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- #156 GymkataTurns out we're not the only ones with Olympians-in-movies ideas: someone paid a buncha money to make Gymkata!This delightfully cheesy (both literally and figuratively) movie stars Olympian Kurt Thomas as Johnathan Cabot, the master of gymnastic karate: GYMKATA! This movie has EVERYTHING: so many dummy falls! Absurd dialog! Over-the-top action! An inexplicable leaf-crunching training montage!All this and more!Support us on Patreon!“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Gymkata, Kurt Thomas, Gymnastics, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
1 hr 14 min - #155 Valley GirlNOTE: TRIPP SCREWED UP HIS MIC SETTINGS, AND OBVIOUSLY THE SOUND ISN'T UP TO PAR ON THIS EPISODE. WE'RE SORRY!It's the movie our mom has been begging for for six years, and with a terrible-looking remake about to drop: Valley Girl!How dreamy is Nic Cage in this flick? Is there ANY plot here? Couldn't they figure out a more Romeo-like name for Nic than Randy? Plus, digressions on the ideal food fight foods and the sorely-missing number of adventure films!All this and more! Support us on Patreon!“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Keywords: Nic Cage, Valley Girl, Food Fights, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties1 hr 23 min
- #154 Class of Nuke 'Em HighJust in time for the "high holidays", we rode back for the Troma classic: Class of Nuke 'Em High!We discuss our histories with Troma, swap stories of visiting the principals office, and are thoroughly confused throughout! So many Alka-Seltzer tabs, buckwild effects and a shockingly great monster!All this and more!Support us on Patreon!“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Keywords: Troma, Lloyd Kaufman, , Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties1 hr 2 min
- #153 Never Say Never Again80s. Dissecting...the 80s.Coronavirus may have delayed Daniel Craig's latest Bond outing, but it hasn't delayed our second visit to the Bond-iverse. We're breaking down the oddity of Never Say Never Again, the Bond movie outside the canon of the regular films, and Connery's return to the role. Waterskiing, the secret life of Jake the Snake's Snake, why isn't her name Viper? Is Connery too old for this?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: James Bond, Kim Basinger, Sean Connery, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties1 hr 18 min
- #152 When Time Ran OutWe hopped in with legendary disaster artist Irwin Allen for his volcano epic: When Time Ran Out...Why does this bridge sequence run for TWENTY MINUTES? So many gorgeous matte paintings, actors covered in mysterious substances, scenes that run for 65 seconds, soap opera nonsense and so many disjointed scenes!Plus, Randy Newman's long-lost attempts at theme songs for this film, a digression on Universal Studios circa 1995, and Poseidon Adventure talk!All this and more!Support us on Patreon!“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Keywords: When Time Ran Out, Paul Newman, Red Buttons, Jacqueline Bisset, William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Burgess Meredith, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties1 hr 32 min
- #151 Used CarsThis podcast right here? Low mileage, just ONE previous owner - hop on in and take it for a listen!We're celebrating a 40th anniversary with our long-time pod-friend Kurt Russell in Used Cars! Is this peak Kurt Russell? How leisure-ey are his leisure suits? Plus, a long digression on a children's safety video that starred Joe Flaherty and was directed by Re-Animator's Stuart Gordon!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/
Keywords: Kurt Russell, Cars, Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
1 hr 6 min - #150 She's All That (Clip) + 150th Episode Spectacular!
It's our 150th Episode Spectacular, and the Savage-inator has us stuck in the 90s! Hear a clip of our She's All That episode (exclusive to Patreon) and us answering some audience questions of the journey to 150 episodes. Thanks so much for your support!
All this and more!Support us on Patreon!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Herbie the Love Bug, Herbie, Ocho, Chloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
22 min - #149 Ready to Rumble
Leap Day's Curse has struck again, driving us all the way to the year TWO THOUSAND for Ready to Rumble!
Is wrestling real or scripted, because this movie sure doesn't know! Why does Scott Caan always show his butt? Why is there SO MUCH POOP in this movie? Why doesn't it get into the insanity of wrestling?! Why isn't there more Martin Landau? ARE WE DOING SHE'S ALL THAT?!
All this and more!Support us on Patreon!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: WCW, David Arquette, Scott Caan, Goldberg, Mean Gene, Oliver Platt, Movie, Podcast
1 hr 25 min - #148 Herbie Goes Bananas
It's the nearly-final FOURBRUARY episode: Herbie Goes Bananas!
Why does this kiddo call Herbie Ocho? How many great character actors can you fit into one movie? What's up with the bananas? Why doesn't Herbie do more car-related shenanigans? Plus, a digression into children's television programming. Plus, Chloris Leachman and Harvey Korman running wild!
All this and more!Support us on Patreon!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Herbie the Love Bug, Herbie, Ocho, Chloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
1 hr 8 min - #147 Howling IV: The Original Nightmare
It's FOURBRUARY! (Maybe for the last time!)
We workshop a new werewolf idea (TMTMTM), peanuts on Coke, Coke as bourbon, massive continuity issues, random day/night shifts, a true and serious lack of werewolf transitions, a bizarre medley of werewolf designs, some truly random nudity, a weirdo shopkeeper and one TRULY nasty transition.
All this and more!Support us on Patreon!
“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Keywords: Howling 4, Werewolves, Swearwolves, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties
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About Dissecting The 80s
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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.