Dissecting The 80s

By Tripp and Andrew Laino

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 an... more

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The podcast currently has 248 episodes available.

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July 25, 2022 Summer Rewind: #37 Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
Tripp got married! Time ran away from us - we will be back in two weeks with a new episode on Robocop. For now? Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes! One of our favorites only available as part of the Patreon archive!
Find out more at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s.
Who the hell decided to write a whole movie about an evil lamp? Just what was Patty Duke’s character’s name? Would you buy this lamp? Why did the brother find every corpse? All this and more!

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“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
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1h 4min
July 25, 2022 Summer Rewind: #37 Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes
Tripp got married! Time ran away from us - we will be back in two weeks with a new episode on Robocop. For now? Amityville 4: The Evil Escapes! One of our favorites only available as part of the Patreon archive!
Find out more at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s.
Who the hell decided to write a whole movie about an evil lamp? Just what was Patty Duke’s character’s name? Would you buy this lamp? Why did the brother find every corpse? All this and more!

Listen!

“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
...more
1h 4min
July 11, 2022 #220 Poltergeist
Oooh child, you're on the other side!
Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year is the fun horror classic: Poltergeist! How hunky is Craig T. Nelson here? Jo Beth Williams kicks all sorts of ass, and Zelda Rubinstein steals the show.
All this and more!
Looking for episode #218? It’s Stripes, and it’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with more than 25 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Poltergeist, Zelda Rubenstein, They're Here, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
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1h 17min
June 27, 2022 #219 Bachelor Party
Tripp's getting hitched, so we're throwing a Bachelor Party alongside '80s icon Tom Hanks!
Can we get a spastic Tom Hanks performance in the future? How great is he at being a complete goofball? Why...is there a Donkey show?
All this and more!
Looking for episode #218? It’s Stripes, and it’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with nearly 25 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Bachelor Party, Tom Hanks, Wedding, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
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1h 44min
June 21, 2022 #218 Stripes (Sample)
Want to hear the rest of this full-length episode? It’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with nearly 20 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
All this and more!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Stripes, Bill Murray, John Candy, Harold Ramis, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
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5min
June 16, 2022 Summer Rewind: #48 Summer Rental
NOTE: Tripp has Covid, so we were unable to record this week's episode, and still haven't managed to be able to do it. To make up for it, here's one of our favorites from the Patreon Archives: Summer Rental!

In celebration of the 4th of July (Happy birthday, America!) Tripp and Andrew dove into a treasured family film: Summer Rental, starring national treasure John Candy!
What happened to the low stakes comedy? Is this the first c-plot about breast enhancement? Is Scully the best Rip Torn character of all time? (Yes!) Is this the worst line dub of all time? (Absolutely.)
All this and more!
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“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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58min
May 30, 2022 #217 The NeverEnding Story
We conclude the main feed episodes of Listener Request Month 2022 with a long-asked for episode: The NeverEnding Story!
Did this blow our tiny minds as a youth? Is Falcor a dog or what? How great are these puppets? Why does no one explain this quest to Atreyu? Who names a kid Bastian!?
(PS - Listener Request Month continues next month on Patreon with Stripes! Also, our next episode is Poltergeist! Forgot to say that in the outro oops)
All this and more!
Looking for episode #212? It’s E.T. The Extraterrestrial, and it’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with nearly 20 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: NeverEnding Story, Atreyu, Falcor, Stranger Things, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
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1h 14min
May 16, 2022 #216 Pump Up The Volume
Part 2 of Listener Request Month takes us to 1990 for Christian Slater's fantastic performance in Pump Up The Volume!
Shouldn't he just see a therapist? Does this movie need a suicide to make its point? Why does he hate his parents so much? What's up with the way-too-late corrupt school subplot?
All this and more!
Looking for episode #212? It’s E.T. The Extraterrestrial, and it’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with nearly 20 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Christian Slater, Pump Up The Volume, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
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1h 33min
May 02, 2022 #215 1941
Listener Request Month begins with a forgotten Spielberg comedy: 1941!
We've got ourselves a sketch movie, with basically every working actor in 1979: Does Belushi translate to 2022? What's Dan Aykroyd doing, exactly? How great is Joe Flaherty? How long has Spielberg been holding in that West Side Story remake!?
All this and more!
Looking for episode #212? It’s E.T. The Extraterrestrial, and it’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with nearly 20 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords:1941, Stephen Spielberg, John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, WWII, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
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1h 47min
April 27, 2022 #214 Watcher in the Woods
It’s the not-at-all sweatily named tradition: Andrew Programs The Show In The Month of April: APTSITMOA.
We're finishing our Davis-Crawford month with the oddball Disney horror flick Watcher in the Woods! Why the hell did the creature get cut? What's going on with this man abandoned to the woods? Is this actually spooky?
All this and more!
Looking for episode #212? It’s E.T. The Extraterrestrial, and it’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with nearly 20 hours of bonus content at the $5 tier!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution
3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Watcher in the Woods, Bette Davis, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighti
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1h 25min

FAQs about Dissecting The 80s:

How many episodes does Dissecting The 80s have?

The podcast currently has 248 episodes available.