User blog comment:ArmadillooftheAges/Useless thoughts and opinions from an old user here/@comment-36627132-20190305161421/@comment-38454773-20190307180216

Regarding 1970s television and movies lacking good preservation, I agree. I find it rather odd that such material is so difficult to come by when you consider it was a time period where recording shows or movies to watch later on was no easy task. I would chalk it up to bad preservation methods or just plain misfortune. I read a statistic some years ago delivered by the United States Library of Congress that 75% of all silent films are lost.

I think a good case study would be the career of Moe Howard of The Three Stooges fame. I read that he had gotten a job running errands at Vitagraph Studios in New York. Instead of being paid with money, however, he was given small parts in movies in exchange for his services. But when a fire burned down the studio in 1910, most of his old works were destroyed. I think this may have been the case with a lot of stuff of that era.

Wait, so "Special Ed" was actually was going to be an episode? Wow, now I'm confused. I imagine that, much like myself, you're a lost media enthusiast too. The story I've heard from various lost media-centered sites and videos is that a hacker managed to hack into a major fan-made Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy website, Edtropolis I believe, and edited a snippit of a Danny Antonucci interview. That edit ended up being the "Special Ed" and "too real" story that's caused such a commotion in both the lost media and Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy communities. Most lost media hunters, from what I understand, consider the episode to be a hoax. Another story I've heard is that the developer of the website itself inserted it "just for fun", along with the other "in development" episodes, "Luck be an Ed tonight" and "Room with an Ed". Would you happen to have a source(s) that indicates that this episode actually exists or at least was in development at one point? I'm intrigued.

I remember watching the Edternal Summer special a very long time ago. And really? Well, now that's fascinating. If it's not too much trouble, would you mind providing a link to this video and a time stamp showing the mysterious Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy clip?

Yes, I'm familiar with the "Scarecrow Boy episode" story. However, I'm ashamed to admit I only learned about it a few months ago on Tv Tropes. Being a gigantic Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy fan myself, I would spend hours reading up on it and trying to learn everything I could and I thought I learned everything there is to know about the show. But then comes this and I'm thrilled to find out there's this bizarre "only aired once" episode story. What I also appreciate about it, is that it has that classic Creepypasta feel to it. It has a very strong Candle Cove-esque vibe to it. I also find it rarely mentioned on many major Youtube channels dedicated to lost media. What I find both awesome and kind of eerie is that rumors and stories of the Scarecrow Boy episode predate Candle Cove and Creepypasta's existences and popularity by nearly a decade! I would like to see a lot more coverage about this mysterious "only aired once" episode and maybe the rumored Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy pilot "3 Men/Dudes". Although, I do believe the "3 Men/Dudes" story is completely fictitious, as there's no solid evidence for its existence.

Yes, I also remember when Adult Swim uploaded "Dexter's Rude Removal" on its Facebook page. It was really awesome. During the mid-2000s, I recall visiting various sites surrounding television and animation and reading first-hand accounts of people mentioning this episode and claiming to have seen it at animation conventions and festivals. I didn't really know what to make of it and I just sort of forgot about it until Genndy Tartakovsky seemed to confirm its existence. He claims the reason why it never aired during the series original run was because "standards didn't like it", but I've also read the episode was made strictly for the amusement of the people who worked on the show and was never meant to air in the first place.

I find it funny that just three years after this very controversial Dexter's Laboratory episode was made but never aired due to its content, "Sailor Mouth" from SpongeBob made its debut and broke a lot of ground. I recall seeing an episode of Baby Looney Tunes called "Who Said That?" and an episode of Arthur called, "Bleep" had the same exact subject matter, but I feel like they never would've gotten it to the airwaves without "Sailor Mouth". Kudos, however, to Dexter's Laboratory for nonetheless being bold enough to center an episode around vulgar language and behavior and at least willing to take the risk of facing the ire of an army of incensed 90's soccer moms.

I'm also familiar with Tim Burton's Hansel and Gretal adaptation. It had a Japanese theme, correct? I found it interesting. And, although I've never been much of a PC gamer, I also have seen videos on Garage: Bad Dream Adventure. It's very unsettling but a great discovery.

I, too, am a frequent visitor of the Lost Media wiki website. It's excellent and a great place to spend hours exploring. It's so amazing to see how much art and ideas have been lost to the sands of time due to some sort of bad luck, censorship, or simply being forgotten.

And I agree with you on how tragic it is that some companies won't release certain things because of legalities and what-not. But personally, I find the worst kind of lost media being the kind that you'll never get due to a cruel twist of fate.

I think a great example would be the old English epic poem, Beowulf. I read it a few years ago and I very much enjoyed it. But I think it's tragic that the original tale suffered two major losses.

The first was that the original poem was heavily altered by the Icelandic Christian monk who wrote it down on parchment. If my history is correct, Scandinavia in those days was steering away from Norse Polytheism was beginning to become influenced by the Judeo-Christian religion. As a result, the poet changed a lot of the initial pagan influences to better reflect their faith. The earliest version of the poem was sung by bards and transmitted orally, so that means we will most likely never see Beowulf as it originally was.

Secondly, the manuscript that contained the earliest writings of Beowulf was partly damaged in a fire, but scholars agreed that the poem as a whole was not too drastically changed. Overall, it was a double whammy. We got heavy alterations and a part of the poem destroyed, meaning that those elements of the story will never be made available to us.

I also am very fond of older games. I suppose it's their charm and vivid personality and fun factor that make them so appealing. That's not to say I have no interest in modern games, though. I personally cannot wait for the release of ''Mortal Kombat 11. ''Mortal Kombat is my all-time favorite gaming franchise because it manages to stay "klassic" but always manages to stay fresh with each new installment.