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
#200 Big
It's our 200th episode, and there's only one movie BIG enough for this: Big! It's our Tom Hanks month, capping off with our final T. Hanks-giving!
(Episode starts at 9:21 if you want to skip our anno…
#199 An American Werewolf in London
*Werewolf howl*
It's part two of our Spooktacular: Werewolves Edition!
We’re kicking off our werewolf month with the absolute masterpiece, An American Werewolf in London. We're gushing over the great…
#198 The Howling
*Werewolf howl*
Welcome to the annual Spooktacular: Werewolves Edition!
We're kicking off our werewolf month with the Joe Dante classic, The Howling! Did this movie directly get Cujo for Queen Dee W…
#197 Dune
Normally I write show notes. Imagine instead, a deep sigh.
The pug is cool.
Looking for episode #195? It’s Ghostbusters, and it’s at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s, along with nearly 20 hours of bonus…
#196 Crocodile Dundee
G'day!
It's the inexplicably hugely popular Crocodile Dundee! What do people see in this dude? Seriously, THREE movies of THIS? Is this a knife? Why so much casual sexual assault?
Looking for episode…
#194 Back to School
Prep the diving boards, we're doing Triple Lindys!
How great is Burt Young in this? How many hours did RDJ spend in hair, makeup and wardrobe?! How great is the Kurt Vonnegut cameo?
All this and mo…
#193 Flight of the Navigator
We're revisiting a Tripp childhood favorite in Flight of the Navigator!
How freaking cool is this spaceship? Is Joey Cramer on Henry Thomas' level? What's Sarah Jessica Parker got against this flick?…
#192 Night of the Creeps
It's time for a little summer spooky fun: Night of the Creeps!
This love letter to B-movies has everything: Aliens, slug monsters, frat boys with ill intentions, a boy who looks suspiciously like Ric…
#191 Turner and Hooch
In honor of Disney Plus' new Turner and Hooch (and Tom Hanks' 65th birthday!) we did a Tom Hanks Movie outside T. Hanksgiving: Turner and Hooch!
Can this-era Tom Hanks get it? What on EARTH is the to…
#190 Ruthless People
Another 35th anniversary and a PRIDE icon in Bette Middler: It's Ruthless People!
What's Judge Reinhold doing these days, and why hasn't he gotten the Tarantino revitalization treatment yet? How grea…
#189 Labyrinth
It's the podcast with The Babe! (What babe?) The Babe with the power!
We're celebrating Pride month by having ourselves a little wander through The Labyrinth with David Bowie and his enormous codpiec…
#188 The Quest (Clip)
#187 Outrageous Fortune
We're wrapping up Listener Request Month 2021 with the goofy stylings of Bette Middler and Shelley Duvall in Outrageous Fortune!
What's George Carlin doing here? Why is this dog so shaggy! Why can ab…
#186 The War of The Roses
Listener Request Month rolls on with the Danny DeVito directorial vehicle, The War of the Roses!
How much Matilda DNA is in here? How much fun are these two having hating each other? Why have they es…
#185 Pandemonium
Listener Request Month has arrived!
Kicking us off this year is the 1982 spoof Pandemonium! Why is there a criminally low amount of Paul Reubens? Has Judge Reinhold ever said "no" on set? Why does Ca…
#184 Legend
APTSITMOA (Andrew Programs The Show In The Month of April) continues with the dreadfully boring Ridley Scott flick Legend!
Where the HELL IS TIM CURRY? What is going on in this movie? Why does it tak…
#183 Return to Oz
It's Andrew Programs The Show In The Month Of April (APTSITMOA), so we're venturing to the land of Oz in the absolutely terrifying Return to Oz!
What's going on with the wheelers? Why are all of thes…
#182 The Thing (Sample)
We wrap up Russell-Mania (Oops, All Carpenters) with a great episode on a masterpiece: The Thing!
What is up with that hat? Is this peak Kurt hair/beard? How amazing are these effects? (Completely!) …
#181 Escape From New York
We're continuing our new theme month in honor of Kurt Russell’s 70th Birthday: Russell-Mania! (Oops, all Carpenters).
We’re celebrating one of our favorite Star/Director combos in cinema, Kurt Russel…
#180 Big Trouble In Little China
It's a brand new theme month in honor of Kurt Russell's 70th Birthday: Russell-Mania! (Oops, all Carpenters).
We're celebrating one of our favorite Star/Director combos in cinema, Kurt Russell and Jo…