Did these WOF events happen? (From the Bigjon board)

Did these WOF events happen? (From the Bigjon board) Jan 18, 2014 9:39:53 GMT -5

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Post by WarioSajak on Jan 18, 2014 9:39:53 GMT -5

Jan 18, 2014 0:34:19 GMT -5 MarioGS said:

Just about every episode should have at least one taped copy sitting somewhere in existence if not three. Surely the contestants tape them and keep them somewhere safe.

Existence aside, I know two contestants who lost their appearances because of matters outside their control -- Beverly LaBerdia (tape was stolen along with an entire U-Haul truck in 1981) and Tad Dunlap (had a Vegas appliance store record his three-show run, came back after a trip he bought on the show to discover they had taped over said run by assuming he wasn't coming for them), both in 1977.

Jan 18, 2014 0:34:19 GMT -5 MarioGS said:

These days, we're seeing more and more episodes from various seasons new and old posted online thanks to social media and such.

Among other things, thanks to people uploading their (or their relatives') episodes, we discovered that Nickname was around in 1979.

Jan 18, 2014 1:26:06 GMT -5 mechamind said:

There must be a limit to how early that contestants started keeping tapes of their own episodes, assuming it was not prohibitively expensive. Could 1977 be a hint?

It depends. I know Episode #5 of The $10,000 Pyramid (March 30, 1973) was recorded by the day's big winner, for instance, and there's definitely color clips of a 1966 Let's Make A Deal.

Jan 18, 2014 2:48:46 GMT -5 Bryce L. said:

Just how early did they start saving daytime shows? We know nighttime has a complete archive...

From what I can tell, mid-1985.

Jan 18, 2014 2:48:46 GMT -5 Bryce L. said:

and where exactly would the daytime tapes be? In a vault in Culver City? Possibly still in Burbank?

I'm not sure -- I've heard NBC, King World, Sony, and Merv Griffin Entertainment.