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Sept. 24, 2017

Episode #151: Favorite Movie Music of All Time - Part Deux!

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. Here's part 2! (And feel free to weigh …

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Sept. 20, 2017

Episode #150: Favorite Movie Music of All Time

Pat, Jeff and John decided to put each other through the torment of having to narrow down their favorite movie composers, scores, individual songs, etc. to a series of "top 5" lists. They made it out alive... mostly. We hope …

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Sept. 12, 2017

Episode #149: "Spaceballs: The Podcast" | Spaceballs (1987)

Planet Spaceball is running out of air, but King Roland of Druidia has plenty of fresh air — and the Spaceballs want it. They kidnap Princess Vespa and will force Roland to give up the super secret unbreakable code to …

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Aug. 30, 2017

Episode #148: "Ministers of Death" | Full Metal Jacket (1987)

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. 1. Intro/Solar Eclipses [0:00] 2. What Fall 2017 movies are we …

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Aug. 23, 2017

Episode #147: "Just Play It Loud!" | Good Morning Vietnam (1987)

In 1965, an unorthodox and irreverent DJ named Adrian Cronauer begins to shake up things when he is assigned to the U.S. Armed Services radio station in Vietnam. 1. Intro, Movie background info, trailer [0:00] 2. Good Morning Vietnam discussion …

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Aug. 16, 2017

Episode #146: "Cadillac of the Skies" | Empire of the Sun (1987)

When a young Bruce Wayne gets separated from his parents, he must learn to do whatever it takes in order to survive in a Japanese internment camp, whether it's stealing supplies for his friend Basie, protecting the weaker residents of …

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Aug. 9, 2017

Episode #145: "They Love Everybody But You" | Hamburger Hill (1987)

Most Vietnam War movies deal with the psychological torment of war and how soldiers left as idealistic young men, but came back scarred physically and mentally... and having to face a nation that was not proud of their sacrifices. Hamburger …

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Aug. 7, 2017

Episode #144: "So.Many.Trailers." | San Diego Comic Con & D23 Expo

Last month saw the release of a ridiculous amount of amazing new trailers at San Diego Comic Con... and some pretty exciting news coming out of Disney's D23 Expo. It's like an eating contest of movie trailers and we'll spend …

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Aug. 3, 2017

Episode #143: "All Good Podcasts..." | Star Trek: The Next Generation…

Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise... first airing in 1987 and running 7 seasons, The Next Generation was the definitive Star Trek for 80s kids. Join us as we get all dressed up for …

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July 26, 2017

Episode #142: "The Best of Both Podcasts" | Star Trek: The Next Gener…

Space... the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise... first airing in 1987 and running 7 seasons, The Next Generation was the definitive Star Trek for 80s kids. Join us as we proceed at full impulse and …

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July 20, 2017

Episode #141: "It's a Feeling; A Heartbeat" | Dirty Dancing (1987)

Lace up your dancing shoes and get ready to shake your maracas... it's time for Dirty Dancing! Nobody puts our podcast in a corner... The trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcra0-0Gu4U The complete soundtrack: http://www.what-song.com/Movies/Sound...

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July 12, 2017

Episode #140: "My Dreams Are Pure Rock N Roll" | La Bamba (1987)

The life of up-and-coming rock 'n' roll prodigy Ritchie Valens was cut tragically short on "The Day the Music Died," but his memory lives on in the 1987 biopic La Bamba starring Lou Diamond Phillips. 1. Intro [0:00] 2. Star …

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June 28, 2017

Episode #139: "I Don't Do Requests" | The Running Man (1987)

It's 2017, the world economy has collapsed. Food, natural resources and oil are in short supply. A podcast, hosted by three guys who love 80s movies rules with an iron hand. Join us for our latest review and you could …

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June 21, 2017

Episode #138: "Creature Stole My Twinkie" | The Monster Squad (1987)

Thirty years before this podcast begins it was a time of darkness in the Monster Squad clubhouse. Fast forward three decades to a time when John and a small band of freedom fighters (Pat) conspired to rid the world of …

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June 15, 2017

Episode #137: "Groovy" | Evil Dead II (1987)

Legend has it, that it was written by the dark ones: NECRONOMICON EX MORTES; Roughly translated...The Book of the Dead. To trace the origin of the Book, we must go back...back...to a day when spirits ruled the earth. When the …

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June 12, 2017

Episode #136: "Stop A War With Love" | Wonder Woman (2017)

She's come to the world of men and we don't deserve her. Much to the surprise of movie executives — but not movie fans — Wonder Woman has been the biggest success of the DCEU so far. Does it deserve …

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June 7, 2017

Episode #135: "Death By Stereo" | The Lost Boys (1987)

The one thing I could never stomach about doing this podcast... all the damn vampires. 1. Intro/Wonder Woman discussion [00:00] 2. Shout out to Brody's Kitchen Podcast for the shout-out on their podcast [06:06] 3. The Lost Boys movie info/trailer …

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May 31, 2017

Episode #134: "Don't F*** With The Babysitter" | Adventures in Babysi…

Words to live by: You don't tug on superman's cape. You don't spit into the wind. Hermanos Rodriguez do not approve of drugs. Don't f*** with the babysitter. Jeff and Pat talk about seeing Mel Brooks live at a showing …

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May 29, 2017

Episode #133: "I'm Sorry Dave" | Alien: Covenant (2017)

David has a bit of a dysfunctional relationship with his father and — by default — the rest of the human race. As a result, some decisions he made 10 years ago, coinciding with a run-in with an alien race …

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May 25, 2017

Episode #132: "The Force Will Be With You... Always" | Star Wars (197…

It is the 40th anniversary of the release of STAR WARS and we're looking back on memories of growing up surrounded by the tales of a galaxy far, far away.... 1. Intro [00:00] 2. RIP Roger Moore [05:04] 3. Star …

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May 17, 2017

Episode #131: "Rise of the Top Gun Apes" | Project X (1987)

1. Intro/Welcome back Jeff! [00:00] 2. Live-action Aladdin casting discussion [06:05] 3. Universal releasing new monster movie box sets ("Dracula" and "The Mummy" related films) [15:08] 4. John finally watched Suicide Squad [16:49] 5. Pirates stole Pirat...

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May 10, 2017

Episode #130: "But Do I Look Good?" | Less Than Zero (1987)

Most of our 80s movies have been the nostalgia-filled romps through the sporting world, fantasy adventures, time traveling teens, or the high school hangups of John Hughes... this episode we take a turn into a dark corner of the 80s …

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May 2, 2017

Episode #129: "Must Be A Hen House" | Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)

We've got Glass (the sequel to M. Night Shyamalan's Unbreakable), a little Indy 5, a few other movie news snippets... then Dennis finally gets to gush about his love for Lea Thompson in this movie (or did he really have …

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April 26, 2017

Episode #128: "Dwaynes, Planes & Cosmic Keys" | Masters of the Univer…

John went to C2E2 in Chicago this last weekend and ended up on the WGN Evening News. We geek out over old-school He-Man cartoons, Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future, and we open up a dimensional gateway to …

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