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Jan 31

Movies Unlimited & Critics' Choice Video Catalogs

It's like Christmas today! Got two movie catalogs in the mail. Movies Unlimited and Critic's Choice!

Oct 2, 2022

"Jack Frost" VHS Lenticular Box Art

This is one from my collection that HAS to be displayed with the front cover facing out – "Jack Frost" from 1997! InstantlyDated.com...

Jul 19, 2022

Finding Video 7

It was more than a year ago that I traveled to Shelton, Connecticut to pick up more than 400 VHS tapes from a guy giving them away. I...

Jul 19, 2022

Coming Fall ‘87 to UHF 76

I decided to have a little fun and came up with a new sitcom concept, complete with a UHF TV station indent. Below is the Script for the...

May 1, 2022

Instantly Dated Hosts the Film 1977 War of the Planets

Guess who became a B-movie host at one time? Me! We dusted off this episode on Instantly Dated where I host the Italian sci-fi classic...

Apr 23, 2022

Instantly Dated at the Video Store | Video 7 in Shelton Connecticut

I stumbled upon a mom and pop video store that was frozen in time when I was driving down the road from my house in Connecticut late last...

Apr 17, 2022

What Happened to The Noid?

Alright, so, the Noid. He was Domino’s Pizza’s mascot in the 80s. Kind of funny, it says on his Wikipedia page that his occupation is...

Apr 17, 2022

Outland 1981 VHS Review with Sean Connery

Did you ever have a favorite movie that you liked to fall asleep to? My favorite one used to be 2001: A Space Odyssey. But the monkey...

Apr 17, 2022

Tourist Trap Movie vs. Today's Special TV Show

Which show with mannequins is creepier? The horror flick Tourist Trap or 80s Nickelodeon children’s show Today’s Special.

Apr 17, 2022

Superargo and the Faceless Giants Review 1968

It was my first experience living through a Minnesota winter my freshman year of high school. I had just transferred schools from...

Apr 17, 2022

What Happened to American Gladiators TV Show

Back in the 80s, when there was nothing, and I mean nothing on. I mean I had played out out all of my NES, games and rewatched my VHS...

Apr 17, 2022

How Did Mystery Science Theater 3000 Start on KTMA? | MST3K

We all know and love Mystery Science Theater 3000, but have you seen what the show looked like before it made the move to cable TV? Check...

Apr 17, 2022

Megaforce 1982 | The Movie, Atari Game and Toy Line

Megaforce was part of Golden Harvest studios push to break into the U.S. market along with Jackie Chang movie The Protector and the...

Apr 17, 2022

Who Created Transformers Optimus Prime?

If you were a kid in the 80s, transformers were serious bid-ness. I remember begging for Optimus Prime. My father snatched the last one...

Apr 17, 2022

Weird Paul Talks About Stores We Miss

Weird Paul and the gang talk about the stores we miss, such as Children’s Palace, Hills, Venture, Zayre, old VHS cameras and recorders,...

Apr 17, 2022

Scam School, Night Attack, Great Night and Scam School's Brian Brushwood's Broadcasting Journey

Brian Brushwood explains how he got into broadcasting and the evolution of Night Attack, Scam School, Hacking the System, Cordkillers,...

Apr 17, 2022

History of the Captain Power TV Show, Toys and Video Game

The first toy released in the series was the XT-7 jet, which came with a video cassette. The show was the first TV series to integrate...

Apr 17, 2022

Vestron Video is Back!

Even though I hadn’t heard it in decades, a few years ago I had to search YouTube, just to hear the Vestron video bump. And it was just...

Apr 17, 2022

The Great Pan and Scan VHS Controversy

Remember pan and scanned VHS tapes? Now we have the opposite problem! I got interested in laserdiscs when I learned about widescreen...

Apr 17, 2022

What Happened to Betamax?

Sony’s Betamax format came out in 1975. Sony gave the format its name because beta is the Japanese word that indicates the way in which...