Little Richard in a late night TV performance that was broadcast 6-19-90, featuring three songs and an interview where he tells the host about having just earned his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The BetaGems channel also has "Little Richard 5-15-97 Curly Shuffle 3 Stooges tribute," "Little Richard 2-15-89 television performance," "Mickey's Rock Around the Mouse 1987 Little Richard," "Little Richard 8-5-72 festival performance," "Little Richard meets Pee Wee Herman 1988," "1992 Little Richard for Taco Bell Make a Run For the Border," and "Little Richard & Cindy Crawford 1992 TV ad perfume."

BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded between from 1983 into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on Youtube or online. Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads.

In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.