an American Holiday Tradition
http://voices.yahoo.com/bob-hopes-christmas-specials-became-american-holiday-6071818.html

Hearth Invader

The year George Lucas propelled Star Wars across America's movie screens, we couldn't pass up an opportunity to spoof it. Our version, entitled "Scar Wars," starred Olivia Newton-John as Princess Hialeah, Perry Como as Luke Sleepwalker, and Hope as Barf Vader. The epic would recount the abduction of Santa Claus, complete with his sled and reindeer, literally gobbled up by Vader's space vehicle. (We ordered a small model of a space ship with a set of iron jaws in the front from the prop department.) ...

(Hope, dressed in a sinister-looking black leotard with a cape and wearing a Darth-like mask, crashes through the wall.)

HOPE: Sorry I'm late. The traffic was nose cone-to-nose cone! ...

pufnstuf said:

SKot said:

pufnstuf said:

As a matter of fact I picked one up a few years ago on the D&M fan forum... I'm not 100% it's the actual fan club tape or perhaps a first generation dub, but the quality is very good.  Thought there were plenty of good copies out there already.  I can MySpleen it if people are interested.

Definitely, I second that!  Somehow that one has escaped decent preservation, and even the best copies I've seen have been lacking.  The community would definitely benefit from a nice transfer of that copy.

I think the same goes for the Bob Hope Christmas Special with the Star Wars spoof...that one was even more scarce at one point, and I still haven't seen a very clear copy to this day.

--SKot

So the version I have on DVD is not a direct dub from the fan club tape... It's an copy of a copy... Not terrible, but the fan club tape (which i pulled from storage this weekend) should prove to be a better source.  I don't have any decent VHS equipment anymore, so we'd need to find someone with professional grade equipment with the means to extract the most from a VHS source.  Any suggestions.

Should we start a separate thread?

If I'm not mistaken, Antcufaalb has a pretty sweet VHS setup. Might want to ask him. 

poita said:

Excellent. The Star Wars tape should be there Monday.

Just received and tested the SW tape(s).  They are also black and white EIAJ.  The quality looks excellent - among the best I've ever seen for EIAJ. (that means roughly like good VHS, albeit black and white).

Unfortunately, it is Memorex tapestock, which means - unlike the Close Encounters tapes - these exhibit sticky shed.  After about 10 seconds of playback, they ground to a halt.  They will require a few hours of baking before they are playable.  No biggie, I do it all the time and it generally works.  And of course I have to clean the tape path of my machine now that they have gummed it up.

I'm going out of town until Sunday, so this will have to wait until next week.  Once I know more, I'll start a new thread.  Poita, think about what you'd like these called.

Won't be able to watch it until I bake it.