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Old 02-22-2020, 01:36 PM   #1
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Where I can find the o.h. of fol?
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The original Entertainment Weekly website for the Oral History is gone, or just broken, but the Internet Archive has it preserved here. It is fascinating reading!
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The original Entertainment Weekly website for the Oral History is gone, or just broken, but the Internet Archive has it preserved here. It is fascinating reading!

Hi retroGuy2000 and thanks for the FOL link: i just read it and was touched!
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No problem, Valentina! Glad you enjoyed! I know us super-fans enjoy reading articles like this.
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Oh wow, I had no idea the oral history was gone---thank you Retro for preserving it in The (Virtual) Eastland Library!
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Haha!

Yeah, it's so weird. I don't know if EW just broke the page by accident, or if they purposely decided to take the content down. All I know is that the original page is broken, I hoped the Wayback Machine had archived the page... and they had! (I then donated a few bucks, because I was so grateful; I hadn't printed it out, so it could have been lost to history).
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Thanks Retro but I can't open the page. Can you please make screenshots and send them to me?
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Thanks Retro but I can't open the page. Can you please make screenshots and send them to me?
Oh no! I wonder why. Well, here are two PDFs I made of the interviews (it was too long for one file). Let me know if you're not able to open the attachments. Also, as you're reading, please share with us your thoughts. It's long, but worth it.
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Thanks a lot, dear Retro! I read this "interview" several years ago and I couldn't find it anymore. It's one of the best (or the best) of all FOL documentaries. I love how they talk about the show season by season
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Thanks a lot, dear Retro! I read this "interview" several years ago and I couldn't find it anymore. It's one of the best (or the best) of all FOL documentaries. I love how they talk about the show season by season
No problem! Glad to help!

Like you, I like the season-by-season breakdown, but I also like how thorough it is. I was so grateful to the reporters at Entertainment Weekly.
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Oo, yes, thank you for the preservation!
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This is so much easier than the videos. It is no problem.
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