Need SIMPLE recording program

[Nelson37]

I have a 1 hour VHS tape and VCD from old silent home movies. The only two people who can describe the events are both in their 70's, and will be together viewing this film in a few days (2000 miles from me). I would like to record their comments and add a soundtrack to the film later.
This will almost certainly be the last time they will be in the same room.

There is a new Dell there, ideally I would like to record one hour of audio, either compressed on the fly or later, and have them e-mail it to me. I thought of multiple short files, there are probably 30 different video segments in the 1 hour film, no way they can save them right and I need to synch their comments to the film. So I need something that can record 1hour continously from a microphone, with compression, but it needs to be Fisher-Price simple. Ideally 50 bucks or less, freeware if possible.

Any ideas? or should I get a basic cassete recorder and send it to them? - One is going to visit the other so I could send the recorder easily.

[LanceSteel]

Personally, I would send them a small tape recorder and let them speak into that. Micro-recorders are cheap (and so are regular tape recorders) and cassettes are cheap as well. Then you can take the audio and record it to the computer using whatever compression you want. It would be a lot easier for older people (like those in there 70's) to use a tape recorder versus trying to record audio on a computer.

[Nelson37]

That is probably the best answer, however, for complex personal reasons if I could find a reasonably simple program (to send along with the tape recorder) it would really make my day. Plus, I was thinking the quality would be better, I have a decent microphone ($30).

Thanks All!