Look, there she goes, that girl is strange, no question...

[grammargirl]

I blame this post entirely on theuglyvolvo.

See, today she posted this entry concerning her uncanny knowledge of Disney movies, and in this post she extensively quoted the lyrics to Beauty and the Beast. Now I, being a female in my mid-twenties, am part of the generation that grew up thinking that The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King were the pinnacle of cultural achievement. Beauty and the Beast, with its bookish heroine, was my all-time favorite. (Though, for the record, the soundtrack to The Little Mermaid is the first cassette tape I remember owning, followed immediately by New Kids on the Block. Yeah, I was the coolest second grader ever.) I still remember pretty much all the lyrics to pretty much all the songs in that movie, and to this day I occasionally get verses from "Gaston" stuck in my head for no readily discernible reason.

Now, thanks to Raquel, I have had the entirety of "Belle" running through my head for the past several hours, and I know from experience that the only way to exorcise these earworms is to listen to the source. Accordingly, I have been afflicted with a sudden, unreasonably strong urge to acquire and watch Beauty and the Beast. This would be easily accomplished, except for one problem: Beauty and the Beast does not currently exist on DVD. Disney has this obnoxious habit of releasing certain films for a few years and then yanking them from the shelves to create artificial scarcity, which means I can't go to a store and buy it and I can't get it on Netflix. Ebay and Amazon both have used copies...that cost upwards of $40. NYPL has 13 copies with more than 160 holds on them, and BPL doesn't own it at all. I could (and probably will) look up the individual songs on youtube, but it's just not the same.

So, my question to you, O El Jay Hive Mind, is, does anyone, preferably anyone local, have a DVD copy of the Best Disney Film Ever that they are willing to loan me? Please? I'm even willing to pick it up from you, or pay for shipping if you're not local.

Anyone? Anyone?

Bueller?

Comments

Crazy ole Maurice; always good for a laugh!

[http://users.livejournal.com/_hallow_/]

I hate that whole "it's going back into the vault" bullshit they pull! It's such arse and you know they're just going to rerelease it in a few years. Meanwhile, those of us who have random cravings or who were waiting til they had actual money to spend get stuck scrounging for used or borrowable copies. BULLSHIT I SAY! Total arse!

Save Ferris.

[mathforlovers.livejournal.com]

Bwahahaha.

[trappedinabay.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...you might be able to download it from a bit torrent site. Or what about Blockbuster?

[chellen.livejournal.com]

Only because this IS such an amazing movie, I can offer the following:

I get it in the mail from Blockbuster Direct (thanks, bro, for the 6 month subscription!). I then ship the entire envelope to you in another envelope (tucked in a box, wrapped in a bigger box...mwahahaha). When done with movie, you will then send movie back in for me, and I try to remember what the hell was going to com next in my queue.

Let me know if this is what you want.

Of course, you could just find someone YOU know with Blockbuster Direct.

[theyellowdart85.livejournal.com]

I own it on dvd. I'd be happy to loan it to you if you'd like.

[innocenteexpres.livejournal.com]

THIS HAPPENS TO ME ALL THE TIME. it starts with that line and continues all the way through "good morning belle!" and THAT'S ALL I KNOW. it's AWFUL.


sorry. can't help you.

bah-BLAM!

[gladwaller.livejournal.com]

http://btjunkie.org/search?q=beauty+and+the+beast

You could even download "The Enchanted Christmas" straight to video sequel!

Heh heh.

miss you.