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Lancelot Link back on DVD!

Monday, May 28th, 2012

Today, Tuesday, May 29th, Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp is being re-released on DVD.

The new version is being put out by Film Chest, who worked with Lancelot Link producer Allan Sandler and ABC to re-release the show from the original masters. This new release is a 3 disc Collector’s Edition with a behind the scenes documentary including Allan Sandler, producer, Bob Emenegger, the original music director, Diane Bernard’s and Jeff Krulik’s “I Created Lancelot Link” documentary, and Lancelot himself (the original Lancelot has been at the Wildlife WayStation living in retirement).

To go along with the release, there is now an official Lancelot Link site, along with Twitter and Facebook accounts:
http://www.lancelotlinksecretchimp.com
https://twitter.com/#!/LancelotLink70
http://www.facebook.com/officiallancelotlink

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Another Land of the Lost marathon on Sci Fi

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

To coincide with the release of the Land of the Lost movie, the Sci Fi Channel is running another marathon of the original Land of the Lost series.  The marathon will run over the course of two days, June 4th and 5th, from 8 am to 6 pm EST.  Unlike the previous marathon, they will be omitting the first three episodes, but will be showing the last three episodes, which were not aired during the Memorial Day marathon.

Sci Fi’s website also has a new video interview with Sid & Marty Krofft here.

Museum of Broadcast Communications TV archives online

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

The Museum of Broadcast Communication recently started offering portions of their tv archives online.

The online archives include episodes of several Saturday morning shows from the 1970s, including live action series like Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost, and Lidsville, as well as animated series like The Archie Show, Scooby Doo, and The Challenge of the Superfriends.  The archives also feature a lot of prime time series and news broadcasts, some of them still have their original commercials included.

To go directly to the archives, go here. You will need to set up an account, but that shouldn’t take more than a few seconds.

Recreating Saturday morning lineups

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

Here’s something pretty cool. Using Youtube clips, the Saturday Morning Blog has attempted to recreate the various network Saturday morning line ups from the 60s & 70s.