The Dreary Life Of Dr. Watkins (Lost 1990 Documentary; HBO)

HBO is notoriously known for making documentaries on interesting people. Supposedly, there has been a elongated search for a missing documentary produced by HBO and aired from sometime in 1990 to around 1995, when it was mysteriously pulled. The documentary focused on the life of Dr. Marvin Watkins, a doctor who helped save lots of people, and was able to stop a child from choking. This documentary would go over his entire life, and even had real interviews with people who knew Dr. Watkins, and even Dr. Watkins himself (who was 46 at the time). According to the Reddit source, Watkins was pitched the idea for a documentary all the way back in 1977, however he at the time rejected due to being busy. In 1986, he was asked again, and due to not doing anything at the time, agreed. The special was in production from 1987-1990 and eventually finished in August, 1990. The special was given critical acclaim, mostly for accurately representing Dr, Watkins, and his amazing achievements. However, in 1994 Dr. Watkins died from a heart-attack, so many are to be believed, that after Watkins died, his estate asked HBO to stop airing the documentary despite them making it. Many have said, that after that it has since not reaired. However, in 1997, a longer version of the documentary started airing, showing Watkins full life up until his death. This special aired until late 2000, when it was also pulled. Since then, no reairings of the special were ever made, and many continue to believe, that the estate has locked it away, but according to HBO, the estate was never involved with the documentary, and a DVD was released in June of 2000 featuring both documentaries. However, the DVD is very scarse, and also hard to come by and even a Ebay listing doesn't exist despite the DVD being valuable. HBO sadly, has no backup of the original documentary and has lost access to the full documentary. On June 10, 2021 HBO made a public Twitter post asking anyone who has the DVD to send it to HBO's address via mail and if they do, HBO will give them 500$ for the DVD + a tour of the studio. However, since then no one has come with a DVD, and HBO is still patiently waiting to this day. In the words of HBO, this will stay lost media, till the DVD resurfaces, or someone finds a VHS recording.