December 1983

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2018

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Wait… did we actually do it? Did we finish 1983?! OH MY GOD WE CAN DO ANYTHING!! WE ARE INVINCIBLE!One last time around the track, though, with another Stephen King adaptation (this one helmed by the great John Carpenter), Mel Brooks doing Ernst Lubitsch cosplay, Meryl Streep taking some really unpleasant showers, and Mickey Mouse’s return to the bigscreen. We’ve got superstar misfires, one of the weirdest horror movies of the year, Ziggy Stardust, and a special look at one of the biggest music videos of all time.That’s not enough for you? Really? Whattaya want, a mountain of cocaine and Al Pacino? WELL THEN YOU GET A MOUNTAIN OF COCAINE AND AL PACINO! Go ahead, make our day, and listen up for December 1983.

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0:00.0	There are few decades in film history that have been as scrutinized as the 1980s, but to really understand the decade and its movies, it's going
0:22.0	to take a couple some ones who were there for it the first time around. Drew McQueenie
0:26.2	and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade 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.
1:25.6	It's the 80s all over. The Rock and Roll Legends the Who announced they were breaking up. The Christmas paradeade from Epcot Center in Florida's Walt Disney World Park was televised
1:29.6	live for the very first time and 13-year-old Drew McQueenie may or may not have acted
1:33.3	the fool near one of the cameras hoping to get some screen time.
1:36.7	Severe political unrest in Bay Route led to an escalation of attacks on American forces
1:40.3	as well as attacks by American forces.
1:42.7	Car bombs, snipers, and more were involved, and it felt
1:45.1	like the world was going crazy everywhere. The IRA blew up Herod's in London, two jets collated
1:49.8	in Madrid, and car bombs in Israel and Kuwait claim many more lives. On a positive note, though,
1:54.8	El Salvador adopted its first constitution ever. Someone stole the original World Cup trophy
1:58.9	from the headquarters of the Brazilian Football
2:00.9	Confederation to Rio, which is hilarious. And Pope John Paul II somehow found the grace to actually
2:06.2	pardon the man who shot him. That's kind of a beautiful way to wrap up December of 1983.
2:12.9	Hi, everybody. I'm Drew McQueenie, and welcome to the last regular episode of the fourth season of 80s all over and I'm joined as always by my co-host, Scott Weinberg. Scott, how are you, buddy?
2:22.8	Damn, sir. That was a lot of syllables in a row.
2:27.8	Always, always happy to hear your news. What do we call those? The news feeds. We'll call those the 80s news feeds.
2:33.5	Thank you, Drew. Very happy to finish
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