HeyJaredVillage Video Store: Staff Selects
This newsletter is all about sharing a love for film and creating a sense of community. My ultimate goal is to open a video rental store in the Philadelphia area and I hope that this newsletter will spread the word. villagevideostore.substack.com
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Episode 18: Hooptober and Spooky Season with Kait Thompson (opens the original)
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This episode brings back former guest and my spookiest of friends Kait Thompson. We officially kick off the spooky season (starts the day after Labor Day) and reminisce about Halloween childhood memories and our favorite things about fall. We then do a rundown of the Letterboxd horror movie challenge called Hooptober and offer up over SIXTY horror movie recommendations to help fill the challenge’s many different categories. You can find a full list of all the movies that we recommended on this L
Episode 17: Lily Du (opens the original)
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This episode features actress, comedian, and host of Dirty Laundry on Dropout, Lily Du. Lily and I spent many a month together in airports while traveling for UCB’s Touring Company. Her Staff Selects got us chatting about all the BIG topics: memory, forgiveness, aging, the inevitability of death, artistic collaboration, and power dynamics in relationships. Also, do we have the podcast’s first (good-natured) disagreement?! You’ll have to listen to find out! You can subscribe to Dropout to watch D
Episode 16: Tao Yang (opens the original)
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This episode features writer and comedian Tao Yang of CollegeHumor and Dropout fame. We reminisce about performing improv together in New York City and then discuss his Staff Selects, which cover topics such as movie spectacles, cross-cultural comedy, disturbing anti-erotic horror, watching inappropriate movies on airplanes, and the most powerful martial art known to man: gun kata. Please consider rating and reviewing the podcast on Apple Podcasts . It’s the simplest way to support the ultimate
Episode 15: Ryan Creamer (opens the original)
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Today’s episode features writer, actor, and wholesome pornographer Ryan Creamer, one of the architects of Dropout’s popular game show Game Changer. Ryan’s film selection for his Staff Selects shelf live up to his wholesome reputation and get us talking about epic sports movie moments, the line between film fiction and real life events, connecting with comedians as a teenager, the friendship of young men dealing with toxic masculinity, sneaky non-rom-coms, and quaint UK villages. Check out Game C
Episode 14: Andrew Stanton (opens the original)
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Today’s episode of the podcast features improviser and dungeon master extraordinaire, Andrew Stanton. He increases the “meaty muscle quotient” of this podcast by 500% with his staff selects, leading to an in-depth conversation of the greatest action movie star to ever exist. Please like, rate, and review The Village Video Store Podcast on Apple Podcasts and consider subscribing to the Substack. Any money I make from the Substack goes directly to opening a brick and mortar video store. Thank you
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