Betamax Rewind with Matt and Doug
Two old friends from Wisconsin talk about good (and bad) movies from the 1980s. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll be glad you didn't pay for it.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 156 minutes
- Episodes
- 278
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Episode 16: An Officer and a Gentleman
Since they have no place else to go, Matt and Doug look into the early 80s movie about flight school, swallowing engagement rings, and autoerotic asphyxiation gone wrong.
They also talk about the dos…
Episode 15: Hot Dog - The Movie
Matt and Doug dive deep into the shallow pool of Hot Dog - The Movie.
Not a bad listen. Plus way off tangent topics as is per usual.
Find out how Matt and Doug were disappointments to their parents.
Episode 14: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Go to the point and practice your oral skills on a carrot during lunch hour. Remember to lock the door when listening to Moving in Stereo and have fun in the dugout. No matter what you do, don't wo…
Episode 13: Krull
Is it a space epic? Is it swords and sandals? It it any good? Matt and Doug talk about the crapfest that is Krull? Plus is Milf an offensive term and will the secret sound streak continue? You'l…
Episode 12: Eddie and The Cruisers
What happened to Eddie Wilson? What happened to Matt and Doug? What happened to laughter? Does anyone remember laughter?
Doug tells some lies and says he no longer trusts anything Matt says. Matt…
Episode 11: Platoon
Season 2 kicks off with a MEGA podcast discussing Oliver Stone classic Platoon. Doug talks a lot, and I think Matt says a thing or two as well. A VERY deep dive into a very deep movie.
Episode 10.5: The Rivercast
Matt and Doug don't allow the lack of running water, electricity or knowledge about movies stop them from babbling for 50 minutes into a portable microphone. Hey, at least this one is short.
Episode 10: Fatal Attraction
Neither Doug nor Matt will be ignored. Lock up your rabbits and get busy in an elevator as they tackle the movie that teaches you not to stick your dick in crazy. What is the price that makes cheat…
Episode 9: Up the Creek
Matt and Doug talk about awful 80s film Up the Creek. Also listener feedback from around the globe, revisiting a high-school scandal and why Matt was a terrible date in high-school.
Mini Episode with Scott and Doug
Doug abandons Matt and goes out on his own.
Episode 8: Roadhouse
Does pain hurt? Is lighting a heater first thing in the morning good for you? Do doctor's wear underwear? Find out the answers to these and many more questions in this week's episode as Patrick Sw…
Episode 7: Rocky IV
Matt and Doug must break you with a breakdown of the cold war boxing classic Rocky IV. Robots, dogs with tennis balls, James Brown, and steroid abuse as the unbreakable goes up against an inhuman k…
Episode 6: Risky Business
Matt and Doug talk about Tom Cruise's star making turn as a pimp in Illinois.
Sorry about the audio problems.
Episode 5: The Beastmaster
Matt and Doug talk about The Beast Master (or The Beastmaster), social sexual distancing, retiring from stuff, oiled bodies, failed sex symbols, and a few other odds and ends.
Episode 4: No Way Out
Matt and Doug discuss 80's thriller No Way Out. Well Matt does. Doug was watching a Dreamworks cartoon instead. They also talk about the current political climate and the proper way to measure and…
Episode 2: Can't Buy Me Love
Doug and Matt dive deep and long into the 1987 classic Can't Buy Me Love. It goes way long and way personal.
Episode 3: Uncommon Valor
This week Matt and Doug take on 80s classic Uncommon Valor, talking about never leaving a man behind. They also talk about the need to have a bathroom nearby and reminisce about Doug's poor decision…
Episode 1: Red Dawn
Matt and Doug kick off their inaugural podcast with 1980s classic Red Dawn. Find out what would happen if the Brat Pack got AK-47s instead of detention.
The kinks are still be worked out, but the s…