Episode 355

The last Blockbuster [archive episode]

Plain English · Jeff at Plain English

July 31, 202517m 16s

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Show Notes

We recently did an episode about how movie titles are translated from their original to other languages. That made us nostalgic for the days of movie rentals, and it called to mind this classic episode of Plain English about the ""last Blockbuster."

There were once over 9,000 locations of the video rental store with the eye-catching blue-and-yellow logo. But now, there is just one."

Full lesson: https://plainenglish.com/lessons/last-blockbuster

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