January 1983

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Here we go: We've talked some trash about 1983 as we've been ramping up to it, but let us assure you... we are going into this just as excited as we are about any month of any year of this project. This is where it starts to feel like we're really doing this. 1981 was fun. 1982 was easy. But 1983 is our fourth season of the show, and it's the moment when the multiplex started to explode across America. More screens meant more films, and more films meant more variety, both in subject matter and quality, and we hope to make sense of the onslaught. We're already feeling it, too, because there are approximately 745 films every month. Like what?Don't make me say Wacko, damn you. Don't make me do it.

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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.
1:22.0	It's the 80s all over. The Let's kick it off nerd style for 1983. January 1st, the start of the year,
1:25.5	decision is made that affects us on a daily basis now, and as part of the reason you're able to listen to this podcast, as
1:27.5	TCIP-IP protocols are declared the only approved protocol on the ARPANET. Also, the A-Team premiered on NBC.
1:43.2	Gary Trudeau announced he be taking an extended extended break from a celebrated comic strip Dunesbury.
1:48.0	And finally, Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie was discovered and arrested in Bolivia.
1:52.3	And sadly, Magneto was not there to fuck him up.
1:54.9	What a way to kick off another year as we begin here today with January of 1983.
1:58.9	And I am joined, as always, by my co-host, Scott Weinberg.
2:02.3	What's up, buddy?
2:03.2	Thanks, Walter Cronkite for that insightful news recap.
2:07.4	My name is Scott Weinberg.
2:09.9	I am the co-host and co-creator of 80s all over.
2:14.2	Before we begin, the worst movie year of my entire life, I would like to, and Drew would like to send a thanks to a gentleman on the Twitter known as Sam looks great, all one word. And you can thank him for compiling a great little highlight video on YouTube. If you want to pause the, pause the podcast before pause. Oh, oh, here we go to go to YouTube, do 80s all
2:38.2	over. Just search for 80s all over. I'm pretty sure it's literally the only video for us. And it's just a
2:43.3	highlight collection of stuff from 80, 81 and 82. I had to laugh really hard. I was out with,
2:48.6	I was out with my girlfriend and we were running errands and I was sitting in the car.
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