VHS Rewind!

VHS Rewind dips its toe into some potentially controversial waters by beginning a short series of episodes reviewing films that have fallen victim to the vigilantes known as the MeToo movement. First up is MeToo whipping boy Woody Allen’s A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK…Sexual abuse claims continue to dog Woody despite the claims having been investigated and “no credible evidence” having been...

The Christmas Season is upon us once again and VHS Rewind has placed under your mistletoe an all-new Xmas music spectacular!!! Whether you are wrapping presents, trimming your tree or driving for hours to the relatives this Xmas, we hope you will take a listen to the show and let us bring some joy and non-PC humor to your Xmas season. Lot of surprises are wrapped in this episode including an Xmas...

The years just tick by so quickly!  Chris and RetroDad are too lazy to go back into the archives to see how many Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades we have reviewed so 7 sounds like a good number! This year we found an incomplete copy of the 1980 Parade and missing from our copy was Gil Gerard and Todd Bridges but it Includes performances by the casts of the Broadway shows “Barnum,”...

In this throwback from the FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION podcast archives, We have another Halloween treat for you! Chris and I discussed the fun and mesmerizing horror TV series created by George A. Romero, Tales From the Darkside which aired 37 years ago today on October 29th 1983!  We hope you all have a Happy and Safe Halloween. “Tales from the Darkside is a 1980s American anthology horror TV s...

We have the Halloween treat you have been waiting for: the annual VHS Rewind/Mixtape Rewind epic crossover Halloween music episode. Listen (with the lights out) as host Christopher Hasler conducts a scary, spooky musical celebration of the most famous monsters of filmdom. Be prepared to rock, roll, disco dance and scream the night away. We hope you all have a Happy and Safe Halloween.

In this throwback from the PHUYUCK podcast archives, Mark and Chris discuss Breakin’ Which was originally released on May 4th, 1984. “A struggling young jazz dancer meets up with two break-dancers. Together they become the sensation of the street crowds.”

In this throwback from the FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION podcast archives, Mark and Chris discuss The Greatest American Heroine pilot episode that originally aired back in 1986! During 1986, the original principal cast reunited for a pilot movie for a new NBC series to be named The Greatest American Heroine, which did not result in a new series, and the pilot was never broadcast by NBC. Ultimately, the p...

For your Consideration was a podcast that Alex Saltz and Mark started back in the summer of 2011, the goal was to review the Pilot episodes of TV shows and Chris Hasler began co-hosting with Mark towards the end of season 1.  Eventually, Chris and Mark would end the For Your Consideration show after 24 episodes to start a new show, with a focus on films entitled PhuYuck in January of 2013. PhuYuck...

For your Consideration was a podcast that Alex Saltz and Mark started back in the summer of 2011, the goal was to review the Pilot episodes of TV shows and Chris Hasler began co-hosting with Mark towards the end of season 1.  Eventually, Chris and Mark would end the For Your Consideration show after 24 episodes to start a new show, with a focus on films entitled PhuYuck in January of 2013. PhuYuck...

For your Consideration was a podcast that Alex Saltz and Mark started back in the summer of 2011, the goal was to review the Pilot episodes of TV shows and Chris Hasler began co-hosting with Mark towards the end of season 1.  Eventually, Chris and Mark would end the For Your Consideration show after 24 episodes to start a new show, with a focus on films entitled PhuYuck in January of 2013. PhuYuck...

Mark and Chris discuss Less Than Zero as we continue our #Spaderthon! This is part of our award winning #Spaderthon! A college freshman returns to L.A. for the holidays at his ex-girlfriend’s request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit. Director: Marek Kanievska Writers: Bret Easton Ellis (novel), Harley Peyton (screenplay) Originally released on: Nove...

Mark and Chris discuss The New Kids which first came to theaters on January 11, 1985 This is part of our award winning #Spaderthon! A brother and sister (Shannon Presby and Lori Loughlin) lose their parents in a tragic accident, and are sent to live with relatives in Florida. They are repeatedly bullied and traumatized by the local yahoo played wickedly by James Spader. What follows is a late nigh...

Mark and Chris discuss TUFF TURF which originally appeared in theaters on January 11, 1985!  Tuff Turf brings back memories of watching movies on Select TV. This 80’s cult hit is about a young lad who’s life is turned upside down when his upper class father hits financial trouble forcing his family to move out to the ‘hood. James Spader slowly learns how to deal with street life...

Need a spring break, Spring Break, SPRING BREAK? The latest episode of VHS Rewind is now available and will help cure your Spring fever and even help you pass your lonely time at summer camp. In an episode we are controversially calling “Babes, Boobs and Purity Bush”, Christopher Hasler, co-host of VHS Rewind, throws political correctness away and leaves the Me Too movement behind as he celebrates...

Mark and Chris discuss the ‘Sequel to Fast times”, The Wild Life directed by Cameron Crowe and Starring Chris Penn, Ilan Mitchell-Smith, Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson and Rick Moranis https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088402/fullcredits

Mark is honored to have Vic Sage from The Diary of an Arcade Employee, Saturday Night Frights, Retro Radio Memories and The Retroist Podcasts Vic’s amazing podcasts can be found here: https://www.retroist.com/category/diary-of-an-arcade-employee-podcast/ https://www.retroist.com/category/retro-radio-memories-podcast/ https://www.retroist.com/saturday-frights/ https://www.retroist.com/podcast...

Season 8 Episode 7 Mark is again joined by David Lawler and Chris Hasler to discuss all of our favorite commercials of all time!  This time we focus deeply on the 1-900 phone craze of the 1980’s! You can learn all about David Lawler and his excellent work at https://blissvillepodcast.wordpress.com http://blissville.net https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0hriaJlVwayB7J0wN2Le1w

Season 8 Episode 6 To Close out 2018 – Mark is joined by David Lawler and Chris Hasler to discuss our favorite commercials of all time!

Season 8 Episode 5 Chris Hasler dug through the crates to bring you this collection of the most incredible and memorable Christmas and holiday classic imaginable – Enjoy

Season 8 Episode 4 Mark and Chris welcome David Lawler and Chris Cooling to the show so they can have a roundtable discussion about the awkward but worthwhile Cher’s Christmas Special from 1975. You can learn more about Chris Cooling and his wonderful podcast, ForgottenTV at http://www. Forgotten. TV You can learn all about David Lawler and his excellent work at https://blissvillepodcast.wor...

Season 8 Episode 3 This is a Chris Hasler solo project and it is AMAZING!

Season 8 Episode 2 Mark and Chris discuss The ABC Special, The Day My Kid Went PUNK which originally aired 31 years ago today on October 23, 1987!

Season 8 Episode 1 Mark and Chris get together to play some of the strangest and also most interesting music and clips from Bill Cosby.

Season 7 Episode 12 Mark and Chris tackle the second half of the 1972 groundbreaking classic, The Godfather

Season 7 Episode 11 Mark and Chris tackle the first half of the 1972 groundbreaking classic, The Godfather