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Video Rental Stores

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VHS Collecting: A Visual Guide To Retro Home Media

Adam Pope

Recently on The Retro Network I participated in an awesome TRN Talk: VHS Collecting podcast discussing the art of VHS collecting with Jason (@RD80s) and the always enthusiastic Chad Young from the Horror Movie BBQ CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 7: Joe & Mike, Father and Son Video Store Memories

Adam Pope

We close out season 4 with a first for Rental Return as we interview a father and son who both worked at video rental stores. Joe shares amazing stories about his time as the general CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 6: Lee

Adam Pope

Lee joins us to recount his experience working at multiple Movie Gallery stores throughout the state of Iowa. Hear tales of getting peed on while dressed up as The Grinch for in-store events, destroying video CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 5: David

Adam Pope

David joins us to tell the fascinating tale of working in a privately owned video rental store in Wisconsin from it’s opening day in 1999 to it’s abrupt closing 7 years later. Plus learn about CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 4: Dalibor

Adam Pope

Dalibor joins us to share stories of working at Blockbuster Video in the early 2000’s during the transition from VHS to DVD to streaming, explains how he became the top seller of upgraded memberships and CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 3: Rob’s Video Rental Tales From Down Under

Adam Pope

Rob joins us to share his tales of the first video rental store in Australia, founded by his father in 1980. Lines out the door, Mickey Mouse costumes, gangsters, illegal porn and more! We’ve never CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 2 Danielle

Adam Pope

Danielle from the No More Late Fees podcast shares her experience working at 4 different Blockbuster Video locations in Florida during the early 2000’s, breaks down the daily grind and you won’t believe the story she shares CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Ep . 1 Dirk Marshall

Adam Pope

Dirk Marshall from the VH-US podcast share his fantastic stories about growing up in a mom & pop video rental store during the 80’s and 90’s. Discover all the awesome promotional items he brought home CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return: Tales From The Video Store, Season 4 Kickoff!

Adam Pope

Rental Return is back for Season 4! In this kickoff episode, Adam and Chad Young (Horror Movie BBQ) introduce the new season of interviews with former video rental store employees, explore a long closed video CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return Season 3: Rewind

Jason Gross

With Season 3 of Rental Return in the books, host Adam and producer Jason bookend the season by reflecting on what they learned through the experiences shared by the Video Heroes. They discuss some of CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return Season 3: Landall Goolsby

The Retro Network

Season 3 of Rental Return – Tales From the Video Store concludes with an interview of Landall Goolsby (@iamlandall) who owned his a video store, Landall’s Box Office, up through 2019. He also worked at several stores CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return Season 3: Russ Burlingame

Jason Gross

Season 3 of Rental Return – Tales From the Video Store continues with an interview of Russ Burlingame (@RussBurlingame) who worked at Emerald City Video and just about every chain video store during the 2000s in the CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return Season 3: Michael May

Jason Gross

Season 3 of Rental Return – Tales From the Video Store continues with an interview of Michael May (@MichaelMayComix) who worked for a “Mom and Pop” store called Adventureland Video (later changed to Aardvark Video) in the CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return Season 3: Andy Serwin

Jason Gross

Season 3 of Rental Return – Tales From the Video Store continues with an interview of Andy Serwin who worked for a “Mom and Pop” store called The Video Hut in the late 80s in rural Pennsylvania. CONTINUE READING…

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Rental Return Season 3: Michael Labbe

Jason Gross

Season 3 of Rental Return – Tales From the Video Store returns with an interview of Michael Labbe (@Superstarml) who worked for Movie Gallery in Augusta, ME from the late ’90s to early 2000s. Listen as he CONTINUE READING…

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