Memories of Blockbuster Video | Jenny Lorenzo

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[@69cherryfields69]

I used to work there back in the day. I got so many movies when they closed.

[@Kyosji]

Same. They gave me soooo much stuff when I left. Also loved buying out the stores when they were closing. So much cheap stuff. I bought boxes of their movie candy for like $5. By boxes, I mean the entire box the candy comes in, so like 20 bags. DVDs and Blurays for like $3, and strips of teh store for whatever reason. Hated working there. Was robbed there once less than a month after my little sister passed away. My companies idea of making it better was trying to move me to a store location in the ghetto that's robbed like 6 times a year. I refused to do that, so they forged my 2-weeks notice and submitted it to corporate. Hated the company, but loved the people I worked with (Except the assistant manager. That guy was a douche who was sleeping with the DM. Got fired and rehired twice for giving the safe combo to other employees, who then stole the money, lol)

[@gpate55]

My town still has two video stores, and the they still have a lot of customers. Granted i live in the middle of know where. I guess it's cheaper to rent the movie here in town instead of driving 20-30 to one of the next towns over. We also still have a drive in movie theater and 2 drive in restaurants. It's like my town is stuck in another era.

[@jaimemojica86]

gpate55 wow cool

[@Sweetanabel17]

gpate55 you are lucky 😊

[@rainbowsophie4212]

I live an hour and a half from a drive in! I love it! It totally diffrent from the regular movies! 😍

[@rhodesanchez360]

Where is it?

[@crueltyinpoetry]

@@rhodesanchez360 In 1950s Town

[@jdelgado067605]

The fact that every time you got there all the good movies we're all rented, then you had to ask the dude at the register when they expected a copy of dances with wolves to be back?

[@maribelsilva8573]

I miss blockbuster. 😢

[@michealguillen8496]

Maribel Silva me too it hard for everyone because tech has be replace Blu Ray disc an s app steam services. And you tube.

[@Elduris15]

I remember going to either Blockbuster or Hollywood Video as a kid. Man, I miss them :(

[@TheGeoScholar]

I have alot of nostalgia for things of the mid 1990s-early 2000s. Blockbuster was a fun place to go. I rented a video game from there. However, that is one thing I gave little notice when it shut down.

[@oYinYano]

Damn... I actually feel like crying now... Blockbuster is actually how me and my stepfather grew closer when he first started dating my mother. He LOVES movies, and everyday Friday like clockwork he would take us and he would tell me I could check out any movie, and I remember the check out counter too!!! Wanting ALL the candy but being told you could only take one, aah, good times, good times. P.S that was also us when we returned them, you think we would learn that we had to do it on time pero noo, tarde como siempre

[@kiarasantosnarvaez3749]

Emrys Stilinski I miss blockbuster too....it brings back so many memories. My childhood was awesome. Now people want to watch movies online....but I miss going to a video store. Kids today need to know what's it like going to blockbuster.

[@MnMsandOreos]

Anything Mary Kate and Ashley was my jam. I got one of those suckers every time I went. And then my parents and I would choose a new release for our Friday movie night

[@TTatitalks]

MnMsandOreos loved the movie our lips are sealed

[@DavidHernandez-ug9gb]

I swear I must've rented Hocus pocus, Jaws, and Predator a thousand times each. My snack of choice was always the snow caps. Oh how I miss blockbuster.....

[@JennyLorenzo]

(me too with the snow caps) :)

[@anniegrigoriyan7905]

Que hermosa con la peluca!!!!!!!!

[@theannieelainey]

Ay, pobrecito, Shadow!

[@JennyLorenzo]

Haha! I cried during this movie. EVERY. DAMN. TIME.

[@theannieelainey]

it's the damn score melody. what a killer 💀

[@carolinasantos980]

I remember when my hardest decision as a child was, "Which Barbie movie should I get?".

[@ewwwitsmigs_]

lol... the same!! "should i get princess castle or dolphin adventure" lol

[@prg4647]

CSS_3159 for me was which video game!

[@monse2800]

Yeah I remember renting the Barbie and the twelve dancing princesses

[@amandalynn4979]

For me it was 'Which Disney movie' or 'Which Nickelodeon show/movie?'

[@shakirashipslied9721]

Literally a World Problem!

[@alexisreichert2804]

All Dogs Go to Heaven, probably every other week from 90 to 93 😁 your goth look is adorable!

[@alvarofavela2918]

Back in the mid to late 90s, Blockbuster was too expensive for my parents and we'd actually go to the local Mom & Pops video store to rent our movies. Fun times because a Chinese restaurant was right next to it so a trip to the video store meant getting chow mein and orange chicken to eat whilst enjoying the movie in our living room. My gay ass rented out "To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything - Julie Newmar" one too many times and to this day I can recite most of the dialogue of the movie, especially Chi Chi Rodriguez lol 😂

[@puentevejeraforever]

The film I rented the most was Spirit love that cute horse!!!

[@amorrrbriii8913]

I used to call Block Busters “La Gente De Peliculas”😂

[@silverbat5873]

I miss Blockbuster so much! My Dad and I or my brothers and I would drive 20 to 25 minutes to the nearest store, talk and listen to music along the way. I remember walking around the store and feeling like the movie choice was life or death, too. Then getting popcorn and other snacks at the register! Driving back home before going home and putting the movie on. The physical act of doing that and having to do out to do it required at least some energy and thought. It was probably the one place I was frequently allowed to be out late as a child and pre-teen. There is always the anticipation before you get home to your movie!

[@silverbat5873]

go* out

[@adonis1030]

I was forced to buy Jennifer's Body because I lost the dvd. Worst movie ever. Years later, I found the movie inside the back of my couch.

[@JennyLorenzo]

This made me chuckle. And snort.

[@ericking1000]

every Friday we would get the blockbuster party pack 3 videos 2 candies and a popcorn packet.... Jenny w that wig u look like marvels domino. would be a cool cosplay.

[@JennyLorenzo]

OOOOH! You're not the first person to suggest Domino. Hmmm.

[@ericking1000]

Jenny Lorenzo do it !

[@stakado17]

Omg Yaaaasss! Dads stayed in the horror section

[@rosewaterwaves7344]

I remember when I was little I would go to blockbusters with my dad and we would each pick a movie and go home to watch it. ❤️ I miss those times but now my parents work too much and we never get to hang out anymore. I feel so bad that my little sister never got to experience that.

[@Novaargh]

Oooh Yenny, Over here we didn't have a blockbuster, but we did have another chain, but that's not what i really was about. There was 1 mom and pop video store, run by 1 dude, 'Henk' smelled like sigarettes.. rented every weekend a video. if it wasen't Lucky Seven, it was commando.. but one night my parents whent on a date or whatever and i could choose 1 movie to watch for that evening when the babysitter came over (i was around 8 or something) i thought that cover of that robocop movie looked swell.. and man,o man, what a ride that flick was when i got to see it.. such fond memories to this day that movie is in my top 5 and has a special place in my heart because of that memory alone! good times.

[@RobertDLN]

Thank you, Jenny! Great vid. I was at that blockbuster a lot. I would often just wander the aisles looking at every title. I checked out a lot of weird Japanese horror there too. They had some...interesting selections. And the Toys R Us and the jewelry shop in that plaza there were regular hits for me too. And Lila's across the street! Did you ever eat there? That place was a gem.

[@JennyLorenzo]

Interesting is an understatement. XD

[@elynaito4192]

Loved BlockBuster. My fav was perusing down the aisle to look at the new releases & scoring when it was available. You know what I mean Jenny! So many memories (:

[@caldxm]

In my town we didn't have Block Buster we had Hollywood Video and I would spend hours reading the backs of dvd/vhs cases and I loved it! Thanks for the warm and fuzzy feelings Jenny!

[@Tusc9969]

Damn I feel old.. I remember the mom and pop video stores in the 80s I used to go to before Blockbuster Video came along and wiped them out.

[@magicmmissy]

This video is everything! Native Miamian with the same childhood memories right down to the accents and I worked at Blockbuster for 5 years! I worked at the one in Homestead on the corner of Biscayne and 137 Ave. Still have my cards, name tags, and uniform! 😂 I'll never forget the smell of walking into a Blockbuster as a kid. It was heaven!

[@jalynvanessa]

You talking about this whilst me still living in Miami gives me all the feels

[@JennyLorenzo]

Miami!!!!

[@jalynvanessa]

Omg I love yoooouuuuuu 💖

[@Lemonjessy]

We still have blockbuster in Australia. There's not many of them but they are here! 😊

[@skylyntabarez7494]

i remember Blockbuster i would always go there with my dad and we both go to are sections and we would get are movies that we loved i miss blockbuster.

[@richardcueto6966]

That blockbuster is just down the street from where I lived...

[@rafaelroman6404]

I still remember the particular smell of the store 😍 Ahhhhh Good Memories

[@immyj69]

Pokemon Showdown for Nintendo64. I would play with my brothers forever and we were always returning it the last possible minute. 😂

[@dannapotato2596]

I remember that, I loved getting Disney movies and getting rock candies

[@musicchicy23]

Totally feel the same way about video games! And my family never got snacks at blockbuster, we only were able to get treats at a 7/11 or a grocery store but the blockbuster snacks looked way better to me back then.

[@LiveForFuntasy]

I remember having my parents drive me there everyday so I could check whether the one copy of Dragonball GT Final Bout on the PS1 was in (this was years before the re-release so it was extremely rare then, and the only DB game in America at the time). The previous renter returned it 3 days late, but I finally got to play it. I also still have the Pokemon Snap stickers printed from those N64 kiosks in all the Blockbusters at the time.

[@cristina3985]

I literally rented the same bratz sleepover party movie every single time I would go their

[@jennifercaylor835]

How I miss the good old days. My dad and I would go every Friday without fail.

[@luciebardos]

I loved Homeward Bound.... but my all time favourite, rented way too many times, was Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's "It Takes Two"... watched it while recovering from a broken arm. That and a bag of Doritos was my childhood heaven. =) Your videos are so awesome! I'm not Latin American, but as a child of Eastern European immigrants I can relate to so much of what you say. Also I've acquired Spanish as a second language later in life so I can laugh at the Spanish parts too! Keep up the awesomeness!

[@billyatwork]

I miss physically going out to blockbuster and stare at a wall of movies to chose from and my parents saying, "pick just one".lets go.❤

[@daphnejarry4469]

we still have versions of blockbuster here in Canada called superclub, and actually i worked there for more than 1 year! all these memories you recall still happen here and its wonderful!!

[@robertperez1949]

I used to go to the Blockbuster on Coral Way (and the Toys R Us too) since I grew up in that area. My favorite visits were when I'd go with friends and walk up and down the aisles for a ridiculous amount of time trying to decide what to watch.

[@screamfan231]

The town next to me had Blockbuster and Hollywood Videos. Always went to Hollywood Videos more but loved both. And if I recall both at least in the late 90's to early 2000's had a place for kids to play. Also I still have my cards from both.

[@cole9378]

That little glimmer in your eye you got when you were talking about how much you miss the feeling of Blockbuster towards the end of the video made me scream and jump out of my seat. That's EXACTLY how I felt when I would visit in my nearby video rental store!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂😭😂😭😂

[@magdalenavergara7994]

in my town we still had a blockbuster until it shut down in 2012 i got so pissed of !! now its a fucking place were they sell cell phones and iphones ,ipad etc...

[@demonchild919]

YEESSSS!!!! I forgot about my 101 Dalmatian pillow case at sleepovers !! The memories 😁

[@JazminMartinez-mr7zi]

I remember growing up with my friends i miss it

[@pirulin213]

youre so hilarious i love your carisma, just subscribed!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@purplezucchinis]

We still have a place called Spotlight Video, I think it's a local chain. DVD, Blu-ray, and video games. Plus the snacks. For awhile, this one branch also had some tanning beds.

[@johnpagdilao6075]

I remember getting hit with a $4 charge for not rewinding T2 and Tango & Cash.

[@gashlycrumbtinies1917]

I worked for Blockbuster for two years. The best part was getting to rent movies before they were put on shelves!

[@MilliesTVTime2]

I swear Block Buster was life when I rented video games from there. Totally worth it during my childhood.

[@Deliah_36]

Too many memories when I used to be hours deciding which movie to watch. Amazing childhood and part of my teenage years.

[@EnLaLuna23]

I looooved blockbuster as a kid. I was relatively young when they closed down so it was my early early childhood but got damn. I loved buying movies and getting the "fancy" popcorn que popped up into its own little thing when you put it in the microwave lol. It was like a gift for us "si te portas bien te llevo a blockbuster"

[@kaylahinthevalley7959]

I am a 2000s child, and me and my family would run to the blockbuster every Friday or Saturday. I have one vivid memory where I begged my parents to rent out the spongebob movie, which they did. I wound also try to buy the gummy krabby patties on occasion. Oh how much I miss those days!

[@DocTrower1980]

Nowadays, we're Netflixing and chilling, but back then, we "made it a Blockbuster night." As a youngster, I was into classic cartoons, but during my teen years, I got into 80s movies. As for my snack of choice, it was Skittles and Starburst all the way.

[@Paome22]

Yo tengo 2 hermanas y cada vez que íbamos era un trepa que sube para decidir cuál llevar a casa. Hubo muchas veces en la que no llevamos nada porque ninguna se ponía de acuerdo. De todos modos extraño esos tiempos, good memories

[@RodeoCowgirl]

I either went with one Mary Kate & Ashley's movies or I hit the Musical section every time! Ay, I miss those days!!

[@washurhands5079]

Blockbuster was too expensive for us so we'd go to the other rental place. But we'd get so excited as little kids to go in there 😋

[@Mrmayhembsc]

Used visit every school holidays I miss those days lol

[@dadswatch2757]

I still have flashbacks of Block-Buster

[@austincastillo6041]

Extraño mi blockbuster 😭. Pero aún tenemos algo casi igual que se llama "family videos" que todavía tiene DVDs, videojuegos, y VCRs (creo, pero no toy seguro)

[@c0ld1zzy]

my favorite memory from blockbuster (yes I've been to a blockbuster before I'm not that young) was going to the one 5 minutes from my development and getting club penguin membership cards. ahhhh those were the days

[@Usagi.moon.power.]

Omg yes! I remembered blockbuster! I loved going there! I miss those days :(

[@elviseltravieso]

Red box will never beat the experience of Blockbuster or Hollywood Video. Because movies were so expensive my high school self I remember waiting until a movie I really liked was but in the 2/20 or 4/20 bin when you could buy the used DVDs a few months after the movie was released.

[@sporkboy082]

Aside from missing Blockbuster, I miss Bawls (I see that iconic blue bottle yonder there!). *sigh* Memories. And speaking of memories, I recall oggling at the comedies and animation movies at Blockbuster. It used to annoy Dad to death that it'd take so damn long for me to decide what movie I want to see. Another memory, albeit this one's shorter, was every time it's Friday, Dad and I would go to Blockbuster before picking pizza up at Little Caesar's. That was our movie night.

[@thewonderlander1372]

I’m twelve and still remember blockbusters and btw in Alaska they have a remaining blockbuster store you can google it if you want.

[@emymorales8661]

I remember this one faded distant memory and I'm a 100% sure I was at block buster because their were like swamps of video cassette movie that I had ever seen in my childhood and I remember that it was so magical

[@Ladylatina0707]

Brings back memories when I would go wit my dad. Rip papi.

[@hexdeadgirl]

I checked out MEAN GIRLS ALL THE TIMMEEE ! OH AND MY GOD i had to have these marshmellow cadies that were shaped and looked like mini ice cream cones i cant find them anywhere anymore and i miss that placee so much !

[@Honeybeetryme]

Blockbuster is where I discovered Sailor Moon. But also those little change games they had on the counter, I won that once and got a free movie, I was a happy camper

[@KillingPeople]

There were actually alot of cheap VCR models available during the 90's-2000's featuring Automatic-Re.

[@Animeisoutstanding]

I'm old enough to know about Blockbuster and I went to them, but don't actually remember getting movies from there. I remember going with my friends though. The old store near my house is now a pet store.

[@juels508]

I miss Blockbuster! 😭😭😭

[@1122tanyaseg]

I used to always want sno-caps too. It was thanks to Blockbuster that I was able to watch the entire Star Wars Saga. Every summer I would always rent them 2 movies at a time. I miss it :(

[@micahthornton3259]

Love the Ninja Turtles on the shelf!

[@RetchedSole]

My favorite memory of Blockbuster is when Pokemon Snap came out and you could bring in your cartridge and print out the pictures you took in game. Ahhh man I really miss going to Blockbuster on a summer night and getting some candy and a movie. Sure there's Redbox, but it's just not ever the same.

[@lalisasmr]

When I was 10, the local Blockbuster in Cooper city started offering this service where they would make a tape of your kid. Since my uncle worked there my mom took me to get one. It was to be used in case you went missing 😂 so they asked you your name, your age, etc. I wish I still had that tape, it was super cringe worthy.

[@k.aimeealvarado9010]

Going down the aisles saying "seen it, seen it, seen it, seen it..."

[@JennyLorenzo]

Ugh! Yes. Forgot to mention that annoyance... when you've seen em all. OR when the movie you wanted to see was sold out.

[@k.aimeealvarado9010]

Mm hmm. Last ones I was definitely waiting for were Deadwood.

[@techaprime]

I loved how no matter which Blockbuster you went to they all smelled the same. I used to rent my NES games from there. I loved it. You rock Yenny!!!

[@mymysticalworld5002]

HOMEWARD BOUND I FRIKIN LOVE THAT MOVIE I THINK I HAVE IT THAT MOVIE IVE PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED ABOUT 4-5 TIMES I LOVE IT

[@AngelMendoza-um8pm]

needed to have my box of dots every time

[@FrequencyPanel]

i had a 101 Dalmatian blanket too! i remember my blockbuster card was my first official plastic card in my wallet as a kid. i still have it too. i just liked walking through the isles just to see what was out. i remember always having a hard time finding something.

[@rachelmoss5803]

Whenever my bff and I had a sleepover in elementary or middle school we always rented Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. We had that movie memorized, we could practically act it out! Neither of us ever thought of buying it, why should we, we can rent it whenever we want! 😥

[@rangers7502]

They still have blockbuster video stores in Alaska..............about a few , but they still exist.

[@Stephanie-be8fj]

i used to go to the one en la 49 en hialeah we would go a few times a year but every holiday season we would binge and buy like 20 movies

[@dudstep]

We didn't have Blockbuster; we had VideoEzy. I used to always want to rent Beatles movies like Yellow Submarine and Help. When I was going to TAFE I lived down the road from a store and the guy there used to recommend movies, which was really cool. I miss going into the store and spending hours walking up and down the aisles trying to decide what to take home.

[@lexarico7606]

Omg, I remember that. I miss that.

[@jake24685]

love re watching this video so much my 3rd time watching this

[@shootybaking]

Snow caps, and the Last Starfighter. I checked it out like 30+ times.

[@MrEmoImo]

Omgggg I used to have one of those transformers happy meal toys!!! Natsukashii!

[@FaRaWaY1232]

oh my god, the good old times with Blockbuster Video. But you know those video games was one of the things that you just had to have more times to finish. one of the movie that I picked up a LOT was Disney Anastasia. The snack were milk chocolate Hershey bars with popcorn and a liter of soda. I also agree with the late fee and trying to do some fast and furious car race to get there on time.

[@lilypriegel]

I’m only 16 but I remember going to blockbuster was the coolest thing I went with my mom almost every weekend and blockbuster was the way we bought movies when I was a kid like out of the clearance bens the only candy I got was ring pops and I remember being really sad when my blockbuster closed to this day I still get memories about being a kid a blockbuster when I eat a ring pop

[@pupe1989]

I love your lipstick!

[@smoovkr1m1n4l8]

Sure do miss those Blockbuster and Hollywood Video day's and when u walk in u see the biggest display of a hot movie but no copies left then u look at it like this.. 😬 then ur bound to go look for something else most likely a movie u seen before at the movies but u wanna see it again cut u didn't remember all of it u jus wanted to go see it cuz it's with ur friend's and u can't forget about those Raisinets.. lol! 😉

[@georgebronstein8588]

I love that Aldi on Coral Way and 87th!

[@Chaotic1King]

My hardest choice was always “Do I get a videogame for my nintendo or for my PlayStation?” Lol I LOVED Crunch bars

[@kaitlyn-ji7xo]

my family and I rarely went to blockbuster we went to a locally owned place called Casablanca. i loved going there with my dad. he too went straight to the horror section

[@rubengonzalez6318]

Where I'm from here in Australia we had a blockbuster, but no one went there because there was a better shop called Civic Video, I could still relate to all your stories though

[@mederosyx412]

When I was kid we didn't go to Blockbuster or Hollywood Video. We did have memberships to them but we went to the mom and pop movie rental stores. It was cheaper and you had the movie longer because you know you need 5 days to watch one movie. It was those stores where you would eventually get your bootleg dvd's when that started to become a thing. Nothing beats getting to watch Titanic on VHS it was long it had to tapes. Now I just get my bootleg DVDs from this guy who sits in front of Publix. Lol.