Rob

So your video store experiences, what was that like? Was it a like hangout and browse every week?

So your video store experiences, what was that like? Was it a like hangout and browse every week?

$8?

$8?

I think it was like $2.99 for a rental when we went. We'd go every Friday. It was usually me and Dean. Which was Dean. You've met Dean. Have I met Dean? Yeah. Dean from San Diego. Oh, you were friends with him then? Yeah, I've known him since like fifth grade. That's cute. But yeah, Dean and I would go and you just... So Blockbuster, the perimeter was all the new releases.

I think it was like $2.99 for a rental when we went. We'd go every Friday. It was usually me and Dean. Which was Dean. You've met Dean. Have I met Dean? Yeah. Dean from San Diego. Oh, you were friends with him then? Yeah, I've known him since like fifth grade. That's cute. But yeah, Dean and I would go and you just... So Blockbuster, the perimeter was all the new releases.

So you'd start on one end and just walk all the way around. And then the interior aisles were all of the like...

So you'd start on one end and just walk all the way around. And then the interior aisles were all of the like...

older releases yeah right by genre yeah so then you you like all right i couldn't find anything i want there average time in there before you made your decision i would say i was about half an hour yeah i would say 30 to 45 minutes of of browsing my other key memories i got very excited about the promotional posters that they would sell for like a dollar

older releases yeah right by genre yeah so then you you like all right i couldn't find anything i want there average time in there before you made your decision i would say i was about half an hour yeah i would say 30 to 45 minutes of of browsing my other key memories i got very excited about the promotional posters that they would sell for like a dollar

Yeah. For like the employees, we just have a bin of all of the posters once they came out of the display case. You lucky bastard. Did you have them up in your room? I had so many at that point. Yeah. I just had like poster tubes.

Yeah. For like the employees, we just have a bin of all of the posters once they came out of the display case. You lucky bastard. Did you have them up in your room? I had so many at that point. Yeah. I just had like poster tubes.

Well, the best part was when I became an assistant manager at the movie theater. Yeah. And a projectionist. I got the key for the movie poster case. Oh, my God. And like one company made them, I think, for all of the theaters. Yeah. Because I'd go to an AMC and I tried the key ones and it unlocked the movie posters.

Well, the best part was when I became an assistant manager at the movie theater. Yeah. And a projectionist. I got the key for the movie poster case. Oh, my God. And like one company made them, I think, for all of the theaters. Yeah. Because I'd go to an AMC and I tried the key ones and it unlocked the movie posters.

So Blockbuster didn't get that, because I think it was more family-focused.

So Blockbuster didn't get that, because I think it was more family-focused.

When I ended up moving into the city, we had Facets, which was a video rental place, and Odd Obsession. Odd Obsession. Those had the more obscure things. Right, okay. So they had, like... They had, like, movies that were banned. They just had, like, thousands upon thousands.

When I ended up moving into the city, we had Facets, which was a video rental place, and Odd Obsession. Odd Obsession. Those had the more obscure things. Right, okay. So they had, like... They had, like, movies that were banned. They just had, like, thousands upon thousands.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. From Facets, they had a, like, program where if you were a college student, you could rent... It was, like, 20 bucks a month to have three movies out at a time. Okay. So I...

Yeah, yeah, yeah. From Facets, they had a, like, program where if you were a college student, you could rent... It was, like, 20 bucks a month to have three movies out at a time. Okay. So I...