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Posted by Dave Ruth (Member # 4596) on September 21, 2018, 08:00 AM:

Hello all.

I was curious if anyone knew about this show being released on Super 8! I have 5 episodes now, and only one is in a box naming the company that released it as "Red Fox Films". Did Red Fox put out all 5 of these episodes? Is this all that there is on Super 8? I find it interesting there were this many episodes available, as mostly I only see a single episode here or there for TV shows, but I have read this show is in the public domain. Oh, and for the record, I find the show to be quite enjoyable, although I know there are differing opinions because of its history, but it reminds me of the Honeymooners.

Posted by Joe Taffis (Member # 4) on September 21, 2018, 09:26 PM:

Dave, there are at least seven. Here's a page from a Red Fox catalog...

Posted by Burton Sundquist (Member # 5813) on September 22, 2018, 12:22 AM:

Dave, that page from the catalog should help. Great to have members like Joe to share their knowledge and listings from the good old days. I recently paid quite a bit more for that Twilight Zone episode!

Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on September 22, 2018, 03:23 AM:

I understand that the radio series are in the public domain but the TV series is not.
A few years ago Paul Foster was selling some 16mm episodes at a quite reasonable price. I bought "The Society Party" and always have a good laugh when I run it.
The TV show had a very limited life of only two years, from 1951 to 1953, in that time 52 episodes were filmed using the multi-camera set-up, this was before "I Love Lucy" used the same idea.

Posted by Dave Ruth (Member # 4596) on September 22, 2018, 05:50 AM:

Thanks for that magazine scan! That is awesome! So of my 5 episodes, 4 are on that list.

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