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Home video from 1989 Huntsville, AL
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:02 pm
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:02 pm
I'm not sure how this ended up on my recommended list on YT, but I thought it was interesting; a look at what life was like for teens in the pre-internet days. I just hope the kid who called the people at the Korean restaurant Chinese doesn't get canceled today
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Background This reminds me of my family's Kodachrome slides collection from even earlier
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Background This reminds me of my family's Kodachrome slides collection from even earlier
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Eric Fullerton's first video camera was a black-and-white surveillance camera his dad found in a dumpster behind at a shuttering local K-Mart and then gave to him. It didn't have working power or recording, so they built a power supply from parts they picked up at Radio Shack, attached a Nikon zoom lens and wired the camera to the family VCR.
Fullerton was 8 years old at the time. The year was 1986. The city was Huntsville, Ala., where his father Larry Fullerton worked as an electrical engineer and inventor of devices ranging from coin sorters to collision-prevention.
For decades, Fullerton has kept boxes and boxes of VHS and 8mm tapes chronicling his youth. In the summer of 2016, he began uploading some of these videos to a YouTube channel. “It was a place to show my family old videos and just something to laugh at,” he says. But then, random people started commenting on the videos and subscribing to the channel, titled Eric’s Home Movies. “I was a little weirded out, because I didn’t expect anyone to even come across them,” he says. He decided to embrace it and put together a very-’80s-synth-scored video-trailer explaining the channel.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:06 pm to Mithridates6
Every frame looks like someone's last known photograph
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:08 pm to Mithridates6
That black cashier lady.
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:16 pm to Mithridates6
thank god i grew up with the internet
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:19 pm to Mithridates6
Those accents are insufferable
Nails to a chalk board
Nails to a chalk board
Posted on 8/2/20 at 11:29 pm to SuperSaint
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Those accents are insufferable
Yeah, well, you can lick my taint.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 12:10 am to Mithridates6
Metallica's "One" video was playing on MTV at the time and they were own their way to becoming one of the biggest bands in history.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 1:39 am to WestCoastAg
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thank god i grew up with the internet
You had no clue what you missed. People went outside and shite.
Actually the 80s and early 90s were an awesome time in which to grow up. I miss those days
Posted on 8/3/20 at 1:57 am to Mithridates6
Mom started at Kmart here in 1970 before it opened and retired 28 years later. Huntsville is my home and reliable throughout the years.
I was born here in 1963, delivered by Dr.Carl Grote Jr.
I was born here in 1963, delivered by Dr.Carl Grote Jr.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 2:00 am to footswitch
We Tennessee Valley folks have to stick together.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 2:06 am to HempHead
It's been a well kept secret but every year brings more carpetbaggers.
I respect you hemp.
I respect you hemp.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 2:16 am to Mithridates6
Dudes were hustling as kids. I'll bet they are pretty well off by now.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 5:24 am to stuntman
One is a criminal defense attorney in Huntsville now.
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 5:26 am
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:27 am to footswitch
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Huntsville is my home and reliable throughout the years.
I was born here in 1963, delivered by Dr.Carl Grote Jr.
Which high school did you go to?
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 8:06 am
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:28 am to Mithridates6
I actually enjoyed that.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 7:52 am to Mithridates6
Wow - unbelievable - I know Darrell and his family - in fact, I am FB friends w/him - he has (had) four older sisters. I grew up in Huntsville and in the summer of 1970 (before Darrell was born - he was the product of a second marriage), I met his oldest sister and dated her off and on for several years. She died a few years ago. His next oldest sister and my wife have been friends for over 50 years and she and her husband live about 15 miles from us. I talked to her over the weekend. Darrell is still in the video production industry in Atlanta and is fairly successful.
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:02 am to Mithridates6
Holy shite that's awesome. Brings back so many memories growing up in Huntsvegas at that time.
ETA: Now i'm going down a nostalgic rabbit hole watching these movies.
ETA: Now i'm going down a nostalgic rabbit hole watching these movies.
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 8:05 am
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:12 am to Mithridates6
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I'm not sure how this ended up on my recommended list on YT
That's kind of weird, actually. I had "A Trip to McDonalds 1989" show up on mine.
This post was edited on 8/3/20 at 8:21 am
Posted on 8/3/20 at 8:14 am to Mithridates6
That bakery/pizza store is now "The Fret Stop".
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