The Store That Only Stocks 'Jerry Maguire' VHS Tapes | American Obsessions

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  • Опубліковано 16 жов 2024
  • In January 2017, a new video store opened in Los Angeles that only stocks 14,000 copies of Jerry Maguire on VHS - none of which are available for rent or purchase.
    Masterminded by video art collective Everything is Terrible, which began amassing this collection over 8 years ago, this "store" is functionally intended to be more of a hallucinatory, immersive experience.
    To bring finality to their burdensome obsession, their next goal is to construct a permanent place to house their "Jerrys"; a giant pyramid in the Nevada desert.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 964

  • @VICE
    @VICE  7 років тому +239

    Their final goal is to construct a giant pyramid in the Nevada desert (with indoor plumbing) built entirely out of Jerry Maguire VHS tapes. Seriously.
    Watch more _American Obsessions_: bit.ly/2kXkStP

    • @ForkInTheRoad33
      @ForkInTheRoad33 7 років тому +8

      Why do you insist to push hate on white people?

    • @Mr3344555
      @Mr3344555 7 років тому +1

      It's white dudes playing with a joke. How's that hate towards whites? I'm not even white, and this isn't making hate them. This is actually hilarious and now I want to visit the Jerry McGuire a Shop, I heard they have a deal on VHS's. And visit the dune pyramid

    • @ceannscriteach81
      @ceannscriteach81 7 років тому

      +ForkInTheRoad What ????

    • @GoreGrl666
      @GoreGrl666 7 років тому

      Then please set it on fire.
      This shit has gone too far.

    • @thesupport4963
      @thesupport4963 7 років тому +1

      please burn that shit down.

  • @MadPropzBaller
    @MadPropzBaller 7 років тому +452

    At first i was like wtf, but then i realized why not? It has the right amount of cheese and absurdity to it, and i think it's Godlike.
    This is the kind of stuff i want to see from Vice.

    • @samgeorge4798
      @samgeorge4798 7 років тому +1

      MadPropzBaller agree

    • @BloodyGrundel
      @BloodyGrundel 7 років тому +9

      I wanted to hate this, but like you said... fuck it... why not

    • @murraysargeant4740
      @murraysargeant4740 7 років тому

      MadPropzBaller I agree. Loved it! The best humour

    • @Monkeyabroad
      @Monkeyabroad 7 років тому +5

      This humor is ridiculous and stupid. I want more please.

    • @FabianJacquin
      @FabianJacquin 7 років тому +1

      I agree with you, Sir. And you know what alse? This also serves as a physical place to reflect upon the wastefulness of our society. I mean, that is tons of paper, celulloid and plastic devoted to a film. I like Jerry Mcguire, but makes you think about all the other VHS's ever produced, movies that no one saw. I don't know, I think this can stretch way beyond this particular movie. I've seen many art installations with more funding and less sense.

  • @wrarmatei
    @wrarmatei 7 років тому +144

    It should be called "The Jerramid"

  • @alexanderdavidsonbryan7264
    @alexanderdavidsonbryan7264 7 років тому +126

    This is the best fucking thing ever

    • @BigKarl519
      @BigKarl519 7 років тому +1

      A real man does not shoplift the pootie.

    • @dollyllama69420
      @dollyllama69420 7 років тому

      @Paul Corona I don't see how this resembles anything regarding sexuality. Watch your mouth, tool.

    • @kikib8434
      @kikib8434 Рік тому

      Agreed.

    • @vincenttb4530
      @vincenttb4530 8 місяців тому

      it really is man , it really is

  • @twelvelookslike
    @twelvelookslike 7 років тому +66

    Finally Vice posts a video that is relevant

  • @2geliel
    @2geliel 7 років тому +240

    That looks like some vapor wave shit, but in real life

  • @DiogoMarquesAwesome
    @DiogoMarquesAwesome 7 років тому +81

    it would be exciting if the floor was jerried. Without jerried floor is just ok

    • @tricatfilms6136
      @tricatfilms6136 3 роки тому

      They did that in later installations, I think when the exhibit traveled to Denver.

  • @Susie_Floozie
    @Susie_Floozie 5 років тому +7

    They speak the TRUTH. I used to see so many JERRY MAGUIRE tapes at the thrift that I took to putting copies of the video in the front of every row so it looked like the store had nothing but JERRY MAGUIRE videotapes. Then, years later, I heard that somebody else felt the same way I did about it! This is a senselessly beautiful thing.

  • @psychobeefsticker
    @psychobeefsticker 7 років тому +90

    brought to u by THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY and THE LETTER "T"

  • @MrNavajoRug
    @MrNavajoRug 7 років тому +14

    this is so perfect. So often I'm at a garage sale or thrift store, and I see Jerry Mcguire on vhs. Literally 80 percent of the time. I've noticed it for years. Long before I ever saw this or heard about it I always laughed every time I saw Tom Cruise and his cheesy smile because it happens so darn often. please keep this up.

  • @APlateOfBeans
    @APlateOfBeans 7 років тому +70

    Guys it's like Tim and Eric esque comedy. Don't take it so seriously. Watch EIT videos, they're pretty well-edited and funny.

  • @KokoRicky
    @KokoRicky 6 років тому +9

    I've seen the guys behind this (Everything is Terrible) live three times now. It's some of the finest entertainment around.

  • @EduardoM
    @EduardoM 7 років тому +35

    everything is terrible is such a gem

  • @brianm2881
    @brianm2881 7 років тому +27

    A pyramid in the desert that's made out of Jerry McGuire videos is, like, the fruiting body stage of the hipster life cycle.

  • @FlezzDurjis
    @FlezzDurjis 7 років тому +97

    I sort of get this isn't a joke, but this whole video is filmed like a joke.

    • @jonnynice8366
      @jonnynice8366 7 років тому +98

      It's a serious video about a joke.

    • @DawnHub666
      @DawnHub666 7 років тому +9

      Its a joke video about a serious art project. Not the other way around.

    • @FlezzDurjis
      @FlezzDurjis 7 років тому +5

      The paradox is mindboggling

    • @BEEEELEEEE
      @BEEEELEEEE 7 років тому +11

      The joke is that they're so committed to the joke, they're seriously going through with it.

    • @carlkamuti
      @carlkamuti 7 років тому +7

      Just think of it as an ironic postmodern performance art project.

  • @lowermainlandlearningchann7664
    @lowermainlandlearningchann7664 7 років тому +8

    That store looks really cool, almost as well kept and organised as the scene in Edward Scissorhands where the people are driving to work.

  • @NeedForMadnessSVK
    @NeedForMadnessSVK 7 років тому +9

    I love how comments are 50% people just laughing and having fun because they get its a joke, and other 50% are people that for some reason got ABSOLUTELY OFFENDED AND PISSED OF.
    Guys, its a joke not a dick, dont take it so hard. If funny art installation and guy with glasses and mustache are enough to offend you, you should reevaluate priorities in your life. Because that is not healthy.

    • @iaincowell9747
      @iaincowell9747 7 років тому +1

      For me the funniest thing about this is the people who don't get it.

  • @CancunMimosa
    @CancunMimosa 7 років тому +8

    Such an incredible achievement so far. I want the pyramid to be built!!

  • @jared_sosa3804
    @jared_sosa3804 7 років тому +114

    This is sad

    • @wericks3
      @wericks3 7 років тому +5

      It's a joke man, how many pyramids have you built?

    • @jared_sosa3804
      @jared_sosa3804 7 років тому +2

      I built the Giza pyramid

    • @wericks3
      @wericks3 7 років тому +3

      Oh man nice dude, that's a sick pyramid

    • @joey1ste
      @joey1ste 7 років тому +19

      Nah man, this is beautifull!

    • @jared_sosa3804
      @jared_sosa3804 7 років тому +1

      bloed augurk just like your girl

  • @Megalulbuckets
    @Megalulbuckets 7 років тому +10

    I bet Vice doesnt know this was done as a joke and not an obsession

    • @justinmix143
      @justinmix143 2 роки тому +2

      Except they’ve been working on it for 8 years, and have obviously put (and continue to) endless work into bringing the projects to fruition.

  • @starwarsvssuperheroesinrea9473
    @starwarsvssuperheroesinrea9473 7 років тому +25

    tom cruise himself probably paid for this as some kind of ego self promotion!

    • @pokcow01
      @pokcow01 7 років тому +14

      Tom Cruise and every crew member from Jerry Maguire will be buried in the "Jerramid" when it is complete. They will each either be exhumed or willingly buried alive.

    • @tricatfilms6136
      @tricatfilms6136 3 роки тому

      The man is a genius lol :)

  • @Angstadillio
    @Angstadillio 7 років тому +71

    Hipster power levels over nine thousand.

    • @ThreadBomb
      @ThreadBomb 5 років тому

      You can't handle irony at this level!

  • @InvidiousIgnoramus
    @InvidiousIgnoramus 4 роки тому +3

    Reminder that this is the ONLY video vice has ever made that is important.

    • @dawey8897
      @dawey8897 4 роки тому

      General buttnaked is upset

    • @InvidiousIgnoramus
      @InvidiousIgnoramus 4 роки тому

      @@dawey8897 Aw, you're right. I can't forget about General Buttnaked.

    • @banjogyro
      @banjogyro Місяць тому

      4 years later and this and General buttnaked still are the only good videos they made

  • @peraxelhagne1400
    @peraxelhagne1400 7 років тому +10

    I don't know what to feel anymore

  • @bushmanwest5109
    @bushmanwest5109 7 років тому +3

    How fucking loaded can these guys be, opening a store on sunset bv that doesn't make any fucking profit

    • @labotamysausagedog
      @labotamysausagedog 7 років тому +5

      They didn't open actually open a store, the place is a gallery, so this is basically functioning as an art installation (what this video doesn't show you is that they also had a whole event organized around the installation, with live bands, prize giveaways, etc).

  • @AmpluexCompressa
    @AmpluexCompressa 7 років тому +12

    Has absurdist humor gone too far?
    ...
    The answer is no.

  • @TheModernInvestor
    @TheModernInvestor 7 років тому +4

    This might be the weirdest thing I've ever seen online

    • @tazdpwns
      @tazdpwns 4 роки тому

      Imagine stumbling on this, abandoned, and having no clue.

    • @ferociousgumby
      @ferociousgumby 3 роки тому +1

      Check out their channel, EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE. You will never get away.

  • @aidanmungai2290
    @aidanmungai2290 4 роки тому +2

    The only thing that would make this better is if neither of them had ever actually watched the movie

  • @mrchoochoohead9033
    @mrchoochoohead9033 7 років тому +7

    one of my favourite youtube channels

  • @NarffetWerlz
    @NarffetWerlz 3 роки тому +2

    The best jokes are the ones that take $400,000 to pull off.

  • @TetrisKing
    @TetrisKing 7 років тому +12

    So these guys made the Dwayne meme?

  • @tricatfilms6136
    @tricatfilms6136 3 роки тому +1

    The real question is how did they think of this before South Park?

  • @malnora2245
    @malnora2245 7 років тому +3

    This is actually pretty inspiring making something out of negative nothing.

  • @readordiefanatic
    @readordiefanatic 7 років тому +1

    If the Pyramid gets built, Duane will descend down from the cosmos to rule the world from it's throne.

  • @danjwalker
    @danjwalker 7 років тому +6

    1:36 The 90's called and it said it's sorry for style-puking all over you guys.

  • @banjogyro
    @banjogyro Місяць тому

    "How many times have you seen Jerry Maguire?"
    "Never seen it all the way through"
    from A FACE MELTING INTERVIEW WITH "EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE!"

  • @gothicbbmelvin
    @gothicbbmelvin 7 років тому +6

    This comment section is more cancerous than the spring water in Chernobyl.

  • @walterwilliams1791
    @walterwilliams1791 5 років тому +1

    omg, I cant believe yall are on Vice. I been watching yall forever.

  • @TheWarhammerfreak
    @TheWarhammerfreak 7 років тому +3

    This is fucking adorable, I wish them the best of luck

  • @str4yk1dsw0rldd0minati0n
    @str4yk1dsw0rldd0minati0n 4 роки тому +2

    I just wanna say there’s a chance this’ll be in history books in a couple years

  • @jacobhawkinsmusic
    @jacobhawkinsmusic 7 років тому +11

    Fuckin legends

  • @iLLPerfect
    @iLLPerfect 7 років тому +14

    Unsubscribed.

    • @elinair4348
      @elinair4348 7 років тому

      iLLPerfect

    • @TheWarhammerfreak
      @TheWarhammerfreak 7 років тому

      FUCK WHAT WILL BE DO iLLPerfect UNSUBSCRIBED OF FUCK NO GOD SAVE US

  • @jessicataylor2330
    @jessicataylor2330 7 років тому +20

    Into how many hipsters would you have to have reincarnated into, to achieve this level of hipster.......

  • @manelew7482
    @manelew7482 4 роки тому +1

    Everything is terrible is a helluva channel.

  • @adamfrisk956
    @adamfrisk956 7 років тому +11

    SHOW ME THE MONEEEEEYYYY!!!

  • @HermitMoth
    @HermitMoth 7 років тому

    During the holiday season I saw 8 copies of the Santa Claus featuring Tim Allen on VHS. I now regret not buying them.

  • @misseli922
    @misseli922 7 років тому +16

    This is a joke right

    • @TheWarhammerfreak
      @TheWarhammerfreak 7 років тому +3

      Did you watch the video? Yes it is.

    • @BEEEELEEEE
      @BEEEELEEEE 7 років тому +6

      The joke is that they're actually doing it.

  • @RaythePuffyHairBall
    @RaythePuffyHairBall 7 років тому +1

    Rick has broken the fourth wall and brought the Jerry Daycare into reality

  • @franciscofeest6691
    @franciscofeest6691 7 років тому +8

    A part of me thinks this is funny and great. Another part think this is some hipster rich guy shit.

    • @teethgrinder83
      @teethgrinder83 7 років тому +1

      Francisco Feest conflicting isn't it lol

    • @NeedForMadnessSVK
      @NeedForMadnessSVK 7 років тому +2

      Francisco Feest why rich? people donated those tapes. the whole store costs just a rent, and it will be there for like a month, as an art exhibition. This isnt some shit they decided to do just because they had too much money and did not know what to do with them

    • @franciscofeest6691
      @franciscofeest6691 7 років тому

      well that's a lot of donations

  • @busydaboss423
    @busydaboss423 7 років тому +1

    if people would put a 1/4 of the effort into helping the homeless and poor the world would change in a week

  • @azkrouzreimertz9784
    @azkrouzreimertz9784 7 років тому +5

    this is great

  • @dorobo81
    @dorobo81 7 років тому +2

    At first i was like what's this bs? But then i thought wow it could be like a monument to all former scientologists!

  • @ppha7665
    @ppha7665 7 років тому +3

    Wasted 9 mins of my life that i can nvr get back...

  • @johnathanfern
    @johnathanfern 7 років тому +1

    @1:37 the guy on the left is like "Why are these guys my friends"

  • @Mootalisk
    @Mootalisk 7 років тому +3

    Is this a shitpost?

  • @lunaroyale4555
    @lunaroyale4555 7 років тому

    "Suki, can you VERY GINGERLY pull that string"...LOL.

  • @erichl6895
    @erichl6895 7 років тому +13

    I hope this is a joke.

    • @roguecactus7
      @roguecactus7 7 років тому +12

      Erich P it's more absurd, which is the point.
      I hope they build that Jerry pyramid, and one day, far off into the future, an alien race arrives and sees a shining light glistening off in the radioactive distance, signaling them to come into the pyramid and be enlightened by the tapes. Maybe even transcend their mortal coils to become one with Jerry. Who knows? 👍

    • @infintittie
      @infintittie 7 років тому +11

      It's the grandest shit post ever createst

  • @jltorres6320
    @jltorres6320 7 років тому +2

    I love the tackiness. Would definitely do a pilgrimage to this.

  • @gilbertocasalettipage2560
    @gilbertocasalettipage2560 7 років тому +30

    Vice is dead guys 😂

  • @screwthenet
    @screwthenet 9 місяців тому

    Loved that! This reminds me of an idea I had years and years back to make a video, where explorers find a crypt, and in it, I am sitting on a cobwebbed throne of unopened Magic the gathering fallen empire boxes. But structures made of VHS works much better lol!

  • @JiggaMan513
    @JiggaMan513 7 років тому +4

    I cant believe I watched this entire thing..... And of all movies??? lol...How bout us normal folk pay for and build this "Pyramid" and lock all the hipsters world wide inside FOREVER :)

    • @jogbon
      @jogbon 7 років тому +8

      Spoken like a true normie

  • @chillbitz
    @chillbitz 7 років тому

    I decided to buy Jerry Maguire on VHS just for the heck of it. One day they might be gone, sitting as an eternal brick in this awesome project. I want to own a copy for myself.

  • @pensilification
    @pensilification Рік тому +1

    Where are we on this?

  • @wackyruss
    @wackyruss 7 років тому

    My mom once bought a Jerry Maguire VHS in 1997 in California. That was twenty freaking years ago!

  • @melaniehunter3655
    @melaniehunter3655 7 років тому +3

    this is wonderful. All the luck in the world to you! Show me the pyramid!

  • @daveotuwa5596
    @daveotuwa5596 4 роки тому +1

    3:01 sacred part of my childhood, as currently seen on Smile

  • @davidb5205
    @davidb5205 7 років тому

    This is quite possibly the most elaborate troll I've ever seen in my life.

  • @lancelucid7420
    @lancelucid7420 6 років тому +1

    Hey kids that's what happens when you take pellote in the middle of the desert and then take a joke too fucking far...

  • @Himbo_Slice666
    @Himbo_Slice666 9 місяців тому

    I just stumbled upon all this and I'm just amazed how they found so many copys

  • @ggadguy
    @ggadguy 3 роки тому +1

    These guys need to work with Meow Wolf.

  • @lonestar98
    @lonestar98 7 років тому

    thank you for uploading this video vice. rly

  • @ChadBoughton
    @ChadBoughton 7 років тому

    This is fantastic! Thank you VICE for bringing another awesome thing to my attention.

  • @Hypsone1
    @Hypsone1 7 років тому

    That fact it is in Echo Park dosent surprise me...

  • @elgavilan7731
    @elgavilan7731 7 років тому +1

    "Dada" ? Mr. González is the next meme king.

  • @M3LTUP
    @M3LTUP 5 років тому

    Recommend you build it in Downtown LA. That place is already thrashed. Your "Jerramid" will fit right in. Lets keep the Desert clean.

  • @BeeHash
    @BeeHash 7 років тому

    "The biggest problem is the floors aren't Jerry." Indeed.

  • @AnimalHouseforReal
    @AnimalHouseforReal 7 років тому

    To build the pyramid I was expecting them to say "SHOW ME THE MONEY".

  • @OG_Keith
    @OG_Keith 7 років тому

    That postal worker has so much culture

  • @Joomluh12
    @Joomluh12 7 років тому

    Are these the guys from Everything is Terrible?
    Edit: Oh, it is, lol. I should just shut up and watch. I think it's hilarious that you guys covered them. Been a fan of their work for quite a few years.

  • @Cotystevens
    @Cotystevens 3 роки тому

    The funniest thing is Tom cruise could easily find this entirely and not be affected lmao

  • @chavalabobbyful
    @chavalabobbyful 7 років тому

    You wonder why Jerry Maguire is a cult classic.

  • @JPhoenix12
    @JPhoenix12 5 років тому

    Someone opened a store that doesn't actually rent/sell one movie that they ultimately want to build a pyramid out of?
    Yup, thats enough internet for the day....

  • @summerlaverdure
    @summerlaverdure 7 років тому +2

    They're psyched about that architect!? That dude was just telling them what they wanted to hear, they're going to lose so much money x___x. I'm not saying DON'T build the pyramid, but find someone who isn't trying to scam you jeez

  • @Uebermenschman
    @Uebermenschman 7 років тому +2

    Holy Shit now I know my meme

  • @Soniti1324
    @Soniti1324 7 років тому

    That Postal Carrier dude knows more about art than the guys that created the project.

  • @themadmattster9647
    @themadmattster9647 7 років тому

    Ok, I think it's apt to say. I'm going to send this to anyone who asks "What is a Hipster"?

  • @Bflo23
    @Bflo23 7 років тому

    I can honestly say that I have never seen Jerry McGwire.

  • @mattthecat9576
    @mattthecat9576 7 років тому

    The thrift store I volunteer in threw their ton of Jerry Maguire tapes out.

  • @belladonnamini
    @belladonnamini 7 років тому

    I honestly thought this was a joke video. The guy in the glasses looks like Borat with giant, ridiculous glasses. He could be doing a documentary about war orphans and I still couldn't take him seriously. I hope that's what he's going for.

  • @bmoneyrancidfan91
    @bmoneyrancidfan91 2 роки тому

    I remember when I was a kid when the movie released wal mart electronics section looked like this store

  • @Prevarant
    @Prevarant 7 років тому

    The grain on the shadows and blacks in the video is huge, you should fix your camera or change your editor.

  • @loganrobert5811
    @loganrobert5811 7 років тому

    I donated jerrys once before a live show and they let me throw the jerrys at them on stage.

  • @andrewmurphy7682
    @andrewmurphy7682 5 років тому

    The musical equivalent of Jerry Maguire is Abandoned Luncheonette. If you know, you know.

  • @sarcasmo57
    @sarcasmo57 5 років тому

    I have more Jerry Maguire tapes than that.

  • @Stopwar1234
    @Stopwar1234 7 років тому

    The greatest 90s rom com of all time.

  • @cxmpieav1789
    @cxmpieav1789 7 років тому +1

    truly an inspiration to us all. dont let ur memes just be dreams.

  • @fartzinwind
    @fartzinwind 7 років тому

    Do you have to fire proof it if it's "art" not a building meant to be occupied?

  • @Gurkhalik0ch0r0
    @Gurkhalik0ch0r0 7 років тому +1

    "You had me at hello"

  • @elizabethessex7238
    @elizabethessex7238 2 роки тому

    I saw them live two nights ago and it was life affirming. I'm a total convert and will send all Jerries I find in the wild to them.

    • @TipeONegatyve
      @TipeONegatyve 2 роки тому

      So it's still going on?? Please let me know! It's been hard to find any info on any updates. I have about 15 copies of JM that I've been collecting for a few years. Always meant to donate them, but wasn't sure if it was still happening.

  • @QAnog
    @QAnog Рік тому

    Why are the closed captions not even close to verbatim?