Dissecting The 80s

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!

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Keywords: Herbie the Love Bug, Herbie, Ocho, Chloris Leachman, Harvey Korman, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

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.

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Keywords: Howling 4, Werewolves, Swearwolves, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

It's the single most confusing movie we've ever done on the show: William Friedkin's Cruising!

Why is this movie made this way? What on EARTH is Al Pacino doing in it? Why is it completely out of sorts? Why is everyone named similarly? Why does everyone look the same? WHY WHY WHY WHY WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

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Keywords: Cruising, William Friedkin, Al Pacino, Hankies, Confusion, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

We're kicking off 2020 with a weird little movie turning 35: Tuff Turf!

Baby James Spader is doing a not-so-great James Dean to woo future Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Kim Richards away from her EXTREMELY abusive boyfriend with the help of a baby Robert Downey, Jr.! Andrew reveals WAY too much knowledge about the Real Housewives canon, we don't know enough about California, a very strange reality, paintball guns and Errol Flynn $hit.

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Keywords: Tuff Turf, James Spader, Robert Downey, Jr., RDJ, Kim Richards, Real Housewives, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

We're revisiting a childhood favorite in celebration of the final Star Wars Skywalker film: Return of the Jedi!

WHERE'S THE YUB NUB? All the horrible CGI changes in the current version of the film are discussed, Columbo visits Endor, Darth Vader gets high, more incest, and the good guys win!

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Keywords: Star Wars, Return of the Jedi, Ewoks, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hammil, Harrison Ford, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, Rey, Finn, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

Yippee-Ki-Yay, Patreon Dissectamaniacs!

We hope you're having a fabulous holiday, and we've got a present for you - one you don't have to unwrap: a feature-length, in-studio episode of what Tripp calls the greatest action movie of all time: Die Hard on the Patreon page. Here's a snippet of what you'll hear - our mom calls it our best-ever episode!

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Keywords: Christmas, Die Hard, Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Hans Gruber, John McClane, Al Powell, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

You serious, Dissecting the 80s?

We are! And we're taking on Christmas Vacation for our annual holiday episode. Where does this rank amongst the Vacation films? Are there too many animal sequences in this movie? Juliette Lewis is fantastic, Randy Quaid is a gem, and this movie is awesome!

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Keywords: Christmas Vacation, National Lampoon, Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Randy Quaid, Juliette Lewis, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

We're kicking off December with a super fun buddy cop movie turning 30 this year: Tango & Cash!

Did Tripp finally learn an impression? (Yes) Does he do it too much? (Also, yes). Andrew confuses Kurt Russell and Patrick Swayze for an entire movie, so Tripp is concerned for his health. Stallone continues to mumble his way through everything, but in nicer clothes! So many explosions. So many character actors. 

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Keywords: Tango, Cash, Tango and Cash, Kurt Russell, Sylvester Stallone, Clint Howard, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

We're diving into Splash for its 35th anniversary, and taking on our LONG-TIME nemesis: Ron. Howard. It's our longest episode ever and it's T. Hanks-giving!

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Keywords: Tom Hanks, T.Hanksgiving, T.Hanks-giving, Daryl Hannah, Ron Howard, Clint Howard, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties

We're celebrating the anniversary of a movie you probably haven't heard of: The Wraith!

We've got not one but TWO better brothers: Randy Quaid and Clint Howard! Plus, Charlie Sheen as a reinCARnated (I can't believe we didn't come up with that during this episode) guy, Nick Cassavettes as a true scumbag, Twin Peaks' Sherilynn Fenn and some great car action! Plus, Andrew uses "boop" in a way that destroys Tripp's brain!

All this and more!

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Keywords: Cars, Nick Cassavettes, Randy Quaid, Clint Howard, Movie, Retro, 80s, Podcast, Eighties