***This is a Spoiler Free Episode***

Well, we don’t give you any more of the plot beyond what the music videos show us. So maybe a few spoilers, but fun spoilers.

“(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” from Dirty Dancing - 3:19

“Cry Freedom” from Cry Freedom - 10:45

“Storybook Love” from The Princess Bride - 14:49

“Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” from Mannequin - 20:34

“Shakedown” from Beverly Hills Cop II - 25:20

Perfecting Musical Perfection (Reranking the nominees) - 29:35

We’re back with another halfisode on the 1987 Best Original Song category. The Mikes were little kids hearing these songs on the radio, which would become the soundtrack of their adult subconscious's. We mine all of that dark psychological territory as well as give you a deep dive into 80's fashions in this episode. For what we may lack as music criticisms, we make up with too much information and outfit tracking.

The Oscar performances weren’t available on Youtube, but that didn’t stop us from clicking away. One could get lost on several wondrous tangents on this magical website and get lost we did. We begin with Dirty Dancing and the song that launched a thousand parodies, “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life.” You know the song is good when its first two words are in parentheses, folks.

There are some typical Oscar caliber, Oscar-type nominations in this 5, and then there’s a few eclectic choices, or perhaps “sell-out” is a better word. Still, we have fun heckling the music videos, gushing over the performance quality of the lead singers, and talking big hair, Casio keyboards, and mandatory saxophone solos. It was a fun decade of excess, crime, weird butt jeans, and drug addiction, encapsulated perfectly by these 5 nominees. You’re welcome.

Stay tuned for our countdown of the 19 films of the MCU where we’ll put a bow on our review of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. We’ll have another halfisode or two coming again soon (as we recorded a bunch, all at once… which for the record, was a truly GREAT experience), and then we’ll plan some honest to goodness full retrospectives for you, mining Oscar’s cinematic history as well as the show tunes that have warmed our hearts.

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Don’t forget our slogan. When reality sucks, watch movies with us. And in this case, watch - music videos of Oscar Nominated Songs, and then click on other youtube videos that tickle your fancy - with us as well. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!