Collage of four shrinking movies. Top left, Fantastic Voyage shows two crew members in white jumpsuits inside a glowing futuristic vessel. Top right, The Incredible Shrinking Woman shows Lily Tomlin in a supermarket cart, wearing huge blue glasses and a pink scarf while holding a copy of TV Guide. Bottom left, Innerspace shows Martin Short grinning beside Meg Ryan in a bright office hallway. Bottom right, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids shows the children gathered beside Antie.

I am back behind the counter of the Video Store Podcast. This week I am recommending four films where the main characters are shrunk down and need to confront a world that is very different and usually a lot more dangerous

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A messy bedroom from Ted, with Ted the teddy bear standing on a rug beside a wooden bunk bed. The room is cluttered with clothes, snack trash, a cereal box, soda cans, a colorful ball, and a blue beanbag chair. Near the floor in front of Ted is a paper cup with an orange and yellow flower pattern among the mess.

We don't get a lot of modern TV show appearances of the Orange and Yellow Flowers Paper Cup, but in the most recent season of the tv show, Ted, we get the cup in the background of two scenes.

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Close up photo of an Atari 1040ST computer, focused on the numeric keypad and part of the keyboard. The beige case and white keys fill most of the frame, with the blue Atari 1040ST logo visible near the top right. A blurred monitor sits in the background

Make it an Atari 1040ST kind of morning.

Magazine ad art for the Back to the Future animated series, showing Marty McFly and Doc Brown in a cartoon DeLorean bursting out of a glowing gear shaped portal beneath the Back to the Future logo, with a large lightning bolt above them on a dark smoky background.

In my continuing my Back to the Future podcast series, I am discussing the Animated Series. This show came out when my interest in Saturday Morning cartoons was waning, but I went out of my way to make sure I watched it.

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It was for fine tuning.

Close view of a vintage Jerrold cable box with a fake woodgrain top and a row of black channel buttons across the front. A handwritten and printed channel guide is taped above the buttons, listing old cable stations like HBO, MTV, C SPAN, USA, CNN, and Nickelodeon. A large slider sits on the left side, a tuning wheel is on the right, and the box rests on a wooden table with its cord coiled behind it.

Do you remember your cable TV channel line-up?

Cream Soda (gives it a cloudiness) and a nice vanilla cream finish.

A close up photo of a bright green bottle of Dirty MounDew cream soda with a retro style cream, orange, black, and green label. Behind it, out of focus on a television screen, is an old style weather map with colored temperature panels and forecast numbers.

Wasn't sure I was going to like the new Dirty Mountain Dew, but a citrus creamsicle soda is just what I needed today.

Book cover titled How To Make and Sell Quality Teddy Bears, with the subtitle Do’s and Don’ts of Bear Making. The cover shows a bespectacled teddy bear in a dark sweater and pink striped bow, holding a needle and thread beside a small black sewing machine, with a smaller teddy bear sitting in front. A red corner banner reads Full Size Patterns.

I am ready to start my new career.

A slightly faded yearbook photo under the heading “Computer Club” shows nine high school boys lined up indoors against a brick wall, dressed in sweaters, plaid shirts, and slacks straight out of 1982. In the middle of the group, for reasons known only to the club, a Commodore computer has been dumped in a trash can and proudly included in the pose like it is one of the members. Everyone faces the camera with the serious expression of students who may be smarter than everyone else in the building and know it.

High School Computer Club (1982)

The Video Store Podcast is back this week and @pitfallgary.bsky.social is back behind the counter with four 90s court rooms film recommendations that are both quotable and rewatchable.

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Chewbacca's Bandolier Strap, from 1983.

In 1983, Kenner released "Chewbacca's Bandolier Strap," essentially a sash that doubled as a carrying case for Star Wars figures. This was, as I discovered on multiple occasions, not considered high fashion by most.

Adam 12: "I Just Stuck My Head In. I Guess I Wanted to See if it Would Fit" - 1968 YouTube video by Shatner Method

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Illustrated Adam 12 lunchbox art showing two uniformed police officers beside a black iron fence, with one using a long handled grabber while a little boy crawls under the fence and a girl stands nearby holding a doll. A small black and white dog is in the grass in front, with parked cars, trees, and buildings in the background. The title ADAM 12 appears in large letters across the top.

My favorite type of storylines on the TV show Adam-12. This was on the show and it made it on the lunchbox.

Ryan Coogler’s ‘X-Files’ Reboot Lands Hulu Pilot Order, Danielle Deadwyler to Star Ryan Coogler's reboot of "The X-Files" is officially moving forward with a pilot order at Hulu with Danielle Deadwyler set to star

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They are aware of the issue and are working on it (but it would be good for @bsky.app to get this word out!)

I much prefer the monster of the week episodes of The X-Files. Maybe the reboot will lean more in them.

Brochure cover for Atari Computer Camps, centered on an Atari 800 home computer surrounded by sports gear and outdoor items including a football, basketball, baseball glove, tennis racket, tennis ball, swim goggles, flippers, horseshoe, badminton shuttlecock, and a butterfly net. The ad tagline at the bottom reads, "Atari Computer Camps, The camp experience that lasts the rest of your life."

I never got to go to an Atari Computer Camp, but I never forgot about my attempts to convince my mom to send me. Despite wanting to go, I still didn't know much about them, so today I take a look at the origins, cost, rise, and fall of Atari Computer Camps.

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I agree 100%

Columbo meets Jaws the shark at Universal Studios backot

Columbo meets Jaws at Universal Studios.

a fat man wearing sunglasses and a colorful shirt is looking through them . ALT: a fat man wearing sunglasses and a colorful shirt is looking through them .

Oh...

A cannoli filled with white cream sits on a plate, with a plus sign next to a Cadbury Creme Egg wrapper image, suggesting a mashup of the two sweets.

Still dreaming about one day seeing a Cannoli Cream Egg on store shelves.

The eggs have gotten smaller and I think they taste different, but I still find myself buying Cadbury Creme Eggs each year. I think this commercial might be why.

Black and white Atari Computer Camps ad with the headline, Not Just Another Summer Camp. In the center, two cartoon kids sit facing each other and roast marshmallows over the glowing screen of an Atari computer like it is a campfire. Below, the ad says learning is part of the fun at Atari Computer Camps and lists features including coed ages 10 to 16, 2, 4, or 8 week sessions, convenient locations, no computer experience required, traditional camp activities, and professional camp directors. Near the bottom it gives a toll free phone number, shows the Atari logo, and includes a mailing address for more information.

This is not just another summer camp, its Atari Computer Camp.

It takes me back as well. Thanks for sharing a sweet/sad memory and for illustrating the unmute for people.

I have a small TV on my desk that will now stay tuned to the Weather Channel's Retro page all day. This is all I ever wanted for weather updates.

weather.com/retro/

Garfield Phone

Snoopy Phone

ALF Phone

Mickey Mouse Phone

If you could only pick one of these phones, which would you choose?

Black and white newspaper style ad for Action Family Arcades. A large Pac Man ghost fills the left side of the page, with a speech bubble across the top that says, “5 TOKENS FOR $1.00.” A block of text on the right announces that starting April 1, 1982, Action Family Arcades in Maine and New Hampshire will offer five tokens for one dollar, mentions games like Donkey Kong and Pac Man, and promotes the arcades as clean and supervised. Along the bottom are illustrations of arcade tokens above a dark rectangular logo panel that reads “Action Family Arcades.”

Action Family Arcades (1982)

A close up of the connector edge of a Commodore VIC 20 cartridge resting over printed game packaging. Beneath it, the insert for Pirates' Cove is visible, including a speech bubble that reads, Don't forget to type SYS 32592 and hit the return key to start your adventure.

Don't forget to type SYS 32592 and hit the return key to start your adventure!