I bought my first DVD on Wednesday...
...and I don't even own a DVD player. But they were too cheap to pass up.

Actually I bought two DVDs, not just one.

I had noticed on Tuesday that the local K-Mart store had some DVDs priced at $2.50, including two from an apparent "Golden Years of Classic Television" series. One of them was "The Adventures of Sir Lancelot, Vol. 1" starring William Russell (whom Doctor Who fans may remember as the first male companion of the good Doctor, back in the early 1960s). The other was "The Adventures of Kit Carson," a western series. Both were from the 1950s and both DVDs contained 4 episodes each. The company is listed prominently as "Cascadia Entertainment," but no other info is given (like an address), other than "Made in Canada."

Anyway, a couple months ago, I had been lamenting the fact that I hadn't been running across videotapes of old TV shows and stuff like that lately at stores. For example, in the past, I'd run across a cheap videotape containing two episodes of the 1950s "Captain Midnight" TV series among the kiddie tapes at a drugstore, and another time I'd found a Green Hornet movie serial for real cheap at a store, simply by chance. Where were the cool, neat discoveries now?

So, this was the first cool discovery I'd made at a store in a long while. I hope that I run across more of such obscure TV shows on DVD for dirt-cheap. The only other $2.50 DVD that looked intriguing to me at the K-Mart was one that contained two Red Ryder western B-movies on it. I may end up getting that one if these ones look OK. (I haven't watched them yet. I'll have to use my nephew's DVD player for the nonce to check them out, and right now he's got me in the middle of watching the extended 4-disc version of "Fellowship of the Ring.")

Who knows, maybe these $2.50 Sir Lancelot and Kit Carson DVDs are available at stores in your area. Check 'em out, and let me know if you see any other cool ones like 'em there.