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anyone tape the NBC airings?

posted 15 years ago by xanderonurantia
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My dad taped this when it first aired on NBC back in 1984, but the tape is now long gone.

I'd love to watch the original airings of this, complete with those old vintage tv ads from 1984. And, I'm sure many others out there would love to take that nostalgic journey back in time, as well.

So, anybody out there still have tapes of the original airing? If so, it would be great if they would post some of this stuff on youtube, or transfer it to files that could be downloaded from a torrent site or something along these lines.

[–] micro22chip 15 years ago

Just get it on DVD. At Target they're like $14.99, sometimes being on sale for $12.99

[–] xanderonurantia 15 years ago

I want to see all the original vintage 80's comercial breaks, network promos, and other goodies from the NBC airings that were not included on the commercial DVD release.

[–] Darkchia_of_the_Dead 15 years ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eWLODuBxLs

Now go buy the DVD.

Last movie I've seen: ZACK AND MIRI MAKE A PORNO - 2008

[–] xanderonurantia 15 years ago

I already own the DVD. Warners already got my money. What I'm interested in seeing now is the original uncut NBC broadcasts.

[–] VJanicki34 15 years ago

I know what you are talking about. You are looking for an unedited tape of the series with the promos and commercials in them. Not just vintage 1984 ads but the specific ads and when they were aired during the show right? Wish I could help you. But I loved the promos for V. Whoever the voice over actor was did an excellent job and was just as mysterious as the show was.

[–] jpowell180 13 years ago

A long, long time ago, I found the old CBS sci-fi show from early 1985 called "Otherworld" on ebay; I bought it & burned it over to DVD, and some of the eps had the original commercials (Nestle Toll-House cookies, Kellogg's Raisin Squares, an old Ford T-bird ad with (I think) Dan Marino, etc); made me feel like I was in the past!

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[–] gldflwrs9702 14 years ago

I don't have it on VHS, but I do have the audio on cassette! Prob. not the commercials tho. :( I remember a couple years after it aired it was aired again, and I got out my "Boombox" and recorded the whole thing, then I sat down with pen and paper and wrote the whole script out, then a few friends and I went outside and acted it out! LOL. We called it "Playing V" LOL. (We used to "play" Dukes of Hazzard too, using the picnic table as the General Lee ! I was always Bo (because he was hot!) and Donovan from V (Cuz he was hot too, but I also liked Ham Tyler , so I'd switch between the two)

Kristina

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[–] jpowell180 13 years ago

I taped it on cassette.
As in audio-cassete from an old-school tape recorder.
I was crazy about anything "V" at the time, and would sometimes just sit down with a science magazine and play the audio recording just for kicks, and even quote some of the lines (Daniel) "Where are you going to send me, Steven?" (Steven) "Send you where you'll serve us well...where else? On a SERVING PLATTER!!".
I would not have the option of a VCR until a few years later!

[–] AwesomeWonder 13 years ago

Now that you mention it I do remember my family recording it...but I'm sure they have been recorded over, or just thrown out. I'm very nostalgic, like you, wish I had them too.

[–] jpowell180 12 years ago

Lol, I recorded it on an audio cassette when it first aired (as I was 17, had no job & therefore could not afford a then-expensive VCR).
Alas, those audio cassettes have been lost... :(