I used to go to Erols every Friday night with my dad and brother. The fun was not finding what you came for, then spending an hour arguing the merits of a replacement. Beautiful memories.
I'm 27. I remember one of these in Silver Spring, MD (on the corner of Georgia Ave and Burlington Ave) and one in Langley Park (in a shopping center, off University Blvd). My parents would rent me things from there all the time (I distinctly remember a VHS of Pee Wee's Playhouse and a couple other kid shows).
Our local one was inside a Peoples Drug, and it had a pretty damn good selection despite only taking up a small corner of the place. Still have a few of their NES games from when they closed up shop. Also had a really nice place up in Olney, MD near (what it was at the time anyway) Stained Glass Pub Too. Loved going to that one.
I remember my parents would send my brother and I to Erols on a Friday after school to get movies for the weekend. If it was a new movie and it was out sometimes we could wait until the movie was returned and it was like a get accomplishment if the new movie we were waiting for came in. Great memories.
Erols Video was our first video store we rented from when my family got our first VCR in 1986.I was Owings Mills MD,right next to the Giant Foods store.
I worked at Erol's Video in Chicago, IL. My store was located at 59th and Western next door to the Radio Shack. I stayed with the company until it closed and became West Coast Video and later Blockbuster Video.
I remember my dad bought me a small Sony Trinitron TV from the Erol’s in Glen Burnie MD around 1986. It was in my bedroom with a VCR and an antenna. That little sucker lasted me until around 2009 when I gave it away. It went with me to my small apartment where everyone was bitching about how small it was and I need a “real” TV.. when I moved into a house, it was really unusable because of the small size. I am just amazed that the thing worked for so long. They don’t make them like that anymore.. oh yeah- that vcr is in the attic.
When I needed a DVD player last year, i bought a used Sony one on EBay for $20 with remote, I bought another one for the bedroom, lasted longer that the other cheap one only for a month.
Everywhere you go There's an Erol's Video that will stop you in your tracks... THRILL YOU TO THE MAX! Entertainment! Exciting tape selection Erol's Video! #1!
@@paulh6591 Join the family, lol. I remember it very well...A woman was singing, and the background guys would say, "Entertainment!" There are several commercials I wish were downloaded, including 'Cool me down, 7-up", and a local one for Armor Plate Insurance. Lol Miss those times man, smh+lol.👍
I'm 30 and I remember this. There was one down the street from me growing up in Potomac. Blockbuster purchased them and I remember the slogan being "blockbuster video. WOW! What a difference"
I remember as a kid in the mid 80s we used to rent movies from an Erol's in Ellicott City, MD. I remember their bags and the big red boxes they used to keep their movies in.
I worked at Erol's when I was in my early 20s back in the late 80s. it was a northern va store. Erol came into the store I had no idea who he was I asked him if I could help him as he was randomly walking around he then told me he was Erol, he had a low grumbly kind of voice. I remember the manager telling me how he complemented my customer service later that night. I also remember my coworkers used to hide the new releases for themselves to check out later that night, like robocop. even though I was poor it was a fun time.
We straight had Beta and my father would take us to the Erols in Langley Park from time to time to rent movies and they were always Police Academy movies or other clean comedies. And once we rented Throw Mama From the Train.....he heard bad things... he came out of his room and pushed stop! That was a rap! I hated when VHS took over because we only had Beta. :-(
Unbelievably, Erol's made it to my native country (Chile) and my dad used to take me to rent movies as a child. I was a huge fan of Batman (1988) and rented it every time I could. :D
Unbelievably, the Chilean "Errol's" (with two R's) was a mere copycat of "Erol's" (with one R). They even copied the same logo without respecting copyrights LOL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erol%27s
I'd head straight to the horror section. I remember being astounded at the number of videos they had on the shelves. My first experience with home video.
Kind of smiling at the comment about Erol getting "run out of the market". I guess you could say that if you call getting paid $40M by Blockbuster going out of business.
BrooksnLaura Tuck I remember a mom and pop competitor to Blockbuster in DC when there was the baseball expansion derby of 1990. That said if you rent from them your hurting their chances of getting baseball in the Nations Capital because Blockbuster's CEO Wayne Huiznega got the Florida Marlins. The truth was Washington was still views as a graveyard for the sport and the only way they would have gotten a team is if there was a rich minority owner like Robert Johnson leading the effort.
Judging by the shelves, I think that was the one at the corner of Patrick Henry and Arlington Blvd, near where Meenahan's Hardware used to be. Man, I miss Meenahan's.
AFAIK There wasn't any connection between Luskins and Erol's other than they both operated in the DMV. Luskin's went on to become The Big Screen Store which is still in business and Erol's became Erol's Unlimited Internet for a while before they got bought out by a different ISP.
Erols Video was owned by Hungarian Immigrant Erol Orhan. They were only general interest DC Video store chain to charge for membership, unlike the mom and pop ones. When Blockbuster came to the area, they forced him to drop the charges, later they bought him out and he went to the Dial Up ISP business, later that was sold to RCN.
I used to go to Erols every Friday night with my dad and brother. The fun was not finding what you came for, then spending an hour arguing the merits of a replacement. Beautiful memories.
I'm 27. I remember one of these in Silver Spring, MD (on the corner of Georgia Ave and Burlington Ave) and one in Langley Park (in a shopping center, off University Blvd). My parents would rent me things from there all the time (I distinctly remember a VHS of Pee Wee's Playhouse and a couple other kid shows).
Our local one was inside a Peoples Drug, and it had a pretty damn good selection despite only taking up a small corner of the place. Still have a few of their NES games from when they closed up shop.
Also had a really nice place up in Olney, MD near (what it was at the time anyway) Stained Glass Pub Too. Loved going to that one.
I remember my parents would send my brother and I to Erols on a Friday after school to get movies for the weekend. If it was a new movie and it was out sometimes we could wait until the movie was returned and it was like a get accomplishment if the new movie we were waiting for came in. Great memories.
Me, too! Loved those days!
Please rewind or pay a fine. Memories!!!!
Please be kind, Rewind lol
Ahhhh The Good Ole' Days When Things Were Simple.....I Loved This Video Store
Erols Video was our first video store we rented from when my family got our first VCR in 1986.I was Owings Mills MD,right next to the Giant Foods store.
I worked at Erol's Video in Chicago, IL. My store was located at 59th and Western next door to the Radio Shack. I stayed with the company until it closed and became West Coast Video and later Blockbuster Video.
I remember my dad bought me a small Sony Trinitron TV from the Erol’s in Glen Burnie MD around 1986. It was in my bedroom with a VCR and an antenna. That little sucker lasted me until around 2009 when I gave it away. It went with me to my small apartment where everyone was bitching about how small it was and I need a “real” TV.. when I moved into a house, it was really unusable because of the small size. I am just amazed that the thing worked for so long. They don’t make them like that anymore.. oh yeah- that vcr is in the attic.
When I needed a DVD player last year, i bought a used Sony one on EBay for $20 with remote, I bought another one for the bedroom, lasted longer that the other cheap one only for a month.
I wish someone could find the 'Entertainment' song commercial for Erols Video, and upload.
Used to always come on back then.👍
Everywhere you go
There's an Erol's Video
that will stop you in your tracks...
THRILL YOU TO THE MAX!
Entertainment!
Exciting tape selection
Erol's Video!
#1!
@@paulh6591 You've done Great, Paul! Nice! 👏👍👏👍👏👍
👏👏👏 I remember those lyrics very well, lol. Wish someone downloaded it so we can see.
@@dammionpeaks2209 Yeah, it would be nice and nostalgic to hear it again. I can't believe it's still in my head after all these years!
@@paulh6591 Join the family, lol.
I remember it very well...A woman was singing, and the background guys would say, "Entertainment!"
There are several commercials I wish were downloaded, including 'Cool me down, 7-up", and a local one for Armor Plate Insurance. Lol
Miss those times man, smh+lol.👍
I'm 30 and I remember this. There was one down the street from me growing up in Potomac. Blockbuster purchased them and I remember the slogan being "blockbuster video. WOW! What a difference"
I remember as a kid in the mid 80s we used to rent movies from an Erol's in Ellicott City, MD. I remember their bags and the big red boxes they used to keep their movies in.
I worked at Erol's when I was in my early 20s back in the late 80s. it was a northern va store. Erol came into the store I had no idea who he was I asked him if I could help him as he was randomly walking around he then told me he was Erol, he had a low grumbly kind of voice. I remember the manager telling me how he complemented my customer service later that night. I also remember my coworkers used to hide the new releases for themselves to check out later that night, like robocop. even though I was poor it was a fun time.
i worked there from 1978 - 1981, i worked with erols son orhan, he was the store manager at the arlington store.
What kind of family were they?
I only counted 3 titles in that big list that I don't have on one format or another.
We straight had Beta and my father would take us to the Erols in Langley Park from time to time to rent movies and they were always Police Academy movies or other clean comedies. And once we rented Throw Mama From the Train.....he heard bad things... he came out of his room and pushed stop! That was a rap! I hated when VHS took over because we only had Beta. :-(
Great memories! Ah man I rented great movies from this place
Unbelievably, Erol's made it to my native country (Chile) and my dad used to take me to rent movies as a child. I was a huge fan of Batman (1988) and rented it every time I could. :D
Unbelievably, the Chilean "Errol's" (with two R's) was a mere copycat of "Erol's" (with one R). They even copied the same logo without respecting copyrights LOL en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erol%27s
I'd head straight to the horror section. I remember being astounded at the number of videos they had on the shelves. My first experience with home video.
THANK YOU!!!!
I remember when the two main internet service providers in the DC area were AOL and Erols. What might've been.
Kind of smiling at the comment about Erol getting "run out of the market". I guess you could say that if you call getting paid $40M by Blockbuster going out of business.
BrooksnLaura Tuck I remember a mom and pop competitor to Blockbuster in DC when there was the baseball expansion derby of 1990. That said if you rent from them your hurting their chances of getting baseball in the Nations Capital because Blockbuster's CEO Wayne Huiznega got the Florida Marlins. The truth was Washington was still views as a graveyard for the sport and the only way they would have gotten a team is if there was a rich minority owner like Robert Johnson leading the effort.
Beta Max King!! Hear This!! I Demand you to Obey Me...You Will Obey My Command!!!
Judging by the shelves, I think that was the one at the corner of Patrick Henry and Arlington Blvd, near where Meenahan's Hardware used to be.
Man, I miss Meenahan's.
Yep, the Willston Centre I !
Before Blockbuster came in and invaded, LUSKINS (ne'EROLS) was the shiznit!!
AFAIK There wasn't any connection between Luskins and Erol's other than they both operated in the DMV. Luskin's went on to become The Big Screen Store which is still in business and Erol's became Erol's Unlimited Internet for a while before they got bought out by a different ISP.
The one in Suitland Md every weekend as a youngin
Blockbuster killed them...and now revenge is sweet indeed...
Yeah, I wish someone would "kill" my business by paying me $40 million (in 1990 dollars).
That's because people aren't renting videos now
And I know lots of people back then, who helped South Florida get a baseball team years before Washington before that.
1989**
Poor Erols. They put their eggs in the Beta basket.
What the hell kind of a name is "Erols"? hahaha
Erols Video was owned by Hungarian Immigrant Erol Orhan. They were only general interest DC Video store chain to charge for membership, unlike the mom and pop ones. When Blockbuster came to the area, they forced him to drop the charges, later they bought him out and he went to the Dial Up ISP business, later that was sold to RCN.
Erol was from Turkey. Everyone charged membership in DC. Erol sold the stores for $40 million in 1990.
I did not know Erol's was started by an immigrant.