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VHS Tapes Are Magic
by Matt McCarthy
Matt McCarthy explores the history of Video Stores and talks to current and former video store employees as well as home movie collectors and movie lovers.
Episodes
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Ep.7 - Roy Ferre & Very Good Video
It's the September episode! Happy October 1st! Today we talk with Roy Ferre, director of the documentary Everybody Loves Gina: The Video Depot Story and then we take a trip to Sacramento to find out how Jefferson and Chris are planning to open Very Good Video. And in between it all we learn about...
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Ep.6 - Matt Pollock & Cap City Video Lounge
WE'RE BACK! What a summer it's been. This episode we talk with an old CollegeHumor collaborator and former videostore employee Matt Pollock. Then we take a trip down to Tallahassee, FL to Cap City Video Lounge and talk with owners Kevin and Maddie. And in between we flip through the pages of the…
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Ep.5 - WIll Hirsch & Forever Midnight Scary Movie Research Center
April showers bring May episodes? Greetings friends! Back for more VHS Tapes Are Magic. This time we talk to Will Hirsch (filmmaker, podcaster, ex-Hollywood Video employee, @entitled_willennial) and take a trip to Santa Rosa, CA to the Forever Midnight Scary Movie Research Center...
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Ep.4 - Alex Ross Perry & Ken Reid & Michigan Is Dead (with Joe Bob Briggs!)
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 TV Guidance Counselor podcast Ken Reid. Ken is an avid movie collector, TV taper, and all around wonderful man. We also dig into our...
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Ep.3 - Jane Fonda's Workout & Luce Tomlin-Brenner and Videotheque
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! Join the Video…
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Show Trailer!
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
We're BACK! Happy 2026! Time for some VHS TAPES ARE MAGIC. This episode we talk to Josh Schafer from Lunchmeat VHS. 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 Video Theater, to talk to…
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Ep.1 - Patrick Walsh & Magnetic Video
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. Join the Video Movie Club - Patreon members get a signed, numbered membership card and access to a digitized...
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Godzilla vs. Kong
IT'S ALL BEEN BUILDING UP TO THIS.... GODZILLA VS. KONG!!!! SOBER DAD, the new comedy album from Matt McCarthy is available NOW on all digital music platforms! Call Sirius XM and request they play it!! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854...
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Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
I hate Godfather Part III. How will I feel about Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone??? LET'S FIND OUT!!! SOBER DAD, the new comedy album from Matt McCarthy is available NOW on all digital music platforms! Call Sirius XM and request they play it!! Thank you to everyone for sending me…
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VHS - "Treehouse of Horror... I - IV"
ISSUE #100 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Does this label say Treehouse of Horror I-IV or I-IX? LET'S FIND OUT! SOBER DAD, the new comedy album from Matt McCarthy is available NOW on all digital music platforms! Call Sirius XM and request they play it!! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS...
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Halloween III Season of the Witch
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Tremors
ISSUE #98 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Why is Kevin Bacon running? LET'S FIND OUT! SOBER DAD, the new comedy album from Matt McCarthy is available for pre-order NOW on all digital music platforms! Oct 23 release date!! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt...
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 & 4
ISSUE #97 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Why does Matt prefer NoES 4 over 3? LET'S FIND OUT! SOBER DAD, the new comedy album from Matt McCarthy is available for pre-order NOW on all digital music platforms! Oct 23 release date!! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN…
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Pumpkinhead
ISSUE #96 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Why is this thing called Pumpkinhead if it doesn't have a pumpkin for a head?? LET'S FIND OUT! SOBER DAD, the new comedy album from Matt McCarthy is available for pre-order NOW on all digital music platforms! Oct 23 release date!! Thank you to everyone...
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Hell Comes To Frogtown
ISSUE #95 - Justifying My Movie Collection. This is one of the worst movies ever made. Why does Matt own two copies of HELL COMES TO FROGTOWN then? LET'S FIND OUT! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate to the...
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VHS - No Label... (MTV April 3, 1991)
ISSUE #94 - Justifying My Movie Collection. This tape has no label. What's on it? LET'S FIND OUT! (SPOILER: It's 6 hours of MTV from April 3, 1991) Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate to the Patreon!...
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La Femme Nikita
ISSUE #93 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt loves laserdiscs! This week he watches one that's never been opened - LA FEMME NIKITA! WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT MEAN? LET'S FIND OUT! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA…
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El Topo
ISSUE #92 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt has no idea what is happening in this movie. Do you have any idea?? LET'S FIND OUT! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate to the Patreon!...
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Dr. Strangebrain's Late Nite Theatre Vol. 1
ISSUE #91 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt has a double disc of DVD-R's in a Blockbuster case he found at a Goodwill. Who is this Dr. Strangebrain?? LET'S FIND OUT! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate…
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VHS - "My Tape"
ISSUE #90 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt got a box fo tapes from St. Louis. This one is labeled "My Tape" ...who are you? What's on YOUR tape? LET'S FIND OUT! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate to…
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Long Strange Trip
ISSUE #89 - Justifying My Movie Collection. On the 25th anniversary of Jerry's death Matt watches LONG STRANGE TRIP. Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate to the Patreon! http://patreon.com/mccarthyredhead
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VHS - "Superman - videos / High Fidelity"
ISSUE #88 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt has a tape he recorded that's labeled "Superman - videos / High Fidelity" What the hell are Superman Videos??? Let's find out!!! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617...
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Another VHS I found on Gilmore St in Van Nuys with no label
ISSUE #87 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt found a stack of tapes on the curb in Van Nuys... Let's watch ANOTHER one! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate to the Patreon! http://patreon.com/mccarthyredhead
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VHS I found on Gilmore St in Van Nuys with no label
ISSUE #86 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt found a stack of tapes on the curb in Van Nuys... Let's watch one! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate to the Patreon! http://patreon.com/mccarthyredhead
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John Woo's The Killer (Laserdisc)
ISSUE #85 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt watches John Woo's THE KILLER for the first time ever on the greatest format in home video: LASERDISC! Let's watch! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO Box 4854 Valley Village CA 91617 Donate to the...
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VHS - "Blockbuster Awards MTV Video Awards"
ISSUE #84 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Take a trip to the dirty neon year 1999 with a VHS of two meaningless award ceremonies as Matt watches a tape labeled "Blockbuster Awards MTV Video Awards" Let's watch! Thank you to everyone for sending me VHS tapes and now…YOU CAN TOO: Matt McCarthy PO...
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VHS - "Erin Sean Visit 6/85"
ISSUE #83 - Justifying My Movie Collection. They moved Godzilla vs. Kong to May 2021, so for now the attempt at watching all the movies leading up to that is on hold indefinitely. Where to now?? Back to the endless stacks of random VHS tapes!! This is a tape I got from a junk store and the label...
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VHS - "J. Buffet"
ISSUE #81 - Justifying My Movie Collection. They moved Godzilla vs. Kong to May 2021, so for now the attempt at watching all the movies leading up to that is on hold indefinitely. Where to now?? Back to the endless stacks of random VHS tapes!! This is a tape I got from my brother and the label…
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Do The Right Thing
ISSUE #80 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Matt takes a break from the Godzilla movies and takes a look at the state of things and watches the only movie that seemed appropriate this weekend, DO THE RIGHT THING.
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Godzilla vs. Destoroyah
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Godzilla vs. Spacegodzilla
ISSUE #78 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 44 of every Godzilla, King Kong (and Mothra, because Mothra is integral, (t-shirt available: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/jmmc-mothra.html) along with everything in between. This week I ask the question... what if Godzilla cells went into a…
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Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II
ISSUE #77 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 43 of every Godzilla, King Kong (and Mothra, because Mothra is integral, (t-shirt available: https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/jmmc-mothra.html) along with whatever we can fit in between. This week we ask the age old question... why is this movie...
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Godzilla vs. Mothra
ISSUE #76 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 42 of every Godzilla, King Kong (and Mothra, because Mothra is integral, (t-shirt available now) along with whatever we can fit in between. This week we finally get INTEGRAL again with not just Mothra but an evil Mothra names Battra in... GODZILLA...
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Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah
ISSUE #75 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 41 of every Godzilla, King Kong (and Mothra, because Mothra is integral, (t-shirt available now) along with whatever we can fit in between. This week we take a trip into the 1990's!!! And we get answers to questions no one asked in GODZILLA VS.…
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Godzilla Vs. Biollante
ISSUE #74 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 40 of every Godzilla, King Kong (and Mothra, because Mothra is integral, (t-shirt available now) along with whatever we can fit in between. This week issue is we finish out the '80s with a triumphant return to everyone's favorite gorilla whale...
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Ghostbusters
ISSUE #73 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 39 of every Godzilla, King Kong (and Mothra, because Mothra is integral, (t-shirt available now) along with whatever we can fit in between. This week issue is dedicated to the greatest giant monster of the 1980s... The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man!!!...
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Return Of The Jedi
ISSUE #72 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 38 of every Godzilla, King Kong, and whatever other movie we can squeeze in! April is for the '80s and today we're watching the first Big Monster Movie I ever saw in my life... RETURN OF THE JEDI!!! Beware the power of the dark side AND BEWARE THE...
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Q (The Winged Serpent)
ISSUE #72 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 37 of every Godzilla, King Kong, and whatever fits in between movie! This month we're going to the '80s!! And today's issue is 1982's Q!!! THE WINGED SERPENT!!!
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20 Million Miles To Earth
ISSUE #71 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 36 of watching every Godzilla, King Kong and Mothra movie... because Mothra is Integral... WHICH IS A NEW SHIRT NOW AVAILABLE https://www.prowrestlingtees.com/jmmc-mothra.html ...and this week we go back to visit our dear friend Ray Harryhausen and...
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Attack Of The 50ft. Woman
ISSUE #71 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 35 of watching every Godzilla and King Kong movie along with any other movie we can fit in before GODZILLA VS. KONG is release on Nov 20, 2020... allegedly. This week we run for our lives from the B-list monster Mrs... ATTACK OF THE 50 FT....
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The Host
ISSUE #70 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 34 of watching every Godzilla and King Kong movie along with whatever else we can fit in between! All leading to the eventual, possible, who knows if it will ever be released, GODZILLA VS. KING KONG. This week is the eerily appropriate monster…
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Attack Of The Monsters
ISSUE #69 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 33 of watching every Godzilla and King Kong movie along with whatever else in the collection we can jam in between! This week issue features the Friend of All Children and the Guardian of the Universe... GAMERA!!! In the C+ piece of crap called...
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Destroy All Planets
ISSUE #68 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 32 of watching every Godzilla and King Kong movie along with everything remotely related in between all leading up to the big Nov 20, 2020 release of GODZILLA VS. KONG. This week we travel once again to Japan and meet for the first time friend to...
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Spider-Man (Japan 1978)
ISSUE #67 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 31 of watching every Godzilla and King Kong movie and everything even remotely related in between. This week's issue is Matt watches two (count 'em, TWO) episodes of Japan's 1978-1979 live action Spider-Man TV show.
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The H-Man
ISSUE #66 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 30 of watching every Godzilla and King Kong movie with everything related and unrelated jammed in between. This week we watch THE H-MAN, a 1958 Toho sci-fi classic that turns out to be one of the better movies we've watched during this endeavor!
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Battle In Outer Space
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Monster From A Prehistoric Planet
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The Giant Behemoth
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The Valley Of Gwangi
ISSUE #61 - Justifying My Movie Collection. Week 25 of watching every Godzilla & King Kong movie and everything in between!! This week it's Ray Harryhausen's final dinosaur movie, THE VALLEY OF GWANGI!!!!
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Matt McCarthy explores the history of Video Stores and talks to current and former video store employees as well as home movie collectors and movie lovers.
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