Rental Return: Tales From the Video Store

Apr 05 2024 35 ep. 36 mins 36

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Relive the days of video rental stores through the stories of former employees. You'll hear experiences from the infancy of rental stores in the 1980s, their dominance in the 1990s, and their demise in the 2000s. From VHS to DVD, from Blockbuster to 'Mom and Pop' stores, Rental Return celebrates this distinctive time in film history.

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Joe & Mike: Father and Son Video Store Memories

Apr 05 2024 46 mins

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 manager of Canadian chain, The Video Movie Place from 1984-1988, while Mike reveals how much the business changed a decade later when he worked at Blockbuster Video.Plus, we announce a special event sc

Lee

Mar 15 2024 26 mins

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 store shelves with Spider-Man style shenanigans and so much more!Follow @TRNsocial on X, Instagram, and Facebook for more Rental Return visuals provided by our Video Heroes an

David

Mar 07 2024 37 mins

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 8 years later. Plus learn about the documentary he created during the store's final year. Get more details about the doc here http://sevenyearrental.squarespace.com/synopsis/Follow @TRNsocial on X, Instagram, and Facebook f

Dalibor

Feb 29 2024 20 mins

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 more.Follow @TRNsocial on X, Instagram, and Facebook for more including visuals from our Video Heroes.If you are a former rental store employee and would like to be interviewed for

Rob's Video Rental Tales From Down Under

Feb 20 2024 22 mins

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 heard wild stories like these before. Press Play now for one of kind stories from Down Under.Follow @TRNsocial on X, Instagram, and Facebook for more including visuals from our Video Her

Danielle

Feb 08 2024 25 mins

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 at the end about an incident in the video game section. Follow @TRNsocial on X, Instagram, and Facebook for more including visuals from our Video Heroes.If you

Dirk Marshall

Feb 01 2024 32 mins

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 as a kid, what he did with movie screener tapes, the terrifying tale of cockroaches invading a VCR and so much more! You can check out Dirk's podcast at vh-us.com.Follow @TRNsocia

Season 4 Kickoff!

Jan 29 2024 31 mins

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 rental store through instagram, talk about favorite childhood VHS tapes and recent additions to their video collections. Plus, a very special farewell to dearly departed frien

Season 3 Rewind

Apr 25 2023 27 mins

With Season 3 of Rental Return in the books, Adam (@Hojukoolander) and Jason (@RD80s) bookend the season by reflecting on what they learned through the experiences shared by the Video Heroes. They discuss some of the most interesting stories, things they did not know about the video store business, and favorite moments overall. They also talk about some recent video rental news inc

Landall Goolsby

Apr 06 2023 45 mins

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 in the New Mexico area which he started working at 13. Randall talks about the circumstances of beginning in the video store industry, managing stores, and then owning