The Lost Media of Australia Iceberg Explained

#lostmedia #icebergexplained #australia
This is the lost media of Australia iceberg. I've tried to sort things by what I think are the most well-known that you've likely heard of in some way, down to the least known with barely any information about them. The first and bottom layers I think are pretty solid, with items in the middle tiers a bit more fluid. I found so many things with little discussion about them, and it was challenging to place them. In any case, I hope you enjoy it and find out about a few pieces of media that you weren't aware of before. Maybe you're sitting on something that's lost!
The iceberg chart itself for your reference: icebergcharts.com/i/Lost_Medi...
A big thank you also to everyone who has commented and DMed me with suggestions of lost media that I wasn't aware of before, and the amazing contributors of the lost media wiki.
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00:00:00 - The Start
Layer 1
00:00:47 - Neighbours 3896, The Wiggles Episode
00:01:35 - Wake In Fright
00:02:49 - Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos
00:04:04 - The Story of the Kelly Gang
00:04:43 - Bluey Pilots
00:05:39 - Number 96
00:06:26 - Steve Irwin Final Footage
00:07:10 - Countdown
00:08:02 - Bananas in Pyjamas Lost Episodes
00:09:10 - Graham Kennedy Crow Call
00:09:59 - The Wiggles 1995 Unaired Pilot
Layer 2
00:11:34 - White Diamond Studio Version
00:12:35 - The Price is Right 1970s
00:13:21 - Slim Dusty Unreleased Demos
00:14:01 - Double Dare Australian Version
00:15:01 - New Adventures of Blinky Bill
00:15:56 - Johnson and Friends American Dub
00:17:01 - Neighbours Uncut Deaths
00:18:40 - Dame Nellie Melba Funeral Procession Recordings
00:19:13 - Cheez TV
00:20:10 - Are You Being Served In Australia
00:21:15 - Young Talent Time
00:21:52 - Skippy: Adventures In Bushtown
Layer 3
00:22:42 - A Very Aggressive Vegetable
00:23:33 - Guinevere Jones
00:24:12 - Captain Thunderbolt/Three In One
00:25:01 - Girl TV
00:25:50 - Magic Mountain
00:26:26 - Sonic Live In Sydney
00:27:16 - Stormworld
00:28:04 - Short Cuts
00:29:00 - Lizzie's library
00:29:44 - Freaky
00:30:25 - TV Burp
00:31:18 - Eat Carpet
00:32:03 - Rock n Roll
00:33:03 - Professor Poopsnagle
00:33:36 - Dog and Cat News
00:34:13 - Catch Kandy
00:34:53 - 1924-1925 Ashes Radio Coverage
00:35:44 - Wormwood
00:36:37 - Kitu and Woofl
00:37:13 - Wild Kat
00:37:49 - The Interpretaris, Vega 4 and Phoenix 5
00:38:50 - Swinging
00:39:21 - School Rules
00:40:05 - Rollercoaster
00:40:33 - Ketchup Cats Who Can Cook
00:41:31 - The Magic Shoes
00:42:06 - Balinese Slapping Fish
00:42:51 - Splatalot
00:43:40 - News Free Zone
00:44:26 - The Private World of Miss Prim
00:45:18 - The Off Show
00:46:31 - Great Temptation Valerie Episode
00:47:14 - Cushion Kids
00:47:53 - Larrikins
Layer 5
00:49:25 - Thylacine Sound Recordings
00:50:38 - Bobbie The Bus
00:51:11 - Jandy Malone and The Nine O'Clock Tiger
00:52:11 - Swap Shop
00:52:55 - Alpha Scorpio
00:53:28 - East Fremantle 1980s song
00:54:05 - Six of the Best
00:54:31 - The Guyra Ghost Mystery
00:54:59 - The Eggs Unaired Pilot
00:55:37 - Bunyip
00:56:20 - Dress Up Box
00:57:03 - Words Fail Me
00:57:37 - Afternoon Show Stephanie Osfield Run
00:58:34 - Alexander Bunyip's Billabong
00:59:05 - Magic Box
01:00:02 - 1994 Australian Grand Prix Collision Fan Footage
01:01:14 - J-Squad
01:01:56 - Not A Lot Of People Know That
01:02:39 - Stygian
01:03:28 - John Christian Watson Recordings
01:04:17 - Rubbish
01:04:57 - Balmain vs North Sydney
01:06:05 - The Hopkins
01:06:46 - Dogs Head Bay
01:07:38 - Cinesound Varieties
01:08:23 - The Dinky Di's
Final Layer
01:09:11 - Maestro's Company
01:09:50 - Random Place
01:10:36 - Cthulhu
01:11:37 - Possession
01:12:21 - Rainbow
01:13:07 - Watch This Space
01:13:42 - The Rotting Woman
01:14:22 - Zoopops
01:15:31 - Party Animals
01:16:23 - The Ozlets
01:17:25 - The Magical Tintookies
01:18:11 - Crash Palace
01:19:14 - Flea Threatens TISM Radio Interview
01:20:47 - Pokemon Park 2000 Sailboat Show
01:22:22 - Chatswood Youth Unknown Song
@MewisMe700 video about the Pokemon Sailboat Show: • The Mystery of the Pok...
Chatswood Youth Unknown Song Full Video: • Chatswood Youth Centre...

[@Margot_the_Doll]

As an Australian myself I never knew there were lost media about these kids shows despite watching most of them.

[@StrangeAustralian]

There's so many honestly - I was shocked by how much kids TV from Australia is just never officially released or lost. Even relatively recent things can go missing quite easily.

[@Margot_the_Doll]

@@StrangeAustralian I know! I'm glad you dug all of this info up for us to know about. Also here's a video suggestion you can do next lost music of Australia. I would like to see that

[@BeAGoodDoga]

@@Margot_the_Doll now surely you’ve heard of Agro?

[@YukeWeiss]

I feel that. I watched so much Rollercoaster and to think it's not been recoreded and preserved outside the original airing is kind of surreal.

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@YukeWeiss It's honestly a shame, especially after reading people's comments here. Sounds like there was a lot of love for Rollercoaster.

[@Rexdrinkredbull]

Me, an American with little to no knowledge of Australian media: Hell yeah I'll watch an hour and a half video on Australian lost media where's my snacks

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you so much! I hope you found out a few new things about Australian lost media - and found some snacks!

[@BeAGoodDoga]

Agro has a ton of lost media too. Not just Agro’s Cartoon Connection (which only has parts available), other programs he featured in such as Wombat, Seven’s Super Saturday / Super Saturday Show / Super Sunday Show & Boris’ Breakfast Club are also mostly missing as well.

[@StrangeAustralian]

This is good stuff - had no idea about Wombat and the others you listed, besides Agro!

[@BeAGoodDoga]

@@StrangeAustralian well not only that, but it’s because of Agro’s Cartoon Connection that I have a bit of personal lost media of my own, as I attended a taping of it around 1994 or 1995, & was shown in the audience just before a commercial break. My Dad would also appear on a seperate segment as well. We don’t have recordings anymore, so I’d give anything to see them again.

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@BeAGoodDoga Might be worth getting in touch with Seven to see if they have anything. They may have a way to search if you have some names or dates to narrow it down a bit. Good luck!

[@BeAGoodDoga]

@@StrangeAustralian I believe the NFSA has some tapes; but wether they have all of them from 1990-1997 in the way of Cartoon Connection is another story.

[@BeAGoodDoga]

@@StrangeAustralian btw I just remembered another show I used to watch from around 2002. I’m not sure if many here remember it, but I wonder if those that do, remember a show on Channel 7 called Generation 7? I remember it because of the juice of the same name that the show was named after & was constantly promoted on the show too. I don’t think I’ve come across any recordings of Generation 7 (or just G7 for that matter) anywhere. Do you remember that show?

[@chernyat5048]

Wake in Fright is one of my all time favorite Aussie Films. A friend of mine who watched the movie mentioned how accurate the depiction of being drunk is in the film. I take their observation as credit knowing their past history with alcoholism. I greatly enjoy the films desolate atmosphere and its accompanied soundtrack.

[@StrangeAustralian]

It's a very unique movie - the atmosphere is like nothing I've ever really seen in a film before. And the general attitudes towards alcohol definitely ring true in some parts of Australia today.

[@artism9780]

There’s also numerous lost Australian television broadcasts from the 1960s that featured Olivia Newton John as a teenager like The Go Show or Sing Sing Sing.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Very true! I think there's a lot of live shows from that time that aren't recorded in any way that just passed through. Really makes you wonder which other performers showed up in those early broadcasts that have been forgotten or lost altogether.

[@thischannelisajoke6810]

One of my favourite moment in lost media is with Australian media. Someone posted about the ABC3 specials “sport smackdown” being lost except the tennis one, I was upset that it was lost media so I reply with everything I remember about those specials and bang, someone replied with all of the lost specials plus a unaired one

[@StrangeAustralian]

That's amazing, it's great that something was able to be found just like that! Here's hoping that other lost media out there can be found if the right people know it's being looked for.

[@steampunk-llama]

Damn it’s weird to think of Splatalot having lost media given just how often it reran episodes, at least from what I remember as a kid

[@StrangeAustralian]

Yeah, it seems like the Australian version did get a decent number of repeats for a while and then just vanished without anybody saving it. Really weird, especially since the other versions have a bunch available.

[@birdcrossing]

@@StrangeAustralian it reran for so long, i has surprised when i heard it went off air. Im surprised no one had an archive.

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@birdcrossing It really is surprising - you would think that at least one or two episodes would've been archived somewhere, but it looks like that's not the case.

[@darkdragonskull3371]

G'day, mate. i remember Rollercoaster on ABC TV it was good. And also remember Stormworld TV show it's was so underrated. Ps this iceberg video brings me so much good Aussie nostalgia. Thank you

[@StrangeAustralian]

You're very welcome! I'm glad to have brought back some memories for you.

[@siryogiwan]

words fails me was used as a teaching tool at my public school back in the day, I loved it

[@StrangeAustralian]

That's what I heard! Thanks for sharing - always great to hear from people who have seen some of the more niche and obscure pieces of media.

[@JamesJimmaHarding]

The Australian version of "Wheel of fortune" is up there as well. Hasn't been on since 2008, and there's *very* little about it online besides the (mostly Rob Elliott era) episodes that pop up on KZbin

[@BeAGoodDoga]

The John Burgess era is what most fans would wanna see again.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Certainly! I'm optimistic that the episodes might exist in network or production archives, but we'll probably never see them again. Could be interesting to see if any of the contestants became famous later in life.

[@JamesJimmaHarding]

@StrangeAustralian Brydon Coverdale was a contestant on both *Wheel of fortune* and *The Weakest Link* in the early 2000s, along with his memorable appearance on *Million Dollar Minute* in March 2014, which "put him on the map". Now he's best known for being "The Shark" on *The Chase: Australia* !

[@BeAGoodDoga]

@@StrangeAustralian I wonder if any Ernie Sigley-hosted episodes from the 1981-1983 period still survive? I’ve not encountered any on here, & also as mentioned not many had recorders back then.

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@JamesJimmaHarding Exactly! You never know who might show up on those kinds of shows.

[@buffkittycat3027]

Underrated video keep up the good work

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thanks kitty, I appreciate it! I may be doing dedicated videos on one or two of the lost media on this iceberg, and I've got a couple of other iceberg ideas in the future too. Stay tuned!

[@wurstbrat.]

I loved Magic Mountain! I haven't seen it in like 20 years but I still remember the opening music

[@michaelbullen3104]

Yes FINALLY, I’m a sucker for Canada, UK, Australian and NZ lost media. I’m a Canadian so we had all the unedited wiggles series air over here. Always love seeing wiggles lost media and lost media from places that aren’t just American media. I find that US lost media vids have been over saturating the lost media sphere, not that I don’t like them they’re great but it’s great to see vids like this

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you! I like my American lost media too and a lot of American lost media KZbinrs have inspired me, but there's a whole world of media out there that doesn't get coverage. Glad you liked this one - here's hoping a few of these things get found one day, and other people from across the world chronicle their own lost media.

[@shavonnehunt]

Going through your whole channel after this video! So much Aussie story’s I’ve never heard of, fantastic and well made videos! SOO underrated 😭

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed this video and have looked at my back catalogue as well. There will be other stories to come eventually - stay tuned!

[@justsomebloke460]

top job on this mate, there's so much lost media in Australia you could make this a 3 or 4 part series. A piece of lost Aussie media is the channel 10 show Stooged, it ran for 3 episodes before getting axed out of disgrace in 2005. It was said to be a complete rip of Ashton Kutcher's Punk'd and was hosted by Millsy. The only evidence of its existence is a chat board from 2005 shitting on the show, and brief mentions in Milsy & Channel 10's Wikipedia pages.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thanks for watching! Now that you've mentioned it, I have vaguely heard of Stooged and imagine tracking it down would be a bit tricky, especially if all the eps didn't air. Even doing a search about it shows very few results, and not many details about the show itself.

[@MrSimplesimon1987]

Also remembering Channel 7's one episode of Let Loose Live backing 2006. And 1992's Channel 10 comedy, Late For School.

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@MrSimplesimon1987 I hadn't heard of Late For School before! Thanks for mentioning it - will keep an eye out in case I stumble across it somehow.

[@MrSimplesimon1987]

@@StrangeAustralian No worries. I think it aired one or two episodes, then discontinued. A little like Arcade back in the early years of Australian Television. Another worth mentioning is the 1976 TV series of Andra from the ABC. Only around 2 minutes of footage survives. It was both the fault of the ABC and China. ABC sent the master copies of Andra over to China to air over there. Once it was returned. It was found to have been erased with Chinese Game Shows. One last to mention is the 1959 series, Emergency. I don't know what became of that one. Can't find very much on it at all. So long ago I guess.

[@chernyat5048]

Always leaving the best til last 😎👌💜 Really enjoyed this iceberg. It's nice to see this great country be the subject of some lost gems.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you so much, and thank you for sharing your own lost media story with everyone! I hope this video helps recover some items on this list, or at least inspires people to hold onto and save media that's important to them. You never know when it might just disappear!

[@Minkfang]

This just popped up in my recommended and I’m so excited to watch haha. I wonder if the ACMI or the NFSA will get a shoutout for hoarding lost media 😅 totally get they can’t release everything bc of formatting and money but there’s a few pieces of media I’m begging to see but can’t view unless I’m a high level researcher

[@StrangeAustralian]

I hope you enjoy it! I don't mention ACMI, but the NFSA definitely gets mentioned a few times! What pieces of media are you trying to see? I know a few independent archivers watch and lurk on my channel - depending on what you're after they could have something or I may be able to mention it in a community post or even a video if there's enough info about it. Good luck with your search either way!

[@wurstbrat.]

I've never seen an Australian version of an iceberg video! Excited to actually recognise some stuff.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thanks for watching! Glad you recognised a few things, and maybe learned of a few new ones.

[@Jade93972]

Johnson and Friends... wow I haven't thought about that show in a minute...

[@equarep1725]

Nice video! Lately i've been doing lost media icebergs on several countries and Australia was one that i wanted to tackle. I guess i'll use your iceberg as a reference lol. Gonna shout out yours btw

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you, that would be great! Look forward to seeing what you come up with.

[@unintelligentdesign2644]

I am nearly certain I have half a dozen episodes of the new Blinky Bill taped on VHS at my mothers house. I am going down to her city in the morning so I will check. I didnt know it was lost media.

[@StrangeAustralian]

You never know, you could have some of the missing eps! Here's hoping the tapes are still functioning.

[@cag3891]

Fantastic video mate. I have watched a number of lost media videos, but hardly any mentioned Australian content. Its sad but it doesn't really surprise me how many children's TV shows have been lost, likely because TV networks see no use for them as soon as they are aired just that one time. So many lost media including my favourite TV show, Doctor Who are like this, because many thought it would be watched once and never be watched again. I am in my early 40s, so I recognize a number of TV shows, even though many I didn't watched them. It would be interesting to see if some of the kids shows/game shows I watched as a kid in the 1990s still exist, like Now You See It, A*mazing, The Bugs Bunny Show, Saturday Disney just to name a few. I would guess, not many, as there would be no point in showing it multiple times, especially kids game shows. What most shocked me was how recent some of the entries were, but with everything now digital, I am certain we will see more in the future (i.e Streaming services purging TV Shows). Thanks again for a great video.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you! And you're absolutely spot on about Kids TV in Australia - so many just get a brief run and that's it. There's a lot of things that we're unlikely to ever see again officially or unofficially. I wouldn't be surprised if something like A*mazing, Saturday Disney and all still exist at their networks, but we'll likely never see them again unless there's some kind of leak. It shows the importance of saving the things you like and enjoy, and one of the main advantages of physical media too.

[@prowler6435]

There is a small lost media KZbinr has his sights set on finding a Big Brother spin-off called Friday Night Games. There were only about 8 episodes, and there is very little footage to be found anywhere. He even reached out to the hosts, who couldn't offer any help with the search.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Would be interesting to see if the original production had any episodes. I think they would've kept them for a little while, but they could've been discarded since then. Bit of a shame.

[@bridget7617]

In New Zealand in the 2000s we had a show called ‘The Go Show’ and I cannot find any full episodes on the internet except a few home videos of the credits on youtube 😅

[@StrangeAustralian]

I'll have to look into that one! Really enjoyed looking into some NZ stuff, and I'm sure there's way more out there than I realise.

[@pokemaniac05]

Does anyone remember Lil Horrors? i vaguely remember it. Tracey McBean S3 is another mystery if some people have it, S1 & 2 is available on YT for the most part, tho it is also on Prime Video. Other AUS & NZ tv series i can also include (as a Part 3 continued from previous comments) like Butterfly Island, Bang Goes the Budgie, Saturdee, Maddigan's Quest, Streetsmartz, Sebastian the Fox, The Magic Boomerang, The Flying Dogtor, Shirl's Neighbourhood, Worst Year of My Life, Again, Adventure Island, The Magic Circle Club, The Terrific Adventures of the Terrible Ten, Long John Silver, Slide, The Shapies, The Coral Island, Bambaloo, Kitty is Not a Cat S3 (i can't find it in English), Ship to Shore mainly S1 EPs 1 thro 3, Sugar and Spice, Driven Crazy, The Lost Children 2006 NZ tv show. Yeah there's a lot i did find, mostly some EPs, clips or originally Throwback TV Australia's stuff which most of his content was Australian TV drama, Movies & comedy which is an area that sadly didn't put them in playlist descriptions before it was all gone.

[@jellofangy1412]

Seeing Splatalot Australia on the iceberg surprised me. I remember when I was bored watching the Australian episodes on the TV upstairs and because I was so into the chaos of the show I recorded them so that I could watch them over and over again. Unfortunately that was years ago and by this point the pay-tv service I was using no longer worked and in the process I might’ve lost all of those recordings. Even if it did still work the service subscription I used is now expired. What a damn shame ;-;

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

I do wonder how many episodes on this 'berg would be lost whenever FetchTV and the like send out a new box or wipe recordings during software updates

[@StrangeAustralian]

Yeah, it seems like a lot of people commenting loved Splatalot and are sad to see it vanish. I can only hope that the ABC might put it on iView again some day, but my gut tells me it's not going to happen anytime soon.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Quite a lot I think, especially for those shows through the 2000s-2010s.

[@Abstract2k]

as an Australian this video is like a nostalgia trip. Great video!

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you for watching! I'm glad I could take you on a trip down Memory Lane.

[@DrLizShawOBE2]

I was the one who uploaded the promos for Dog's Head Bay. The reason why I uploaded them though was to make viewers understand the context of the particular episode in question, to save time for the continuity announcer to give details about the rest of the entertainment lineup for those particular Monday nights. I've seen all episodes of the show except for Episode 8 because we were travelling, but never taped them. I was only nine years old when the show aired.

[@StrangeAustralian]

I'm very glad you uploaded them, otherwise I'm not sure if there'd be any footage from the show, unless it's buried amongst a lot of other clips without any search terms that'd find it.

[@mariojose6918]

Missing Video is all About "Out There" is an Australian TV Show Drama 2002

[@thevioletskull8158]

As an Aussie,I wish Australian media companies would better preserve stuff

[@StrangeAustralian]

You're absolutely right - a lot of companies here just do not do a good job of preserving their work, especially children's TV. Some things likely exist in their archives but they may just decide it's too difficult to digitise or they don't want to pay any kind of residuals for streaming rights and eat into their own profits. A real shame.

[@SlySh0go]

Great video!

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you, so glad you liked it! It's the longest on my channel to date, and I'm thankful for anyone taking the time to check it out.

[@TheNathanNS]

As a Brit, I had no idea there was an Aussie version of TV Burp, it feels so wrong to see it hosted by someone else other than Harry Hill lmao But also surprised they seemed to copy absolutely everything, even the studio looks like a 1:1 copy of the UK one

[@StrangeAustralian]

I can definitely see how it'd be weird watching the Australian version, especially when the original had a much longer run!

[@cowbearrie]

had a meeting with every kiwi ever, we collectively decided we appreciate the representation

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you! I was happy to give representation, and would love to hear more about NZ lost media - I'm sure there's things that I've missed or can't find info about that would be worth talking about!

[@SleepyLuigi]

Finally- more lost media!

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@judee.caulfield6386]

I'd like to also nominate Shopping for Love, a TV dating show where you went into someone's house, tried to guess what gifts they might like from their stuff, then were given a bunch of money to buy things for them at Chadstone shopping centre before finally meeting and seeing if you're a match. There's one episode on KZbin but the rest is gone

[@StrangeAustralian]

Now that is obscure, based on the little information you can find about it! Easily a candidate for a lower tier entry on a revised edition of this iceberg.

[@imprintedlife]

So many memories. But, The Ozlets. What a memory. I'm tempted to get the VHS' and digitize them. Not sure you covered it, but I remember an Australian tv show on ABC called Hunter. Not Australian, but do you remember a Canadian tv show called Look Up?

[@StrangeAustralian]

I'd not heard of Hunter or Look Up before! It seems that Hunter only aired in Tasmania and is another in the list of weird puppet shows on the ABC. I can't seem to find much on Look Up - will have to do a bit more digging for it.

[@JohnsonandNoddy]

Well informed and interesting video. A few of these I can confirm I will post in future, Kitu and Woofl being one of them. Not all of the episodes, but I have a few. Lizzie's Library I have a few more I haven't posted yet but will get around to. As for the two Bananas episodes, we've come very close to finding those and I know we will soon (i am going through countless recordings which will eventually lead us to those episodes) - also, originally it was three episodes not available anywhere in English. "Shoe Shine" was in this position as well but I found it on one of the tapes of shows my mum recorded for me on ABC circa 2006. It is surreal knowing also that many on this list would be completely lost if it weren't for me, as well as some that aren't on here because I have found them in full (Boffins, Pig's Breakfast, Johnson & Friends, Swinging etc) -- I have also found a good amount of Magic Mountain, Lizzie's Library and others. All I can say is if you have a genuine interest in this specific genre and era of Kids TV, please stay tuned, I'm like a magnet for this stuff and it always somehow finds its way to me. Lol. I also have the "Big Fella Street TV Unit Archive" channel which is mostly TV recordings whereas this one is for episodic uploads.

[@pokemaniac05]

What happened to Ferry Boat Fred? but anyway thanks for some of the others like Johnson & Friends, Swinging, Pig's Breakfast, Boffins, Finders Keepers (at least half of it) etc.

[@JohnsonandNoddy]

@@pokemaniac05 just be patient with Fbf. I removed those for a very good reason and that show will return eventually.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you, I appreciate you watching! It's great to know that there's a few items that you're close to uncovering. Keep it up!

[@pokemaniac05]

@@JohnsonandNoddy Yeah of course sry, this is the first time i'm able to comment to you because your video comments are turned off. Also dealing with the loss of the YT channel Throwback TV Australia which he had a lot of rare Australian media from TV that also had some children's tv, movies & miniseries along with some New Zealand media.

[@JohnsonandNoddy]

@@pokemaniac05 yeah that's because most of them are set as made for kids as I'd really like them to be available on KZbin kids which means more children will actually get to see some of these great shows as opposed to the crap that's on today.

[@Markiegee55]

I see B1 and B2 on the thumbnail I had to click, I'm American and I recognized those two bananas in pajamas!

[@StrangeAustralian]

They're true icons, and I'm glad you're showing them some love!

[@tylernich0848]

Freaky was actually quite scary even as a 9/10 year old on abc, was never released

[@StrangeAustralian]

I can definitely see why it would disturb young kids - the creators certainly achieved what they set out to do!

[@tylernich0848]

I sold a wiggles royal children hospital promotional VHS recently for $300, until 4/5 years ago it was 'lost media'

[@StrangeAustralian]

Amazing what kind of niche and obscure things get made, even from a popular group like The Wiggles! The Wiggles have a whole lot of lost media associated with them, and I'm pretty sure someone did a video dedicated to it all.

[@pokemaniac05]

I also can't forget the huge library of Australian TV Drama & comedy from back then & now, we have a lot of obscure, popular or lost, that aren't just about soap operas and trust me there's a lot of it that don't have a Wiki or IMDB page (including ones from Throwback TV Australia's channel had before it was mostly gone) and i sadly can't remember many of them. I made playlists of full series, list of movies & ones that are individual ones that has trailers, clips & some EPs) for the most part.

[@Cyntaria]

Dog and Cat News! I used to go on the rollercoaster website and watch it soooooo frequently as a kid. I miss it. I went looking for it a few years ago when I needed a nostalgic escape from life and was upset when I couldn't find most of it 😢 I wonder if anyone has the SWF files for the rollercoaster games? There were some amazing ones that are just gone.

[@StrangeAustralian]

You never know, someone might have the games saved away somewhere! Hope they turn up someday.

[@Cyntaria]

@@StrangeAustralian I might have the game on section of rollercoaster games saved somewhere. I mostly saved that bit for a little point and click puzzle game called Chasm

[@albertmiller2electricbooga897]

Always reckon I could sweep the Splatalot course, can't believe it's lost media now

[@StrangeAustralian]

It's a massive shame, especially since it's one of the relatively recent shows in this iceberg.

[@dolphin_yee]

Underrated video

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

[@genesisknight9948]

The mention of Skippy is sending me down a confusing nostalgia trip. Cause I remember back in like grade 1, or maybe 2nd or 3rd grade (those were the earliest grades that I can remember us watching educational shows on those old box tv's, this was around the late 2000's early 2010's I think) and we were learning about Australia, and every class we would watch an episode of this show about this young boy and his kangaroo. I went and looked it up and its apparently the live action version of Skippy that ran from 1968 to 1970. But looking at it now, I'm not sure if I'm remembering things wrong or it was a different show. Cause first of all, I don't recall the intro having a title card, I recall the quality being much brighter and not so washed out, and idk why but one snippet has stuck in my mind ever since, just a close up shot of the little boy crying. I have no idea why THAT moment was so significant to me but it was. I'm Canadian btw. Although I did have a bunch of undiagnosed mental issues up till 4th grade, so my ADHD, Autistic, anxiety filled brain probably remembered it this way for some reason.

[@StrangeAustralian]

For sure, our brains can have a weird way of putting TV shows together, especially if you're thinking on them years later.

[@stephendayrit4483]

@genesisknight9948 Please give Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown a shot, it's so good.

[@ZeroTheHero3]

Good stuff ❤❤❤

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you, glad you liked it! Appreciate you taking the time to watch.

[@pokemaniac05]

I can't find that Guinevere Jones playlist atm, my guess it's been removed and i only found a handful of EPs currently.

[@StrangeAustralian]

That's awful. I hope they can turn up, even if it's in Russian only.

[@Lostmusicvideos]

You're missing quite a few things. Some that come to mind 1. the 2005-6 Channel 9 Childrens TV Series Streetsmartz that ran for 39 episodes. 2. Out There. 2003-4 ABC/YTV Childrens show. 25 episodes over 2 seasons. 3.Big Breakfast and Big Arvo. Heaps of content from both programs are completely lost at this time. 4. Wonder World. Heaps of episodes and segments are completely lost. 5.A*Mazing. Channel 7 Iconic Kids Game Show. Thats on top of Challenger, Time Masters and many other Aussie kids game shows. 6. Hot Streak, Burgos Catchphrase and many other Australian game shows. 7. So Fresh, Video Smash Hits, Pop Up Video, Pepsi Chart Hits, lost Video Hits Clips and Rage content, Ground Zero among many other music TV Shows. 8. The Shak. Channel 9 Afternoon kids program. 9. E Street and a heap of other 90s Aussie Soaps. 10. Plasmo. ABC Claymation. 11. G7 TV, One On One, Speed Week and other weekly sports programs. 12. Hotdog With The Lot, In Wollongong Tonight, The Samahaha show and other Channel 31/ community TV shows. There's a lot more. Maybe ill have to make my own set of videos on them.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thanks for mentioning all of these! There's a bunch that I hadn't heard of and didn't come up in my research, maybe they'll make it into another video or a revised iceberg. I'd love to see anything you make about them too - the more they get talked about, the more likely it is that someone might notice and help recover something that's lost! I think there is some of Plasmo on KZbin, but not sure if it's everything. Really great show in any case.

[@Jade93972]

I loved Short Cuts back in the day (on ABC) sad that I can't watch it again.

[@StrangeAustralian]

I'm glad that some of it is still accessible. I think it could be one of the ones that has the most chance of being found in full - fingers crossed!

[@Jade93972]

@@StrangeAustralian I hope so! Now I'm regretting not recording it!

[@mutatedkraken.]

I’m not sure if you know this, but I vaguely remembered seeing one show that used to air on ABC back then (probably around 2010-2013). It’s a live-action show with puppet (idk?) animals hosting a talent show. I’m pretty certain it’s called “Zoo Talent” or something like that, but I can’t find any info anywhere on the web. So in that case, that show is most definitely lost media.

[@StrangeAustralian]

For some reason I'm thinking of The Ferals - they did have episodes featuring talent shows, but I'm not sure if it would've still been airing between 2010-2013. Will have to look into it a bit more!

[@cannedworms1814]

Was it Creature Features?

[@mutatedkraken.]

@@cannedworms1814 Maybe….. I’ll watch the show someday and see if that is it.

[@viviatwilight]

a lot of cool stuff here i feel like i missed out on and will never get the chance to see now 😢

[@StrangeAustralian]

You never know, some things might get found again! I know there were two episodes of Catch Kandy that showed up in the middle of me editing the video, so there's always a chance that you'll have a chance to see them some day if people look out for them.

[@kurtg5405]

There was a really scary show in the mid to late 90s on the ABC that played im fairly sure after the abc kids segment in the morning. I have never been able to remember what it was called but it had synthwave music and weird inverted colour effects and the like, it used to give me nightmares as a kid. When describing it to friends, they always think i mean round the twist, but i know for certain it was something else.

[@StrangeAustralian]

It might not be the right one, but the first thing that comes to mind is Finders Keepers - it had a bunch of out there music and some weird colours and imagery. Would be keen to hear more about it.

[@kurtg5405]

Another weird lost Aussie media are the Centrepoint tower commercials from the late 90s early 2000s that used to play on TV and even inside the centre on a loop on mounted CRT televisions - ive not been able to find them anywhere.

[@StrangeAustralian]

That's very niche! I think I'll have to look into them a bit more as well. They sound like something I'd put towards the bottom of the iceberg if I did a revised version. Thanks for sharing!

[@pokemaniac05]

As for Australian children's TV that are found (even those that are blocked), mainly obscure ones or only aired in AUS, this may be a long one: Holly's Heroes, I Got a Rocket! Escape from Jupiter & Return to Jupiter Sky Trackers (1994) not to confused with the 1990 Sky Trackers TV Movie Crash Zone, Mortified, Lockie Leonard Animalia, Noah & Saskia Worst Best Friends, Double Trouble Winners & More Winners, Touch the Sun The Valley Between (aka Sun on the Stubble in AUS) C/O The Bartons, The Girl From Tomorrow Ready For This, My Place, Kaboodle Flea-Bitten, The Genie From Under, The Henderson Kids These are just from the ACTF as shown in their website or in the end credits, if i miss any others i probably did said in previous comments or ones you did mentioned before.

[@cannedworms1814]

I have VHS recordings of some Rollercoaster segments and I possibly have some recordings of Splatalot

[@aidanrogers5381]

would be cool to see them on YT!

[@StrangeAustralian]

I know a few other commenters would love to see them. If you have a way to digitise them it'd be great!

[@maxrockatanksyOG]

The Quiet Earth, an NZ film about the end of days, seen it numerous times on feee tv when i was younger

[@StrangeAustralian]

Looks like a pretty interesting film! I'll have to try and check it out.

[@stephendayrit4483]

I've been a fan of Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown for seven years, and it has really influenced my plans to become a creator of animated series and films. I have an animation up on my channel with a character named from Skippy's voice. I love how this series is getting recognition in the lost media community.

[@StrangeAustralian]

That's awesome, so glad you got inspired by it! Here's hoping the rest of Adventures in Bushtown is able to show up some day.

[@stephendayrit4483]

@@StrangeAustralian I hope so too. I also want to let you know that there are actually six episodes missing in English. Two were not released as episodes on home media, but they were packaged with other episodes as part of a compilation movie on VHS Skippy Saves Bushtown, that took out some parts of the full episodes. I've also been very open about my love for the show and its inspiration thats driving me, as I have told people I know about it, in a sense spreading awareness of its existence.

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@stephendayrit4483 That's great, had no idea there were VHS only EPs.

[@stephendayrit4483]

@@StrangeAustralian That's not what I meant, they all would have aired on TV, but I was just saying that those two episodes were released on home media as part of that compilation movie. I hope this makes sense now.

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@stephendayrit4483 Got it, thanks!

[@SmilingAdvocate]

as a brit it looks odd to me seeing footage of someone other than Harry Hill on the TV Burp set!

[@StrangeAustralian]

Funnily enough, someone else also mentioned how wrong it was to see it being hosted by someone that wasn't Harry Hill! Thanks for watching - hope you enjoyed!

[@jackko21]

A good chunk of the early years of hey hey its saturday is lost

[@StrangeAustralian]

Very true, I'd be surprised if the production even recorded a lot of the early stuff.

[@jackko21]

@@StrangeAustralian they did the same thing as countdown and wiped the tapes to for reuse

[@jazzratoon]

21:54 I've seen a few episode of Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown as little kid, its a shame it only had 1 season on top of partially lost episodes, also Episode 20 and 26 are incomplete but watchable states, there are German version which has all the episodes available.

[@StrangeAustralian]

How weird to have the German dub available in full while the original Australian/English language version is only partially found! Kind of like how all of Guinevere Jones can be found in Russian but not in English - makes you wonder how many other shows might have full dubs available but lost original versions.

[@jazzratoon]

@StrangeAustralian Maybe countries outside Australia probably cared more about the show to consider archiving it. Information on the Skippy cartoon is very limited about what happened while it aired online. It could be it be that the show was not popular compared to other Yoram Gross Shows or Channel Nine having fewer viewers at the time, tho the series does end with no cliffhanger. While Blinky Bill, Flipper, and Tabaluga had 3 seasons, all ending around the same year of 2004. I really hope Flying Bark releases all the episodes on DVD/Blu Ray in the future. Tho it's a big stretch for it to happen. 🤞

[@stephendayrit4483]

@@jazzratoon I'm a Gen Z person who's discovered Skippy: Adventures in Bushtown through the Internet seven years ago. I love this show so much and my own expansion of Skippy and Bushtown in my mind has influenced me to pursue a career of making animated series and films. I'm also probably the most dedicated fan of the show in terms of going through the Internet and social media for EVERY SINGLE TALK about Skippy, whether it be fan art, articles, books, toys and mentions on foreign websites. One last thing, since 2020, I've been openly expressing my love for the show through fan art and getting people I know and those I've met aware of the show's existence (I even randomly brought it up to the live chat of a KZbin livestream by ArtSpear Entertainment of Super/Hero/Villain/Showdown! Bowl and Fanfictasia fame and they read it). Perhaps, I said too much...

[@jazzratoon]

@@stephendayrit4483 Wow that is awesome, we got a big fan of Skippy.

[@stephendayrit4483]

@@jazzratoon I have an animation up on my channel titled 'Slam Dunk' with a central character whose named is taken from Skippy's VA.

[@nicoler.4648]

Those bananas in the thumbnail unlocked unlocked a deep memory and I had to click on the vid

[@StrangeAustralian]

I knew I was on the right track including them in the thumbnail - hope you enjoyed the video!

[@yellowpete79]

Before the move to North Sydney, Ch9 Willoughby's archive was pretty bare of anything pre 2000's. A shelf did have a few old film cans and there is a wooden antique camera on display at North Syd but i was told the majority of their digitisiting was outsourced. Ch10 archive is barely existent. Aerobics Oz style was taped offair by the shows creator. During a repeat possibly during Covid, the creator approached ch10 and said if they digitised the series they could rebroadcast. But some tapes got eaten by old tape decks.

[@StrangeAustralian]

That's quite the twist with Aerobics Oz Style! Not often you hear about places trying to preserve things but wind up wrecking the tapes in the process. Sad how so many other things just didn't get archived.

[@yellowpete79]

@@StrangeAustralian For the most part the industry doesn't care about the past. Tv workers now are dominated by corporate and advertising marketing people. Same for SBS and ABC, barely anyone has passion and everything is too expensive to do. Archiving digitally is also starting to become an issue as there is so much content.

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@yellowpete79 Completely right. All the programs and a lack of care by TV and production companies leads to a lot of things being lost or never seen again.

[@JoeMama-me2yj]

Weirdly enough I'm pretty sure the Australia's Naughtiest Home Video's full upload is missing some segments

[@StrangeAustralian]

I've heard whispers about that too! Not sure if they cut things for the rebroadcast version or if there were clips that didn't make the final version they set out to screen in 1992. Wouldn't be surprised if both were true.

[@JoeMama-me2yj]

@@StrangeAustralian same honestly, good on you covering Aussie stuff in the lost media scene...as a fellow Aussie myself I'm proud that we are getting some attention

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@JoeMama-me2yj You're very welcome! I plan on covering it a bit more in the future too. Maybe not another iceberg unless I can find a lot more new entries to add, but I may cover a couple of entries on here in more detail.

[@JoeMama-me2yj]

@StrangeAustralian glad to hear it,I remember my mum trying to show me Mr squiggle and getting perplexed at how little is online of it Also remember alot of the shows in this and your weird kid shows Iceberg, great stuff mate

[@Aqzw]

Nice

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thanks, hope you enjoy!

[@Grievous-nx3iu]

I swear with the Australian version of splatalot I watched it on KZbin back in like 2017. It was on a channel whose name was Kayne but who knows maybe that got removed

[@StrangeAustralian]

That wouldn't surprise me at all. There's been a lot of love in the comments of this video for Splatalot, and a lot of people shocked that it's now lost!

[@Grievous-nx3iu]

@@StrangeAustralian I have hope it's still in the ABC archives somewhere. It's too recent to be gone for good

[@wurstbrat.]

I'm gonna have to check my old VHS tapes. I'm sure I have some Cheez TV. I didn't care about the live-action parts between cartoons but I'm sure I'd have caught some of it.

[@pokemaniac05]

There's a lot of idk about, but for the ones i know like Stormworld which Elkarn's channel had all 26 EPs and i've seen them all, but sadly it is closed. i found only some Guinevere Jones EPs in French and other series like Pirate islands (which Jonathan M. Shiff Productions sadly private all except EP 18 & EP movie condensed version exists, Cybergirl which makes me think EP 20 is "lost EP" because it's not available to buy digitally & Search For The World's Most Secret Animals, but 10 out of the 12 EPs are in someone else's channel) & Thunderstone S3 in English which i talked about way back in the Weird Australian Kids TV iceberg vid. Aside from one Bananas in Pyjamas EP that is blocked by the ABC on YT, those 2 i can't find at all. The New Adventures of Blinky Bill, only a few EPs are on YT and the less i say anything regarding Robert Hughes, the better. A thing you forgot to mention on Skippy: Adventures in Bush town is that Skippy is male, while the prior 2 series of Skippy in the 60s & early 90s was a female. Magic Mountain S2 is a oddball for me like only some i can find and all of S1 is on still there on YT. I remember Lizzie's Library back in the day, stop motion animation i really appreciated over the years because yeah it is a lot of work to do. As for Catch Kandy, Mrsimplesimon1987 uploaded 2 more EPs recently, Wormwood, Wild Kat and vaguely know Kitu & Woofi way back. The Interpretaris, Vega 4 & Phoenix is a trilogy of series i mentioned also in the Weird Australian Kids TV iceberg vid & Swinging, shame about EP 3 of that series. Rollercoaster on the ABC will be missed, it was pretty cool to see as a kid until it stopped. Surprised you didn't mention Trapped & Castaway since Marsii has all the EPs on Internet Archive & later and also appealed on the Aussie Archivist Backup YT channel and honestly it needs some love. Heck High Flyers Series 2 is still a mystery on anyone who has the EPs, all of Series 1 is on YT & even Prime Video. Yeah J-Squad i remember seeing some as well The Dressup Box is something that Throwback TV Australia had until you know his channel got terminated along with a bunch of his uploads of rare Australian media & some from New Zealand that idk how he got them, lucky for me i have his Google Drive link and it's still there with EPs of the Secret Valley & Professor Poopsnaggle among other stuff.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Yeah, there's a stack of stuff out there that I and a lot of other people wouldn't know about. It's a shame how so little of it is accessible - makes me feel bad for all the creative teams behind these shows whose work isn't out there to see.

[@joelbarraclough6689]

Any chance you can do a "The Lost Media of Britain Iceberg"

[@StrangeAustralian]

Certainly - I like that idea a lot! It may be a while before I'm able to put it together, though it would be a lot of fun. I can think of a few pieces of media that would go on the iceberg, but if you have any then feel free to drop them in the comments. The more obscure and weird the better!

[@liamconnollyst]

I think some media from this continent could be found very soon but still there’s some interesting choices.

[@StrangeAustralian]

I think so too! I received some optimistic comments about the missing Bananas in Pyjamas episodes, and I think other pieces of media on this iceberg might show up if the right people see it.

[@allencrown]

Weird how as a European I remember having seen quite a lot of the childrens shows that aired between the 90's and 2005.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Kind of surprising to me too actually - as someone from Australia, it's hard to get a sense of what shows and movies of ours get screened overseas, unless they're major hits like Bluey.

[@Nihilore]

the hot water bottle from Johnson and friends gave me nightmares as a kid

[@StrangeAustralian]

I'm still weirded out by it as an adult! I think it's the eyes and the mouth/notmouth it has. Thanks for stopping by and for the music - I don't think this video would've been the same without your work the accompany it. Keep it up!

[@jackko21]

Video hits has alot of lost media

[@StrangeAustralian]

You're right, I think a lot of those kind of shows would be lost. Hopefully some of the newer ones would be archived, but it wouldn't surprise me if they're gone for good.

[@Hinoka5251]

I’m in the USA but it’s nice to hear different stuff from different countries

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thank you! It's honestly been great to heart from people overseas enjoying this video.

[@GreenYoshi93]

Sarvo from Nickelodeon Australia is also mostly completely lost media.

[@StrangeAustralian]

I hadn't heard of it before! Fingers crossed it's preserved somewhere, especially since it's so recent.

[@wurstbrat.]

This must be how Americans feel when they see those videos of kids in 8 layers of clothing drawing the Mickey Mouse logo. I can't believe I'm seeing shows I've actually watched in an iceberg!!

[@alexiskuwata]

Hello from America.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Hello there! Hope you enjoyed the video!

[@alexiskuwata]

I did. ​@@StrangeAustralian

[@SobbleWobble13]

I wonder if someone did one from Canada

[@StrangeAustralian]

I'd love to see one for Canada! I don't think there are too many lost media videos dedicated to specific countries, and I was really excited to do this one. Most of the time videos are just about US media - a big and interesting topic for sure, but there's so many places that likely have their own media history that's just disappeared.

[@SobbleWobble13]

@@StrangeAustralian yeah I'm from Canada and let's just say that we have a lot of lost media and obscure media

[@leet7489]

i legitimately did not know there were that many episodes of Bananas in Pyjamas

[@RedSpade37]

They went down a _lot_ of stairs...

[@StrangeAustralian]

I know! They may have only been a few minutes each episode, but they still managed to get a lot of them out there.

[@pongo4966]

1:11:11

[@emilyisoffline]

wow this is a long one...

[@StrangeAustralian]

It's definitely my longest video to date! Took even longer than I thought it would to complete. Hope you enjoy!

[@emilyisoffline]

@@StrangeAustralian almost done and its great so far!! love the stuff on splatalot that was my childhood- sadly don’t have anything recorded. do you have any info on the abc3 game show steampunks? there’s zero info about it online that i can find :/

[@StrangeAustralian]

@@emilyisoffline Thanks! I know that Steam Punks was available on ABC iView at some point, but it seems to have disappeared. You might like to try and contact the host Paul Verhoeven, as he seems semi active on social media. He might not be able to send any clips, but he can probably give you some good info on the show if he's willing to chat.

[@emilyisoffline]

@@StrangeAustralian thanks a lot mate, will do

[@aethert0ast]

lAUSt Media

[@StrangeAustralian]

Now that's some good wordplay!

[@mutant_girl_mintt]

splatalot is... lost media...? 😭

[@StrangeAustralian]

The Australian version is at least! I hope it shows up again in some form - it sounds like those who watched it got a lot of enjoyment out of it.

[@doggosarecool1063]

His name is Dr Terrance Elliot thank you lmao

[@Snexzyy]

bananas in pyjamas is lost media?!

[@TheDogRepublic]

A single episode is lost I believe

[@StrangeAustralian]

Partially lost - there are two episodes that were screened but haven't been seen or made available since, whether through official or unofficial channels.

[@benamisai-kham5892]

I feel like the episode lost socks is maybe the one of 5 episodes I ever watched as a kid. I remember the title.

[@tb3411]

Anyone else think the J Squad character looks lawsuit-inducingly like Rayman?

[@StrangeAustralian]

They definitely look like they were inspired by Rayman!

[@tb3411]

@@StrangeAustralian Yeah but one of them has blonde hair and a string pull hoodie as well

[@WannabeMarysue]

J Squad is missing? Thank God, that cartoon sucked.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Still surprised that some of the episodes got a DVD release.

[@Hectik17]

so many throwbacks, as a kid in the 90s Sydney, I used to watch aloooot of morning cartoons and abc kids, I mean alot.. I'm not even going to list them there to many mostly from 1990-2004 (I stopped watching as much TV after year 10), but I guarantee I've seen most of these missing episodes. even the more older shows not aimed towards kids. hmm it's a shame alot of media gets lost, really is upsetting. I like to archive alot of things well not tv shows more hobbies I'm in to as a adult. like Sydney graffiti history and graff mags from Australia, also aussie hip hop I like to archive and document. if I could archive everything from cartoons and obscure aussie TV shows I would but I'm only one person. you have to choose what is most important to collect/document/archive there is to much to do it all (to many interests) much respect to anyone documenting and archiving and cataloguing, no matter the subject. someone out there is appreciates it. only got halfway in to the video, it's 4 am ill save the rest for later but I'm sure there's going to be alot more shows and cartoon I seen in the 90s can't wait.

[@StrangeAustralian]

Thanks for watching, hope you enjoy the rest of it if you get a chance to see it! You're absolutely right - there's so many things that just don't exist or aren't readily available. A lot of it is children's shows as well, which seems to be a real shame. We just don't make a lot of them available for people to see after they're first shown. It really makes me feel for the teams who make these things, only for them to be forgotten or never released by their production company in any form.

[@allencrown]

Probably not really lost media, but the second season of the new Zealand show mirror mirror 🪞 is nowhere to be found on the internet, besides an awful Russian dub. I'd love to watch it again as I always loved the first season but the studio behind it is a bit stingy. The fact that both seasons of spellbinders still exists on KZbin is nothing short of a miracle.

[@StrangeAustralian]

I feel like I saw Mirror Mirror somewhere, but maybe I'm thinking of the Russian dub as well! I'm quite surprised that we can still see Spellbinder too - so many of those children's shows from commercial TV just disappear, which makes it a big outlier. Very glad we can watch it easily today, though others should be viewable as well, but that's production companies for you!

[@allencrown]

I wish more people knew about spellbinders as it was way ahead of it's time being about paralel universes and all. Definitely one of my favorite kids shows even to this day. As long as it stays online I may show it to my own kids some day.