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Blockbuster brings back a lot of memories of the late 80`s, late 90`s

@bendavis6722

4 ай бұрын

same use to rent movies at blockbuster video way back when I'm from Fresno California.

That was fun seeing Blockbuster!!!

Thanks for coming by, Sandi Harding will be here March 7th - 11th, we would love to have you come by again to meet her.

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for having me such a pleasant surprise.!!

@TheBlockbusterexperience

4 ай бұрын

@TampaJay We are working on getting the word out. So if you could let adam know that would help he's been harder to get in touchwithin a rock star.

@MimzyKuppycakez

4 ай бұрын

Cant wait to take a break from scaring to wander across to yall! This looks awesome!

@karentucker2161

4 ай бұрын

So cool!!!

Mornin Jay!! Blockbuster, blast from the past!!

That micro was worth every penny I loved it and Everyone is trying to go back to the 80s and 90s keep up the good work great video

Wow, wow, wow, that Blockbuster experience was awesome. I love that you had to wear the Staff vest. What a treat!

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed that experience. Thank you so much.

Blockbuster Experience is pretty cool! Hard to believe all those stores are gone.

Thanks as usual for coming through the haunt!!

Thank you, TJ. This brings back some fond memories of youth. Renting Blockbuster movies for the weekends and ordering take out food for dinner. Great times.😄

That’s awesome. My sister worked at Blockbuster; she was a manager. She had to bring home 10 to 15 movies a day to watch so she could recommend different films. She also got to bring home video games (back then it was Nintendo). Very cool, man. Thanks for sharing this.

@KentPetersonmoney

21 күн бұрын

I rented many games on Nintendo from blockbuster back in the 90's.

The nostalgia! You got me in the feels.

Thanks for the video Tampa Jay! Much ahead always.

Love Tales of Terror!

My dad used to take us to Blockbuster almost every Friday. There are so many good memories. Thank you, Tampa Jay 🙂.

Thanks awesome place that blockbuster brings back memories

WOW a Blockbuster there and I always thought they were in Texas but then I knew they had them everywhere and great videos Tampa Jay! showing other places in different states so thank you very much and may the Lord Jesus Christ bless you!

Hi, so many Fun Festivals! This one had a Great Variety of Fun Stuff 🤗Thank you 🍀

Blockbuster what a blast loved the wrestling and the house pleasant surprise

Blockbuster should make you watch the new employee video is awesome love the video

Cheers, oh those blockbuster days of old, Saturday nights renting the VHS, haunts on baby, you are soooo lucky. And we are blessed you make these vloggs

Love WRESTLING...thanks 😊

Coming soon, Magnum Jay…conquering that ride! So much in this one, loved it all. Blockbuster, a cool haunt, a fun wrestling match, and a special bonus Dennys with Mr. Bronto!

Hey Jay. The carnival at the strawberry festival is bell City amusements.

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Thank you.

So cool to see a BlockBuster store after all these years. That midget wrestling was the best! Thanks, TJ. Hey man. You're scraping that 95k subs, soon you'll hit the 100k mark. I'm glad to say I've been here since ya only had a few thousand. That is a lot of great video's that ya built

Greatest carnival on the planet huh? Carnival ain’t a carnival without the Zipper imo! And The Cobra who remembers that? 2 awesome rides! Aside from that really enjoyed the video and Blockbuster was like really 🆒.. my husband and I been fans awhile love your channel.

Nostalgia ❤

Seems like it was a chilled out trip. Not too much visitors. Have a nice weekend!

Omg I used to manage a Hollywood video! We now have more in common!

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Haha awesome!

a few years ago, I made a Blockbuster of my own, It's like a small model of it, nice very Tampa Jay....

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome!

Why is nobody talking about the real Lobster boy 21:30? I could smell the blockbuster vhs smell. Loved it!

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Saw him in the editing isn’t that crazy? What an appearance. Awesome

Awesome!

Very fun video to watch! Nice job! Blockbuster experience looked pretty neat!

Omg, Blockbuster! I used to go there all the time as a kid! so cool to see a Pop Up Store for it.

That was so incredible. The Blockbuster was very cool. But my favorite part was that the haunt actual had Grady Stiles the third a true side show legend.

@JoeJoyHaveLanded

4 ай бұрын

First 11 months ago when you went to Gib-town you went to the Lobster Boy's trailer and now actually saw his son.

I would have had to sniff that candle at all costs. I think i like popcorn way too much 😂

Good video - the Blockbuster was super!! Steven

That wrestling was awesome 👌

Thanks Jay that micro wrestling was very extreme holy smokes! And that blockbuster really took me back. Every payday my son and I would go there and we'd spends hours picking movies and waiting in line!but

Great video!

Good Afternoon Tampa Jay..!!

I worked at Hollywood Video in high school as well! It was a great first job.

Great video 👍 Tampa Jay

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Thank you

Good stuff

The blockbuster pop up was super cool. I want those sunglasses they were selling!

Friday night is a blockbuster night

Why did I tear up watching this? 😢

Wow what a difference! Blockbuster Video! I’d love to see the Bend, Oregon location! And I highly recommend the documentary I think it was on Netflix

@TheBlockbusterexperience

4 ай бұрын

We are the Bend ocation just our pop up store so everyone can have a chance to come back to Blockbuster. Sandi will be here next weekend

wow Blockbuster

It is so interesting how there is one. One why? Is there a bunch of VHS customers in Oregon who refuse to let this one go? My boyfriend in college used to work for Blockbuster and would bring home the cardboard movie ads. Hilarious! He and his roommate with their apartment with movie posters and cardboard cutouts.

What a fun day!

HOLY FREAKING CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!! I didn't know that my state even HAD anyone that done micro wrestling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm from Michigan (little bit further north of flint though, a city called Saginaw).

I miss the old days when Blockbuster/Hollywood Video used to be one of the only places of escapism along with Toys R Us that I loved going to all the time

The Blockbuster experience was my favorite part. And the Micro Mania wrestling .Awesome video Tampa Jay. Thanks for sharing. 😊👍

@crazycollinshomestead42019

4 ай бұрын

Same!

@crazycollinshomestead42019

4 ай бұрын

Same!❤❤

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Thanks my friend glad to hear it

I remember going to Blockbuster in Boone North Carolina and Elizabethton Tennessee and i loved both of them and i also remember going to Hollywood Video and two other video stores one was called Flick Video and the other was called Movie Stars if i remember correctly so many memories from all of these businesses oh yeah and i also remember that when i was in the 7th and 8th the Elizabethton Blockbuster started selling real Wonka Bars that were really good oh yeah i also used to go to Ingles and Food City to rent movies and games and yes both of these businesses did have video stores oh man i feel so old knowing that i got to experience video stores but i'm actually not all that old i'm just 30

dude I just bunt into my bin and my lost....best best card.

Crazy seeing that Blockbuster exhibit I just live a few minutes from here I need to stop by and check it out

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Best five dollars you’ll ever spend in the haunted house

@magiccheeseball

4 ай бұрын

@@TampaJay oh yeah that too for sure!

If you go back, you should do a tour of the art building

The BlockBuster experience was pretty cool. The wrestling was hilarious.

lol this was alot of fun :) the blockbuster thing was really cool

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH BlockBuster my child hood

I actually applied to blockbuster back in the early and mid 2000's but could never get hired. With Netflix ending the DVD service it makes me want movie stores to return.

Are you freaking serious this is amazing the blockbuster experience

I worked for Blockbuster in the late 90’s, Fridays nights were crazy busy!

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

I work Friday nights at Hollywood you ain’t lying

I was a manager at Blockbuster for 2 1/2 years from 1992 - 1994. I don't remember wearing vests back then at Blockbuster though.

@TheBlockbusterexperience

4 ай бұрын

We added the vests to make it a "experience"

@BushidoPhoto

4 ай бұрын

I figured, but I also wasn’t sure if they added vests in the 2000’s. I miss the good old days.

I remember getting Video Buddy and WALL-E and Eve Plushies from Blockbuster Video! Does anybody remember Video Buddy?❤️📺🎶👍🏻

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I would have bought quite a few things at this Blockbuster store like T-shirts sunglasses... But I never put "The Skulls" movies in the horror section but in the Thriller section at my videostore.

Blockbuster Bringas black i like

We live in Oregon where we have the only real Blockbuster video store left in the country! It's in Bend ...and we were just there! It's wsy cool. FYI We live in McMinnville Oregon and have a Real Hollywood video store!❤

@TheBlockbusterexperience

4 ай бұрын

We are the Bend store lol

I worked at a video store for three years. It was the best job ever

The carnival company is "wade shows"

I've a seasonal employee. for a carnival company called RCS ( Ray camack show ) they are biased in Arizona but do several fairs in CA. They provide the Farris wheel for Coachella and stage coach in Indio CA. As well as the entire carnival midways for the Los Angeles county fair Orange county fair and San Diego county fair as well as the Arizona State Fair and Huston Texas live stock show it's not uncommon for carnivals to split off between shows depending on the size of the fair point the company work for technology goes to Texas first that's a big carnival then they prepare to come to Pomona CA for the Los Angeles county fair witch has gotten a little smaller so some of the rides actually go sit in San Diego. While the LA fair. is happening. And some even go sit in costa Mesa CA in storage at the orange county CA Fair grounds. Carnivals are big work to put together fairs that are set up for around a month take weeks to put big rides together. It's interesting to watch

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the awesome education and history

I rode The Haunted back Florida State Fair few weeks ago and I made video on KZread

I hope blockbuster comes back again I miss blockbuster

What!!

I miss having a blockbusters

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Me too

Did you not really know who that was at 21:23 of your video? That was the son of the one and only “Lobster Boy”! He was on Venice Beach Freak Show! Wow. What an honor! I saw more of the fake tombstone you picked up and the hearse with the fake whatever it was lol.

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

I didn’t realize what was going on until I edited the footage. So cool

Building number A? Or maybe the first letter 1. Just busting your balls. 😎

This was awesome fair.ive never seen the midget wrestling that was entertaining

I live about 2 miles from there. You have to be really careful at that fair due to gang bangers; you'll see a lot of police there; especially at night.

By any chance Jay did you work at the Hollywood video in Temple Terrace???

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

No, but I did my orientation there. I worked at Town & Country.

Were they DVDs and VHS tapes that you could purchase or just look at for the nostalgia?

@TheBlockbusterexperience

4 ай бұрын

All Dvds and VHS are $5 for sale

@AdamtheGrey02

4 ай бұрын

@@TheBlockbusterexperience Ah ok. That's super cool. Wish something like that happened up here in Canada but no such luck.

Please do a bird on the wire location

Jay have You Gone to the Last Remaining Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

No, as I stayed in the video, I really need to get out there!

free parking , then 30 bucks unlimited rides but wait its 5 bucks , 5 bucks , does the Central Florida Fair think everyone has Money Trees in their yards

Am not happy because chriss the girl wasn't there so never got to here yous say that's my fiance 🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍😘

If you rode the Haunted ride ,you did not show it !!??

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

I did show it. I also showed it the Florida State fair in that video.

That was a Fort Wilderness address, lmao. Also, the guy with the vape had no class whatsoever

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What

@TampaJay

4 ай бұрын

Exactly

Sally Sundae here! Thanks so much for coming through! 🤡🍨

@TampaJay

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Sally!

Crazy how people with money are sometimes the biggest thieves. Luckily the guy owned up to it but I bet he never kicked the habit n only got better at it….

Hollywood Video was better than Blockbuster. They had big sci-fi, foreign and independent sections. Blockbuster mostly stuck to more mainstream.

🖤🎃🖤Sorry. The end of Thelma and Louise ruined the whole movie for me. I was horrified. Just felt like they were glorifying taking your own life, which for many, is an all too real piece of life that they’ve experienced. Just think there could have been a different ending...

Good stuff