I had such a hard time finding this DVD! Yes, it came out just Tuesday but no one, and I mean no one, had it. I had tried all the usual suspects, but either they had only ordered one for the release day and it was nowhere to be seen, or they simply didn’t have it.
Thankfully a friend shared with me her own adventure of acquiring a copy of this Thank-Jesus-Above-They-Finally-Brought-This-Out-On-DVD release, and it inspired me with fresh vigor to keep looking.
She said she’d found her copy at a local Borders, and they had only one in stock as well. However, it was not shelved under New Releases, nor TV Shows. It was in the kid’s movies section, not under “A” for Adventures, “P” for Pete & Pete… not even “N” for Nickelodeon. No, it was found, randomly, next to Blue’s Clues.
Anyhow, in the end I was able to buy my very own copy of The Adventures of Pete & Pete - Season 1, a 2 disc set that includes not only the 8 episodes from the first season, but also 4 specials, director/creator commentary, and music from Polaris, the … well… band of Pete & Pete. Also included is a “What was on Nickelodeon in 1993?” sheet (which interestingly enough I have, originally published in the back of issues of National Geographic magazine!) with an ad on the back for the Clarissa Explains It All Season 1 DVD. Rumor has it that Hey Dude, Salute Your Shorts, and, sweet baby jesus let this be true, You Can’t Do That On Television are next up in this new Nickelodeon Rewind Collection.
If you loved Pete & Pete, go buy this DVD. Tell your friends to buy this DVD. Do what you can to ensure Nickelodeon sees that people will actually buy this so that they will release Seasons 2 & 3 too!
Gosh, now what’s next…. The State?
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