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 Jul 21, 2023
Friday Jul 21, 2023
It's the finale of Listener Request Month from our Patreon feed!
Steve Martin and podcast fave Rick Moranis team up for a very odd duck of a mob comedy!
All this and more!
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Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon. Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Monday Jun 26, 2023
Indiana Junes concludes with the franchise's yuckiest sequel: Temple of Doom!
What is up with this child re-dubbing? Is Willie the worst character in cinema history? How charming is lil' Ke Huy Quan?! Plus, Andrew's notes on great dinner presentation!
All this and more!
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Looking for episode #243? It’s Andrew’s Grab Bag TV Spectacular, and it’s on Patreon. Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
It's Indiana Junes! We're celebrating Indy's swan song with Raiders of the Lost Ark, a perfect movie, according to Tripp.
How perfect is this movie? Is Indy cooler than Snake Plissken? How goofy is this idol?
All this and more!
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Looking for episode #243? It's Andrew's Grab Bag TV Spectacular, and it's on Patreon. Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
Listener Request month comes to a close on the main feed with The Secret of My Success!
How much porno was launched with this movie? How dang charming is Michael J. Fox? What is going on with this boss?
All this and more!
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Looking for episode #243? Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!
Monday May 15, 2023
Monday May 15, 2023
Meat-BALLZ!
It's a super-sweet camp comedy with Bill Murray and a score of Canadian teens. Does this make you want to go to camp? How many of these kids were on The Littlest Hobo? What, exactly, is The Littlest Hobo?
All this and more!
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Looking for episode #243? Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!
Friday May 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
Here's a preview of our latest Patreon episode: Andrew's TV Grab Bag Spectacular, in which we cover Barbie and the Rockers, Beetlejuice and Fraggle Rock!
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Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
The first episode of 2023's Listener Request Month is the action-adventure Zemeckis classic: Romancing the Stone!
Is this our babe-iest movie ever? How great is Danny DeVito? How gorgeous are Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner here? What, exactly, is the deal with the title of this picture? Plus, a re-litigation of shoes on film heroine's and Andrew's very specific streaming posters.
All this and more!
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Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Our longest-running special month comes to an end: Andrew Programs The Show In The Month Of April, APTSITMOA!
It’s a movie Andrew's got quite a lot of fondness for: The Witches of Eastwick! What, exactly, is the deal with Jack Nicholson and his whole career? Why did Cher stop acting? What the hell is going on in this movie?
All this and more!
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Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Our longest-running special month returns: Andrew Programs The Show In The Month Of April, APTSITMOA!
It's perhaps the best film from very acclaimed director Tim Burton: Edward Scissorhands!
What, exactly, is Edward? Can he eat? Why, exactly, does Tripp find this idea of him puking so, so, so, so, so funny? (He does not know).
All this and more!
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Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
John-uary continues...in...March.
Our promised second half of John Carpenter's birthday celebration is here, with the second-tier-but-still-good Stephen King Adaptation: Christine!
What, exactly are Christine's powers? Would Arnie fit in with the T-Birds? What the heck is the Home Alone guy wearing? Who should voice Christine?
All this and more!
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