The Sleepover Retro Countdown Show - Episode 13

Rob and Guido step outside the usual format this week for a long conversation with Ryan Verrill, one of the most trusted voices in physical media.

Ryan is the man behind:
- The Disc Connected, the collector hub turned community
- The Someone's Favorite Productions Podcast Network
- The Physical Media Advocate magazine
- Antenna Releasing, his new distribution label

He talks about reimagining how movies reach people, building third spaces for fans of the medium, and walking away from a 17-year career to give filmmakers a fairer deal.

Our countdown runs underneath the interview. The challenge: the physical media releases from the last 10 years all three would save from a burning building (after the kids and pets, for the record).

What made it out:

1. 🔪 A Nightmare on Elm Street 4K UHD Steelbook Collection (Warner Bros)
2. 2. ⚔️ He-Man and She-Ra: The Eternia Collection (Turbine Media)
3. 3. 🧀 Mandy on VHS, Cheddar Goblin cover (Witter Entertainment)
4. 4. 🕷️ The Spider Labyrinth 4K (Severin)
5. 5. 🌾 All the Haunts Be Ours: A Compendium of Folk Horror (Severin)
6. 6. 🌌 Cloud Atlas 4K (Shout! Factory)
7. 7. 🐈‍⬛ Felidae 4K (Def Crocodile)
8. 8. 🌲 The Blair Witch Project Limited Edition Blu-ray (Second Sight)
9. 9. 📼 Scream 4 on VHS (Lionsgate)

Follow Ryan at https://antennareleasing.com and across The Disc Connected, Someone's Favorite Productions, and the Physical Media Advocate.

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Hosts Rob and Guido are on the same screen for the first time as they count down the top 10 treasures from their Long Island retro toy hunt. Vintage toys, mint-on-card action figures, rare VHS tapes, horror merchandise, and video store ephemera all fight for shelf space in this haul.The rules this week: every pick must come from one single day trip to Long Island, with stops at three retro toy stores that were all new to the hosts: Long Island Pickers in Westbury, Time Warp Toys inside Retro Relics in Lake Grove, and Lost Toys in Miller Place.

Fuel for the hunt came courtesy of The Haunted House of Hamburgers, the horror-themed diner with blacklights, animatronics, and horror movies always playing.

The picks, in no particular order:

1. 📚 The Shadow and The Phantom movie novelizations (Long Island Pickers, Westbury). Matching paperback tie-ins from the '90s pulp hero revival that followed Dick Tracy, complete with glow-green fonts that make them look like one shared universe.
2. 🎉 Princess of Power honeycomb centerpiece party decoration (Time Warp Toys inside Retro Relics, Lake Grove). Sealed in original packaging. She-Ra party ephemera that was designed to be used once and thrown away, which is exactly why it survives so rarely.
3. 📼 Torso on VHS (Long Island Pickers). Starring Kathleen Robertson, Callum Keith Rennie, Brenda Fricker, and Victor Garber. One tape standing in for a haul of roughly 80 direct-to-video '90s thrillers, most of which never made it to streaming and qualify as semi-lost media.
4. 🎸 Rock 'n Curl Jem in box (Lost Toys, Miller Place). The big-hair variant of Hasbro's Jem with the full fashion illustration poster included, plastic window intact.
5. 🃏 G.I. Joe Hydro Viper backing card (Time Warp Toys). A 1988 figure grail finally completed. The loose figure came from New Jersey; the card art that started the obsession came from a bin of Joe card backs on Long Island.
6. 🕯️ Scream candle holders by Fun World, 1997 (Time Warp Toys). Original packaging with red candles intact. Early horror merchandising from the company that made the Ghostface mask itself, released back when the movie studio wasn't even credited on the package.
7. 🪓 The Ripper from Last Action Hero, mint on card (Lost Toys). The ax-swinging Mattel figure returns to the countdown, played on screen by the late Tom Noonan. Great figure, legendarily lazy back-of-card art.
8. 👻 Spooks the Heroic Ghostling from Tonka's Supernaturals (Lost Toys). Hologram-faced figures on die-cut spooky-tree cards, no cartoon to back them up, and the start of a quest to collect the entire line.
9. 📺 Double-sided cardboard video store hanging ad from Virgin Vision (Time Warp Toys). Salaam Bombay! on one side, Edge of Sanity starring Anthony Perkins on the other. An Oscar-nominated Mira Nair drama and a cocaine-powered Jekyll and Hyde riff, united only by their distributor. Found hanging from the ceiling, retrieved by machete, and soon to hang in the Sleepover Trading Co. video store.
10. 🏰 Complete Masters of the Universe Fright Zone playset (Lost Toys). Trees, gate, trap floor, and monster hand puppet all intact. That leaves only Eternia between Guido and a complete vintage MOTU playset collection.

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The Sleepover Retro Countdown Show
Episode 111: Joshua Bailey, Director of Stolen Kingdom

Stolen Kingdom, out now from Antenna Releasing, is a documentary about the people who snuck into the backstage areas of Walt Disney World, built a black market for stolen Disney animatronics and ride vehicles, and got caught on camera doing it. Director Joshua Bailey spent five years making it. In this episode: how a generation of Disney urban explorers pioneered YouTube vlogging before anyone knew what that was, how a stolen animatronic from an abandoned attraction became the center of an unsolved crime, and what it takes to get confessed thieves to sit down for a documentary interview. Plus: interrogation footage obtained via public records request, the psychology of Disney prop collecting, and whether the whole underground scene is dead or just quiet. Joshua also counts down his five favorite Disney attractions of all time. T

opics: Walt Disney World urban exploring · Disney prop black market · stolen animatronics · theme park crime · Disney YouTube history · documentary filmmaking · VHS collecting · true crime · theme park memorabilia

Stolen Kingdom is on the Letterboxd video store now. Amazon rental begins June 16. Physical and VHS release early 2027. J

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**Episode 110: Top 10 Movie Tie-In Toys**
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Rob and Guido dig deep into the toy chest for Episode 110, counting down the greatest movie tie-in action figures of the '80s and '90s. These are the bubble-carded, button-activated, pants-dropping legends that lined the shelves of KB Toys and haunted the bins of every antique store since.
The rules were clear from the jump: action figures only (not licensed merchandise, not TV tie-ins), directly tied to a specific film, and released between 1980 and 1999. No modern re-releases. No retro drops. Just the shiny plastic glory you would have begged for at the register.

🎬 **The Final Countdown:**

1. 🏆 The Blank (aka Breathless Mahoney) — *Dick Tracy*, Playmates, 1990
2. 2. Cobra LA 3-Pack featuring Globulus — *G.I. Joe: The Movie*, Hasbro, 1987
3. 3. Tall Terror Captain Hook — *Hook*, Mattel, 1991
4. 4. Queen Bavmorda — *Willow*, Tonka, 1988
5. 5. Lips Manlis — *Dick Tracy*, Playmates, 1990
6. 6. Spin Head Beetlejuice with Creepy Cockroach — *Beetlejuice*, Kenner, 1989
7. 7. Alien Queen Deluxe Xenomorph — *Aliens*, Kenner, 1992
8. 8. Zed — *Police Academy*, Kenner, 1988
9. 9. Bruce Wayne Batman (Dark Knight Collection) — *Batman*, Toy Biz, 1989
10. 10. Bob the Goon — *Batman*, Toy Biz, 1989

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On Episode 109 of The Sleepover Retro Countdown Show, hosts Guido and Rob roll the tape on the opening credits sequences that stuck with them, defined their movie-going memories, and in some cases, practically invented a visual language of their own.

Before they could pick, they had to set the rules: the credits have to be on screen, and the sequence has to be skippable without losing the plot — even if skipping it would be a crime. From animated prologues to miniature model towns, from Saul Bass cartoons to a single glowing pumpkin, this episode celebrates the art of the credit sequence in an era when studios actually invested in them — and mourns the streaming era that mostly killed them off. Spoiler: 1987 had a very good year.

The Top 10 Movie Opening Credits Sequences:

1. Halloween (1978) — John Carpenter
2. Who's That Girl? (1987) — James Foley
3. Mannequin (1987) — Michael Gottlieb
4. Panic Room (2002) — David Fincher
5. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) — Jim Sharman
6. Beetlejuice (1988) — Tim Burton
7. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) — Stanley Kramer
8. Adventures in Babysitting (1987) — Chris Columbus
9. Superman: The Movie (1978) — Richard Donner
10. House of the Devil (2009) — Ti West

The list barely scratches the surface — a sequel episode is already in the works.
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🔪📞 TOP 10 SCREAM MOMENTS | Sleepover Retro Countdown Show – Episode 108 📼✨

Grab your Ghostface mask and check the caller ID… because in Episode 108 we’re heading back to Woodsboro to battle it out over the ultimate Top 10 Scream countdown. This time, we’re not ranking merch or soundtracks. We’re going straight for the jugular: the most iconic opening scenes, the most nerve-shredding phone calls, the most brutal kills, the best Ghostfaces — and then we rank the entire franchise from bottom to top.

No spoilers for Scream 7. No trailer deep dives. Just pure franchise love and heated debate.
🎬 1️⃣ The Openings That Changed Horror From Drew Barrymore’s 1996 terror-filled kitchen nightmare to the meta-on-meta fake-outs of Scream 4, we debate which opening defines the franchise DNA. Which one still makes your heart race? Which one rewired horror forever?
📞 2️⃣ The Phone Calls You like scary movies? We break down the most unforgettable Ghostface calls — including Randy’s public quad humiliation in Scream 2 and Gale Weathers’ long-awaited showdown in Scream VI. One of these turns into one of the most intense sequences in the entire franchise.
🔪 3️⃣ The Kills Some deaths devastate. Some are triumphant. Some make you cheer. We debate Judy & Wes in Scream 5, and the feral final act that flips the script in a way the franchise had never gone before. Which moment hits hardest?
😈 4️⃣ The Best Ghostface Cold and calculating? Charismatic and manipulative? Completely unhinged? We go head-to-head ranking the most memorable killers behind the mask — and yes, there’s disagreement.
🎥 5️⃣ The Franchise Ranking Is there a bad Scream movie? We don’t think so. But something has to land at the bottom. We assign points, combine our lists, and crown the definitive #1 film in the series. Does the original still reign supreme? Does Scream VI earn its high placement? Where do the “underrated” entries land? You’ll have to listen.
🔮 6️⃣ Scream 7 Predictions With Scream 7 about to drop and us actively avoiding spoilers, we speculate wildly: • Is AI the next evolution of horror in the series? • Are we headed toward a New Nightmare-style meta twist? • Is this truly the final chapter for Sidney Prescott? • Is the franchise about to burn it all down? No leaks. Just theories.

If you love horror franchises, analog nostalgia, deep-cut debates, and passionate ranking chaos, this episode is for you.

The Sleepover Retro Countdown Show is proudly part of the Someone’s Favorite Productions Network and brought to you by Sleepover Trading Co., inside the historic Community Theatre in Catskill, NY. Come flip through the Video Visions shelves, join the Video Club, and experience movies the way they were meant to be discovered — physically.

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Episode 107 — Top 10 New TV Shows of 1996On Episode 107 of The Sleepover Retro Countdown Show, hosts Guido Sanchez and Rob Ribar rewind the remote to 1996 and count down the Top 10 TV shows that premiered that year. Sitcoms, dramas, animation, talk shows, and cult favorites all collide as they debate what truly defined television three decades ago.From short-lived oddities to long-running classics, this episode celebrates the creativity, risks, and cultural impact of mid-90s TV — with plenty of side tangents, nostalgia, and analog love along the way.The Top 10 New TV Shows of 1996:

1. Third Rock from the Sun
2. Muppets Tonight
3. Profiler
4. KaBlam!
5. The Rosie O'Donnell Show
6. The Pretender
7. Boston Common
8. Nash Bridges
9. The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
10. Savannah

It’s a stacked year, a subjective countdown, and another reminder that 1996 was absolutely overflowing with memorable television.Be kind. Rewind your childhood.

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Episode 106: Top 10 VHS Rentals of January 1986
In Episode 106 of the Sleepover Retro Countdown Show, Guido and Rob travel back forty years to January 1986, using the official Billboard Video Cassette Rental Chart dated January 11, 1986 to explore what Americans were actually renting during the peak of the VHS era. Working directly from the Top 40 rentals of that week, they count down the ten titles they would have brought home from the video store at the time—guided by in-the-moment rental instincts rather than hindsight, and including at least one title they hadn’t seen or barely remembered.
The episode offers a snapshot of mid-1980s rental culture, when tapes could remain popular for months, horror franchises were taking shape, teen movies dominated repeat viewings, and New York–set films helped define the cultural mood.
Our Top 10 VHS Rentals

• The Best of John Belushi
• Just One of the Guys
• Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend
• Starman
• Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning
• The Terminator
• The Breakfast Club
• A Nightmare on Elm Street
• Ghostbusters
• Desperately Seeking Susan

Also Discussed
The episode closes with a look at the actual Top 10 rentals from that week—including Ladyhawke, Fletch, Gremlins, and Beverly Hills Cop—highlighting the difference between mass-market hits and deeper catalog favorites.
Recorded by Sleepover Trading Co. inside the historic Community Theatre in Catskill, New York.
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Sleepover Retro Countdown Show – Episode 105Top 10 Action Figure Playsets
This week, Rob and Guido head straight to the toy aisle and argue over what really makes a great playset. Elevators, trapdoors, laser games, falling chandeliers, questionable scale, and at least one monorail all come into play. From childhood grails to deep cut oddities, this countdown is all about big plastic worlds that took over our living rooms and imaginations. Bust out the figures and watch your step. Something is always about to fall apart. 📼🧸
Topics & Timestamps00:00 Welcome to the Sleepover Retro Countdown Show01:30 What counts as a playset and the rules for this list05:10 #10 vs #9 battle begins14:45 Micro Machines and the power of tiny detail22:30 Turtles sewer hangouts and scale problems32:10 Snake Mountain, skull faces, and electronic voice tricks41:20 Phantom of the Opera and the loosest definition of playset49:40 Mighty Max goes big with Skull Mountain58:30 Thundercats Cat’s Lair and laser tag dreams1:08:20 Eternia enters the chat1:18:10 Final showdown and crowning the winner1:28:00 Wrap-up and childhood repair memories
The Top Ten Countdown
#10 She-Ra Crystal CastlePink, impractical, and beloved. Fur rug included, somehow always missing.
#9 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles TechnodromeIconic villain HQ with a rotating eye and wildly questionable scale.
#8 Star Wars Micro Machines Royal Guard PlaysetTiny throne room packed with figures and big Return of the Jedi energy.
#7 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Sewer PlaysetMore hangout than battlefield, complete with periscope fire hydrant.
#6 Phantom of the Opera Playset (McFarlane Toys)A falling chandelier earns it the playset title. Barely.
#5 Masters of the Universe Snake MountainPurple menace with trapdoors and voice-modulating chaos.
#4 Thundercats Cat’s LairMassive, cartoon-accurate, and armed with infrared laser battle tech.
#3 Mighty Max Skull MountainBig skull energy with traps, fireballs, and Rube Goldberg mayhem.
#2 Masters of the Universe EterniaThree towers, a working monorail, and an entire plastic kingdom.
#1 G.I. Joe Terror DromeCobra’s ultimate HQ with launching jets, prison cells, and room to actually play.
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Retro toys, action figure playsets, 80s toys, 90s toys, VHS nostalgia#RetroToys #ActionFigures #ToyCollectors #SleepoverRetro #BeKindRewind

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Episode 104 – TOP VIDEO STORE MEMORIES + INTERVIEW W/ ALEX ROSS PERRYIn this special episode recorded live inside the Sleepover Trading Company store in Catskill, NY, Rob and Guido kick things off with a fast, nostalgic Top Video Store Memories Countdown before Rob sits down with filmmaker and video-store historian Alex Ross Perry to talk Video Heaven, clerk mythology, physical media, and how a decade-long research project became the definitive on-screen story of rental culture.
🎬 Guest Bio: Alex Ross PerryAlex Ross Perry is a director, writer, and producer whose work spans indie drama, experimental nonfiction, and deep-cut media archaeology. He made his feature debut with Impolex (2009), followed by acclaimed films including Listen Up Philip (2014) and Her Smell (2018), the latter named one of the AV Club’s Top 10 Films of the Year.In recent years, Perry has created the ghost-concert film Right Here, Right Now, the experimental Pavement biopic Pavements, a segment for V/H/S Halloween, and his sprawling three-hour found-footage documentary Video Heaven—an epic built from 180 film and TV clips that traces the rise, mythology, and disappearance of the American video store.He is also a former clerk at the iconic Kim’s Video in NYC and a lifelong student of physical media culture.
📝 Mini Countdown: Top Video Store Memories

Rob’s Top 33. Warner Bros. rental-only clamshell cases — those oversized, color-banded boxes that dominated shelves.2. Hobgoblins + the infamously angry note — warning future renters of its… quality.1. The Requiem for a Dream race — sprinting after school to snag the single copy before anyone else.
Guido’s Top 33. Being allowed to wander the aisles alone — early independence among the shelves.2. Bootlegging beginnings — two VCRs, swapped labels, and a budding archivist.1. The previously-viewed bargain bin — weekly treasure hunts that sparked a lifelong collection.
Keywords: retro video stores, VHS rentals, Video Heaven documentary, Alex Ross Perry interview, Kim’s Video, physical media, analog nostalgia, video store culture#SleepoverTrading #VideoStoreMemories #VHSlife #AlexRossPerry #VideoHeaven #RetroMovies
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