HARRYHAUSEN / SCHNEER on 1977 TV TALK SHOW ! DVD RARE!

       ~~ IN MEMORIAM   CHARLES H. SCHNEER   MAY 5 1920 - JAN. 21 2009 ~~  

           THIS IS MOST LIKELY THE ONLY WAY YOU WILL EVER GET TO SEE BOTH  RAY  HARRYHAUSEN AND HIS LONG TIME FRIEND AND PRODUCER CHARLES H.  SCHNEER BEING INTERVIEWED TOGETHER IN THEIR PRIME !  THIS IS A PRICELESS TIME CAPSULE FROM MAY 25th 1977 WHEN THEY WERE ON TOUR PROMOTING SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER ON A TALK SHOW CALLED HOTLINE AT A LOCAL TV STUDIO IN TOLEDO,OHIO.  I WAS SO LUCKY TO BE PART OF THE STUDIO AUDIENCE.   **** THE ONLY REASON THIS AMAZINGLY RARE AND HISTORICALLY IMPORTANT VIDEO STILL EXISTS AT ALL IS BY A FRIEND TAPING THE SHOW FOR ME ON A PROFESSIONAL REEL TO REEL VIDEO RECORDER WHEN IT ORIGINALLY AIRED ON TELEVISION.  THIS IS BEFORE HOME VCRS WERE INVENTED.

        YOU GET THE ENTIRE HALF HOUR SHOW IN BLACK AND WHITE MINUS THE COMMERCIALS.THE QUALITY OF THE PICTURE AND SOUND IS VERY GOOD AND CLEAR.  I'M INCLUDING ON THIS DVD,CAMCORDER FOOTAGE I SHOT OF RAY AT WONDERFEST 2003  SIGNING AUTOGRAPHS AND,EXCLUSIVE TO WONDERFEST, SHOTS OF AN EXQUISITELY SCULPTURED DIORAMA OF RAY FILMING THE CYCLOPS/DRAGON FIGHT SCULPTED BY THE MASTER HIMSELF !    I SENT RAY HARRYHAUSEN A DVD COPY OF THE 1977 SHOW TO HIS LONDON HOME A WHILE BACK AS WELL AS THE COLOR 8X10 SEEN IN MY LISTING.  HE WROTE ME BACK THAT IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES.  HE MADE HIS OWN COPY OF MY PHOTO AND SENT IT TO CHARLES SCHNEER.  I'M SO HUMBLED AND HONORED THAT HE SAW IT.   A CLIP FROM THIS 1977  VIDEO WAS SHOWN ON THE JAN.22ND TRIBUTE TO CHARLES H. SCHNEER SECTION OF AINT IT COOL NEWS WEBSITE .       SMOKE FREE HOME 

          CHARLES SCHNEER'S NEPHEW BARRY PURCHASED MY DVD AND PHOTO.  I MADE SEVERAL 16 X 20 VERSIONS ONE OF WHICH IS HANGING ON BARRY'S WALL IN HIS MOVIE STUDIO. MY DVD ALWAYS GETS AWESOME FEEDBACK. SOME OF WHICH COME FROM BUYERS WHO ARE IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY OR PERSONAL FRIENDS OF RAY.   ***SPECIAL BONUS***IF THE WINNING BIDDER CAN TELL ME WHY MAY 25TH 1977 WAS A SPECIAL DATE IN SCI FI HISTORY THEN THEY WILL RECIEVE AN 8X10 COPY OF THE AWESOME COLOR PHOTO SEEN IN MY LISTING THAT I SHOT IN THE STUDIO !