I know that some of the old LRR and cH sketches are up on Youtube, but for those that aren't, I can't seem to watch them on the Escapist either; when I try to play the videos, I instead get some sort of ad for all the shows on the Escapist, and a link to their Youtube channel (which also doesn't have the sketches I want to watch).
From what I understand, you've cut all ties to the Escapist, so I'm sure those sketches are gone for good from the Escapist website.
Old LRR sketches
Re: Old LRR sketches
Things like this are exactly why everything's being tossed onto YouTube. There's quite a bit of old sketches that are also unviewable because they were originally on a service that doesn't exist anymore.
Sadly, the only solution is to wait for the Youtube uploads. (Or track down some DVDs.)
Sadly, the only solution is to wait for the Youtube uploads. (Or track down some DVDs.)
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Re: Old LRR sketches
Huge swathes of seasons 4, 5, and 6, aswell as most pre-Escapist bonus videos, and the first 24 Phailhaüs episodes were lost a year or two ago when Blip.tv went under. On top of this, most of season 1 was taken off the site when LRR were running out of server space during seasons 2 and 3, and due to embarrassment about many of the videos' poor quality, and the legal issues surrounding a load of them using licensed music without permission.
I believe it was around season 7 or 8 that they moved to the Escapist, and yeah, I think the Escapist is going a little funky. Escapist had a contract with LRR that gave them exclusive hosting rights to their videos produced for them, which seems to have been a 5-year contract. If you look on their YouTube page, you'll see a lot of sketches being uploaded that originally aired 5 years ago(Last year, we got a load from 2011, this year we've been getting a ton from 2012. It'll continue like this until they work through their Escapist backlog, and then of course there'll be all the stuff from seasons 2-7 to reupload if/when Graham or Paul find the files for them).
At the moment, your best bet for Escapist-era videos is to wait for them to be 5 years old, or to just keep trying on the video pages.
Thankfully, seasons 4 and 5 were released in full on DVD, so there's that option. Unfortunately, LRR seem to have never got around to doing the season 6 DVD, but who knows, maybe they'll do that someday. Season 11 is probably a much higher priority, as that was a Kickstarter thing.
I believe it was around season 7 or 8 that they moved to the Escapist, and yeah, I think the Escapist is going a little funky. Escapist had a contract with LRR that gave them exclusive hosting rights to their videos produced for them, which seems to have been a 5-year contract. If you look on their YouTube page, you'll see a lot of sketches being uploaded that originally aired 5 years ago(Last year, we got a load from 2011, this year we've been getting a ton from 2012. It'll continue like this until they work through their Escapist backlog, and then of course there'll be all the stuff from seasons 2-7 to reupload if/when Graham or Paul find the files for them).
At the moment, your best bet for Escapist-era videos is to wait for them to be 5 years old, or to just keep trying on the video pages.
Thankfully, seasons 4 and 5 were released in full on DVD, so there's that option. Unfortunately, LRR seem to have never got around to doing the season 6 DVD, but who knows, maybe they'll do that someday. Season 11 is probably a much higher priority, as that was a Kickstarter thing.
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