By The Retro Network
4.9
1414 ratings
The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.
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 screening of documentary, 7 Year Rental, which you can get an invite to by contacting @hojukoolander on social media or sending an e-mail to [email protected].
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Support Geekster and shows like Rental Return by becoming a VIP on Patreon. Your monthly support helps Geekster and its creators, but also gets your name in the show notes as a supporter, access to the VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
If you are a former rental store employee and would like to be interviewed for an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on X or Instagram or email [email protected].
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 and other memories form the video store era.
Support The Retro Network and shows like Rental Return by becoming a VIP on Patreon. Your monthly support helps TRN and its creators, but also gets your name in the show notes as a supporter, access to the VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
If you are a former rental store employee and would like to be interviewed for an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on X or Instagram or email [email protected].
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 for more including visuals from our Video Heroes.
If you are a former rental store employee and would like to be interviewed for an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on X or instagram or email [email protected]
Visit The Retro Network on Patreon to support Rental Return and other network podcasts. You VIP status gets your name in the show notes of all shows on The Retro Network, an invite to the private VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
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 an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on X or instagram or email [email protected]
Visit The Retro Network on Patreon to support Rental Return and other network podcasts. You VIP status gets your name in the show notes of all shows on The Retro Network, an invite to the private VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
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 Heroes.
If you are a former rental store employee and would like to be interviewed for an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on X or instagram or email [email protected]
Visit The Retro Network on Patreon to support Rental Return and other network podcasts. You VIP status gets your name in the show notes of all shows on The Retro Network, an invite to the private VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
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 are a former rental store employee and would like to be interviewed for an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on X or instagram or email [email protected]
Visit The Retro Network on Patreon to support Rental Return and other network podcasts. You VIP status gets your name in the show notes of all shows on The Retro Network, an invite to the private VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
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 @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 an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on X or instagram or email [email protected]
Visit The Retro Network on Patreon to support Rental Return and other network podcasts. You VIP status gets your name in the show notes of all shows on The Retro Network, an invite to the private VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
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 friend and producer of Rental Return, Jason Gross.
Follow @TRNsocial on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for more Rental Return visuals provided by our Video Heroes and other memories form the video store era.
Support The Retro Network and shows like Rental Return by becoming a VIP on Patreon. Your monthly support helps TRN and its creators, but also gets your name in the show notes as a supporter, access to the VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
If you are a former rental store employee and would like to be interviewed for an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on Twitter or [email protected].
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 including Netflix finally cancelling their DVD service and Blockbuster seemingly on the cusp of opening physical stores again.
Follow @TRNsocial on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for Rental Return visuals and VHS memories. You can also support Rental Return and other great retro podcasts on The Retro Network by becoming a VIP on Patreon. Your monthly pledge gets your name in the show notes of every show, access to the VIP Lounge on Slack, and bonus content like podcasts and videos. Thanks in advance for your support!
If you are a former rental store employee and would like to be interviewed for an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on Twitter or [email protected]
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 his own store and becoming a board member for a national video rental association. He talks about the transition from VHS to DVD, meeting famous actors at conventions in Las Vegas, and the emotional time of closing his store and the outpouring of customer appreciation.
Follow @TRNsocial on Twitter, 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 an upcoming season, please contact Adam @hojukoolander on Twitter or email [email protected]
Visit The Retro Network on Patreon to support Rental Return and other network podcasts. You VIP status gets your name in the show notes of all shows on The Retro Network, an invite to the private VIP Lounge chat on Slack, and exclusive content.
The podcast currently has 35 episodes available.