DVD Transfer 128 (Mostly February 2023 Pluto TV Recordings)

About

DVD Transfer 128 starts with a partial VHS tape (only had a half-hour of video on it) from the fall of 1996 before the remainder of the DVD is filled with recordings from the Pluto TV free streaming service.

CONTENTS 1. The Clinton Chronicles (infomercial recorded off INSP during 1996. This video - originally produced in 1994 - was released under the auspices of "Citizens for Honest Government" {whose founder, Patrick Matrisciana, also founded Jeremiah Films, a Christian production firm producing mostly documentaries dealing with various cults} made allegations of vast corruption involving Bill Clinton, mainly focused on claims Clinton lied about completing his Rhodes Scholarship; organizing anti-war demonstrations in the Soviet Union; misusing funds for the Arkansas Development Finance Authority {a forerunner to the then-ongoing Whitewater scandal}, allegations of profiting from drug smuggling in Mena, AR; the assistance of Bank of Credit and Commerce International {later closed down for money laundering charges}, Citibank and an Illinois bank connected to disgraced Illinois Democratic Congressman and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dan Rostenkowski; Clinton's ties with cocaine smuggler Dan Lasater {Lasater, who served time in prison alongside Clinton's half-brother Roger} was eventually pardoned; conflict of interest regarding the business dealings of Webster Hubbell and the Barry Seal case; with an updated video release {which included an interview with Paula Jones} offer including a book version and a bonus video suggesting that the death of White House Counsel Vince Foster was no accident or suicide. The name of the group would prove somewhat ironic given that when the video was released, Matrisiciana - during an interview with Jerry Falwell - posed as a journalist who was in silhouette due to "fearing for his life", something that Matrisciana later admitted was staged for dramatic suggestion {and was allegedly Falwell's idea; which raises the question as to why Matrisciana - as a brother in Christ - didn't shoot the idea down in the name of honesty})

2. DirectLine with Paul Weyrich (recorded off the old National Empowerment Television {later America's Voice} channel in which the Free Congress Foundation founder interviews Washington consultant Tom Clemons and former Republican National Committee chairman Rich Bond in which topics cover: The Clinton campaign running ads on Christian radio saying President Clinton opposed partial-birth abortion {the claim was false and got him condemned by Pope John Paul II} and boasting of signing the Defense of Marriage Act that defined marriage as one man and one woman {done more out of political expediency than any real conviction on the matter; additionally Clinton had called it "divisive and unnecessary"}; questioning why Republican nominee Bob Dole wasn't going after Clinton harder {noting most of what Clinton was running on, such as a balanced budget, came after the Republicans took control of Congress} and the Clinton Americorps "character" program favoring its volunteers being paid over veterans. Record date of October 14, 1996 based on a reference to the second and final Presidential debate being the following day)

3. Classic Concentration (from BUZZR; first of the Pluto recordings. Mimi vs. David - original airdate: May 28, 1990 on NBC {Memorial Day})

4. The Price is Right (from Barker Era channel on Pluto. Episode #5474. Original airdate: November 8, 1984 on CBS. Alvira Singer {the fifth player} was the big winner, winning $1000 in the Showcase Showdown and eventually getting a Double Showcase Winner for bidding on her showcase under $100 from the actual retail price)

5. Supermarket Sweep (from BUZZR; Episode #1157 - Paul & Jana vs. Chris & Kathy vs. Vickie & Gloria. Original airdate: June 14, 1991 on Lifetime. Gloria & Vickie won the Big Sweep and Bonus Sweep)

6. Rescue 911 (from Pluto Rescue 911. Featured stories: A phone research company employee gets a call from a suicidal man in Tempe, AZ and alerts officials there and a high-speed car chase in Baltimore leads to two women critically injured. Original airdate: TBD in syndicated {this and apparently all of the shows on the streaming channel are the 30 minute syndicated versions}. The segments in the syndicated version originally aired on CBS)

7. CBS News Baltimore (6:00 p.m. repeat of CBS O&O WJZ-TV 13's newscast that evening. Anchoring are the weekend team of meteorologist Abigail Deigler; {anchors to be added later}. Featured stories include: A warm-front for Charm City; a gun found in a Baltimore school {the tenth of the school year}; a teacher arrested for sexual abuse and rape; daycare owner Shanteri Weems gets a longer-than-expected sentence for shooting her pedophile husband James {a former city official, trial for him scheduled for May}; cry for police reform following the Tyre Nichols murder in Memphis and an interview with Maryland State Senate president Bill Ferguson on what the goal for state legislation would be for; Paul Gessler reports on the testimony of a man who shot and killed the husband of a police lieutenant - with the question being over whether it was self-defense or not {questionable given there were 10 shots fired}; celebration of Rosa Parks by the Maryland Transit Authority on what would have been Parks' 110th birthday; full weather forecast; Alex Glaze reports on how Baltimore residents could see black entertainers on the city's Pennsylvania Avenue during the mid-20th century until 1968 {when Baltimore was one of the many cities ravaged by riots following Dr. Martin Luther King's assassination}; reports on efforts to restore the segregated school where future Supreme Court justice Thurgood Marshall attended; a look at black-owned Lexington Market - the country's longest-lived community-owned market; a TikTok video of two dogs with their own bus seats; a Seattle fire at a doggie daycare {reported by Julie Calhoun} resulting in over 100 dogs having to be rescued {thankfully, all were rescued} and a doggie wedding fundraiser)

7. Garfield in the Rough (from the Garfield & Friends channel that airs nothing but Garfield & Friends and the 1980s Garfield specials. The special premiered on CBS on October 26, 1984 and - as the previous special, 1983's "Garfield on the Town", had - won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. Love the guitar solo at the end of the theme song)

8. The Rifleman ("Quiet Night, Deadly Night" {S5E4}; from its own channel. Original airdate of October 22, 1962 on ABC. Guest stars include: Carolyn Leigh, Maureen Dawson, Patricia Blair {who played regular Lou Mallory on this, the Rifleman's final season, as Lucas McCain's romantic interest before later starring as Rebecca Boone in the 1964-70 NBC western "Daniel Boone"} and Ralph Moody)

9. Sanford & Son ("Sanford and Son and Sister Makes Three"; from Pluto's Black TV Sitcoms channel. Original airdate of December 1, 1972 on NBC. Guest stars include Ja'Net DuBois {best known for playing Willona Woods on "Good Times" [which she also sang the theme song to] and singing [and co-writing] the theme for "The Jeffersons"} and Emily Yancy. Episode co-written by Richard Pryor and Paul Mooney)

10. Rescue 911 (This episode features efforts to rescue people caught after a train derailment near Baltimore {much of the footage recorded as it happened} and the story of the K-9 unit sent to search for a missing girl. Details TBD)

Human-made No record of this work says a model made it. What this means.

Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

Licence or status

The Internet Archive states none for this item.

Credit

Inspiration Networks; Free Congress Foundation; Fremantle North America; Pluto TV-Paramount Global; Paramount Global Content Distribution; WJZ-Paramount Global, MacAndrews and Forbes, Paws Inc.-Paramount Global, Sony Pictures Television,

Who can watch

The archive gives no rating. Invisible Network shows it to Teens profiles and older, judged from its collection and subjects. How films are placed