The last Patreon exclusive was recorded shortly after one of the show's biggest decisions was made: To call the show '80s All Over as opposed to the original title... "Klytus, I'm Bored." An amazingly delivered line, but maybe not the most appealing or informative name for the podcast. But the proper tribute was shortly paid, as Drew and Scott convened for this commentary focused fully one of their most favorite films of the entire decade.
Jun 19, 2017•1 hr 52 min
Not one, but two comedies about the homeless or the mentally ill this week, because in Reagan's America, who didn't find an unbalanced street person delightful? Scott and Drew try to figure out how films like CHU CHU AND THE PHILLY FLASH and HONKY TONK FREEWAY got made, they talk about the lack of charisma that is Chuck Norris, they discuss the weird and often upsetting sexual mores of early '80s comedies, and they debate the relative merits of STUDENT BODIES . We've got early films from Austral...
Jun 12, 2017•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 8
You can't just start a podcast fully-formed with your very first episode. Rather, I'm sure you can , it just won't stay that way very long, and it probably won't sound all that great. Usually you gotta put some training wheels on the bike and take a couple laps around the block before you show off to your friends. Before the "official" launch, Scott and Drew had to figure out their rhythm and get used to transforming their conversations into a show , and that meant practicing on the month of Dec...
Jun 05, 2017•42 min
After the extreme high of June 1981, brace yourself for the very strange month that followed. You want Albert Finney fighting semi-werewolves? You want drunk Dudley Moore? You want to see Mary Poppins with her boobs out? You want to see Bo Derek have sex with an orangutan? Why ? What's wrong with you ? Brooke Shields, ground zero for the '80s 3D craze, Darby Crash, Carrie Fisher and a bunch of little people, and Pele versus WWII... all part of the insane landscape that made up July 1981....
May 29, 2017•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Of all the films Drew and Scott have championed on the show, none are as thoroughly beloved as this: Robert Altman's bizarre, unique, touching, and authentic adaptation of the classic comic strip, giving star Robin Williams one of his earliest opportunities to show he was more than just Mork; and casting Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl - which is still the single most perfect piece of comic movie casting in film history.
May 22, 2017•1 hr 56 min
Put simply, this is the biggest episode we've released so far . When we talk about big months, you can't get much more packed than this. CLASH OF THE TITANS . FOR YOUR EYES ONLY . STRIPES . DRAGONSLAYER . HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART 1 . That would be a lot, right? But that's not it. DEMONOID also came... wait, what the hell is DEMONOID ? SUPERMAN II . THE GREAT MUPPET CAPER . THE CANNONBALL RUN . And a dude named Indiana Jones. You are not ready. We were not ready. This is why we do this podcast....
May 15, 2017•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 6
One of the decade's most versatile and interesting "That guys" was actually this woman, who scared the hell out of people in Nightmare on Elm Street, but also counts among her contributions to '80s cinema roles in Better Off Dead , Silverado , and Fast Times at Ridgemont High .
May 08, 2017•54 min
Oh, my god, there were roughly 11,000 movies released in May of 1981, and we managed to discuss every single one of them. You want John Waters? We've got John Waters. You want Hal Ashby? We've got Hal Ashby. We've got Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin together. We've got a terrible Lone Ranger movie. We've got Stewart Rafill at his Stewart Rafillest. Sean Connery's in outer space! And Richard Pryor shows up in a really terrible comedy featuring kids and the Klan! All that plus five -- yes FIVE -- s...
May 01, 2017•1 hr 31 min•Season 2Ep. 5
On a chilling, cold, and super-spooky (checks notes) ... Sunday morning in broad daylight, Scott and Drew convened, triumphed over technological shortcomings, and delivered their appreciations, admirations, and thoughts on the John Carpenter classic, The Fog .
Apr 24, 2017•1 hr 32 min
Get ready to listen to the only podcast you will ever hear that manages to transition from Tony Danza in GOIN' APE to Federico Fellini's CITY OF WOMEN . That's right, it's April 1981, and that means it's one seriously weird line-up. There are some classics, like EXCALIBUR and NIGHTHAWKS , and there are some no-so-classics like CAVEMAN and BLOODY BIRTHDAY . We found a delightful and largely forgotten Western with Burt Lancaster, and you'll get to hear a story about how Drew was a total creep to S...
Apr 17, 2017•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 4
One of the most important ingredients in some of the '80s most memorable movies sits down with Drew and Scott to discuss her work in multiple classics, including Back to the Future , Some Kind of Wonderful and... yes, Howard the Duck , too.
Apr 05, 2017•51 min
What do we have this month? Man, what DON'T we have this month? You want a weird uncomfortable sexual triangle between Gene Hackman, Barbra Streisand, and Dennis Quaid? Nope , us neither, but you're getting it anyway ! Either Sam Neill or Bill Cosby is the devil this month... or maybe both of them are! We've got Tobe Hooper, Gary Coleman, Elliott Gould, Sally Field, Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, early Jim Jarmusch, and a comedy that Stanley Kubrick once described as "the perfect movie." Yep. It...
Apr 03, 2017•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 3
A lovely conversation with the woman who helped make canon entries like Blow Out , RoboCop , and Carrie into the classics they truly are.
Mar 22, 2017•1 hr 2 min
Wanna know what the best film that came out this month was? Well, it certainly wasn't SPHINX , based on the Robin Cook book, but that's where our trip through the month begins. Peter Ustinov's almost cheerfully offensive CHARLIE CHAN film is this month, as is the fascinating Christopher Walken performance at the heart of DOGS OF WAR . It's a pretty wild ride, including William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver, Paul Newman, a young Rachel Ticotin, Francois Truffaut, Toshiro Mifune, one of the biggest na...
Mar 20, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Ahhhhh, January. Named for the Latin word for 'door,' this is the way into the second season of the show. Any film fan knows that January is a weird month for releases, and this is no exception. Lily Tomlin's THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN , the ambitious Native American fantasy WINDWALKER , and David Cronenberg's SCANNERS are just a few of the diverse titles we cover this month!
Mar 06, 2017•52 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Well, we're not going to give it away ( Popeye ) or tell you what might show up on this episode ( The Shining ) or even hint at a single title you'll hear us discuss ( The Empire Strikes Back ), but now that we've wrapped up our first year of the podcast, it's time to do a best of episode and decide what films from our most recent trip through 1980 are the ones that stick with us most ( Used Cars ).
Feb 19, 2017•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Our 12th episode finally brings us to December of 1980, and not only is this is the best month of movies we've had to discuss yet, it's also the best episode we've done yet ! Seems fitting, right? After all, we get to talk about films like FLASH GORDON , RAGING BULL , NINE TO FIVE , ALTERED STATES , INSIDE MOVES , and, yes, Robert Altman's POPEYE . WHICH IS AWESOME. BECAUSE IT IS. AND WE WILL ACCEPT NO ARGUMENT ON THIS TOPIC. But seriously, POPEYE rules....
Feb 06, 2017•1 hr 31 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Oh my god, it's really going to happen: We're going to wrap up the first year of this project, and it's starting to feel... really comfortable . Do you have trouble telling GATES OF HEAVEN and HEAVEN'S GATE apart? You won't after this episode. Have you ever seen the Golan-Globus musical THE APPLE ? We have, and we still can't believe it's real. And if you want a great example of high art and low art existing side by side, we're doing both KAGEMUSHA and SHOGUN ASSASSIN . It's November 1980, and i...
Jan 21, 2017•50 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Can you believe we're almost done with 1980? It's flying by, and after a short holiday break, we are back with a jam-packed episode that covers everything from TERROR TRAIN to Frank Sinatra's final starring role, with a beloved romance starring Christopher Reeve, Paul Simon's most personal film, and David Lynch's mainstream breakthrough as well. Dig in, because this one covers almost 20 films.
Jan 09, 2017•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 10
We've got our sound issues all worked out finally, and just in time for one of the strangest episodes yet. Woody Allen gets all Fellini on us, Walter Matthau plays spy games, and Marty Feldman brings us Richard Pryor as a computer named G.O.D. Bette Midler, Robert Altman, Mary Tyler Moore, and Jason Robards as Howard Hughes. That's not enough for you? Come on! How much awesome can we give you in one week?
Dec 12, 2016•57 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Scott is halfway out of the well! And just in time for a very strange episode, featuring films like SMOKEY & THE BANDIT II , THE FIENDISH PLOT OF DR. FU MANCHU , and XANADU . This is the first appearance of Jackie Chan on the podcast, the first appearance of Tom Hanks, and we even cover two (yes, TWO) Chuck Norris movies.
Nov 28, 2016•50 min•Season 1Ep. 8
First things first: you'll notice that Scott Weinberg was trapped in a well for this week's episode. He's fine! We've got him out of the well, and he's been reunited with his family, and the dog who led everyone to where he was trapped is going to get a parade and you're all invited! In the meantime , we cover July 1980, which includes CADDYSHACK , AIRPLANE! , USED CARS , and much more, so check that out.
Nov 14, 2016•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 7
This show just keeps getting better. Where else are you going to hear a conversation about THE BLUES BROTHERS , Clint Eastwood, Herbie Goes Bananas , the wacko Bermuda-Triangle-lost-pirates movie The Island , and Richard Rush's strange and beautiful The Stunt Man ? Nowhere , that's where! Nowhere except '80s ALL OVER !
Oct 31, 2016•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Oh my god, it's finally here. THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK . ...And if that were the only thing we were talking about this month, that would be awesome. BUT IT'S NOT. Try on FRIDAY THE 13th . Or THE SHINING . Or BON VOYAGE, CHARLIE BROWN (AND DON'T COME BACK) . I mean, come on. Alan Parker's FAME . This is how good May is. ALL THE GOOD! ALL OF IT, I TELL YOU !
Oct 17, 2016•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 5
This was always the month that gave us stress when we were first talking about this idea, because it's got the fewest new releases for any month of the year, and it's not a great batch. Still, we've got Dabney Coleman , a weird Disney misfire, Don Knotts and Tim Conway together, and the giant freakshow that is James Coburn. Check this one out!
Oct 03, 2016•45 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Holy cow, these just keep getting better. We've got LITTLE DARLINGS . We've got FORBIDDEN ZONE . We've got James Caan and Sissy Spacek and Gilda Freakin' Radner. Oh... and we've got a little something called MAD MAX . Seriously. Why aren't you already listening?
Sep 19, 2016•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This time, we're looking at American Gigolo , John Carpenter's The Fog, Fatso, Hero At Large, Midnight Madness, Foxes, Cruising, Maniac, Saturn 3, Tom Horn, Middle-Age Crazy, Simon , and Caligula .
Sep 05, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 2
This isn't really the show yet. The intro doesn't sound the same. The sound doesn't sound the same (it'll take awhile before that gets locked in, and even then, Scott falls into a well at one point). And you'll notice this is a whole month of movies done in less than 40 minutes. That sure as hell never happens again, either. These are the humble beginnings of '80s All Over, a five-year mission that began with, of all the films; CAN’T STOP THE MUSIC, THE CHANGELING, DIE LAUGHING, HANGAR 18, HARDL...
Sep 01, 2016•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1
