Footage from the Twelve Oaks Mall located in Novi, Michigan from November of 1996. Shots of people walking about, customers browsing various products, etc... This video last around 7 minutes. #jcpenney #therightstart #suncoast
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@donnytucker6 ай бұрын
80s and 90s mall was so fun. I miss arcades.
@aflodesigns6 ай бұрын
we all do...best of times..today is just sad..everything is either closed or hella expensive...litttle jerk kids play alone in their rooms instead of socializing at arcades..its sad
@luigivincenz38436 ай бұрын
Me too. My parents always knew where to find me if I dont phone back lol
@AmazonEnforcer6 ай бұрын
The AI responders always miss arcades. They are still around in Free Play form.
@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l6 ай бұрын
70's 80's 90's were the best now I don't recognize this world. 🤡
@donnytucker6 ай бұрын
@@AmazonEnforcer A.I responders? Are you saying i'm a bot?😂 You just can't beat going to a physical arcade and spending all your quarters.
@zatchg12126 ай бұрын
The 90’s, the last great decade. Smart phones and social media ruined it all if you ask me.
@cbgg15855 ай бұрын
And the irony.. more than likely, you typed your comment with a smartphone and via the KZbin app, a form of social media. 😂🤣
@stuckintheinbetween5 ай бұрын
@@cbgg1585 I was an early adopter of social media posting on AOL IM and Myspace back in the day. Despite using these technologies, I fully admit that they killed off society and genuine human interaction.
@pattelino94665 ай бұрын
@@cbgg1585 There are people who use the internet mainly with a computer. I'm one of them.
@PugLover99555 ай бұрын
@@cbgg1585And the irony also is in fact needing such to function in this day and age 😂 🤔
@davidbreen48305 ай бұрын
Diversity also ruined it.
@jasondashney6 ай бұрын
Remember when "going to the mall" was something that you just did for entertainment? You may or may not be intending to purchase anything at all and nobody found it weird.
@kimwarner16816 ай бұрын
It was still fun to do, walk around, get a snack at the food court, it still made for a nice day. Or stop in to grab something on the way home from work, it was fun. Our mall now , well, both of them, are so bad with crime, I don't go by myself anymore. I never had an issue back then and never thought about it. Not now though. Very sad to see what is happening to it.
@cdevidal6 ай бұрын
What's remarkable is how little fashion has changed. This was 28 years ago, and almost anyone transported to today would fit in. But 28 years before this was 1968, and fashion was _very_ different. It's like we all found the perfect wardrobe in 1992 and haven't changed it since.
@l21n186 ай бұрын
@@cdevidalI’ve wondered about this now, it seems like the last couple decades haven’t been real. I was pondering how different it would be to go from 1980 to 2000 vs 2000 to be 2020. I feel like the transition would be far extreme in areas other than fashion including tech and yes in spite of tech advances in the last couple decades even smartphone technology existed in an early form at the open of the 21st century
@brianmeen21586 ай бұрын
I sure do! Me and my buddies went to the mall every 2-3 weeks. Just to walk around and see who we ran into and hopefully meet girls. None of my nephews or nieces have done that nor have they ever built a tree fort and that’s sad lol
@ElationProductions6 ай бұрын
It was a way more people used to mingle with the rest of society. We can do all that from behind a computer screen now, and isolate ourselves from the human interaction we used to get like this.
@xevvy68576 ай бұрын
The magic of Holidays n Christmastime at the decorated mall, especially in 80s 90s! So Beautiful and Stunningly Captivating!🎄
@palo17225 ай бұрын
Agree. Winter is no longer festive. I miss those times so much where all the malls were decorated and you can feel the holidays 😊
@Obi_Wanna_Blow_Me5 ай бұрын
I was talking to my mom about this a few days ago. There was always something magical about taking a trip to the mall around Christmas with the family. It always gave me a warm fuzzy feeling.
@sonofhibbs44254 ай бұрын
Our small town mall would be so crowded the week before Christmas.
@co63083 ай бұрын
This is what made Xmas magical.. Going to the mall seeing the decked out decorations all around, n Santa sitting on his chair getting pictures taken with the kids. And loads of people are shopping.. Sad times now😢
@ville666sora2 ай бұрын
@@co6308 I didn't care about Santa as a kid, but I miss riding the kiddie train the mall would set up every holiday season. I would ride it over and over until mom had enough lol.
@itowedin6 ай бұрын
I'm a 49 year old man and I'm literally in tears right now. My first long term girlfriend worked at a mall and I used to buy her gifts at The Body Shop. 1996 is my favorite year.
@PeepGamePopoff5 ай бұрын
I’m 36 and these videos always get me in my feels more then I expect
@hyperboreen48545 ай бұрын
Breathe.
@josebro3525 ай бұрын
Same. I'm 54 and my first long term girlfriend also worked at a mall in the 90s. Though I used to buy her stuff from Victoria's Secret which was located in the same mall. We had record stores back then too as I'm sure you remember. I'd always stop in there and buy her the latest CD from her favorite artist. Life sure has changed since then.
@GameMasterProducts5 ай бұрын
Your my moms age
@I_Am_NiiTA5 ай бұрын
Seriously?! The body shop went out of business at my favorite mall recently 😭
@smacdiesel6 ай бұрын
I remember spending hours every week walking around various malls in my area. I was young, single, bored, and penniless, yet the mall gave me something to do with my time. This video reminds how good those place used to be, thanks.
@TimotejFedlimid-zo3hy6 ай бұрын
We used to be a functioning society.
@MorganNye6 ай бұрын
When will that comeback?
@smudent20106 ай бұрын
@@MorganNye when liberalism is defeated and the immigrants stop coming
@MorganNye6 ай бұрын
@@liamloxley1222 IT BETTER COMEBACK!!! Did they never like how the world was pre 2014?
@MorganNye6 ай бұрын
@@liamloxley1222 Yeah I know that!
@beingsshepherd6 ай бұрын
Now we're all independent, don't need each other, so can burn bridges and live in isolation hooked on our Internet God.
@eazyboy20106 ай бұрын
If only we knew we were living in the last of the best times. There was enough tech to play with friends but not enough to consume your entire life. Out the doors with your friends street hockey, packed malls and theaters. Kids on the corners with bikes not iPads and above all no KZbin adds and Instagram. You could show up to an airport a minute late and run on the plane. Just real life. Yaaa the 90’s wow.
@MorganNye6 ай бұрын
What happened to the days where people weren’t on them all day prior to January 2014? Also when will selfies stop completely since 2013? They were always pointless, why do they want them to be forgotten? Why can’t they stop and why are they still doing it? I need an answer and why do I feel like they thought the way they hang out was boring originally? I do not want anyone to say never. Also when will social media just stop being too popular since 2013? It’s creepy that famous actors and voice actors and animators even have accounts, I wanna tell them it’s creepy that they do have them, when will old school KZbin come back since 2012? What’s taking so long for no ads, emojis and hearts and pins and community tabs and memes and shorts and coppa, and 2009-2012 UI’s to comeback, teenagers look good again since 2013 by not having stupid ass hairstyles and custom hair colors and clothes and makeup, teenage boys should have shaggy hair again and adults stop having weird ass hairstyles and hair colors and faded futuristic clothes, 0:01 women stop having makeup on their faces too, and people tell me that the world and KZbin were boring prior to 2014, if any of you do, you have no life like I said, also why can’t people just stop watching Netflix and streaming on their phones, Netflix became shit in 2015 when originals for whatever reason started! If anyone says that they LIKE Netflix since 2015 which their shows, you suck and have no life. Did you guys honestly thought the world was boring before social media and phones became so popular in November 2013? Everyone in the world should use cameras again without microphones and not phones to take pictures and record videos frequently again! When will all the original charm come back since 2013! What’s taking so freaking long?! You guys don’t need to constantly mention the phone craze, we all get it. People should use DVD’s and cable again often in the world since 2017! I also want tiktok and Snapchat to be banned and disappear.
@gregdsmusiccaptures15786 ай бұрын
The best is yet to come. I promise you. It’s going to be even better than the 80s and 90s.
@Montrovantis6 ай бұрын
@@gregdsmusiccaptures1578 No. Agenda 2030 is your future. Utter desolation.
@eazyboy20106 ай бұрын
@@gregdsmusiccaptures1578 from your mouth to Gods ears. We’re all ready for the better times
@thenightporter6 ай бұрын
You're watching this on KZbin. 😂
@milfordcivic67556 ай бұрын
I used to LOVE Suncoast.
@brianmeen21586 ай бұрын
Are they still around?
@groomerkiller39476 ай бұрын
I loved Suncoast until looters burned it down thanks to Hurricane Katrina 2005 !!! Never forgive
@palo17225 ай бұрын
OMG Suncoast! I still have some memeroablias
@mixboy795 ай бұрын
Me too, but they were expensive
@KirksCORNER19835 ай бұрын
Suncoast Video was awesome BUT expensive
@TheKevinNewsom6 ай бұрын
A VERY different world. Thanks for posting!
@IK_46 ай бұрын
1996. The year I graduated from high school 😊 If only we knew back then, the new world we were headed to 😢
@noneya9366 ай бұрын
Same here. 👍
@jasonz45455 ай бұрын
It's funny, in the past we dreamed about technology, now, seems many of us regretting it.
@IK_45 ай бұрын
@jasonz4545 Technology is a huge part of the problem, but to me, it goes way deeper than that.
@Liimpy5 ай бұрын
Wait until the left, gets its wish of a non white America, wut a mess it will be
@PugLover99555 ай бұрын
@@IK_4Yes it does 👀
@tooruoikawa89856 ай бұрын
Worked in the mall for 15 years, best time of my life. Always good food, had a nice culture of people that would hang out before and after work. Always had someone to spend time with or have a conversation with. The movies were always close by. Never missed a record release, was always first to the box office for concert tickets. I always tell people to go ahead and work there if the opportunity is right. Mall culture can be awesome if you embrace it a certain way.
@luigivincenz38436 ай бұрын
Same. When I was a teen, I worked for some retail shops in the mall from record shops to clothes. You are trained how to deal with people of all walks of life, happy or angry, etc. at a young age, think what they are thinking, and it has helped me in business.
@999triple46 ай бұрын
Honestly phones messed this generation up people are looking down on their phones and no more human interaction 😢
@treysimmons77076 ай бұрын
Yup I managed a full service restaurant (with a bar and all) located in a mall from 1998 till 2001, my late 20s till I was 31, and those were some of the best years of my life. I would trade the manager of a nearby theater a bar tab for movie passes all the time. To top it off, I lived in an apartment that was literally a block from the mall the whole time, some wild stuff went down in that place with various mall employees !!!
@kimwarner16816 ай бұрын
@@treysimmons7707 that wasn't The Meadows Mall in Las Vegas, was it?
@josebro3525 ай бұрын
@@treysimmons7707 and I guarantee you that the rent you were paying in that apartment was only a QUARTER of what the rents are today!!! Oh how I wish I could go back to the simplicity of the 80s and 90s. Life was just so much better.
@John_Lee_6 ай бұрын
Born in 1986 and 1996 is my favorite year ever
@chillydawgg43546 ай бұрын
90s was the best
@jesse86jesse6 ай бұрын
I was born in 86 too...90s were definitely the best. Though I also miss the early 2000s..but mainly for the music
@YakkoWarnerTower6 ай бұрын
1996 was a nice and wholesome year. I was in third grade and that's the year Arthur released!
@Goodwillwinoverevil19846 ай бұрын
Well, I was 12 that year but still... the future generations, I can't help but feel a little sorry for them.
@mariah89936 ай бұрын
Also born in 86. I miss the 90s :(
@ProtoMario6 ай бұрын
It's so close I feel like I can go right back. I know I can't but I want to every day. These days it's all soulless, self check out digital bs. I genuinely miss the 90s.
@randomfools8086 ай бұрын
Can't go back. Can go to a lot of these same malls but now they are either remodeled or abandoned. You may still see the signs of stores like Suncoast but now they are just a distant memory of a time gone. Suncoast was part of the themed entertainment boom of the 90s. It's like wanting to go home but it doesn't exist anymore.
@jscountrygirl85_3264 ай бұрын
You're definitely not alone! I feel this just about every day, as well. Soulless is a perfect way to describe modern times and society. I also hate self-checkouts. I still enjoy the human interaction at a register with someone behind the counter.
@ville666sora2 ай бұрын
Ikr? Not only are you already paying for whatever you're buying, but you're also doing the cashier's job for free lol.
@svsugvcarter6 ай бұрын
It’s like being dropped off in a distant memory where my folks -now gone- had a meeting place outside of a given store where we would meet up ahead of dinner. You might see one or the other wandering around different stores separately in the hour or two before that meal. Aimless meandering and casual reading at B. Dalton Bookstore. Many memories before being a teen of just wandering these malls alone. Good times, especially growing up in a small town with just one movie theater. More arcade scenes please.
@brianmeen21586 ай бұрын
Ahh yes I also remember going to the mall with a parent that is no longer here. Nostalgia is strange
@josebro3525 ай бұрын
(Sigh!) I used to work at B. Dalton in 1993-1994. Great memories. I remember it was when Oprah's cookbook was released and it sold out quickly. Couldn't keep a copy on the shelves. Stephen King had just published Nightmares & Dreamscapes and people still bought magazines and newspapers as we had a section for them at the front of the store. Bill Clinton had just begun his presidency and things were soooo different. No cell phones, no social media, and no millenials. Just a simpler, happier time.
@HEDGE10115 ай бұрын
Same. Thanks for putting this into words so well. I really loved B. Dalton especially, and Waldenbooks too.
@bobwreck37756 ай бұрын
Back before Amazon KILLED RETAIL
@pacmancdi6 ай бұрын
Walmart killed it before them.
@waverlyking60456 ай бұрын
Some of the blame can be placed on private equity firms. Ask Toys R Us and Borders.
@beingsshepherd6 ай бұрын
Or ... retail gave up the ghost. Many products I prefer to inspect in person, but the range in shops is so tiny; next day shop deliveries do help though.
@eddardgreybeard5 ай бұрын
Digital music and video killed a huge part of it. Amazon killed the rest
@flouserschird3 ай бұрын
Yea and none of the retail employees care anymore. Notice how helpful and friendly they are in the video. Retail employees all got a bad attitude that make you feel like an idiot for asking questions these days and know nothing about the products.. Gen Z HATES talking to strangers.
@rovhalt66504 ай бұрын
These clips PROVE that the world was a better place and we're not just wearing rose colored glasses.
@skywishr13134 ай бұрын
The mall looks Hardly different from today apparent from clothing
@JMAC____Ай бұрын
@@skywishr1313no cell phones just human interactions
@Nintendofan-yk4cd6 ай бұрын
That shot of Suncoast, I wanna cry now.
@alissagiannola61975 ай бұрын
I swear that’s when I first saw anime
@bananonymouslastname56935 ай бұрын
@@alissagiannola6197yep... I remember paying $20-30 each for 3-4 episodes or an anime film on VHS, going home to watch it with friends, and the waiting several weeks for the next volume like it was yesterday. I can't even start to recall how many times I saw the previews for Neon Genesis Evangelion and Bubblegum Crisis on ADV cassettes.
@pault95446 ай бұрын
I’m SO glad my childhood was the entirety of the 90s. Long before cellphone addiction and chronic loneliness in a world now where we’re somehow always “connected.” Those were the days when playing outside alone was stimulating enough and we all somehow connected first in person.
@redroversk6 ай бұрын
connected? more like surveilled ha
@Lonovavir5 ай бұрын
I'd give up wi-fi and smart phones to go back to the 90s.
@Horsemanpig5 ай бұрын
@@Lonovavir nothing is stopping you😂 but we can't go without our smartphones travel to another country without a sim and data, you'll be searching for wifi quick.
@pattelino94665 ай бұрын
I miss it every day 🥺
@crlaw755 ай бұрын
The COVID garbage definately ruined the social interaction.
@UnitedStatesOfCoffee6 ай бұрын
These videos no longer invoke feelings of nostalgia as much as they invoke sadness and grief. We will never experience a simple life like this ever again and I do not know how to cope with the fact.
@GTOberfest6 ай бұрын
Coffee helps
@MRF19836 ай бұрын
Nail on the head. I used to watch vids like this and it would trigger great memories, now all those memories do is remind me of how far away those times are, how many of the people from those times are gone and how alien the times we live in are by comparison. No a**hole youtubers/ tiktokers pranking anybody, no one live streaming themselves with selfie sticks or taking selfies, no Karen flip-outs and people recording them, no one flipping out about being misgendered or not being addressed with the correct pronouns, no one ruining anything with paint or soup or gluing themselves to anything in protest of whatever, no one eavesdropping on people's conversations so they can publicly confront them while being recorded for social media clout; people just living their lives and going about their day in a public place like a functioning society. The covid pandemic may be over, but the pandemic of narcissism is still in full effect.
@woodsie3156 ай бұрын
Your parents and grandparents felt the same way. It's tough realizing that the time you grew up in doesn't exist anymore but that's reality for every person who has ever lived at some point. Focus on making new memories and finding those places/things today which people will be nostalgic for in another 30 years. They exist, there's just no guide telling you where the good old days are happening when you are living through them.
@tula14336 ай бұрын
Unplug.
@MRF19836 ай бұрын
@tula1433 Right on. I'm trying to remember who said it in a video I watched recently, they said that the unprecedented access we have to each other in our current tech age is still pretty new and it's evident it's having a negative impact on society. People can call, send texts, message over multiple apps, look up someone's location, go through their social media, etc. and if they don't get the immediate response they want, it depresses them. They say necessity is the mother of invention. When I was a kid, if none of my siblings were home and none of my friends were available, I would just play in my room or go out riding my bike. Now, we have so many devices and apps designed to entice us to engage with them, we need to unplug like you said and find the happy medium that works for ourselves.
@anthonyiadarola12016 ай бұрын
The 90’s was like a spin off of the 80’s great times!
@museonfilm89195 ай бұрын
Yes, the party was winding down at that point.
@devinc95 ай бұрын
The 80's truly ended around 93, I kind of feel like the 90's stretched into 2005.
@anthonyiadarola12015 ай бұрын
@@devinc9 I agree … I noticed a big change start to take place after 2015-2016
@TheMasterofDisaster48Ай бұрын
Im a historian, let me help you guys out with the eras: 1969-1977(the 70's) 1978 intermediate 1979-1987(the 80's) 1988 intermediate 1989-1996(the 90's) 1997 intermediate 1998-2007(the 2000's) 2008 intermediate 2009-2016(the 2010's) 2017 intermediate 2018-current(the 2020's)
@sgtsquank6 ай бұрын
Vampire Robot with another dose of nostalgia. Thanks for sharing all the slice of life that you do.
@vampirerobot6 ай бұрын
Thanks 😊
@RRW2766 ай бұрын
Some of these are hard to watch, because they were such amazing times. Very different from today. I have so many wonderful memories in the mall… with my family, my friends. In ‘94 during my junior year of HS I saw this beautiful girl working one of the makeup stations at Glamour Shots. I sent my buddy in to let her know I thought she was pretty and if she was interested and did she want to trade numbers etc. I was shy-ish, and that’s how some of us living in the real world at the time did things. That girl liked me back, we married in ’97 and we’ll be celebrating 27 yrs this fall. They said we’d never make it. We literally had a family while both going to college and living in this tiny apartment. But we did it and we had so much fun!! God those times were great and it’s all just gone by so fast. As of 2023 we’re now empty nesters and enjoying life like we did when we very first started going out. So just looking back on these vids from the 80s and 90s brings wonderful memories but also some sadness too because it’s kind of a bygone era. Young people today live their lives mostly online. Times are hard, there’s so much division, very little stabilization (to put it lightly). It wasn’t like this when we were coming up. We put ourselves thru school (with some help from one grandparent) we had cars, we bought our first home and then traded up years later. How could the every day young family even do that today? I worry about my own kids, their kids someday. We really missed the mark somewhere as a society in recent years. Apologies for sounding so glum. Edit: and thank you so much for these time capsule of vids, they’re real treats. 🙏
@redroversk6 ай бұрын
millennials and up will never find true love
@_FootballForever5 ай бұрын
Love this post ❤❤
@rodneybyassee19283 ай бұрын
Especially when Wall Street is buying up all the homes now. They want us all renting and poor obviously.
@RapidCycling07Ай бұрын
The 90s were definitely better than now. This chaos we have now is only going to get worse and it’s being done intentionally by the Satanic globalists who are planning to depopulate the planet by 95%. Wars, famine, pestilence, weather warfare (climate change is just a cover story), fake alien invasion, economic collapse, concentration camps, etc., are all likely coming at some point in the not so distant future…this is occurring because we are living in a time of chastisement due to the sins of the world. Mass conversion/repentance/penance are needed for things to improve. You may not believe me or like what you are hearing, but it’s the truth. Btw please don’t take Our Lord’s Name in vain. I know it’s sad how things have changed. I personally wish I would have cherished the 80s/90s/00s/10s more but all I can do is focus on the present time, because the present will soon be the past which I’ll then feel bad about not cherishing either. We should focus on wanting to spend Eternity with God in Heaven. If we are Saved by Our Lord Jesus Christ, we’ll be happy forever! Viva Cristo Rey! ☦️
@donsatman22736 ай бұрын
The fun and the electricity of the Malls is gone. Especially on Saturday when we would spend the whole day there. I really miss those times… 😢
@PeepGamePopoff5 ай бұрын
Fun and electricity is gone period. 😢
@donsatman22735 ай бұрын
@@PeepGamePopoff agreed! 👍
@donsatman22735 ай бұрын
@@iamsoogi I love Japan & the shopping experience in Tokyo. I can’t wait till I can afford to go back there again
@nathanrollins23956 ай бұрын
Suncoast!!!!! Holy hell, i cant even remember the last time i was in a suncoast store. Also good to see Independence Day playing on the tv screen.
@mrsjackbauer16 ай бұрын
I used to love that store myself! 😊
@JamesNGames6 ай бұрын
Remember when DVD Movies were like $59.99 or more? I remember buying 5 movies for $285 after tax thubking was a good deal. Lol 😂
@claytonbouldin93816 ай бұрын
@@mrsjackbauer1 The mall by me still has the front of a Sun Coast video (the movie marcee, the spaces for all the tvs etc. etc.). I believe it is still there. I haven't been to the mall in quite awhile!
@greenkidd5296 ай бұрын
thats where my grandma would take me to buy godzilla imported vhs!!
@richardludwig36736 ай бұрын
@@JamesNGames No… I can’t remember when DVDs were that expensive… I remember when VHS movies were insanely expensive for a while after they were first released, but the price dropped after a year. Jurassic Park was the first movie I remember NOT having that 1 year expensive gap. I remember DVDs being relatively cheap all along.
@Kai0nTheMoon6 ай бұрын
Just looked up The Body Shop on Wikipedia. I hadn't seen one in years and was wondering if they were still around. Turns out they dissolved just last month - March 2024.
@RedPiLLMMA6 ай бұрын
Lol, Thank you, I was just trying to remember the name of the store. Thank you and was wondering too, if they were still in business.
@Mexicano17686 ай бұрын
The Body Shop at my local mall here in Henderson, NV closed not too long ago...
@billstark6966 ай бұрын
Well, that's too bad. They have some great products. I just looked on eBay, and it seems that sellers already know that they can charge more for my favorite items.
@randomfools8086 ай бұрын
Another one gone.
@kimwarner16816 ай бұрын
@@Mexicano1768 The Galleria? yes, the only place I see Body Shop products is at Ulta now. they have a very small section of it and it is always stocked. no one really buys it anymore. it used to be such a thing, but not now.
@flyingchunks6 ай бұрын
You and rinse repeat are my two most favorite channels on this platform, period. Whether during my childhood or before it, there’s nothing i love more than being sent back in time and experiencing just how fun and dynamic everything was back then, compared to now. So thank you, thank you for preserving my nostalgia, along with many others’. 👍❤
@vampirerobot6 ай бұрын
Appreciate the kind words 😊
@flyingchunks6 ай бұрын
@@vampirerobot My pleasure!
@DanBellFilmIt6 ай бұрын
I was 19 is 1996. 😭The mall was my jam.
@ravishing-troop52766 ай бұрын
17
@cameron85295 ай бұрын
i was -12 in 1996
@LizzyLovesGames5 ай бұрын
16 here!
@chrissy90385 ай бұрын
19 also.
@6lemans105 ай бұрын
13
@izthewiz-rb9np6 ай бұрын
1996 was pretty wonderful time. I just remember how friendly people were and happy being alive. The US was the best place to be....Take me back
@tcollins70816 ай бұрын
It's so odd looking at this and not see one soul staring at their phone, it will never be this way again
@Lonovavir5 ай бұрын
It would be amazing if we could go back for one weekend. Not having smartphones would be grand.
@Horsemanpig5 ай бұрын
@@Lonovavir lol try it, we have gotten very use to them. Go to another country with no sim or data. Watch you scramble for wifi 😂 I don't think we realise how much we use them anytime when we're lost don't know where we are need to look up information need to contact people need to check stuff.
@MorganNye5 ай бұрын
@@Lonovavirwhy are people still doing it for 10 years?
@jasonz45455 ай бұрын
Yeah it's weird, I keep thinking why nobody looked at the cellphones. What's wrong with those people. Oh of course it was 1996!
@MorganNye5 ай бұрын
@@Lonovavir hello?
@ozziedylan99036 ай бұрын
1996 was a great year Scream Resident Evil and Tom. Raider were released that year
@Silvergun_Raven6 ай бұрын
Along with Donkey Kong Country 3 and Nintendo 64! Playing Super Mario 64 was mind-blowing back in 1996!
@treystephens61666 ай бұрын
Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire 🎮 Marilyn Manson: Antichrist Superstar 💿 Rammstein: Seemann (single) 💿
@Silvergun_Raven6 ай бұрын
@@treystephens6166 Fellow Rammstein fan here! Went to see them twice! Been a fan of them since Spring 1998!
@treystephens61665 ай бұрын
@@Silvergun_Raven RAMMSTEIN IST DIE BESTE 🔥 they're my NUMBER ONE!!!
@TRJ22419876 ай бұрын
Hard to believe in seven minutes of mall footage from November 1996, the song "I Love You Always Forever" was not playing at any point! A true miracle! I seem to remember hearing that EVERY time I went into KB Toys for like a year straight 😂
@Theomite6 ай бұрын
That or "Breakfast at Tiffany's" which was also everywhere.
@plutothe9th3616 ай бұрын
Roll to Me was by Del Amitri was in heavy rotation too
@Theomite6 ай бұрын
@@plutothe9th361 Ooooh very good, I can't believe I forgot about the ubiquity of that one. Let's not also forget "Name" by Goo Goo Dolls or "One of Us" by Joan Osborne.
@josebro3525 ай бұрын
I always considered Scream to be more 1997 though because it was released at Christmas time in 96. I think I saw it three times in 1997.
@Soooooooooooonicable5 ай бұрын
The original Jumanji had just released a year prior
@OceanMetTheSky6 ай бұрын
People were so much more approachable back then. Less egotistical, not everything was about themselves or their looks or showing off. People were genuinely kind. That was one reason why the mall experience won't ever be the same even if malls were to ever make a comeback.
@hollowaang52846 ай бұрын
Thanks to Social Media for making people awkward and dislikable.
@bmcagent6 ай бұрын
The make up of our population now assures we can never go back. Just look at Mall of America.
@magzdilluh6 ай бұрын
I worked at a mall in 96 (Kay-Bee Toys on Christmas eve, omg) and trust me: there were just as many assholes then as there are now, back then they simply didn't get filmed and posted to tiktok.
@traderduke26 ай бұрын
Don't forget Amazon arriving and eliminating the need for malls altogether!
@richardludwig36736 ай бұрын
@@traderduke2 Malls die to mismanagement and not being to adjust to changing local demographics, not Amazon. I have a mall near me that is pretty dead, but there’s tons of retail surrounding it that’s thriving. I also have malls (that’s right, plural) that are doing great because they have stores that people actually want to shop at.
@metalgrinch6 ай бұрын
Born in 81' and the 90s mall were my teen years. Greatly recall the early 90s arcades fighting game and beat-em-ups resurgence, and who could ever forget the absolute majesty that was Christmas time? You thought Santa's area is busy now? People were crowded for him! I loved shopping for CDs but buying VHS tapes wasnt really the norm as renting was mostly what people did. Still, stores like Warner Bros and the Disney Store were greatly ambitious and this was the funnest place to be, period. So glad I was there during all this.
@ravishing-troop52766 ай бұрын
Ur kid
@SeanBordelon5 ай бұрын
I was a HS freshman in 96. We went to the mall just to hang out. Most of the time just ate at the food court, played arcades, and walked around just to chill out with friends. Miss those days.
@JimmyFoxhound6 ай бұрын
My heart hurts looking at this, I miss this America SOOOO much man.. dang it.
@Mexicano17686 ай бұрын
A lot of those 90's looks is coming back 🎉❤
@randomfools8086 ай бұрын
Fashion may but this never will. It can't. Malls have too much competition now.
@Mexicano17686 ай бұрын
@@randomfools808 its cheaper to run a warehouse than a nice store
@richardludwig36736 ай бұрын
@@randomfools808 Nah - they’re just mismanaged. It’s harder to run a mall, but you need to have a plan. It used to be you “had something for everyone” but to be successful today you have to be more strategic. I have a mall near me that’s doing very well because they have a strategic demographic. I have another mall where it’s practically dead but there’s tons of retail surrounding it that’s thriving - the mall inside is completely random and they just accept anyone willing to pay the rent.
@colinburroughs98715 ай бұрын
they never really totally went away- turned on the internet in the mid 90's and it's been a very similar pop culture landscape beyond people being hypnotized by their phones.. the jump between 67' and say 87' is way larger than 96' to today. It's the same stuff, with more wack a doo social norms.
@museonfilm89195 ай бұрын
@@richardludwig3673 Good points - give the people what they want, that should be the motto.
@PRYVTgomerPYLE5 ай бұрын
If asked... I would go back, without hesitation in my decision. I miss the 90's SO MUCH!
@apmanti126 ай бұрын
man it's not even 30 years ago, but the culture was sooo different, look how those store workers talk to the customers, you can really tell they take their jobs very seriously, they sound so clean, so educated, it's like different world
@WHALEBOY7775 ай бұрын
They were paid better too, these days companies hire whoever for the lowest dollar they can.
@MidnightSonnet5 ай бұрын
How do you "sound" clean? That's such an odd thing to say.
@apmanti125 ай бұрын
@@MidnightSonnet not odd at all
@MidnightSonnet5 ай бұрын
@@apmanti12 explain it so I can understand what you mean
@landmarkcreations11836 ай бұрын
My absolute favorite videos!! Thanks again for letting us use the Time Machine!
@HandsomeSteveJacobson6 ай бұрын
The last great decade and the best to grow up
@stuckintheinbetween5 ай бұрын
Born in '87 and am glad I got to experience the '90's as a kid. Society and pop culture's been on a steady decline since the 2000's. 2000's weren't too bad. 2010's and 2020's, however, have been pretty awful.
@Lucidity__5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for posting these videos. It means so much to be able to get a glimpse into these nostalgic moments 🥲
@christaguariglia32416 ай бұрын
God i love that I was a 90's kid. I'm still stuck in that decade because it will always be the best one ever. I'd do anything to go back.
@stuckintheinbetween5 ай бұрын
Same. I'd even take the early-mid 2000's back. Lots of good music back then. "Tell All Your Friends" by Taking Back Sunday, "The Artist in the Ambulance" by Thrice, "Full Collapse" by Thursday, "They're Only Chasing Safety" by Underoath, etc. TAKE ME BACK! 🥲
@munglescrunkus696 ай бұрын
I used to love going to the mall.... Unfortunately they are dying off these days
@MorganNye6 ай бұрын
I wish they can come back to popularity.
@Ultrajamz6 ай бұрын
To be fair they were a rip off
@coolvibe206 ай бұрын
@@MorganNye Wow that's a great way to start off a Saturday morning!
@SebbyZero6 ай бұрын
@@Ultrajamz going to the mall was an experience, a day out, and the convienience of having everything in place as a one stop shop, if you wanted to buy stuff for cheap you dont go to the mall
@MorganNye6 ай бұрын
@@coolvibe20Thank you!
@jeremyroskes53916 ай бұрын
I love this channel. It's so refreshing to see old videos that actually look authentic and not like movies 😊
@willw-lz8fx6 ай бұрын
Looking at our decaying civilization now just makes this horifically depressing to look back on.
@VegasAceVII6 ай бұрын
Look, no cell phones in sight. People are talking to one another.
@MondeyKing6 ай бұрын
Cell phones were around in 96 poor people could not afford it yet
@bmcagent6 ай бұрын
@@MondeyKing Plus they were just for making calls so people didn't have their heads in them!
@josebro3525 ай бұрын
@@MondeyKing Yes but they were flip phones for making emergency calls. No apps. No internet. No social media. No mindless addiction.
@MondeyKing5 ай бұрын
@josebro352 I was around on life in 1996 cell phones were around the 95 movie clueless proved it but yeah technology was slow in 96 cell phones would become more advanced with internet access by 2002 so 6 years later
@MondeyKing5 ай бұрын
@josebro352 Yeah but billions of people did not care about cell phones are social media people would hang around other people for entertainment in 1996 life is different now people rather be on there cell phones then be around other people in 2024
@opticalmixing233 ай бұрын
This is just a dream! When I lived through this time, I didn't realize it was this good. You have easy-listening music (no hip hop, electronic music causing anxiety while you shop), friendly staff willing to fill you in on contents (now you have to ask, which is an anxiety trip), and people greeting you "Happy Holidays." Wow! The bath and bubble stores are my favorite. They smell so nice, I could spend hours in there with this kind of atmosphere
@michaelsullivan12626 ай бұрын
I was 32, and it’s a nice snapshot of back then, seeing others about my same age as we’ve hit 60 or very close to that age now.
@dodgetimes23 ай бұрын
Saw the thumbnail and was like can that be 12 Oaks? Yep. You've got yourself a treasure trove of Michigan history on tape. Love it.
@deaconbluezzz6 ай бұрын
Holy Cow! 12 Oaks Mall in '96? I've gotta check this out, I'm probably wandering around there in some shots LOL
@LutherBuilds5 ай бұрын
I thought this looked like the 12 Oaks Mall. I spent quite a bit of time there in the late 90's.
@Soooooooooooonicable5 ай бұрын
TAKE ME BACK! 😭😭I wish I could relive the entirety of the 90s.
@dibari225 ай бұрын
I feel terrible for my kids who won't have any memories like this
@Iceman29-294 ай бұрын
This is the greatest channel on KZbin. Thank you so much for these videos. I was born in 1993 and I can slightly remember the good times like these when everyone seemed a lot happier.
@NinjaxCad6 ай бұрын
This mall was a few minute drive away from where I grew up. We'd go here all the time, so this one hits extra hard. I would have been 7. Thanks for sharing!
@HP-in8pl5 ай бұрын
I miss this time period. Malls were such a fun place to be back in the day. Could spend the whole day there with friends
@Eman-vp5wk6 ай бұрын
90s American Society is probably the peak of human achievement.
@beingsshepherd6 ай бұрын
Jerry Springer 😄 Apologies to Iraq, Rodney King, Oklahoma, Yugoslavia, Columbine high school.
@mainmanmainlining75756 ай бұрын
Man oh man. This stuff is so comforting. 95 was my year but damn it the run didn’t last til around 99.
@lolahernandez68715 ай бұрын
I miss just shopping around the malls with friends on weekends. ❤No distraction like phones, just 100% in the moment ❤❤
@articakennedy48226 ай бұрын
That Suncoast place looks like it would have been my jam!
@SquadJuiced6 ай бұрын
It was pretty cool. Definitely me and my brother's jam.
@somejackball6 ай бұрын
i used to get all my Laserdiscs from them back then. where i lived in OK, there was no one selling DVDs yet or Laserdiscs still. and i had just purchased a Pioneer Elite combo player (in early 96). so had to drive 100 miles S to Lewisville, TX mall to get movies for it. Suncoast always had everything! ☮
@PhantasyStarved6 ай бұрын
That indeed was my jam! I was Assistant Manager in that exact Suncoast from 1993-1995. Great place to work, largely because the people that worked there were just the best people you could ever want to work with. Much love to Bob, Randi, Tim, Tom, Debbie, and a host of others wherever you are now. It was fun while it lasted!
@randomfools8086 ай бұрын
Suncoast was awesome. Think FYE or Sam Goody but way more themed.
@mom2babygkaterad946Ай бұрын
This truly took me back to when life was so much better & simpler. Life is SO different now. I remember walking through the various stores & food court w/my mom. I miss her so much!💔😢 Thanks for the video. Great memories of truly GOOD times!
@lc-jo6lf3 ай бұрын
I almost forgot the way registers sounded its been so long. The receipt sound at 1:33 mark takes me back 😢
@JohnIann6 ай бұрын
I love your channel so much one question though how did you get all this footage it's beautiful
@davidkublin44466 ай бұрын
I worked at Lord &Taylor in 84 for few years at Braintree South Shore Plaza. Great times and people.
@AlexMitchell-sj4sb5 ай бұрын
I am glad someone filmed and preserved this.
@marymae60415 ай бұрын
It’s kind of like watching a horror movie, where you know what’s coming for the characters and want to yell, “Don’t open that door!”
@steffyranger5 ай бұрын
Please post more of these. These are the best reflections of the past because it's all on video!
@corrion16 ай бұрын
before the internet ruined society
@museonfilm89195 ай бұрын
Since the Pandemic, it's got even worse. You know, people in the UK just love to get their food delivered in a box - too lazy (or busy, yeah right) to get to the store.
@Jyotirmayshuva5 ай бұрын
I was a kid but I lived through those days and now miss them in every moment. Though I have noticed that the decoration of the mall hasn't changed that much. The interior of the mall still looks the same compare to today's mall
@teresapflaumer57176 ай бұрын
1996, age 24. I am living the good life at the local malls, movie theatres, Yankees Stadium, Atlantic City, Saratoga Park, and the Jersey Beaches. But the Malls are still my favorite, my clothing haven!
@kimwarner16816 ай бұрын
Remember Deb? or Mandee's? lol not sure if I spelled it correctly but as a freshman in college, we would find our bathing suits or some skirts at Mandee's and Merry Go Round.
@RichWeigelАй бұрын
Good times I was 26 here living in Minnesota. We had the Mall of America and smaller malls similar to this.
@dimviesel5 ай бұрын
We all lived just fine without cell phones, Wi-Fi, 5G and social media. Great times
@bornstellarnova19915 ай бұрын
OMG SUNCOAST 😮😮😮 Wow. I just got hit with all those memories of meeting up at the mall with friends, waiting to see if crushes were coming or not, what movies to go see. Man. Indescribable.
@BackroomsSlayer5 ай бұрын
I was born in 86 malls like this were cornerstones of my childhood. That and shoneys.
@Rick_Smooth5 ай бұрын
The 90's... I miss the food courts and arcades! Being a teen during this time was magical and you truly had to be there physically to fully embrace what that specific vibe was all about. Greetings from TeXas.
@sherlocknessmonster606 ай бұрын
This was so fun for me to watch! I worked at The Body Shop in December 1996, so a true dose of very enjoyable deja vu. Thank you!
@MC-jj9zd5 ай бұрын
This makes me want to cry😢😢 i miss going to the mall soo much.. i used to love shopping at Suncoast video and had to special order my moms Christmas gift one year....
@maleficentcoryphee32626 ай бұрын
It's still shocking to me this isn't normal anymore
@dougmorris93176 ай бұрын
In 1996 I was 34 and worked at GNCs corporate office in Pittsburgh. That December, at our annual Employee gathering, the CEO of the company got up on stage and said ladies and gentlemen, we have to rethink our way of doing business. This world wide web is becoming a real thing and I believe there will come a time, when people will decide its easier to shop for their vitamins on their computers! I honestly thought that was 20 years down the road, who wanted to shop from a computer screen when you couldn't touch or try things on? 😢
@MissBliss8186 ай бұрын
Hearing spare change hitting the counter is something we don't really hear anymore.
@kimwarner16816 ай бұрын
that one quarter that always bounced up and spun around , lol..yep..
@josebro3525 ай бұрын
Now we hear 'spare change' when homeless people ask for it. Sad world.
@kimwarner16815 ай бұрын
@@josebro352 and then get mad at you when you offer to buy them food instead of giving them your money
@PatMcCarthy4205 ай бұрын
I think we can all agree that social media has destroyed our society. People were much happier, healthier, kinder, and just better off without it. These videos are a perfect example 😢
@FuturisticSwag4056 ай бұрын
Malls in third world countries remind me of how malls used to be in the U.S. 20-30 years ago. Technology advancing and delivery services are the problem.
@nathanventura5486 ай бұрын
Malls in much of the world outside North America are thriving.
@richardludwig36736 ай бұрын
I disagree - I think, in most cases it’s mismanagement. Example: I live in short (30 min or less) of 5 malls (six if you count the outside mall, which is a weird choice for an area that is below 50 for at least half the year). Two of those five malls are thriving, one is doing okay, and two others are pretty dead. The thing is, of the two that are pretty dead, there is a TON of retail surrounding the mall that is doing great! If it was just about technology, all the other retail stores would be closing as well. What happens is that malls have a challenge to understand the changing demographics and fill their spaces with stores to meet those demographics. Instead of trying to do that, they tend to take anyone willing to pay rent, even if said store doesn’t match the need. The point of a mall is to appeal to a wide variety of people and if you’re just taking anyone who comes along, you’re hurting your ability to appeal and retain other stores. There are so many retail options now, they don’t need malls and if a mall isn’t willing to work to bring in complementary demographics by having a plan, then there’s little reason to choose a mall and instead get a store front in a strip mall or even build your own.
@museonfilm89195 ай бұрын
@@nathanventura548 Here in the UK, mini malls (or retail parks, as we call them) are a big thing now. Mainly because our town centres have become riddled with drug addicts and other social issues. If you have a family, the retail park (mall) is still the place to go.🙂
@Jeffdraws192 ай бұрын
More i watching, more i miss old day🥲
@InflatableConan6 ай бұрын
Before the planet turned into whatever the Hell it is today. A bygone, missed era of life.
@MattCipolla6 ай бұрын
I thought this looked familiar and then I looked at the description. This was the mall I went to growing up!
@deadguysuperstar6 ай бұрын
I remember moving from Cleveland Ohio to Louisville Ky back in 1998. The difference between those 2 cities at the time was night and day. I couldn't believe the world I had walked into. Malls jammed packed and one mall across in Indiana with the second floor having indoor golf, an arcade and many other things. 5 years later it became a ghost town. And that's probably 95% of malls these days.
@AaronDanieltenni5 ай бұрын
As someone from 1994, I barely remember. But growing up, I do remember things like..how great the mall visit was, or so many other places. I miss that era. It feels like none of that exists anymore.
@dirtyface-capone76226 ай бұрын
'96 was the most dynamic year of the 90's imo.Far as sports, fashion, music etc.etc.Seems like everything hit a peak.That's just looking through my own scope.Could've been a different year for you.
@clefabless5 ай бұрын
Holy cow - I clicked on this because I love these videos and a few minutes in I realized that this is the mall I work at right now!!! I was born in '96 as well. This is amazing!
@kfUNC16 ай бұрын
I worked at a store a few stores down from a Suncoast. Probably half my breaks were spent browsing the movies in there.
@wildwildwes0520005 ай бұрын
I was 9 back then, I remember how fun and exciting the mall was back then.
@funkster0076 ай бұрын
In the 80's I'd be hanging out at Sam Goody's or Midland Records. 90's it was Suncoast. lol
@SquadJuiced6 ай бұрын
Dude Sam Goody's lasted until 2000s. It was one of my favorite places.
@calchav39405 ай бұрын
Late 80's and early 90's what a time to grow up in!
@somejackball6 ай бұрын
the Body Shop part pretty eerie! after having recently watched TheProperPeople's video of an abandoned mall where the Body Shop was just all decayed and dusty, but some products were actually left behind! was kinda ghostly looking 😵💫
@Theomite6 ай бұрын
Ex-Body Shop employee: "Man...we really *couldn't* give that away, could we?"
@randomfools8086 ай бұрын
That's the sad part looking at this mall. Knowing what it looks like now if it hasn't been torn down. If you do watch abandoned mall videos, you know how many stores are vacant now. This is long gone and it's kind of hard to watch.
@somejackball6 ай бұрын
@@randomfools808 yep!
@originalotrex5 ай бұрын
Back when youth still could make eye contact and carry on a conversation. Back when it was impossible to believe the earth was flat because you'd be surrounded by enough real-life friends who you knew well enough that they were comfortable telling you that you're wrong. Back when technology provided lots of entertainment and convenience but didn't have the power to pry into your personal life at every turn. Back when we were required to communicate with each other directly and therefore had the opportunity to interact with people who saw things differently than we did. Back when every possible difference in behaviour or appearance didn't come with a diagnosis, awareness campaign and so-called medication. Right before hyper-connectivity unleashed this new social hell that we can never escape from.
@Silvergun_Raven6 ай бұрын
We didn’t have Suncoast, but a similar looking store called “Saturday Matinee - The Movie Store” and that was where I found Dawn of the Dead, Day of the Dead on VHS, along with the Trigun DVD set and Dragon Ball Z VHS tapes that were uncut… and expensive. So many great memories of that place!
@SquadJuiced6 ай бұрын
Trigun was great. Probably the only anime I actually watched.
@paulbroderick84385 ай бұрын
I immigrated to the US, from the UK, in 1975 so I experienced all of the Mall Culture! Great times at all levels. Glad to say I refused to own a cell phone.
@danno6982996 ай бұрын
I just want to go home 😢
@_FootballForever5 ай бұрын
Highland Mall in Austin TX was my favorite place! Arcade, toy store, food court, the best ❤
@dalecorne38696 ай бұрын
I was hoping to see some footage of a Spencer's Gifts. That was my place back in the day. I had all the cool lights and posters and even now, I still have a bunch of those decoration lights.
@bmcagent6 ай бұрын
And when it was someone's birthday you went there to get the gag gifts!😆
@chillydawgg43546 ай бұрын
Those still exist I think
@randomfools8086 ай бұрын
Spencers is one of the few to survive from that era and still resemble what it used to be.