Conan Learns About The Last Video Store In New Zealand | Conan O'Brien Needs A Fan

[@RayLilySeries]

Alice in Videoland is my favourite cinema here. They frequently play the smaller hits of the year and are home to some of the great festivals that play too. My partner and I have had an account with them for years and James is always a pleasure to interact with.

[@KJ-je9pm]

I cant wait to see them both in Conan Must Go season 2!

[@carstereobandits]

Absolutely.

[@JohnUssher-jk2qo]

Best video store I've ever been to anywhere in the world. Been going there since I was a kid in the 80's. Completely introduced me to the world of film. Remember my Mum renting the entire Marx brothers catalogue from there when I was about 8, and was totally obsessed. It's been a while, so need to pop in.

[@niyanlan8928]

Christchurch is a beautiful city - haven’t been there since the wizard held sway in the main square. But in my mind it hasn’t changed a bit and having the last video store is the most Christchurchy thing I can think of. Beautiful country and beautiful people ❤👍

[@Vaginaninja]

Yayyy compliments!!! ☺️ ❤

[@rad4924]

I live in Christchurch and Alice in Videoland is an awesome place. The number of obscure films they've successfully tracked down for me over the years is staggering.

[@mikesanborn4541]

I really feel like we've lost something special with the end of the video rental store. I used to live in Portland Maine over here in the states and we had an absolute gem of a video store called Videoport. They had a massive collection of obscure foreign and cult movies and I loved browsing through the selection and getting recommendations from the staff.

[@culwin]

@@mikesanborn4541 I don't know about Maine but the public library in my state is a great source. Probably 95% of obscure movies I've been able to find, and of course they are free to borrow. Republicans are at war with the library system and education of course, so watch out for that.

[@Sashimiburger]

Scarecrow Video in Seattle is still going strong. Greatest video store in the world.

[@natey3455]

....those were the days.....going to the local video store and spending the better chunk of an hour roaming the aisles, getting lost in the labyrinth of VHS titles....(while my father went to the forbidden "Adult Zone"

[@ruiz1871]

@@mikesanborn4541my local library in the usa has a huge dvd section. Its effectively the same thing and completely free. Theyll even get dvds on loan from other libraries.

[@YourCritic]

I'm from NZ, and I couldn't understand James at the beginning either.

[@RubyDoobieScoo]

I thought it was Swedish

[@j0shj0shj0sh]

I am from NZ, and I am not familiar with that dialect. But then again, I've never been to Gayngtwayto-ankaktika.

[@brendan4815]

@@j0shj0shj0sh I think he must be related to or come from the same town as i'mjohnkeyprimeministerofnz

[@j0shj0shj0sh]

@@brendan4815 Ah yes, where a friendly handshake can be a 3 person affair!

[@SamW559]

Same here.

[@DohKyungsooMyLove]

I love the cats in the back

[@bucketree]

Same I have two main coones and they looked very long haired

[@circusmeat]

I live in New Zealand on the North Island, (Christchurch is on South Island) and there is a video store the next town over from me. It's mostly a cafe now because that's what pays the bills but the fella working there has refused to take away the video store portion of it.

[@bucketree]

Kia ora !Team Coco, that’s fantastic so glad you found that am going to visit when next in Christchurch, I live in Auckland and we had an incredible store for decades called Videon which had every movie you could ever want from every genre and language on video and then DVD. Sadly they did not survive but were an iconic store for many in. Balmoral

[@thenamesgould]

Aro Video in Wellington is still going too, so not sure this is the last in NZ.

[@jacoblicalsi619]

Also United Video in Morrinsville

[@thenamesgould]

@ That’s so awesome there’s still a United Video lol

[@duncancole1742]

There's also Auteur House in Hamilton

[@bucketree]

I grew up in Tawa so was wondering if Wellington still had one in the city

[@williamhall1873]

I love Alice in Videoland. Has all the old Doctor Who episodes on DVD. An amazing relic of Pre Quake Chch.

[@floki-man]

New Zealand is the most beautiful place on earth. Especially the South Island.

[@well_i_liked_it]

Don't think you have been to the Swiss Alps.

[@YodatheHobbit]

Oh really? Nobody knows this. Nobody.

[@danielcamm1662]

​@@well_i_liked_itdon't think you've been to Whitsunday Island

[@scesfizia]

No better than places in USA or Europe. Actually it’s better there.

[@holdencommodorehsv]

Makes the rest of the world look like a floating island of garbage literally 😅

[@EXTREMEMIDSOUTH80]

dvds tend to get scratch more, vhs last more, if kept out of damp areas ,their is one last video store in NY and its on youtube, still people use the VHS player and still is a market on ebay.

[@raylutine8289]

I'd love to work there. I have customer service experience from working two different video stores in the early 90s. Quiet Earth (1985) was my favorite movie from New Zealand till Peter Jackson made Dead Alive (1992). Lost the VHS tapes to the ages, but found both on DVD more recently.

[@RyanDenzerKing]

Matt, we have a video store here in Atlanta! Much shorter flight!

[@duncancole1742]

This isn't the last Video/DVD rental store in NZ - there's one in Hamilton (Auteur House) and one in Wellington (Aro Video). There's probably others too in some of the small towns. Not saying that Alice in Videoland isn't a cool place, cos it is, but there's a few of these "boutique" DVD rental places still hanging on.

[@alocii]

This dude seems so likeable its ridiculous

[@tabbeyah5351]

Just fell in love, yes

[@bucketree]

He is a typical south islander

[@chrisdingsdale7400]

Just took a virtual tour of the store. Brilliant 😊

[@betsyduane3461]

Alice in Videoland was also an electroclash band from Sweden. That's a pretty odd name so I assume someone in the band saw the video store.

[@lordofthereels6790]

Would legendary UK film critic Mark Kermode be a good Conan guest? I love that Conan brings on so many international guests but I get if the Roger Ebert of the UK is too niche but I'd love to hear them talk about 70's UK/US films and favorite historical movies.

[@rowanstrang8072]

Amazing Place

[@rowanstrang8072]

Bring back the little gold tokens

[@lachauntiswashington231]

Great interview. The cats were cute😊

[@itsmekaustav77]

The funny thing is I have both Mad Max: Fury Road and Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles on my top 4 Letterboxd.

[@jonathanhenderson9422]

I wasn't the biggest fan of either, but at least MM:FR was visually inventive and pure kinetic fun... Jeanne Dielman I just found drab and dull, and this is coming from someone who typically likes slow, arty films like those from Bela Tarr and Tsai Ming-liang. I sat through Goodbye, Dragon Inn twice, but I'd never want to watch Jeanne Dielman again.

[@sew75962]

Very excited for the next season of Conan must go, where he’s in New Zealand 😊

[@basementscene]

jeanne dielman mention on the pod goes crazy

[@vshekar]

Surprised dumbo Conan didn't know it lol

[@Charles_Bro-son]

"Thank you for that bag of potatoes, though I have no idea how to pay for it..."

[@sew75962]

I just learned the other day that the word “blockbuster” came from earlier days of cinema when people would line up “around the block” to see the latest popular film.

[@bucketree]

Wow that is very cool ❤

[@wzywg]

Awesome

[@nilesoien7867]

I got my degree at Canterbury university there. Remember Alice In Videoland well. Great place!

[@twentyfifthdui4717]

In the states I live near the last video rental store I'm aware of in the flyover states. I can't imagine they are turning a profit, but they are hanging in there.

[@Satanhadapoint]

I love businesses that seem to never have any customers but they’ve been open since 1750 💀 they are a wonder.

[@joeterra.t]

The guy looks like he could be Conan's nephew who introduced him to 'Potato Peeping' online.

[@ChrisAlders-eh7cq]

All joking aside, physical media is making a huge comeback because the streaming services are so completely lacking.

[@jerekorva]

Something I also thought of while watching this. Also about the Bluray, at least here in Finland, it never really killed the DVD, mainly just resided alongside. I dunno almost anything about the collectors/movie buff scene but I reckon that most of the films they have are in DVD. Also what is Betamax? Was it something superb vs VHS? edit: I just checked that my "DVD" player is an actual Bluray player but I'm pretty sure that I don't own a single BR-disc. Tho I own like max. 20 DVD-films.

[@ChrisAlders-eh7cq]

@@jerekorva Thank you for commenting. Many people got rid of their DVD collections and regretted it because streaming services are truly unreliable. Many films from even 20 years ago are not available on streaming so from my perspective it is not worth the time of day. Far better to have a DVD/BlueRay library!

[@KRGRTV]

DVD stands for Digital VIDEO Disk,... so Video is still fine to use for the store.

[@cheft1234]

Gotta add the laughs in the background after every Conan joke , it’s a good thing trust

[@YodatheHobbit]

no

[@chuckolah4525]

*I always have another face coming." Yeah Conan, I thought we just saw it?!? POTATOOOO!

[@stephaniecollins6052]

Sona: Peter's a dork

[@RMT192]

No Mad Max Fury Rd! Legend.

[@blueboy4244]

in the 'top 500'.. they probably have it on the shelf though

[@lenn452]

cant stop watching the cats

[@twilson377]

He's CUTE! ❤❤

[@VerGiel]

Jeanne Dielman speaks French, but she and her son are very much based in Brussels, Belgium, not in France.

[@flyingchong]

New Zealand is definitely in my top travel destinations. James, maybe you can give me a tour? 😘 Also 69th comment

[@ZeroKool7140]

Conan wearing a blazer? Are we recording?

[@giuseppesteppn9765]

I'm from N.Z and I couldn't even understand what he first said

[@culwin]

Aside from the old people, it's going to be people who want to rip the DVD and have their own physical copy (but not risk doing it through the internet).

[@dahalofreeek]

I'm from New Zealand. Growing up in the early 2000s, we had four video stores in our suburb alone. Today, there is just the one in my whole city. James is a LIAR by the way. Aro Video Store in Wellington is still operating so I don't know who this guy is claiming he has the last video store in New Zealand.

[@alfascav1754]

I also live in Christchurch, and I can assure you nobody here, or anywhere else outside of the one antarctic theme park we have here in the city uses the term "gateway to antartica" to refer to christchurch. Thats the slogan of one tourist-trap theme parks here, no kiwi ever uses this phrase.

[@Hellena_Handbasket]

I could see it as one of the posters in Murrays office from flight of the concords, but other than that, I've never heard that saying here either

[@tewaewae]

Don't tell University of Canterbury that, they'll think your old and out of touch.

[@alfascav1754]

@@tewaewae I thought it was the Christchurch Antarctic Center's slogan? Does UC use this too?

[@tewaewae]

@@alfascav1754 yep, and the city council. James is on brand.

[@2_thumbs_up_baby]

I love you Conannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn 😛

[@wzywg]

Great $1 mixtures, a lost art.

[@Mish-n8p]

James is a big cutie. Also I just realized I'm a Peter.

[@ronniedeezy4831]

Why are sona Conan wearing suit jackets

[@floki-man]

Matt made them. He wants them to be covered while he faces them.

[@animalunae]

CLUELESS GAMERRRRRRR!

[@vaisakhmannalath9397]

[@soussansabra3207]

❤

[@melaleucatree]

gatewaytoantatica😂

[@GuitarBonk]

That jacket is painted on Conan. I hope the fabric is stretchy.

[@Apropoetic]

For a second when I first read the title and looked at the thumbnail I thought Conan was talking to the Twitch streamer Rudeism.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

Three hours of potato peeling, aka a skin flick.

[@JunkerDC]

I'm not going there I only rent laserdisc and Beta!!!!!!

[@EpicCarrot345]

Idk who conan should be with lol good luck bruh

[@YodatheHobbit]

Seriously though, saying Antarctica as "Un atat ga" isn't an accent thing. I've heard Peter Jackson say Antarctica. It's just a lack of diction and syllables. 😆

[@maddyc2412]

Americans are the ones who don't pronounce it properly, regardless of accent. Calling it 'Anartica' isn't even remotely close to how it's spelt

[@batoutofmel4959]

That's Wyatt Russell and you know it

[@jkap34]

The ad is dumb. We know it's death standing from the preview you posted earlier team coco

[@massapower]

MICHAEL BIEHN in "24 HOUR RENTAL" TV series which takes place in a Video Rental Store 😁👍🏻 kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4rIkKWJrph-a6c

[@soussansabra3207]

Fury road was bad esp when ladies started breast feeding that scene was worst in history we were out with friends and they wanted to leave it was bad but they had a few really good moments popcorn and pop cinema experience was great tho 😊

[@ChrisAlders-eh7cq]

Conan's taste in movies is awful.

[@SummerDream222]

I love Conan but I have to agree.

[@YodatheHobbit]

Genocide is awful. Movies are just movies and one's opinion of them causes no wrong to anything.

[@scesfizia]

As someone who lives in Nz don’t bother visiting it’s a dump and the people are worse.

[@oceanwoods]

Wow. Conan is being so mean to the guest. Not funny mean

[@d0rifto1]

first ! i hate saying that haha

[@michaelcappsthejedaianproj6119]

Conan, I like you, we grew up together, except I stopped at 32. Anyway, you must be a horrible person to work for. Sonya has such a, and I like her too, she adds a lot to the show. And yes, I can be a huge penis although I'm a helper of mankind at heart. Back to my point. Sonya has such a bad fake laugh at stuff that ain't funny. Conan, your super power is you're very likable. And funny, but most funny when scripted. And she, and the fellow on a lesser scale, fake laughs at unfunny guest also. She is Ed McMahoning it. Now I'm a human, my greatest weakness, so I fake it to get along. But take a lesson from me and Casablanca.... Stop caring so much and it will be great. Conan, don't try to be funny every minute, stress your superpower, likable sageist. Or I could be 100% wrong.

[@tshanbarnes9505]

Hmmm, I'd probably say 1000% wrong

[@YodatheHobbit]

We can see you stopped growing up at 32, although personally I'd say 20. Telling people their laughs are fake is a horrible insult. Stop caring so much, Karen. Live and let live. You are not in charge of other's behavior.

[@flyingchong]

Oh James, what’s your number? 😍

[@HumanObscene]

Mad max fury road is goated

[@flyingchong]

Oh James, what’s your number? 😍