Dissecting The 80s

#280 Major League (FIXED)

It's baseball month! Here in the dog days of August, we're jumping in with Major League!

What happened to the raunchy sports comedy? Is baseball the most film-ic sport? Why isn't there more Wesley Snipes? What the HELL is up with this romance subplot?

All this and more!

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Keywords: Wesley Snipes, Charlie Sheen, Major League, Baseball, Tom Berenger, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Listener Request Month 2024!

It's listener request month! You have until August 15th at midnight. Call 856-347-7328 (DISSECT) and leave us your name, where you're calling from and the movie you want to see us cover! Time's running out!

#279 Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F

Eddie Murphy slides right back into Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F!

Netflix has released on the best Legacy-quels of all time, maybe? Lots of practical effects and stunts, and Eddie is great! However, MORE JUDGE REINHOLD DAMN IT!

Get those Listener Request Month calls in! You have until August 15th at midnight. Call 856-347-7328 (DISSECT) and leave us your name, where you're calling from and the movie you want to see us cover!

All this and more!

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Keywords: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Beverly Hills Cop, Axel, Axel F, Axel Foley, Netflix, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

#278 Beverly Hills Cop

An action-comedy classic celebrates its 40th anniversary, and it's return to the big-ish screen: Beverly Hills Cop!

How great is Eddie Murphy? Or this whole cast, for that matter! Do they use the song too much? More Judge Reinhold, dang it!

All this and more!

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Keywords: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Beverly Hills Cop, Axel, Axel F, Axel Foley, Netflix, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

#277 Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (CLIP)

One of our childhood favorites turns 35 this year, and we're celebrating by discussing the ways Wayne Szalinski's shrink ray would absolutely blow up the world economy (plus, Antie, French class and giant cheerios/oatmeal cream pies).

All this and more!

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Keywords: Rick Moranis, Honey, I shrunk the kids, Disney, quark, shrink, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

#276 Johnny Handsome

The Month of John concludes with Johnny Handsome, a bizarre Walter Hill directed, Mickey Rourke star vehicle where he gets a new face!

What on earth is this movie? Is Lance Henriksen the king of scuzzy villains? Did he live in New Orleans for like a decade for all these scuzzy NoLa villain turns? Plus, Mickey Rourke is a babe.

All this and more!

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Keywords: Mickey Rourke, Johnny Handsome, Morgan Freeman, Lance Henriksen, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

#275 Johnny Dangerously

It's our latest theme month, the month of John, and we're kicking off with the delightful spoof: Johnny Dangerously!

Amy Heckerling's three classics, spoofing a dead genre, Disney rides teaching us about gangster films, Keaton absolutely killing it, and some real live-action cartoon zaniness!

All this and more!

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Keywords: Michael Keaton, Keaton, Johnny Dangerously, Peter Boyle, Spoof, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast, beetlejuice

#274 Drop Dead Fred

It's the conclusion of I-May-Ginary Friends Month, easily the worst theme month in the history of this podcast!

We're visiting with Drop Dead Fred and asking a lot of questions, like: WHO IS THIS MOVIE FOR?! WHY ARE IMAGINARY FRIENDS SUCH ASSHOLES? Why is Carrie Fisher so chill about this enormous tragedy that happens!? What's Phoebe Cates arc supposed to be?!

All this and more!

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#273 Little Monsters (1989)

Boy oh boy, how on earth did I watch this SO much as a kid?

It's a truly wretched Howie Mandel feature, Little Monsters! Why are the monsters so scary? Why is the underworld lit through 3D glasses? How bad are the Savage bros?

All this and more!

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CLIP #272 To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything! Julie Newmar

The conclusion of the not-sweaty-at-all Andrew Programs the Show in the Month of April: APTSITMOA!

We’re watching a ’90s movie about three Drag Queens changing a small town, with a buckwildly long title: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar.

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