Landall Goolsby

Season 3 of Rental Return - Tales From the Video Store concludes with an interview of Landall Goolsby (@iamlandall) who owned his a video store, Landall's Box Office, up through 2019. He also worked at several stores in the New Mexico area which he started working at 13. Randall talks about the circumstances of beginning in the video store industry, managing stores, and then owning his own store and becoming a board member for a national video rental association. He talks about the transition from VHS to DVD, meeting famous actors at conventions in Las Vegas, and the emotional time of closing his store and the outpouring of customer appreciation.

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Creators & Guests

Host

Adam aka Hoju Koolander

Host of Wizards, Rental Return, Thrift Store Horde & Waxpack Flashback on The Retro Network.

Producer

Jason Gross

Podcast host and producer for The Retro Network and Rediscover the '80s.

Guest

Landall Goolsby

Actor Los Angeles/New Mexico Creamery at Landalls est 2016 & Landalls BoxOffice DVD rental store. 1991-2019

What is Rental Return: Tales From the Video Store?

Relive the days of video rental stores through the stories of former employees. You'll hear experiences from the infancy of rental stores in the 1980s, their dominance in the 1990s, and their demise in the 2000s. From VHS to DVD, from Blockbuster to 'Mom and Pop' stores, Rental Return celebrates this distinctive time in film history.