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Recently, I acquired a DVD rip of a promo laserdisc that Pioneer issued in 1984, meant for instore play. It’s hosted by the band DEVO (which is the reason I have it). They read some very bad script praising how great the laserdisc is and there’s some early commercials for the format (one featuring Ray Charles!) and some info about the laserdisc process and inner workings. It’s about a half hour long. Very interesting to watch, and often times just funny. Only thing is it’s very badly riddled with disc rot, so it’s not PERFECT, but it’s definitely watchable and enjoyable. The funniest part about it is how much there is in it about how “laserdisc is forever” and it will never degrade like analog mediums, yet it’s so badly plagued by disc rot!

Anyway, I figured I’d posted about this to see if anyone would like a copy. If you do, reply here or PM me.

(Note: I’m not selling this, just trading, so no banning please )

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LOL....do they sing any of their old songs? If so, I'm in.

"Are we not men...?"

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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Did they even have any other songs? Oh, yeah: Whip It. Whip it good!
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Peek-a-boo is my favorite.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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They don't sing, but there are clips from their 1984 home video "We're All DEVO" and they wear amusing headgear:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v92/reverendbeastly/devo-pioneerpromopic.jpg

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The bits they did for Pioneer were included on "The Complete Truth About Devolution" laserdisc that Criterion released in the mid 90's.
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Yes, most of the bits were, but not all of them. Not the part where Mark goes "Or feel the heat of Fleetwood Mac!" ::wipes fake sweat off brow::. Classic.

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Don't know if you're aware of this, but those Cartoon Network DVD's that were in Kellogg's Cereal boxes have the DEVO video from the Powerpuff Girls movie on them.
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