Aw Michael, I miss you so much buddy.
I tried to load a Nikkor reel once, and it was very hard, but by that time, my brother had alread purchased a bunch of JOBO gear, and the plastic reels were a delight to load. You simply fed the top of the film and twist them back and forth loading the film automatically. I used them for around 25 years (1980 to 2006) if I remember correctly I developed my last roll of slides in 2006 or 2007, until I moved to Digital, and never looked back. But definitively I miss the tacktility of film, as Michael mentions.
Keep looking for those videos, Chris, please.