Dissecting The 80s

Tripp and Andrew Laino

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!).

  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    #290 Bloodsport

    Our long-delayed Listener Request Month finale is here: Jean-Claude Van Damme's testosterone-fueled, wrestling tinged insanity: Bloodsport!

    Andrew hates a movie Tripp loved, secret salt, a very confusing tournament schedule/structure, inexplicable plot structure, is Jean-Claude AWOL?

    All this and more!

    Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

    Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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    Keywords: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Bloodsport, kumite, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

    9 December 2024, 8:03 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    #289 Delirious

    Happy Thanksgiving, here's your second helping of Candy-ed Yams: Delirious!

    What is Candy so into this lady? What's the best part about living in a soap opera world? Plus, we discuss all the dum things we'd do with a magic typewriter!

    All this and more!

    Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

    Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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    Keywords: Delirious, John Candy, Mariel Hemingway, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

    25 November 2024, 8:03 am
  • 1 hour 41 minutes
    #288 Nothing But Trouble

    We kicked off Candy-ed Yams with a completely incomprehensible movie: Nothing But Trouble!

    What are we even doing here? Why on earth would Dan Aykroyd bite off so much for his first directorial effort? Why is he wearing a dick nose and a sloppy nightmare monster?

    All this and more!

    Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

    Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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    Keywords: Nothing But Trouble, Demi Moore, Chevy Chase, The Substance, Dan Aykroyd, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

    11 November 2024, 8:03 am
  • 1 hour 42 minutes
    #286 Wes Craven's New Nightmare

    This episode brings us to the end of Freddie month, with a 30th anniversary celebration of Wes Craven's New Nightmare, aka Scream Zero.

    How did a movie this weird get a greenlight (that's a good thing!), B Roll of real disasters, Andrew hates Tripp's opinions on Heather Langenkamp, Freddie gets scary again! 

    All this and more!

    Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

     Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

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    Keywords: Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger, Heather Langenkamp, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

    28 October 2024, 8:03 am
  • 1 hour 26 minutes
    #285 A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

    We're celebrating the 40th birthday of Horror Icon Freddy Krueger with the original Nightmare on Elm Street!

    How do we feel about less silly Freddy? Why does he run like that?!!?! Tripp dares criticize Heather Langenkamp and Andrew gets furious.

    All this and more!

    Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

     Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

    “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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    Keywords: Nightmare on Elm Street, Robert Englund, Freddy Krueger, Heather Langenkamp, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

    15 October 2024, 1:44 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    #284 Scream for Help

    We're rounding out the main part of Listener Request Month with Scream for Help, an oddball horror flick!

    What's with the movie-of-the-week vibes? What on earth is this John Paul Jones score? Does no one know how a lighter works? 

    All this and more!

    Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

     Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

    “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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    Keywords: Scream for Help, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

    30 September 2024, 8:03 am
  • 1 hour 12 minutes
    #283 Saturday the 14th

    A movie with a perfect episode release date: Saturday the 14th! We kick off Listener Request Month with a strange duck of a movie.

    Why this title for THIS kind of spoof? What is Tambor doing, exactly? How is a movie THIS short feeling SO long?!

    All this and more!

    Looking for #282 The Gate? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

     Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

    “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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    Keywords: Saturday the 14th, Spoof, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

    14 September 2024, 8:03 am
  • 1 hour 19 minutes
    #49 Ghostbusters II

    ORIGINALLY AIRED July 11, 2016

    COMING OUT A FEW DAYS EARLY to celebrate the Ghostbusters reboot, Tripp and Andrew strapped on their proton packs and tackled the albatross of the Ghostbusters franchise: Ghostbusters II! How did AN ENTIRE CITY forget what happened in the first … Continue reading →

    2 September 2024, 8:34 am
  • 3 minutes 52 seconds
    #282 The Gate SAMPLE

    It's Listener Request Month! We're coming hot out of the gate with the 1987 too-scary-for-kids flick: The Gate!

    How great are these effects? What the heck is with Terry's whole vibe? Why is this man driving a dog corpse around town? Why does a portal to hell just pop up in this backyard?

    All this and more!

    Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.

     Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!

    “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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    Keywords: The Gate, Stephen Dorff, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

    2 September 2024, 8:01 am
  • 1 hour 46 minutes
    #281 A League of Their Own

    Baseball month rounds third and heads for home with the cable classic A League of Their Own!

    Is this the last '80s-esque Hanks Yell TM on screen? Did Geena Davis throw the game? Tripp reveals a long-held movie grudge, and both brothers pledge to try to kill each other during any competition.

    All this and more!

    Looking for #277, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Tom Hanks, Geena Davis, League of Their Own, Baseball, Rosie O'Donnell, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast
    19 August 2024, 6:56 pm
  • 1 hour 42 minutes
    #280 Major League (FIXED)

    It's baseball month! Here in the dog days of August, we're jumping in with Major League!

    What happened to the raunchy sports comedy? Is baseball the most film-ic sport? Why isn't there more Wesley Snipes? What the HELL is up with this romance subplot?

    All this and more!

    Looking for #277, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids? It’s on Patreon, along with TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast app, including Spotify.   Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for hours of bonus content!   “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/   Keywords: Wesley Snipes, Charlie Sheen, Major League, Baseball, Tom Berenger, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast
    7 August 2024, 11:30 pm
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