I completely agree with you. I never watched Video Power myself when it first aired, but I did watch Starcade back in the 80s. We had the best cartoons, the best video games... we just had the best entertainment period.
What an awesome time capsule these episodes with the broadcast commercials.....my mornings before leaving for school during 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade were all about this show. Thanks for the upload.
Best part of this show: every episode someone got stuck with Kabuki Quantum Fighter and the Asian stereotype voice would flow right out> As Hans Gruber says, "Regular as clockwork."
I used to watch this show every Sunday morning. The episode I remember the most is the one with Double Dragon III which I haven't found yet on TH-cam. The WrestleMania II question was wrong though because Ultimate Warrior wasn't in WM2. His first WM was WM4. Unless they mean the game, WrestleMania Challenge, as WrestleMania II since it was the 2nd of the NES WWF games with WrestleMania in its name.
I was thinking the same exact thing. He was actually one of the few guys with music at WM IV. He was only at WM IV-WM VII until Vince fired him after Summerslam 91. He came to Hogan’s aid at WM VIII. He beat Triple H in a squash match at WM XII. They used to show this on weekdays here in Virginia on WGN.
You know Johnny Arcade felt like he was the man back when this show was on.. A kid with his own game show based on videogames.. Anything after this was downhill.. Even in my own life.. My childhood was the best times. From like 6 up to 18..
6:55 I love these little moments in these low budget shows. He picked the wrong kid and the kid's like "ain't me bro" and the other kids had to point him to the right kid.
It's funny how we all know that the reason it didn't start at the beginning of the intro is cos the kid was scrambling to put the tape in and press record. Btw I just realized that this channel has TEN MILLION VIEWS CONGRATS MAN!!!!
ON TV HE WON $35,000 CASH PRIZE AND LUCKY VIEWER WIN $25,000 BONUS. AND ON THE INTERNET HE IS THE VIDEO POWER CHAMPION FOR THIS WEEK. WHAT A SHOW WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK SO UNTIL THEN HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND DON'T GET ZAPPED. GAME OVER.
In the Baby Ruth commercial when the guy returns to grab the last Baby Ruth, why was there a line of 3 people at a machine that 1) is out of order and 2) has only one candy bar left in it?
LOL Right? These commercials were great. People were so perplexed about an out of order candy bar machine with only one measly bar in it. I guess that was the only food source in the building.
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT ANOTHER EPISODE IS IN THE BOOKS. PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING AT 4:30AM SO UNTIL THEN HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE WEEK AND GOOD DAY. GAME OVER.
WTF?!! Ron Wasserman,Noam Kaniel and Shuki LEVY worked on this show's music?!! How come we didn't stick around with the awesome music for Power Rangers then? T_T
I always wanted to go on this show. Not for the prizes (too much Nintendo) but just to stump him with a question. I had some truly difficult questions lined up some bordering on pure malevolence. Like....how many cabins are in Friday The 13th? How do you activate this cheat or that? Can minus world in Super Mario Brothers be achieved on an Nes World Championship Cart Gold/Gray (yes, it can)? Addendum- I was a fan of both Sega and Nintendo. I started gaming back in 1986 with the Nes and Master System. I got my Genesis in '89 and my Snes in '91. I always wanted a bigger spread of games and they never covered Neo Geo AES on this show either.
26:53 Why do they always say "Eastpak full of prizes"? Why don't they ever say what those prizes are? Or do they reveal it in an episode I just haven't seen yet?
JordanForeverGoat 🐐 aint that the truth. Remember those shopping spree shows where kids would just load up on toys? I was always soo fucking envious of them loo
If it's one on one on one on one, then that would make it a Fatal 4 Way match. Also, what statement are you trying to make by naming your kid Patience?
The announcer isn't great at actually watching what's going on in these games. 🙄🤣🤦♂️ He's talking as if Patience is winning when she lost and had to continue - was probably one of the quickest losses I've ever seen. At least she got MegaMan 3 though ♥️
Yellow Devil was the one I was thinking of. But I think he was referred to as the Rock Monster here in those days. At least from what I remember from my Mega Man 3 Nintendo Power issue.
The part where he says "dont worry you can talk to me after the show" lol wtf..Talk about being uncomfortable. The kid said his favorite wreslter is ravishing rick rude yet proceeds to know nothing about him.
neverwalkalone +staged. Kids fed lines. All the kids on stage and in audience were real NY kids and not show biz kids (nervous? jaded? Dead inside?), so he had to pick up the slack. Kids are like.... DON'T TOUCH ME!
Look where he puts the points on the girl vs where on the boy. He's cringy as fuck. I used to watch this every day before school...???... Whoa. The do you like my body comment while looking at them. Also wtf.....they should have replaced him and this is only the 3rd show.
was johnny really on the spot? I always wondered if he had the questions before hand and had the people in the background feed him the answers. However, his answers seemed to be a bit improved leading me to believe that it was his own answers. That means he is quite knowledgeable in video games an not just some pretty boy host.
JJamil Luzano I think it was scripted even when he got stumped. I remember seeing an episode where the MC guy who goes in the audience picked a kid and you can tell he picked the wrong one because he sat the kid back down and went to the kid next to him. Plus some of his answers were freestyle rap lol.
Watching this again.... I think the 80s and early 90s were the best years ever to be a kid.
I completely agree with you. I never watched Video Power myself when it first aired, but I did watch Starcade back in the 80s. We had the best cartoons, the best video games... we just had the best entertainment period.
I used to watch this on WGN all the time.
I was turning 14 the year this aired. Great memories for sure. Simpler times. 👍
@@mcbailey9 did you get it at 5-6am too?
I was born in the 80s and love both 80s and 90s I miss these times so much can't stand what today's has become
Dam this was my shit back in the day! Back when you got codes for games in magazines
What an awesome time capsule these episodes with the broadcast commercials.....my mornings before leaving for school during 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade were all about this show. Thanks for the upload.
Best part of this show: every episode someone got stuck with Kabuki Quantum Fighter and the Asian stereotype voice would flow right out>
As Hans Gruber says, "Regular as clockwork."
Or the “classic concentration “ no kid liked
This dude is on some serious uppers.
Season 1 was better
I love this. And I'm thankful that you kept the commercials. Such nostalgia.
My most remebered time watching this show was when my Mom went into the hospital. Got home and watched it at like 4 in the morning
Can't believe i didn't mind the comercials !!!
I love watching these commercials. Brings back so many memories
I miss these days..
Me too
Me too so much!
Man...I miss these days!
I remember this show. Use to tune in all the time. Didn't realize it was cancelled at one point.
FUCK ME RUNNING!! I REMEMBER THOSE COMMERCIALS!
I used to watch this show every Sunday morning. The episode I remember the most is the one with Double Dragon III which I haven't found yet on TH-cam.
The WrestleMania II question was wrong though because Ultimate Warrior wasn't in WM2. His first WM was WM4. Unless they mean the game, WrestleMania Challenge, as WrestleMania II since it was the 2nd of the NES WWF games with WrestleMania in its name.
I was thinking the same exact thing. He was actually one of the few guys with music at WM IV. He was only at WM IV-WM VII until Vince fired him after Summerslam 91. He came to Hogan’s aid at WM VIII. He beat Triple H in a squash match at WM XII.
They used to show this on weekdays here in Virginia on WGN.
You know Johnny Arcade felt like he was the man back when this show was on.. A kid with his own game show based on videogames..
Anything after this was downhill..
Even in my own life.. My childhood was the best times. From like 6 up to 18..
The only real tip for WrestleMania on the NES: Don't play it!
And just how much cocaine did the host snort before doing this show?
That guy is so 90's.
+salozmen29 well it was the 90s, so thats a good thing
skinaman82000 True that. As a kid growing up then, anything video game-related I ate up in a heartbeat, regardless of quality.
This really made me lol 😂
I’ve never seen a television show game show whatever get more criticism for their cocaine useage than with these guys.
I miss the 90s so much everything was about video games so was the 80s
I’m so happy to watch this show again. I think I was living in Guam watching this ❤️ thank you for sharing all these videos.
some fan patience is, doesnt even know the rude awakening.
Best show ever. The host was on so much coke lmao...still makes for the best show hahaha
coke made for the most entertaining tv.....
No...again..... you dont need coke to be a happy kid in the 90s
6:55 I love these little moments in these low budget shows. He picked the wrong kid and the kid's like "ain't me bro" and the other kids had to point him to the right kid.
Ain’t nobody even laughing at any of his jokes. How does he keep his confidence the way he do?
Cocaine
shit... what i enjoyed more then the actual coked up show host, Johnny Arcade, is the commercials in between. those are the real gem here.
Tritian seriously
It's funny how we all know that the reason it didn't start at the beginning of the intro is cos the kid was scrambling to put the tape in and press record. Btw I just realized that this channel has TEN MILLION VIEWS CONGRATS MAN!!!!
ON TV HE WON $35,000 CASH PRIZE AND LUCKY VIEWER WIN $25,000 BONUS. AND ON THE INTERNET HE IS THE VIDEO POWER CHAMPION FOR THIS WEEK. WHAT A SHOW WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK SO UNTIL THEN HAVE A GOOD NIGHT AND DON'T GET ZAPPED. GAME OVER.
did i watched this back in the day?
im having fun and serious watching this show...but now? damn im getting older!
In the Baby Ruth commercial when the guy returns to grab the last Baby Ruth, why was there a line of 3 people at a machine that 1) is out of order and 2) has only one candy bar left in it?
LOL Right? These commercials were great. People were so perplexed about an out of order candy bar machine with only one measly bar in it. I guess that was the only food source in the building.
GOOD LEVEL SEE YOU BACK HERE AT 11:30 AM GOOD MORNING. LEVEL 1 COMPLETE.
AND THERE YOU HAVE IT ANOTHER EPISODE IS IN THE BOOKS. PLEASE JOIN US AGAIN SATURDAY MORNING AT 4:30AM SO UNTIL THEN HAVE A GOOD REST OF THE WEEK AND GOOD DAY. GAME OVER.
That kid just holding a guitar has a sweet gig.
That's quality over quantity with the games that he took. I can tell, that he knew what he was doing. Arkista's Ring is a underrated game .
WTF?!! Ron Wasserman,Noam Kaniel and Shuki LEVY worked on this show's music?!! How come we didn't stick around with the awesome music for Power Rangers then? T_T
ANOTHER VIDEO GAME EPISODE IS IN THE BOOKS. COME BACK AGAIN AT 3:30 AM SO UNTIL THEN HAVE A GOOD DAY. LEVEL 2 COMPLETE.
Why did they not take a guess at a multiple choice question???? LMAO... how can you say nothing.....
I remember every commercial
The banned barbie!! Her skates caught fire
Terry Torack looks like BOTH Patrick Swayze AND the wrestler Sid Justice/Vicious ....
Robert Anderson Though, if he was Sid he would have to attack Arn Anderson.
@@mcbailey9 :O
I need that type of energy.
Legally.
Mega man boss with one eye and one Y in its name is YELLOW DEVIL
"Feel the powderrrrr!" - Johnny Arcade
1:42 I love baby Ruth candy bar still enjoy it its really good!
This was the damn show in the day!
I never knew Michael Cera played a girl named Patience on Video Power.
1:44 Kinda weird how the Baby Ruth is facing forward from the outside AND inside of the machine haha.
Omg old as fuck i used to watch this
great memories. time flies
Sort of reminds me of Video & Arcade Top 10.
Miss the 90s
Johnny Arcade definitely did an 8-ball right before filming started lol
I always wanted to go on this show. Not for the prizes (too much Nintendo) but just to stump him with a question. I had some truly difficult questions lined up some bordering on pure malevolence. Like....how many cabins are in Friday The 13th? How do you activate this cheat or that? Can minus world in Super Mario Brothers be achieved on an Nes World Championship Cart Gold/Gray (yes, it can)?
Addendum- I was a fan of both Sega and Nintendo. I started gaming back in 1986 with the Nes and Master System. I got my Genesis in '89 and my Snes in '91. I always wanted a bigger spread of games and they never covered Neo Geo AES on this show either.
Johnny Arcade has a receding hairline and is an assistant manager at McDonalds
Is that true?
Johnny Arcade: real name: Stivi Paskoski
www.imdb.com/name/nm0664635/
You can still hire him for birthday parties as Johnny Arcade
God..they couldn't even guess in multiple choice questions
26:53 Why do they always say "Eastpak full of prizes"? Why don't they ever say what those prizes are? Or do they reveal it in an episode I just haven't seen yet?
Patience looks like Micheal Cera
5:13 "How about you sir what's your name? Daniel. That's correct Daniel." Thanks for asking the super scripted question.
@14:29 Haha wtf was J-Arcade doing here??? 🤦♂️🤷♂️ Cocaine is a helluva drug 🤣💀⚰️🥀
Did this air in America or in Canada or what because I don’t remember this at all what channel did it air on?
In America in New York
Holy shit memories....
2:13 I love chocolate milk I always drink a big gallon of it
This would have been Perfect if the Ultimate warrior Runned in and just destroyed everything and Run out again 🤣
My youth
rip Sears
nice
co-host is patrick swayze clone
J. Ba Road House!
That Patrick Swayze clone is Terry Lee Torok
He used to work for Nintendo before becoming the host of this show
21:06 "Neuuuuuh"
The 90s was so giving you can’t win anything these days 😂😂
JordanForeverGoat 🐐 aint that the truth. Remember those shopping spree shows where kids would just load up on toys? I was always soo fucking envious of them loo
I miss these times so much too most of these shows made everything so peaceful and magical
@@damin9913 facts
What month did this aire?
If it's one on one on one on one, then that would make it a Fatal 4 Way match. Also, what statement are you trying to make by naming your kid Patience?
The announcer isn't great at actually watching what's going on in these games. 🙄🤣🤦♂️ He's talking as if Patience is winning when she lost and had to continue - was probably one of the quickest losses I've ever seen. At least she got MegaMan 3 though ♥️
good show,but what the hell is up with the fucking ads?
by the end of season 1 i bet johnny arcade checked into betty ford center, he coked up as f
Michael Cera in a wig lol!
more coke than the ultimate warrior
james LaManna Or more coke than Hogan.
The Mega Man creature with one y in his name and one eye in his head is none other than Big Eye. I feel embarrassed that I had to think about that.
Yellow Devil was the one I was thinking of. But I think he was referred to as the Rock Monster here in those days. At least from what I remember from my Mega Man 3 Nintendo Power issue.
Christ almighty, how much coke did Johnny do?
Guess the producers brought only the finest during commercial break.
what happened to the cartoon Power team?
This show was staged. Had many...’Do overs !’ 'til the right person won! Very disappointing! Over hyped hosts, made the kids nervous.
HAHA Ravishing Rick Rude, like his body? like mine? LMAO
The part where he says "dont worry you can talk to me after the show" lol wtf..Talk about being uncomfortable. The kid said his favorite wreslter is ravishing rick rude yet proceeds to know nothing about him.
neverwalkalone +staged. Kids fed lines. All the kids on stage and in audience were real NY kids and not show biz kids (nervous? jaded? Dead inside?), so he had to pick up the slack. Kids are like.... DON'T TOUCH ME!
I laughed so hard at that. Like, damn cocaine Johnny. No chill.
What is the answer to her question she stumped johnny with??
Yellow Devil
Wow
cocaine's a helluva drug.
ah, johnny arcade... if only we knew back then the same about too much ritalin that we know now... I wonder what happend to him after video power
Stivi became a struggling actor
Stivi Paskoski -- still working actually - 21 credits and lots of recurring. www.imdb.com/name/nm0664635/
Cocaines a helluva drug
Why no snes on this show?
Yeah. Just NES. Snes wasn't out yet i think.
Nes was the console every kid was hyped about
Jim Carrey has nothing on him
Patience get s counted out because she doesnt know how to get back in the ring.
patience HATES guns n' roses!
Who the hell had The Immortal as their favourite game?! That's like saying Solstice or dark castle, shitty games🤢
Look where he puts the points on the girl vs where on the boy. He's cringy as fuck. I used to watch this every day before school...???... Whoa. The do you like my body comment while looking at them. Also wtf.....they should have replaced him and this is only the 3rd show.
was johnny really on the spot? I always wondered if he had the questions before hand and had the people in the background feed him the answers. However, his answers seemed to be a bit improved leading me to believe that it was his own answers. That means he is quite knowledgeable in video games an not just some pretty boy host.
JJamil Luzano I think it was scripted even when he got stumped. I remember seeing an episode where the MC guy who goes in the audience picked a kid and you can tell he picked the wrong one because he sat the kid back down and went to the kid next to him. Plus some of his answers were freestyle rap lol.
pguerrero329 nope, stage show.... He knew the questions.... And how to answer
Starcade was far better than this terrible show.