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.
Friday Aug 15, 2025
Friday Aug 15, 2025
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.
Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s to learn more!
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Keywords: The Breakfast Club, Molly Ringwald, Brat Pack, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast
Friday Aug 01, 2025
Friday Aug 01, 2025
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!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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Keywords: The Naked Gun, Frank Drebin, Leslie Nielsen, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast
Monday Jul 21, 2025
Monday Jul 21, 2025
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 →
Monday Jul 07, 2025
Monday Jul 07, 2025
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 →
Monday Jun 23, 2025
Monday Jun 23, 2025
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 →
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
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 →
Monday Jun 02, 2025
Monday Jun 02, 2025
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
Monday May 26, 2025
Monday May 26, 2025
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 →
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
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 →
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
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 →
