January 1981

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2017

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

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!

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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 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.
1:23.4	It's the 80s all over. Thank you. I'm going to The U.S. minimum wage was raised to 335 per hour. A deal was closed to release $8 million in frozen assets in order to secure the release of the 52 U.S. embassy workers still being held
1:27.6	hostage in Iran, and they were finally returned home on January 25th.
1:31.4	Hill Street Blues made its debut on NBC, and finally, Elijah Wood was born the same day that
1:36.8	President Reagan signed an executive order that added all federal price and allocation control
1:41.2	on gas and fuel oil.
1:42.8	How the hell did anyone find time for movies in January of 1981?
1:47.3	Hi, I'm Scott Weinberg.
1:48.9	And I'm Drew McQueenie.
1:49.9	And welcome to season two of 80s all over.
1:54.1	Holy shit, that's awesome.
1:55.4	I love saying that.
1:56.3	Welcome to season two.
1:57.7	Thank you to all of our listeners.
1:59.8	Drew made a joke.
2:00.5	We were talking last night. And
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