Maybe a little off-topic but sometimes I am watching something and suddenly jump on my seat "It's a LD!".

We all know already about the "Back to the Future II" piles of LDs trashed in the back alley:



How about Utada Hikaru's Traveling opening scene?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tfc8w6A-f9U


Or even Louis Vega (from MAW) suspiciously shiny LP?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Jqf1lT6cU


Any other funny examples coming to mind?

Julien

Very cool! I knew of Back to the Future Part II, but I can't think of any others... but If I recall correctly on Adult Swim (Cartoon Network) the Tim & Eric show had a special holiday special. One of the characters they called Dee-Vee, (Like a DVD) had what looked like an 8" LaserDisc on his chest.

Forgot the "Flip it!" scene from Californication Season 3

Runkle & Sue Collini - Californication Season 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv4jRDDSu1w


"Who sold their laserdiscs were absolute a**holes. Fools and a**holes. Flip it!"

In the Richard Pryor film Bustin' Loose, there is a scene with a rack of Discovision discs. Another Discovision reference is in Airport '79. They use a disc for the in-flight announcement. Of course these were both shameless plugs in Universal films.

The movie SLC Punk has a short sequence with a guy showing off his LaserDisc setup. "It looks like a shiny record…"

There is a Honda commercial that takes place in an abandoned laserdisc factory.

I remember in one of the earlier series of Friends that Ross declares that he has got a LaserDisc player and was hoping the rest of the crew would hang around to test it out.

Also it is brought up in The Sopranos. Of all things I think they were watching The Godfather and the Priest character remarks on the quality of the image.

Technically you don't see the discs, but I thought it was worth a mention.

There actually is a Laserdisc in Back To The Future, not only in part 2. In the first scene right after Marty has blown the speakers, there is a Laserdisc on the wall that you can see in the take when the clocks are ringing.

Oaktown 357 music video for Turn It Up (which I have on promo laserdisc) features several scenes of laserdiscs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TICElUqqpl0


Checkout the start where a CD is thrown and the image then switches to a laserdisc and then back to a CD!
I guess the LD being thrown was easier to film.

Then checkout scene at 2:12 where some dude is DJing with a laserdisc!

Came to think of yet another one: Be Kind Rewind. In the scene where Mike is desperatley searching for a copy of Ghostbusters and calls a friend, he says "You got it? Oh no, not on DVD, I need it on VHS.. Well, they said that about Laserdisc too you know!" or something like that. Pretty funny actually if you're into LD.

it is.. a laserdisc!

The 1990 Tom Petty video "Yer So Bad" ... at or about the three minute mark.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdRViFCv ... 49FFA9C4EB

Just heard a commercial on the radio this morning for Farmer's Insurance which opened up with:Then it went on about home owners insurance covering expensive electronics. It gave me a bit of a chuckle hearing that. Especially since I actually am watching Laserdiscs on a tube TV in my home!

In an episode of 30 rock the character Frank (guy always wearing different weird hats) wore a hat that just said "Laserdisc" on it.

in this sketch "video pirates" from amazon women on the moon, there is "a chest full of VIDEODISCS"

2 min long, hope you have patience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7I5dVBezF9k

Check out this commercial from Australia... I wish there was a bigger protest!

Jenny is saving energy to save money AGL TVC

that was hilarious. It looked like they were using it as a record player!

In the film Starman when they open the alien spacecraft at the military base. The disc found on the craft is pretty close to being a laserdisc. This is the disc our space program sent out into space hoping other worlds would find and learn of Earth. It's a "gold anodized disc with greetings from Earth in 54 languages." It's the same size as an ld but in the spacecraft scene it appears to have a hole in the middle for playing a 33lp. BUT, in a later scene the same disc is played on a machine and in the close up shots it has the same opening as a laserdisc with what could be a laser delivering device to the left. It looks like a laserdisc to me and it makes sense that we would send our "newest technology" at that time into space for the aliens to discover.

The Movie ''DEMOLITION MAN'' With Silvester stallone & wesley Snipes had a scene with Laserdisc's, also Sandra Bulluck mentions Laserdisc when speaking about all things retro.

I can't believe I just recalled this one, but in the 3rd G.I. Joe cartoon miniseries back in the 80s, the Joes stole a "Laserdisc" that held the plans for secret weapon.

"Top Secret Laserdisc"

Playing the Laserdisc

Good Gawd, I can't believe I thought those 'toons were awesome back in the day!