That 80s Show SA – Details, episodes & analysis

Don't you forget about The Breakfast Club sequel. We didn't but the internet tried to trick us.

It's doccie time with the life story of Gary Coleman and the death stories of 80s hair band members.

The resurrection theme continues in Dori's movie of the week while Paulo's movie is so silly it's almost art.

As we celebrate #BTTFDAY24 we examine the technology that came true and the ones that never materialised. We're looking at you, hoverboards.

Finally Freddy Krueger even scared the crap out of himself and made an entire generation distrustful of anyone in a green and red striped jersey.

Time Stamps

**Discussion on Breakfast Club Sequel Hoax (00:05:00)**

**Gary Coleman Documentary Discussion (00:15:44)**

**The Rise of 80s Hair Metal (00:19:18)**

**Science's Funniest Movie (00:21:53)**

** "Hello Again" (00:31:28)**

**George Romero's "Monkey Shines" (00:37:17)**

**Back to the Future Day (00:52:13)**

**Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street (00:57:26)**

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Milli Vanilli are back in the charts for the first time in over 30 years, and you gotta blame it on something.

In less murderous brother news - Paulo reveals the names of the little dinosaurs from Bubble Bobble which prompts us to try to name their girlfriends with sub-par results.

What were the Seinfeld cast up to in the 80s just before they became mega-stars, and Paulo thought Cheetara was the only scantily-clad, cat-like humanoid he had eyes for...until he watched Rock and Rule.

To wrap up we wonder how Tiffany is going to imagine her 80s hits and realise that a cult may have inspired Footloose.

Episode Timestamps

**Introduction to the Show (00:00:18)**

**Discussion on Netflix Series (00:00:23)**

**Menendez Brothers Controversy (00:02:17)**

**Documentary Comparison (00:02:59)**

**Milli Vanilli's Resurgence (00:04:54)**

**Music in the Menendez Brothers Series (00:05:40)**

**Cultural Impact of the Show (00:07:55)**

**Menendez Brothers and Redemption (00:08:38)**

**Bubble Bobble Game Introduction (00:10:17)**

**Arcade Gaming Nostalgia (00:11:50)**

**Bubble Bobble Gameplay Mechanics (00:13:21)**

**Seinfeld Actors Today (00:18:37)**

**Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Career (00:19:09)**

**Kramer's Iconic Style (00:21:02)**

**Seinfeld's Influence on Fashion (00:22:11)**

**Jerry Seinfeld's Early Career (00:24:13)**

**Benson and Its Spin-off (00:23:01)**

**Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Background (00:25:19)**

**Saturday Night Live Years (00:26:05)**

**Julia's Film Appearances (00:27:01)**

**Elaine's Character Development (00:28:03)**

**Seinfeld's Pilot Episode (00:29:43)**

**Larry David's Role in Seinfeld (00:30:17)**

**Double Trouble Sitcom (00:31:32)**

**Introduction to the Show (00:33:10)**

**Bad Sitcoms Discussion (00:34:13)**

**Plot Elements of the Sitcom (00:34:43)**

**Nostalgic References (00:35:16)**

**Transition to Animation in the 80s (00:36:26)**

**Description of the Movie 'Rock and Roll' (00:37:04)**

**Main Villain Introduction (00:39:21)**

**Movie's Release Year (00:39:26)**

**Plot Development of 'Rock and Roll' (00:40:14)**

**Character Dynamics (00:42:54)**

**Animation Quality and Themes (00:45:46)**

**Soundtrack Highlights (00:46:31)**

**Animation Studio Background (00:47:32)**

**Comic Book Adaptation (00:48:29)**

**Comparison to Heavy Metal (00:49:49)**

**Animated Rock Inspirations (00:51:01)**

**Jessica Rabbit Comparisons (00:51:23)**

**Seinfeld Cast Reflections (00:52:15)**

**Michael Richards' Career (00:55:22)**

**Tiffany's Music Reimagining (00:58:11)**

**Footloose Discussion (00:59:32)**

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Paulo and Dori mention two separate 80s celebs' nipples before we hit the three-minute mark… It’s going to be one of those shows.

We start on a slip-slioppery slope before adopting the mantra WWJLD—What Would Johnny Lawrence Do? We ask whether you would buy pants from Brooke Shields or would you prefer her genes.

We talk about "Jacked" Gyllenhaal in the Roadhouse remake, question if Kevin Bacon was all that, and Paulo hits a literal low with his movie of the week.

Breakdancing and Flava Flav bring the 80s to the Olympics and can Paulo guess Dori's star sign based on her favourite 80s movies?

Mentions:

• Voting for the African Podcast and Voiceover Awards: "00:02:51"
• Psychology Today: "00:17:16"
• Plex: "00:26:05"
• IMDb: "00:30:35"
• Rotten Tomatoes: "00:35:51"
• Zwift: "00:37:05"
• Google Image Search: "00:45:37"
• BuzzFeed Quiz: "00:56:19"

• Cobra Kai: "00:05:35"
• Brooke Shields in "Blue Lagoon": "00:15:57"
• Blue Lagoon: "00:17:09"
• Roadhouse: "00:19:59"
• Southpaw: "00:25:10"
• Secretary: "00:27:07"
• Quicksilver: "00:32:34"
• Dorrie the Brat Pack Documentary: "00:39:03"
• Rumble Fish: "00:39:31"
• Searching for Wangwang: "00:46:32"
• For Your Height Only: "00:44:06"
• The Impossible Kid: "00:51:00"
• Searching for Wangwang: "00:52:16"
• For Your Height Only: "00:52:54"
• The Breakfast Club: "00:56:54"
• Dirty Dancing: "00:57:08"
• Die Hard: "00:57:24"
• Dead Poets Society: "00:57:41"
• The Shining: "00:58:15

Friend of the show - The Celeb Savant, Barret Edelstein, sat down with Jack Hues from the English new band, Wang Chung. Find out how by getting stood up by one of Jack's guitar pupils allowed him to come up with the bands first hit and how he and Nick create music together. It's time for "Everyone To Have Fun Tonight". 

Website - www.wangchung.com 

Instagram- @wangchungband 

Facebook - @wangchungband 

Twitter - @wangchungmusic

Friend of That 80s Show, The Celeb Savant AKA Barret Edelstein, sits down with Marcia Barrett from the band, Boney M. 

Find out why Marcia calls Barret naughty, how Ms Barrett responded to the doctor when he said she would never walk again and what she had to say when Barret told her that she kissed him on the cheek when he was a child.  

Get the latest from Marcia on www.marciabarrettsite.com

Instagram: @marciabarrettofboneym 

Facebook: @marciabarrettofboneym 

Twitter: @Marcia_BoneyM

Friend of That 80s Show, The Celeb Savant grabbed his "Red, Red Wine" before a chat with UB40. God he's worse at puns than we are.

Barret Edelstein, spoke with Jimmy Brown, Matt Doyle and Earl Falconer from the reggae band, UB40. Join Barret as he dives into 5 decades of the UB40 world. 

Keep up with the band on www.ub40.global

Instagram: @UB40official 

Twitter: @UB40official 

Facebook: @UB40official

Fire up The Miami Sound Machine because the 80s are gonna get ya!!

Dori and Paulo realise why Goose looked so familiar and vengeful. Life imitates art, literally, as we find out what a dick the big bad in Ghostbusters 2 was while our movie recommendations are only similar in the fact that they're movies.

Plus, why is The Boss pricing out his most loyal fans? Prices must have gone up on E Street.

Everything we discuss in this show can be found on @That80sShowSA on Facebook.

WE'RE NOW ON INSTAGRAM @That_80sshow

This podcast originally plays as a radio show with music - here are the songs we spoke about and played:

Miami Sound Machine - The Rhythm is gonna get you.

Englishman in New York - Sting

Friend of That 80s Show, The Celeb Savant AKA Barret Edelstein chats with lead singer of the band, Starship, Mickey Thomas. 

Join Barret and Mickey as they discuss 4 decades of music, and find out who Mickey thinks should be ruling the world? 

"Nothing 's Gonna Stop Us Now" as we dive into the world of music with Starship! 

Keep up to date with the band on www.starshipcontrol.com 

Instagram : @starship_Control 

Facebook: @starshipcontrol 

Twitter: @StarshipControl

Friend of Tha 80s Show, the Celeb Savant AKA Barret Edelstein, dives into the Hue and Cry story with Greg Kane. 

Greg is one half of the band with his brother, Pat and he explains the band's journey, and what they are currently working on. 

Keep upt ot date with the band on hueandcry.co.uk 

Twitter: @hueandcry

YouTube: Hue and cry music 

Instagram: @hueandcryofficial

Facebook: @hueandcry

Paulo continues his ABBA journey, the Old Ones discuss The Young Ones and if you LOOOOVE dogs, don't watch Paulo's movie recommendation. 

We look at the 80s songs currently on the charts, Dori recaps the Johnny Clegg Tribute concert and we find out that Andrew Ridgeley’s new girlfriend had a crush on Simon Le Bon. She used to be a model at some point, so we assume she was a girl on film. 

Everything we discuss in this show can be found on @That80sShowSA on Facebook. 

WE'RE NOW ON INSTAGRAM @That_80sshow 

This podcast originally plays as a radio show with music - here are the songs we spoke about and played: 

A-Ha - I'm In. 

George Michael - Monkey. 

The J. Geils Band - Centrefold.