Re: [ARSCLIST] laserdisc

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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