From: jittlov@gumby.cs.caltech.edu (Mike Jittlov)
Newsgroups: alt.fan.mike-jittlov
Subject: Re: WoSaT posters!
Date: 19 Nov 1992 08:39:42 GMT
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
NNTP-Posting-Host: gumby.cs.caltech.edu

kbeal@amber (Ken Beal) writes:

>	Just got my WoSaT posters yesterday.  They're BEAUTIFUL!!!  Thanks,

Tolja!  Green Wizards never lie.

>Mike!  (They did get a little crunched by the post office, but it's a small

*sigh*  I got one tube last week, that had been partially uncoiled by
the USPO's sorter-shredder, and then swaddled with six yards of clear
plastic tape.  PLEASE, everybody, if you want these artworks to survive
transit, it's worth the extra few dollars to buy a good, strong poster
tube at your local art supply or hardware store.  These cost from $2.50
to $6, the better ones look like STAR TREK props and will probably be
useful for many other things.  (Please do not mail me extra money for
these - I have no car, and the nearest supplier of these is seven miles
from me, and I currently spending all of my time staring and typing at
this computer screen %| )

>crunch so I'll get over it soon.)  Looked for (and found) a few subliminals,
>but I didn't have the tiny list Mike had posted handy (and of course, as he
>said, there's a lot more than that...).

Okeydokes, i am re-posting the Poster FAQ...

>	Now, a question: how would I go about getting the laserdisc of WoSaT,

The least expensive WIZARD laserdisk ("The Wizard of Speed and
Time" ID 7209) sources I've seen are:

Sight & Sound, 27 James Road, Waltham, MA 02154, (617) 894-8633
(Mon-Wed 10-7, Thu-Fri 10-9 EST).  Ask for DELIA HUSE (who knows
practically everything about any laserdisk out there).  $19.95

The Whole Toon Access, PO Box 369, Issaquah, Washington 98027
(206) 391-8747 (Mon-Fri 9-6, PST).   Also $19.95

Considering that the laserdisks originally sold for $39.95, and
only 600-6000 were made, $20 per disk is a good buy.

Whole Toon Access also has the VHS tapes (SGE 2005), but at SGE's
(the alleged distributor) original over-price of $89.95.  I was
never consulted on any pricing (hey, the distributor refuses to
show me any contract that they have ANY distribution right whatsoever),
so please - no complaints on the prices, availability, etc.

SGE recently dumped the last remaining VHS tapes to a liquidator
(one of the true facts mentioned in their allegedly fake Press
Release), and many of the tapes were quickly saved by Su Braviak.
She and her husband Joe sell them for just $19.95 through their
Science Fiction Continuum, PO Box 154, Colonia, NJ 07067, and 
toll-free number is 800-232-6002.  I believe the tapes are still
in the original SGE box, encased in theri original SGE shrink-wrap.

(The above are free public/fan service announcements, I get no
payments, kickbacks, or anything else for all the info, articles,
rants and ravings* I am posting/answering on the Net.) (Which is
another reason I gotta stop, pretty soon, and look for a real job
or source of income that will extend my life to the next project.)
(* -except for the remaining Kelly Freas posters, of course, which
just about pay for my UseNet phonebill.)

USUAL NOTE:  I do not mind if you make copies of our movie for your
personal library, or for your friends' viewing pleasure.  None of the
people who labored on the creative side of this production make any
money on its distribution.  I am just happy that our work is being
seen and enjoyed.  (And maybe some Patron of the Arts will happen
to see it, maybe even offer to help rescue it, and/or finance the
next project - you never know... Life is constantly surprising.)

>and how much does a laserdisk player run?  What features should I look for,
>etc...?

Not sure - I don't have one.  I've heard that good used players
cost between $190 to $800.  The better and newer models will
allow you more access to the film's subliminal frames.  But
the laserdisk was made in the CLV format (instead of Image's
assured and promised CAV format), so you only see every OTHER
frame.  Every frame is still on the disk, however, and transfers
beautifully to any format of videotape.

(You might ask this question of Delia.)

-- Mike Jittlov