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The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
« 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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Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2025, 08:53:21 PM »
So it all stated to go wrong in Jan 2005.
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Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2025, 04:30:33 PM »
There is a generation now who never heard of a video rental store.


https://brilliantmaps.com/the-rise-fall-of-blockbuster-video/

I honestly thought this was going to talk about Bob Holness.
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Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
« Reply #4 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.

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Re: The Rise and Fall of Blockbuster in 60 seconds
« Reply #5 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.
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