Davros' Grandad post reminded me...
Way back in the mists of time (ok, about 1983) my dad rented us a VCR from the local telly shop. This was cutting-edge stuff back then, despite the remote being connected to the VCR by a wire (great for garroting the dog with).

I spent my youth renting videos from the local store and still think that the old Top-loader Ferguson VCR with the push-down buttons is about the best picture quality you'll get on a VHS (evidently they had broadcast-quality heads, as opposed to the consumer grade crap we get now), but I digress. Back in those days, a whole crowd of kids would fill the lounge at our house to watch a video - it was an event, which sounds really quaint and old-fashioned as I type it.

The huge hit with us was The Goonies - the inventions, the truffle shuffle, the coolness of a young Corey Feldman as Mouth...and the ever quotable Sloth. Brilliant!

I still have to watch it every time it's on and I hope to find a pirate cave in ever old house or craggy beach I visit...*sigh*
(Chad, Fri 18 Jul 2008, 11:05, closed)