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Sailing for adventure on the big blue wet thing!

We hit the high seas with our pals, the Muppets, for one of our favorite Muppet things: Muppet Treasure Island!

Why doesn't Tim Curry get the same level of love as Michael Caine? Does this need more Muppets? Also, we out ourselves as not loving Muppet Christmas Carol!

All this and more!

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Keywords: Muppets, Tim Curry, Kermit, 90s, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Continuing the spoof theme from our recent Patreon episode on Airplane, we re-watched an old favorite, National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1!

How great is Whoopi in this? How is this such a keystone to our goofy jokes? Wilderness girls! The Movie!

All this and more!

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Keywords: Emilio Estevez, Samuel L. Jackson, Spoof, 90s, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

A bit of an odd duck from 1990: Dabney Coleman's leading turn in Short Time, the tale of a cop who thinks he's dying and needs to die on duty to earn his life insurance. 

Is this just Last Holiday? Why has this not been remade yet? Why can't this movie pick a lane?

All this and more!

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Keywords: Dabney Coleman, Terri Gar, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Merry Christmas, Patreon!

To celebrate 35 years of Home Alone, we did a commentary track!

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Keywords: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Tripp and Andrew get into the Christmas spirit with 1989’s Prancer! Sam Elliot makes his triumphant return to the show, and with him, the return of Mom’s Mancrush Minute. Plus, is Abe Vigoda alive? Is this secretly a horror movie? … Continue reading →

Candy-ed Yams comes to a close with John Candy's RomCom lead: Only the Lonely!

How great is Candy at the small emotional moments? What's with the parental oversight of these grown ass adults? What's with Kevin Dunn's dye job? 

All this and more!

We’re going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th on the main feed.

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Keywords: John Candy, Ally Sheedy, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Candy-ed Yams returns with a goofy comedy pairing SCTV pals John Candy and Eugene Levy: Armed and Dangerous!

Why doesn't Meg Ryan get more to do? She's great here! What incredible, easy chemistry from Levy and Candy. Why did everyone involved disown this movie?

All this and more!

We’re going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th on the main feed.

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Keywords: John Candy, Eugene Levy, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

A cult classic turns 40, and we've gotta cover it!

We (can and definitely did) get enough of The Stuff!

What is the direction Michael Moriarty was given? Who sliced this thing to ribbons? What's the deal with The Stuff? Is it frozen? Cold? Yogurt? Ice Cream?!

All this and more!

We’re going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th on the main feed.

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Keywords: The Stuff, Garrett Morris, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

It's a movie that scarred Tripp for life: Roald Dahl's The Witches!

How amazing is Anjelica Huston!? How great are these Henson effects?! Why did Roald Dahl want a bleak-ass ending?!

All this and more!

We’re going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th on the main feed.

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Keywords: The Witches, Anjelica Huston, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

AoooooOOOOOooooOOOO! Sorta-kinda starting the spooktacular early with Michael J. Fox carrying a limp movie to success: Teen Wolf! What's with the desire to do hand stuff with a wolf man? Why is this so prevalent in films? Did Gaston's death tank the economy of a poor provincial town?

All this and more!

Thank you for your support and bearing with our offseason. As we said on this episode, we’re going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month here on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th on the main feed.

Want to hear the other episode this month? Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s to learn more!

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Keywords: Teen Wolf, Michael J. Fox, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Coming in a couple of days late, it's a new-to-both-of-us pick from Patreon supporter Michele: The In-Laws!

Why on earth were there not half a dozen movies with Adam Arkin and Peter Falk, and a couple of sequels to this movie?! Truly off the charts chemistry between these two. 

Thank you for your support and bearing with our offseason. As we said on this episode, we’re going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month here on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th on the main feed.

Want to hear the rest of this episode? Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s to learn more!

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Keywords: The In-Laws, Peter Falk, Adam Arkin, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Mama mia, 300 episodes! Insane to have been doing this for 11 years and 300+ episodes. Thank you all for listening! We had to do a BIG one for this, and what better re-visit than John Hughes' coming-of-age classic? This is a movie with some *electric* performances, but oof-a-doof some rough moments. 

Thank you for your support and bearing with our offseason. As we said on this episode, we’re going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th hereon the main feed.

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Keywords: The Breakfast Club, Molly Ringwald, Brat Pack, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We're back!

Celebrating the release of the Legacyquel/Remake The Naked Gun, we're diving in with Frank Drebin's debut film.

A truly hilarious movie that is just absolutely packed to the gills with jokes! Why don't they make more comedies filled wall-to-wall and edge-to-edge with jokes?

All this and more!

Thank you for your support and bearing with our offseason. As we said on this episode, we're going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month here on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th on the main feed.

Want to hear the rest of this episode? Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s to learn more!

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Keywords: The Naked Gun, Frank Drebin, Leslie Nielsen, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We're still on our extended hiatus, but here's another great vault episode for you!  We're aiming to return in August, stay tuned!

Rounding out the 2016 Spooktacular is Chopping Mall! Why aren’t these killbots equipped with cleaning equipment? Who wants to have a sex party in a furniture store? Why are the characters SO stupid? Out-of-context quote of the episode: “Stop, drop … Continue reading →

We're still on our extended hiatus, but here's another great vault episode for you!  We're aiming to return in August, stay tuned!

This week, Tripp and Andrew get back to torturing themselves with barely watchable dreck: Adam Sandler’s Going Overboard! Not to borrow from Buzzfeed, but this actually is the movie Adam Sandler doesn’t want you to see! Forget Pixels, this is … Continue reading →

Sorry folks, Hiatus is continuing for another month! Having a baby is hard, and both of us have real job issues making things more complicated. We're hoping to be back in July!

For now, another archive episode: Friday the 13th Part 4!

Out-of-context quote from this episode: “TED WHERE’S THE CORKSCREW?” FOURBRUARY 2017 continues with Friday the 13th Part 4: The Final Chapter. In this episode: Stranger Things creeps in, Crispin Glover is “dreamy”, Tripp casts Jason as Lenny in “Of Machetes … Continue reading →

Sorry folks, Hiatus is continuing for another month! Having a baby is hard, and both of us have real job issues making things more complicated. We're hoping to be back in July!

For now, another archive episode: Child's Play!

Note: Tripp is an idiot and picked the wrong microphone, so the first half of this sounds a mess! He’s super sorry – it’s fixed in the second half. We’re having another trip to “child” horror territory with Child’s Play … Continue reading →

We're on hiatus here on the main feed, but we're still keeping to our Patreon schedule for April and June!

Our next flick is Cameron Crowe's coming-of-age classic: Say Anything...

Hear us get into a legitimate fight about this movie being #problematic! (It is not. I write the copy, so I determine this - Tripp). 

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Keywords: Hocus Pocus, Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. 

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

 

 

We return to the Savage Steve Holland world of Dream Logic for One Crazy Summer, kicking off our summer episodes! The merits of graduation gown rental vs. purchase are discussed, Hoops McCann has a secret history with boats that no … Continue reading →

While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. 

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

Out of context quote from this episode “I also started hearing in my head guys playing ‘Wonderwall’ on the saxophone…like every dorm room has a saxophone in the corner.” On this episode, we ski the K-12 with John Cusack and … Continue reading →

While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. 

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

The Mega Podcasting Powers return from a brief hiatus with 9 to 5 to celebrate Memorial Day Weekend! Could this movie BE any more sexist? Why has nothing changed in the last 35 years? Is Dolly Parton a good actress? … Continue reading →

While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. 

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

“Old folks homes are f*ck city.” Just about sums up this episode, featuring drug use, discussions of rampant sex among old people and the struggles of racism with the elderly. Download here!

While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. 

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

Tripp and Andrew continue FOUR-BRUARY with Rocky IV! Is this sweatier than No Holds Barred? Can Rocky defeat communism? Is Apollo Creed a baller? Just how is this fight legal?! Listen! All this and more! Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for … Continue reading →

We're on hiatus here on the main feed, but we're still keeping to our Patreon schedule for April and June!

Andrew's pick is Hocus Pocus!

Does Tripp still not vibe with this movie? Is Thackery Binx the weirdest name possible? Find out at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for this episode, plus hours of bonus content!

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Keywords: Hocus Pocus, Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. 

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his first appearance on the show, and even drops by for an interview! We were totally blown away to get the opportunity! Listen All this and more! Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for the theme song!

While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. 

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

Tripp and Andrew pedal into Nicole Kidman’s debut film, BMX Bandits! They ponder questions like: How long are they riding these damned bikes? Does anyone have a name? Just HOW BIG is her hair? All this and more! Thanks to … Continue reading →

A Note: We do spoil a major part of David Copperfield's Vegas show in this.

Vegas! Vegas! Vegas! It's our last episode before the paternity hiatus, and we're discussing a Laino family classic, and a not-great movie that we love deeply: Vegas Vacation! What's the kayfabe of Siegfried and Roy? Why isn't Audrey working at a strip club? How great is Wayne Newton in this!?

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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Keywords: Vegas Vacation, Chevy Chase, Las Vegas, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. 

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

To get hyped for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Dissecting the 80s heads back to where it all began: 1989’s Batman! Is Michael Keaton the best Bruce Wayne ever? Is Kim Basinger a terrible actress? How good is Jack … Continue reading →

 

All this and more!

It's Tripp's Pick for Favorites-bruary 2025: Back to the Future III!

For some reason, we did these movies 5 years apart: 2015, 2020 and now 2025! Did this instill Tripp's love of westerns? Mary Steenburgen is CRAZY horny for Doc, Michael J. Fox is channeling Clint Eastwood and we have a real lovefest for this silly three-quel!

All this and more!

Looking for #291 A Nightmare Before Christmas? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Back to the Future III, Doc Brown, Michael J. Fox, Marty McFly, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

It's our mom's least favorite movie, Batman Returns!

Michelle Pfeiffer causes Andrew's awakening, Danny DeVito is a true horror, and Keaton is...barely in the movie! Hear Andrew gush and Tripp appreciate Tim Burton's second Batman flick.

All this and more!

Looking for #291 A Nightmare Before Christmas? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Batman Returns, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Paul Reubens, Tim Burton, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Tim Burton's first film, Pee Wee's Big Adventure turns 40 this year, so what better way to kick off 2025?

He's a loner, Dottie, a Rebel, and he's at the heart of this delightfully absurd comedy. How old is PeeWee? Is this our most Sketch-forward movie in year?

All this and more!

Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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Keywords: PeeWee, Paul Reubens, Tim Burton, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We'll be back on January 20 with Pee-Wee's Big Adventure! Until then, enjoy this archive episode!

Out-of-context quote from this episode: “[Steve Guttenberg] in this movie and Ed Begley, Jr. in She-Devil are the two biggest ‘… what?’ casting decisions.” Steve Gutenberg finally makes it onto the show, Ally Sheedy has brown football helmet hair, Military … Continue reading →

It's a true Christmas classic turning 40, so we had to go visit Bedford! Do these rules make any sense? What miracle saved us from the way too dark script version of this? How great is Dick Miller?

All this and more!

Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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Keywords: Gremlins, Joe Dante, Judge Reinhold, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Our long-delayed Listener Request Month finale is here: Jean-Claude Van Damme's testosterone-fueled, wrestling tinged insanity: Bloodsport!

Andrew hates a movie Tripp loved, secret salt, a very confusing tournament schedule/structure, inexplicable plot structure, is Jean-Claude AWOL?

All this and more!

Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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Keywords: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bloodsport, kumite, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Happy Thanksgiving, here's your second helping of Candy-ed Yams: Delirious!

What is Candy so into this lady? What's the best part about living in a soap opera world? Plus, we discuss all the dum things we'd do with a magic typewriter!

All this and more!

Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Delirious, John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We kicked off Candy-ed Yams with a completely incomprehensible movie: Nothing But Trouble!

What are we even doing here? Why on earth would Dan Aykroyd bite off so much for his first directorial effort? Why is he wearing a dick nose and a sloppy nightmare monster?

All this and more!

Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Nothing But Trouble, Demi Moore, Chevy Chase, The Substance, Dan Aykroyd, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

This episode brings us to the end of Freddie month, with a 30th anniversary celebration of Wes Craven's New Nightmare, aka Scream Zero.

How did a movie this weird get a greenlight (that's a good thing!), B Roll of real disasters, Andrew hates Tripp's opinions on Heather Langenkamp, Freddie gets scary again! 

All this and more!

Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger, Heather Langenkamp, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We're celebrating the 40th birthday of Horror Icon Freddy Krueger with the original Nightmare on Elm Street!

How do we feel about less silly Freddy? Why does he run like that?!!?! Tripp dares criticize Heather Langenkamp and Andrew gets furious.

All this and more!

Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger, Heather Langenkamp, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

We're rounding out the main part of Listener Request Month with Scream for Help, an oddball horror flick!

What's with the movie-of-the-week vibes? What on earth is this John Paul Jones score? Does no one know how a lighter works? 

All this and more!

Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Scream for Help, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

A movie with a perfect episode release date: Saturday the 14th! We kick off Listener Request Month with a strange duck of a movie.

Why this title for THIS kind of spoof? What is Tambor doing, exactly? How is a movie THIS short feeling SO long?!

All this and more!

Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

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Keywords: Saturday the 14th, Spoof, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

ORIGINALLY AIRED July 11, 2016 COMING OUT A FEW DAYS EARLY to celebrate the Ghostbusters reboot, Tripp and Andrew strapped on their proton packs and tackled the albatross of the Ghostbusters franchise: Ghostbusters II! How did AN ENTIRE CITY forget what happened in the first … Continue reading →

It's Listener Request Month! We're coming hot out of the gate with the 1987 too-scary-for-kids flick: The Gate!

How great are these effects? What the heck is with Terry's whole vibe? Why is this man driving a dog corpse around town? Why does a portal to hell just pop up in this backyard?

All this and more!

Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

 Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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Keywords: The Gate, Stephen Dorff, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Baseball month rounds third and heads for home with the cable classic A League of Their Own!

Is this the last '80s-esque Hanks Yell TM on screen? Did Geena Davis throw the game? Tripp reveals a long-held movie grudge, and both brothers pledge to try to kill each other during any competition.

All this and more!

Looking for #277, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, League of Their Own, Baseball, Rosie O'Donnell, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

It's baseball month! Here in the dog days of August, we're jumping in with Major League!

What happened to the raunchy sports comedy? Is baseball the most film-ic sport? Why isn't there more Wesley Snipes? What the HELL is up with this romance subplot?

All this and more!

Looking for #277, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Wesley Snipes, Charlie Sheen, Major League, Baseball, Tom Berenger, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

It's listener request month! You have until August 15th at midnight. Call 856-347-7328 (DISSECT) and leave us your name, where you're calling from and the movie you want to see us cover! Time's running out!

Eddie Murphy slides right back into Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F!

Netflix has released on the best Legacy-quels of all time, maybe? Lots of practical effects and stunts, and Eddie is great! However, MORE JUDGE REINHOLD DAMN IT!

Get those Listener Request Month calls in! You have until August 15th at midnight. Call 856-347-7328 (DISSECT) and leave us your name, where you're calling from and the movie you want to see us cover!

All this and more!

Looking for #277, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Beverly Hills Cop, Axel, Axel F, Axel Foley, Netflix, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

An action-comedy classic celebrates its 40th anniversary, and it's return to the big-ish screen: Beverly Hills Cop!

How great is Eddie Murphy? Or this whole cast, for that matter! Do they use the song too much? More Judge Reinhold, dang it!

All this and more!

Looking for #277, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Beverly Hills Cop, Axel, Axel F, Axel Foley, Netflix, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

One of our childhood favorites turns 35 this year, and we're celebrating by discussing the ways Wayne Szalinski's shrink ray would absolutely blow up the world economy (plus, Antie, French class and giant cheerios/oatmeal cream pies).

All this and more!

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FOUR additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Rick Moranis, Honey, I shrunk the kids, Disney, quark, shrink, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

The Month of John concludes with Johnny Handsome, a bizarre Walter Hill directed, Mickey Rourke star vehicle where he gets a new face!

What on earth is this movie? Is Lance Henriksen the king of scuzzy villains? Did he live in New Orleans for like a decade for all these scuzzy NoLa villain turns? Plus, Mickey Rourke is a babe.

All this and more!

Looking for #272, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FOUR additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Mickey Rourke, Johnny Handsome, Morgan Freeman, Lance Henriksen, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

It's our latest theme month, the month of John, and we're kicking off with the delightful spoof: Johnny Dangerously!

Amy Heckerling's three classics, spoofing a dead genre, Disney rides teaching us about gangster films, Keaton absolutely killing it, and some real live-action cartoon zaniness!

All this and more!

Looking for #272, To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FOUR additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Michael Keaton, Keaton, Johnny Dangerously, Peter Boyle, Spoof, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast, beetlejuice