so, I pick it up at the post office, i rush home.....

I open the box, and its a "small" cassette box, you know, the type that is the size same as the videocassette itself, so I think - "uhoh" -

then, I notice that the "JOE GAGE'S CLOSED SET" logo is GLUED to the box!!!! and on the side, as well....... OH FUCK!

so i insert the video (he didnit rewind!!) and see the quality is sorta "ok" not great, but nothing unusual (sorta yellowish hue to the skin tones), since I know that these video companies didnit always take the best care in putting this stuff out...

so, while I fast forward to get to the "Good Stuff" - the hoped for previews - I look at the packaging again. The square glued-on label is actually NOT covering anything up, because the corner is curled up a bit, I can see that there are 4 small circles, like markings, for the place to stick the label - and on the side of the box, as well. So I get to the end of the movie (I never noticed the corny "titles" at the end - but I digress)....... and there's a preview for "Boys in the Sand" with this like beachboys tune playing over it (I'm sure the actual film had more classical music, right??). Then a preview for KANSAS CITY - a movie trailer preview, not a video preview!!! I'm soooo psyched, I can't beleive I knew this just from seeing the "tmx" logo on the video box in the eBay auction - so, long story short, 18 minutes of movie theatre trailers, PLUS: it lasts all of 2 seconds, but finally PROOF that there IS a watersports scene in Kansas CIty - I've never seen it on ANY of the videos I've rented, bought, borrowed or duped!!! Richard Locke has spoken of this, how he was waiting to do his scene, and the other scenes kept delaying, so he's drinking more and more beer - well, there ya go, it WAS in the original movie!!!

now, the hunt continues. I'll have to re-check both copies of Kansas City I have now, cuz I swear I saw no sign of piss - this is scarey, isn't it? I really need to go look for a job................