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I've been doing my best to collect copies of all the Warner Bros./Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons from YouTube, VHS, laserdiscs, DVDs, blu rays, and streaming, and from my last count, I'm still short 104. Not all of them are in great condition, but I substitute improved versions as...

I just realized I didn't own a blu ray of "A Night at the Opera," so I rushed to order one. Gotta have my Marx Bros.!

I probably have a pair somewhere, but I much prefer stereo pairs that I can either free view or cross-eyed view, with or without glasses--no weird colors to deal with.

Also, Blockbuster had MANY copies of the most recent releases, whereas most mom and pop video stores could only afford a few. And Netflix's availability was unknown and you had to wait for the mail.

I am by no means a sound expert, but I always found that the music cut at the end of the film--when Eve is looking at herself in the mirror--seemed very distorted. And it was always the same in every home video release. Is this a well-known issue, or is it just me?

My first VHS purchase was Disney's "Alice in Wonderland," the first one of the animated classics available for purchase. Only $90! Don't remember my first Laserdisc, but I think it was "Raiders of the Lost Ark." My first DVD was "Blazing Saddles." As it was the only DVD I had for awhile...

Maybe not the best selections.... (Blu-ray left, DVD right)

I have to say when I compared it to my DVD, the colors looked very different, and I thought the Blu-Ray, although sharper with more contrast (too much?) was not as pleasant to look at as the DVD. And the Blu-ray was matted, and while it's no doubt similar to a theatrical presentation, showed...

I have no opinion on the new WSS because I haven't seen it, but as for Ben-Hur, the 2016 remake of the 1959 film might be a better comparison, historically. And it won no awards.

I know you don't mean Jimmy Durante was cast in the Nathan Lane production. Is your objection because the character is not named "Harpo?"

I've wanted to leave my old DVDs to the local public library, whose collection is very small. These are classic films, too, that I think every library should own. They told me the DVDs would be sold for $1 for 6 to make money. So I changed my mind.

Amazon Prime rents what they say is the HD version--is it?

Julie Andrews has had more than one confrontation with her public, as she explained in her Playboy interview of December, 1982: "The point of all this is that in order to get ready for those concerts, I began tearing around the Swiss Alps every day, running up and down the hills near our home...