“Collecting VHS tapes is no longer about collecting their contents,” @ddayfilms.bsky.social writes. “Nostalgia is the only commodity that goes up when everything else goes down, and yesterday’s business is booming.”
a promo graphic of a beat-up VHS slipcase with a moldy tape reel peeking out, covered in stickers and text that spell out "Rewinding Will Cost You: The Value of VHS in the End Times" with the Crooked Marquee logo
For @crooked-marquee.bsky.social, almost a decade after first seeking the answer on the World's Longest Yard Sale, I tried to figure out the value of VHS in a time when second-hand shops demand Blu-ray prices and sealed tapes break world records. Read on below.
the penne opticon
In an age of AI-priced yard sales and $77,000 copies of “Back to the Future,” this investigation gets to the bottom of why VHS tapes are seemingly worth more than ever, despite decaying by the day.
a promo graphic of a beat-up VHS slipcase with a moldy tape reel peeking out, covered in stickers and text that spell out "Rewinding Will Cost You: The Value of VHS in the End Times" with the Crooked Marquee logo
For @crooked-marquee.bsky.social, almost a decade after first seeking the answer on the World's Longest Yard Sale, I tried to figure out the value of VHS in a time when second-hand shops demand Blu-ray prices and sealed tapes break world records. Read on below.
Everything costs one hundred dollars Everything costs one hundred dollars Everything costs one hundred dollars Buying three sandwiches, that’s a bill
”the economy’s great! No inflation at all!’
IHOP server said my "fit was fitting," which is a very real thing to hear at 12:14 in the morning.
opening card of the "thriller" music video: Due to my strong personal convictions, I wish to stress that this film in no way endorses a belief in the occult. --Michael Jackson
Every horror movie should start with this exact disclaimer
Uploading photos of my missing wife to r/lostmedia.
The new VERY hagriographic Michael Jackson biopic starring MJ's nephew is out at the end of the month. But back in 2004 an unauthorised and EQUALLY flattering biopic was made in Canada. Here is a clip and I promise you have NO idea where it's going. I haven't done a single edit here.
a promo frame for Neon Splatter with a TV-grade still of Jim Varney as Dr. Otto mugging for the camera
For @neonsplatter.bsky.social's Added To Watchlist series, I studied the urtext of Ernest with DR. OTTO AND THE RIDDLE OF THE GLOOM BEAM, the primal cackle-scream of some Nashville Bohemians with too much talent for TV commercials. Read on below.
Jim Varney in DR. OTTO AND THE RIDDLE OF THE GLOOM BEAM (1985)
Added To Watchlist: DR. OTTO AND THE RIDDLE OF THE GLOOM BEAM (1985)
@ddayfilms.bsky.social resurrects an oft-overlooked Jim Varney & John Cherry venture that deserves to be rediscovered.
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A lineup of 6 chocolate bars, each with the Star Trek First Contact logo, and a headshot of a different character from the film
"Star Trek: First Contact" Bars (1996-1996): Milk chocolate bars from Leaf, released as a promotional item for the 1996 Star Trek film. They came in 6 different collectible wrappers, and featured molded images of various characters, locations, and vehicles embossed in each bar.
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yea i've got imposter syndrome. im poster
a clipping of a Sears Wish book showing plush dolls of Harry (...and the Hendersons), Big Bird, and Bugs Bunny
every podcast has these three guys
Bob Hope's Palm Springs estate, which looks like a Coruscant building in the plains of Naboo
Never knew Bob Hope lived in The Phantom Menace.
I’ll always remember Project Hail Mary as the movie where I saw someone smuggle an entire bottle of mustard into the theater and squirt it on a bunch of tiny cocktail franks.
Batman winding up to punch the Joker while sitting atop the Batmobile during a Six Flags stunt show
All Six Flags has to do to get back on top is let parkgoers watch Batman beat the smile off the Joker five times daily again.
30 years ago tonight:
when a restaurant has a Pepsi machine and no Dr. Pepper
“The Bill Pullman Type isn’t a list of attributes but an absolute—just looking at him, you believe this poor bastard is the cause of all his own problems and pray that he might be the solution to them just this once, stupid hairdo or no,” @ddayfilms.bsky.social writes.
is that a lot?
a promo header showing a red still of Bill Pullman from Ruthless People and a blue still of Bill Pullman from Lucky Numbers surrounding the title "Push and Pullman: Ruthless People and Lucky Numbers"
In my latest piece for @crooked-marquee.bsky.social, I compared rhyming Bill Pullman performances in Ruthless People and Lucky Numbers, as dumb crook and lazy cop, to venerate one of our most underappreciated players. Read on below.
