I been watching home alone a lot lately

Since both movies are frequently on ABC family and amc. There's some things I have to nit pick about. Why doesn't kevin just call the cops in the first movie and tell them to show up at 9pm. How does his vcr have crystal clear sound with no signs that vcr is working. I grew up with and still own a vcr. It is noisy especially when you rewind and fast foward. Also there is some faint hissing when you watch a movie. It's the same thing with kevin's talkboy. It has crystal clear playback when we all know cassettes are incredibly hissy. It feels weird to see kevin on top of the wtc but it also makes me think of a simpler time. In the 1st movie why does kevin have to hide from the pizza guy when they don't care how old you are.