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"Back in my day we had to use something called a landline to call a place called BlockBuster to reserve a VHS tape. Then we rode our dinosaurs over to pay..."

 

I've seen every episode and still can't remember all of the characters names, haha.

 

You could call in to Blockbuster?! What the...?!

 

no absolutely no interest , I don't like fantasy for the most part

 

I only ever use one at a time. Still bummed that my $8 grandfathered rate ended this month

 

"Hey uh... I'm just calling to see if you have Addams Family Values yet?"

 

Haha, yeah. I'd call to see if they still had new releases in stock, and they'd hold them for you if you asked.

 

It actually is kind of a bummer that kids can watch the same thing over and over now and never expand their horizons

 

Yeah why am I just now finding out about this?

 

Be kind rewind

 

C'mon guys, what is this, amateur hour?

 

Dammit I remember that now hahaha

Yeah I usually just showed up there and got whatever was there

But my routine was also usually renting Goldeneye 64 once a month

 

this typo works because Gene Simmons is very narrow minded

 

I remember walking through the adult section at BlockBuster, trying to sneak peaks at the covers when I was little

Now kids have the entire internet at their disposal.

 

I used to love being able to rent entire console game systems to try them out before I bought them.

 

I think I did that with a Gamecube, I can't remember haha, but yeah it was phenomenal

 

the first two Addams Family movies are actually great black comedy that was totally over my head back when I was a kid

I remember for some reason McDonald's was selling or giving away certain movies and my tape of The Addams Family had the golden arches on the label

 

Wanna feel real old? Albertson's used to have a video rental store by customer service.

EDIT: Inside the store. O_O

 

I remember that.

 

What's an Albertsons?

 

I always forget half the U.S. doesn't have Albertson's

 

Like a Wegmann's

 

Haha, we used to have Albertson's, but they all closed down years ago. Just Winn Dixie's and Publi here.

 

But Paul Stanley apologized on the band's behalf!

we never had that at Blockbuster. I assumed only independent places had them

 

See, since my parents have only a limited grasp of English, they pay about $17 a month for Chinese digital TV, which has about 20-30 stations so they can watch anything from China.