Forgotten Video Store: The Fake Movie Review Show

Mad scientist Dr. Bethany Carboneau takes another trip to the video store, this time to rent the FREAKIFYING tale of internet-enabled appliances gone horribly wrong, "Smart Home" starring teen-actor-turned-adult-actor Topher Grace. Everything in his home is smart... except him!

Come see the Halloween SpecDRACULAr special installment of the live variety/comedy show "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" on Tuesday, October 27 at the Hobgoblin Playhouse in Hollywood. David will be there, presenting a SCARY "Classic Movie Corner." Tickets are on sale now: https://events.thestagecrafts.com/projects/15372?tab=details

This episode's art incorporates photography by Alexandre Boucey and Johannes Beilharz. 

Author and podcaster Ashe Sass-Woodward (host of the horror analysis show "The Spooky Scholars Podcast") visits the video store and rents the slasher movie masterpiece (SLASHTERPIECE!) "Cinema of Blood!"

Acclaimed actress Glenn Close has been nominated for the Oscar 8 times, but has never won. After one final insult from the Academy, she doesn't just lose the Oscar, SHE LOSES HER DAMN MIND!

Listen to Ashe's show "The Spooky Scholars Podcast" wherever you get your podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/the-spooky-scholars-podcast/id1603009187

Episode art incorporates photography by Max Surprenant, Merch Husey, and Russel Bailo.

Comedian Katie Novotny swings by the video store to rent the rousing musical movie "The MLM Woman!"

20 years after the smash success of "The Music Man," Meredith Wilson's failson created this musical about a NEW grifter coming to River City to offer the townsfolk all-natural oil and herb supplements to cure any ailment up to and including cancer.

Get Katie's new comedy album "Son of Your Dreams" on iTunes or Bandcamp. You can pre-order now, and the album releases October 2. https://linktr.ee/burnthisrecords?lt_utm_source=lt_share_link#598944367

Follow Katie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katienovotnyyyyy/

Visit Katie's website: https://www.katienovotny.com/

Episode artwork incorporates photography by Polina Rytova and illustrations by Rahmad Kurniawan and Vector Elements.

In honor of Mike Celestino's new live comedy variety talk show "Say Goodbye to Hollywood," here's a new Special Collector's Edition of his first "Forgotten Video Store" episode, the sleep paralysis horror movie "The Hat Man." This isn't just a rerun, this includes ALL-NEW BONUS FEATURES! The type you'll remember from the golden age of DVD: audio commentary, a making-of featurette, deleted scenes, and an interview with the real figure who inspired the movie!

Don't miss "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" at the LA Connection Theatre, in Burbank, California, at 8:00 PM on Tuesday, September 22. Tickets are $5 in advance or $10 at the door. Link here: https://www.purplepass.com/events/385080-say-goodbye-to-hollywood-a-celebratory-funeral-for-the-entertainment-industry-sep-22nd-2026

Writer Tilly Bridges (the comic book "Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming," the graphic novel "Just Another Summer") swings by the video store to rent the science fiction teen adventure movie "You and What Army?"

What if you could go back in time one day and meet yourself from yesterday? And then you both go back an additional day and meet yourself from that day and now there's three of you? What if all three of you go back yet another day until... things get very confusing. Jenny Lewis plays a centuple role in "You and What Army?"

Find out more about Tilly's writing (including "Star Trek" and "Just Another Summer" and much, much more) at birdguest.com

Follow Tilly on BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/tillybridges.bsky.social) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/heckyeahtillybridges/)

Read Tilly's weekly essays about the trans experience at https://www.tillystranstuesdays.com/

Come see David perform his film history talk "Classic Movie Corner" as part of the live variety comedy show "Say Goodbye to Hollywood" at the LA Connection Theatre in Burbank, California, on Tuesday, September 22. Tickets are on sale now: https://www.purplepass.com/events/385080-say-goodbye-to-hollywood-a-celebratory-funeral-for-the-entertainment-industry-sep-22nd-2026

Episode art incorporates images from Johnson Martin and Sean Benesh.

Actor, film scholar, and podcaster Erin Bowles (of the Fox sitcom "Welcome to Flatch" and the podcast "Required Reading") heads to the video store to rent the pre-code romantic screwball comedy movie "Shills." This movie has a ton to offer: Splashes of naughtiness! Drinking culture during prohibition! Roommates who have to pretend to be married! Depression-era influencers!

Listen to Erin's wonderful podcast "Required Reading" wherever you prefer to get your podcasts. (Apple Podcasts link)

Check out Erin acting in "Welcome to Flatch" (link to Amazon) and keep yer peepers peeled for her in "Gaslit" (Amazon link)

For more lively discussions of classic movies (and so much more) follow Erin's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@erinrbowles

Episode art incorporates photography by Rosario Fernandes, NBC Television, and Sean Benesh.

Actor, writer, and smut expert Becky Feldman (host of the wonderful literary romance podcast "Too Stupid to Live") takes a trip to the video store to rent the 1970s erotic film "Le Boner." 

A single mother and her teenage daughter are excited to host a French exchange student named Jean. But these nitwits don't realize that in French, Jean is a boy's name! They're shocked to meet the dashing Jean, who introduces them to some of the more scandalous sides of French culture!

For more exciting love stories, follow Becky's romance novel podcast "Too Stupid to Live" wherever you prefer to get your podcasts. (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/too-stupid-to-live-romance-reviews-%245-and-under/id1141770521)

Learn more about Becky at her website: https://www.beckyfeldman.com/

Follow Becky on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/beckles212/) and other socials at beckles212

Episode artwork incorporates photography by Harsh Gupta, Ilham Putra, Sehoon Ye, and Sean Benesh.

Orlando-based comedian/writer/actor Melissa Anne Harvard breaks some news to David: a few years ago, the incredibly successful and handsome comedian Ben Rogers released a podcast called "The Rodge Tapes" that had a very similar premise to "Forgotten Video Store." David doesn't take it well.

Follow Melissa on instagram (https://www.instagram.com/melissanneharvard/) to learn about her comedy shows, including Monday Scaries (https://www.instagram.com/mondayscariesorl/) in Orlando.

And please, no one tell Ben Rogers about this podcast. I'm dead serious about this.

Podcast superstar Mark Rennie ("Eat Pray Dunk," "Two Old Queens, "The Neighborhood Listen," "Doughboys," "College Town," etc.) joins David for a fun day boppin' around North Hollywood. But when it comes time to watch the tape they rented from the Forgotten Video Store, what they see shakes them to their cores!

Listen to Mr. Rennie on "Eat Pray Dunk" on Comedy Bang! Bang! World: https://comedybangbangworld.com/shows/cbbpresents/eatpraydunk/

Visit and support The Trevor Project, a nonprofit support organization for LGBTQ+ young people in crisis: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/

Quick Correction: the 2000 Robert Altman movie with Richard Gere was called "Dr. T and the Women." "Mr. T and the Women" was the genius parody version from Jay Leno's "Tonight Show."

Episode artwork incorporates photography Julian Gentile and Sean Benesh.

Comedian and writer Kate Zasowski takes a trip to the video store and rents the movie adaptation of the board game "Connect Four," which for some reason features an alternate earth that has a scary Kevin Hart with a gnarly facial scar and a Danny DeVito who looks like Slender Man.

Learn more about Kate Zasowski and find show dates at her website (https://www.katezasowski.com/) and Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/katezasowski/).

Don't miss Kate's hilarious comedy album "Garbage Plate" wherever you listen to music online, like Spotify or Amazon Music or stuff like that.

Episode art features photos from NASA, Pascal Bernardon, and Sean Benesh.