Lost TV gems: Space Stars 10-10-81 Space Ghost & Teen Force

10-10-81 episode of the rarely seen Space Stars cartoon featuring Space Ghost & Teen Force, along with segments featuring the Herculoids and others. Duped direct from 16mm to Beta1. The BetaGems channel also has "Cartoon Lost & Found: Adam West October 1989 pilot, complete show," "1989 USA Cartoon Express & Nickelodeon Cartoons TV ad," "1989 King Koopa's Kool Kartoons on Fox Kids Club, longlost Mario Bros show," "1989 Secret Saturday Cartoon Show, Karate Kid & Camp Candy," and "Cartoon Theme Songs with Gary Owen & Bob Denver 1988 TV."

BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from 1983 into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on Youtube or online.

Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads. In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.