Leah Mitchell returns to the podcast to discuss a personal favorite tv show and episode of Seinfeld! “Everyone has an uncommon experience while going their separate ways on the subway, and Kramer overhears a horse racing tip from another passenger, places a bet at a betting parlour, and wins big, helping to pay for his car fines.” Seinfeld: The Sub…

Kelly Mielke from the Dr. QuinnCast Podcast returns to discuss often misunderstood Magical Mystery Tour movie. You may remember us covering this same movie back in 2021 but we are back to discuss it again because…well, we really love this movie and feel it deserves a discussion that is released on Boxing Day! Magical Mystery Tour was originally air…

Kelly Mielke from the Dr. QuinnCast Podcast joins me to discuss this hilarious episode of Bewitched! There’s another Bewitched to be released next week! “Clara conjures up a newspaper that reports that Larry Tate broke his leg on the honeymoon trip they were currently on. The Stephens’ then become a bother on their vacation trying to protect Larry.…

Lorie joins me to discuss this intense All in the Family episode which aired on Christmas of 1976! All in the Family: The Draft Dodger originally aired on December 25, 1976 “Vivian has magic powers. She doesn’t hesitate to save her boyfriend David from failing in school by murdering teachers. However, David has gotten tired of her and is putting hi…

Matilda joins the show to discuss this strange and fun episode. I just love this series so much! Tales from the Darkside: Anniversary Dinner originally aired on February 3, 1985 “Vivian has magic powers. She doesn’t hesitate to save her boyfriend David from failing in school by murdering teachers. However, David has gotten tired of her and is putti…

Lorie joins me to discuss this classic All in the Family episode! We discuss so much and look out for another All in the Family episode in a couple weeks! All in the Family: The Bunkers and the Swingers originally aired on October 28, 1972 “Edith answers a magazine personal ad from a couple seeking new friends … unaware that they engage in a swingi…

Kelly from the Dr. QuinnCast Podcast joins me to discuss this episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show! The Dick Van Dyke Show: 100 Terrible Hours originally aired on May 5, 1965 “Rob recalls his interview for The Alan Brady Show, which took place after a radio broadcast that kept him on the air for 100 hours straight.” The post The Dick Van Dyke Show: 10…

Leah Mitchell joins me to discuss this movie which should have been called, “The Waltons vs Little House on the Prairie”. We discuss The Satanic Panic of the 1980’s, how crazy Melissa Anderson is in this episode and point out why this is such a cult classic! I hope you enjoy this episode! Midnight Offerings originally aired on February 27, 1981 “Vi…

Mark is joined by Kelly Mielke from The Dr. QuinnCast Podcast to breakdown and discuss a hilarious episode of the legendary television show, Cheers! This episode of Cheers which is entitled, Abnormal Psychology originally aired on OCtober 16, 1986 “Frasier has been invited to be a guest on a talk show. Shortly before his appearance, he brags about …

Mark is joined by podcaster, Fanacek to discuss the pilot episode of the legendary tv show, Taxi. We have a lot fun breaking down this episode and point out some of the more outrageous (to todays standards) things that are brought up. This episode of Taxi which is entitled, Like Father, Like Daughter originally aired on September 12, 1978 Check out…

#Deezenpalooza is back with a vengeance! Mark welcomes Eddie to the show and discusses everything about his career, how a single dollar changed his life, what exactly happened in the past 3 years to get Eddie into the tabloids like TMZ and what he’s doing now! I hope you enjoy this episode and I can’t thank Eddie enough for taking the time to speak…

VHS Rewind’s review of “This is Spinal Tap,” which was released on March 2, 1984, praised the music and the director’s incredible job. They raved about the film’s soundtrack, which featured original songs performed by the fictional rock band Spinal Tap. The songs were not only hilarious, but also impressively catchy, and the reviewers praised the b…

“Christmas comes once a year but the Annual VHS Rewind Xmas Music Spectacular is a little less predictable (the “Annual” in the name is probably a bit misleading) Now, after a 2-year hiatus, the Annual VHS Rewind Xmas Music Spectacular is back to celebrate the joyous Christmas season. America’s best loved Christmas collection is bringing you 2 hour…

It is that time of the year when we all gather with family and friends to give thanks…for the madness that is the 1982 NBC Thanksgiving Day Parade telecast. VHS Rewind is proud to serve our listeners with a Thanksgiving feast full of all the fixins (out of tune marching bands, butter-fingered baton twirlers, falling dancers, out of control balloons…

Back from the Dead: the listener-demanded return of VHS Rewind’s Super Spooky Halloween Music Episode! And we have pulled out all the stops to make this episode priceless…or, rather, Price-full. We have none other than Vincent Price acting as our master (monster?) of ceremonies, providing us with a history of Halloween, introducing some of the tune…

Due to the dated and non-politically correct nature of the motion picture BLACULA, this episode of VHS REWIND, examining the sociopolitical and cinematic impact of BLACULA, will contain many racial epithets, gay slurs and very bad music. Listener discretion is advised. Happy Halloween! The post Blacula (1972) first appeared on VHS Rewind!.…

Breaker 1-9, Breaker 1-9, any good buddies out there got their ears on, come back? This here is Ghost With The Most talkin’ at ya…my 10-20, I’m 10 in the wind on I-95 just outside of Bingotown, if anybody is around these parts and sees me and my chicken truck (it’s the one with a “VHS Rewind” logo on one side and a drawing of The King Mr Elvis Pres…

Mark is joined by Leah Mitchell and Vanessa to discuss the very strange but highly entertaining movie, Bugsy Malone! “Fat Sam (John Cassisi), Bugsy (Scott Baio) and Tallulah (Jodie Foster) are kids playing adults in Roaring ’20s New York.” Bugsy Malone was released on September 15, 1976 Kelly and Mark work on the Dr. QuinnCast Podcast together so i…

Dunn dun DU-UH-UHNNNN!!! Hold on to your rosary bleeds (yes, those rosary bleeds) as VHS Rewind! revisits a childhood favorite: THE CANNONBALL RUN, the flick featuring the most star-studded “…group of highway scofflaws and degenerates ever gathered together in one place…” God is the co-host (although he doesn’t have a mic in this episode) as Mark a…

Big Enos (Pat McCormick) wants to drink Coors at a truck show, but in 1977 it was illegal to sell Coors east of the Mississippi River without a permit. Truck driver Bo “Bandit” Darville (Burt Reynolds) agrees to pick up the beer in Texas and drive it to Georgia within 28 hours. When Bo picks up hitchhiker Carrie (Sally Field), he attracts the atten…

With this latest episode, dem good ole boys at VHS Rewind are proud to start their Spring 2022 Burt-a-thon, dedicated to the films of (wait for it) the legend, Burt Reynolds! Burt-a-thon begins with one of Burt’s very best, 1978’s HOOPER. Boasting a superb Burt ‘stache, an OK hairpiece and the Flying Nun at her sexiest, plus more stunts than an ent…

Kelly Mielke from the Dr. QuinnCast Podcast joins the show to discuss this legendary Made-for-TV movie. We discuss so much, including our love of The Beatles, Alexandro Jodorowsky, What it would have been like to view this movie in black & white and so much more! I hope you enjoy our discussion! Magical Mystery Tour first aired on December 26, 1967…

It’s that time once again: the annual all-music Halloween episode! Naturally, we prefer that listeners jump right in but maybe we can give you some SNEAK PREVIEWS to scare up your interest: this Halloween episode will be a little different as we spend time AT THE MOVIES. This episode will focus on songs (yes, with vocals) from horror flicks from th…

Mark and Chris Hasler jump feet first into this 1982 classic, Halloween III! The Silver Shamrock song is so addictive and this movie, although very strange, is just a ton of fun! We can’t recommend it enough! The post Halloween III (1982) first appeared on VHS Rewind!.By VHS Rewind!

HEY ABBOTT! Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein from 1948! This is the oldest film that VHS Rewind! has reviewed and is certainly a classic favorite! We hope you enjoy our second entry into our Halloween until Thanksgiving A-thon! The post Abbot and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) first appeared on VHS Rewind!.…

The Return of Chris Hasler! Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan from 1989 was not my first choice but I had such a great time watching this strange and entertaining film. Thank you to Chris Hasler for suggesting it. We discuss everything one might expect and we just had an incredibly fun time doing it! We hope you enjoy this first entry int…

This is a very very strange film. Ghost Fever was originally released on March 27,1987 but since IMDB states the film is from 1986 that’s what I’ll rolling with! Ghost Fever is a low budget film mostly financed by Sherman Hemsley and nearly bankrupted him! Although I am unsure who the target audience was, I think it’s worth watching just to see how…

Rushing this one out! Chris and Mark watched and discussed the CBS 1981-82 Happy New Year America hosted by Donny Osmond and Donna mills!!!! The Pointer Sisters also spend some time on stage live from Las Vegas! There’s so much in this 2 hour presentation and I hope you guys enjoy it! Happy New Year to all of you from VHS Rewind! and RetroTV! The p…

VHS Rewind! wants to leave one more lump of coal under your tree this holiday season…to celebrate Christmas in 2020, VHS Rewind is taking a look at a true holiday classic SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984). Nothing says “Christmas 2020” more than a movie filled with gratuitous nudity, the torture of children by sadistic Catholic nuns, lots of shag c…

“…with a heart full of wishes, tied up with ribbons of love, this gift that I give may seem small, but I’d like to wrap up a dream for you all…” Ho! Ho! Ho! and a bottle of (hot buttered) rum…VHS Rewind!’s resident disc jockey, Christopher Hasler, has prepared his annual batch of Christmas hooch! With this episode, VHS Rewind! is gifting listeners …

Mark is joined by Chris Hasler and Leah Mitchell as we combine RetroTV and VHS Rewind!’s forces to bring you our annual review of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, this time from 1983! Some of the highlights of the parade are Teen singing sensation Glenn Scarapelli Riding a phallic worm! A CATS performance! A limp wristed Superman A drunken Olive…

Its Halloween-time once again and while trick-or-treating may not be happening in some parts of the country (although it is alive and well here on Long island!), VHS Rewind Is still gonna bring you some Halloween-inspired musical treats with the Annual Halloween Music Episode…all kinds of creepy, crawling, ghostly tunes await those who dare listen:…

Mark and Chris get together to review this extremely underrated film from 1986. Matthew Labyorteaux who is best know from Little House on the Prairie and the 80’s hacker action show, Whiz Kids. Matthew plays Paul Conway who has a best friend who is a robot….yeah. Having a robot buddy may seem cute but after his friend is killed by her abusive fathe…

I don’t think it will come to many as much of a surprise for my fondness for the tv show, Whiz Kids which originally aired for a very brief 8 months from October 5, 1983 to June 2, 1984. In those 8 months, 18 episodes aired and I loved the show, I loved it so much that even recorded many of the episodes on a now lost BetaMax collection of tapes. Wh…

In this very special episode, VHS Rewind! brings to you a very special movie presentation from an alternate galaxy far, far away. One of the most fascinating by-products of the phenomenal success of STAR WARS was the proliferation of music knock-offs based on, or inspired by, the film, the film’s music, its characters, or even just the space settin…

I have followed Allison Preston’s work for quite some time and originally came across her talent while listening to the podcast, The Retroist. Allison puts out work so often and puts so much thoughtful commentary and research into each article that I truly cannot recommend it more! We discuss our love of retro things, the now defunct X-Entertainmen…

“VHS Rewind hopes that everyone is doing well and staying healthy during these crazy times. We are presenting another all-music show, this time focusing on 1980s soundtrack songs. Here are some of the ground rules: the song must have appeared (i.e. been heard) in a 1980s movie and/or its must have appeared on a soundtrack album for that movie (some…

Following on the heels of last episode’s review of Woody Allen’s A RAINY DAY IN NEW YORK through the prism of our current MeToo culture, VHS Rewind heads into the center of an even more dangerous storm as our new episode focuses its attention on auteur writer-director-star Louis (serial-masturbator-in-front-of-trapped-women) CK’s, I LOVE YOU DADDY.…

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 a…

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 surpri…

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 …

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 Darksid…

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…

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.” The post VHS Rewind! – Breakin’ (1984) – From Phuyuck’s Archives first appeared on VHS Rewind!…

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 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 f…

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 f…

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 f…

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 KanievskaWriters:Bret Easton Ellis (novel), Harley Peyton (sc…

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 wic…