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.
Episodes
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Happy New Year! We’re closing out 2018 with Trading Places, which ends with a wild New Year’s Eve Party! In this episode: Tripp tries to explain futures trading, the Duke brothers are pure evil, Jamie Lee Curtis wears many wigs, … Continue reading →
Monday Dec 17, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
It’s Christmas, and Dolly Parton kinda-sorta has a movie on Netflix, so we watched A Smoky Mountain Christmas! Why is magic actually for real real in this movie? Why is the witch named Jezebel? Why are there so many orphan … Continue reading →
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Monday Dec 03, 2018
It’s a one-eyed, one-horned flying purple people eater, and it’s barely a movie! Why doesn’t anyone freak out about Purple? Why is NPH so into 50s rock-and-roll? Does anyone else know about Sheb Wooley? Why is the bad guy a … Continue reading →
Saturday Dec 01, 2018
Saturday Dec 01, 2018
It’s a snippet of our 2016 live episode from the Philly Podcast Festival: Top Gun! Listen! Hear the rest at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s! “NewsSting, Ouroboros, Wish Background, Jingle Bells Calm” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: … Continue reading →
Monday Nov 19, 2018
Monday Nov 19, 2018
Happy T.Hanksgiving! We’re celebrating with Punchline, which turns 30 this year! Why is Tom Hanks such a jerk? What’s the deal with Sally Fields dream, and why does it seem so out of left field? Why are these “comedians” not … Continue reading →
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Monday Nov 05, 2018
Creed 2 is about to hit theaters, so we’re getting into the ring with Rocky once more in Rocky 3! Why is EVERYTHING wrestling? Is Rocky the secret bad guy in this movie? How bad is Paulie? (Very.) The Brotherhood … Continue reading →
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Wednesday Oct 31, 2018
Happy Halloween! We were so excited to talk about the new movie that we decided to record a bonus episode as a final goodbye to Michael Myers! There’s spoilers here, but we warn you before they start. Listen! Support us … Continue reading →
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
Tuesday Oct 30, 2018
We’re jam-packing this month with bonus content! Taking a break from Halloween to bring you our short episode on the TV show version of Heathers, which has been re-edited and not-aired and finally just randomly all aired crammed into 4 … Continue reading →
Monday Oct 22, 2018
Monday Oct 22, 2018
WE DECLARE LOOMIS LAW! It’s the final outing with Michael Myers in the 80s: The Revenge of Michael Myers! Loomis goes berserk, Danielle Harris has nothing to do, Tina is a mystery to both of us, we predict Halloween 2018 … Continue reading →
Friday Oct 19, 2018
Friday Oct 19, 2018
On A Very Special Dissecting the 80s #4, Fangoria editor Phil Nobile, Jr. joins us for a discussion of the Halloween franchise in anticipation of the new movie! None of us had seen it, so no spoilers. Plus, we get … Continue reading →