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'''''Video Dream Theater''''' is a series of pilots developed for the then-newly launched children's TV channel Nickelodeon in 1979 | '''''Video Dream Theater''''' is a series of pilots developed for the then-newly launched children's TV channel Nickelodeon in 1979. | ||
==Origin== | ==Origin== | ||
On April 1st, 1979, Nickelodeon launched with 5 show premiering ''Video Comics'', ''By The Way'', ''America Goes Bananas'', ''Pinwheel'' and ''Nickel Flicks''. To get more shows made, the network hired its future president Geraldine Laybourne to make two pilots for ''Video Dream Theater'', the network's first effort of original animation content.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140820180719/https://cablecenter.org/k-l-listings/gerry-laybourne-program-hauser-project.html Interview with Cable Center.] Retrieved 31 Oct '22</ref> The pilots were produced over a half-year period with the first showing various masks drawn by Julie Taymor and the second using animation to visualize children's dreams in different styles, such as Xerox.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1988/09/25/the-kids-channel-that-double-dares-to-be-different/dfa00bb6-b2f1-4f1c-ad01-655ed1964cbf/ The kids' channel that 'Double Dares' to be different - ''Washington Post'' (archived)] Retrieved 31 Oct '22</ref> | |||
==Results== | ==Results== | ||
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As of 2023 no footage or screenshots of the pilots had resurfaced. given | As of 2023 no footage or screenshots of the pilots had resurfaced. given how long ago the pilots were made, it's uncertain if Nickelodeon still has them in their archives. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 00:50, 12 October 2023
Status: Lost
Video Dream Theater is a series of pilots developed for the then-newly launched children's TV channel Nickelodeon in 1979.
Origin
On April 1st, 1979, Nickelodeon launched with 5 show premiering Video Comics, By The Way, America Goes Bananas, Pinwheel and Nickel Flicks. To get more shows made, the network hired its future president Geraldine Laybourne to make two pilots for Video Dream Theater, the network's first effort of original animation content.[1] The pilots were produced over a half-year period with the first showing various masks drawn by Julie Taymor and the second using animation to visualize children's dreams in different styles, such as Xerox.[2]
Results
Nickelodeon ended up not airing the pilots, according to Laybourne herself, because it were too frightening, saying:
"The trouble with kids' dreams is they're really scary. It's a lot about abandonment, it's a lot about suffocation. They don't make very good stories."[3]
According to sources, the pilots were test screen to children to negative reviews.
Status
As of 2023 no footage or screenshots of the pilots had resurfaced. given how long ago the pilots were made, it's uncertain if Nickelodeon still has them in their archives.
References
- ↑ Interview with Cable Center. Retrieved 31 Oct '22
- ↑ The kids' channel that 'Double Dares' to be different - Washington Post (archived) Retrieved 31 Oct '22
- ↑ Interview with the Television Academy Foundation and New York Women in Film & Television, mentioning the reason why Nickelodeon didn't air the pilots. Retrieved 31 Oct '22