Before you head into The Goonies episode, we’ve got a best of recap of our first 100 episodes in this red carpet clip show! Please share this sampler with anyone you think might enjoy the show! http://media.blubrry.com/dissecting_the_80s/ia601503.us.archive.org/4/items/RedCarpetClipShow/RedCarpetClipShow.mp3
There was SUPPOSED to be a remake of this movie out this week – so we’re dissecting Dirty Rotten Scoundrels! Just how many ways can we fix this film?, The sadness of Michael Caine never playing James Bond, How much … Continued
There’s a Cobra Kai YouTube Red Series, so we dove into The Karate Kid! How awful is Daniel-san? Why isn’t this movie just Miyagi and Elizabeth Shue hijinx? What the heck is wrong with Cobra Kai? Is Daniel Larusso the … Continued
We continue Takes May-nhattan with Muppets Take Manhattan! Why did we never get The Muppets in College? Why are we taking so long to find out where everyone’s side jobs are? Ranking Muppet shenanigans. Why are there so many sideplots … Continued
It’s the start of TAKES MAY-NHATTAN, our month celebrating films that, well, Take Manhattan! It’s a well-cooked Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan, but it ought to be called Jason Rides a Boat, because it … Continued
It’s Andrew-programs-the-show-in-the-month-of-April (APTSITMOA for short), so we’re doing a musical! The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas has Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton as the ultimate dream team! Jim Nabors absolutely kills it as a cop doofus and Dom DeLuise as … Continued
Out-of-context quote from this episode: This is Gaslighting: The Motion Picture! Is there a more 80s plot than wanting to build a miniature golf course? Is Kurt Russell the worst father in this show’s history? Why is everyone SO OK … Continued
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! Happy 30th anniversary to the delightfully weird Beetlejuice! Michael Keaton in the role of a lifetime (will we see him go Hawaiian!?), the absurdity of artists in movies, just what is this model of the town for? … Continued
It’s the weirdest Dissecting the 80s of all time! Hear Tripp and Andrew dive into Andrew’s LONG-requested favorite: Heathers, a movie Tripp can’t stand! It’s a live dissolution of a 26-year-old relationship (not really). Why does JD have such influence?! … Continued
Out-of-context quote from this episode: “There’s a pile of mysterious powders at the party with a sign that just says: Snortin’ Drugs, and the “R”s are backwards.” It’s more FOURBRUARY: Crime and Punishment as we get into Death Wish IV, … Continued