Re: [ARSCLIST] laserdisc

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Found BTF on Amazon.com for about $15..then found "New Faces" for $2.58. Now if 
only I could order the Hancock's Half Hour sets without paying exhorbitant 
overseas shipping costs (I presume my little "region-free" Chinese DVD player 
won't have a problem with these).

dl

David Lennick wrote:
> I need to Google these things more often..forgot that Beyond the Fringe 
> was out on videotape (Beta only!) back in the 80s. Never owned a 
> Betamax, didn't think it was worth renting one just to dub one tape.
>
> dl
>
> Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
> > An excerpt from "Pete and Dud" is avaliable on the "Legends of British 
> > Comedy" DVD,there is also a PAL tape called "Pete and Dud:Laughing 
> > Stock",which I am not aware of the contents of.
> >
> >
> >                                               Roger Kulp
> >
> > Mike Richter <mrichter@xxxxxxx> wrote: Matt Sohn wrote:
> > > > One thing you'll never find on DVD or any other format is Pete & 
> > > > Dud. Other surprising goodies have shown up, like At Last The 1948 
> > > > Show, but Dudley Moore told me in an interview that the Beeb, in its 
> > > > infinite idiocy, had erased all the "Not Only But Also" tapes. The 
> > > > salvaged soundtrack excerpts issued on Decca/London LPs is all that 
> > > > exists, as far as I know.
> > > There is, however, a DVD of the "1964 gala farewell performance" of 
> > > "Beyond the Fringe" featuring Pete & Dud as well as Jonathan Miller 
> > > and Alan Bennett.
> >
> > It seems unlikely that the Goons' "Down among the X Men" will ever 
> > make it to DVD. On which topic, are there other shorts than the 
> > Muckinese Battle Horn? I've a decent tape of that and want more!
> >
> > Mike
>