Microblog Memes

The cabin we vacationed at a few times had exactly two VHS tapes, as I recall:

Green Eggs & Ham (Side 1) / Star-Bellied Sneeches (Side 2)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Also we watched fuzzy news coverage of the Olympic bombing in Atlanta and it briefly seemed like it was the end of the world for like 2-3 hours. Probably because I was a kid + fuzzy TV in a cabin in the mountains + dramatic parents, etc.

Edit: I realized I said Side 1/Side 2 like it was a record. Anyway, it was just a 2-part Dr. Seuss VHS, not a rare dual-layer VHS.

Junior year of college, there were a few months where the only tapes in our house were Yellow Submarine, Slackers, and something I can't remember

The Court Jester (1955)

My grandparents had it on vhs, recorded from a tv broadcast. We watched (and quoted) it obsessively every time we went to visit them.

Having a random movie come up on YTV or Teletoon or some other channel only to never be seen again was a painfully common occurrence as a kid.

Thx to my mom we had Star Wars. I'm persuaded this set the course of my life in some ways. Thx mom!

For us, it was Condor Man

I think it can still happen, we had movies saved on my little brother's computer and he was quoting the political scenes of the Star wars prequels.

We got cable when I was about 10. In my country even on cable we had very few channels. Game changer! Those Saturday morning cartoons!

Beyond The Mind's Eye was my jam.

The Miracle on Morgan's Creek. I never liked it much, but my family did. Also The Princess Bride, but that's not obscure so it can't count here.

The Tenth Kingdom cult reporting in

Growing up the only Star Wars movie we had was part 2, so I watched that over and over. Dunno why I didn't want to watch part 1, 3, and the rest.

Lawnmower man for me. And thanks because that's got me into computer science

The Little Rascals and Looney Tunes VHS box sets and a home recording of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory. I fucking hate The Little Rascals and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory these days because of this, but I love the hell out of some Looney Tunes.

Honestly somewhat surprised parents don't automatically take the route of getting their kids thrown into their own niche world of focus beyond "here, phone.. phone good.. good luck"