Need help finding the right light bulb...

[Randi]

this seems so dumb, but after so many years of buying light bulbs, I am stumped. I have a Mickey lamp, the one with a flat oval metal base, a longish metal "stem" and a metal curved Mickey head shaped shade. The bulb goes behind the shade. There is a notation on the socket to use a 40watt or less Type S bulb. The one that came with it is fairly small and quite round. Well, I have been trying to find a replacement bulb. What is a type S? I can't find that on any package. Talk about speciality bulbs; I have seen just about everything. The only one I found with somewhat of a resemblance, says it is a high intensity bulb. I don't want to overheat anything, so I didn't dare buy that one. Can anyone help me with some advise? Sheesh, I thought the only choice was wattage and incandesant or flourescent!
Thanks.

 

[amid chaos]

We have a lighting store here and they have every type of bulb you could imagine....do you have one nearby?

 

[WebmasterAlex]

40 watt Type S bulb

 

[Boots]

I had never heard of this kind of bulb either. Did you ever find one?

 

[Randi]

I never thought to do a search, but that doesn't surprise me! I did find those bulbs in Target so will pick one up this week. The high intensity label made me wonder about a fire hazard. We did have a nice store locally that sold lighting and bulbs but it went out of business when Home Depot & Lowe's came in. And I have never had good luck at either of them finding what I want.