Episodes

  • "Fill My Stocking" with Bethany Carboneau, PhD
    Dec 8 2025

    Stop me if this sounds familiar: A big-city career woman returns to her small hometown during the holidays, and her mom tries to set her up with a local guy. But this local guy has a big red coat and a long white beard and is hundreds of years old! Biomedical scientist Dr. Bethany Carboneau returns to the video store to examine the Hallmark Christmas romance "Fill My Stocking" in the season finale of "Forgotten Video Store!"

    Episode artwork incorporates photography by Annie Spratt, Donna Spearman, JE Shoots, and Randy Fath.

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    35 mins
  • "Santa School" with Isabelle Carasso and Roger Carnow
    Dec 1 2025

    Could a scrawny, cabbage-soup-poor kid like Chandler Dimples ever make the Santa School soccer team? Will Candace Cane, the prettiest girl in school, ever notice him? Or will toxic mold claim his life and the lives and everyone he loves? Gorgeous young North Hollywooders Isabelle Carasso and Roger Carnow take a trip to the video store to rent the 1980s holiday favorite "Santa School!"

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    48 mins
  • "Already Told You Everything" with Matt Price
    Nov 24 2025

    A private dick is tracking down a mystery dame, but every witness he interrogates claims they've already had this conversation. Is this detective just really forgetful? Emmy-winning writer Matt Price ("Regular Show") visits the Forgotten Video Store and rents the lost film noir masterpiece "Already Told You Everything." Happy Noir-vember to all!

    Episode artwork incorporates photography from the New York Public Library and Nereid Ndreu. Show key art incorporates photography by Sean Benesh.

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    36 mins
  • "@cinemafoo" with Tido Maldonado
    Nov 17 2025

    A regular dude who runs a movie meme instagram account gets in WAY TOO DEEP with some of Hollywood's most dangerous power players! St. Paul comedian Tido Maldonado takes a trip to the Forgotten Video Store to rent the ripped-from-the-headlines thriller "@cinemafoo."

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    29 mins
  • "DinoDoor" with Luke Matthews
    Nov 10 2025

    Would a gradeschool outcast who's obsessed with dinosaurs fit in with... a group of dinosaurs??? Independent filmmaker Luke Matthews (writer/director of the new film "Tricks Can Go Wrong") takes a trip to the video store to rent the forgotten 1990s children's dinosaur fantasy adventure "DinoDoor"!

    Episode artwork incorporates photography by Denny Muller, Engin Akyurt, and Leo Visions.

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    43 mins
  • "Billboard Lawyer Tournament" with Mike Celestino
    Nov 3 2025

    You know all those flashy billboards with the personal injury lawyers? One brave documentarian is going to find out who's the best billboard lawyer in all of Los Angeles!

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    42 mins
  • "Exterminator in Hell" with Sam Rodriguez
    Oct 27 2025

    A 1980s New York punk finds himself in Hell, and LOVES IT! Returning champion Sam Rodriguez of the American Cinemateque takes another trip to the video store, and this time rents a diabolical creature feature featuring the Devil, monstrous bugs, and one of the best of the Hollywood Arquettes!

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    51 mins
  • "Zombabies" with Jason Stein
    Oct 20 2025

    There's a new baby at the daycare, and this one's a little different! Jason Stein, host of the "Dads from the Crypt" podcast, takes a trip to the video store to rent the 1980s movie that addresses two things he's an expert in: parenthood and horror!

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    37 mins