You want to know how the "YouTube" video looked in the 1980's, watch the
hilarious video.
The concept was a miserable failure.
First, they accept only video submissions via mail. Secondly, they accept videos only in "Betamax" or in "VHS" format, both of which are outdated now.
If you want to subscribe to any video channels, you have to phone in subscribe to the channels. If you want to watch it, you have to wait for 15 days for the videos to arrive by mail.
Thank god for the Internet, the modern YouTube is not that excruciatingly difficult. :)
In 1985, YouTube Founders Chad Hurley was 8-Years-Old, Steven Chen was 7-Years-Old and its current owners Sergey Brin and Larry Page were 12-Years-Old. :)