Cinemark - Front Row Joe (1988-1997, USA)

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Some good ol' American theater nostalgia with Cinemark's top cats Front Row Joe and Popcorn Penny, not to mention the nonconformist Clyde and Elton, from way back when policy trailers defined a good time at the movies, and nobody had to sit through characters from the latest CG kids comedies farting just to remind you to turn off your phone! Produced by Willming-Reams Animation.

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  • @sidverbal7170
    @sidverbal71703 жыл бұрын

    Well, thanks for editing these all together. My garage is full of cels and 35mm original elements from these trailers which we produced with loving care. I remember getting backlash letters copied to me from Cinemark from customers that hated having to sit through a 2 minute policy trailer. Last time I went to Cinemark I had to sit through a 30 minute ad preshow to get to the movie. Even with my free pass, it made me want to stick to my home cinema and that was pre-covid. Maybe some day I'll do a kickstarter or something to transfer the trailers to hi-def as they would look great. Tim Hodge was our lead animator on the earlier trailers, who would go off to a great career with Disney and Veggie tales. Also credits to Bill Reed for the later ones. Thanks and hope our efforts contribute to your fondest childhood memories! Cheers!! - Doug Willming

  • @michaellogmans4330

    @michaellogmans4330

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing this neat bit of information with us. I'm from the Netherlands so Front Row Joe and even Cinemark itself are totally unknown to me. Yet here I am, discovering this awesome work for the first time. I appreciate the hard work you and your crew put into these and thank you for bringing me and others so much joy with FRJ. Had I experienced these real time in the cinema back then, I'm sure I'd have a blast seeing these over and over again with every cinema visit. It would be very interesting to see (if possible, maybe even 4K) scans of those 35mm prints. You have yourself a support here in case such crowdfunding takes place. I'm sure besides myself, many people would love to see FRJ come to life again through such project too. Also, I've been hunting high and low for FRJ merchandise or animated cells but no luck yet. One more thing, a question: Is there any information about the cast? The cast and the composers/writers are something I'd love love to dig into. Again, thanks for FRJ and the entertainment with it. Best regards, Michael Logmans

  • @WillCWilson

    @WillCWilson

    2 жыл бұрын

    Interesting stories from your time working for Cinemark, those letters you got made me chuckle, mainly because I'd love sitting through these before seeing a movie. I hope you can get those prints scanned. Even though there are already print scans of some of these available on KZread, some of them have splices, and I'd like to see how yours hold up.

  • @Draknfyre

    @Draknfyre

    2 жыл бұрын

    I always loved these trailers going to Cinemark as I grew up, and they're very nostalgic for me. I'm so glad they're on KZread now, as media concerning Front Row Joe seems very scarce on the internet. Thank you for the part you had in making them. I was really saddened when Cinemark retired Front Row Joe and co. And I hear you about long preshows today. It's utterly ridiculous. By the time the seemingly endless trailers, product commercials and whatever else has finally finished, often I've actually forgotten what movie I came to see.

  • @meepshmeep6445

    @meepshmeep6445

    Жыл бұрын

    hey, if you're ever wanting to sell any of your cels i would absolutely be interesting in purchasing some

  • @MattJordanAnimation

    @MattJordanAnimation

    Жыл бұрын

    I would back that Kickstarter!

  • @prim34ev
    @prim34ev5 жыл бұрын

    “Take your baby outside when it’s crying” FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WHY DONT THEY SAY THIS BEFORE MOVIES ANYMORE?!

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    No idea, probably because the movie theatres forgot about crying babies during movies

  • @aliciahigginbotham5811

    @aliciahigginbotham5811

    3 жыл бұрын

    I Don't Know.

  • @matthewentertainment5819

    @matthewentertainment5819

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because children were kidnapped by criminals

  • @autobotrock4789

    @autobotrock4789

    3 жыл бұрын

    Maybe they figured customers were capable of using common sense. How silly of them.

  • @gionnijohnson69

    @gionnijohnson69

    3 жыл бұрын

    PLEASE GOD PLEASE FIND A WAY TO BRING BACK FRONT ROW JOE!!!!!

  • @srbarkerchan
    @srbarkerchan5 жыл бұрын

    Joe's not only a cool guy, but he's also a good role model for kids since he teaches proper theater etiquette. I think he should make a comeback.

  • @javianwilliams7463

    @javianwilliams7463

    4 жыл бұрын

    Eraser: This dude is right!

  • @nintndo1636

    @nintndo1636

    4 жыл бұрын

    I agree. Front Row Joe is awesome.

  • @stephenemmett9753

    @stephenemmett9753

    4 жыл бұрын

    It'd make more sense for those who are texting on their phones to turn them off.

  • @ursarossman280

    @ursarossman280

    4 жыл бұрын

    I know many adults who seed some God damn thetre etiquette as well

  • @tyhillbroussard4924

    @tyhillbroussard4924

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think he’s better than Cool Cat

  • @tejaswoman
    @tejaswoman4 жыл бұрын

    How did it take me nearly 30 years to notice that while Popcorn Penny is wearing a top and a skirt, Joe is pantsless? Fun fact: Popcorn Penny didn't originally have a name. In the early 1990s, they had a contest to name her. I remember because one of my high school students worked at the McAllen Cinemark theater and he contributed a name. Wish I could remember what it was, because it was really cute.

  • @simonelopes5030

    @simonelopes5030

    3 жыл бұрын

    TOP 3

  • @Draknfyre

    @Draknfyre

    2 жыл бұрын

    Male cartoon characters going pantless while female ones are fully-dressed is quite common from the earliest cartoons to today.

  • @candycane1744

    @candycane1744

    Жыл бұрын

    That's how furry characters were designed back then

  • @charlietrain

    @charlietrain

    Жыл бұрын

    fun fact :we called her back row ho....

  • @404TVfr

    @404TVfr

    11 ай бұрын

    @@charlietrain oi

  • @blaa6
    @blaa63 жыл бұрын

    As a former theater employee, we need more mascots like this.

  • @supermariof0521

    @supermariof0521

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed.

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    Жыл бұрын

    Good idea.

  • @alphagiga4878

    @alphagiga4878

    6 ай бұрын

    But aren't theaters dying though?

  • @blaa6

    @blaa6

    6 ай бұрын

    @@alphagiga4878 I'd say that only really applies to independent theaters or ones in isolated areas. Most theaters I go to have plenty of customers.

  • @cartoonosaurus
    @cartoonosaurus2 жыл бұрын

    I love Elton’s redemption arc, plus the first two trailers using a saxophone to simulate a baby crying.

  • @matthewsoucy9073

    @matthewsoucy9073

    Жыл бұрын

    And you thought Zuko has the best redemption arc

  • @coraltwining7830
    @coraltwining78303 жыл бұрын

    They actually brought back Front Row Joe and Popcorn Penny for a brief period between 2003-04, several years after retiring them. This was around the same time Regal Cinemas (then known as Regal Entertainment Group) retired their iconic CGI rollercoaster policy trailer, only to revive it in 2010.

  • @personification5313
    @personification5313 Жыл бұрын

    We need these back. as a theater employee and frequent moviegoer, no one follows these policies now. trash is left everywhere and people theater-hop really loudly, disrupting movies that are halfway through. Joe would be a lifesaver today!

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    Жыл бұрын

    The Retro Decade Revival Project can help that, along with creating new shorts the old fashioned way.

  • @xylopiano3
    @xylopiano33 жыл бұрын

    1:46 I just love how Clyde and Elton are freaked out by the singing cats. XD

  • @tyhillbroussard4924
    @tyhillbroussard49244 жыл бұрын

    I like how they used saxophones for the baby cries

  • @moon-rvr
    @moon-rvr6 жыл бұрын

    "Along with me and Front Row Joe!" Aren't YOU Joe? I also like how Elton went from enemy to a friend even if he aint' did nothing wrong *most of the time.*

  • @Toongamer

    @Toongamer

    6 жыл бұрын

    Well he was pretty badly influenced by that jerk, Clyde.

  • @jonnygulmatico9472

    @jonnygulmatico9472

    6 жыл бұрын

    Clyde: It's the neurotoxins. Cake: Shut it, 🅱lyde!

  • @JoCox4048

    @JoCox4048

    6 жыл бұрын

    I believe Joe said: “Along with me I’M Front Row Joe”. But it does sound like “and”.

  • @jorgearnoldson3107
    @jorgearnoldson31077 жыл бұрын

    7:22 Goofy called; he wants his signature yell back.

  • @revinhatol

    @revinhatol

    5 жыл бұрын

    5:24

  • @javianwilliams7463

    @javianwilliams7463

    4 жыл бұрын

    And he really doesn’t like it, somehow.

  • @moshomaniac1
    @moshomaniac17 жыл бұрын

    These may be just movie theatre adverts, but their animation quality is better than about 90% of the rigidly animated, lazily drawn cartoons today. Man, I miss the cartoons 80s and 90s.

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    5 жыл бұрын

    There won't be anymore rigidly animated, lazily drawn cartoons. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, true talent and old school back into the public mainstream, ranging from the 1980s to the Victorian Era.

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Commies Are Bad It's still a work-in-progress. But if you like, you can spread the word to everybody. Here's what you can do; 1. List down which needs to be brought back and which ones won't. 2. Raise funds for the project through Kickstarter. 3. Put an end to rigidly animated, lazily drawn cartoons forever. 4. Eradicate Autotune from the face of the Earth. 5. Restore old school technology to working mint condition, from home game consoles to VCRs. 6. Bring back the old companies, malls, stores, and theme parks you remember from your childhood. I hope you can do it, I'm counting on you and everyone else.

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Commies Are Bad I haven't done the project yet. I'll need all the help I can get. About RKO Radio Pictures, that's a good idea to bring it back, RKO was one of the most prolific film companies in the 1930s.

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@glennjamin We'll get better animation back, the Retro Decade Revival Project will put an end to animators using Flash, Toon Boom, and CalArts butt faces. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, true talents, pure originality and variety, old school, and more back into the public mainstream, starting with the 1980s. Children will love real hand drawn cel animation all over again.

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@glennjamin Not everybody agrees. The procedures of creating hand drawn cel animation is worth the risk.

  • @ArcherSlamBAM
    @ArcherSlamBAM4 жыл бұрын

    I love that if you watch this in one sitting, you can actually piece together a story. Like how Elton became Joe's friend or how Joe and Penny met. Also going to wager that since that blue cat accidentally through the pink one, she went on to date Elton for a time. This is adorable. XD

  • @awesomereesee7841
    @awesomereesee7841 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who was born in 2006 I’m to young to truly be “nostalgic” but I still love these and I will definitely take it over that one Regal ad (you know the one) Though it probably helps that as an aspiring animator from San Antonio, I find it inspiring it was made by a studio from there

  • @UmmYeahOk
    @UmmYeahOk4 жыл бұрын

    3:07 OMG! Those iconic pink trash cans! How on earth can I feel nostalgia for a freaking trash can?!?

  • @Draknfyre

    @Draknfyre

    2 жыл бұрын

    My local ones were green. When it was closing I really wanted to get one because of how iconic they were. Never did, though.

  • @ChapBloke
    @ChapBloke8 жыл бұрын

    It's funny that they took 4 cartoons to make the title character take centre stage in his own piece.

  • @ChristopherSobieniak

    @ChristopherSobieniak

    8 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure they weren't sure at first before he started to get recognized.

  • @tonymata8070
    @tonymata80704 жыл бұрын

    Ahhh Cinemark, such wonderful memories of going there especially the dollar theater which was in a mall. I honestly miss seeing that logo for the company and Front Row Joe and Popcorn Penny (this is my first time knowing their names), I never saw these before and I remember the CG animated ones in the 2000s. It’s kinda sad that they don’t use the characters anymore but I’ll always see him in those arcade tokens. Oh btw the dollar theater I went to is now a huge Cinemark theater with XD. 😊

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    4 жыл бұрын

    My nearest one has IMAX ☺️

  • @ccateni28
    @ccateni286 жыл бұрын

    Remember when cinemas cared about branding?

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    Жыл бұрын

    If they still do, that would be great.

  • @UmmYeahOk
    @UmmYeahOk4 жыл бұрын

    Our local mall had a cinemark from 1989 to about Y2K. Stupid town ended up with a glut of movie theaters. They boarded up everything. About a decade later, Cinemark built a new theater elsewhere within the mall, leaving the original pre stadium seating theater still sealed up. The mall has since went bankrupt, but the new owners seemed to have attracted a lot of tenants surprisingly. The tenants are all pretty random. A daycare, senior center, ax throwing, war museum... ...I can't help but wonder why they don't open up the old theater and charge admission to see such a time capsule. For all I know, my favorite POG distributor game is still in the arcade!

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    4 жыл бұрын

    UmmYeahOk I KNOW THE MALL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MUSIC CITY MALL LEWISVILLE

  • @UmmYeahOk

    @UmmYeahOk

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SearsCool yep. That’s the one. Vista Ridge in Lewisville. 👍

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    Жыл бұрын

    What if we can reopen that old theater?

  • @UmmYeahOk

    @UmmYeahOk

    Жыл бұрын

    @@reneastle8447 the mall has once again changed hands since my comment was made. The theater is still boarded up. The only way we could get it to open is if we offered to pay for the space, even if just for a week. It would seem as though every single movie theater in that town has since closed, some even being bulldozed. This included the drive in that struggled to open, closing right BEFORE COVID when we would need them the most. This leaves the town with only the new(ish) Cinemark in that same mall. I can’t imagine them allowing a second to open within the same property, due to competition issues. It’s a good way to lose BOTH tenants. I had thought about renting it though, for like a Girl Scout sleep over event. 9 years before that mall opened, a smaller one story mall opened several miles up the road. Once a year they’ll have a “Mall Madness” event there, where the girls stay the night, and many vendors stay open till midnight including their own movie theater. The problem is that they want you out of there by 6, meaning you’re waking up at 4am. That’s pretty lame IMO. But Vista Ridge has crappy hours anyway. 11-7 daily, except for Sunday, then 12-6. …for a mall!!! So they wouldn’t need to kick everyone out so early to clean. The problem is, if this theater is truly a time capsule, you can’t exactly allow children to spend an extensive amount of time in an area that hasn’t been cleaned or maintained in over two decades. Think about all the dust, and decay. Even if you wanted to open it as some sort of throwback museum, you’d have to clean it and make it safe, and those theater seats are 30+ years old. They aren’t going to withstand the weight and width of modern humans. What this would be good for is to have an urban explorer film everything for us, maybe even the new mall owners could. But the theater doesn’t even show up as a vacant space on the maps anymore, like it’s not intended to ever be used again by anyone.

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    Жыл бұрын

    @@UmmYeahOk Don't worry, cleaning up and restoring will be the No. 1 priority before reopening.

  • @joeball9630
    @joeball9630 Жыл бұрын

    Clyde: I Talk During The Movie! Cinemark: So you have chosen… Death.

  • @javianwilliams7463
    @javianwilliams74636 жыл бұрын

    What a blast from the past! Also, M&M’S always make Movie watching better.

  • @EricE549
    @EricE5492 жыл бұрын

    these songs are so catchy, they're the only movie theater bumpers that stick in my head once i'm done watching a playlist full of bumpers like these. edit: a year later and i must point out elton goes through a reformation arc throughout the course of these bumpers. god-tier character development

  • @carlihildebrandt6990
    @carlihildebrandt69908 жыл бұрын

    I like front row joe.

  • @javianwilliams7463

    @javianwilliams7463

    6 жыл бұрын

    Diddo.

  • @wws12
    @wws124 жыл бұрын

    3:44 : *exists* Deviantart: *sweats*

  • @thenatinator4935
    @thenatinator49356 жыл бұрын

    The animation reminds me of Don Bluth.

  • @luv2sail66
    @luv2sail662 жыл бұрын

    I enjoyed these back in the day, especially the ‘50s style music. Not ashamed to admit it.

  • @ChristopherSobieniak
    @ChristopherSobieniak8 жыл бұрын

    It's a shame Cinemark doesn't use him much anymore.

  • @troyandrew7443

    @troyandrew7443

    7 жыл бұрын

    really? i saw him in an ad at a cinemark last year

  • @ChristopherSobieniak

    @ChristopherSobieniak

    7 жыл бұрын

    Troy Andrew Yeah, perhaps I just haven't seen him in my parts, and I've been to at least a movie or two last year at a Cinemark-owned Rave Cinema.

  • @troyandrew7443

    @troyandrew7443

    7 жыл бұрын

    Christopher Sobieniak well, it was not just b4 the movie started. It was out in the hallway

  • @ChristopherSobieniak

    @ChristopherSobieniak

    7 жыл бұрын

    Perhaps I didn't notice that in mine then, though it seems like they all use the same materials, whether Cinemark or not (so used to calling them Cinemark than Rave given the exposure).

  • @CK2012

    @CK2012

    7 жыл бұрын

    they do not use him anymore, I do not know the last movie I saw with the intro

  • @Swampert384
    @Swampert3846 жыл бұрын

    I'm honestly glad I haven't had to deal with CG kids comedies and fart jokes telling me to turn off my phone when I'm at the theater. Instead, we have a simple animation telling people to not be a "Tommy texter". Hello from Canada

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    5 жыл бұрын

    I'm very proud of you saying that, I was thinking about the same thing myself. I'm planning to put together a Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring real entertainment, true talent, old school, pure originality and diversity and more back into the public mainstream, ranging from the 1980s to the Victorian Era. That means there won't be anymore fart jokes and cheesy movies. If you want to join, be my guest. I'll need all the help I can get.

  • @Lumpytoast

    @Lumpytoast

    4 жыл бұрын

    Don't be a... SALLY SOUNDTRACK

  • @80sDisneyFan

    @80sDisneyFan

    3 жыл бұрын

    What's wrong with using movie characters in policy trailers?

  • @jcclark7788

    @jcclark7788

    Жыл бұрын

    Happy greetings from America I went to CINEMARK to go see Disney and Pixar's elemental in real d 3d today !

  • @CartoonLowStudios

    @CartoonLowStudios

    11 ай бұрын

    Some of them are very generic and are pretty much just a promotion for their respective movies

  • @danevileye
    @danevileye5 жыл бұрын

    Actually the last song used to be played on the Cinemarks in Brazil back on the early 2000s, such a memorable jam

  • @DannyMB24

    @DannyMB24

    Жыл бұрын

    As a Brazilian, that is great to hear!

  • @jessicamcneill2463
    @jessicamcneill24634 жыл бұрын

    Clyde was such a jerk, and Elton wants to enjoy the movie in peace.

  • @martinmoore2468
    @martinmoore24685 жыл бұрын

    I've never once been to the Cinemark Theatres before. Never, I'm afraid.

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    4 жыл бұрын

    please go

  • @scotthayes5933
    @scotthayes59334 жыл бұрын

    I remember these intros when we'd go to movies at Cinemark theaters. They'd only do it for family friendly movies however.

  • @kascnef

    @kascnef

    4 жыл бұрын

    How about r and NC 17 movies

  • @PapaMario2004

    @PapaMario2004

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kascnef I heard that they would just have the front row joe surround sound logo and no policy trailer

  • @ScarpawMutt
    @ScarpawMutt Жыл бұрын

    11:45 - 11:49 Joe’s face when Elton faints kills me every time 😂🤣

  • @rasputinsorphan1260
    @rasputinsorphan12603 жыл бұрын

    This song reminds me of ditching school my senior year with my friends and going to the Cinemark!

  • @tavvyprods1275
    @tavvyprods12754 жыл бұрын

    10:59 Does anyone not notice that Clyde, even with all the times he broke the rules in the theaters, was able to have a child, while Joe and Penny haven’t wed yet?

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    4 жыл бұрын

    could just be a nephew he's babysitting but okay

  • @Omegajunior2658
    @Omegajunior26586 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. I thought I never saw any American cinema policies like those before. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪!

  • @jacobjaime9143
    @jacobjaime91435 жыл бұрын

    1. January 1-December 31, 1988 2. January 1-December 31, 1989 3. January 1-December 31, 1990 4. January 1-December 31, 1991 5. January 1-December 31, 1992 6. January 1-December 31, 1993 7. January 1-December 31, 1994 8. January 1-December 31, 1995 (In Two Different Ways) 9. January 1-December 31, 1996 10. January 1-December 31, 1997

  • @ohnostoltzman2496
    @ohnostoltzman24963 жыл бұрын

    Front Row Joe was Cinemark at its furriest.

  • @sailormoondisneygirl6269
    @sailormoondisneygirl62696 жыл бұрын

    I wish they put this in our theaters. Or at least have Regal and AMC do something like this.

  • @coreylineberry8557

    @coreylineberry8557

    5 жыл бұрын

    Regal has the Rollercoaster, AMC has the circles.

  • @leyjammer

    @leyjammer

    5 жыл бұрын

    Regal: Rollercoaster AMC: Red Circles Cinemark: Front Row Joe

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    Corey Lineberry it used to be the ticket guy Clip

  • @PJVids83

    @PJVids83

    4 жыл бұрын

    AMC is quickly becoming the Disney of movie theatres.

  • @Brillemeister
    @Brillemeister7 жыл бұрын

    This should be its own movie

  • @martinmoore2468
    @martinmoore24685 жыл бұрын

    Joe was the front row hero. Clyde was the back row villain.

  • @AugustDX
    @AugustDX3 жыл бұрын

    When I was a lad I used to get him confused with the cat from Cats don't Dance.

  • @jacksonpriestap3685
    @jacksonpriestap36856 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been going to Cinememark for many years, and always wondered “Why is there a tiger on that sign?” So now I know!

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    Coaster Jackson that’s a cat

  • @flmbyz
    @flmbyz6 ай бұрын

    You have brought me back to my old childhood theater! Thank you so much for this wonderful gift! 😊❤️

  • @candykatkittylichiousisthebomb
    @candykatkittylichiousisthebomb6 жыл бұрын

    More pre movie animations should tell you to take your baby out when it's crying.

  • @sonigokuu
    @sonigokuu7 жыл бұрын

    The lobbies in the early part of the video reminds me of the old Movies 8 in Provo, Utah; just before they closed for good.

  • @Jay-uu5lu
    @Jay-uu5lu Жыл бұрын

    Late 90s cgi was the weirdest thing ever

  • @matthewsoucy9073

    @matthewsoucy9073

    Жыл бұрын

    Have you seen the cgi in The Santa Clause? Try that

  • @matthewsoucy9073
    @matthewsoucy90732 жыл бұрын

    I love how Elton got that don bluth smile

  • @sidverbal7170
    @sidverbal71703 жыл бұрын

    Oh, and by the way, we had absolutely no involvement in the crappy cgi or out of US trailers done after 1997 when we did the last trailer "StarStruck". Those were done by other companies after Cinemark threatened us with legal action if we didn't turn over the rights of all the characters we'd developed after FRJ.

  • @michaellogmans4330

    @michaellogmans4330

    3 жыл бұрын

    Why was Front Row Joe booted at that time? Was it a rebranding of some sorts? Very unfortunate to see what happened in terms of production The legal stuff, the later phase of FRJ with CGI/new animation. Also, who has the rights to the characters and/or the film footage nowadays? I'm just so interested! I've recently learned about FRJ and I'm so hooked. Amazing to see. Thanks in advance~

  • @The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane
    @The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane6 жыл бұрын

    Never saw those segments since I never went to a Cinemark Theatre until years later, but they look really great.

  • @troyandrew6154
    @troyandrew61542 жыл бұрын

    Just imagine u r watching these b4 watching a horror movie in 1988 like childs play

  • @MaryS2022

    @MaryS2022

    Жыл бұрын

    These only played before movies for all ages, not horror films or anything above a PG rating.

  • @troyandrew6154

    @troyandrew6154

    Жыл бұрын

    @@MaryS2022 I know, but still

  • @elvingarcia3010

    @elvingarcia3010

    3 күн бұрын

    @@MaryS2022Taken from The Rugrats Movie (1998)

  • @amberola1b
    @amberola1b6 жыл бұрын

    I thought in the first few policy trailers, the cat ushers reminded me of Tom from Tom and Jerry

  • @allenpryortube
    @allenpryortube6 жыл бұрын

    "you're ready to party you're ready to rock, you've got a big we're cinemark!"

  • @revinhatol

    @revinhatol

    3 жыл бұрын

    *you've got a date with Cinemark

  • @TreadwellJay
    @TreadwellJay8 жыл бұрын

    What a great transfer!

  • @Pooky1991
    @Pooky19918 жыл бұрын

    Gotta appeal to them cool kids!

  • @itscrumbelivable

    @itscrumbelivable

    8 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit the 80s aesthetic

  • @ChristopherSobieniak

    @ChristopherSobieniak

    7 жыл бұрын

    I don't mind it at all (having lived it)!

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@ChristopherSobieniak I love it, everything 80s aesthetic is perfect.

  • @Cosmic_Rex
    @Cosmic_Rex2 жыл бұрын

    11:50 I really love the Toy Story Reference

  • @ArcadeWalrus
    @ArcadeWalrus4 жыл бұрын

    What a charmed life Front Row Joe leads

  • @King_Colombia_Inc
    @King_Colombia_Inc4 ай бұрын

    Holy hell, the animation is majestic marvelous. 😍❤️

  • @Alfenium
    @Alfenium8 жыл бұрын

    It's always anthropomorphic cats.

  • @ChristopherSobieniak

    @ChristopherSobieniak

    8 жыл бұрын

    At least it's better than AMC's Filmstrip dude.

  • @HallOfAdvertising

    @HallOfAdvertising

    8 жыл бұрын

    But even the AMC's Filmstrip dude is better than a Minion screaming "Illumination, ILLUMINATION" or Bomb's phone making fart noises.

  • @ChristopherSobieniak

    @ChristopherSobieniak

    8 жыл бұрын

    The Hall of Advertising Glad I haven't seen those at Cinemark yet (which is the only chain in my town these days). I do recall the early days of the film strip dude though in the 90's, but honestly, had I had a Cinemark to go to instead, I would've loved these ones!

  • @WestleyWolf

    @WestleyWolf

    8 жыл бұрын

    This is theater's trailers in a nutshell: Cinemark (or at least at the time): Front Row Joe/Soft Piano Regal: ROLLER COASTER!!!!! AMC: FilmStrip Dude Marcus-Krikorian: Lets put in random clips of different movies in with cheezy music and Cheap looking CG. IMO Cinemark wins this one.

  • @ChristopherSobieniak

    @ChristopherSobieniak

    8 жыл бұрын

    Westley West I wouldn't argue there.

  • @avisittodonnalandcapecoral
    @avisittodonnalandcapecoral2 жыл бұрын

    0:14 1988 - 1989 2:16 1989 - 1990 4:17 1990 - January 1991 6:18 January - March 1991 7:51 July 1991 - 1992 8:36 March - July 1991 9:24 1992 - 1993 10:09 1992 - January 1993 10:25 January - March 1993 10:41 1993 - 1997 11:15 1997 - 1998

  • @rattailtony2900
    @rattailtony29003 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if these ads were somebody's furry awakening

  • @Draknfyre

    @Draknfyre

    2 жыл бұрын

    I can guarantee you they were. Just as the sun shines and rain is wet. These trailers spoke to some people, heh.

  • @notsomagiceightball8525
    @notsomagiceightball85257 жыл бұрын

    Excuse me, explain to me how this isn't a meme yet.

  • @ryanwalker819
    @ryanwalker8197 жыл бұрын

    awesome front roe Joe is totally awesome

  • @tripjet999
    @tripjet9996 жыл бұрын

    @1:20 - A-hole smokers will be shot on sight.

  • @jedinate337
    @jedinate3374 жыл бұрын

    Be awesome if cinemark bring back front row Joe

  • @Gabe_Pictures
    @Gabe_Pictures4 жыл бұрын

    Everybody Have Fun at Cinemark

  • @EthanAnania
    @EthanAnania8 жыл бұрын

    This looks very cool!

  • @juju_426

    @juju_426

    6 жыл бұрын

    Ethan Anania IKR?

  • @theartoftimelapsemore424
    @theartoftimelapsemore42410 ай бұрын

    11:15 Hey, let's party, let's rock We've got tickets to the Cinemark Come on with me, I'm Front Row Joe Starstruck Penny, where'd she go? Keep the peace in the wild west That loud dude is such a pest Clyde, I'll run you outta town If you don't put that cellphone down A real good scare, big ol' fright Who's that chattering in the night? No one likes a big-mouthed creature (Quiet, please, for the feature!) When the lights go down I wonder why Little babies start to cry They gotta be good or go bye-bye The brightest star in the galaxy Cinemark fun is waiting for me I'm at home in the front row seat Only here at the Cinemark!

  • @PJVids83
    @PJVids834 жыл бұрын

    4:17 My childhood memories begin with this policy trailer.

  • @jonnygulmatico9472
    @jonnygulmatico94726 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone want to meet Front Row Joe at a Cinemark grand opening?

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    Jonny Gulmatico me

  • @VSaber365
    @VSaber3655 жыл бұрын

    11:17 was the first one I ever saw because it was from the first time I ever went to a Cinemark theater.

  • @tejaswoman

    @tejaswoman

    4 жыл бұрын

    06:21 is the one I remember, for the same reason. We didn't have Cinemark up here in Dallas, or at least not that I ever heard of. My first encounter with Cinemark was when I moved down into the Lower Rio Grande Valley and used to go to the one in McAllen, Texas.

  • @prowolf633
    @prowolf6335 ай бұрын

    They really gotta consider bringing back Joe , Penny, and the other cats 🐈‍⬛

  • @leewitten4758
    @leewitten475811 ай бұрын

    I can only imagine this going before a movie like "The Cook, the Thief, his Wife, and her Lover", or "Cape Feared" and I can't help but laugh.

  • @tyhillbroussard4924
    @tyhillbroussard49244 жыл бұрын

    11:49 Hey wait a minute, did they just reference one of my favorite Disney and Pixar movies?

  • @buhta123

    @buhta123

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think so because there's Pixar ball and in toy story there Pixar ball as a Easter egg

  • @ElConquistador39
    @ElConquistador396 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for bringing back memories. This is Classic.

  • @dominictesch1129
    @dominictesch11296 жыл бұрын

    Front Row Joe must be super rich, He bought like 200 dollars worth of snacks.

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dominic Tesch he has some nice cars

  • @Draknfyre

    @Draknfyre

    2 жыл бұрын

    Back then that would've been about $20.

  • @dag1984
    @dag19845 жыл бұрын

    Is it just me for does Elton look a lot like Eek the Cat?

  • @Unknownenterprises_ltd

    @Unknownenterprises_ltd

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah he kinda looks like him

  • @GIJoeFan97
    @GIJoeFan976 ай бұрын

    They need to bring this back.

  • @plushblueep
    @plushblueep5 жыл бұрын

    Dear Cinemark, bring Joe back!

  • @Ene-Chan

    @Ene-Chan

    5 жыл бұрын

    He is

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Ene-Chan Where? I went to Cinemark on Sunday and I didn't see him

  • @Ene-Chan

    @Ene-Chan

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SearsCoolits kinda a silent revival he cameos on marketing stuff and there is a costume (but for some reason theres only 1 version of the costume and every cinemark shares it)

  • @BubblyJubbly
    @BubblyJubbly5 жыл бұрын

    Ah, the 80s.

  • @martinmoore2468

    @martinmoore2468

    5 жыл бұрын

    I miss the 80s. A lot.

  • @BubblyJubbly

    @BubblyJubbly

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too. And I wasn’t even born at the time.

  • @ikibanvuelve
    @ikibanvuelve6 жыл бұрын

    Catchy tunes, soo 90's

  • @martinmoore2468

    @martinmoore2468

    5 жыл бұрын

    I miss a 90s. A lot.

  • @NALTOdeluxe
    @NALTOdeluxe2 жыл бұрын

    Peavey? Now that’s rad.

  • @Sheelamay76
    @Sheelamay762 жыл бұрын

    8:49 choir: at cinemark we love the movies

  • @axngies5201
    @axngies52016 жыл бұрын

    8:37 Watch the whole thing and it’s pretty good because the effort and animation to me is fantastic even the food and other people.

  • @megasame5912
    @megasame59123 жыл бұрын

    The movies had to have been such an energetic place in the late '80s. That was before you had to sit through an hour worth of crap...

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    Жыл бұрын

    If they still do today, that would be awesome.

  • @arikhartnett9834
    @arikhartnett98345 жыл бұрын

    These Front Row Joe commercials are once Used by Cinemark, but not anymore since May 2007.

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    5 жыл бұрын

    Not for long, he'll make a permanent comeback thanks to the Retro Decade Revival Project. Our goal is to bring old school, real entertainment and true talent back into the public mainstream, ranging from the 1980s to the Victorian Era.

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@reneastle8447 yay

  • @reneastle8447

    @reneastle8447

    5 жыл бұрын

    If you're interested in the project, I'll give you a couple of hints. First, we will start the project at the top of a country. Second, each month will represent a golden decade. Last but not least, everybody's going to have fun traveling back in time and bringing real entertainment, old school, true talent, pure originality and diversity and more back into the public mainstream.

  • @matthewhahn1132
    @matthewhahn1132 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing

  • @kathleenbyrnedalton
    @kathleenbyrnedalton3 жыл бұрын

    3:56 Elton snickered like Muttley

  • @cjpwolf2436
    @cjpwolf24362 жыл бұрын

    I had a dream about Front Row Joe on Nov 12/13 2021. This was a Directv how to use the UI [like the guide] video for a Sony or RCA Set-top-box. The end VHS tape has Joe and Penny waving goodbye on the Cinemark logo Witch was a prototype one the logo we know today and copyrights and trademarks of the company's with Warner Brothers that also work on Joe and the other cats as well.

  • @scotthayes4135
    @scotthayes41352 жыл бұрын

    7:52 that's the intro that I remember the most.

  • @logofreak98
    @logofreak98 Жыл бұрын

    It’s funny because the front row is actually not a great place to sit. Joe’s neck must be killing him.

  • @missZoey5387
    @missZoey5387 Жыл бұрын

    Charmingly cheesy in only ads from 26 to 35 years ago could be lol

  • @Luiseta
    @Luiseta5 жыл бұрын

    I love this!!!!

  • @moshomaniac1
    @moshomaniac17 жыл бұрын

    I always wondered what animator did these. They look Looney Tunes inspired.

  • @FieldmasterFox

    @FieldmasterFox

    7 жыл бұрын

    To me more like Tom and Jerry.

  • @moshomaniac1

    @moshomaniac1

    7 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I can see that.

  • @coreylineberry8557

    @coreylineberry8557

    5 жыл бұрын

    They've only really done these... But they're really well-animated.

  • @powerpointropolis8014
    @powerpointropolis80142 жыл бұрын

    The only policy trailers with a redemption arc

  • @Sheelamay76
    @Sheelamay762 жыл бұрын

    11:17 goodbye song

  • @martinmoore2468
    @martinmoore24685 жыл бұрын

    I wish I could go to Cinemark Theatres, just this once.

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but they don't play the Front Row Joe trailers anymore, does your state have a Cinemark or something? Mine obviously does because Cinemark was founded in Texas

  • @martinmoore2468

    @martinmoore2468

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@SearsCool unfortunately, no. Sadly, there is not one in the Boston area.

  • @SearsCool

    @SearsCool

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@martinmoore2468 that's sad, my town doesn't actually have a Cinemark and the nearest one is 20 minutes away, so I go that one and its really great

  • @Embargoman
    @Embargoman Жыл бұрын

    Never seen that before!

  • @nocturnalrecluse1216
    @nocturnalrecluse12164 жыл бұрын

    Star struck penny...where'd she GOOoOo??

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