Ep.4 - Alex Ross Perry & Ken Reid & Michigan Is Dead (with Joe Bob Briggs!)
Release Date: 03/30/2026
Ep.4 - Alex Ross Perry & Ken Reid & Michigan Is Dead (with Joe Bob Briggs!)
VHS Tapes Are Magic
Early April Fools Greetings!!! I bet you thought there wasn't going to be a March episode. Well, you're an idiot. First I talk with Boston comedian and host of the Ken Reid. Ken is an avid movie collector, TV taper, and all around wonderful man. We also dig into our shared love of WSBK TV-38's The Movie Loft hosted by Dana Hersey. PAPA DANA!! Then I talk to writer/director Alex Ross Perry who made the must watch documentary about the history of videostores as depcited in film & TV. He's also a former employee of Kim's Video, which we discuss. And in between I take a trip to and their...
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Ep.3 - Jane Fonda's Workout & Luce Tomlin-Brenner and Videotheque
VHS Tapes Are Magic
Happy Friday the 13th! It's February and we're talking to Luce Tomlin-Brenner about working in videostores and then we take a trip with her to Videotheque in Highland Park Los Angeles. In between we learn about the history of the videotape phenom known as Jane Fonda's Workout! - Patreon members get a signed, numbered membership card and access to a digitized collection of full, unedited videotapes! Email us your video store stories and memories! Or tips on where we can find more open and operating videostores we can visit! VHS donations accepted at: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley...
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Show Trailer!
VHS Tapes Are Magic
What is VHS TAPES ARE MAGIC? It's a celebration of home video, movie collecting, and an attempt to uncover and understand the history of video stores and where they are now. Hosted by comedian Matt McCarthy (Companion, The Other Guys, CollegeHumor, Pete Holmes Show). New episodes monthly!
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Ep.2 - Video Theater & Josh "Lunchmeat VHS" Schafer
VHS Tapes Are Magic
We're BACK! Happy 2026! Time for some VHS TAPES ARE MAGIC. This episode we talk to Josh Schafer from . Then we learn about this history of Cartrivision, the world's first home video system. And then we take a trip all the way to Coeur d'Alene, Idaho to , to talk to Jannice Turk owner of the oldest surviving video store in the state. - Patreon members get a signed, numbered membership card and access to a digitized collection of full, unedited videotapes! Email us your video store stories and memories! Or tips on where we can find more open and operating videostores we can visit! ...
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Ep.1 - Patrick Walsh & Magnetic Video
VHS Tapes Are Magic
It's finally here... VHS TAPES ARE MAGIC!!! Episode 1- we talk to my dear friend Patrick Walsh (Drunk History, We'll See You In Hell) and we learn about Andre Blay and Magnetic Video. - Patreon members get a signed, numbered membership card and access to a digitized collection of full, unedited videotapes!
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Godzilla vs. Kong
VHS Tapes Are Magic
IT'S ALL BEEN BUILDING UP TO THIS.... GODZILLA VS. KONG!!!!
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Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
VHS Tapes Are Magic
I hate Godfather Part III. How will I feel about Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone??? LET'S FIND OUT!!!
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VHS - "Treehouse of Horror... I - IV"
VHS Tapes Are Magic
ISSUE #100 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Does this label say Treehouse of Horror I-IV or I-IX? LET'S FIND OUT!
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Halloween III Season of the Witch
VHS Tapes Are Magic
ISSUE #98 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Why isn't Michael Myers in this movie? LET'S FIND OUT!
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Tremors
VHS Tapes Are Magic
ISSUE #98 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Why is Kevin Bacon running? LET'S FIND OUT!
info_outlineEarly April Fools Greetings!!! I bet you thought there wasn't going to be a March episode. Well, you're an idiot.
First I talk with Boston comedian and host of the TV Guidance Counselor podcast Ken Reid. Ken is an avid movie collector, TV taper, and all around wonderful man. We also dig into our shared love of WSBK TV-38's The Movie Loft hosted by Dana Hersey. PAPA DANA!!
Then I talk to writer/director Alex Ross Perry who made the must watch documentary Videoheaven about the history of videostores as depcited in film & TV. He's also a former employee of Kim's Video, which we discuss.
And in between I take a trip to Static Tape Video and their horror-con tape-swap Michigan Is Dead in Muskegon, MI. While I was there I talked with Static Tape's owner Harrison, Bruce from Bloody Knife Video, Kozmo from Cosmic Debris VHS, Patrick from KZOO Video Vault, and Joe Bob Briggs and Darcy the Mail Girl formerly of The Last Drive-In on Shudder.
It's an epic episode, if this episode was a VHS it would need THREE tapes. Suck it, Titanic.
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Email us your video store stories and memories! Or tips on where we can find more open and operating videostores we can visit! TheVideoMovieClub@gmail.com
VHS donations accepted at: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617