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March 25, 2026

DTV - Nothing Doing no. 63

p1: Jeanie and Summer are walking through a video store. Jeanie: Gosh, isn’t it neat that our town still has a video store? It feels just like it did when we were kids. Summer: For sure, but it’s a little sad that it was the franchise one that survived. You remember Super Great Videobestes?
p2: Summer begins browsing one of the shelves. J: …Oh yeah, the little one attached to the hardware store! If you rented three tapes they gave you a can of acetone for free. S: The main thing I remember was just how different their selection felt… most of their stock was a little older, so it was like peeking into a just-missed past.
p3: She looks at a tape in her hands, titled “The Muppets Do Nothing” and featuring a weird little autumnal puppet on the cover. S: Picking up episodes of a cartoon that was way after your parents time but just before yours… nobody could tell you what to expect from it, good or bad. You had to decide for yourself what looked interesting, free from the burden of knowing what discontinued toy line it spun off from. Or Jim Carrey movie. Tough either way
p4: Jeanie spaces out a little while Summer smiles at her. J: My mom had to approve anything I wanted to rent, so for me most roads led to musicals about dental hygiene. S: I’ve always thought you have very nice teeth
Nothing Doing no. 63

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