Be Kind, Rewind To This Blast From The Past

Ah yes, my whole childhood of spending hours upon hours looking for that one movie they never had. A huge part of our recent culture, and one of the most spectacular modern bankruptcies, Blockbuster was the best. We have a real BLAST FROM THE PAST: Conor Knighton has spotted a retail survivor in a surprising place: “I can’t tell you how many business cards I’ve given out to people ‘cause they literally do not believe that I’m from Blockbuster,” said Kevin Daymude. He’s the manager of a Blockbuster Video outlet in Anchorage, Alaska. https://youtu.be/Q5Jc3_rnLYI https://youtu.be/3TrPwOrf4sM (The Blockbuster Video Living Museum offers tourists a glimpse of how Americans rented movies before the advent of services like Netflix and iTunes.) The new releases are new, and the candy is fresh, but it feels like a place from another era. At these last few Blockbusters in the last frontier of Alaska, the employees all know how this movie ends; they’re just trying to pause and enjoy it while it lasts. Want to take a trip down the aisles of Blockbuster again? Click "NEXT" and enjoy! The first Blockbuster video rental store opened in 1985, and at its peak, the company had 9,000 stores worldwide. But that was before Netflix. Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010, but not every store closed their doors. In fact, there are 12 Blockbusters still open in the U.S., including several in the far reaches of Alaska. Conor Knighton checked them out. https://youtu.be/1mbbl1NldZQ (SOURCES: CBS News)

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