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Time For Beany Ep 695 (Patreon)

Published:

2023-11-18 16:00:03

Edited:

2025-12-23 21:47:50

Imported:

2023-11

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This comes courtesy of Mark Kausler. He found that he had 5 reels of this program and wanted to have them scanned since VS was setting in.

This show aired from 1949-1955. Magnetic tape was not used for TV shows until 1956, so many shows were recorded with a kinescope. Basically, as the show was being broadcast live, a 35mm or 16mm film camera was pointed to a monitor and recorded the show as it aired live. Following this, copies were made for syndication or archival purposes.

This is one such kinescope recording. The compression of the Patreon video obscures it, but if you expand the video, you can see the horizontal TV scanlines in the print, in addition to the motion/interlacing artifact from the different frame rates (TV 30hz vs 16mm 24fps). But this is pretty much what the program looked like (minus film scratches) on TV in the 1950s.

Files

Time for Beany - Episode 695 (1951) - Original 16mm Kinescope Scan

Time for Beany - Episode 695 Original Air Date: November 8, 1951 (estimated) Scanned from original 16mm kinescope This episode has been scanned in 4K from an original kinescope negative - the actual film recording made during the live broadcast over 75 years ago. Scanned by the wonderful folks at https://www.youtube.com/@UCC0VagcnThjj1nxlbf6btYQ VOICE CAST: Daws Butler - Beany, Captain Horatio K. Huffenpuff Stan Freberg - Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent, Dishonest John CAMERA OPERATORS: Ed Resnick Robin Clark COMPOSER: Korla Pandit ABOUT THIS EPISODE: The story begins after Captain Huffenpuff snaps out of a trance caused by the “Zootie Fly Flip.” Cecil is supposed to scare him back to normal with a disguise, but the plan goes awry when an actual monster shows up, causing chaos and confusion among the gang. ABOUT TIME FOR BEANY: Time for Beany was a live puppet show created by legendary WB animator Bob Clampett that aired broadcasting five days a week on KTLA Los Angeles from 1949-1953, then on KTTV from September 1953-1955. The show became a cultural phenomenon, beloved by children and adults alike - including fans such as Albert Einstein, Frank Zappa, Groucho Marx, and Lionel Barrymore. ABOUT THIS PRESERVATION: This episode is part of an ongoing preservation project to digitize over 1,000 Time for Beany kinescope episodes before they deteriorate beyond repair. Many of these films are severely degraded, and some are currently being treated at UCLA's film preservation laboratory. Each scan costs approximately $150 and represents a race against time to save this irreplaceable piece of television history. This channel features exclusive scans made directly from original kinescope negatives - many of which haven't been seen since their original broadcast. SUPPORT THIS PRESERVATION PROJECT: ☕ Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/naah1929 🎨 Patreon: patreon.com/naah 🎬 Main Restoration Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCnRwICAjYcJAMKuieaX0PVQ #TimeForBeany #BobClampett #VintageTV #Kinescope #1940sTV #ClassicTV #TVHistory #AnimationHistory #Preservation #FilmRestoration --- Time for Beany Archive - Preserving television history, one kinescope at a time.