Yesterday's video voluntarily pulled/Oddity Archive: Episode 285.1 – Ben’s Junk: Realistic (Radio Shack) Astronaut 8 Radio
Added 2024-11-08 15:12:31 +0000 UTCWell, if you never caught it, the video on the mold cleaner rig I posted on Wednesday has been pulled. The inventor reached out to me yesterday--apparently, I was late enough to the party that my unit is outdated. After chatting at length on the phone last night, the agreement is that he'll hook me up with the current model and I'll take a new crack at the review.
Of course, now I'm stuck bumping up next week's video to fill the hole in my schedule (least it was finished--recorded the same weekend as the mold cleaner). Now, I need to figure out how to plug next week. The plan for this weekend was to get the Thanksgiving episode underway.
Anyway, here is the (belated) video on a radio I picked up on the Christmas 2021 Archive Thrifting "special". Lessee if it launches me into outer space...8 times over.
Comments
Well dang. At least it's kind-of related and seems to maybe have some of the spirit, unlike other gone-bust companies that have had the rights to their name bought up and used to peddle junk, like Crosley.
Jason Haman
2024-11-09 19:22:31 +0000 UTCAlas, Blackhawk closed in 1988 or so. David Shepard (the final owner, now deceased) kept the name "The Blackhawk Collection" and licensed his stuff for various restorations. After Shepard passed, Serge Bromberg (owner of Lobster Films) inherited the collection and still occasionally uses the name as a nod to Shepard. Someday (post-current dramas), I still hope to do an episode on the history of Blackhawk Films, but I've had nothing but trouble gathering materials. And, of course, David Shepard died in 2017, so any hopes of an interview went out the window a long time ago.
Oddity Archive
2024-11-09 19:06:15 +0000 UTCCompletely off-topic, but I just watched the restored Kino release of the 1925 Phantom of the Opera TCM showed a couple weeks ago, and noticed Blackhawk Films in the restoration credits. That would have meant nothing to me if it wasn't for OA. Nice to know they're still in business, apparently doing film digitization/restoration. Just felt the need to share that... thanks again for doing what you do.
Jason Haman
2024-11-09 17:24:44 +0000 UTCI'd been waiting for you to show off that radio ever since you picked it up in that thrifting video, if only because it's a neat historical curiosity. Quirky and obsolete as it is, I'm glad you got it fixed up. Must have been fun to play around with back when it was new. As for the episode setback, as always, hang in there. We can always count on you for quality over quantity. Hope the new device works out better for you.
Jen Gibbons
2024-11-08 21:13:11 +0000 UTCThis is a nice curiosity item. Definitely something my dad would have had back then. And the fact the radio is about as old as me. Nice work Ben.
Mike Carpenter
2024-11-08 17:58:10 +0000 UTCWell I guess that's an odd monkeys paw situation where you will get to take a crack at a 2nd generation version which hopefully fixes the issues, given you are very much the type in need of such a device
SR
2024-11-08 15:55:43 +0000 UTCI went to do my customary 'within 24 hours after going public' rewatch earlier (with ad blocker disabled, but for a while now I've still gotten no ads?) so you get the view credit, and saw it was set private. My initial thought was another attack of the dumber-than-a-rock copyright bots, then I remembered you didn't play anything. Was wondering what happened. But, I did watch it pre-public and pre-pull. That sucks you had to grab an episode from your queue and set yourself behind - you're dealing with WAY too much already. I'd have been totally fine with you skipping a week (or more). (Well, not skipping anything in time and effort, but results to show for it.) I'm off to watch the replacement episode now. Please don't overwork yourself, skip a week (or more) if you're too busy. Also, it really shows the quality of your character that you took this setback to pull the video and redo all that work in the future to review the latest version of the product. I hope the inventor fully appreciates it.
Jason Haman
2024-11-08 15:50:52 +0000 UTC
