Dissecting The 80s
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 straight hours of cheesy science fiction, popcorn and jokes. Raised on a strict diet of 80s adventure, action, comedy and drama, the pair have an undying love for the 1980s and all of the weird, wonderful cinema therein. Since 2014, they’ve hosted this podcast - every other week they dissect a movie (or sometimes a TV show), finding plot holes, bad lighting and acting choices and the bizarre cinema quirks of 30-odd years ago (Smoking in hospitals! Rubber suits without neck hinges! Corey Feldman!).
- Update frequency
- every 11 days
- Average duration
- 73 minutes
- Episodes
- 255
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
#123 Magnum P.I./Murder, She Wrote Crossover!
In celebration of the release of the crossover event of THIS century, we headed back to the last century to discuss the crossover event of the last century: When Jessica Fletcher took a Hawaiian vaca…
#122 Pet Sematary
Sometimes, dead is better. It's the original Pet Sematary, since the remake dropped this week!
Andrew has a surprisingly decent Fred Gwynne, while Tripp's is thoroughly mediocre, a phenomenal child …
#121 Critters
It's the internet's newest podcast: Clouded by the Zane, a Billy Zane podcast!
Critters fever is striking the nation, with a Shudder show and a Syfy movie coming, so we went back where it all started…
#119 Dirty Dancing CLIP
Out now for Patreon subscribers, it's our live episode on Dirty Dancing, recorded at the Baltimore Podcast Festival!
Get this, plus THREE other live episodes immediately when you sign up at the $5/mo…
#120 ...All the Marbles
This podcast carries less than $20, please don't rob it!
Tying into the surprisingly successful "Fighting with My Family", it's an 80s movie about wrestling ladies: ...All the Marbles.
Tripp uses the…
#118 The Incredible Hulk Returns
FOURBRUARY continues with the NBC TV Movie The Incredible Hulk Returns!
Why is there so much Hulk in this backdoor pilot for Thor? Did they buy this hammer at Home Depot? How much trauma did Bill Bix…
#117 Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
It's the fifth edition of FOURBRUARY, and the last gasp of Cannon-uary! We watched Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, and it was...not good.
Why are there SO MANY unconnected scenes? What's with Gene …
#116 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2
Cannon-uary continues with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, an almost-awesome sequel from Tobe Hooper!
We join Stretch at a random radio station in rural Texas to maybe fall in love with Leatherface? I…
Great Muppet Caper Promo
This is a snippet of our Great Muppet Caper live episode, recording in 2017 as part of the Philly Podcast Festival. We've hit $50 per month on Patreon, so this bonus episode is available to ALL Patre…
#114 Lifeforce
#113 Trading Places
#112 Smoky Mountain Christmas
#111 Purple People Eater
Patreon Preview: Top Gun!
#110 Punchline
#109 Rocky 3
Halloween (2018) Bonus!
Heathers TV Show Bonus!
#108 Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers
