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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

In My Footsteps Podcast Episode 199: Celtics v. Lakers In the 1980s, First Ever Video Rental Store, Weird Bubblegum Flavors, Sleeping In the Outfield(6-11-2025)

Relive a historic basketball rivalry. Learn the story of the first video rental store. Recoil at some weird bubble gum flavors.

Episode 199 is the final stop before the big Listener's Choice show but there's plenty of nostalgia to be had.

It all begins with the beginning of the video rental store. It was at one point a gigantic industry before falling to streaming, but it had to start somewhere. We will look at how the first video store came to be and some of the original players in the world of rentals.

There have been many amazing rivalries between teams in all sports. Few had the impact of the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers battles in the 1980s. Bird and Magic, Boston and L.A., it was a wonderful time to be a fan. We will look at what made it special.

Peppermint, spearmint, cinnamon, fruit, these are all classic favorite bubblegum flavors. This week's Top 5 will not be featuring beloved classics. Instead we will look at some of the weirdest and in some cases grossest bubblegum flavors there have been.

There will be a new This Week In History and Time Capsule featuring the crazy but true story of a player who fell asleep on the field during a baseball game.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

In My Footsteps Podcast Episode 136: Friday Nights At the Video Store; The 17 Original Nintendo Games; Product Advertising Villains; Debut of COPS(3-13-2024)

Memories of when a trip to the video store was a must on a Friday night. What were the original games released with the Nintendo Entertainment System? How about the bad guys of advertising?
Episode 136 is chock full of all of that and more!
It begins with a time when renting movies was as much fun as watching them. In the days before streaming and on-demand features if someone wanted to see a movie they could either pick up TV Guide and hope it was on a channel they had access to, or they could get to the nearest video rental store and hope that there was a copy in stock. We will go way Back In the Day through everything that made renting videos in the 1980s and 1990s fun, and sometimes not fun.
When the NES was first released in 1985, a certain number of games could be played on the console. Surprisingly Super Mario Bros was not one of them. We go back to those early days of Nintendo to review the 17 original games that were available. How many did you play?
The vast majority of advertising mascots are positive spokespeople for their products. However, there have also been some villains whose job it was to try to stop us from getting access to said products. This week's Top 5 will focus on the advertising villains. Who would win in a battle of these baddies?
There is also a brand new This Week In History and Time Capsule centered around the debut and legacy of the COPS television show.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025

In My Footsteps Podcast Episode 199: Celtics v. Lakers In the 1980s, First Ever Video Rental Store, Weird Bubblegum Flavors, Sleeping In the Outfield(6-11-2025)

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

In My Footsteps Podcast Episode 136: Friday Nights At the Video Store; The 17 Original Nintendo Games; Product Advertising Villains; Debut of COPS(3-13-2024)