Dissecting The 80s

#161 Cocoon

Cocoon just turned 35, and we've got a BEVY of Ron Howard takes to celebrate!

Tripp writes a song, the secret origin story of Back to the Future wrapped up in this cocoon, a compliment for Bryce Dallas Howard (Really!), confusion over what this movie is, a really odd Steve Guttenberg performance, so many weird aliens, Wilford Brimley's hair dye, Don Ameche's Academy Award and so much disappointment.

All this and more! 

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Keywords: Ron Howard, Wilford Brimley, Don Ameche, Academy Award, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

#160 Deadly Friend

Oh man, we are so pumped for y'all to hear this one!

It's Deadly Friend - a new to us and completely BONKERS Wes Craven movie, ripped to shreds by the studio, who desperately wanted another Nightmare on Elm Street. Kristy Swanson as a robot, weird Dr. Frankenstein vibes, terrible cops, a nightmare father, a good mom, and so much insanity!

All this and more!

 “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Keywords: Deadly Friend, Wes Craven, Kristy Swanson, Robutts, Robots, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

#159 Adventures in Babysitting (Sample)

Out now on our Patreon page (Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s), it's our Adventures in Babysitting episode for listener request month!

Hear this full-length studio episode + EIGHT more full-length episodes at $5 tier and above.

All this and more!

“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Keywords: Adventures in Babysitting, Elisabeth Shue, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

#158 They Live

Listener request month rolls on with a movie that's a favorite of both of ours: They Live!

"This water tastes like broccoli, mannnnn"! Andrew coins a new catchphrase, utterly delightful Roddy Piper-isms, Keith David Rules, a digression on the length of time it must have took to create these sets, Tripp is overjoyed at small details and we're confused by several things!

All this and more!

“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Keywords: They Live, John Carpenter, Keith David, Rowdy Roddy Piper, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

#157 Grease 2

 

We kicked off Listener Request Month 2020 with a Patreon pick: Grease 2!

We've got a wacky theme park stunt show, the stunt doubles for the original cast get to make a whole movie, Rizzo is inexplicably in her old high school, more cast members who hate each other, so many slow ballads, Cheer Up Charlie and bizarre high school timelines.

All this and more!

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Keywords: Grease 2, Michelle Pfieffer, Christopher McDonald, Musical, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

 

#156 Gymkata

Turns out we're not the only ones with Olympians-in-movies ideas: someone paid a buncha money to make Gymkata!

 

This delightfully cheesy (both literally and figuratively) movie stars Olympian Kurt Thomas as Johnathan Cabot, the master of gymnastic karate: GYMKATA! This movie has EVERYTHING: so many dummy falls! Absurd dialog! Over-the-top action! An inexplicable leaf-crunching training montage!

 

All this and more!

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 Keywords: Gymkata, Kurt Thomas, Gymnastics, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

#155 Valley Girl

NOTE: TRIPP SCREWED UP HIS MIC SETTINGS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE SOUND ISN'T UP TO PAR ON THIS EPISODE. WE'RE SORRY!

It's the movie our mom has been begging for for six years, and with a terrible-looking remake about to drop: Valley Girl!

How dreamy is Nic Cage in this flick? Is there ANY plot here? Couldn't they figure out a more Romeo-like name for Nic than Randy? Plus, digressions on the ideal food fight foods and the sorely-missing number of adventure films!

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Keywords: Nic Cage, Valley Girl, Food Fights, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

#154 Class of Nuke 'Em High

Just in time for the "high holidays", we rode back for the Troma classic: Class of Nuke 'Em High!

We discuss our histories with Troma, swap stories of visiting the principals office, and are thoroughly confused throughout! So many Alka-Seltzer tabs, buckwild effects and a shockingly great monster!

 

All this and more!

 

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Keywords: Troma, Lloyd Kaufman, , Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

#153 Never Say Never Again

80s. Dissecting...the 80s.

Coronavirus may have delayed Daniel Craig's latest Bond outing, but it hasn't delayed our second visit to the Bond-iverse. We're breaking down the oddity of Never Say Never Again, the Bond movie outside the canon of the regular films, and Connery's return to the role. Waterskiing, the secret life of Jake the Snake's Snake, why isn't her name Viper? Is Connery too old for this?

All this and more!

“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Keywords: James Bond, Kim Basinger, Sean Connery, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

#152 When Time Ran Out

We hopped in with legendary disaster artist Irwin Allen for his volcano epic: When Time Ran Out...

Why does this bridge sequence run for TWENTY MINUTES? So many gorgeous matte paintings, actors covered in mysterious substances, scenes that run for 65 seconds, soap opera nonsense and so many disjointed scenes!

 

Plus, Randy Newman's long-lost attempts at theme songs for this film, a digression on Universal Studios circa 1995, and Poseidon Adventure talk!

 

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Keywords: When Time Ran Out, Paul Newman, Red Buttons, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Burgess Meredith, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties