“VHS Rewind hopes that everyone is doing well and staying healthy during these crazy times.

We are presenting another all-music show, this time focusing on 1980s soundtrack songs.

Here are some of the ground rules: the song must have appeared (i.e. been heard) in a 1980s movie and/or its must have appeared on a soundtrack album for that movie (sometimes it was one or the other). We didn’t take the easy way out (no BEVERLY HILLS COP tunes; no FLASHDANCE tunes, no FAME, no “Power of Love” from BACK TO THE FUTURE). We went for deep, deep, deep cuts on the choice of movies and the songs to feature.

For those who grew up in the 1980s, we are certain this episode will being back memories and make you smile (and maybe want to watch some of the featured movies again since you may have forgotten them); if you did not grow up in the 1980s, we are certain this episode will make you wish you did live through the 1980s and make you smile (and maybe want to watch some of the featured movies again since you may not have heard of them). We hope this episode gives you a 90-minute escape from reality and takes you back to the glorious world of 1980s soundtrack music.” – Chris Hasler

Following on the heels of last episode’s review of Woody Allen’s A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK through the prism of our current MeToo culture, VHS Rewind heads into the center of an even more dangerous storm as our new episode focuses its attention on auteur writer-director-star Louis (serial-masturbator-in-front-of-trapped-women) CK’s, I LOVE YOU DADDY. Where the charges against Woody Allen were tried in a court of law and Woody was cleared, and may be a victim of the Me Too vigilantes, auteur Louis CK has confessed to his serial-masturbation-in-front-of-trapped-women actions – how can we put that aside when watching this directorial effort? Louis CK seems to be aping the Woody Allen look and style (shooting in black-and-white) but is auteur Louis another Woody (writing/directing-wise)? Is auteur Louis CK’s film full of neurotic characters or deeply disturbed characters, starting with Louis CK’s main character (who resembles, well, Louis CK) and including John Malkovich’s Woody-esque film director who may have molested a child? Is Chloe Grace Moretz hot in a string bikini?

Join us as we whip this episode out and whack off in your ears with answers to these and other conversation topics.

VHS Rewind dips its toe into some potentially controversial waters by beginning a short series of episodes reviewing films that have fallen victim to the vigilantes known as the MeToo movement. First up is MeToo whipping boy Woody Allen’s A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK…Sexual abuse claims continue to dog Woody despite the claims having been investigated and “no credible evidence” having been found to support these allegation. Can A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK be viewed on its own merits? Or does the director’s alleged peccadilloes rain down on any entertainment value the film has? Should art in any form be banned because of the artist’s possibly tawdry personal life?

Has the MeToo movement, which can ruin an individual’s life on mere hearsay, gone too far?

Oh yeah, this is going to be a very stormy conversation so bring your umbrellas and give us a listen.

The Christmas Season is upon us once again and VHS Rewind has placed under your mistletoe an all-new Xmas music spectacular!!!

Whether you are wrapping presents, trimming your tree or driving for hours to the relatives this Xmas, we hope you will take a listen to the show and let us bring some joy and non-PC humor to your Xmas season. Lot of surprises are wrapped in this episode including an Xmas tune sung (in his own inimitable style) by a soon-to-be-Oscar nominated IRISHMAN (!), an Xmas song-fable set during an Indian massacre of the white man (!!!), special Xmas messages from big names in the world of country music plus the usual eclectic selection of tune styles (we got polka Xmas, disco Xmas, blues Xmas) and so much more. Grab your eggnog and enjoy the show.

The VHS Rewind! family wishes everyone a very Happy and Safe Xmas!!

The years just tick by so quickly!  Chris and RetroDad are too lazy to go back into the archives to see how many Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades we have reviewed so 7 sounds like a good number!

This year we found an incomplete copy of the 1980 Parade and missing from our copy was Gil Gerard and Todd Bridges but it Includes performances by the casts of the Broadway shows “Barnum,” “Brigadoon,” “The Pirates of Penzance” and “A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine” and by the Puerto Rican youth dance troupe Ballet Isleño.

The stars include Danielle Brisebois, Dean Butler, Erik Estrada, and so many other and of course, Ed McMahon as the town drunk

RetroDad and Chris from VHS Rewind wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!