Once upon a time, Eric and Darrell got a camera...

The fact you guys pretty much vlogged throughout the 80's and 90's is absolutely amazing! Thank you for sharing with us. I am a kid from the 90's as well. This so awesome!

The film looks good to me whoever says it's fake doesn't know anything? old material is classic .

I graduated in 88 so it's really cool to see your films from the 80's. The fact that you are still friends is awesome! Thanks for the memories guys!

Hey guys. KZfaq recommended your “McDonald’s in 1989” video on my feed and I have been riding waves of nostalgia ever since. I was born in ‘77, I had that Dr. Feelgood shirt. Watching videos from your channel has been surreal, so glad to see you still hang out and make content. Thanks!

These Two cool Dudes are Gems of America. Thank you guys.

The most amazing thing is, that you stuck with filming videos for so long! Being teens at the time, but didn't quit after a couple of projects. That's rare.

Good thing you restored your old videos. The 80's and 90's were really were really the coolest era. Thanks for sharing them here in KZfaq.

I was born in 79 and this channel reminds me of my life during the 80s, and no matter what the 00s tries to take away from us, they can never take those days away from us. So on that note PARTY ON DUDES🤘🏼

How do you fake being 12 years old again??

I find it so sweet when you can see the glimpses of the boys of Eric and Darrell in the now grown-up versions of Eric and Darrell. As a fellow metalhead of the 80s, I really appreciate this channel!

Let's give some credit to how awesome your parents were. Super dads.

This channel is a literal portal to my childhood/teenage years. I'm gonna be forty next month and everything about these videos just pulls me back to that time. Thank you guys for putting in all the work of transferring and editing all those videos to digital FOR FREE, for nothing more than YOUR AMUSEMENT and OURS. Don't stop, make sure every speck of footage you have is archived on this amazing channel. *Sidenote: Ninja Gaiden 1-3 on the NES are the three hardest games ever made still to this day.

The rest of us weren’t brave enough to carry a camera around, I’m sure glad you guys were. There’s so much I wish I had on those precious slices of time.

Man it’s definitely y’all in those tapes I see the same faces even in your Middle Ages now.

I am so happy both your parents encouraged you! My dad always encouraged my love of books and writing, so here I am in publishing and happy. BTW--you are both adorbs!

We had an 8mm Sony. My dad acted like it was the Rolls Royce of cameras.

Wow I can't stop watching this channel since I stumbled onto it over the past month. I'm so glad that you guys were able to capture all of these memories from the 80's. As an 80's kid, I started re-collecting all of the old video games from my childhood over the past 15 years or so in order to re-live some nostalgic moments from my childhood, but having these actual memories captured on video is priceless. I remember my parents getting a VHS camera back in the 90's, but we barely used it to capture these kinds of things. Of course nowadays everyone has cameras and video on their smartphones, and I've been trying to intentionally utilize the technology to preserve my kids' childhood experiences so they can have a collection of memories like you guys did. Thanks you guys for all of the quality uploads and great memories!

"More like he built it and I watched." Relatable lol

It’s so cool to see how you guys started out shooting on a rigged up surveillance cam. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, you guys were ahead of your time. Way ahead of the game with your experimentation. It’s a breath of fresh air to see you guys actually sitting next to each other on the couch talking about your cameras. Very cool. Thanks for sharing your camera progressions with us!

My brother and I had the same sony handcam in the late 80s. We LOVED the superimpose feature too. Thanks for sharing your vids.

Oh wow I was 12 in 84 and it’s about this time I remember seeing a vhs camera for the first time. This clip certainly brings back memories.

I'm 54 and I did learn something....I 'member the 8s!! Great work, dudes!

This so great. Good for you guys! Growing up mexican. If i even remotely tried anything like this. I wouldve got slapped.LOL. as much i love my parents and are grateful for all they did for me. Its so good to hear your parents were so supportive. Definitely so proud to be a part of this type of generation

I sold those Sony camcorders when I worked at Sears in the 90's. Sony 8mm camcorders were unrivaled.

I have a TDK cassette tape i recorded music on in 1982 Still works fine amazinglyv.I take it out every 10yrs or so and listen to it im 50 it has my middle school teacher talking on it + plus led zeppelin few other things 👍

I digitize VHS tapes sometimes and I can tell you the most important thing for having the best quality possible is a generation 1 tape (the tape that was not copied from something and has not degraded) and a good Analog to Digital converter + Capture Card

I loved the Sony handyman, too. Got one in '93, and used to film bands' rehearsals and live shows. Filmed Brody Dalle's first band Sourpuss a lot at the music school Rock N Roll High School and their shows. I was a big fan of theirs as a teen. Love seeing your videos. It's like a fun trip back in time when life was fun and more simple! 😊

Huntsville Alabama... holy shit.. that’s where my moms side of the family is from! Small ass world..!!!

Wow! So fun to watch. I really enjoy the chemistry between you two, and even with your other friends. Also, I liked when you are in the same room with each other, although I understand that may not always be feasible. And I liked the scenes in the video where you have simple animations going, like in 1:36 - It really gets my imagination going. Overall, I enjoyed it. Thank you.

Ah man I love you guys so much! I would’ve loved to be friends with you guys back in the day.

We have a ton of 90s footage on VHS. But it wasn't like vlogging more of our family growing up.

Eric & Darrell have come a long way together. They have made a lot of memories together. Glad to see them spending time together a long time. Most people don have this. Glad to see them have it. :)

Hey guys! Loved your videos - I grew up over the hill from you off of Holmes down from Butler High (Class of '86). I loved John's Big Brothers - so sad it shut down. But it is so nice to see the neighborhood the way it used to be "way back when" lol

That was an awesome little “behind-the-scenes-commentary” thing. So glad you guys kept all this footage...it’s amazing and so much fun! Takes me back...I’m only a few years younger than you guys, but so had many of the same interests/daily activities!

Amazing. Regards from Argentina 🇦🇷

80s were some of the best years great you were able to save some of your memories miss the old video camera

Eirc is correct. I had tape camera back then, a Sony HI-8 camera. Great video, but a lot more work using tapes.

My dad bought one of the gigantic over the shoulder VHS cams in 1993 and the batteries weighed more than the camera itself.

You guys are amazing! Can’t say it enough. I can’t believe people thought these were fake! My daddy bought one of the gigantic camcorders back in 88, when I was 10, I believe. It used regular VHS tapes, and my mom always made jokes about carrying a TV on her shoulder and the muscles she made from it. We have so much footage of skating with friends and parties. Last days of school...I need to have it all turned to digital. By the way, that camcorder STILL works. I went on to work in the film industry, primarily independent films.

recordin yourselfs playin video games, u guys where ahead of time

Hey guys, love your videos! So glad you were able to capture such special moments in time.

Such an amazing channel, I have many memories I wish i could have saved them on video. Thanks dude's you guys are awesome!

As a child of the 80s as well, I love your videos! Although these are your memories, they bring back my own memories. I look forward when you post.

80s kids knows its not fake

Best Harrison Ford interview ever

So glad I found this channel! Brings back tons of memories

Man, I love your old vids for you two. Reminds me what I did with my friends back in the 80’s.

I am so happy I found your channel, it's like walking back in time. Thank you for the memories.

Most amazing thing, They are still best friends to this day!

You guys are awesome . Thank you for your memories . We cherish them .

So amazing that you guys captured such priceless memories and that you are still good friends! Childhood friends that stay in touch is so rare. Time and tide separates so many of us. Thanks for sharing your memories!

Thanks for sharing all this. This whole thing is soooo amazing. You were the first vlogers, way beyond your time, literally sending you message to the future.

I really enjoy your videos, I was born in 1999 but I’ve always liked everything 80s and 90s so it’s really cool to see how everything was back then. I was wondering did you guys recorded a lot when you where teenagers? If so will you upload them someday in the channel?

Hi guys, just wanted to say that I love your videos, I was born in 1977 and there is a lot of nostalgia, great job on what you are doing sharing this treasures! Big hugs from El Paso, Tx

Just discovered you guys today and loving these.

Congratulations you are amazing people for documenting you're youth. It's take me back in time. Thank you.

I always wanted a video camera, but we couldn't afford one. I had a micro cassette recorder, instead. That's audio-only. I basically used that like I was recording shows for a radio show, that didn't exist.

I think this is awesome I just watched the video when they were kids never seen it before till now takes me back to 1989 when I had my son I was 20 years old I remember those days those were the best days it's just nice to see that people stay true to each other and remain friends for all those years that's what you call true friendship just awesome to see this.

you guys are so awesome! i loved making videos and have tons of tapes. loving this channel

Long time listener , Long time fan. You guys Rock!!! Love it.

As an 80s child your videos make me feel really nostalgic. Tha ks for uploading them, it's comforting to be reminded of happier times right now.

Best channel I’ve found in awhile ! ❤️

Amazing stuff guys!!!!

Merry Christmas boys! Just listening quick while I spruce up for my Christmas visiting!

Just discovered this channel - amazing! I wish I had done this when I was younger (I didn't have a camcorder unfortunately). I did record stuff from when I was in my early to mid 20's, but it's incredible you have all this footage from your youth. I need to get an 8MM player so I can convert all my tapes as well. Anyway, keep up the great work - I look forward to watching your videos!!

You guys were so sure about your future.

Your videos crack me up! Takes me back to the same era (I'm old, 42) with me and my friends. So many "yep, we did that too!" moments. I would have hung out with y'all.

Great to see a little background with the vids. You guys really had fun with it. I got one of those really small Sony Camcorders in the early '90's. I was working then and it cost $1200 (I never forgot that! LOL) I made a lot of boring vids with family, but I still have all those mini tapes. It's fun to see yourself at a time was your life was so simple and you had little to worry about. Watching it makes you want to have that carefree attitude again.

Somewhere in Earth, somewhere in South America, somewhere in Peru, somewhere in Arequipa, in a house, in a room, alone, is enjoying your memories, with a great smile. Me.

I just happened to stumble upon this today and I'm really glad I did!

All along i knew your videos where the real deal! Because i my self owned one of those video8 compact camcorders, as a matter of fact i still got my camera! I dont know if its still works! Since the last time i used mine problably was the mid 90s, i bought it in 1989. Is a sony handy camcorder hi8 i bealieve, great video guy's! Keep up the great videos coming. 👌😎👍

Wooow! I can only say wooow. You guys were years ahead on home vídeos. I'm so greatful to watch your videos and how things were made back in the days, the old school way. Big fan of your videos here. Greetings from El Salvador Central América.

Love your content. Glad you recorded your childhood.

Glad I found your channel, I had a vhs camera video also growing up. I'm sure you love the goldbergs. It's my favorite show because it reminds me of my childhood

Yes, 8mm tape rocks! We used them for shooting news footage and it looked great. You'd be surprised how long those tapes will last! The magnetic recordings last muuuuch longer than once believed. You did some great capturing of your vids. Nice work!

You two remind me ,of Jay and Silent Bob.

Great videos, fellows! I am from the same era as you, having been born in 1974. Unfortunately, though, back in my younger days my family never had a video camera, and yet we were perhaps one of the few families that had owned a Super8 film camera which I still have to this day. My introduction to video was a toy Tyco TVC 8000, which, if you’re familiar with it, is very similar to the quality of the security camera hook up that you guys had. A few years ago I did pick up a GE full-size VHS camcorder for free on Kijiji. The battery is shot but the power supply still works fine and the quality is quite good for a VHS camera. Amazing how we’ve gone from all of that to essentially most people having high definition cameras in their pockets. Keep up the good work! Awesome channel. I am not nearly as disciplined with mine. :-)

Story time: I unintentionally became a comic book illustrator out of necessity. My real passion as an 80's kid was film, but growing up in a foreign country a camcorder was unaffordable. So, I started drawing storyboards of my imaginary movies. Everyone saw them as "comics" and I was good at it, so I kept doing it😅 Fast forward to 2020's, I'm picking up videography📹

That's so great! did you continue filming for rest of your life or there was a moment, when you ditched it at some moment? :) awesome, that you stay in friendship till now;)

It's fun to pull out all the old tapes, digitise and share them (on DVD or otherwise). I did that some years ago with family footage from 1988-96, shot on a borrowed VHS camcorder and then my own Sony Hi8 bought in 1991 which also did the superimpose trick. I'm from '71. Kids today who like shooting video don't know how lucky they are working in the digital domain in high definition. Cheers guys.

You should totally pick up another one of those cameras and redo one of your old videos as your current selves - with the original camera quality.

Into the 2000’s who remembers Sony coming out with a digital camera that used 3.5 floppies and then later a DVD 📀 for storing video called the Sony Mavica?

I was born in 1997 but I just watched the Metalhead Kids in a record store video, after it being in my recommended for a while.. And I'm glad I finally watched it. It's cool seeing what the world was like before my time. That was more like what my parent's would've seen growing up. Sometimes I wish I was born in 1990 because that would mean that I actually had a childhood in the 90's... 1997 is a weird year to be born, it was right on the brink of the 2000s, so I wasn't really a kid in the 90s (but I kind of was..) The world and society just seemed much simpler and kinder back then. Hopefully we'll reach a point where it goes back to being like that.

Great quality on your videos. Although the 80s and 90s just doesn't seem like so long ago to me! You two are awesome and not much younger than me 😁

It looked very normal for 1989 to me. I'm so glad yall kept those and some how got it on here. LOL! I still follow music but I was never into recorders and stuff. My parents would never buy any. Gosh, I'm still tripping from the flesh back.

i love this channel. Keep it up guys. Your views will be blowin up like crazy soon.

Great stuff guys make me miss the 80 and 90 alot ,, had a amazing time growing up in those days , today kids will never know the freedom and adventure all the time , thank for this videos ,take care friends hi from Canada ,quebec

Thanks I love your channel. Brings back a lot of memories 👍👍👍👍

I love this channel, greetings from Brazil!

I love your videos. Reminds me of when I was a kid😊 wish I could go back to that time. It was the best!

Sub'd to you guys! You remind me of my best buddy and myself back in the day as we did the same stuff... Actually, the similarities are uncanny... both metal heads, same ages and randomly filming stuff (we just never kept any of our footage unfortunately).... There's a super nostalgic feel to your videos and I think it's awesome!

You guys are great!

I still have/use mine😁

You guys made great videos dude!

Hi Eric & Darrell! Your channel will be big!

Oh what a ride back . Thanks

This is fucking awesome. I was born in 1980 and I'm a nerdy metalhead so this is some great nostalgia for me. I have some home videos from my childhood, but nothing close to this. Subscribed.

Cool I always enjoy the videos. Thanks 👍👍

Wow, such a fantastic video that wonderfully documents the discovery and evolution of a passion that was spawned literally from the trash heap! I can relate to those quantum leaps in production capability through acquiring key pieces of technology that had their day in the sun but are now all in the same vintage, lost and obsolete basket. You really captured the joy of passing these milestones extremely well and was a pleasure to watch. Such a hard paradigm to explain unless you lived through it yourself. Journeys like this are applicable to any progressive technology but rarely is the story of it captured, documented, and expressed so well in terms that are easy to appreciate. I think the a significant point about your video experience is you all jumped in the small window of time that completely missed film/super 8 as well as any VHS production pipelines but timed it perfectly to pick up the superior video 8 format even if it was still relatively expensive. You could have easily gone down a VHS path with your hobby and as you know now it was terrible quality to start with and got exponentially worse if you ever had to edit it and go down generations. Your enthusiasm may have been at least curbed by this back in the day and I expect the initiative to upload anything that resulted from that period may have never have occurred. I recall my work-flow for years was shooting on video 8, editing down to 'Super' VHS on my Hitachi VT-S890E recorder and adding titles, musical score and any visual and sound effects. The Super VHS became the master to copy down final versions to standard VHS which looked like a first generation recording and that’s about the best you could hope for with the format. Then Mini DV cassettes captured the market and the rest is a revolution of digital technology that changed the space forever. The commentary on the ‘superimpose’ feature is interesting to me given your age. I purchased the same PAL version of the Sony CCD-F70 camera here in Australia. Being in my early twenty's I may have better represented the more typical buyer of the camera and can possibly account for why such a neat feature was discontinued. I would expect anyone interested in video editing was also exploring consumer level genlocks and devices combined with computers to apply titles and effects, all pretty expensive stuff so not available to everyone and definitely not your average school kid. Even though superimpose was an incredibly neat and convenient "in camera" solution it definitely came across as a little clunky (even back then) and flew in the face of all the benefits of doing titles and effects as a post-production process. This was a period where with a bit of experimentation and research you could get professional level results with off the shelf consumer market products. I certainly had a good play with superimpose but I remember the novelty of it disappeared very very quickly and I am guessing this response was more typical and may be why it never was carried on by Sony into the future. Having said that I totally see why your younger demographic that was charged with unbridled enthusiasm and creativity would have embraced and loved it. Considering the Sony CCD-F70 was an analogue system it really was quite a thing to have this digital effect embedded its engineering. It was a beautifully built, feature rich product and the fact you had two or them to play with must have been a perfect storm! My Sony CCD-F70 performed faultlessly for years. As the digital age took over I some how managed to sell it to my brother where it went on to film his young family for another five or six years. Thanks for sharing your time capsules and the story behind them. Hopefully you may inspire more people to dust off similar Video 8 collections and get them uploaded so people who appreciate the hidden treasures they hold can experience them to.