Looks like the circus is back in town… Join us under the Big Top before we get locked up in balloons or turned into cotton candy! The Killer Klowns from Outer Space is here to wreak havoc on a small town near you… and Jaime and Eli will tell you exactly why that’s a good thing! So sit back, grab some popcorn (before it turns into Klown Larvae), and enjoy the nose honks and balloon doggies. Top Shelf Video – Reliving the Video Store Era with Gen X

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This week with the Top Shelf Video store taking off Jaime and Eli bring in an applicant to help bring reinforcements to give the best customer service experience. They bring in Chad P. to see if he has the tools and the talent to work at Top Shelf video. He also talks about his work as one of the founders of The Video Crypt which opens October 1st at the Texas Theatre. As part of his application process, he brings with him a film recommendation to us as a Top Shelf Video, the 1985 cult hit The Last Dragon. Does The Last Dragon have what it takes to make the Top Shelf? Will Chad get the job? Sho'nuff

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On this week’s Film to Table, Eli and Denise dive into the new A24 film Love Lies Bleeding. This 2024 film might be one of the more underrated films of 2024 hidden in the 2024 line up of films from A24 and Neon. With so many films trying to present their stories in the aesthetic of the eighties, Love Lives Bleeding takes us to the dark side of the grunge and grime of the eighties aesthetic. Eli and Denise have their hands full trying to pair this week's movie.

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Summer’s almost over! You might have spent too much time by the pool, at the arcade, or hogging the phone, but Eli and Jaime were stuck in Summer School! Follow along as they discuss this feature from 1987 about a remedial class full of outcasts and weirdos and the teacher blackmailed into helping them out.

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On this week’s Film to Table, Eli and Denise are ready to feast on the Dario Argento classic Deep Red. Arguably the ultimate quintessential giallo, it has it all! A black-gloved killer, a dilapidated mansion full of secrets, glorious bright red fake blood, and the unmistakable stylings of Italian prog rock band Goblin. Sink your teeth into this macabre whodunit and join us!

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In this special episode, Eli and Jaime invite Denise into the Videostore to watch a childhood favorite of theirs, the 1984 film Tank. Sergeant Major Zack Carey finds himself in a backwater town where he quickly makes enemies with the local corrupt cops. When he ends up in the crosshairs of the Sheriff, he takes his own personal tank on a run to the state border to save his son from unjust retaliation. Will justice prevail? Will he use tank artillery on a civilian population? Can we get a piece of that mess hall peach cobbler? Come into the Video store and find out!

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Is it just magic? Or a dangerous resurrection cult? Lord of Illusions follows Harry D'Amour as he finds himself embroiled with illusionists, zealots, and demons. Denise and Eli discuss this often-overlooked gem from the dark mind of Clive Barker. Will Scott Bakula overcome the lure of supernatural power? And more importantly, what could we possibly want to eat as we watch a villain with something that looks like a butthole on his face?

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In episode two of the Top Shelf Video Podcast, our hosts Jaime and Eli discuss how close they came to being full-time ninjas after watching American Ninja. This Cannon VHS rental classic is a staple to the youth of the 80's but can it make it to the top shelf?

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