Why would they shoot the Holiday Special with an anamorphic squeeze? As far as I know it was shot on Video and back then I’m pretty sure anamorphic lenses were not manufactured for video cameras. And I can’t understand why they would even consider shooting for widescreen considering 1 – Widescreen TV sets did not appear until the 90’s 2 – A theatrical release was out of the question having been shot on video.

What you’re doing is stretching the actual image, which aesthetically is horrible.