OK, it is time

[jwgh]

for me to admit that I will never watch any of my videotapes and should get rid of all (or almost all) of them. Does someone want to look through them for some reason or should I just put them out on the curb? (Is there a third option that's better?)

I've got a bunch of Mystery Science Theater 3000, some random movies, and a bunch of recorded TV shows of various stripes, probably mostly recorded in 1995-1999.

Comments

[annarama.livejournal.com]

you should sell them on eBay! you'd be surprised how much you can get for VHS tapes sold in lots. just list them as one big lot and people will bid on them. might as well get some cash out of the deal, right? :) (i'm selling my mom's old VHS tapes on eBay now...)

[jwgh]

Hmm, good idea.

[donutgirl.livejournal.com]

OR you could just let me look through them. I love movies and I love free.

But I am picky. Can you give me a hint as to what's in there?

[jwgh]

Let's see ... for movies I have a bunch of cheap VHS tapes of early Hitchcock movies (pre-Hollywood), Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl, The Last Waltz, and A Christmas Carol. There might be a pattern there, but I'm not sure what it is ...

I think I also have 'Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control' that I recorded off of Bravo somewhere.

[jwgh]

Oh, also Normal Life, which I was planning to hold onto because the screenplay was written by my aunt and uncle, but I see it's out on DVD now so I'll just order that.

[djswifty.livejournal.com]

Man, I would kill for those MST3K videos, especially considering you're the one who showed me in the first place. (Teenagers From Outer Space, if I remember correctly.) I don't suppose I can snag those from you if you're really just gonna chuck 'em? I'll be in the aaaarea sooooon

[jwgh]

Sure, I'll set them aside for you.

[glitter-ninja.livejournal.com]

If you have any unclaimed MST3K I want them. Although I suspect djswifty beat me to it. Wait, were they recorded off TV or bought? If they were bought, I already have them all, because I am obsessed. I'll shut up now. Mrphh!

If the Hitch movies are bought, definitely eBay them, they are probably out of print by now and someone would want them.

[jwgh]

Some of the MST3Ks are bought, others are taped. I'll see what Swifty wants and will post a list of the remaining ones if there are any.

[dawn-guy.livejournal.com]

Early in the summer, someone who lived in the apartment across the street put out to the curb (not on garbage day) a box containing dozens of quirky movies, some bought and others recorded off television. Grl, who is quite fond of B movies, has watched more of them than we have.

There are doubtless better options, but as a last resort you could pin a "please take care of my puppy" note to the videos nobody claims and see whether anyone turns up to save them.