VHS Video Rental 1991

[@losingstreak415]

This is a KZbin video before KZbin was a thing. Crazy

[@Zombiezero4]

Like 15 Years Earlier

[@tonypepperoni229]

thats because everyone with VHS used to play make believe broadcast... short movies.. full movies.. we did everything.. and of course it was before youtube was a thing these shenanigans with video cameras are why youtube exists lol

[@randomstuff797]

​@@tonypepperoni229remember making magic videos turning the couch into a banana and dad into a tv😂😂😂

[@mperezmcfinn2511]

​@tonypepperoni229 Plus, a lot of cable stations had community access channels. People could shoot dumb little skits or make their own shows or movies with their video cameras and (as long as it didn't have any objectionable content) broadcast it on their local cable station.

[@suzybearheart530]

​@@tonypepperoni229Yes! I remember making a talkshow with my friends around 8th grade - 1994ish. And then making a fake radio show and pretending to be a DJ in 9th grade with a tape recorder. It was so fun. I'd give just about anything to see/ hear those tapes again.

[@nychris2258]

Man, I can practically smell the aroma of this place... going to the video rental store as a kid was one of the true joys of being an 80s and 90s kid... back when seeing a movie required you to be social and interact with other humans...

[@BradiKal61]

LOL people say that about how you used to have to go to a theater to see a movie!

[@spiritchild9101]

There’s so many choices for podcast, movies, and series, these days. It’s great for choice, but difficult to find someone who follows the same media.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

@@spiritchild9101 too many choices today since 2013

[@jeffwilson3363]

I wish more of us made videos like this in the 80s-90s

[@QuinStifler]

I have some cool old stuff from this era on tape somewhere. Gotta get me another video capture card to convert it so I can post it. I always love seeing this kinda stuff!

[@John_Locke_108]

I made a video of me and a buddy of mine driving around back in the early 90s. And then the second half of the video was us reacting to whatever was on TV. Sadly the tape was lost a long time ago.

[@gordons-alive4940]

It's like he's making it for audiences of the future. Forward thinking kid,.

[@mperezmcfinn2511]

I wish more of us would have been able to afford camcorders in the 80s and 90s.

[@John_Locke_108]

@@mperezmcfinn2511 My dad got me a beta max camcorder from a tag sale when I was kid. It was basically a VCR with a video camera attached. So I couldn't take it anywhere out of the house because it had to be plugged into an outlet. And the cord for the camera, which attached to the recorder, was about 12 feet long. But at least I had a way to record my cartoons while I was at school.

[@Langkowski]

Children today will never feel the magic of visiting a video store and pick out a VHS video of a movie they have never heard of.

[@Jack91790]

They would never trade what they have for this

[@armwrestlingtheory2126]

@@Jack91790 trade this bullshit world now for this anyway look no masks and no problems

[@LKorbanGaming]

nope its too easy for them now@@Jack91790

[@John_Locke_108]

I miss that the stores near me all had similar names. Video World, Video Galaxy, and World Of Video.

[@fawkkyutuu8851]

Sometimes I don't even understand how people have fun anymore , everything about our society now Is so sterile , generic , homogenized , void of character , distinct culture , or any sense of diverse adventurous discovery thanks to the Internet , even that has long tapped out of Innovation and no longer feels free or like escaping from the typical toxicities of society. Everybody follows the exact same handful of trends for the most part and frequents the exact same 5 copycat social media platforms , everyone even talks the same no matter where they're from , there's no Individuality anymore we all just mimic what eachother's doing according to social media , and the obsession and misuse of social media absolutely destroyed us beyond repair. 80s and 90s were the pinnacle IIlusory display of the American dream and final nail In the coffin before the 00s began and everyone started waking up to the lie.

[@LOLLYPOPPE]

These times were better. I know people always say that, but it really was. World was better pre 2001

[@23bitchris60]

Ok boomer

[@LOLLYPOPPE]

23BitChris born in 87

[@spartanumismatics8165]

@Beef 99 I agree. I was born in 97 and can attest that before 2010, especially in the mid 2000s everything was alot chiller

[@Fireglo]

@Beef 99 you seriously think feminism started in 2010? LMFAO.

[@Fireglo]

@Beef 99 those shows don't exist anymore because they were crap. Nothing to do with feminism. You really think showing "bra and panties" is going to keep a show afloat in the era of hardcore pornography? It's the same reason the Playboy clubs closed down. Sure girls in skimpy bunny suits look cute but they can't exactly compete with a strip joint especially with the admission price difference. Also since when is feminism anti-sex? A lot of feminists are porn stars actually. Feminism is about equal rights for men and women. Yaknow like right to vote, right to work, right to same wage for same job, and not being shamed for having a sex life. Like Amanda Todd was bullied to death for having cam sex. Like wtf. I guarantee every one of her bullies have had cam sex before, they just didn't get screenshotted.

[@karlhans6678]

Its a good thing people took the time record these historical moments of the 1990s.

[@aakao2593]

Ah the golden days of my childhood. I was 13 then and every friday night my family and I would go to the local video store and rent 4+ movies for the weekend. Sometimes I'd rent a game for the super nintendo or something. Good, carefree times. Thanks for the memories!

[@Growingup80s90s]

+Aakao Priest It was fun arguing with my sisters about who got to pick the movie.

[@AbG-pk4ti]

Aakao I miss the 90s

[@edstar83]

Same

[@Fireglo]

Nothing's stopping you from going to a movie store now yaknow...

[@Justin-fr2pn]

That was my same weekend growing up and I loved it. Super Nintendo is still my favorite system of all time.

[@dereks7745]

I frequented video stores every week from 1992 to around 2007. It really started to change when DVD's came out but those times of the 90's I'll never get back. I miss video stores so much. 😔

[@UrielX1212]

The 90s. What a time to be alive.

[@angeljohnson6665]

Plutonius X agreed

[@QuinStifler]

I turned 21 in 1990 so I concur!🤘

[@Tommy88-]

It’s mostly just nostalgia. The 90s honestly sucked and it’s the era I grew up in. The 2000s had better tv shows and pop culture felt better in general.

[@JohnSmith-tl8pq]

@@Tommy88- There's more to life than tv. In the 90s there was an actual healthy middle class, young people could move out home and potentially get a decent job. The cold war was over so no longer the fear of nuclear war, it was before the rise of China and 9/11 sparking the next militarisitc phase of the War on Terror. There was far less regulation of people's lives and there was far less obesity as people actually went outside.

[@cartoonvandal]

@ChessmindedThinker Weirdest KZbin comment of the year. Get yourself looked at, son. Your numbers are way off.

[@mootbooxle]

I wish I had taken videos of more regular stuff like this back then. We really didn’t know how good we had it in the 90s! This is a beautiful look back into a much simpler time.

[@Clivef213]

i miss the days of actually going out and renting a video friday nights video and fish and chips :)

[@Growingup80s90s]

It was fun going through the isles trying to find the right movie.

[@DWINC]

Hahaha that fish and chips gave it away.... #Brit ! ;)

[@mechanicalpants]

Could be Australian, we call it fish and chips here too. EDIT: I forgot, New Zealanders also call it Fish & Chips.

[@theschof96]

@@mechanicalpants Pretty sure roadhouses in the US and Canada also serve fish and chips with that name because that's literally the name of the dish.

[@JammyGuns]

Yep, and it meaning something. We had less then but somehow had more. I know a ton of it's nostalgia for my youth but I really do believe those days were superior overall. The small things - little points of joy, like renting a VHS - were an actual treat and something worth savouring. Nowadays we're bombarded with various forms of media and are supposedly more connected than ever, and yet human interaction has never felt more hollow imo...

[@finhyland4270]

Every Friday night in the 90s my dad would bring me and my 2 sisters to the video shop and then collect a pizza or Mc Donald's on the way home,magical memories.

[@Growingup80s90s]

Who's video did you get to watch first? Yours or your sisters?

[@finhyland4270]

@@Growingup80s90s I got one video and my Sister's got one,we usually watched my sister's the Friday night and I watched mine on Saturday night.

[@Gencturk92]

@@finhyland4270 I wish I could go back to those days again, in the early 2000's was still good I used to bring my friends over and watch vhs films or play nintendo 64, now everyone is at home watching online whenever they want. those days you couldn't watch a film whenever you wanted

[@giovannyguerrero]

I loved the last slogan: "Be kind, Rewind". I hated when I had to rewind movies I had rented because last clients hadn't done it.

[@LukeDodge916]

This video is a gem! That hair! Those VHS tapes! God I miss those days. I'd do whatever I could to go back....

[@QuinStifler]

Just don't run into your mom or dad.... Could get weird! 😆🤣😂

[@avb19d6]

The early 90s is the weirdest time... it’s like The 80s trying to hold on to the 80s but needs to move on haha.

[@heinoustentacles5719]

This is why I consider it a very interesting time.

[@lavenderllamamusic]

Every decade was like that in its beginning, although it seems like the 2000s was probably the last decade where you could see and feel the former decade still being prevalent. That stopped after 2001, post-9/11

[@redeemer665]

That's exactly what I was thinking back then! in '93-94 or so, specifically.

[@funkster007]

@@lavenderllamamusic I always think of past decades having partitions between them. All had their own unique identities. From 2003 through 2023 only significant change I can recall is how much I've aged since then. lol

[@QuinStifler]

The hairdos and fashion in particular! We didn’t know what 90s was supposed to be until we were kneedeep into it! I think Grunge killing Hair Metal had a TON to do with moving us into that different aesthetic. Less ‘80s excess’ and more ‘90s don’t give a F!’

[@monsieurmike2072]

80' was cool. Renting all those betamax/vhs flicks hitting the arcade..riding around with my brand new bmx bike.. listening to new wave on the fm....yup those were the days gone by..✌🤘⚡🤙

[@juandiegas8211]

Until about 1992 many stores also had large inventories of Beta tapes, which I preferred over VHS because of the slightly sharper picture. Best of all, I frequented two places that not only were 24 hour, but had large selections of Laser Discs from about 1986 - 1997. Cable at the time had about 325 lines of resolution, where VHS had about 240, Beta had 250, and Laser Disc had 425! When DVD came out around 1995 I did some side by side comparisons and knew it over for the other formats. The good part though was after about 2000, a lot of rental stores had plenty of DVDs for rent as the previous formats were retired. Around 2010, I got into Blu Ray for a while, which reminded me a lot of enjoying the quality difference of Laser Disc over tape. It was a treat. It was also just fun to browse around in those rental stores. Sadly, it's gone now in most cities.

[@BradiKal61]

I still have my old Pioneer CLD-704 player and my discs. It was SO gratifying to have friends over who had never seen how much better laserdiscs looks and then hear them rave over the picture.

[@juandiegas8211]

Same here. Good times.@@BradiKal61

[@muaykaliente4386]

Miss these times. Kids nowadays don’t know what they are missing. The gamble of getting a movie and not knowing if it’s good or not it was an event to go to the video store back in the day

[@yourpersonalsupernova3493]

The early '90s really was the age of The Sweater, wasn't it. :P

[@Jdelli0916]

@1977Melville not entirely true at all.

[@lkxnqno]

@1977Melville hahaha, junkies were everywhere back then

[@Curtoonstv]

Thats because of Bill Cosby and his sweater craze during the prime of the Cosby show. It just end up transcending into college sweaters and starter sweaters in the 90s when it came to sports wear/athleisure-style

[@Fireglo]

@1977Melville your generation are the ones in charge now. Why aren't you doing anything about the problems?

[@evierodriguez82]

Times sure have changed mostly not for the better sadly. I miss these simpler times so much! VHS tapes were one of my best friends lol.

[@lespion7411]

It's weird hearing people talking about Batman '89 and the Naked Gun as though they were recent movies, now that so much time has passed since their release.

[@demisemedia]

Man.. I miss heading to the movie rental stores 😭 There was a sense of excitement and anticipation when looking through the isles. My favorite, the horror section of course! Recently I’ve been buying vhs 📼 movies on eBay and watching them at home with my 4 yr old son! He thinks vhs cassette tapes are pretty cool!

[@Growingup80s90s]

Thats so cool. My kids don't even understand what a DVD player is. Remember renting a movie that had a good cover but it being terrible and watching it anyway because you paid for it.

[@demisemedia]

@@Growingup80s90s That was always the worst. Renting a cool cover but terrible movie. My son loves watching TMNT 1 & 2 and he just worked up enough courage to watch Batman Returns. He said The Penguin (Danny Devito) looks scary lol! Next is Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey and Halloween 4 📼

[@wilhelm2398]

You miss it, but would you give up all on demand media to bring it back, that's the question buddy?

[@suzybearheart530]

I was born in 81, and I have such vivid memories of sneaking to the horror section while my parents browsed the classics. I was terrified but thrilled by the scary covers of movies like Sleepaway Camp, Hellraiser, Nightmare on Elmstreet, I was especially intrigued by the cover to a movie called April Fool's Day because it had a picture of a woman who's hair was braided into a noose and I wanted to braid my hair like that. I don't think I knew back then really what a noose was for. It's been fun as an adult and watching all the films I was so drawn to as a child, but too young and scared to watch back then.

[@jonathandoe2316]

I miss the 90's so much everything wasn't a damn Agenda. You could watch shit without nonstop subliminal messaging.

[@NJDAVE]

Man I miss these times; "Be Kind, Please Rewind", lol. The porn was always in the back room...

[@angeljohnson6665]

Dave Van Etten i know

[@coreywiley3981]

I remember all those VHS covers so well. So many hours spent trying to decide what movie to get and you would become familiar with the covers of movies you'd never even rent.

[@Growingup80s90s]

The worse was getting duped by a cool cover for a crappy movies. Never again Mac and Me, never again.

[@Brantendo64]

And friends used to ask "Have you seen _____?" and I'd respond "I see it at the video store every time, but I still haven't seen it!

[@dt3947]

When movies were actually watched

[@roahnosh]

As a person from 2022 I wish we could go back in time in 90s where everything's chill and everyone's kind and honest.

[@codecaine]

:)

[@mixboy79]

Same

[@stacy3]

“As a person” what elastic would you be? Lmao

[@emmicd11]

lol people were the same as they are now

[@funtimes8296]

Have I got news for you... 🤣🤣🤣

[@lookupsolarshield1653]

Now every man has to get his hair cut every week to fit in

[@MississippiDave]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane! I can still remember the smell of the store I used to go to back in the day.. A mix of stale cigarette smoke, new plastic and popcorn from the popcorn machine. Nostalgia is a weird drug.

[@Growingup80s90s]

Agreed.

[@Brantendo64]

You nailed it.

[@danlivni2097]

In the early 90s there were a lot of these Mom and Pop video stores.

[@Ami_E_Bowen]

In my town we had a pizza place that would bring you a random movie along with your pizza and when you ordered again they'd bring another one and take the first one back. It didn't last long, though, sadly, due to the asshole thieves ruining it for everyone else.

[@MrBartman002]

All the way up to the early 2010s

[@117rebel]

The 90s were when civilization peaked.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I definitely agree with you civilization peaked in 1999 and started declining after September 11th

[@sancho7863]

Everybody wasn’t so jaded back then. It was actually easier to amuse and entertain yourself

[@bradybrapples]

it was a big deal to get anything that wasn't on the big three tv networks or the radio. i really don't think kids understand how limited the media and entertainment landscape was if you didn't live in a big city.

[@Religious_man]

Nothing like a good jack-*** in the 90s, huh?

[@user-Michael_JAcKsOn.]

Like you here on youtube always not living the better wonders of life now always remembering the pass Why "Man In The Mirror" existed?

[@Religious_man]

I don't know what you're talking about, sorry.

[@ericrivas5622]

I could cry. Strong memories of the early 90s

[@Malcolm91]

I remembered these day's I really miss them alot

[@Fangoman85]

MULLETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Growingup80s90s]

Party in the back man. ;)

[@Fangoman85]

Haha yea man......I was born in 85' but I vividly remember video stores, I wish you had shot way more of that horror section, old musky VHS store & Mullets love it

[@michaelmaniscalco2191]

Fango Man remember mulletsgalore.com?

[@yosrab95]

I used to call that the Mcgyver hair when i was little 😁

[@pearcegreatesteverleftback03]

Loved visiting these stores. I’d spend hours in them. Kids today will sadly miss out on this experience

[@Justin-fr2pn]

Oh the great smell of a video store. What a great piece of American History.

[@birdland85]

I'm from '85.. when my parents would go out in the weekend and my 5y older brother had to babysit me early 90s, he would take me, even tho it was pretty far and that was absolutely not allowed, to videoland. So at age 6-7-8 I was watching hellraiser, children of the corn, the exorcist, all the jean-claude van damme of course. etc... the people at the rental store didn't give a fuck 2 little kids came in at 10pm renting those movies.. the world wasn't so careful and afraid all the time

[@Nerdporeal]

My childhood in a nutshell. Best time to grow up...

[@clonosaurios]

I feel nostalgic for something I didn't experience...

[@georgehunter1133]

Total Recall was huge in 90-91. To this day , i can recite that movie word for word. I was 18 when this was filmed. Man, times were very different. I sure miss those days.😢

[@bruth6138]

These are gold. I had so many old videos like this of us being idiots in high school. They all went in my parents house fire. 80/90 was a great time.

[@blueduck9409]

I miss video stores, like blockbuster and hollywood video rental. America died a littke when they went away. Red box is no substitue.

[@jasoncorganbrown]

Back then we selecting a film was more enjoyable, not endless scrolling through Netflix filler.

[@randomguy56789]

Back when Social Media didn't exist.

[@nat6771]

Me watching HBOMAX from my laptop 👁👄👁

[@afriend9428]

*people enjoyed these videos more if they had Surround Sound with their hi-fi units at home back then! Every movie was worth renting when ya had it* 💡

[@rayfinkle9369]

Total Recall, My Blue Heaven, War of the Roses... man, I miss those times.

[@ItsToXxy]

That rental store is so clean and tidy. I'd get a membership there if I could time travel back in time 😂

[@BradiKal61]

If you put a video in your VCR and it started up in the middle of the movie because the previous renter didnt rewind it you would get mad, especially if you had never seen this movie and thought you saw a spoiler.

[@Tonybologne805]

So you mean I can watch all those movies at the palm of my hand. My mother and I laugh at people who say they wish they can go back to this time. What people really miss the most is the human interaction. If you grow some balls and start talking to people in public most but not all will talk to you back

[@WoodyXP]

The shopkeeper's mullet is on point. I bet he has some Oakely M-Frames hidden under the counter.

[@jdnrotterdam2150]

The best 10 years of all. No problems for the 90s kids. Everything was posible

[@24tommyst]

Whoa....why is it so bright at the beginning?! Is that the weird place we used to have to go called "outside"?

[@larryjohnson9084]

I want to be friend with that mullet guy.

[@Growingup80s90s]

Scott the "mullet" guy is pretty cool.

[@miker.9138]

02:12 I agree with homeboy's opinion thumbs down on Satisfaction. I remember my brother being confused about how a band was supposed to make it when their biggest song was a cover of "Mr. Big Stuff". But damn, Julia Roberts looked good.

[@davidallen8611]

God I miss these days!

[@Growingup80s90s]

Different time

[@Good1vibes]

Don’t forget to rewind the movie before returning it. Good times!

[@mhaze210]

I was already feeling nostalgia since I was a kid at that time, but when I saw Dawn of the Dead at 2:00 which is one of my favorite films (and rented it in the 90's on VHS), this became one of my favorite videos.

[@Mister8Music]

It's great to see that the roast beef carving guy moved out of the country buffet and up to the video rental place. Seems like a step in the right direction

[@Growingup80s90s]

That is hilarious.

[@johndicksonkaraoke2554]

The Good Old Days of going out and renting a VHS 📼 Movie 🍿

[@sfighter0085]

Now those were the days, anytime you heard of a new movie you didn't get a chance to see in the Theater, and your not sure if you want to buy it, all you had to do was rent it first. Times were so much more simpler.

[@Growingup80s90s]

Or how about when you could get a stack for the weekend.

[@zenitfan4life]

To be fair you can rent digitally as well

[@sfighter0085]

@@zenitfan4life True, but its still not the same.

[@zenitfan4life]

@@sfighter0085 oh I agree with you, definitely does not have the same magic element.

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

LOVE this Nostalgic Video!!!......@ 2:43 The CULT CLASSIC 'Bad Influence' with James Spader and Rob Lowe Directed by Curtis Hanson...EXCELLENT Movie and GREAT SOUNDTRACK!!!

[@2algernon]

I love that T'Pau is playing in the background at the beginning of the video.

[@lottiegilbert4681]

Notice the smooth mullets every cool guy had in 90s they are coming back😮

[@waltersobchak682]

Being KZbinrs a decade+ before it existed. #nostradamus

[@Growingup80s90s]

We were av nerds.

[@niteporter]

Better dayz. Everything was better then. Jesus being in your 40s now sucks. Life doesn't suck, living does.

[@stankbox]

It was really a different world socially. But I'm not going to say better because it was not perfect at all by any means. And good times for some may not be good times for others.

[@haegeum3040]

I wish times like this still existed in 2021. Now everything's gone to shit

[@burstonghorik8600]

There Movie Trading Company, GameStop, Retro Stores that are kickass in 2021

[@FoneArc]

The posters on the VHS covers. If they looked cool then we rented the movie.

[@wyattevan270]

Dude you better fuckin REWIND that god damn tape PRIOR to returning it to the video store or you WILL be charged an additional .75 cents !

[@Growingup80s90s]

Be kind!!!

[@1954telecaster]

VALHALLA VIDEO damn that’s an intense name

[@texaswunderkind]

T'Pau "Heart and Soul" playing in the background as he starts the interview. Perfectly on point for the era. Spent way too many Friday and Saturday nights in the late 80's and early 90's standing in the local video store (before the chains took over), unable to make a decision about what to see.

[@worldchamp1999]

this makes me want a peanut butter and jelly sandwich

[@georgecreed3426]

It sucks that internet is needed to watch movies.....

[@burstonghorik8600]

Not entirely I see where you coming from we have Netflix stream also Netflix still let you rent blu ray or dvds to your home or you could go to Movie Trading Company to either buy or rent films they all have movie formats to choose from no excuse dude

[@jeffsworld8197]

Walking in the third weekend in a row. Running to the isle where the movie you want is at. And for the third week in a row it’s still gone. Good times. Back when you actually had to wait to watch something.

[@Growingup80s90s]

I forgot about that. Waiting for the restock was key. I remember when Blockbuster would let you pay "extra" to reserve a new release.

[@CarstenMoreno]

At 3:02, I see there is obviously a porn video section (before there were free websites for that) and it was funny when you said "Oh! Censor! Censor!" I vaguely remember walking into this video rental store I went to regularly as a kid that actually had a porn video section in a separate room. This was actually not too far from a Blockbuster video location in the town I grew up. The store was called Dollar Video. It was in Wauconda, IL, which is an hour drive from downtown Chicago. I also remember sometimes going to Family Video, which closed their locations as well as Blockbuster and independent video rental stores. Here's the funny thing. I read that Blockbuster always had a policy about not carrying movie titles with an X rating (later changed to NC-17). NC-17 rated movies are technically not stag films. However, Blockbuster and Walmart refused to carry NC-17 titles. Ironically, Family Video had a porn DVD section and I believe they had NC-17 movies as well. Wow...those were fun times in those stores! Good memories!

[@bono894]

This is awesome. It's weird to see Batman '89 in such pristine condition.

[@Growingup80s90s]

Thanks. I remember just walking down the isles looking for titles to rent.

[@FrightfullyForgotten]

Oh yeah! I can just smell the tapes!! :)

[@TwinFamiProductionsOLD]

Seems like this was filmed in December 1990 or am I mistaken?

[@Growingup80s90s]

It could be. My memory is not that great when we shot this. Thanks for watching.

[@Emp6ft10in]

Keanue Reeves and Tom Cruise are still going at it.

[@Ultradude604]

Nowadays, we have the convenience of not going to the store and rent a movie at your fingertips. Let's see.... it's only $25 for one night to rent "Barbie"!!! Compare to the 90s, you pay 2 or 3 dollars...? So today's money about 5 dollars.

[@mymymy9452]

20 more years before their video store would be obsolete.

[@nigelcarren]

Mate, if you were Ferris you wouldn't have needed a voice-changer to phone the school and skive off... You already sound like your dad!!! 🤣😂 Respect 🇬🇧🏆🇺🇲

[@BHARGAV_GAJJAR]

1980s-1990s was golden era for sci-fi movies, my parents just bought out RoboCop, predator and Terminator VCR tapes so I never had to go to VCR stores and that was all I needed to take me to premed school, life was simple robots, aliens and home cooked meals and the future was happening right there again and again every day....

[@VERIFIED_COMMENT]

*Netflix in physical form*

[@alzeNL]

think i was 10 years old when we got our first vcr, a betamax, our first film, hawk the slayer. it was great ! The only frustration was that one of my favourite films 'war of the worlds' (the 1950's one, this is the early 80s) wasnt available in the video shop I went to on beta - only VHS ! Still, seeing this videos of a video shop was great - I think one of the best films I ever saw on VHS was 'once upton a time in america' - i couldnt belive the run time of this film, but it was fantastic - oh, and I still own my limited edition double VHS box set of Akira :)

[@Joe-d3t1t]

Back when people were still normal.

[@keybyss98]

1:22 "I thought it was really great. Oscar material here..." Now that's a FACT.

[@supersmallchibiwolf872]

I remember back then a guy owned his own video rental shop near me growing up. He use to have such a amazing line up of movies all the classics spanning VHS, CD's and other forms of movies and I loved that store. Bakck to the future and total Recall are wonderful choices to rent for a day and chill. I also am surprised at 3:02 those adult films are usually behind curtains from what I remember back in the day. I know because I remember many guys and at time women would go there with a warning sign. I love how the guy tries to censor those videos protecting the innocence of the viewers. Cool video. ^_^

[@elliecherise1968]

Now we have smartphones with influencers and people being influenced and controlled. You're either trying to influence people or being influenced and everyone's trying to make money.

[@ruthlessaggressionguy2033]

Love the fact that We immediately see a rain man poster 0:09

[@talonodyssey]

Lot more social back in those days

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I just subscribed to your channel after watching this video. Congratulations 🎈 and looking forward to seeing more of your videos.

[@Religious_man]

Look behind him at 3:31. That's a 1990 calendar set in the month of December. This is not 1991 yet. Change the video title to 1990.

[@jakehands]

I miss going to blockbuster with my friends and picking up something to watch for their evening. Sometimes we’d be really stoned and spend ages looking at every film cover. We must have looked like a bunch of ‘stoners’.

[@Satanna.avemaria]

Gosh I would of been a baby then and I miss this store. They need to bring blockbuster back 😂 maybe not exactly block buster but a shop mainly built for aesthetic reasons. The nostalgia lovers will love it 🥰

[@BRIGHTBURNER76]

Only issue I had was ending up watching just about everything in blockbuster video and Hollywood video ,as well as Hastings.

[@torchbearer1973]

I graduated high school in 1991. Camcorders were so expensive back then, my parents only allowed me to use theirs once. Wish i couod have recorded some of my high school adventures

[@jamesfrench7299]

The last year of production of the square B body Chevrolet Caprices before moving to the whale body with the controversial wheel spats.

[@CwL-1984]

I really miss the days where you could go into a movie rental and ask the clerk what was good and what was bad.