Kids today will never know how it feels to own a copy of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom taped off the TV at Christmas and you've watched it fifty times so you know the order of the adverts off by heart and you just flat-out watch them every time.
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"- FIRE COMING OUT OF THE BACK OF THE WILLIAMS! This is lap 21 of the Belgian -"
"- chocolates are an excellent delicacy, and here's how to make them."
Reuse education videos for home use.
Rent a video from the store, taped over the holes, and add bonus content at the end of the video.
For years we could recite whole tracks of Jaws and All the president’s men. 😂
Because we all knew how to stuff in a bit of paper where the plastic record tab had been snapped off.
It could have been star wars, James bond or the cannonball run 2. The post and concept still stands.
If you buy him a VHS or DVD he will watch it and hand it back to you, even if it was a gift.
I found another copy to rent, borrowed my friend's VCR, and recorded from the 2nd copy overtop of the original rental.
My tape of Tootsie cut out 5 mins from end. Still no idea how it ends.
- My Rich grandfather who lived in Florida ALL HIS LIFE.
When you have a fav movie, taped off the TV, as above and start watching it, only to realise someone decided to tape over it...😱
🎵🎶LOOK FOR...THE UNION LABEL...🎶🎵
(I promise that was a thing)
we have now been married for 48 years,and she still hasn't forgiven me.
Someone mentioned copyright but the cops never tried to end my reign of living room terror...
Knew the film word for word, knew the adverts word for word too.
British Airways advert with astronauts.
Smash instant mash potato advert.
For that matter, they will never know the fun of browsing Blockbuster on a Friday night hoping they have a copy that new release you are dying to see. And the rush of joy when they do.😁
“Out along the edges
Always where I burn to be…”
Drum fill, second drum fill…cLuNk
Still bought it on every format going as well mind. Except LD. Someone got the last one before I could go back.
Also, the unique joy of watching ITVs version of films like Robocop or Commando censored for TV. "FORGET YOU, MELONFARMER"
https://www.ranker.com/list/funniest-tv-edits-of-movie-lines/julian-hoffman
Yeah, they really were alarming 😮
I watched it at the first airing in 1984 when i was 11 or so, so it has a lot of great memories. I guess you saw the same one, or the repeat a few years later? Great to see BBC 4 doing a reshowing.
me too, i would have been about 7 ish then so like for you many great memories of Kay and his amazing adventures 🥰
Despite having the dvd I'm going to try and watch that and re-read the book ☺️
Yes, well worth a read along as well as a watch - obviously some bits are missed, changed for TV but mainly so far it is pretty faithful.
I know she's playing croquette everything goes crazy she grows to an enormous size calls them a pack of "playing cards" then the movie ends.
Also recordings of Catweazle and Doctor Who with Jon Pertwee
This impacted my enjoyment of Paddington in Peru.
Jimmy Stewart’s existential crisis, or Cactus Jack vs Triple H in a street fight at MSG… I don’t know why she was so angry, it seemed like a simple choice to the 13-year old me.
Yeah, he had a blue stash, me dad said...
Took me ages to discover what that was 😂
right, bedtime…
Nooooooo….
Memories.
https://youtu.be/UaxlFQTTlLk?si=hqoa94pkitb9vwLu
".............."
My brain remembering the copy of Star Wars I had forty years ago:
"🎵New system Persil automatic will wash your cares away🎶"
https://youtu.be/9kuTTwxQhg4?si=gOXPufUaw0_qKXxg
Not when it’s the FIRST ONE) being broadcast for the 1st time and the crushing disappointment that it was on ITV and peppered with ads every 20 minutes. Reader: I edited the ads out from my recording in realtime via the pause button.
Probably because my dad taped it off the telly and for the longest time it was the only Indiana Jones movie we actually owned. That was till I got the trilogy on dvd once dad upgraded to a dvd player in the early 00s.
The thing I miss is the random combinations of snippets from recordings blending into each other into wierd mashups.