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Know ye not, oh rash ones, that you have doomed it to extermination?
Reading through the IMDb message board for The Pirates of Penzance¹, I found that someone had posted the address of Universal Studios' contact form, encouraging other fans to ask Universal to release Pirates on DVD.
This is what I wrote:
Please release The Pirates of Penzance on DVD!
I was at a video rental store this weekend and discovered that they had phased out their VHS rentals in favor of DVDs. As VHS is phased out, so - sadly - is The Pirates of Penzance, as that is the only version of the movie that is currently available. Generations will now miss out on The Pirates of Penzance and on a great introduction to the works of Gilbert and Sullivan.
It is a funny and clever movie and a cult classic among G&S fans. Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings is also looking for a DVD version²: http://ken-jennings.com/blog/?p=50
Please release The Pirates of Penzance on DVD and make it available for future generations!
It was only after I submitted the form that I realized my plea would have been much more entertaining (and potentially effective) in the form of a GilbertandSullivanian patter song, but alas it was too late. So I share instead with you folks.
My eyes are fully open to my awful situation -
I shall go at once to Universal; make them an oration.
I shall tell them I am saddened that I cannot buy this movie
And I don't know what to do; to sit and cry would not behoove me
I would tell them that I liked the rabbit-film with Jimmy Stewart;
Of The Office, Flower Drum Song and The Mummy I'm a viewer
And a word or two of compliment their vanity would flatter,
But they will not heed this message, so it really doesn't matter!
Oh, this is not a little matter, generally silly
I won't give them my advice upon the subject willy-nilly;
I will show them in a moment how to grapple with the question,
And they'll really be astonished at the force of my suggestion.
On the subject I shall write them a most valuable email,
Full of excellent suggestions from a Pirates-loving female
I will tell them there are fans of Gilbert-Sullivan who need it
And they'd make a lot of money if they only DVDed it!³
For those of you who have no opinion on Pirates of Penzance yet, watch these videos of Kevin Kline in thigh-high boots and see if that changes your mind:
¹ I have no life.
² Technically it was Ken Jennings' father-in-law, but I waive that point. I do not press it. I look over it.
³ I have no life.
srah - Thursday, 9 August 2007 - 5:21 PM
Tags: dvd, gilbert and sullivan, my favorite posts, open letters, parodies, the pirates of penzance, universal pictures
