Rental Return: Tales From the Video Store The Retro Network

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 hojukoolander@gmail.com.
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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 hojukoolander@gmail.com.

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Ken Spaulding
Karen Flieger
Tim Heasley
Jeff Sheldon


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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 hojukoolander@gmail.com.

Thanks to our monthly supporters

Chad Droze
Ken Spaulding
Karen Flieger
Tim Heasley
Jeff Sheldon


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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 hojukoolander@gmail.com
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. 

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Chad Droze
Ken Spaulding
Karen Flieger
Tim Heasley
Jeff Sheldon


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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 hojukoolander@gmail.com
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. 

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Chad Droze
Ken Spaulding
Karen Flieger
Tim Heasley
Jeff Sheldon


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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 hojukoolander@gmail.com
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. 

Thanks to our monthly supporters

Chad Droze
Ken Spaulding
Karen Flieger
Tim Heasley
Jeff Sheldon


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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 hojukoolander@gmail.com
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. 

Thanks to our monthly supporters

Chad Droze
Ken Spaulding
Karen Flieger
Tim Heasley
Jeff Sheldon


★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★