Uploaded April 2014 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
Warning: This hard to get, broadcast in the 90s, program material cuts off before the program end. We've lost about the last 5 minutes, owing to the VHS tape running out when it was recorded some years ago. Recently, Annierak bought the Hoofbag a new VHS! :-D Short sections of this VHS digitisation were uploaded previously, but after much interest from youtube viewers, (2260 views) it has been digitised/uploaded again using a much better quality machine. This is the full, ALL THAT WE HAVE, version of the program that appears to be not available from anywhere else, after extensive searching. The quality is somewhat compromised, and we apologise for that. Also, there's a sync drop-out shortly after the start, but after that, the picture settles down. This is important artistic work, so worth presenting in spite of these quality issues. Please download, copy, edit or whatever you are permitted to do within Internet rules. Enjoy! (o:
Jerry Piotrowski sent this description of the ending, with thanks.
For anyone interested, here is what happens in the last five minutes: The small probe hits the planet and then a small insect looking robot emerges and begins collecting materials. The original probe becomes a base of operations of sorts with the robotic insect bringing materials back and forth. The materials are used to replicate more robot workers and expand the size of the base with more structures. It appears that many years elapse and the base is now much larger with numerous robots like a small city. The show ends with one of the structures opening up and launching a rocket into space. Once in space the rocket releases a cube similar to the one that originally came to the planet and dropped the probe. The cube opens up and extends the sail-like structures just like the first cube. It then takes off into space looking for the next planet to colonize. Really cool! The show ends shortly after that.
Warning: This hard to get, broadcast in the 90s, program material cuts off before the program end. We've lost about the last 5 minutes, owing to the VHS tape running out when it was recorded some years ago. Recently, Annierak bought the Hoofbag a new VHS! :-D Short sections of this VHS digitisation were uploaded previously, but after much interest from youtube viewers, (2260 views) it has been digitised/uploaded again using a much better quality machine. This is the full, ALL THAT WE HAVE, version of the program that appears to be not available from anywhere else, after extensive searching. The quality is somewhat compromised, and we apologise for that. Also, there's a sync drop-out shortly after the start, but after that, the picture settles down. This is important artistic work, so worth presenting in spite of these quality issues. Please download, copy, edit or whatever you are permitted to do within Internet rules. Enjoy! (o:
Jerry Piotrowski sent this description of the ending, with thanks.
For anyone interested, here is what happens in the last five minutes: The small probe hits the planet and then a small insect looking robot emerges and begins collecting materials. The original probe becomes a base of operations of sorts with the robotic insect bringing materials back and forth. The materials are used to replicate more robot workers and expand the size of the base with more structures. It appears that many years elapse and the base is now much larger with numerous robots like a small city. The show ends with one of the structures opening up and launching a rocket into space. Once in space the rocket releases a cube similar to the one that originally came to the planet and dropped the probe. The cube opens up and extends the sail-like structures just like the first cube. It then takes off into space looking for the next planet to colonize. Really cool! The show ends shortly after that.
