I like to play a little game when I rent movies from 2 For 1 - even when I know the name of the movie I'm looking for, I approach one of the two super knowledgeable owners and try to see if they can figure out what the hell I'm talking about. There's the one guy who's older, Polish and really Mr. Dress Up-y and the other younger guy and they both know everything. I wish I could italicize that last word. It usually goes something like this:
ME: "Have you ever heard of this movie that has the guy from that old TV show in the 90s that lasted less than one season called 'Christy', and he kind of looks like the bad guy in 'Dead Poet's Society'...or maybe it was 'School Ties'? You know, he was raised on an egg farm, I think. And it also has that gnome-ish mom character who was in the Faerie Tale Theatre version of 'Thumbelina' and is on that horrible show 'Two And A Half Men' now. Any ideas?"
OWNER: "Oh, you're thinking of 'For Keeps'! I love that scene where the dad's throwing out the mattress and he can't get a grip on it cause it's got no handles. Third aisle [I start walking]...keep going...more...OK, top shelf, about a third of the way in. Got it?"
Boom.
On Tuesdays they have a special for $4 - two non-new releases that you can keep for four or five nights (I can't remember which, since I never return my movies on time. WHOOPS!). As Luke A. said, it's saying a lot when a mom 'n pop video rental shop practically next door to Blockbuster manages to outshine it and come out on top in an era of Zip.ca and Netflix. Gone is the Blockbuster -- long live 2 For 1!