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[wasabi_poptart]

The reason why Halloween was always my favorite holiday is because that was when all the good scary movies would be on TV. The classic Universal and Hammer films. The fun low-budget franchises, before they became franchises. Badly-dubbed Italian potboilers directed by Mario Bava and/or starring Barbara Steele. The Poe/Corman/Price screamfests. Mutated insects and Godzilla and The Blob.

Of course, with the advent of VCRs, that didn't matter so much anymore.

I am old enough to remember life before VCRs. Are you???

Also because of cinnamon, which just tastes like a good horror movie on a chilly autumn night.

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[bilum.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I remember when VCRs were one of those unreachable luxuries that us common folk couldn't even dream of having (much like answering machines!). I remember knowing there was no way my family could ever afford one, so I never bothered asking for one, but then there was this contest (sponsored by a sugar cereal of some sort) where you could win one, and I remember knowing that my parents couldn't even afford to shell out for the cereal to win one. That was how I learned what "no purchase necessary" means (because I did send in my postcard to win), as well as how I learned that I will never win a cereal company contest, even if I buy the cereal.

That was back in the day when I dreamed of owning a VCR because owning a VCR meant getting to watch The Karate Kid whenever I felt like it.

[bilum.livejournal.com]

OK, yeah, this VCR thing is bringing back all kinds of memories. I also remember when the dividing line between "real, solid middle class" and "lower middle class" was black-and-white vs. color television. And I remember being preoccupied by the difficult philosophical conundrum: If we were to get a VCR by some miracle, and I was to acquire the ability to watch The Karate Kid whenever I wanted, would it be in black and white or color, since our TV was black and white but the movie was in color? Or would it not even work at all due to color incompatibility?