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America Goes Bananaz (partially found QUBE/Nickelodeon children's variety television series; 1977-1980)
America Goes Bananaz (known as Columbus Goes Bananaz, before the relaunch to Nickelodeon in 1979) was a children's/teenager's variety television series that aired on QUBE until 1979, when it was relaunched to the Nickelodeon network.
Midnight Rider (partially found unfinished biographical film based on band; 2013-2014)
In May 2013, Open Road Films announced that a biographic film based on the Allman Brothers Band was in production, and would be directed by Randall Miller. It would be based on Gregg Allman's biographic book My Cross To Bear.
Byron's Memoirs (lost manuscript for unpublished book; 1824)
Byron's Memoirs were a series of memoirs by British poet and politician Lord George Gordon Byron that was written between 1818 and 1821. Though it is not truly known what was written in the memories, it is speculated that it contained exerts about his life, loves, travels, and opinions. The memoirs were never published as they were destroyed after Lord Byron's death.
Making the Game (cancelled Game Boy Color game; 2000-2001)
Making The Game was the codename of a cancelled Game Boy Color title developed by a group referring to themselves as Savage Pixel between 2000 and 2001. The game was produced by IGN editor Craig Harris, who also wrote a series of eponymous articles documenting the game's development.
Connor VideoSmarts, ComputerSmarts, and VideoPhone (partially lost VHS-based and cartridge-based edutainment games; 1986-1990)
Between the years 1986 and 1990, these two subsidiaries produced at least three different edutainment game consoles. The VideoSmarts, released in 1986, was aimed at children age 3 and up. The ComputerSmarts, released in 1987, was aimed at fourth and fifth graders. Very little information exists for their third console, the Video Phone, and it is unknown when this variant was released.
Dot Comedy (partially found ABC television sitcom; 2000)
Hosted by Randy Sklar and Jason Sklar, Dot Comedy who would guide viewers watching the show to another segment. The show would feature several bits of humor and was mainly about bringing clips from the internet to a TV audience in an era where broadband was still new. Dot Comedy was cancelled after airing one episode with four episodes never airing.
Noah Knows Best (partially found Nickelodeon sitcom; 2000-2001)
Noah Knows Best was a short-lived sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from 2000 to 2001 and was one of Nickelodeon's shortest-lived television series. Starring Phillip Van Dyke, the show revolved around Noah Beznick as he goes through life in New York City. It was one of the last TV shows to have been filmed at the now-defunct Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando.
Untitled Kanye West comedy project (partially found HBO pilot; 2007-2008)
In January 2007, HBO announced the development of an untitled comedy series from Larry Charles, starring musician Kanye West. The project was said to focus on a day in the busy life of the artist, with events inspired by his actual experiences.
Who's Whose (lost one-episode CBS game show; 1951)
Who's Whose was a very short-lived early game show that was hosted by Phil Baker (radio comedian and host of various radio game shows) that aired for its first and final time on June 25th, 1951 on CBS. It was created to replace The Goldbergs in their time slot.
Tomb Raider: Apocalypse (lost episodic TV game; 2002-2003)
Tomb Raider: Apocalypse was an episodic 2D platformer developed by Minds Eye Interactive that was created exclusively for Sky Gamestar, the interactive television game portal of pan-European telecommunications conglomerate Sky. The game was published over the course of three episodes between December 2002 and December 2003, with each play session costing 75 pence.
100 Bullets (partially lost builds of cancelled games based on comic book; 2000s)
The DC comic book series 100 Bullets had one hundred issues and ran from 1999 to 2009. It follows an agent named Agent Graves who gives people who have been wronged by others the chance to get revenge by giving them a gun, one hundred bullets (hence the name of the series), and info about the person who had wronged the victim., There have been two attempts at making a video game based on the series and neither have been released.
Gang War (lost part-talking gangster film; 1928)
Gang War was a part-talkie film in the gangster genre that was released on September 2nd, 1928. The main (and probably only) reason the film is known today is that it was the film that was attached to the famous Mickey Mouse short, Steamboat Willie
Cutie the Kitten (cancelled standalone third-person game from YouTuber; 2017)
Quiet Tomato is an animation YouTuber with a total of 159,000 subscribers total as of 2019. He is known for his Macromedia Flash and MS Paint animations, the best-known series on his channel being S.A.M. (Springtrap and Mangle), which is about two characters from the popular horror game Five Nights at Freddy's.
Stage Debut (cancelled Nintendo GameCube game; 2002-2004)
Stage Debut is a cancelled Nintendo GameCube exclusive game that was developed and published by Nintendo. It was in development from 2002 to 2004. The game was designed with the use of the Game Boy Advance's never officially released camera peripheral the GameEye (a spiritual successor to the Game Boy's Camera), which allowed players to take photos of their faces and import them into the game.
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“Greetings, loved ones. Let’s take a journey.”
Hey everyone! Let’s get right into it this time. First off, we have 2 new collaborator videos! The first is from LSuperSonicQ, with a video on the lost 1987 Frontier Enterprises dub of Dragon Ball – the first English dub of the series, predating the 1989 Harmony Gold dub. The second is from blameitonjorge, with a fairly comprehensive video recapping one of our most famous searches, A Day With SpongeBob SquarePants. Be sure to watch both of them above!
Next, the new finds:
- First off, a special shoutout to “Media Finder” on YouTube (known as Shaggy in the Discord) – since the last notice board, he’s found one episode of the English dub of The New Adventures of Zorro (“The Samurai and the Sorcerer”), one episode of the Fox Kids dub of The Vision of Escaflowne (“The Diabolical Adonis”), and SEVEN episodes of the Fox Kids edit of Cybersix (“Mysterious Shadow”, “Blue Birds Of Horror”, “The Greatest Show In Meridiana”, “Terra”, “Lori Is Missing”, “Gone With The Wings”, and “The Eye”). Thank you so much for your invaluable work this past month!
- Episodes 1-80, plus episode 90, of the alternate Singaporean dub of Yu-Gi-Oh have been uploaded to MEGA by LMW user Gardevior1/Spongemeboi, who received them from a YouTube user named ASilva528. Thank you for sharing this massive find!
- User Thespongeywun has uploaded episodes 22-26 of Dragon to Archive.org, completing the entire series as found. Thanks!
- VintageKid, aka MatthewPaul, has made two notable finds recently: the Teamo Supremo episode “Cloaked Paulson, Mr. Skull / 3, 2, 1... Teamo!”, and the SpongeBob short “Nickelodeon Blimp” that was shown during the 2005 Kids’ Choice Awards. Thank you for ripping so many tapes and sharing your rarities with us!
- M3D volume one has been found by YouTube user Cat Arthur, after they found it at a thrift store and later discovered it was lost. Thank you for uploading it!
- A number of old Minecraft builds have been found – too many and all too convolutedly named to conveniently list here, but all of the available PC edition builds can be found here, and the Pocket Edition builds can be found here. Thanks to ArcticFromClosed for handling all of this!
- And finally, more footage of Earthbound 64 has surfaced, taken from SpaceWorld 1996. The build itself is still completely lost, but it’s always nice to find anything that gives us a glimpse of it.
That’s it! Hope everyone has been having a good pride month, enjoying the weather if you’re in a place where that applies, and I’ll see you next time! Also we definitely didn’t forget to update the featured articles for 4 months, we just featured 20 articles because we wanted to
-Lucy
Article additions
- Colonel Heeza Liar (partially found theatrical animated series; 1913-1924) 28 Jul 2019 [New]
- Andi Mack (partially found deleted scenes of comedy-drama TV series; 2018) 28 Jul 2019 [New]
- Dressed To Kill (lost original closing sequence to film; 1946) 26 Jul 2019 [New]
- Chozen (partially lost FXX animated sitcom; 2014) 25 Jul 2019 [New]
- Skatoony (partially found original British version of Cartoon Network quiz show; 2006-2008) 24 Jul 2019 [New]
- Tom vs. Jerry: The Chase is On! (found prototypes of unreleased SNES game; 1994-1995) 23 Jul 2019 [New]
- Toy Story 4 (lost original script of Pixar animated film; 2014-2017) 20 Jul 2019 [New]
- Jollyfilter (lost proof-of-concept video; 2000) 19 Jul 2019 [New]
- Jimmy Rolfe Vs the Punching Bag (partially found James Rolfe short film; 1989) 19 Jul 2019 [New]
- Pavement "Terror Twilight" (lost tracks of album from indie rock band; 1999) 19 Jul 2019 [New]
- Waynehead (partially found animated series; 1996-1997) 18 Jul 2019 [New]
- If She Loved Me (lost studio recording of Type O Negative song; existence uncomfirmed; 1994) 16 Jul 2019 [New]
- Working with Lemons (partially found unreleased videos from YouTube channel; 2015) 15 Jul 2019 [New]
- Lock Up Your Daughters (lost Bela Lugosi horror film; existence unconfirmed; 1959) 15 Jul 2019
- Hotel Hooker/Filmed Female (lost pornographic movies featuring Kelsey Grammer) 15 Jul 2019 [NSFW]
- The Avengers "Nightmare" (lost episode of British television series; 1961-1962) 14 Jul 2019
- Larrikins (partially found cancelled DreamWorks film; 2018) 12 Jul 2019
- The Laughing Salesman (partially found live-action TV series based on manga series; 1999) 12 Jul 2019
- SimCity 4 (lost alpha and beta builds of simulation game; 2002) 12 Jul 2019
- King Arthur and King Cornwall (Partially found fragment of English ballad; 17th century) 12 Jul 201
- Nicki Minaj "Roman in Moscow" (lost music video; 2011) 10 Jul 2019
- The Adventures of Pow Wow, The Indian Boy (partially found early animated television shorts; 1949, 1956-1958) 10 Jul 2019
- Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz and the Land of Oz (lost film sequels based on book; 1910) 09 Jul 2019
- Paccie (lost PlayStation 2 game; existence unconfirmed; 2004) 30 Jun 2019
- SpongeBob SquarePants "Sailor Mouth" (lost uncensored version of animated series episode; existence unconfirmed; 2001) 30 Jun 2019
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Ain't Life a Beach (partially found Nickelodeon press kit; 1999) 30 Jun 2019
- Spider-Man 4 (unreleased video game based on cancelled Marvel film; 2010) 24 Jun 2019
- Rugrats: A Live Adventure (partially found footage of musical adaptation of Nickelodeon animated series; 1998-2000) 20 Jun 2019
- Per la ricuperata salute di Ofelia (found Mozart collaborational music piece; 1785) 19 Jun 2019
- A Blind Bargain (lost silent Lon Chaney film; 1922) 19 Jun 2019
- The Seven Dwarfs (canceled prequel to "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"; 2000s) 18 Jun 2019
- Tiger 2-XL Robot (partially found compact cassette tape edutainment games; 1992-1995) 16 Jun 2019
- Les Cartooneurs Associés's early ads (partially found animated commercials; 1982-1990s) 15 Jun 2019
- Quantum Leap "Mirror Image" (partially lost alternate ending of NBC sci-fi TV series finale; 1993) 15 Jun 2019
- The Toy Warrior (lost animated series based on pilot film; 2005) 15 Jun 2019
- Kurt Cobain "Opinion/Opinions" (partially released demo of potential Nirvana song, 1994) 14 Jun 2019
- Jetsons: The Movie "Gotcha" (partially found full version of song from Hanna-Barbera animated film; 1990) 14 Jun 2019
- CommuniCore (lost programs and footage from Disney attraction; 1982) 09 Jun 2019
- Mego 2-XL Robot (partially found series of 8-track edutainment games; 1978-1981) 08 Jun 2019
- Purple Rain (partially found deleted scenes of musical drama film; 1984) 08 Jun 2019
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