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77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV series · 60 min episodes · 6 seasons
Created by Roy Huggins
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Corollary question: How many films and TV-shows are now not legally available?
Hundreds. Probably thousands.
A few years ago I started watching noir films. Once you get past the Criterion Collection, it gets harder and harder to find the good stuff.
A lot of it never made it to VHS. Even fewer made it to DVD. Compared with the number that were made, hardly any made it to streaming.
It's even worse for television. One example among many: 77 Sunset Strip.
60's French or Italian cinema, or 80's/90's Asian cinema
It doesn't even have to be something as niche as that. Even popular productions can be impossible to watch if the rights holders aren't interested.
Try to find 77 Sunset Strip. It was a massively popular television series that ran for years on TV. It simply doesn't exist anymore. Not on broadcast, cable, streaming, DVD, or any other platform. You can't even torrent it.
I have a relative who lives off the grid. He has this massive collection of thrift store VHS tapes that he watches. I'm so envious every time I see it. So much quality material that simply cannot be watched anymore by any means because they never made the transition to digital.