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@yourbigheadcousin5434

3 жыл бұрын

Last Week Tonight is awesome. Youre wrong

@CondorCalabasas

3 жыл бұрын

@@yourbigheadcousin5434 It isn't though...

Newt is that one friend who tells a bunch of stories that he’s been through but no one really believes.

@pretzelheaddd

2 жыл бұрын

Or cares

@mr.manpants9460

2 жыл бұрын

And who laughs WAY to hard at his own jokes

@alexisbonilla9988

Жыл бұрын

Same with that nerd crystal!

@SandwichGlitch

11 ай бұрын

Or the geek Tony

As a kid I asked my dad what was in the "movies for mom and dad" section and he said, "Movies so scary it will turn you stiff." It took years for me to get that joke.

@kevinr.3542

2 жыл бұрын

The edgy dad joke. One of the rarest forms of dad jokes, but always welcome.

@enddhabzen9278

Жыл бұрын

ur dads a legend

Drinking game: Take a shot every time Newt says: "I'll never forget."

@futurefossil2208

3 жыл бұрын

I will forget because I'll be drinking so much.

@Ottophil

3 жыл бұрын

Or “xxxxxxx used to be good/funny”

When me and my bros were kids we'd always dare each other to run into the adult section real quick then run out. Anytime one of us came back out we'd always be like; "bro what did you see!!". So it became a thing of running in and trying to take as many mental pics as possible in like 2 seconds, then running back out and relaying what we saw. We were scientists conducting science.

“30 year old bearded white dudes that probably rented space jam to be ironic and bought ipa’s afterwards” That is basically what Bend, Oregon is like tbh

Does anyone else find it funny that this is a 76min video that has endless name drops complaining about an 88min movie that name drops. So meta.

@danielstack4158

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that myself, but it takes 20 minutes or so before they even get to the movie.

@Pdalow

3 жыл бұрын

@@danielstack4158 That's even worse.

@brentdever928

3 жыл бұрын

That's what this show is...

@stevencoil9831

3 жыл бұрын

There show is like this every week, I always fast forward to the movie parts

@jaybeeo1530

3 жыл бұрын

Did they even talk abort the movie?

I need an episode of just Tony, Newt, Johanna, & Crystal telling stories.

@dantemaritato

3 жыл бұрын

I agree anyone else

@mattv8280

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss. Also my idea too.

@drchipohpoh

3 жыл бұрын

"Hack the Memories"

@lucassloan8176

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@JONNYSORENSEN_AU

3 жыл бұрын

@@twerktospec shhhh don't tell anyone!

Y'all ain't lying! This documentary was a self-indulgent piece of crap. This flick was so forgettable that I was 75% through your review before I realized that I had already seen the movie and not just the trailer for it.

I'm glad Tonys co-hosts are always people he's comfortable with so the review just flows along. All the going off track and joking around reminds me of hanging out with real friends

Newt never runs out of funny stories about his life

@theitfactorjameswheezer2852

3 жыл бұрын

He is the most interesting b movie actor in the world....

@Radb707

3 жыл бұрын

You mean his sociopath stories? "My parents don't talk to me anymore" I wonder why

@theitfactorjameswheezer2852

3 жыл бұрын

@@Radb707 because parents are assholes sometimes. Do you just assume all parents are perfect or something? Horrible way of thinking

@pakuma3

3 жыл бұрын

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 why are you upset, did your parents take away your llama o'rama video game?

@pakuma3

3 жыл бұрын

He's old

My mom and dad owned our town's first video store from 1980-1991 (yeah, my local mom & pops store was literally my mom & pop's). The "movies for mom and dad" section at their store was a pair of blue 3-inch 3-ring binders sitting on the front counter, which had flyers and sale sheets for each of the adult titles and when someone found a movie they wanted, they'd just point to its flyer and someone would go to the back and get the movie for them.

Newt and Keeeeiiiiirrraaaaan need to do a show with all their Blockbuster stories. Several podcast episodes or something. Though I'd rather watch videos.

@ed_carnby3431

3 жыл бұрын

I agree, however I'd like to listen to a podcast of them telling Blockbuster stories. While I'm driving on the road.

I'm so glad this is here to fill the rental reviews shaped hole in my heart

@generalpotato9140

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

@FloggingMicah

3 жыл бұрын

For sure

@Coldgunslinger

Жыл бұрын

Hi, I’m Jimmy!

We need more Newt's Blockbuster stories.

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

i dont know. a lot of comments are saying its getting old. so may scale them back

@bigchiefsmackaho387

3 жыл бұрын

@@newtonwallen3210 clearly you are reading the wrong comments Newt. You should start telling them out of spite.

Man this show is just straight up comfort food at this point. Such great guests and topics. You should all be proud of yourselfs.

I love the dynamic you three have so much lol. You guys all have such great energy.

I didnt know Lloyd Kaufman by name until yall said "Troma". I used to watch all of those Troma movies on the USA Network late at night.

TONY!! I just figured it out.. Your schedule mimics Monday Night Raw & Thursday Night Smackdown! That is some class!

@theitfactorjameswheezer2852

3 жыл бұрын

Attitude era schedule. Awesome

Tony newt and crystal! the dream team!!! Gangsta gangsta!!!

@theitfactorjameswheezer2852

3 жыл бұрын

Rip DMx

@ashleyp3662

3 жыл бұрын

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 dmx was my dude

@lilmikemike7292

3 жыл бұрын

Og

@joefetzko7334

3 жыл бұрын

Tony the best tho

@markmark5033

3 жыл бұрын

IDK, it's hard to beat Mike Matei and MintSalad.

Tony is dead on with these comedians, they all took courses in how to be as cringe as possible

I used to work at Blockbuster and I'll forever have their promo song stuck in my head as a result! *"When the day is done, the night's still young. The show is about to begin. We've got everything here, I'm telling you we're gonna spend the night out in. Ooo, alright... Make it a Blockbuster night."* Tiny correction, I know a Blockbuster that *did* have a movies for Mom and Dad section. 😲

“Do you have any idea how long ago 2001 was?” “Yah, it was 10 years ago” Lmfao.

@ivanpabon2741

3 жыл бұрын

You mean 20.oof

@randomhereoh

2 жыл бұрын

@ivan pabon notice the quotations

You found your magic crew, Tony. Newt and Crystal are perfect. We don't need anyone else.

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

I wanna do one with Johanna so we can team up against Tony

@Crystalquin

3 жыл бұрын

@@newtonwallen3210 can I join?

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crystalquin no

@roboexe

3 жыл бұрын

Was there ever a Crystal-and-Johanna-Team-up?

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

@@roboexe should be

I always went to a local mom and pop shop with my dad. They had a gumball machine were if you got the one that was wrapped meant you got a free game or video of your choice along with what you rented. They even had deals on weekends for rent one get one free. Why would I ever go to Blockbuster? lol God I miss video stores.

I like that this show eventually became talk about tapes instead of Newt tells stories forever.

More Crystal episodes nice, when are we going to see Kieran (sorry if I butchered the spelling) I miss him from the rental review days. I'd love to see you Kieran and Justin together in an episode again.

@mattv8280

3 жыл бұрын

Same here Id loved that too having them all together.

@JONNYSORENSEN_AU

3 жыл бұрын

He's in soviet Russia shovelling dirt. Dont ask where he got the time machine.

@JONNYSORENSEN_AU

3 жыл бұрын

You can only see his video with a vpn as it taken down

@modest1989

3 жыл бұрын

You got your wish

Born in 93. My first regular video store was a Movie Scene, with a space harrier arcade machine in the back, a popcorn machine near the exit, and a whole lot of good memories.

Blockbuster was always terrible. As soon as a Hollywood video opened up near us we never went back to blockbuster.

Newt can you link to the video that you are talking about around the 40:50 mark of the video? I found his channel just fine, but I wanted to watch the video you are referring to.

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

if you go to the nasties reviews playlist I believe its the last 2. Its been a while. I really love this dudes video essays

I had both mom and pop stores and blockbuster nere by me. i loved them both. my blockbuster had a great horror section and exposed me to so many classics. Suspiria, Cannibal Holocaust, The Beyond, Faces of Death series etc. I also never returned Clayfighter 63 1/3 for N64 from them and it's one of the most expensive games that I own now. so only positive vibes from Blockbuster.

@KombatGod

3 жыл бұрын

But if you never returned it, can you say you "own" it??

@FatherAxeKeeper

3 жыл бұрын

@@KombatGod yes because the store no longer exists

I used to work at a video store called Hastings. It lasted longer than Blockbuster. It was a video store, and bookstore, and music, and cool stuff. I was the video manager. We had movies that blockbuster wouldn't sale. We did have a small adult section. It was about 2 shelves of movies not behind a door. It was next to the musicals. I swear it was only kept around because one customer would buy 200 to 300 dollars in porn movies and porn magazines every Sunday. It was gross. It got to the point that managers would only check him out. Because of the stuff he would say while paying.

@EliteEleven11

3 жыл бұрын

I loved Hastings

People are confusing corporate blockbuster with old school physical media and video rentals.

That recitation of Smashmoth lyrics was hilarious. I can see why that was cause for uproarious laughter...

Crystal being Crystal lol not a simp just love a girl that keeps up with herself 💁‍♀️😍. Funny old blockbuster stories Newt lmfao and Tony keep up the great work sir always bringing new content constantly ain't easy.

@Crystalquin

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!!

@modest1989

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely a simp though

Just wanted a quick sample and ended up watching the whole thing. These guys know how to entertain and inform.

Blockbuster was the nazi of video rentals. I was glad they went under. You could rent movie for 49 cents at soundtrack before blockbuster bought them out. Then they would never forget your late fees. The unwritten rule of video rentals was that if you had late fees, you would have to pay them next time you showed up or you just never rent there again. Blockbuster would try to put that shit on your credit report.

Always love Newt and Crystal as guests, but Newt! I was in EIGHTH GRADE in 1993! I’m old, not you! LMAO!!! And I keep searching “Alien 3” in the KZread search...

Dude, is that Len Kabasinski's Swamp Zombies 2 on your shelf there?!? I LOVE THAT MOVIE!

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

well I did write and produce that cinematic masterpiece

Wait. Newt used to make out with Crystal? I'm getting major Jessica Rabbit with Roger Rabbit vibes.

@Crystalquin

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha yes!!! ❤️

You are my TV show after work. You guys got it.

Love the vibe on this one guys. Really feeling the synergy

Shout out to “the Loft Cinema” in Tucson The video store newt was referring to is “Casa video “ it costs 6 dollars to rent a DVD and to account for the decline of patrons it doubles as a craft beer bar

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

yes

My best friend (Gary Wilson) who passed away a few years ago owned our local video store called birtley video shop and then a chain called global video pushed him into running a mobile rental out of his car then global got pushed out by blockbuster which I thought was poetic and now we have none, I would love to open a shop now in Gary's name, R. I. P Gary, I miss you

@Crystalquin

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry about that ❤️

@racheladamjuliewhite

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crystalquin thank you, he was a good man, it happened so fast, he had a blood clot in his leg and died before he hit the floor, I'm just so glad he didn't suffer

I’ve been looking forward to this review for a few days now. Enjoying it very much thus far. But brahhh Roadhouse 14 nights in a row tonight. It’s starting to take multiple cocktails to get geared up for it at this point!

I grew up in Cherry Hill, NJ and the first Blockbuster came in 1989. It killed all the mom and pop stores, but West Coast Video, Erol’s and even Tower Records by the Mall still rented VHS and Laserdisc. But Blockbuster was the goto for the popular movies cause they always had them in stock.

Newt is a very interesting guy to be honest, his life stories are so amazing

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

Justin and Crystal and I have had some strange adventures

*Eyebrows - "This is so interesting"* *Eyes - "I'm so high"*

16:40 I can’t stop replaying this! XD

Here in NW Indiana we had Box Office Video. Not sure if it was a chain but we had a few stores around here, at least 5-10 stores. Pretty solid place, they even used to have TG-16 games, but they sold them off after not too long. We eventually got a Blockbuster Video. They were OK.

Don't kid yourself Crystal, you are even hotter with the glasses... just kidding around, Love the show. You guys are hilarious and have a great dynamic together. I loved the off the rails review of TMNT. It was truly priceless. This is my go to channel when I feel down. Thank you for all of hard work Tony & Cast

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

maybe i should try glasses and see if it makes me hotter

At one point, I had four video store memberships. One of the Mom-and-Pop stores did have good stuff, but another was really crumby. I went to West Coast Video the most in my teens (after moving across town from the cool Mom-and-Pop place).

My sister ran one of our Blockbusters before it shut down. It was easily one of her favourite jobs. Much like Newt, she has stories. So many stories. We still have a rental place. It's a convenience store that sells tons of popcorn with a movie section at the back of the store.

@dillonwalshpvd

Жыл бұрын

… where are you? I travel as much as I can and I would absolutely love to drop in :)

Newt’s blockbuster stories should be a Patreon video.

Wasn’t to lame just underwhelming but I loved the old blockbuster commercials and old blockbuster stuff. Cheers to the woman tho that still operates that last blockbuster

Also LMFAO @NEWT for getting you Crystal with the but if you wanna make a little extra money 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣!!

As a fan of the movie Empire records, it makes me wonder what would the hip 90s hang out be like today? I was also working on a script for a lost boys tv show and I was wondering how to update Max’s video store for modern audiences?

I wasn't surprised by the Target visit moment in the doc. I worked at a mom and pop video store in the late 00s. they sent me half the new release inventory for my first week there, they told me to hit local retailers for the rest. I laughed hysterically and quit.

As soon as Crystal started talking about buy&trade dude showing her the porn section, the 1st thing that came to mind was the baseball card story from Psycho Goreman. lol ps. The mom&pop video stores were superior compared blockbuster, they had variety.

Newt that's not so bad, I got robbed at gunpoint by a guy with a "Gun" in a paper sack, and had a real s&w 9mm in my waist ... and I let him take the money and leave. I was 50% sure there was no gun in the paper sack ... but I wasn't going to risk possibly getting shot for money that wasn't mine.

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

makes sense

One of my first video store experiences was a pharmacy near my grandparents' house where you either told them what movie you wanted or you handed them the empty cover off the shelf and they gave it to you in a clear case if they had it-with both an actual video store and a Blockbuster nearby too. There was a store one town over from where we lived too when we first moved there, so that technically is the first experienced then in that case. The Blockbuster in the same town as the locally-owned one eventually was the only one left though and it was a regular stop on weekends for quite a while with us. Haha.

I could listen to Newt talk messed up stories all day

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

oh dont worry i have plenty more

Good day. I am fascinated and intrigued!!! I love the sarcasm and criticism. I mean constructive criticism and sarcasm... Lol!!! Anyways, I was the abiding blockbuster customer, but I witnessed and experienced several weird stories in blockbuster in the US and Mexico...Yes, I lived in the border of US and Mexico. So, I had the border-blockbuster experience. Lol!!! Anyhow, I agree with you that is a novelty place with a novelty documentary, period. However, I prefer to see the positives and negatives of blockbuster stories from employees, customers, and the corporate executives admitting their business errors.... With these comments in mind, I like your honest and direct humor... I mean good demeanor humor. Excellent, keep it up!!!!

This "documentary" really could have been a 10 minute piece on Vice. It's hard to celebrate the same brand that killed all the mom and pop rental stores before meeting it's ultimate demise but I will say my local Blockbuster in Oxford, MS was the bomb. The front half was a regular ole Blockbuster while the back of the store was full of adult movies, odd horror movies, B, C, D- movies Even people would just put their own badly made home recorded movies on the shelf. You would find the most obscure shit in the back. And also fighting tooth and nail with your parents to get them to rent you N64 games looking at the box art on the shelf on display. Man good times.

Also I NEED an episode titled “talking about Newts” that’s just Newt stories. Please Señor Tony!

@michaelb9537

3 жыл бұрын

No please- he gets more unlikable each time he says “one of my employees”

Why isn’t there a Prognosis Negative VHS?

Video Castle, Video Vault, J&J Video, Rent-a-Flick, Red Giraffe Video is where we went in the mid to late 90s. Blockbuster seemed more expensive

@colinj5291

3 жыл бұрын

Hollywood Video was a lot cheaper too when they first started and had a more flexible return policy. That's how they got customers.

@brentdever928

3 жыл бұрын

@@colinj5291 true. Went there until we got that late fee for like 80$ lol

HELL YEAH Newt! Represent the 520! The Loft Cinema is great. Thank you for mentioning it.

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

mondo mondays were my fave

Blockbuster's first store opened 1985. My small hometown of Elgin, TX didn't get one until 1998.

Watching this reminds me how much I miss Cinnemassacre rental reviews.

I was dating a girl who worked at the clementon west coast video when it went out of business. Got some really good discounts. Couch potatoe in oaklyn was my favorite.

Why was "west coast" video in New Jersey? 🤔🤔

If newt was in the fifth grade in 1993 how does he remember 1984?

Another great talking bout tapes. Please could you do RED HEAT....it's such a terribly great late 80s action film which I think you guys would have some great thoughts and views on.

Dang, Crystal looks good with glasses. Just saying. Commence people yelling SIMP at me.

@Crystalquin

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha thank you!! 🤓🤓🤓

Dang, I miss seeing Raid Shadow Legends on the show. D:

Ha. I watched and thought it was almost over and there was 40ish minutes left also. The difference, I shut it off. Thanks for the much better recap.

I finally subscribed to this channel for all the shit talking on Paul sheer, and L.A. comics. 👍👍 Oh, and the show is great. Thanks

As a fellow New Jersey native - this warmed the cockles of my heart

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

crystal and i are garden staters to the core

@mcgillaz3672

3 жыл бұрын

@@newtonwallen3210 yeah man! The discussions on this particular episode of rental stores and the like reminded me so much of stories my dad used to tell. He used to manage a number of theaters in NY, NJ, and PA. Many years ago he bumped into Bill Murray on the way into a pre-production meeting for Ghostbusters 2. My dad said, oh I didn't know they were making a second one, to which BM responded..."Neither did I."

Love that Newt quoted Dov Davidoff with crazy person story and the envelope.

I'm old enough to still remember video stores. I went to a local down the street store called VHQ, which was a chain subsidiary of movie gallery, which is a subsidiary of Hollywood video. And in 2009 it shut down. There was a Rogers video a couple blocks up from there. That shut in 2010. I never really went to blockbuster because it was really out of the way. I got a free copy of the Wii Up game, due to VHQ closing.

After you watch this Hack the Movies video, please rewind it and place it in the drop box within 5 days from now.

I worked at an independent video rental store and in my town we outlived Blockbuster by years. We were going til 2014.

When I was a kid I used to go to blockbuster but there was also a place called Shenandoah Video and Tan where you could rent some movies and watch them while on a tanning bed. Very odd concept. Needless to say they weren’t around very long.

Cannot wait!

5:46 whoa, I remember going to west coast video in Miami Beach all the time as a kid. I have fond memories of loitering and reading the backs of vhs boxes.

Tony casually says he’s a capitalist. I wish I could do that but it’s so heavily criticized where I live (college town). Props bruh. Competitive market is the way to go.

Damn this was a hilarious episode, I saw the Documentary and it was OK, but you guys are right the people just sukin the d of Blockbuster. Where I'm from in the 90s we had a small video store like a Ma and Pops store then we has a Video Kingdom, then came Blockbuster and a gas station which has a small rental spot. All were rivaling each other. The last ones to stand where Blockbuster and Video kingdom which changed to Movie Gallery. Movie Gallery lasted longer than Blockbuster. It was cheaper and yes way better selection.

someone tell me the name of the drunk history episode that has tony in it

@HackTheMovies

3 жыл бұрын

season 2 philadelphia episode

@cryptidsgaming1518

3 жыл бұрын

@@HackTheMovies thanks!

This is my favorite trio.

After filming a scene at my farmhouse. I cant wait for the movie "Killroy was here" directed by Kevin Smith

I had no interest in watching this documentary when I heard it was being made, but I had all the interest in watching you three pick this thing apart!

If you’re ever in Asheville, NC you should check out Orbit DVD I used to get all my vhs tapes there for .25c a piece. They had a good selection of more obscure dvds and blue rays for rental. They also sold vintage video game stuff, but it seems they priced it by checking eBay listings. Very overpriced.

I have a love hate relationship with that man, I think most people in their 30s do,

@destynova4512

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, mean I kinda like him as a person but most his films were awful. And even got to say the ones I consider "classics" are probably just because I saw them at the right age and time to etch them in my mind.

@theitfactorjameswheezer2852

3 жыл бұрын

@@destynova4512 who? Kevin Smith?

@destynova4512

3 жыл бұрын

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 that's who I assumed the OP meant.

@SolidMikeP

3 жыл бұрын

@@theitfactorjameswheezer2852 yup

@PortCityBalrog

3 жыл бұрын

He just isn't the same since his heart attack. He really looks and acts terrible since he went vegan :(

can explain to me what newt said about hot soup

Who the hell is that fine woman??

@Crystalquin

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I’m Crystal!

@thetsar7384

3 жыл бұрын

@@Crystalquin why yes. Yes you are. 😀

My local mom and pop show had the best selection of movies. They had everything obscure you could possibly imagine. My friend had a fake ID so we would rent movies like Tracey of Death when were were 15 years old. Tracey of Death makes the Faces of Death movies look like Disney movies.

Hell yeah! Shouted out Casa Video at 35:00 👌🏼

Always enjoy yours stories robert

@newtonwallen3210

3 жыл бұрын

or is it nate

All this movie did for me was make me think of the memories I had in the two mom&pop video stores in our town, Sigma Video and Entertainment Tonight. Sigma was the best. Smaller but more of a deep cut selection. E.T. came in and eventually closed Sigma. Then a Family Video moved into Sigma’s building and E.T. closed. Sweet justice.