I was visiting the mall today, when I decided to go into the "Dollar Zone" store, where everything's $1. I thought maybe I could find some props for my BtC game.
I was walking down the aisle when I came to some DVD's. I just glanced at them and saw a DVD of "You Bet Your Life". They had a whole lot of them, among other classic TV shows and movies. It was only $1 so I picked it up.
I haven't had a chance to watch it yet, for only a $1 there has to be something wrong with it (maybe poor quality or something, but the case says "Digitally Remastered").
It's in a cardboard sleeve and it has Groucho on the front. On the back, it just says "Groucho Marx hosts a quiz show which features a series of competitive questions and a great deal of humorous conversation. 90 Minutes.
It's made by "Trasure Box Collection. I'll get around to watching in sometime. If it's not any good I still think it's neat and I'd only be out a buck.

I have that DVD. The picture quality is not bad and it has the DeSoto commercials. They dubbed it off a disc originally issued by Platinum because the Platinum logo will sometimes appear in the corner.

Boy, now we get to the point where DVDs are a buck! What's next?

Well, I did hear of a raid a short time back at a dollar store selling fake goods. Wonder if the DVD is fake, too. Has to be since it's THAT cheap. Either that or pirated.

All of the movies and shows I saw were the usual public domain titles, so the only cost would be the disc and the cardboard sleeve. They're probably making 75 cents profit on every sale.

I took an Electronic Media class and we learned about this. It looks like certain episodes only are in the public domain. I found these sites in a quick Google search:

http://www.topiclink.com/info/article?page=5

http://www.fesfilms.com/masters.html

Funny thing is, that store had most if not all of these titles listed on the 1st site. These people are probably making a fortune on these things.