The Magic Garden Christmas special airing on WPIX chan 11 New York Wed

[mazinz]

If you go to caroleandpaula.com, you can sign up to get e-mails. They send you info about upcoming concerts and stuff like the Christmas show airing again. I wish I could see them live, but I'm here in CA. Could you record the newscast for me?

I have it recorded on the DVR. In this day and age with a lot of bull**** matting or cropping of 4:3 material I was not taking any chances and also recorded it on the HD version for channel 11 as well. It was nice to see that it was shown in its proper 4:3 format ratio. The HD version had the 4:3 in a 16x9 letterboxed pic but instead of black bars they had a back ground of winter/Christmas scenery.

The only issue I noticed is that when it first started a lot of the movement had a very blurry effect as if the station did a bad interlacing job (for those that know what I am talking about looks like they went with a "blended frames" option)). It went away but some scenes had it and some did not. It was not present for the whole show but only at certain times.

it is quite possible the master tape was a little damaged (since Paula and Carole mentioned the tape being found literally in a basement vault for the station) and the fix was that shoody job I just mentioned

But yes once I record it off the dvr I can supply you with a copy

[HardyGirl]

Well, just remember, I'm the chick who like pops and crackles in records, so it won't bother me. But I do have the Christmas special on VHS, I just wanted the newscast.

I have it recorded on the DVR. In this day and age with a lot of bull**** matting or cropping of 4:3 material I was not taking any chances and also recorded it on the HD version for channel 11 as well. It was nice to see that it was shown in its proper 4:3 format ratio. The HD version had the 4:3 in a 16x9 letterboxed pic but instead of black bars they had a back ground of winter/Christmas scenery.

The only issue I noticed is that when it first started a lot of the movement had a very blurry effect as if the station did a bad interlacing job (for those that know what I am talking about looks like they went with a "blended frames" option)). It went away but some scenes had it and some did not. It was not present for the whole show but only at certain times.

it is quite possible the master tape was a little damaged (since Paula and Carole mentioned the tape being found literally in a basement vault for the station) and the fix was that shoody job I just mentioned

But yes once I record it off the dvr I can supply you with a copy

[mazinz]

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Well, just remember, I'm the chick who like pops and crackles in records, so it won't bother me. But I do have the Christmas special on VHS, I just wanted the newscast.

I missed the newscast that aired before the special. I started my dvr 5 mins before it was suppose to go on the air (so it started recording at 5:55pm). However the actual special (before and during it) would cut back to Carole and Paula now talking about the show and such and being interviewed by one of the Wpix news people. If that is what you are referring to, yes I got it. The special was made to fit an hour time slot.

[HardyGirl]

In case you missed it, I just received this e-mail:

Happy New Year! What a great way to ring in the New Year - It doesn't matter where you are in the world, you can watch The Magic Garden Christmas Special *online* for free TODAY, Wednesday January 1st, at 11:00am & 3:00pm (EST) streaming on the www.pix11.com homepage.

Also, check out the a marvelous article posted by Joanna Colangelo at the Huffington Post "A Lost Christmas In The Magic Garden"

Make sure to check us out on Facebook, too!

"Sooo come on in without a fuss, 'cause the magical garden is waiting for us!"

LOVE, CAROLE AND PAULA

https://www.caroleandpaula.com

https://www.caroledemas.com

[Antonio]

I forgot to Dvr it. Is it available online?

[LadyZod]

Man, I was fanatical about this show as a kid. Some of my best memories from my childhood in Queens involve sitting glued to the TV when it was story time!