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dive into the story. The end of an era was when Hollywood video went out of business.

He might not even remember that store.

If you've never been inside of one, think of Blockbuster, but if the carpet had been bought secondhand from a bowling alley.

It was a lot smaller and had a slimmer selection.

Usually the cases were those clear plastic clamshells with a faded,

water-stained copy of the movie cover slipped into the inside. A lot of times they didn't

have a picture at all. You found a lot of cool stuff that way. Usually a really bad, extremely

gory horror movie or an old cartoon series from when you were a kid that you forgot existed.

It was peak Friday night activity for me when I was 10.

Get pizza, go to the video store, and bring home something to watch.

It kept me out of my parents' hair.

I would sit there and watch whatever I

ended up getting three or four times before returning it. Get your money's worth, right? When the

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