!.4 GB DVD stuck in drive please help

hello i put a 1.4Gb DVD in my MBP and the drive touck in like normal but when i went to eject it it got stuck in the drive its lauged too far ford for the sencers to pick it up so i wont to know how to get it out.

Use something thin and hard like a strip of plastic or the tip of a knife, hold it just on top of the disc and hit the eject key.
Some CD's/DVD's with labels or funny thickness have been known to get stuck.

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