August 1982

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

After the dizzying high of the summer of 1982, it was perhaps inevitable that we would experience a drop-off, but at least it's an interesting one. After all, we've got Fassbinder remaking the film that put Marlene Dietrich on the map. We've got Charlton Heston both writing and directing a strange riff on a Humphrey Bogart classic. And we've got a really crappy Friday the 13th sequel! But beyond that, we've got one of the strangest Ralph Bakshi films, we've got a terrible Cheech and Chong movie, we've got a Don Coscarelli cable mainstay, and we've got Mazursky riffing on Shakespeare. All of that, plus one of the greatest teen comedies of the decade? Totally awesome!

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0:00.0	There are few decades in film history that have been as scrutinized as the 1980s.
0:18.8	But to really understand the decade and its movies, it's going to take a couple some ones
0:23.2	who were there for it the first time around.
0:25.7	Drew McQueenie and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade
0:30.5	one month at a time.
0:31.9	The look at what worked then, what endures now, and how it felt to be there when it all went
0:36.9	down.
0:39.4	Turn back the calendar with us.
1:26.7	It's the 80s all over. Thank you. I'm going to Steve Miller's Abercadabra was the number one song in the country.
1:31.0	The U.S. intervened in Beirut, driving out Yasser Arafat and PLO.
1:35.7	The first gay games were held in San Francisco, and on August 17th,
1:45.3	the very first commercially produced compact disc was pressed in Langenhagen, Germany, featuring Chopin's Waltzes, is performed by Claudia Aro.
1:48.3	What other classics do you think were produced in August of 1982?
1:52.3	We're going to answer that question because I'm Drew Mcweeney, the co-host of 80s all over,
1:56.6	and I'm joined by my co-host, Scott Weinberg.
1:59.4	Welcome to the August 1982 episode of 80s all over, the best podcast in the fucking world.
2:07.5	Wow.
2:08.2	Came out strong this week.
2:10.2	Scott showed up to play.
2:11.7	Another thing I wanted to say real quickly is we've been relatively boner free here
2:15.2	at 80s all over the last couple of months.
2:17.2	And that's been exciting.
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