The 2023 FOUND Lost Media Tier List

Let me know what I got wrong in the comments, and let me know what lost media discoveries I missed.

#lostmedia #tierlist #2023

[rpvisual]

Seeing Bluey at the top of the tier list and next to major historic American events is WILD

[john_toss]

SpongeBob behind closed doors was probably one of the wildest finds of this year

[KnapfordMaster]

Jonathan Ross, a celebrity, comes forward with a physical arcade cabinet and offers it up for digital preservation? Massive points to the dude.

[ChaunceyGardener]

For fans of Mexican comedian Chespirito, Brazilians miraculously recovered two lost episodes of both 'Chapolin Colorado' and 'Chavo del Ocho' series from its classic 1970s run. 'Miguelito', a Brazilian clone of 'Chavo del Ocho' also had 6 episodes recovered from 22 produced that were never seen again since their first exhibition in the year 2000.

[K.I.R.B.]

The Shrek footage was pretty big I’d say! That was my favorite considering how long people have been looking for it, plus it has an iconic meaning behind it.

[jackdearmitt]

Funny thing about SpongeBob behind closed doors thing is I met a King of The Hill animator who said they did that with their characters and many animators did. He even said that the put the pictures all around the studio and some kids came on a field trip and the show’s creator Mike Judge was angrily ripping down the pictures before the kids came.

[ringkunmori]

December 2023 will be remembered as the greatest time for the lostwave community

[ledude]

Calling it now, "Everyone Knows That" will be found in 2024!!!!

[Duncaster]

One piece of formerly lost media I haven’t seen brought up is 1972’s Voodoo Heartbeat. Mostly because not only was it found. But it was released and restored alongside 9 other previously lost films!

[lostwavefinder]

Fond My Mind (lostwave), the Shrek test animation, and Spongebob: Behind Closed Doors were probably the biggest finds of the year for me. Thanks for sharing

[MapleMilk]

I'm only EXACTLY 15 minutes and 1 second in but it really makes me happy to see all of this lost media we've collectively been following for such a long time become preserved
Given the nature of art, you never know what kind of influence making of this stuff available again will have on future creators
So thanks to all of the archivists putting in the good fight to find everything from a clip of a random kids show, to a silent film reel, to incredibly historically important photos.
All of it is valuable, however cringe some of it may be lol
Happy New Year

[ReggyGDI]

Did you know in 2017 a lost film of John F Kennedy’s visit to Ireland was found. It is now online and fully restored. It was filmed by Peggy Walsh when the US president’s visited her home town of New Ross in June 1963. It has no sound but it's still grate and was to into a museum this year so people can see it on the big screen.

[TheDigitalApple]

Shrek I Feel Good and Blues Prints is immediate S tier!

[RonMotta]

“To tell the projectionist to move to the next slide, there’s this annoying beeping sound.”

Oh, the young generation will never know the thrill of film strips! And EVERYBODY in class wanted to be the projectionist! 😂😂😂

[amessoffandoms]

funny how arguably the coolest find this year (que sera sera) couldn’t be covered because it was found literally the day this came out.

[helendelisle]

I’d love to see you cover all of the finds done by the lostwave community in December in one video, hearing about the three biggest ones practically back to back blew my mind

[magusxxx]

The thing about Class of '96...They were so sure this show was going to be a hit they went ahead and started writing up a follow-up series for the lead character after he graduated from college. (Source: Entertainment Tonight)

[machineryman]

Interesting Steely Dan story. My favorite band of all time Boston, has an absolute TON of lost media surrounding them. According to the wife of the late lead singer, the band was recorded in both audio and video many times during their first two tours, but hardly any footage of them ever surfaced. If you ever did a video on lost media for music, I'd love it if you mentioned these guys.

[Wnick]

What a year this was for lost media. Glad we have an epic tier list to end it off on. Happy New Year, Mike

[uamdbro]

Holy shit, to say that German Spongebob commercial (not the PSP one, the other one) has aged poorly would be the understatement of the year