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Gern Blansten · April 2021

I still have the first VCR tape that I ever owned. One of the first things I bought when I got my own place and started college was a VCR. They gave me a free blank tape. I recorded the Young Ones off of MTV with it.

I tried to view it a few years back and it was pretty unusable.

HughFreakingDillon · April 2021

Gern Blansten said:

eeriepadave said:

Started watching The Last Blockbuster late last night. Unfortunately fell asleep about 30 minutes into it. I was just really tired though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov9ls_3tJ1Y

it was good....interesting that the place still made enough to stay in business.

I can't even remember the last time I bought a DVD let alone rented one.

I do remember going in to Blockbuster about every week though. I also remember back in 1986 or so when video rental was starting to get big and a lot of places had the porn room where all the dirty movies were.

with that super-secure curtain.

you 18? WHOOSH

dankind · April 2021

Gern Blansten said:

I still have the first VCR tape that I ever owned. One of the first things I bought when I got my own place and started college was a VCR. They gave me a free blank tape. I recorded the Young Ones off of MTV with it.

I tried to view it a few years back and it was pretty unusable.

I still have the VHS with which I recorded The Young Ones off of MTV, too.

I even labeled it.

GlowGirl · April 2021

Gern Blansten said:

I still have the first VCR tape that I ever owned. One of the first things I bought when I got my own place and started college was a VCR. They gave me a free blank tape. I recorded the Young Ones off of MTV with it.

I tried to view it a few years back and it was pretty unusable.

I loved the Young Ones. I didn't have a TV in college, but my friend did and they had cable. A bunch of us would go over every week to watch the Young Ones.

F Me In The Brain · April 2021

dankind said:

Gern Blansten said:

I still have the first VCR tape that I ever owned. One of the first things I bought when I got my own place and started college was a VCR. They gave me a free blank tape. I recorded the Young Ones off of MTV with it.

I tried to view it a few years back and it was pretty unusable.

I still have the VHS with which I recorded The Young Ones off of MTV, too.

I even labeled it.

Don't trust labels.

I used tape to allow a store VHS to be taped over -- it was Benjamin Button and I taped Juranal Park onto it.

Took my buddy a while to find that one.

tbergs · April 2021

Going to to local podunk video store in the late 80's early 90's was the best. We'd stop in on a Friday afternoon and pick 5 or 6 movies to watch for the weekend. There were always movies for after kid bedtime, but sometimes we weren't really in bed. I saw lots I shouldn't have. Standout moments were from Lethal Weapon/Lethal Weapon 2 and Tightrope. Pretty eyeopening when all we had otherwise was 4 channels off the 50 foot antenna. Married with Children was considered edgy.

F Me In The Brain · April 2021

tbergs said:

Going to to local podunk video store in the late 80's early 90's was the best. We'd stop in on a Friday afternoon and pick 5 or 6 movies to watch for the weekend. There were always movies for after kid bedtime, but sometimes we weren't really in bed. I saw lots I shouldn't have. Standout moments were from Lethal Weapon/Lethal Weapon 2 and Tightrope. Pretty eyeopening when all we had otherwise was 4 channels off the 50 foot antenna. Married with Children was considered edgy.

9 1/2 weeks?

tbergs · April 2021

F Me In The Brain said:

tbergs said:

Going to to local podunk video store in the late 80's early 90's was the best. We'd stop in on a Friday afternoon and pick 5 or 6 movies to watch for the weekend. There were always movies for after kid bedtime, but sometimes we weren't really in bed. I saw lots I shouldn't have. Standout moments were from Lethal Weapon/Lethal Weapon 2 and Tightrope. Pretty eyeopening when all we had otherwise was 4 channels off the 50 foot antenna. Married with Children was considered edgy.

9 1/2 weeks?

I definitely didn't see any of that one as a kid 😄

eeriepadave · April 2021

We had a blockbuster right near us. I don’t remember if I went to it that much. Pretty sure I didn’t have a blockbuster card though 😕

HughFreakingDillon · April 2021

Went to blockbuster often. probably at least once a week, more when i worked evenings and most of my friends worked day jobs. used to love going there with the now-wife. the excitement of finding your new release, only to be heartbroken to realize there was no "tape" behind the cover box. go to the front desk, ask them if they have it in, they check the system,

1) "system is showing it's here, now we just have to find it", or

2) "it might be in the return bin, and I haven't had time to go through it yet."
"can you check?"
"no...(slowly blows bubble)... too busy"