Frequently Asked
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Q: Where can I get video
tapes of Night Flight?
Q: Will Night Flight be
released on video or DVD?
Q: I am trying to find
information on something I saw on Night
Flight?
Q: Which came first Night
Flight or MTV?
Q: What happened to the
show?
Q: How do I get USA to put
Night Flight back on the air?
Q: Who was the girl with the
sultry voice?
Q: Who created the
show?
Q: When was the show
on?
Q: When did the show first
air?
Q: How long was it on the
air?
Q: Was it in
syndication?
Q: Where can I get video tapes
of Night Flight?
A: The only way I know of is to trade
videotapes with other people over the Internet. Here
are some helpful links.
* Check the video trading
page for available episodes.
* Browse
the message board for users trading tapes.
* Search
the web for trading pages with Night Flight
episodes.
* Search
Usenet for people trading Night Flight tapes.
Q: Will Night Flight be released
on video or DVD?
A: Who knows but Dorian Shapiro, son of Night
Flight creator Stuart Shapiro, has mentioned
releasing a Best of Night Flight on DVD. You
can contact him at sssstuart2000@aol.com.
You could also try contacting Rhino Home Video to see
if they would put out a series of Night Flight
episodes. They have a toll free comment line as well
as Dr. Rhino who answers questions about Rhino
products.
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Rhino
Entertainment Company
10635 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90025-4900
Phone: (310) 474-4778
Toll free comment line: 1-800-546-3670
Dr. Rhino: drrhino@rhino.com
www.rhino.com
People in charge of new releases:
Gary Stewart, Senior VP/A&R
James Austin, Senior Director of
A&R/Special Projects
David McLees, A&R VP
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It may be worth contacting places that archive old
television shows and movies. Here are a few places
that have major archives.
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Museum of
Television & Radio
465 N Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Phone: (310) 786-1000
University California Los Angeles
Film and Television Archive
1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
Phone: (310) 206 - 5388
University of Southern California
Cinema/Television Library
3550 University Park Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Phone: (213) 740 - 8906
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And here's an interesting tidbit that may prove
useful. Unapix International, a division of Unapix
Entertainment a company that distributes TV shows to
the home video market and broadcast stations, had a
listing for a show called "Night Flight" in their
Fall 1999 / Winter 2000 newsletter. It had 104
episodes, 1 hour long and listed Night Flight
Productions, Inc. at the bottom. The web page is long
gone but it was saved by the Internet Archive. You
can see it here. Here's their contact
information.
Q: I am trying to find
information on something I saw on Night
Flight?
A: You can try searching
this site, or browse through the various pages,
or you can ask a question on the message
board.
Q: Which came first Night Flight
or MTV?
A: Night Flight was first. Night Flight
started airing in June of 1981 and MTV came 2 months
later in August of 1981.
Q: What happened to the
show?
A: USA's Up All Night starring Gilbert
Gotfried replaced it in 1988.
Q: How do I get USA to put Night
Flight back on the air?
A: Contact the network and ask them put the
show on the air again.
Q: Who was the girl with the
sultry voice?
A: That was the Narrator, Pat Prescott. You
can find more details as well as pictures on the Pat Prescott page.
Q: Who created the
show?
A: Stuart Shapiro was the creator, director,
and producer of Night Flight.
Q: When was the show
on?
A: Well in my area it was on from 11:00 PM to
3:00 AM and then it repeated from 3:00 AM to 7:00
AM.
Q: When did the show first
air?
A: The show first aired in June 1981.
Q: How long was it on the
air?
A: The last airing of the original show was in
late 1988.
Q: Was it in
syndication?
A: Yes, the show was in syndication for about
5 years. Different states had either a 1 hour or 2
hour show on different days, some during the evening
and some during the morning. In 1990 and 1991 new
shows were being created with Pat Prescott as the
narrator. From late 1991 to 1995 old shows were
chopped up and a new host, Tom Juarez, was added. In
1995, distributor MG/Perin replaced the show with
"Weird TV".
Q: Are we not men?
A: We are Devo.
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