***This is a Spoiler Free Episode except for one scene in Little Shop of Horrors***

Listen to how the 1980s finally breaks us.

Intro / Where 1 Mike breaks the brain of Mike1 - Intro

“Take My Breath Away” from Top Gun - 3:03

Performed by Berlin

“Glory of Love” from The Karate Kid II - 15:51

Performed by Peter Cetera

“Life in a Looking Glass” from That’s Life - 24:01

Performed by Tony Bennett

“Mean Green Mother From Outer Space” from Little Shop of Horrors - 27:59

Performed by Levi Stubbs

“Somewhere Out There” From An American Tail - 33:47

Performed by Linda Ronstadt & James Ingram

Perfecting Perfection / AKA our Re-Rank - 39:05

I think the 1980’s finally broke us, and it’s likely The Karate Kid II song that did it. If it wasn’t the “Glory of Love,” then Also Mike’s copywriting during a Tom Cruise career retrospective anecdote IS responsible, and the result is… well, one of us experiences a psychotic break from reality. Do we recover from this overload of Dad Jokes, or we forever be humiliated in this moment of horrifying corny-ness? Find out.

Our review of Top Gun’s “Take My Breath Away” goes gloriously long as we break down Berlin’s music video, the scene from the film, and this awesomely bad movie in general. Remember, we are Oscar Movie Critics. That is who we are. So don’t be surprised when we heckle this film until the point of no return.

The Karate Kid II song from Chicago front-man Peter Cetera may be the pinnacle of 1980’s ridiculousness, Tony Bennett talk sings and yodels, Levi Stubbs is responsible for one of the better booty shakers in the history of our podcast, and An American Tail brings us back to our childhood. You will find out an embarrassing amount of information about your hosts in this halfisode, our psyche’s are laid bare, and our shameful exposition is all for your amusement. You’re welcome? We’ll see.

If you enjoyed this episode, please don’t tell us. If you hated this episode, please don’t stop listening to us. If you’re coming to us with this very episode, we’re sorry. You are now FUBAR’d, and it is our fault. Nonetheless, there are another 8 mostly delightful Best Original Song halfisodes available. We’ve also mined Oscar history in many retrospectives from the 2001 Best Director race where we dive deep into and explain Mulholland Drive, to the 1991 Best Actress where we discuss some all time great performances in The Silence of the Lambs, all the way back to 1989’s Best Original Screenplay category where we scream at the Academy for choosing Dead Poets Society over Do The Right Thing.

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