General Someone archived all of Late Night with David Letterman

[IschKabibble]

Not only did he archive the entire show, he kept an insanely detailed database of all the segments, guests, etc. I would like to meet this man and shake his hand.

I suppose you could say this project began on February 1, 1982, but I was surely unaware of any far-sighted overview. I just wanted to preserve, in my own primitive way, what I was watching for an hour every late weeknight. It started on audio cassettes, at first intermittently, then nightly by Spring ’83. ... I had purchased my first VCR in mid-February 1985, and from that date on I videotaped every Dave until his final Late Show thirty-plus years later.

My Late Night with David Letterman History

I suppose you could say this project began on February 1, 1982, but I was surely unaware of any far-sighted overview. I just wanted to preserve, in my own primitive way, what I was watching for an …

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[Uncle Tom Doug]

Pssh. Amateur:

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[IschKabibble]

Pssh. Amateur:

Marion Stokes - Wikipedia

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They're both my heroes. I heard about this lady recently in a somewhat related project.

This 90s cable TV simulator brings the old nostalgia you needed

A new DIY project recreates the charm of watching cable TV shows in the 1990s. It's a simulator powered by a Raspberry Pi.

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I do HQ transfers of Betamax and VHS with QTGMC for buttery smooth 60fps playback, which matches the look of CRT picture better imo. I need to get a hold of someone with access to the tapes so I can pitch in.

 

[IschKabibble]

Vanderbilt's did it already though. They should monetize the catalog so Anderson Cooper doesn't have to whore himself out to CNN anymore.

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[NiteProwleR]

So, he taped them?

 

[IschKabibble]

So, he taped them?

Yeah, and uploaded them all to YouTube apparently, but I haven't found them yet. He has a Patreon that might provide access to the database and unlisted links.

 

[IschKabibble]

His channel has a ton of compilation edits

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[Cornhole Champ]

Awesome