Dissecting The 80s

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! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: The Breakfast Club, Molly Ringwald, Brat Pack, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

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 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: The Naked Gun, Frank Drebin, Leslie Nielsen, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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).  “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: Hocus Pocus, Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

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 →

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 →

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 →

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! “Old folks homes are f*ck city.” Just about sums up this episode, featuring drug use, discussions of rampant sex among old people and the struggles of racism with the elderly. Download here!

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! Tripp and Andrew continue FOUR-BRUARY with Rocky IV! Is this sweatier than No Holds Barred? Can Rocky defeat communism? Is Apollo Creed a baller? Just how is this fight legal?! Listen! All this and more! Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for … Continue reading →

We're on hiatus here on the main feed, but we're still keeping to our Patreon schedule for April and June! Andrew's pick is Hocus Pocus! Does Tripp still not vibe with this movie? Is Thackery Binx the weirdest name possible? Find out at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for this episode, plus hours of bonus content! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: Hocus Pocus, Bette Middler, Sarah Jessica Parker, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

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! Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his first appearance on the show, and even drops by for an interview! We were totally blown away to get the opportunity! Listen All this and more! Thanks to Kevin MacLeod for the theme song!

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! Tripp and Andrew pedal into Nicole Kidman’s debut film, BMX Bandits! They ponder questions like: How long are they riding these damned bikes? Does anyone have a name? Just HOW BIG is her hair? All this and more! Thanks to … Continue reading →

A Note: We do spoil a major part of David Copperfield's Vegas show in this. Vegas! Vegas! Vegas! It's our last episode before the paternity hiatus, and we're discussing a Laino family classic, and a not-great movie that we love deeply: Vegas Vacation! What's the kayfabe of Siegfried and Roy? Why isn't Audrey working at a strip club? How great is Wayne Newton in this!? Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 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. Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: Vegas Vacation, Chevy Chase, Las Vegas, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

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! To get hyped for Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, Dissecting the 80s heads back to where it all began: 1989’s Batman! Is Michael Keaton the best Bruce Wayne ever? Is Kim Basinger a terrible actress? How good is Jack … Continue reading →

  All this and more! It's Tripp's Pick for Favorites-bruary 2025: Back to the Future III! For some reason, we did these movies 5 years apart: 2015, 2020 and now 2025! Did this instill Tripp's love of westerns? Mary Steenburgen is CRAZY horny for Doc, Michael J. Fox is channeling Clint Eastwood and we have a real lovefest for this silly three-quel! All this and more! Looking for #291 A Nightmare Before Christmas? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 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. Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: Back to the Future III, Doc Brown, Michael J. Fox, Marty McFly, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

It's our mom's least favorite movie, Batman Returns! Michelle Pfeiffer causes Andrew's awakening, Danny DeVito is a true horror, and Keaton is...barely in the movie! Hear Andrew gush and Tripp appreciate Tim Burton's second Batman flick. All this and more! Looking for #291 A Nightmare Before Christmas? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 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. Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: Batman Returns, Michael Keaton, Michelle Pfeiffer, Danny DeVito, Paul Reubens, Tim Burton, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

Tim Burton's first film, Pee Wee's Big Adventure turns 40 this year, so what better way to kick off 2025? He's a loner, Dottie, a Rebel, and he's at the heart of this delightfully absurd comedy. How old is PeeWee? Is this our most Sketch-forward movie in year? All this and more! Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 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. Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: PeeWee, Paul Reubens, Tim Burton, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast