Yeah, good luck. I tried doing this. I really did. I managed to get it cut together so that all dialogue actually worked, and all the punchlines. Then I waited for more footage to fill holes and gaps, and then my harddrive failed. Now, while all the footage files were recovered, it's clustered, and the premiere project is since lost.

Good luck. This project really IS cursed.

Just watch your back is all we're saying 

In the context of a fictionalised story, yes.

Going through the footage. You guys are awesome.

Thanks Drew, Zarban it looks like a codec issue on my end - will keep looking for a solution.

Re-coding Zarban's stuff in Quicktime Pro has done the trick. Jim's file is still unreadable by humans. I'm guessing I can just insert clips from Space Jam though.

May your user karma grow exponentially.

Hey Teague, not to derail, but what do you use for noise removal? I'm having to do a lot of that on a project I'm doing, and I'm curious if there's any particular software you would call out as must use. I've mainly been using the EQ filters in Premiere to scrub out certain frequencies, and a bit of the noise removal in Audacity (although I try to avoid it, it tends to really crush the original clip).