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
#179 Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Favorites-bruary continues with Tripp's Pick: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, which turns 35 this year!
Is Ferris an asshole? How are they paying for this day? What is the timeline? Why did they originally…
#178 Little Shop of Horrors
It's the start of a new tradition: Favorites-bruary!
Each February, we'll each feature one of our favorite movies! Andrew's up first with Little Shop of Horrors, the 1988 musical version of Corman's …
#177 Runaway Train
Cannon-uary continues with the "good" Cannon movie: Runaway Train!
What's Eric Roberts whole deal in this? Does Tripp make more than one Soul Asylum reference? What's up with Jon Voight's character? …
#176 Cobra
It's the triumphant return of Cannon-uary, with Sylvester Stallone's bizarro-world version of Beverly Hills Cop: Cobra!
What's with Chekov's matchstick? Why is there almost no plot whatsoever? Who cu…
#175 Back to the Future (Clip)
#174 Santa Claus: The Movie
Merry Christmas, gang!
We're tackling a truly odd duck of a movie: Santa Claus: The Movie!
Why is John Lithgow wearing these enormous teeth? Why does this movie spend 50 minutes doing Santa's life s…
#173 Clue
It's the best board game adaptation ever: Clue!
It's a miracle this movie is fun, Tim Curry is a treasure, Andrew loves Madeline Kahn, so much twisting and turning, Tripp talks too much about Knives …
Patreon Update!
We've added a new stretch goal (an additional bonus track!) and will be doing an annual Christmas-mentary for all Patreon supporters!
Patreons who sign up at the $5 tier unlock more than ELEVEN HOURS…
#172 The Burbs
Happy T.Hanks-giving, y'all!
We hope you're staying safe out there, so here's an episode a few days early!
How great is Joe Dante? The difficulties of pronouncing Rick Ducommun, The Luck of the Irish…
#171 Near Dark
Continuing our NoVampire month is the Kathryn Bigelow-helmed impossible-to-find Near Dark!
Why on earth is it SO hard to find this movie? What, exactly, are the rules? Is Bill Paxton the coolest vamp…
#170 Fright Night
It's the start of a brand new themed month: NOVAMPIRE!
We kick things off with the fun cult classic: Fright Night! This episode features: a detour about JK Rowling's terrible turn, Roddy McDowall as …
#169 Silver Bullet
AOOOOO! We've got hot werewolf action on this Spooktacular episode!
Gary Busey at his unhinged best, Corey Haim in one of his best performances, some insanely under-developed werewolf costuming, wild…
#168 Ghoulies
Spoooooktacular 2020 begins!
The VHS cover that made you afraid to sit on the toilet: Ghoulies! Why on EARTH is this movie about Satanism? Who are the Ghoulies and why is there also another set of as…
#167 Commando
1985 was too good of a year, so we're sticking with it for another hoot of a movie: Commando!
Arnold eats lobsters, every possible one-liner, enormous weapons, just an insane number of squibs, an abs…
#166 Bill And Ted's Excellent Adventure (Sample)
Ziggy Piggy!
We're diving into a giant ice cream sundae with Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure! Just how great is George Carlin? How did we choose these historical figures, exactly? Why is this hist…
#165 Weird Science
We're celebrating the 35th anniversary of Weird Science!
Is this a sexy Cat in the Hat or a sexy Mary Poppins? Discount store Matthew Broderick, too much casual sexism and homophobia, a big disagreem…
Writer Ed Solomon Talks Bill & Ted, Men in Black and Keanu!
#164 Xanadu
It's the final episode of season 6, and we're tackling one of the big ones of the "bad movie canon" - Xanadu!
Do we both kind of like this movie? Tripp fires up the Goot Signal, Gene Kelly charms us…
#163 Alligator
Filmmaker Ted Geoghegan talks Friday the 13th Part 2
Filmmaker Ted Geoghegan (We Are Still Here, Mohawk, Satanic Panic) joins us to talk about his favorite Friday the 13th film: Part 2!
We talk dream sequence theories, Muffin the dog, Jason's backsto…