Pete's Wish List

Stuff I Want

Is this a wish list? Well, sort of. I started a wish list on Amazon.com, and then realized that there were several things that I wanted that they won't allow to be listed - because you can't buy them through Amazon.com. So screw them; this is a list of stuff that I want. I'll mostly be buying this stuff for myself, of course, which is fine.

This list was originally on my journal, but I've removed a few things from it since then. I'll edit the list as time goes by. I've crossed out some stuff that was given to me by my friends. They're so cool.

Miscellaneous:

A new computer (I can dream, right?

) . I won't bore you with the technical details.

A cheap digital camera. Even a cheap one would have at least four times the resolution of the one I have now. Some optical zoom would be nice, too.

DVDs:

~~The Producers~~ (widescreen edition, if possible - and NOT the musical, I refuse to acknowlege that that exists. Zero Mostal forever!)

Thief of Bagdad (the 1949 color edition. Come to think of it, I prefer widescreen for ALL DVDs.)

~~They Might Be Giants - Tale of Two~~

~~Aliens~~ (commentary & deleted scenes would be nice)

Bride of Frankenstein

Dark Star

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

Ed Wood - Special Edition

Get A Life (TV Series) (all 4 sets, and more if they become available)

H.R. Pufnstuf (the whole series)

In The Heat Of The Night (the movie, not the TV show)

~~Strange Brew~~ (with Bob & Doug McKenzie, not the band Cream)

~~To Kill A Mockingbird: Collector's Edition~~

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Smiley's People - Holy FONG! I just found out that these two series are available on DVD directly from PBS. If only they weren't so damned expensive.

Hmm. Maybe I'll eventually put up a list of the DVDs I DO own, just to see if anyone feels like talking about them.

Some movies I would love to own if they ever became available on DVD:

Cast A Deadly Spell (I have the videotape, but it's not available on DVD. A really cool movie)

SCTV (I worship at the alter of SCTV)

Banana Splits (more psychedelia for Sebastian)

Shadow On the Land (I'd be amazed if I could even get this on videotape, because it is probably The Rarest Movie In The World)

Private Schulz (a great PBS mini-series, very funny)

The Body In Question - another PBS mini-series, in which renaissance man Jonathan Miller (who manages to be an outstanding comedian, actor, author, and doctor - and please note, he's really a medical doctor, like his contemporary Graham Chapman) presents fascinating information about the human body in an incredibly funny way.

Oh, here are a few more things that I'd love to get:

The video of the Muppet's production of The Frog Prince. I don't know if I've ever seen it, but when I was young we had the soundtrack album. Actually I didn't know until recently that it had actually BEEN a video - I'd thought it was just a record!

It has a lot of really great songs, and is just a whole lot of fun. It was made in 1972, so I guess I was eight when I first heard it. Oddly enough I was able to find plenty of the videos on eBay, but none of the soundtrack LPs. This is definitely something I am going to pick up before too much time passes, as I want Sebastian to hear it while he's growing up. Speaking of which, there are a lot of great old children's records that I would love to find for him. Of course, it would help if I could play those records...or better yet, convert them into CDs. The computer I have (correction: HAD) now was supposed to be able to do that, but unfortunately I was screwed by the guy who sold it to me.

There are a few other of LPs I would love to have, even though right now I have no way to play them:

Copernicus - Victim of the Sky or Null. Copernicus is an insane - oh, right, this is the web. Why tell you when I can show you? But basically, Copernicus is the Brother Theodore of music and poetry.

Annabel Lamb's albums "Once Bitten" (1983) and "The Flame" (1984). A gorgeous voice, and outstanding songs.

There are probably other things, but once again memory fails me

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