[Rain Man]

I was just curious if anyone here besides me trades copies of episodes of old TV shows. I have done 5 tape trades of old game shows, and I know with the advent of the Internet, tape trading of old TV shows is commonplace. Now many people really don't trade tapes per se, but rather, they dub a copy of the shows and send them to friends.

Now some might say that with many shows going on DVD, that tape trading might go obsolete. I disagree with that because:

Not all TV shows will go to DVD due to:

Person/company who owns the rights to the show does not want it rereleased or wants a high price for the distributor to release it.

Certain actors on the show may not have cleared their appearances; the show cannot be rereleased without their permission.

The show was severely short lived and not well remembered; to release those shows would result is few sales and large losses.

Other factors that make tape trading fun:

Old commercials you loved and forgot about you can see again:

Uncut and unedited (Case in point: In Living Color DVD--the 2nd season DVD does not feature the hilarious Vanilla Ice White White Baby sketch, and several Men of Film sketches have been subtly muted or a key punchline cut).

"Bonus" material - promos for contests, promotional consideration plugs, ticket plugs, contestant plugs, network or station ID tags.

But I digress. Anyway, who has old rare TV shows taped? If so, what were they and how long ago were they taped?