Tripp and Andrew Laino have been watching movies together since 1992, and making fun of them together since 1999, when a rainy afternoon of babysitting turned into 8 hours of cheesy science fiction and jokes. Raised on a strict diet of 80s movies, the pair have an undying love for the decade and all of the weird, wonderful cinema therein, despite barely being there for it. Every other week (since 2014) they dissect a movie and the bizarre cinema quirks of 30-odd years ago.
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
It's the start of a new tradition: Favorites-bruary!
Each February, we'll each feature one of our favorite movies! Andrew's up first with Little Shop of Horrors, the 1988 musical version of Corman's crazy plant flick. How great is Rick Moranis? Finding the bones of 90s Disney movies. Dissecting Tripp's musical issues.
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Cannon-uary continues with the "good" Cannon movie: Runaway Train!
What's Eric Roberts whole deal in this? Does Tripp make more than one Soul Asylum reference? What's up with Jon Voight's character? Why is the warden SO ANGRY? Plus, we do all our Jon Voight impressions as him from Anaconda!
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
It's the triumphant return of Cannon-uary, with Sylvester Stallone's bizarro-world version of Beverly Hills Cop: Cobra!
What's with Chekov's matchstick? Why is there almost no plot whatsoever? Who cut this down to 80-some minutes? Plus, gratuitous violence, dummy deaths, and all sorts of nonsense.
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Thursday Dec 31, 2020
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Merry Christmas, gang!
We're tackling a truly odd duck of a movie: Santa Claus: The Movie!
Why is John Lithgow wearing these enormous teeth? Why does this movie spend 50 minutes doing Santa's life story with absolutely, positively no conflict whatsoever? What's going on with the workshop? Why are all these children flying!?
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
It's the best board game adaptation ever: Clue!
It's a miracle this movie is fun, Tim Curry is a treasure, Andrew loves Madeline Kahn, so much twisting and turning, Tripp talks too much about Knives Out and Battleship and many fun weapons abound!
Friday Nov 27, 2020
Friday Nov 27, 2020
We've added a new stretch goal (an additional bonus track!) and will be doing an annual Christmas-mentary for all Patreon supporters!
Patreons who sign up at the $5 tier unlock more than ELEVEN HOURS of bonus content immediately, with another full-length episode AND a short commentary coming their way in December! Visit Patreon.com/Dissectingthe80s to learn more.
Thank you so much for supporting the show!
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Keywords: Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Thursday Nov 26, 2020
Happy T.Hanks-giving, y'all!
We hope you're staying safe out there, so here's an episode a few days early!
How great is Joe Dante? The difficulties of pronouncing Rick Ducommun, The Luck of the Irish, THE LEGEND DICK MILLER RETURNS (RIP), what is Carrie Fisher doing here? Plus, thoroughly mediocre Jimmy Stewart impressions!
All this and more!
“Deep and Dirty, NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Tom Hanks, Thanksgiving, Joe Dante, The Burbs, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Monday Nov 16, 2020
Continuing our NoVampire month is the Kathryn Bigelow-helmed impossible-to-find Near Dark!
Why on earth is it SO hard to find this movie? What, exactly, are the rules? Is Bill Paxton the coolest vampire? Why is Homer carrying a gun? Is this all a metaphor for addiction? But seriously, WHAT ARE THE RULES?
All this and more!
“Deep and Dirty, NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Vampire, Bill Paxton, Kathryn Bigelow, Lance Henriksen, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
Monday Nov 02, 2020
Monday Nov 02, 2020
It's the start of a brand new themed month: NOVAMPIRE!
We kick things off with the fun cult classic: Fright Night! This episode features: a detour about JK Rowling's terrible turn, Roddy McDowall as Tripp's favorite kind of character, Just a lot of inappropriate behavior from Jerry Dandridge, the revelation that vampires are Omnisexual and a whole lot more!
“Deep and Dirty, NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Vampire, Chris Sarandon, Tom Holland, Roddy McDowall, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
