April 23, 2021
Movie Rentals and More


Toscano and Chang talk about the experiences they had in the 80s renting videos from local shops and the big boys! Join us for some nostalgia from the decade that brought so much to so many!
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your name? I am, of
course, your missus and your mistress.
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Excuse me, my name is Elton
Fanano. Thank you for coming in.
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Hi. What's your name? You're
a cute little button. Hi. I'm
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Kip buddy. Hi Kip Kip rhymes
with tip. If you know what I'm
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saying, no, is that in
a video game? As a matter of
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fact, No, it's not.
But if you want to play games,
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I'll play games. What are you
here for? What do you need?
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How can I help you? Well, I hear it's my birthday in about
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a year, so be birthday,
naughty boy. My mom gave me a
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certificate to get a massage, and
she said, ask for a Swedish massage
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and shows a said to get a
facial because I'm really breaking out now.
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I have a serum of a facial
that it'll make you, make you smell
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a little bit like bleach, but
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and give you silky smooth skin like
a goat testicle. If you're following me,
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Kipper, now, yes, we
have several Swedish rubdowns and facials.
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Hans is one of our greatest facial
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upon nothing but beauty, elegance and
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you. You're looking for price,
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stay with me because it rides with
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blah blah m for sixty nine nine
nine. I don't know what that sounds.
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That doesn't sound right, Kipper,
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dirty mouth. Then we also have
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ninety nine, and that's hands free. We can talk about that off air.
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We also have for twenty nine ninety
nine the rubbing tug on your own
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face and shoulder masswash your shwa rubbed
down, So you might want to go
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ahead and take our certificate ghost show
mommy see what mommy prefers, because if
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Mommy's still with Daddy, he wants
the full frontal and facial which you should
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do, Kipper. Kipper, I
don't know you're throwing out too many things
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I've never heard of, but you
know what, I'm gonna go tell my
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mom because I don't feel comfortable anymore
now, Kipper, Please, I think
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your dad's name is Tom Tom Daly
correct. Yeah, how did you know?
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Because your dad's been here plenty of
times. He sat on my face
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like I was a brand new toaster. I'm kidding out of here. It's
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time to go back to the eighties, Kipper, won't you join you nasty
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Burghers, twelve orders of fries and
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we here at Back to the Eighties
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The rang of the Chang bell is
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bring in back to the eighties with
Tascano, with changwin out. The ringing
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of the bell, right, Giscano, doesn't not remind you of your wrestling
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days in high school when they would
be declaring your name, weighing in at
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a beautiful one hundred ninety two pounds
of here Italian Mexican steal the boodle,
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total of them all? L Tascano, did you not get your pants wet
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when you heard the bell? I
know, I did, I know,
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I did. Well, I don't
know because I wasn't on the wrestling team,
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but I was on the baseball and
soccer team. So whatever you're bursting
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my bubble, that's okay. I
I was picturing you in a restling out
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were going to choose victory, and
I myself was fandangling a metal chick in
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the restroom pretending I was Axel Rose. Well, we've got a great show
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for you today, so thank you
for joining us as we dive into the
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memories of what it was like to
rent movies. That for today is what
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we're going to be talking about.
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listening to Chang. You don't know
the power back to the eighties. Welcome
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back to back to the eighties with
Tuscan Chang. You are on the hang
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with a couple of idiots and we
are talking tonight some of the greatest rentals
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back in the eighties. We're gonna
talk snacks, movies, cuddle positions,
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blankets, everything you can name.
If you can recall those days now,
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Tuscano, what was one of your
fondest moments when you and missus Tiscano,
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we're snuggling with one of your best
movie rentals that got you guys kind of
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snuggly and lovey but yet scared.
Well you keep in mind, I didn't
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mean missus Tiscano until nineteen ninety five, so that was okay. Well,
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well, let's let's just pretend you're
back in the eighties. So it's son
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of a Monk. So let me
paint this picture for you and for everybody
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listening, because we are going to
be talking about movie renting. It's Friday
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evening. You're tired of all day
being at school or at work. This
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is the eighties. You got to
remember this. You've been looking forward to
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tonight because you've invited either some friends
over, or your girlfriend or your boyfriend.
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Maybe it's just you by yourself,
I don't know. So you go
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over to the video store, either
on your bike or you're driving, or
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if you're not doing any of those, maybe your parents are driving you and
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you go with your your siblings.
Now, maybe you don't have a Blockbuster
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or a Hollywood video because maybe it's
in the early eighties and the giant stores
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don't exist yet. Better yet,
you drive up or get close to the
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front doors. Once you're there,
you notice that there's a lot of people
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in there already. You start getting
nervous even before you go inside, because
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in your mind you think everyone there
is going to rent your movie. As
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you open the door, you start
hearing the chatter of people as they're deciding
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in what they're in the mood to
watch, and you and your group split
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up to see what else is new. You head on over to that area
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where you think your movie is and
there you see it from a few steps
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away, the movie cover it's there, and you see there's a clear plastic
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case behind it with your selection.
And maybe you walk up and you can't
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find the right movie and head down
the aisland start browsing one by one.
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You can hear the cash right just
chime in every ten seconds because it seems
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that the line is so long,
and now chang my buddy, here we
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go. Movie posters are lit up
everywhere. For a second, if we
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all think a few moments and just
even close your eyes and you think about
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that scene. What was it that
made it so exciting for utuine to rent
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movies? Oh? And just going
there and remember you pulling up and you
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see all the lights and it was
very reminiscent of going to your old school
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walk in theaters at your neighborhood.
Remember you see the paint, the red,
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the yellow, the blue, sometimes
green light and everything just stands out
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in Neon. Man, I recall
rolling up to one of my favorite movie
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houses, which was called a movie
shack, and that was back in with
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your California. Now that was a
big place, right, wasn't that a
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big place? Yeah, dude,
that was a huge place. As a
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matter of fact, before a lot
of our well known movie rental companies him
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out. I used to go to
this place, man, and I would
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take my chick, or i'd go
my buddy Eeser, or you know,
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i'd rent a movie because I became
apparent really young, and I would go
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to this place and these cats would
be the dude. They had hot dogs
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spinning on a rotistory. So you
will really now see that's nice. That's
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a nice movie round. I'm telling
you. Man. If I went in
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Stone, I had three dogs,
two bags of popcorn, and I rented
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movies that like I was going to
pay extra on Monday. But like the
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lights captivated you captivated me. You
know. The posters had like the Christmins
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lights around him. It was very
reminiscent of going into a theater. It
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was very inviting. The smell.
You walk in and you hear that that
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ring, and there was a guy
right there, you know, with that
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kind of he had at the time
the movie shot. This cat would greet
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you at the door, right and
he would give you a free uh,
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a small cup of opcorn so you
could browse. And he had like a
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black vest trimmed out with blue,
some kind of quirky hat. And you
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just immediately as you walked in,
you got the vibe of being in the
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theater. And I think that's one
thing most of the movie houses that bestowed
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our attention back in the eighties,
which really drew us to it, similar
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to the arcade, because it's all
about the bright light, that spontaneous feeling,
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that pop you get when you walk
in. Everything is bright, your
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eyes open up. It's you know, back in the eighties, going into
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a movie rental place was the same
experience as something captivating. You know you
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were going to have a good time. It was warming. They were already
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setting up the vibe to set up
your evening. There's three things that I
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remember that everybody liked going to see
movies because one of them was you felt
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like you had a movie theater in
your home. I mean, that was
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one of the biggest pluses. And
then not only that, you could watch
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it more than one time, and
you could watch it with your friends and
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just anybody that you wanted to be
in there. Back in the eighties,
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you'll recall, even the late seventies, there was a war between two formats,
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and that was VHS and Beta Max. Beta Max was a lot more
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expensive of a machine, the tape
was smaller. The main issue. The
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main problem with Beta Max was that
it didn't record more than an hour,
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unlike VHS where you can do those
extended recordings, and so VHS ended up
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winning, even though Beta, if
you recall, was a better picture.
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You remember those VCRs that first came
out, those ginormous VCRs that you can
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set them on top of a console, and they weighed like thirty forty pounds.
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You remember how you would press ejected. It would take forever. So
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if you were watching Porno when your
parents came home, it wouldn't get out
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quick enough and your dad would be
like, what is this, Jebbie just
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Dallas. Now. Once that war
was over and everybody got stuck with VHS,
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you'll remember in the beginning we had
the mom and pop video shops,
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the smaller shops, and those were
fantastic. Two But for those of you
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who don't remember, movie reynolds were
only for a day, one day,
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and they were usually around three to
five dollars a movie. Oh dude,
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yeah, easily, easily. Bro. Now you brought up a fine point
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with the battles that we dealt with
Beta and VHS. Now, remember brother,
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VHS we could rent for about two
to three dollars, okay, per
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night. Beta used to cost us
between four and five dollars, but they
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would throw in a night and a
half. But yet, remember with the
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Beta we got a clear picture,
but it always seemed to be a little
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bit smaller than the VH. So
they got us on price because of quality.
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I mean, you could see pretty
much everything clearer on Beta than you
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did on VHS. Do you remember
when you would rent a movie and it
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would suck and you would get the
white lines or it would skip or like
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would hold and you would be like
what the yeah? And also certain you
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know VCRs they had the little the
little knob or the little wheel that said
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tracking and you could fix it.
But if it didn't have that little knob
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or wheel. You were screwed.
Oh, yes, you're screwed. You're
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Scol's interesting. So you'd go into
the to the movie rental place, you'd
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get stuck with only one day.
But we were still happy and we're excited.
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We were happy. And of course, you know at the very beginning,
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there was only one copy of each
movie in the beginning, so if
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you went there and there were two
three people in line, they could and
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they asked if this happened. Many
times you're waiting in line to ask if
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your movies there, the person in
front of you asked for it. They
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got it before you do, and
you want to exactly and you wanted to
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punch him out. They get it, and then you don't, and they
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were like, oh, and then
you're looking at those people they walk out
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in your life. I could take
that guy. I can get his ass
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before he goes out the car.
Or is that just me? Is that
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the way I thought? No?
Yeah, I remember, I felt horrendous.
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But you gotta remember me in the
early eighties, I was I was
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just a kid, you know,
in eighty two, I was only ten
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years old. But my cousin,
Yeah, so My cousin used to take
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me to video rental places all the
time. When I used to spend summers
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in Alhambra with him, shout out
to everybody. But you know what,
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we had the greatest of times because
we would get our snacks. There was
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always that Jiffy popcorn, the one
that had that the aluminium. It was
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like an aluminum plate with the cover. Put it over the stove and then
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it starts popping. But sometimes your
hand goes a little too close to the
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dish and you'd burn yourself. Remember
that. Oh yeah, oh Jiffy popper,
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Now I remember that crap. Yeah. Hey, you know you can
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get some on Amazon. You can
get some Jiffy pop popcorn. But they're
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nine dollars each. It's just for
the novelty. Yeah, they still make
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it, but they do it for
the novelty. You know what's funny,
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man, Jiffy pop popcorn. I
think that's what made it easy for crackheads
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to make their own crack at home. I mean, that's the whole thing,
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the whole thing, you know,
keep it over the fire. So
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it's crazy. The prices are crazy. Let's let's let's take some of the
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bad things that happen. First of
all, the long lines on Fridays.
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If that shop was small, the
lines were long, Oh dude. Yeah.
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And then if you got two or
three movies. Here's the funny thing.
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I remember us running three to five
movies, but because it gets late
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in the night, you start getting
sleepy, you don't watch them, and
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then the next day you'd have to
return a movie or two that you just
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didn't watch. You remember that.
Yeah? But you know what, Bro,
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all I have to say is like
me and you were a different age.
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So when back in the early eighties
when we were right in movies,
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you were a kid. You had
to go to bed early. Correct,
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couldn't stay up even if you were
at a summer party. No, I
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actually couldn't know. My parents actually
let me stay up late on weekends.
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Another one of the bad things was
late fees. You remember late fees?
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Yes, dude, that was a
bit. Did they not charge us the
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same amount of the movie and we
didn't get to see it? Right?
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And how about this when you got
like a forty five or fifty cent charge
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for not rewinding the tape. Oh, that was a bunch of crap.
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Bro, Didn't you hate that?
I would blame my friends. The memories
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are just countless about going to video
stores nineteen eighty five. What happens in
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ter Blockbuster video? Imagine the perfect
video store. It would have a great
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right over, ten thousand videos,
three evening rounds, so no rush,
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no hassle, wenty four hour quickdrop, return to open late every night.
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Well, the perfect video store the
country, there's one near you now.
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When Blockbuster came out and cancer of
it all, well as as a consumer,
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as a movie buff back then,
it was probably the greatest thing that
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could ever have happened to us.
Why because now we got more choices.
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I prefer mom and pop shops of
course, damn straight, damn straight mom
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and the pop, of course,
one hundred percent. But that seat now
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as an adult, because when I
was a kid, all I care it
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is, Look, this mom and
pop shop only has three copies of my
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movie, and it's never there.
You spoiled. And here's here's this big
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store that has ten copies of my
movie. That's where I'm going to.
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Now Now that I'm an adult,
of course I prefer the mom and pop
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shop for many obviously, thank you
for coming back to the real world.
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You spoiled adolescent. I hope your
parents never took you now, how right?
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I can't tell you this that Blockbuster
or Hollywood Video or any other video
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store that was ginormous would never compare
to the feeling and the experiences that we
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had going to the smaller mom and
pop shop. Now, wait a minute,
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don't now descanoll. I am quickly
to jump on the offensive with you,
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as you could tell when you'll listen
back to everything I said, and
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I will stand by everything I said
when you were talking. I won't stand
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away and say I didn't say that
because I know you're recorded and started hating.
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No, no, no, brother
Dick haters not here, but obviously
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rich hater is here because he is
denouncing. Well remember going to Blockbuster?
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Oh no, no, well that
was in nineteen eighty five. You are
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you with me? Yeah, go
ahead, we're all together so far that
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Nan and Robin. Yeah, Christ
you get so powerful with that Batman posted
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behind Well, it's actually, ah, it's a little blanket. That's what
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it is. For those of you
who are wondering what we're talking about,
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We're talking about a little blanket that
has Batman on it in the studio here.
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Now, let's go back to Blockbuster. Okay, Now, Blockbuster actually
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stole the theme of fresh Blockbuster comes
out of nineteen in the store where Blockbuster
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actually sold bags of popcorn to their
customers. Blockbuster actually capitalized on the vibe
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of the old mom and pop video
store, offering the bright lights, the
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movie posters for a dollar right at
the front, the Christmas lighting in plastic
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rapening around each movie, and the
bright lights of the walk in theater.
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They did do a lot of business
practices that put them out of business.
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Frankly, however, as a consumer, look, as a consumer and as
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a kid, you didn't care for
that you were you had no idea.
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I had no idea. So the
idea of going into a place where they
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had popcorn, they had das and
candy snack combos. I mean to me,
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it was great. But do you
not agree Blockbuster stole upon that Hollywood
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video took the realm of what we
knew as home installed it. A lot
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of people did complain because they said, oh, well, you know that
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little section on the back that has
that little curtain day, don't be looking
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for me back there to Scott and
White swear you didn't see me, did
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you? That? Section isn't isn't
available at any of Blockbusters or at Hollywood
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Video. I found that to be
a rip off. I didn't like that.
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Well, listen up, we're gonna
take a little break when we come
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back. There's more nonsense with Toscano
and Chang on the one in only Back
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to the Eighties Radio. What I
want to know is, why are the
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only funny lines on this show the
ones behind me day by palas Tskano and
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Chang went to school in the eighties
and that was cool. But now they're
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going back. That's right, and
you can tag along with Back to the
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Eighties Radio. Sanuel breaks the price
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dollars. You'd expect to pay a
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our Price Breaker. Available at all
the video station stores and now back to
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the eighties with Tiscano and Chay.
This is the one and only back to
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the eighties radio. This is Ciscano
from the Madness of Tiscano and Cheng.
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Here if you just joined us,
we are talking about renting videos and movie
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rentals and movie rental locations back in
the eighties. The very first VCRs hit
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the market in nineteen seventy five.
I've chang and it was a decade the
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seventies. The start off was a
decade of convenience, and the video cassette
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was certainly that. Now jump over
to the eighties, where now we have
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the wonders of being able to rent
a movie. Go to that shop and
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did you ever go to these shops
and they didn't have the movie that you
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wanted, so you had to just
roam around the store and then you settled
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for some obscure, cheesy, scary
movie. I mean, we've all heard
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of the movie The Candy Man,
for example, But there's no there's been
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worse, you know. I remember
having to choose something else and then you
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get home and you look at your
video and it says Killer Clowns from Outer
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Space a great movie. And don't
you talk about that movie, that's one
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of my favorites. It was very
very common or something else at these shops.
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It was very common at these shops
to rent video equipment because sometimes people
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needed to have a VCR and they
would rent you a VHS recorder. Yes,
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yes, I remember those days.
Or if you needed a certain connection,
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they would rent you that certain connection. Yeah, remember that one connection
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where you could plug your VCR into
your vehicle? Do you remember that?
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No, I didn't know you could
plug it into your vehicle. Yes,
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you didn't know that, Yes,
but it was only audio. Obviously you're
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talking nineteen eighteen or something like that. I don't you better watch yourself right
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now there, don't remember that that
man is not protect you. I will
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jump over this counter and I will
climb in your face for you to take
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the uproading and condemn my mom and
pop movie stores and my cheesy movies that
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I liked. Well, let's continue
talking about these movie places. And so
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obviously you're not a fan of either
Motel hell, motel hell. Yeah,
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yeah, yeah, you're obviously you're
not a fan of Blockbuster and you're not
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a fan of Hollywood Video. Brother, I didn't say that. Yeah,
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you wait, a minute. I
told the audience that with your negativity and
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the tone of your voice, I'm
not condemning Blockbuster Hollywood. I'm not at
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all. I'm just merely saying they
stole the essence of the mom and top,
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mom and pop flavor, the mom
and pop scenario of movie rentals that
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we had in the early eighties.
That's all I'm saying. I'm not a
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hater. Let's talk about the different
sections that they had at these the smaller
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locations for example. And now you're
gonna make fun of me because I was
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behind the curtain. Is that where
we're going yet? No, I'm not
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going there. But how about do
you remember they had a whole section of
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horror? Oh yeah, and yes, I would say nine of those movies
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they were Yeah, they were like
b or C rated movies. Yes,
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yeah, it's the kind of movies
you wouldn't even see on sci fi.
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So those are the kind of movies
they would show, like late at Night
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with Elvira, where like Wow,
She's hot metal eighties. Yes, ery
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we like bunk movies. They were
like the Yeah, they were like the
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movie catalog of like movies that,
like you, you wouldn't even guess at
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a couple of high schools would film
something that crappy. True. Yeah,
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it was the type of movies kind
of like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes,
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Yes exactly. Do you remember that
Pulhead something of that nature, Yes,
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exactly, And yes, I remember
there was there was always a movie in
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the horror section. Now, granted, I'm talking about where in the eighties
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going to these movie stores, but
not all these movies are from the eighties.
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There was a lot of movies from
the seventies at these places that you'd
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have to get stuck with sometimes.
Well, yeah, and I remember there
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was always a video in the horror
section that nobody wanted to rent because you
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could see it on Elvira, Mistress
of the Dark. I loved her.
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And that was Death Race two thousand. Remember that year two thousand. America
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is a vast speedway. People lying
the streets to witness the greatest drivers on
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earth in a race from seas and
shining Sea. It is a death race.
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You finished first or not at all. Death Race two thousand. Every
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car a deadly weapon, every spectator
a potential point. It's a cross country
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road wreck, and the traffic is
murder. Who are you anyway, best
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Driver Runner, I want you to
die. He was built by the world's
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finest surgeons to drive the fastest car
ever designed, and nothing can stop him.
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Now, Death Race two thousand rated
r oh Man. That movie was
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like, dude, yes, David
Karradine, Oh, dude, David karradin
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Yes, who could forget Kung Foo? And there were titles titles there,
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movie titles then you'll never forget.
Some of them were cheesy. Like like
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I said, the majority of the
movies there that were really good, they
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were always rented. Now, when
you come that movie alone, that movie
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is like when you look at a
punk porno and you're like, wow,
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these guys cannot only not act,
but they're not sexually endeavoring at all.
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That movie alone. I knew you
were gonna mention that movie because it was
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like Man sly Stone and David Karradine. You can get rocky with Kung Foo
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and all of a sudden, I've
got diarrhea halfway through the movie just because
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the movie. Maybe that was sick. Are you not agreeing with me,
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my brother? It was it was
just bad. It was just a tree.
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Wait a minute, let me throw
this at you, brother, and
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I'm sure you're gonna agree. I'm
sure you are. Uh. Now,
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I'm gonna say one named mel Gibson
Mad Max, the very first one.
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Are you ready? Than the very
first one? You see? We're on
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the same now, bro, Bro, Bro, you know what I knew.
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I had to bring it up because
I thought I would be rich or
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Dick Hayter. But you nailed it. Yeah, yeah, and it was
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always there. Nobody wanted to rent
it after all because you knew thee Yeah,
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dude, his acting sucked. They
had some badass cars, chicks kind
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of sexy but scary, kind of
like a chicks dress like a Rannon video,
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remember, you know Rian she like
she's like, oh sexy, but
403
00:31:49.279 --> 00:31:52.880
like, man, I get that
chicken now, and she gonna beat my
404
00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:56.160
ass and take my money. Mad
Max was surely Yeah, one of the
405
00:31:56.200 --> 00:32:00.119
worst movies we could get at any
rent store. Do you not agree?
406
00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:04.440
Brother? Yeah? And the interesting
thing is Matt Max has like a cult
407
00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:07.759
following. Dude. Can you believe
that? Yeah, that we're on you
408
00:32:07.799 --> 00:32:10.440
know now we're taking it back?
Yeah, can you believe they have a
409
00:32:10.519 --> 00:32:16.319
cult following for that movie? Yeah? I need here's another title. I'm
410
00:32:16.319 --> 00:32:21.960
gonna throw at you because when we
rented this, I remember when it first
411
00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:25.319
came out of a video that I'm
about to mention we rented it. We're
412
00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:31.640
very excited because Harrison Ford was in
it. Bro When when Blade Runner came
413
00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:37.039
out, oh stop it, I
was like, what the heck did I
414
00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:42.960
just watch? I didn't understand a
thing about Blade Runner, And a matter
415
00:32:42.960 --> 00:32:46.119
of fact, with the remake,
the remake of Blade Runner, I still
416
00:32:46.160 --> 00:32:53.039
couldn't understand it. Now now that
I'm an adult, I'm kind of nervous
417
00:32:53.079 --> 00:33:08.640
when I take tests. I've got
four skin jobs walking the streets, walking
418
00:33:08.680 --> 00:33:14.079
the street. They're either a benefit
or a hazard. They're a benefit.
419
00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:23.240
It's not my problem, not my
problem. I'm Rachel Deckard. Have you
420
00:33:23.279 --> 00:33:37.480
ever retired a human by mistake?
A mistake by mistake? No? I
421
00:33:37.519 --> 00:33:42.480
need the old blade running right Runner? This is a bad, bad How
422
00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:45.880
can it not know what it is? If only you could see what I've
423
00:33:45.960 --> 00:33:50.000
sumed, you might have seen what
I've seen. More human than human is
424
00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:52.160
almotto. When I watched Blade Runner, I was like, son of a
425
00:33:52.240 --> 00:33:57.039
bit, this guy needs to go
back with a Wookie and like make a
426
00:33:57.119 --> 00:34:00.720
name for himself. But you know, the funny thing. Blade Runner was
427
00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:06.000
a crash, a boom a blang, right, just like Harrison Ford's a
428
00:34:06.079 --> 00:34:10.000
pilot career in our last past ten
years. A guy camp Why he crashes
429
00:34:10.519 --> 00:34:16.920
that movie? I cannot understand.
Then, Now you could give me an
430
00:34:17.000 --> 00:34:22.199
intro to Blade Runner, and I
will still think I don't get the content
431
00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:25.280
and it has most points. Now
I'll mention some more titles for you from
432
00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:29.679
them from these local mom and pops, hit them, hit hit me,
433
00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:32.679
and some of them you like and
some of them you are. Do you
434
00:34:32.719 --> 00:34:39.320
remember the Dark Crystal that was also
always available at the mom and pop shops
435
00:34:39.480 --> 00:34:50.679
in a place outside time lies a
mystical realm of sound and vision, a
436
00:34:50.840 --> 00:35:08.920
wondrous civilization. We're good and even
struggle to possess the Dark Crystal. Yes,
437
00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:13.679
I watch out with by h missus
Chagan. That will be sucked,
438
00:35:13.679 --> 00:35:17.719
but she's not listening. She liked
it, but it's sucked. How about
439
00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:25.599
Pan's Labyrinth with David Bowie try Star
Pictures announces the collaboration of three extraordinary talents.
440
00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:32.159
Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets
and Dark Crystal, Please you what
441
00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:45.679
I hate like that? George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars Saga,
442
00:35:46.840 --> 00:35:58.760
and one of the most innovative forces
in modern entertainment, David Bowie. Together
443
00:35:59.000 --> 00:36:02.679
they will take you in to a
dazzling world of fantasy and adventure. There's
444
00:36:02.719 --> 00:36:09.119
nothing to be afraid of, a
world where anything seems possible and nothing is
445
00:36:09.159 --> 00:36:20.199
what it seems. Everything I've done, I've done for you. I Moveless
446
00:36:20.159 --> 00:36:38.280
Stars was no fun. The World
a labyrinth? No you not Wait a
447
00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:43.000
minute, No, you're gonna think
that movie suck, right, You probably
448
00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:45.480
think it sucked. But me being
well, it's not that I think it
449
00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:47.559
sucked. I like the fact that
David Boye was there and that he got
450
00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:52.119
to sing. But the movie made
no sense. It was creepy, it
451
00:36:52.320 --> 00:36:55.599
was weird, and I enjoyed.
I enjoyed it me. So did I
452
00:36:55.719 --> 00:36:59.480
enjoyed it. It was just I
enjoyed it me, probably because I'm a
453
00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:02.400
rocker and I'm all about the music. As you can tell people out there
454
00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:07.159
listening. You've seen my picture,
you know I'm all about. David Bowie
455
00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:12.199
is one of my favorite, most
favorite talents that God ever created. So
456
00:37:12.239 --> 00:37:15.800
I have to back up. I
did enjoy that movie. I did enjoy
457
00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:20.079
his acting. I like the look
that they gave him in fashion. I
458
00:37:20.159 --> 00:37:23.199
enjoyed that movie. Sorry bro,
So no, don't say sorry. I'm
459
00:37:23.239 --> 00:37:28.199
glad that you enjoyed it. I'm
glad. How about this, I am
460
00:37:28.280 --> 00:37:31.400
a dj. I am on a
play. Fact that he was holding a
461
00:37:31.480 --> 00:37:35.400
baby in his arms as he was
singing. Remember that scene, now,
462
00:37:35.519 --> 00:37:38.039
Tiscano, That's one part I was
hoping you would bring up because back in
463
00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:42.960
that day, I also was holding
a baby because I was a very young
464
00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:45.159
father at twenty years old. So, yes, you rock and roll and
465
00:37:45.199 --> 00:37:49.639
we're talking about we are back to
the eighties and I was a single dad
466
00:37:49.639 --> 00:37:52.440
in nineteen eighty seven, ladies.
So what other experiences were really cool?
467
00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:58.119
Well, of course, part of
those experiences was when you got there getting
468
00:37:58.360 --> 00:38:01.400
the popcorn and the candy and the
snack complish. Now, what was your
469
00:38:01.440 --> 00:38:06.639
favorite candy to buy at the video
store? Tiscano. You're yeah, I'm
470
00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:08.800
gonna go. You're gonna go on
a live Okay, You're you're going to
471
00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:14.599
go a little bit crazy when I
tell you the candy a preference. Don't
472
00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:16.920
tell me milk duds. You better
shut your dirty moss right now. No,
473
00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:25.840
don't tell me M and ms.
Bro Oh, peanuts, and regular
474
00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:34.039
Week Ahn some together. I like
my nuts with chocolate. What can I
475
00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:37.199
say? Yeah? Oh? Why? No? No, wait a minute
476
00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:43.559
waiting. Are you one of these
guys that likes popcorn with hot cheetos?
477
00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:47.159
Are you like one of these new
individuals like my daughters due no, he
478
00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:52.280
would rent movies. My daughters would
like, make me mix cheetos with popcorn?
479
00:38:53.239 --> 00:39:00.440
And and you're Tommy Eminem suck what
no? No, oh no,
480
00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:05.400
no no, I said week Week. I mean, do you remember what
481
00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:07.599
were I like? The ones that
that had like it was chocolate, a
482
00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:10.159
little chocolate ball, but inside it
was like a cookie. What was the
483
00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:15.280
name of that? Can't you remember? Are you talking? Whopper? Whoppers?
484
00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:20.480
I loved whoppers, Dude, Whopper. I still love whoppers. Going
485
00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:24.400
to the I'll go now to a
walk in well when it opens with COVID.
486
00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:30.840
Of course I love I love whoppers, bro, they are killer.
487
00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:36.239
Now what was your favorite candy when
you walked into a video store to yet?
488
00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:39.280
Now, I'm going to say you
were quite the liquorice. No,
489
00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:45.800
I hated liquorice. I hated yeah
right on Fi pop on the screen MP.
490
00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:50.840
No liquorice. I hated licorice.
No, I could tell you.
491
00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:54.639
Usually when I watched the movie,
it was just plain and simple popcorn.
492
00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:59.800
And if it was at the theater, of course that's a different story because
493
00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:05.159
it had to be popcorn, nachos
and a hot dog. About this one
494
00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:08.280
brother, dude, who could forget
the joy of a cracker jack? And
495
00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:15.760
you get a toy inside. Sometimes
the toy sucked you ever get it box,
496
00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:19.639
bro, and they're all stuck to
the box. Yeah, And then
497
00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:22.400
you you get a card and you're
like, what kind of toy is this?
498
00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:27.880
And then you're pissed off because all
the cracker Jacks are like stuck to
499
00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:30.360
the side of the box. So
you got to dig the whole top off
500
00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:35.679
and people are looking at you like
you're making too much noise with your cracker
501
00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:39.440
cats and you only got a little
card. Remember that. No, My
502
00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:45.760
favorite toy get this was a yeah
finger a finger puppet, right, and
503
00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:51.880
you can make it do flip flops, yes, on a gymnastic bar and
504
00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:53.639
all you had to do was like
press it with one so some of the
505
00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:59.199
thing. Remembering the little figure would
like a get and he would like go
506
00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:01.719
around the horn and you could just
sit there for hours and that little guy
507
00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:05.880
would flip and flip and flip and
flip. My favorite toy that came in
508
00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:10.239
a Crackerjack box was one time that
I got a magnifying glass and it was
509
00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:15.480
fantastic because I started burning everything inside. Anyway, if you just joined us,
510
00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:20.400
or if you're part of the younger
crowd, it's one of those experiences
511
00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:24.440
that you can only imagine, whether
it be gen Z or if you're a
512
00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:30.400
millennial that just didn't have the opportunity
in the early early eighties to go out
513
00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:35.840
and experience what it was to rent
those videos and to and to you know
514
00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:37.719
what, I'll tell you one of
my favorite things going to the mom and
515
00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:44.880
pop shops was the way that you
established friendships with the owners of the stores
516
00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:47.239
or the employees of the stores.
You remember that, Yeah, something that
517
00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:52.360
we truly miss nowadays. Bro.
I think in every aspect of customer service,
518
00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:58.480
you know, the friendship feeling at
home, you know what I mean
519
00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:01.800
to where you walk into one of
these stores and they knew you. They
520
00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:06.159
kind of had a feeling of the
movies that you may like, and they
521
00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:08.679
would always tell you, Hey,
I got this movie in maybe you might
522
00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:12.559
like to check it out. We
checked it out and they would give you
523
00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:17.000
kind of a description of that,
you know that is definitely missed nowadays.
524
00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:21.599
Now, trip out of this,
my brother. Now, before I left
525
00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:27.119
Southern California, when I was residing
in Lahabra, there was weekends that I
526
00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:30.639
would go down to a video store, Yes, brother, a video store.
527
00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:37.199
It was one of very few in
my neighborhood. And they were renting
528
00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:42.840
movies to me and my wife and
my daughters for a dollar fifty and it
529
00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:47.880
had all the smells, sounds,
bolls, and whistles of that of nostalgic
530
00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:53.920
video store quality. And their names
were mister and missus Quam. They were
531
00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:59.679
Korean. I don't know if they're
there because it's been quite a bit since
532
00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:06.239
I lived in lahabre in Southern California, But anybody out there, along with
533
00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:10.920
your boulevard and beach Boulevard, right
behind a Winter Wolves Donut and a Jack's
534
00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:15.639
Donut place, there's a place.
It's called the video outlet. If you
535
00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:21.679
want to capture the essence of what
me and Tiscono are talking about, please,
536
00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:25.880
if they're still there, visit that
and you will feel and breathe everything
537
00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:30.079
me and my partner are talking about. Tisconno. I got some movies there,
538
00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:35.199
and you're gonna trip because, yes, you like to make fun of
539
00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:38.800
me, I'm older than you.
Correct, I'm not making fun of you,
540
00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:46.199
Okay, just simply alluding to the
fact that because of certain ages that
541
00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:52.400
there may be certain likes and dislikes
that are different. Okay, now get
542
00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:57.119
this very diplomatic. Now. One
time we were out there and I found
543
00:43:57.159 --> 00:44:00.039
my own Beata machine. That's right, bro, Okay, you're ready,
544
00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:06.800
hold on a batman. I found
my Beta machine in storage and I went
545
00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:10.199
to this video store and they had
a Beta movie, okay, and it
546
00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:17.519
was Fast Times at Richmond High.
So I'd say I've been gone three years.
547
00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:22.440
The very last year I was there, I watched on Beta in my
548
00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:27.000
house before the papers were signing to
get rid of it and my kids were
549
00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:30.920
all gone. I watched Fast Times
at Richmond High on Beta, and I
550
00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:36.079
gotta tell you, broun experience.
It was an experience. But the sad
551
00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:39.039
part is like my kids were gone, the wife was in Arizona at the
552
00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:45.280
time, so I captured all the
essence of what I felt back in the
553
00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:51.960
AIDA's in my own home for the
last time on Beta on a fifty six
554
00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:55.519
inch TV and it was great.
It was wow. Yeah. And you
555
00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:59.960
see. And so to the younger
audiences, they're not going to know that
556
00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:02.679
ever had Yeah, that never had
that experience. Here's what I would do,
557
00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:07.599
believe it or not. Here in
Orange County. I just I'll have
558
00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:09.760
to look for it. But there
is a video store. Believe it or
559
00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:15.800
not, there is a video store
and it is open. It's a it's
560
00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:20.000
a mom and pop shop. And
the fancy name of the store is called
561
00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:24.199
video store. Believe it. It's
just called video store. Wow, which
562
00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:28.840
amazes me because it's got everything.
I mean, you look at it.
563
00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:31.800
I passed by at night and I
saw this. It was like eight or
564
00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:36.519
nine o'clock at nine and it's still
open and I see two or three cats
565
00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:40.519
in there just looking around at VHS
tapes. I'm going, this is phenomenal.
566
00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:44.320
I gotta I gotta come back at
night. Yes, and I never
567
00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:46.239
did, and I forgot where it
is, but I'll have to look for
568
00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:52.599
it. But it's here in southern
California. No Jacoto. You remember it
569
00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:58.880
was about a year ago. Remember
when I went to Missouri to go visit
570
00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:01.440
my daughter who had newly resided out
there with my son in law. Do
571
00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:05.079
you remember when I went on that
trip, Yeah, I do, Row,
572
00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:07.840
I don't. I don't know if
you recall me and my wife and
573
00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:12.559
my daughter and my son. We're
all cruising around. They took us,
574
00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:15.599
I mean everywhere out there. I
went to. Man, it was great
575
00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:22.400
visiting uh ye, Missouri. But
there was a video store bro that we
576
00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:28.400
we we uh came upon and it
was so reminiscent of video stores in the
577
00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:32.239
eighties. As a matter of fact, we rented movies from that video store.
578
00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:37.719
We got a free bag of popcorn, a grab bag of candy,
579
00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:44.599
we got a cracker jack box,
and we also got a free movie rental.
580
00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:49.119
And you know what movie I picked? Are you ready? Yeah?
581
00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:57.280
Fast Times a Ridge one High Motel. Hell. So, I'm assuming the
582
00:46:57.320 --> 00:47:00.760
movie rentals were on vhs. They
were not dv you know, they were
583
00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:04.280
all vhs. Bro, they did
have DVDs, but at the time,
584
00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:08.559
we were so caught up in the
moment. And uh my son in law
585
00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:15.559
he does that for a living.
He messes around with U editing and all
586
00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:22.320
types of recordings and and all kinds
of technology. And we ended up watching
587
00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:28.079
that movie on VHS at his house. Which later we ended up running from
588
00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:32.880
that place a reel to reel and
we got to watch a Yes, dude,
589
00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:38.960
we got to watch an old classic
movie on real to real bro Withering
590
00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:44.440
Heights, which is my wife,
yes favorite movie. So our trip to
591
00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:47.239
h Missouri. I have to tell
you, it's funny that we're talking about
592
00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:55.840
this subject tonight, but dude,
that was some captivating h film experience that
593
00:47:57.039 --> 00:48:01.000
I had not experienced in a long
time. And to know that the nostalgia
594
00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:06.920
wise, like we watched a VHS
movie and then we watched something on real
595
00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:10.880
the real and to know that the
essence of what it was like is still
596
00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:16.800
out there in parts of America is
freaking beautiful. Yeah. And as a
597
00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:22.320
matter of fact, there is of
course, everybody in the United States should
598
00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:29.559
know that the very last remaining Blockbuster
video is there, and it is in
599
00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:34.119
Oregon, so if you're interested in
finding out. As a matter of fact,
600
00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:37.760
it's funny because on Netflix they have
the special called the very Last Blockbuster,
601
00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:40.360
Right, And I learned something.
I learned something from this video.
602
00:48:40.360 --> 00:48:44.480
A lot of people think that Netflix
put Blockbuster out of business, and it
603
00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:49.239
wasn't the case. It wasn't the
case. It was just bad. They
604
00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:52.360
had hired a new CEO and he
pretty much ran them into the ground.
605
00:48:52.519 --> 00:49:00.239
As a matter of fact, Blockbuster
had the opportunity to buy Netflix for pens
606
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on the dollar and they just started
they decided not to. But rumor has
607
00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:07.920
it that Blockbuster is going to be
making their way back, because there's still
608
00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:12.239
a company called Blockbuster, and they're
gonna be making their way back, but
609
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this time it will be streaming.
I do want to encourage you guys though,
610
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that if you do get a chance
and you find yourself a video store
611
00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:23.039
somewhere, go go now. You
may not have a VCR. And unfortunately,
612
00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:28.559
because of the you know, it's
been forty years, VCRs are very
613
00:49:28.599 --> 00:49:32.440
expensive. You can buy VCRs on
eBay, you can buy VCRs on eBay,
614
00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:37.920
you can buy them on Amazon,
but they're very expensive. And obviously,
615
00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:42.320
believe it or not, there are
brand new VCRs out there, but
616
00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:45.599
once again, very very expensive.
You know what, So, bro,
617
00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:51.119
it's very reminiscent of when we did
the show about cassettes. Correct, and
618
00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:57.960
now now you are presently getting the
equipment to hear cassettes in a different way
619
00:49:58.000 --> 00:50:02.000
that we heard cassettes in the past. So you have that uh, that
620
00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:09.960
love and and uh that respect of
sound in the back uh in our back
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era. So I think the same
could be said with if you go out
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there and you have a VCR unit
and you take care of it, or
623
00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:22.480
if you buy something new, or
if you want to trip on nostalgia and
624
00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:28.159
get a beta. There are companies
that sound, and if you do have
625
00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:32.280
one and you get somebody that is
luckily can work on that equipment, you
626
00:50:32.320 --> 00:50:38.119
can regain some of the beauty that
we all wants, uh enjoyed at one
627
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time altogether. Correct. So yeah, and there's all kinds of ways that
628
00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:47.960
you can go about getting some of
the nostalgia back in the eighties, uh
629
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from DVD. You know, even
some DVD bro, you can kind of
630
00:50:53.360 --> 00:50:59.079
get that to kind of feeling.
I'm sure you bran into a couple of
631
00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:06.280
davas where it it kind of gives
you that feeling at that look of VHS
632
00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:10.400
to way the way the movie moves
and screens, but it's not really the
633
00:51:10.440 --> 00:51:15.639
same. Yeah, And and look
and when we talk about VHS rentals and
634
00:51:16.119 --> 00:51:22.480
maybe going on the you know,
the quest to get yourself a VCR and
635
00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:24.559
get some movies on there, it's
not because of the quality of the film.
636
00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:29.480
But I'm also not going to condemn
it. I'm not going to tell
637
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you, oh, VHS movies totally
sucked in quality, because at the time
638
00:51:34.280 --> 00:51:37.840
they did not, and they were
they were. They had I remember we
639
00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:42.719
had a Sony Trinitron TV which was
a very good picture, and we you
640
00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:47.360
know, I bought uh The Empire
Strikes Back and by the way to watch
641
00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:52.400
that, yeah, on VHS,
and also Return of the Jediah. By
642
00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:55.639
the way, back then, the
movies were expect there were about one hundred
643
00:51:55.639 --> 00:52:00.679
dollars each back way back then,
and that's why we turned into renting movies.
644
00:52:01.559 --> 00:52:07.880
So when we talk about movie renting
nowadays, and if you get a
645
00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:12.599
chance, yeah, I want to
encourage you try it out for the experience,
646
00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:16.880
just like Chang was saying, it's
an experience that we just don't have
647
00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:22.400
anymore, but it is obtainable.
It's definitely a doable experience. So if
648
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you get a chance to go ahead
and get yourself a VCR, get yourself
649
00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:30.039
a couple of movies or more,
they're out there. They're definitely on eBay
650
00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:36.639
and very very cheap, and still
you can get some with good quality exactly,
651
00:52:36.679 --> 00:52:40.239
Bro. And as we are on
the in and out of the COVID
652
00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:49.000
experience, it stands to reason that
maybe you want to spend more time with
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00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:52.599
a family indoors right to Scotto,
that a lot of us are doing.
654
00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:58.159
So this would probably be the premier
time for any of our listeners to go
655
00:52:58.239 --> 00:53:04.039
out there and try to capital lies
on that feeling of of a good old
656
00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:08.159
movie that you can rent something that's
you know, hey, you want to
657
00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:10.760
you want to go to the old
garage, you want to go to the
658
00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:15.239
storage, you want to go up
into the attic. You're gonna pull that
659
00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:21.000
Beta out. You want to pull
that that old school VHS out and sometimes,
660
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:24.239
come on, I know some of
you out there having that that machine
661
00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:30.480
that is the DBD and VHS worthy
to Scano, I'm sure you know,
662
00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:36.119
because yeah, as I'm in the
dogho of the Chang, I won't lie
663
00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:44.039
to you. I have a very
small eighteen inch television that are you ready
664
00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:46.360
for this? Yeah? And you're
gonna think I'm a jerk. What kind
665
00:53:46.360 --> 00:53:50.480
of grandpa am I? You're gonna
say that because I know you're holding on
666
00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:53.239
the batman and don't judge me,
You're rotten monkey. But I have a
667
00:53:53.320 --> 00:54:00.239
TV right here, bro, eighteen
inches okay, screen colored. I could
668
00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:07.960
put DVDs vhs and my grandchildren have
watched cartoons with me and we watched it
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00:54:08.039 --> 00:54:13.280
and we've laughed, and my granddaughter
has looked at me her south BoNT went
670
00:54:13.320 --> 00:54:16.119
off and go, whoa, this
is weak. Well, you know what
671
00:54:16.280 --> 00:54:22.239
you mentioned something very important and that's
we had that experience, and so that's
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00:54:22.280 --> 00:54:27.159
what we want you to have and
to get that opportunity. Maybe not full
673
00:54:27.199 --> 00:54:30.679
blown like we had it, just
different time, but if you can,
674
00:54:31.360 --> 00:54:36.440
we want to encourage you to go
out there and just do your best to
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watch some movies on VHS for the
experience. Get yourself some popcorn and get
676
00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:45.639
some candy. Invite the whole family
or friends over when you when you're able
677
00:54:45.679 --> 00:54:50.119
to, and put a movie on. Make sure that VCR has tracking because
678
00:54:50.199 --> 00:54:52.880
just in case you need to need
to fix the tracking, but the movie
679
00:54:52.880 --> 00:54:55.320
will look good. This is the
best time to do it, right now,
680
00:54:55.360 --> 00:55:01.920
Bro, the best time to do
it. You're listening to Back to
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00:55:02.039 --> 00:55:05.760
the eighties. Welcome back to the
eighties to radio. This is Tisconno from
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Tiscanna win Chang reminding you guys to
stick around because next Friday we're going to
683
00:55:08.480 --> 00:55:15.360
continue the talk of movie renting in
the eighties Next Friday. Don't miss it
684
00:55:15.679 --> 00:55:22.519
because there's a lot more reminiscing where
that came from. This is the time
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of the show where we talk about
what made us angry back in the nineteen
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eighties. But in honor of the
most wondrous chang we've dubbed them changres.
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So chang what made you changry back
in the eighties? Well, ladies and
688
00:55:39.599 --> 00:55:44.519
gentlemen, boys and girls, you
know what made me changry back in the
689
00:55:44.639 --> 00:55:52.239
eighties? What's at about videos and
movie rentals beta against the HS I prefer
690
00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:59.360
VHS BETA. Always felt like I
was getting reamed in prison for a movie
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00:55:59.400 --> 00:56:02.119
that was a little bit smaller.
And you know what got me chingering back
692
00:56:02.159 --> 00:56:07.159
in the eighties when you went hoping
to get your movie and they were out,
693
00:56:07.199 --> 00:56:12.039
so you were forced to get the
cheesiest, cheapest, crappiest movie they
694
00:56:12.039 --> 00:56:16.199
had. You know it gets me
changry about movie rentals back in the eighties
695
00:56:17.159 --> 00:56:22.480
that you brought up one of my
changries. That was my number two.
696
00:56:22.000 --> 00:56:28.599
I could not stand going and waiting
and anticipating that I would get that movie
697
00:56:28.840 --> 00:56:35.840
and they were gone, and I
had to get some cheap waky maybe three
698
00:56:36.039 --> 00:56:40.599
strike two thumbs down, kind of
a carnival kind of movie. To Scotto,
699
00:56:42.480 --> 00:56:45.599
to Scotto, you know what got
me changry about renting movies in the
700
00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:52.880
eighties? A twenty cent charge for
not recod those things? How could you
701
00:56:52.960 --> 00:56:57.360
charge me money for not rewinding them? Do you know what got me chingry
702
00:56:57.360 --> 00:57:00.079
back in the eighties with movie renting? When you rented three or four or
703
00:57:00.079 --> 00:57:04.440
even five movies at a time,
the very next day you had to return
704
00:57:04.519 --> 00:57:07.840
them. You went to the store
and you returned four because you're missing one
705
00:57:07.960 --> 00:57:10.719
movie, you left it at home, and you had to pay extra the
706
00:57:10.800 --> 00:57:15.679
very next day. And that,
ladies and gentlemen, has been this week's
707
00:57:15.719 --> 00:57:19.760
chagres. If you have something that
made you angry or shall we call them
708
00:57:19.800 --> 00:57:22.880
chain grey back in the eighties,
go ahead and let us know through our
709
00:57:22.920 --> 00:57:27.400
Facebook page by sending us a direct
message, and we'll do our best to
710
00:57:27.519 --> 00:57:31.639
read it here during our chagree segment. So, Jay, we were talking
711
00:57:31.639 --> 00:57:37.400
about movie rentals and renting videos at
mom and pop shops and Hollywood Video and
712
00:57:37.480 --> 00:57:40.960
Blockbuster. But as we mentioned to
you, before. As I mentioned to
713
00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:45.519
you earlier, one of the things
that the big boys didn't have was that
714
00:57:45.679 --> 00:57:51.679
little section way in the back that
mom and pop shops had, that little
715
00:57:51.840 --> 00:57:59.519
section with a little red curtain.
You remember that old And it's funny because
716
00:57:59.519 --> 00:58:05.000
a curt was from top to bottom
and you could still see you could still
717
00:58:05.119 --> 00:58:09.760
see people's legs underneath, so you
could see who is in there. You
718
00:58:09.840 --> 00:58:14.239
know what, my brother, that's
a good changry. Who are you wating
719
00:58:14.280 --> 00:58:16.960
that? That's a good changar?
God damn, Now, just got going
720
00:58:17.000 --> 00:58:22.280
behind the curtain, because I don't
know if you did, but I was
721
00:58:22.320 --> 00:58:27.320
a bit older than you, so
I was behind the curtain quite of a
722
00:58:27.440 --> 00:58:30.880
lot of times. And I'm sure, yes, you know. The funny
723
00:58:30.920 --> 00:58:34.880
thing is when you'd see somebody there, you go, wait a second,
724
00:58:34.880 --> 00:58:38.360
I know those tennis shoes, and
you'd wait and it was somebody you knew.
725
00:58:38.360 --> 00:58:45.000
They always pretended they never watched that. Oh yes, yes, And
726
00:58:45.159 --> 00:58:49.800
you're like, what Debbie does jealous? I never read of this. This
727
00:58:49.840 --> 00:58:53.199
has been back to the eighties.
We've been talking about movie renting back and
728
00:58:53.320 --> 00:58:57.559
the golden age of the eighties.
That's right, the golden age of the
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00:58:57.559 --> 00:59:04.320
eighties where the experiences that we had
are just unmatched and unrivaled on behalf of
730
00:59:04.360 --> 00:59:07.480
Tuscano. I just want to wish
you the best week and asking you guys
731
00:59:07.760 --> 00:59:13.360
not to forget to visit our Facebook
page and to join us next week as
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00:59:13.400 --> 00:59:17.880
there's more madness with Tuscano and Chang. So take care, be safe,
733
00:59:19.199 --> 00:59:22.800
and we'll see you next Friday.
Before I let you all go to another
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changtastic week, and this is a
chang On behalf of myself, I want
735
00:59:28.440 --> 00:59:32.840
you all to remember embrace family and
friends. We are coming upon the time
736
00:59:32.840 --> 00:59:37.519
to where we may be a little
bit normal, but we have to remember
737
00:59:37.960 --> 00:59:44.440
to take the precautions we should because
we are not of ourselves, we are
738
00:59:44.719 --> 00:59:47.440
of one another. Take care of
each other, get each other's back,
739
00:59:47.960 --> 00:59:52.960
stay lifted and gifted till next week, till next Friday. This is chang
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Man saying O yours Ariba Usa Levista
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in the topical cream. But that's
just wrong. Hi, welcome to the
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tugget Pool Massage and Therapy. We
are so glad to have you. What
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your name? I am, of
course, your missus and your mistress.
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Excuse me, my name is Elton
Fanano. Thank you for coming in.
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Hi. What's your name? You're
a cute little button. Hi. I'm
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Kip buddy. Hi Kip Kip rhymes
with tip. If you know what I'm
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saying, no, is that in
a video game? As a matter of
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fact, No, it's not.
But if you want to play games,
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I'll play games. What are you
here for? What do you need?
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How can I help you? Well, I hear it's my birthday in about
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a year, so be birthday,
naughty boy. My mom gave me a
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certificate to get a massage, and
she said, ask for a Swedish massage
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and shows a said to get a
facial because I'm really breaking out now.
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I have a serum of a facial
that it'll make you, make you smell
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a little bit like bleach, but
it's going to clear up all those blemishes
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and give you silky smooth skin like
a goat testicle. If you're following me,
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Kipper, now, yes, we
have several Swedish rubdowns and facials.
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Hans is one of our greatest facial
experts of all times. He will spew
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upon nothing but beauty, elegance and
a liquid that will warm you and moisturize
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you. You're looking for price,
we have three different prices. Chipper,
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stay with me because it rides with
Tipper. Our prices are the Chateau lah
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blah blah m for sixty nine nine
nine. I don't know what that sounds.
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That doesn't sound right, Kipper,
just like the Kink's song Shut your
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dirty mouth. Then we also have
the hippoty bippity boppity d for forty nine
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ninety nine, and that's hands free. We can talk about that off air.
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We also have for twenty nine ninety
nine the rubbing tug on your own
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face and shoulder masswash your shwa rubbed
down, So you might want to go
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ahead and take our certificate ghost show
mommy see what mommy prefers, because if
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Mommy's still with Daddy, he wants
the full frontal and facial which you should
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do, Kipper. Kipper, I
don't know you're throwing out too many things
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I've never heard of, but you
know what, I'm gonna go tell my
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mom because I don't feel comfortable anymore
now, Kipper, Please, I think
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your dad's name is Tom Tom Daly
correct. Yeah, how did you know?
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Because your dad's been here plenty of
times. He sat on my face
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like I was a brand new toaster. I'm kidding out of here. It's
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time to go back to the eighties, Kipper, won't you join you nasty
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boy one point Back to the Eighties
Radio. This is Taskanno from ts Kanno
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Win Chang soon to b K Hits
ninety two five online and around the world.
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We are the show that introduces the
eighties to a whole new generation.
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We like reminiscing on the memories that
made that generation so awesome. We're here
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the song talk Dirty to Me.
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for drinking in extra large shake and
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Burghers, twelve orders of fries and
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we here at Back to the Eighties
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The rang of the Chang bell is
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bring in back to the eighties with
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of the bell, right, Giscano, doesn't not remind you of your wrestling
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days in high school when they would
be declaring your name, weighing in at
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a beautiful one hundred ninety two pounds
of here Italian Mexican steal the boodle,
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total of them all? L Tascano, did you not get your pants wet
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when you heard the bell? I
know, I did, I know,
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I did. Well, I don't
know because I wasn't on the wrestling team,
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but I was on the baseball and
soccer team. So whatever you're bursting
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my bubble, that's okay. I
I was picturing you in a restling out
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no no wait to listen with some
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were going to choose victory, and
I myself was fandangling a metal chick in
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the restroom pretending I was Axel Rose. Well, we've got a great show
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for you today, so thank you
for joining us as we dive into the
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memories of what it was like to
rent movies. That for today is what
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we're going to be talking about.
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listening to Chang. You don't know
the power back to the eighties. Welcome
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back to back to the eighties with
Tuscan Chang. You are on the hang
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with a couple of idiots and we
are talking tonight some of the greatest rentals
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back in the eighties. We're gonna
talk snacks, movies, cuddle positions,
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blankets, everything you can name.
If you can recall those days now,
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Tuscano, what was one of your
fondest moments when you and missus Tiscano,
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we're snuggling with one of your best
movie rentals that got you guys kind of
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snuggly and lovey but yet scared.
Well you keep in mind, I didn't
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mean missus Tiscano until nineteen ninety five, so that was okay. Well,
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well, let's let's just pretend you're
back in the eighties. So it's son
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of a Monk. So let me
paint this picture for you and for everybody
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listening, because we are going to
be talking about movie renting. It's Friday
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evening. You're tired of all day
being at school or at work. This
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is the eighties. You got to
remember this. You've been looking forward to
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tonight because you've invited either some friends
over, or your girlfriend or your boyfriend.
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Maybe it's just you by yourself,
I don't know. So you go
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over to the video store, either
on your bike or you're driving, or
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if you're not doing any of those, maybe your parents are driving you and
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you go with your your siblings.
Now, maybe you don't have a Blockbuster
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or a Hollywood video because maybe it's
in the early eighties and the giant stores
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don't exist yet. Better yet,
you drive up or get close to the
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front doors. Once you're there,
you notice that there's a lot of people
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in there already. You start getting
nervous even before you go inside, because
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in your mind you think everyone there
is going to rent your movie. As
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you open the door, you start
hearing the chatter of people as they're deciding
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in what they're in the mood to
watch, and you and your group split
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up to see what else is new. You head on over to that area
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where you think your movie is and
there you see it from a few steps
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away, the movie cover it's there, and you see there's a clear plastic
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case behind it with your selection.
And maybe you walk up and you can't
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find the right movie and head down
the aisland start browsing one by one.
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You can hear the cash right just
chime in every ten seconds because it seems
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that the line is so long,
and now chang my buddy, here we
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go. Movie posters are lit up
everywhere. For a second, if we
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all think a few moments and just
even close your eyes and you think about
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that scene. What was it that
made it so exciting for utuine to rent
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movies? Oh? And just going
there and remember you pulling up and you
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see all the lights and it was
very reminiscent of going to your old school
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walk in theaters at your neighborhood.
Remember you see the paint, the red,
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the yellow, the blue, sometimes
green light and everything just stands out
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in Neon. Man, I recall
rolling up to one of my favorite movie
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houses, which was called a movie
shack, and that was back in with
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your California. Now that was a
big place, right, wasn't that a
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big place? Yeah, dude,
that was a huge place. As a
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matter of fact, before a lot
of our well known movie rental companies him
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out. I used to go to
this place, man, and I would
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take my chick, or i'd go
my buddy Eeser, or you know,
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i'd rent a movie because I became
apparent really young, and I would go
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to this place and these cats would
be the dude. They had hot dogs
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spinning on a rotistory. So you
will really now see that's nice. That's
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a nice movie round. I'm telling
you. Man. If I went in
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Stone, I had three dogs,
two bags of popcorn, and I rented
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movies that like I was going to
pay extra on Monday. But like the
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lights captivated you captivated me. You
know. The posters had like the Christmins
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lights around him. It was very
reminiscent of going into a theater. It
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was very inviting. The smell.
You walk in and you hear that that
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ring, and there was a guy
right there, you know, with that
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kind of he had at the time
the movie shot. This cat would greet
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you at the door, right and
he would give you a free uh,
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a small cup of opcorn so you
could browse. And he had like a
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black vest trimmed out with blue,
some kind of quirky hat. And you
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just immediately as you walked in,
you got the vibe of being in the
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theater. And I think that's one
thing most of the movie houses that bestowed
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our attention back in the eighties,
which really drew us to it, similar
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to the arcade, because it's all
about the bright light, that spontaneous feeling,
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that pop you get when you walk
in. Everything is bright, your
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eyes open up. It's you know, back in the eighties, going into
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a movie rental place was the same
experience as something captivating. You know you
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were going to have a good time. It was warming. They were already
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setting up the vibe to set up
your evening. There's three things that I
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remember that everybody liked going to see
movies because one of them was you felt
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like you had a movie theater in
your home. I mean, that was
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one of the biggest pluses. And
then not only that, you could watch
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it more than one time, and
you could watch it with your friends and
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just anybody that you wanted to be
in there. Back in the eighties,
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you'll recall, even the late seventies, there was a war between two formats,
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and that was VHS and Beta Max. Beta Max was a lot more
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expensive of a machine, the tape
was smaller. The main issue. The
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main problem with Beta Max was that
it didn't record more than an hour,
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unlike VHS where you can do those
extended recordings, and so VHS ended up
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winning, even though Beta, if
you recall, was a better picture.
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You remember those VCRs that first came
out, those ginormous VCRs that you can
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set them on top of a console, and they weighed like thirty forty pounds.
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You remember how you would press ejected. It would take forever. So
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if you were watching Porno when your
parents came home, it wouldn't get out
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quick enough and your dad would be
like, what is this, Jebbie just
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Dallas. Now. Once that war
was over and everybody got stuck with VHS,
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you'll remember in the beginning we had
the mom and pop video shops,
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the smaller shops, and those were
fantastic. Two But for those of you
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who don't remember, movie reynolds were
only for a day, one day,
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and they were usually around three to
five dollars a movie. Oh dude,
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yeah, easily, easily. Bro. Now you brought up a fine point
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with the battles that we dealt with
Beta and VHS. Now, remember brother,
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VHS we could rent for about two
to three dollars, okay, per
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night. Beta used to cost us
between four and five dollars, but they
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would throw in a night and a
half. But yet, remember with the
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Beta we got a clear picture,
but it always seemed to be a little
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bit smaller than the VH. So
they got us on price because of quality.
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I mean, you could see pretty
much everything clearer on Beta than you
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did on VHS. Do you remember
when you would rent a movie and it
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would suck and you would get the
white lines or it would skip or like
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would hold and you would be like
what the yeah? And also certain you
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know VCRs they had the little the
little knob or the little wheel that said
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tracking and you could fix it.
But if it didn't have that little knob
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or wheel. You were screwed.
Oh, yes, you're screwed. You're
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Scol's interesting. So you'd go into
the to the movie rental place, you'd
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get stuck with only one day.
But we were still happy and we're excited.
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We were happy. And of course, you know at the very beginning,
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there was only one copy of each
movie in the beginning, so if
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you went there and there were two
three people in line, they could and
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they asked if this happened. Many
times you're waiting in line to ask if
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your movies there, the person in
front of you asked for it. They
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got it before you do, and
you want to exactly and you wanted to
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punch him out. They get it, and then you don't, and they
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were like, oh, and then
you're looking at those people they walk out
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in your life. I could take
that guy. I can get his ass
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before he goes out the car.
Or is that just me? Is that
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the way I thought? No?
Yeah, I remember, I felt horrendous.
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But you gotta remember me in the
early eighties, I was I was
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just a kid, you know,
in eighty two, I was only ten
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years old. But my cousin,
Yeah, so My cousin used to take
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me to video rental places all the
time. When I used to spend summers
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in Alhambra with him, shout out
to everybody. But you know what,
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we had the greatest of times because
we would get our snacks. There was
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always that Jiffy popcorn, the one
that had that the aluminium. It was
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like an aluminum plate with the cover. Put it over the stove and then
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it starts popping. But sometimes your
hand goes a little too close to the
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dish and you'd burn yourself. Remember
that. Oh yeah, oh Jiffy popper,
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Now I remember that crap. Yeah. Hey, you know you can
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get some on Amazon. You can
get some Jiffy pop popcorn. But they're
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nine dollars each. It's just for
the novelty. Yeah, they still make
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it, but they do it for
the novelty. You know what's funny,
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man, Jiffy pop popcorn. I
think that's what made it easy for crackheads
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to make their own crack at home. I mean, that's the whole thing,
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the whole thing, you know,
keep it over the fire. So
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it's crazy. The prices are crazy. Let's let's let's take some of the
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bad things that happen. First of
all, the long lines on Fridays.
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If that shop was small, the
lines were long, Oh dude. Yeah.
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And then if you got two or
three movies. Here's the funny thing.
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I remember us running three to five
movies, but because it gets late
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in the night, you start getting
sleepy, you don't watch them, and
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then the next day you'd have to
return a movie or two that you just
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didn't watch. You remember that.
Yeah? But you know what, Bro,
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all I have to say is like
me and you were a different age.
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So when back in the early eighties
when we were right in movies,
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you were a kid. You had
to go to bed early. Correct,
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couldn't stay up even if you were
at a summer party. No, I
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actually couldn't know. My parents actually
let me stay up late on weekends.
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Another one of the bad things was
late fees. You remember late fees?
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Yes, dude, that was a
bit. Did they not charge us the
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same amount of the movie and we
didn't get to see it? Right?
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And how about this when you got
like a forty five or fifty cent charge
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for not rewinding the tape. Oh, that was a bunch of crap.
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Bro, Didn't you hate that?
I would blame my friends. The memories
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are just countless about going to video
stores nineteen eighty five. What happens in
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ter Blockbuster video? Imagine the perfect
video store. It would have a great
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right over, ten thousand videos,
three evening rounds, so no rush,
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no hassle, wenty four hour quickdrop, return to open late every night.
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Well, the perfect video store the
country, there's one near you now.
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When Blockbuster came out and cancer of
it all, well as as a consumer,
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as a movie buff back then,
it was probably the greatest thing that
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could ever have happened to us.
Why because now we got more choices.
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I prefer mom and pop shops of
course, damn straight, damn straight mom
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and the pop, of course,
one hundred percent. But that seat now
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as an adult, because when I
was a kid, all I care it
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is, Look, this mom and
pop shop only has three copies of my
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movie, and it's never there.
You spoiled. And here's here's this big
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store that has ten copies of my
movie. That's where I'm going to.
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Now Now that I'm an adult,
of course I prefer the mom and pop
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shop for many obviously, thank you
for coming back to the real world.
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You spoiled adolescent. I hope your
parents never took you now, how right?
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I can't tell you this that Blockbuster
or Hollywood Video or any other video
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store that was ginormous would never compare
to the feeling and the experiences that we
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had going to the smaller mom and
pop shop. Now, wait a minute,
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don't now descanoll. I am quickly
to jump on the offensive with you,
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as you could tell when you'll listen
back to everything I said, and
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I will stand by everything I said
when you were talking. I won't stand
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away and say I didn't say that
because I know you're recorded and started hating.
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No, no, no, brother
Dick haters not here, but obviously
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rich hater is here because he is
denouncing. Well remember going to Blockbuster?
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Oh no, no, well that
was in nineteen eighty five. You are
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you with me? Yeah, go
ahead, we're all together so far that
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Nan and Robin. Yeah, Christ
you get so powerful with that Batman posted
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behind Well, it's actually, ah, it's a little blanket. That's what
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it is. For those of you
who are wondering what we're talking about,
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We're talking about a little blanket that
has Batman on it in the studio here.
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Now, let's go back to Blockbuster. Okay, Now, Blockbuster actually
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stole the theme of fresh Blockbuster comes
out of nineteen in the store where Blockbuster
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actually sold bags of popcorn to their
customers. Blockbuster actually capitalized on the vibe
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of the old mom and pop video
store, offering the bright lights, the
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movie posters for a dollar right at
the front, the Christmas lighting in plastic
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rapening around each movie, and the
bright lights of the walk in theater.
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They did do a lot of business
practices that put them out of business.
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Frankly, however, as a consumer, look, as a consumer and as
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a kid, you didn't care for
that you were you had no idea.
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I had no idea. So the
idea of going into a place where they
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had popcorn, they had das and
candy snack combos. I mean to me,
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it was great. But do you
not agree Blockbuster stole upon that Hollywood
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video took the realm of what we
knew as home installed it. A lot
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of people did complain because they said, oh, well, you know that
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little section on the back that has
that little curtain day, don't be looking
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for me back there to Scott and
White swear you didn't see me, did
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you? That? Section isn't isn't
available at any of Blockbusters or at Hollywood
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Video. I found that to be
a rip off. I didn't like that.
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Well, listen up, we're gonna
take a little break when we come
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back. There's more nonsense with Toscano
and Chang on the one in only Back
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to the Eighties Radio. What I
want to know is, why are the
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only funny lines on this show the
ones behind me day by palas Tskano and
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Chang went to school in the eighties
and that was cool. But now they're
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going back. That's right, and
you can tag along with Back to the
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Eighties Radio. Sanuel breaks the price
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our Price Breaker. Available at all
the video station stores and now back to
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the eighties with Tiscano and Chay.
This is the one and only back to
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the eighties radio. This is Ciscano
from the Madness of Tiscano and Cheng.
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Here if you just joined us,
we are talking about renting videos and movie
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rentals and movie rental locations back in
the eighties. The very first VCRs hit
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the market in nineteen seventy five.
I've chang and it was a decade the
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seventies. The start off was a
decade of convenience, and the video cassette
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was certainly that. Now jump over
to the eighties, where now we have
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the wonders of being able to rent
a movie. Go to that shop and
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did you ever go to these shops
and they didn't have the movie that you
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wanted, so you had to just
roam around the store and then you settled
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for some obscure, cheesy, scary
movie. I mean, we've all heard
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of the movie The Candy Man,
for example, But there's no there's been
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worse, you know. I remember
having to choose something else and then you
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get home and you look at your
video and it says Killer Clowns from Outer
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Space a great movie. And don't
you talk about that movie, that's one
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of my favorites. It was very
very common or something else at these shops.
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It was very common at these shops
to rent video equipment because sometimes people
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needed to have a VCR and they
would rent you a VHS recorder. Yes,
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yes, I remember those days.
Or if you needed a certain connection,
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they would rent you that certain connection. Yeah, remember that one connection
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where you could plug your VCR into
your vehicle? Do you remember that?
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No, I didn't know you could
plug it into your vehicle. Yes,
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you didn't know that, Yes,
but it was only audio. Obviously you're
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talking nineteen eighteen or something like that. I don't you better watch yourself right
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now there, don't remember that that
man is not protect you. I will
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jump over this counter and I will
climb in your face for you to take
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the uproading and condemn my mom and
pop movie stores and my cheesy movies that
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I liked. Well, let's continue
talking about these movie places. And so
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obviously you're not a fan of either
Motel hell, motel hell. Yeah,
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yeah, yeah, you're obviously you're
not a fan of Blockbuster and you're not
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a fan of Hollywood Video. Brother, I didn't say that. Yeah,
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you wait, a minute. I
told the audience that with your negativity and
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the tone of your voice, I'm
not condemning Blockbuster Hollywood. I'm not at
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all. I'm just merely saying they
stole the essence of the mom and top,
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mom and pop flavor, the mom
and pop scenario of movie rentals that
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we had in the early eighties.
That's all I'm saying. I'm not a
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hater. Let's talk about the different
sections that they had at these the smaller
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locations for example. And now you're
gonna make fun of me because I was
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behind the curtain. Is that where
we're going yet? No, I'm not
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going there. But how about do
you remember they had a whole section of
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horror? Oh yeah, and yes, I would say nine of those movies
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they were Yeah, they were like
b or C rated movies. Yes,
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yeah, it's the kind of movies
you wouldn't even see on sci fi.
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So those are the kind of movies
they would show, like late at Night
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with Elvira, where like Wow,
She's hot metal eighties. Yes, ery
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we like bunk movies. They were
like the Yeah, they were like the
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movie catalog of like movies that,
like you, you wouldn't even guess at
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a couple of high schools would film
something that crappy. True. Yeah,
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it was the type of movies kind
of like Attack of the Killer Tomatoes,
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Yes exactly. Do you remember that
Pulhead something of that nature, Yes,
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exactly, And yes, I remember
there was there was always a movie in
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the horror section. Now, granted, I'm talking about where in the eighties
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going to these movie stores, but
not all these movies are from the eighties.
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There was a lot of movies from
the seventies at these places that you'd
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have to get stuck with sometimes.
Well, yeah, and I remember there
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was always a video in the horror
section that nobody wanted to rent because you
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could see it on Elvira, Mistress
of the Dark. I loved her.
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And that was Death Race two thousand. Remember that year two thousand. America
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is a vast speedway. People lying
the streets to witness the greatest drivers on
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earth in a race from seas and
shining Sea. It is a death race.
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You finished first or not at all. Death Race two thousand. Every
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car a deadly weapon, every spectator
a potential point. It's a cross country
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road wreck, and the traffic is
murder. Who are you anyway, best
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Driver Runner, I want you to
die. He was built by the world's
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finest surgeons to drive the fastest car
ever designed, and nothing can stop him.
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Now, Death Race two thousand rated
r oh Man. That movie was
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like, dude, yes, David
Karradine, Oh, dude, David karradin
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Yes, who could forget Kung Foo? And there were titles titles there,
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movie titles then you'll never forget.
Some of them were cheesy. Like like
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I said, the majority of the
movies there that were really good, they
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were always rented. Now, when
you come that movie alone, that movie
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is like when you look at a
punk porno and you're like, wow,
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these guys cannot only not act,
but they're not sexually endeavoring at all.
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That movie alone. I knew you
were gonna mention that movie because it was
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like Man sly Stone and David Karradine. You can get rocky with Kung Foo
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and all of a sudden, I've
got diarrhea halfway through the movie just because
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the movie. Maybe that was sick. Are you not agreeing with me,
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my brother? It was it was
just bad. It was just a tree.
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Wait a minute, let me throw
this at you, brother, and
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I'm sure you're gonna agree. I'm
sure you are. Uh. Now,
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I'm gonna say one named mel Gibson
Mad Max, the very first one.
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Are you ready? Than the very
first one? You see? We're on
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the same now, bro, Bro, Bro, you know what I knew.
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I had to bring it up because
I thought I would be rich or
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Dick Hayter. But you nailed it. Yeah, yeah, and it was
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always there. Nobody wanted to rent
it after all because you knew thee Yeah,
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dude, his acting sucked. They
had some badass cars, chicks kind
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of sexy but scary, kind of
like a chicks dress like a Rannon video,
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remember, you know Rian she like
she's like, oh sexy, but
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like, man, I get that
chicken now, and she gonna beat my
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ass and take my money. Mad
Max was surely Yeah, one of the
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worst movies we could get at any
rent store. Do you not agree?
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Brother? Yeah? And the interesting
thing is Matt Max has like a cult
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following. Dude. Can you believe
that? Yeah, that we're on you
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know now we're taking it back?
Yeah, can you believe they have a
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cult following for that movie? Yeah? I need here's another title. I'm
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gonna throw at you because when we
rented this, I remember when it first
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came out of a video that I'm
about to mention we rented it. We're
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very excited because Harrison Ford was in
it. Bro When when Blade Runner came
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out, oh stop it, I
was like, what the heck did I
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just watch? I didn't understand a
thing about Blade Runner, And a matter
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of fact, with the remake,
the remake of Blade Runner, I still
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couldn't understand it. Now now that
I'm an adult, I'm kind of nervous
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when I take tests. I've got
four skin jobs walking the streets, walking
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the street. They're either a benefit
or a hazard. They're a benefit.
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It's not my problem, not my
problem. I'm Rachel Deckard. Have you
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ever retired a human by mistake?
A mistake by mistake? No? I
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need the old blade running right Runner? This is a bad, bad How
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can it not know what it is? If only you could see what I've
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sumed, you might have seen what
I've seen. More human than human is
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almotto. When I watched Blade Runner, I was like, son of a
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bit, this guy needs to go
back with a Wookie and like make a
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name for himself. But you know, the funny thing. Blade Runner was
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a crash, a boom a blang, right, just like Harrison Ford's a
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pilot career in our last past ten
years. A guy camp Why he crashes
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that movie? I cannot understand.
Then, Now you could give me an
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intro to Blade Runner, and I
will still think I don't get the content
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and it has most points. Now
I'll mention some more titles for you from
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them from these local mom and pops, hit them, hit hit me,
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and some of them you like and
some of them you are. Do you
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remember the Dark Crystal that was also
always available at the mom and pop shops
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in a place outside time lies a
mystical realm of sound and vision, a
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wondrous civilization. We're good and even
struggle to possess the Dark Crystal. Yes,
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I watch out with by h missus
Chagan. That will be sucked,
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but she's not listening. She liked
it, but it's sucked. How about
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Pan's Labyrinth with David Bowie try Star
Pictures announces the collaboration of three extraordinary talents.
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Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets
and Dark Crystal, Please you what
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I hate like that? George Lucas, creator of the Star Wars Saga,
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and one of the most innovative forces
in modern entertainment, David Bowie. Together
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they will take you in to a
dazzling world of fantasy and adventure. There's
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nothing to be afraid of, a
world where anything seems possible and nothing is
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what it seems. Everything I've done, I've done for you. I Moveless
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Stars was no fun. The World
a labyrinth? No you not Wait a
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minute, No, you're gonna think
that movie suck, right, You probably
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think it sucked. But me being
well, it's not that I think it
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sucked. I like the fact that
David Boye was there and that he got
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to sing. But the movie made
no sense. It was creepy, it
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was weird, and I enjoyed.
I enjoyed it me. So did I
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enjoyed it. It was just I
enjoyed it me, probably because I'm a
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rocker and I'm all about the music. As you can tell people out there
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listening. You've seen my picture,
you know I'm all about. David Bowie
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is one of my favorite, most
favorite talents that God ever created. So
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I have to back up. I
did enjoy that movie. I did enjoy
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his acting. I like the look
that they gave him in fashion. I
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enjoyed that movie. Sorry bro,
So no, don't say sorry. I'm
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glad that you enjoyed it. I'm
glad. How about this, I am
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a dj. I am on a
play. Fact that he was holding a
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baby in his arms as he was
singing. Remember that scene, now,
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Tiscano, That's one part I was
hoping you would bring up because back in
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that day, I also was holding
a baby because I was a very young
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father at twenty years old. So, yes, you rock and roll and
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we're talking about we are back to
the eighties and I was a single dad
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in nineteen eighty seven, ladies.
So what other experiences were really cool?
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Well, of course, part of
those experiences was when you got there getting
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the popcorn and the candy and the
snack complish. Now, what was your
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favorite candy to buy at the video
store? Tiscano. You're yeah, I'm
470
00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:08.800
gonna go. You're gonna go on
a live Okay, You're you're going to
471
00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:14.599
go a little bit crazy when I
tell you the candy a preference. Don't
472
00:38:14.599 --> 00:38:16.920
tell me milk duds. You better
shut your dirty moss right now. No,
473
00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:25.840
don't tell me M and ms.
Bro Oh, peanuts, and regular
474
00:38:25.840 --> 00:38:34.039
Week Ahn some together. I like
my nuts with chocolate. What can I
475
00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:37.199
say? Yeah? Oh? Why? No? No, wait a minute
476
00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:43.559
waiting. Are you one of these
guys that likes popcorn with hot cheetos?
477
00:38:43.599 --> 00:38:47.159
Are you like one of these new
individuals like my daughters due no, he
478
00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:52.280
would rent movies. My daughters would
like, make me mix cheetos with popcorn?
479
00:38:53.239 --> 00:39:00.440
And and you're Tommy Eminem suck what
no? No, oh no,
480
00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:05.400
no no, I said week Week. I mean, do you remember what
481
00:39:05.440 --> 00:39:07.599
were I like? The ones that
that had like it was chocolate, a
482
00:39:07.599 --> 00:39:10.159
little chocolate ball, but inside it
was like a cookie. What was the
483
00:39:10.239 --> 00:39:15.280
name of that? Can't you remember? Are you talking? Whopper? Whoppers?
484
00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:20.480
I loved whoppers, Dude, Whopper. I still love whoppers. Going
485
00:39:20.519 --> 00:39:24.400
to the I'll go now to a
walk in well when it opens with COVID.
486
00:39:24.719 --> 00:39:30.840
Of course I love I love whoppers, bro, they are killer.
487
00:39:30.320 --> 00:39:36.239
Now what was your favorite candy when
you walked into a video store to yet?
488
00:39:36.320 --> 00:39:39.280
Now, I'm going to say you
were quite the liquorice. No,
489
00:39:39.320 --> 00:39:45.800
I hated liquorice. I hated yeah
right on Fi pop on the screen MP.
490
00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:50.840
No liquorice. I hated licorice.
No, I could tell you.
491
00:39:51.000 --> 00:39:54.639
Usually when I watched the movie,
it was just plain and simple popcorn.
492
00:39:55.320 --> 00:39:59.800
And if it was at the theater, of course that's a different story because
493
00:39:59.800 --> 00:40:05.159
it had to be popcorn, nachos
and a hot dog. About this one
494
00:40:05.159 --> 00:40:08.280
brother, dude, who could forget
the joy of a cracker jack? And
495
00:40:09.000 --> 00:40:15.760
you get a toy inside. Sometimes
the toy sucked you ever get it box,
496
00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:19.639
bro, and they're all stuck to
the box. Yeah, And then
497
00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:22.400
you you get a card and you're
like, what kind of toy is this?
498
00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:27.880
And then you're pissed off because all
the cracker Jacks are like stuck to
499
00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:30.360
the side of the box. So
you got to dig the whole top off
500
00:40:30.639 --> 00:40:35.679
and people are looking at you like
you're making too much noise with your cracker
501
00:40:35.760 --> 00:40:39.440
cats and you only got a little
card. Remember that. No, My
502
00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:45.760
favorite toy get this was a yeah
finger a finger puppet, right, and
503
00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:51.880
you can make it do flip flops, yes, on a gymnastic bar and
504
00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:53.639
all you had to do was like
press it with one so some of the
505
00:40:53.679 --> 00:40:59.199
thing. Remembering the little figure would
like a get and he would like go
506
00:40:59.239 --> 00:41:01.719
around the horn and you could just
sit there for hours and that little guy
507
00:41:01.719 --> 00:41:05.880
would flip and flip and flip and
flip. My favorite toy that came in
508
00:41:05.920 --> 00:41:10.239
a Crackerjack box was one time that
I got a magnifying glass and it was
509
00:41:10.320 --> 00:41:15.480
fantastic because I started burning everything inside. Anyway, if you just joined us,
510
00:41:15.559 --> 00:41:20.400
or if you're part of the younger
crowd, it's one of those experiences
511
00:41:20.440 --> 00:41:24.440
that you can only imagine, whether
it be gen Z or if you're a
512
00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:30.400
millennial that just didn't have the opportunity
in the early early eighties to go out
513
00:41:30.400 --> 00:41:35.840
and experience what it was to rent
those videos and to and to you know
514
00:41:35.880 --> 00:41:37.719
what, I'll tell you one of
my favorite things going to the mom and
515
00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:44.880
pop shops was the way that you
established friendships with the owners of the stores
516
00:41:44.960 --> 00:41:47.239
or the employees of the stores.
You remember that, Yeah, something that
517
00:41:47.280 --> 00:41:52.360
we truly miss nowadays. Bro.
I think in every aspect of customer service,
518
00:41:53.760 --> 00:41:58.480
you know, the friendship feeling at
home, you know what I mean
519
00:41:58.800 --> 00:42:01.800
to where you walk into one of
these stores and they knew you. They
520
00:42:01.920 --> 00:42:06.159
kind of had a feeling of the
movies that you may like, and they
521
00:42:06.159 --> 00:42:08.679
would always tell you, Hey,
I got this movie in maybe you might
522
00:42:08.760 --> 00:42:12.559
like to check it out. We
checked it out and they would give you
523
00:42:12.639 --> 00:42:17.000
kind of a description of that,
you know that is definitely missed nowadays.
524
00:42:17.480 --> 00:42:21.599
Now, trip out of this,
my brother. Now, before I left
525
00:42:21.639 --> 00:42:27.119
Southern California, when I was residing
in Lahabra, there was weekends that I
526
00:42:27.159 --> 00:42:30.639
would go down to a video store, Yes, brother, a video store.
527
00:42:31.239 --> 00:42:37.199
It was one of very few in
my neighborhood. And they were renting
528
00:42:37.199 --> 00:42:42.840
movies to me and my wife and
my daughters for a dollar fifty and it
529
00:42:42.960 --> 00:42:47.880
had all the smells, sounds,
bolls, and whistles of that of nostalgic
530
00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:53.920
video store quality. And their names
were mister and missus Quam. They were
531
00:42:54.039 --> 00:42:59.679
Korean. I don't know if they're
there because it's been quite a bit since
532
00:42:59.679 --> 00:43:06.239
I lived in lahabre in Southern California, But anybody out there, along with
533
00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:10.920
your boulevard and beach Boulevard, right
behind a Winter Wolves Donut and a Jack's
534
00:43:10.960 --> 00:43:15.639
Donut place, there's a place.
It's called the video outlet. If you
535
00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:21.679
want to capture the essence of what
me and Tiscono are talking about, please,
536
00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:25.880
if they're still there, visit that
and you will feel and breathe everything
537
00:43:25.920 --> 00:43:30.079
me and my partner are talking about. Tisconno. I got some movies there,
538
00:43:30.280 --> 00:43:35.199
and you're gonna trip because, yes, you like to make fun of
539
00:43:35.239 --> 00:43:38.800
me, I'm older than you.
Correct, I'm not making fun of you,
540
00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:46.199
Okay, just simply alluding to the
fact that because of certain ages that
541
00:43:46.360 --> 00:43:52.400
there may be certain likes and dislikes
that are different. Okay, now get
542
00:43:52.440 --> 00:43:57.119
this very diplomatic. Now. One
time we were out there and I found
543
00:43:57.159 --> 00:44:00.039
my own Beata machine. That's right, bro, Okay, you're ready,
544
00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:06.800
hold on a batman. I found
my Beta machine in storage and I went
545
00:44:06.840 --> 00:44:10.199
to this video store and they had
a Beta movie, okay, and it
546
00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:17.519
was Fast Times at Richmond High.
So I'd say I've been gone three years.
547
00:44:17.599 --> 00:44:22.440
The very last year I was there, I watched on Beta in my
548
00:44:22.519 --> 00:44:27.000
house before the papers were signing to
get rid of it and my kids were
549
00:44:27.000 --> 00:44:30.920
all gone. I watched Fast Times
at Richmond High on Beta, and I
550
00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:36.079
gotta tell you, broun experience.
It was an experience. But the sad
551
00:44:36.079 --> 00:44:39.039
part is like my kids were gone, the wife was in Arizona at the
552
00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:45.280
time, so I captured all the
essence of what I felt back in the
553
00:44:45.280 --> 00:44:51.960
AIDA's in my own home for the
last time on Beta on a fifty six
554
00:44:52.039 --> 00:44:55.519
inch TV and it was great.
It was wow. Yeah. And you
555
00:44:55.559 --> 00:44:59.960
see. And so to the younger
audiences, they're not going to know that
556
00:45:00.039 --> 00:45:02.679
ever had Yeah, that never had
that experience. Here's what I would do,
557
00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:07.599
believe it or not. Here in
Orange County. I just I'll have
558
00:45:07.639 --> 00:45:09.760
to look for it. But there
is a video store. Believe it or
559
00:45:09.800 --> 00:45:15.800
not, there is a video store
and it is open. It's a it's
560
00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:20.000
a mom and pop shop. And
the fancy name of the store is called
561
00:45:20.559 --> 00:45:24.199
video store. Believe it. It's
just called video store. Wow, which
562
00:45:24.239 --> 00:45:28.840
amazes me because it's got everything.
I mean, you look at it.
563
00:45:29.360 --> 00:45:31.800
I passed by at night and I
saw this. It was like eight or
564
00:45:31.880 --> 00:45:36.519
nine o'clock at nine and it's still
open and I see two or three cats
565
00:45:36.519 --> 00:45:40.519
in there just looking around at VHS
tapes. I'm going, this is phenomenal.
566
00:45:40.559 --> 00:45:44.320
I gotta I gotta come back at
night. Yes, and I never
567
00:45:44.440 --> 00:45:46.239
did, and I forgot where it
is, but I'll have to look for
568
00:45:46.320 --> 00:45:52.599
it. But it's here in southern
California. No Jacoto. You remember it
569
00:45:52.679 --> 00:45:58.880
was about a year ago. Remember
when I went to Missouri to go visit
570
00:45:59.039 --> 00:46:01.440
my daughter who had newly resided out
there with my son in law. Do
571
00:46:01.480 --> 00:46:05.079
you remember when I went on that
trip, Yeah, I do, Row,
572
00:46:05.239 --> 00:46:07.840
I don't. I don't know if
you recall me and my wife and
573
00:46:08.079 --> 00:46:12.559
my daughter and my son. We're
all cruising around. They took us,
574
00:46:12.639 --> 00:46:15.599
I mean everywhere out there. I
went to. Man, it was great
575
00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:22.400
visiting uh ye, Missouri. But
there was a video store bro that we
576
00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:28.400
we we uh came upon and it
was so reminiscent of video stores in the
577
00:46:28.440 --> 00:46:32.239
eighties. As a matter of fact, we rented movies from that video store.
578
00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:37.719
We got a free bag of popcorn, a grab bag of candy,
579
00:46:37.960 --> 00:46:44.599
we got a cracker jack box,
and we also got a free movie rental.
580
00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:49.119
And you know what movie I picked? Are you ready? Yeah?
581
00:46:49.159 --> 00:46:57.280
Fast Times a Ridge one High Motel. Hell. So, I'm assuming the
582
00:46:57.320 --> 00:47:00.760
movie rentals were on vhs. They
were not dv you know, they were
583
00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:04.280
all vhs. Bro, they did
have DVDs, but at the time,
584
00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:08.559
we were so caught up in the
moment. And uh my son in law
585
00:47:09.239 --> 00:47:15.559
he does that for a living.
He messes around with U editing and all
586
00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:22.320
types of recordings and and all kinds
of technology. And we ended up watching
587
00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:28.079
that movie on VHS at his house. Which later we ended up running from
588
00:47:28.119 --> 00:47:32.880
that place a reel to reel and
we got to watch a Yes, dude,
589
00:47:32.880 --> 00:47:38.960
we got to watch an old classic
movie on real to real bro Withering
590
00:47:39.079 --> 00:47:44.440
Heights, which is my wife,
yes favorite movie. So our trip to
591
00:47:44.719 --> 00:47:47.239
h Missouri. I have to tell
you, it's funny that we're talking about
592
00:47:47.280 --> 00:47:55.840
this subject tonight, but dude,
that was some captivating h film experience that
593
00:47:57.039 --> 00:48:01.000
I had not experienced in a long
time. And to know that the nostalgia
594
00:48:01.039 --> 00:48:06.920
wise, like we watched a VHS
movie and then we watched something on real
595
00:48:07.000 --> 00:48:10.880
the real and to know that the
essence of what it was like is still
596
00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:16.800
out there in parts of America is
freaking beautiful. Yeah. And as a
597
00:48:16.800 --> 00:48:22.320
matter of fact, there is of
course, everybody in the United States should
598
00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:29.559
know that the very last remaining Blockbuster
video is there, and it is in
599
00:48:29.679 --> 00:48:34.119
Oregon, so if you're interested in
finding out. As a matter of fact,
600
00:48:34.199 --> 00:48:37.760
it's funny because on Netflix they have
the special called the very Last Blockbuster,
601
00:48:38.239 --> 00:48:40.360
Right, And I learned something.
I learned something from this video.
602
00:48:40.360 --> 00:48:44.480
A lot of people think that Netflix
put Blockbuster out of business, and it
603
00:48:44.519 --> 00:48:49.239
wasn't the case. It wasn't the
case. It was just bad. They
604
00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:52.360
had hired a new CEO and he
pretty much ran them into the ground.
605
00:48:52.519 --> 00:49:00.239
As a matter of fact, Blockbuster
had the opportunity to buy Netflix for pens
606
00:49:00.239 --> 00:49:04.559
on the dollar and they just started
they decided not to. But rumor has
607
00:49:04.599 --> 00:49:07.920
it that Blockbuster is going to be
making their way back, because there's still
608
00:49:07.960 --> 00:49:12.239
a company called Blockbuster, and they're
gonna be making their way back, but
609
00:49:12.599 --> 00:49:15.599
this time it will be streaming.
I do want to encourage you guys though,
610
00:49:15.639 --> 00:49:19.119
that if you do get a chance
and you find yourself a video store
611
00:49:19.159 --> 00:49:23.039
somewhere, go go now. You
may not have a VCR. And unfortunately,
612
00:49:23.159 --> 00:49:28.559
because of the you know, it's
been forty years, VCRs are very
613
00:49:28.599 --> 00:49:32.440
expensive. You can buy VCRs on
eBay, you can buy VCRs on eBay,
614
00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:37.920
you can buy them on Amazon,
but they're very expensive. And obviously,
615
00:49:37.440 --> 00:49:42.320
believe it or not, there are
brand new VCRs out there, but
616
00:49:42.440 --> 00:49:45.599
once again, very very expensive.
You know what, So, bro,
617
00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:51.119
it's very reminiscent of when we did
the show about cassettes. Correct, and
618
00:49:51.199 --> 00:49:57.960
now now you are presently getting the
equipment to hear cassettes in a different way
619
00:49:58.000 --> 00:50:02.000
that we heard cassettes in the past. So you have that uh, that
620
00:50:02.119 --> 00:50:09.960
love and and uh that respect of
sound in the back uh in our back
621
00:50:10.000 --> 00:50:15.000
era. So I think the same
could be said with if you go out
622
00:50:15.000 --> 00:50:17.360
there and you have a VCR unit
and you take care of it, or
623
00:50:17.400 --> 00:50:22.480
if you buy something new, or
if you want to trip on nostalgia and
624
00:50:22.559 --> 00:50:28.159
get a beta. There are companies
that sound, and if you do have
625
00:50:28.199 --> 00:50:32.280
one and you get somebody that is
luckily can work on that equipment, you
626
00:50:32.320 --> 00:50:38.119
can regain some of the beauty that
we all wants, uh enjoyed at one
627
00:50:38.159 --> 00:50:44.199
time altogether. Correct. So yeah, and there's all kinds of ways that
628
00:50:44.239 --> 00:50:47.960
you can go about getting some of
the nostalgia back in the eighties, uh
629
00:50:47.960 --> 00:50:53.320
from DVD. You know, even
some DVD bro, you can kind of
630
00:50:53.360 --> 00:50:59.079
get that to kind of feeling.
I'm sure you bran into a couple of
631
00:50:59.679 --> 00:51:06.280
davas where it it kind of gives
you that feeling at that look of VHS
632
00:51:06.320 --> 00:51:10.400
to way the way the movie moves
and screens, but it's not really the
633
00:51:10.440 --> 00:51:15.639
same. Yeah, And and look
and when we talk about VHS rentals and
634
00:51:16.119 --> 00:51:22.480
maybe going on the you know,
the quest to get yourself a VCR and
635
00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:24.559
get some movies on there, it's
not because of the quality of the film.
636
00:51:27.039 --> 00:51:29.480
But I'm also not going to condemn
it. I'm not going to tell
637
00:51:29.519 --> 00:51:34.119
you, oh, VHS movies totally
sucked in quality, because at the time
638
00:51:34.280 --> 00:51:37.840
they did not, and they were
they were. They had I remember we
639
00:51:37.920 --> 00:51:42.719
had a Sony Trinitron TV which was
a very good picture, and we you
640
00:51:42.760 --> 00:51:47.360
know, I bought uh The Empire
Strikes Back and by the way to watch
641
00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:52.400
that, yeah, on VHS,
and also Return of the Jediah. By
642
00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:55.639
the way, back then, the
movies were expect there were about one hundred
643
00:51:55.639 --> 00:52:00.679
dollars each back way back then,
and that's why we turned into renting movies.
644
00:52:01.559 --> 00:52:07.880
So when we talk about movie renting
nowadays, and if you get a
645
00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:12.599
chance, yeah, I want to
encourage you try it out for the experience,
646
00:52:12.840 --> 00:52:16.880
just like Chang was saying, it's
an experience that we just don't have
647
00:52:16.920 --> 00:52:22.400
anymore, but it is obtainable.
It's definitely a doable experience. So if
648
00:52:22.400 --> 00:52:24.679
you get a chance to go ahead
and get yourself a VCR, get yourself
649
00:52:24.679 --> 00:52:30.039
a couple of movies or more,
they're out there. They're definitely on eBay
650
00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:36.639
and very very cheap, and still
you can get some with good quality exactly,
651
00:52:36.679 --> 00:52:40.239
Bro. And as we are on
the in and out of the COVID
652
00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:49.000
experience, it stands to reason that
maybe you want to spend more time with
653
00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:52.599
a family indoors right to Scotto,
that a lot of us are doing.
654
00:52:52.000 --> 00:52:58.159
So this would probably be the premier
time for any of our listeners to go
655
00:52:58.239 --> 00:53:04.039
out there and try to capital lies
on that feeling of of a good old
656
00:53:04.960 --> 00:53:08.159
movie that you can rent something that's
you know, hey, you want to
657
00:53:08.360 --> 00:53:10.760
you want to go to the old
garage, you want to go to the
658
00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:15.239
storage, you want to go up
into the attic. You're gonna pull that
659
00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:21.000
Beta out. You want to pull
that that old school VHS out and sometimes,
660
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:24.239
come on, I know some of
you out there having that that machine
661
00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:30.480
that is the DBD and VHS worthy
to Scano, I'm sure you know,
662
00:53:30.960 --> 00:53:36.119
because yeah, as I'm in the
dogho of the Chang, I won't lie
663
00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:44.039
to you. I have a very
small eighteen inch television that are you ready
664
00:53:44.079 --> 00:53:46.360
for this? Yeah? And you're
gonna think I'm a jerk. What kind
665
00:53:46.360 --> 00:53:50.480
of grandpa am I? You're gonna
say that because I know you're holding on
666
00:53:50.639 --> 00:53:53.239
the batman and don't judge me,
You're rotten monkey. But I have a
667
00:53:53.320 --> 00:54:00.239
TV right here, bro, eighteen
inches okay, screen colored. I could
668
00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:07.960
put DVDs vhs and my grandchildren have
watched cartoons with me and we watched it
669
00:54:08.039 --> 00:54:13.280
and we've laughed, and my granddaughter
has looked at me her south BoNT went
670
00:54:13.320 --> 00:54:16.119
off and go, whoa, this
is weak. Well, you know what
671
00:54:16.280 --> 00:54:22.239
you mentioned something very important and that's
we had that experience, and so that's
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what we want you to have and
to get that opportunity. Maybe not full
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blown like we had it, just
different time, but if you can,
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we want to encourage you to go
out there and just do your best to
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watch some movies on VHS for the
experience. Get yourself some popcorn and get
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some candy. Invite the whole family
or friends over when you when you're able
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to, and put a movie on. Make sure that VCR has tracking because
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just in case you need to need
to fix the tracking, but the movie
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will look good. This is the
best time to do it, right now,
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Bro, the best time to do
it. You're listening to Back to
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the eighties. Welcome back to the
eighties to radio. This is Tisconno from
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Tiscanna win Chang reminding you guys to
stick around because next Friday we're going to
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continue the talk of movie renting in
the eighties Next Friday. Don't miss it
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because there's a lot more reminiscing where
that came from. This is the time
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of the show where we talk about
what made us angry back in the nineteen
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eighties. But in honor of the
most wondrous chang we've dubbed them changres.
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So chang what made you changry back
in the eighties? Well, ladies and
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gentlemen, boys and girls, you
know what made me changry back in the
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eighties? What's at about videos and
movie rentals beta against the HS I prefer
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VHS BETA. Always felt like I
was getting reamed in prison for a movie
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that was a little bit smaller.
And you know what got me chingering back
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in the eighties when you went hoping
to get your movie and they were out,
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so you were forced to get the
cheesiest, cheapest, crappiest movie they
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had. You know it gets me
changry about movie rentals back in the eighties
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that you brought up one of my
changries. That was my number two.
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I could not stand going and waiting
and anticipating that I would get that movie
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and they were gone, and I
had to get some cheap waky maybe three
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strike two thumbs down, kind of
a carnival kind of movie. To Scotto,
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to Scotto, you know what got
me changry about renting movies in the
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eighties? A twenty cent charge for
not recod those things? How could you
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charge me money for not rewinding them? Do you know what got me chingry
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back in the eighties with movie renting? When you rented three or four or
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even five movies at a time,
the very next day you had to return
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them. You went to the store
and you returned four because you're missing one
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movie, you left it at home, and you had to pay extra the
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very next day. And that,
ladies and gentlemen, has been this week's
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chagres. If you have something that
made you angry or shall we call them
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chain grey back in the eighties,
go ahead and let us know through our
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Facebook page by sending us a direct
message, and we'll do our best to
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read it here during our chagree segment. So, Jay, we were talking
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about movie rentals and renting videos at
mom and pop shops and Hollywood Video and
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Blockbuster. But as we mentioned to
you, before. As I mentioned to
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you earlier, one of the things
that the big boys didn't have was that
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little section way in the back that
mom and pop shops had, that little
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section with a little red curtain.
You remember that old And it's funny because
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00:57:59.519 --> 00:58:05.000
a curt was from top to bottom
and you could still see you could still
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see people's legs underneath, so you
could see who is in there. You
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know what, my brother, that's
a good changry. Who are you wating
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that? That's a good changar?
God damn, Now, just got going
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behind the curtain, because I don't
know if you did, but I was
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a bit older than you, so
I was behind the curtain quite of a
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lot of times. And I'm sure, yes, you know. The funny
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thing is when you'd see somebody there, you go, wait a second,
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I know those tennis shoes, and
you'd wait and it was somebody you knew.
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They always pretended they never watched that. Oh yes, yes, And
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you're like, what Debbie does jealous? I never read of this. This
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has been back to the eighties.
We've been talking about movie renting back and
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the golden age of the eighties.
That's right, the golden age of the
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eighties where the experiences that we had
are just unmatched and unrivaled on behalf of
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Tuscano. I just want to wish
you the best week and asking you guys
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not to forget to visit our Facebook
page and to join us next week as
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there's more madness with Tuscano and Chang. So take care, be safe,
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and we'll see you next Friday.
Before I let you all go to another
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changtastic week, and this is a
chang On behalf of myself, I want
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you all to remember embrace family and
friends. We are coming upon the time
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to where we may be a little
bit normal, but we have to remember
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to take the precautions we should because
we are not of ourselves, we are
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of one another. Take care of
each other, get each other's back,
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stay lifted and gifted till next week, till next Friday. This is chang
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Man saying O yours Ariba Usa Levista
and to all my homies, Intelaurial or
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are they take me back to



















