Daily Inspiration Quote by Harold Ramis

Ramis is pitching DVD not as plastic and pixels but as a second life for a movie, one where the audience finally talks back. Coming from an actor-comedian who helped shape modern studio comedy, the line lands as a quietly radical reframing: the “product” isn’t finished when it leaves theaters; it’s finished when it meets viewers in their own space, on their own schedule, with extra layers attached.

The phrasing is telling. “One of the great things” sounds casual, even sales-y, but it smuggles in a creator’s relief: theatrical release is a narrow funnel, governed by marketing budgets, showtimes, geography, and timing. DVD widens the aperture to the people who missed the cultural moment through no fault of their taste. That matters for comedy, which thrives on rewatching, quoting, and social transmission. A film can flop in theaters yet become a dorm-room anthem; DVD made that route mainstream.

“Interaction of sorts” is the real subtext. It’s an admission that the medium can’t truly be reciprocal, but it can simulate intimacy: director commentaries, deleted scenes, bloopers, behind-the-scenes footage. For a filmmaker, those features are controlled vulnerability, a curated access pass that turns spectators into insiders. For audiences, it’s a way to convert passive consumption into participation - to feel, however lightly, like they’re in the room with the people who made the joke.

Ramis is describing the early social internet before it fully arrived: a proto-fandom ecosystem built from physical media, where community formed through shared artifacts and repeatable rituals.