July 1983

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2018

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

Do you know what a glaive is? If so, you're already one step ahead for the generally rotten July 1983. We've got science-fiction junk, horror junk, sequel junk, and comedy junk. Sure, John Hughes basically hit the ground running this month, but that does not make up for the silly 3D shark sequel set at Sea World. Let's be honest. Nothing does.

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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.
1:13.6	It's the 80s all over. The France France invaded Algeria to kick the month off.
1:29.5	Meanwhile, in Japan, the very first Mario Brothers game was released.
1:33.0	Friday night videos made its premiere on NBC, and as if in response, there were light flashes recorded on Jupiter's moon, Ayo.
1:41.0	Does that seem like a random assortment of facts?
1:43.3	Well, that's not half as random as the films.
1:45.3	We're about to discuss in July of 1983.
1:47.9	Hi, everybody.
1:48.4	I'm Drew McQueenie, and welcome to 80s all over.
1:50.3	As always, I'm joined by my co-host, Scott Weinberg.
1:52.8	Hi, everybody.
1:53.6	I'm Scott Weinberg, and I'm joined by my co-ho-
1:56.0	Sorry, I was just mimicking you. After all these episodes, I think it's fair that we pay a little bit of credit to the person
2:04.3	who writes all your intro pieces that include all the topical news bits.
2:08.7	David Mamet writes those for us.
2:11.5	And kudos, man.
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