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Title: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
Post by: Nearly Sane on June 23, 2025, 02:52:26 PM
There is a generation now who never heard of a video rental store.


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Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
Post by: Roses on June 23, 2025, 03:57:03 PM
There is a generation now who never heard of a video rental store.


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I have never heard of it. We bought ours.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
Post by: Steve H on June 23, 2025, 08:53:21 PM
So it all stated to go wrong in Jan 2005.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
Post by: jeremyp on July 16, 2025, 04:30:33 PM
There is a generation now who never heard of a video rental store.


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I honestly thought this was going to talk about Bob Holness.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
Post by: Walt Zingmatilder on July 17, 2025, 06:33:21 AM
I honestly thought this was going to talk about Bob Holness.
Bob Holness never had a fall but kept rising throughout his career. He was a legend, just like his clarinet playing on the hit song "Baker Street'. He topped that with Blockbusters becoming an Icon of a new generation.
Title: Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
Post by: jeremyp on July 17, 2025, 12:07:05 PM
Bob Holness never had a fall but kept rising throughout his career. He was a legend, just like his clarinet playing on the hit song "Baker Street'. He topped that with Blockbusters becoming an Icon of a new generation.

The Baker Street thing is an urban myth (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_Street_(song)#Saxophone_riff).