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Saturday, April 19, 2008

No "Citizen Kane" in L.A.

The other day I overheard this conversation in a Blockbuster Video on La Cienega near Beverly Blvd., in West Hollywood:

Hot girl: Do you have "Citizen Kane"?
Blockbuster guy: I don't think so. Let me check. [checks the computer] None of the stores around here carry it. There's one on Hollywood and Western that used to carry it. People take it out and don't return it.
Hot girl: Do you have it in a store that's downtown? I heard one of those stores had it.
Blockbuster guy: That might be a franchise store. The corporate stores don't have it.

The number one movie ever. And you can't find it in any Blockbuster video in the Hollywood area.

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Ginie

These people are siputd.. a ford fiesta on top 5?? With the spyker c8 top worst?? That is siputd, you guys dont know what a car is all about at all. NO wonder why you have shit viewers for how many vids / years you have been at it. You guys are complete morons.

Posted by: Ginie | Monday, April 23, 2012 at 11:16 PM

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