March 1984

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2018

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

We've had big shows before, but nothing like this one. You wouldn't think this would be such a crazy month, being smack dab in the middle of the spring, but you'd be wrong. Sure, there's a fistful of junk this week—including an uneven Vietnam war romance, dogs from Hell, and a barely-released adaptation of a novel every med student knows—but we also see the kickoff of one of the biggest franchises of the decade, a delightful coming-of-age film with three of the most promising young actors of the decade, and Tom Hanks romancing a mermaid. Still not convinced? How about Stephen King stumbling, a super-serious Tarzan, or the movie that turned 14-year-old Drew into a snarling punk? Come on. This month goes to 11. Let's get busy with March of 1984

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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.
1:17.6	It's the 80s all over. I'm not you know, and This one's This one's kicked off a 12-month long strike by the British coal industry while on TV, an equally dark time began with the premiere of Caten Alley.
1:31.8	Just when you think you're all by yourself, you're not.
1:36.3	In Manhattan Beach, California, teachers of the McMartin preschool were charged with satanic ritual abuse of their young students,
1:42.0	part of a growing and deeply weird obsession with
1:44.3	satanic cults by mainstream America. All charges were eventually dropped. Andrew Lloyd Weber's Starlight
1:49.9	Express premiered, speaking of Satan, proving that his particular deal with the Dark Lord were still
1:54.1	firmly in place. And finally, in a move that would one day directly lead to Rosie Perez's
1:58.4	most intolerably annoying performance, a New York police detective gave a waitress half of his $1.00 lottery ticket as a tip the day before
2:05.2	winning $6 million.
2:07.2	You got to love a story like that as a way to kick off March of 1984.
2:11.1	Hi, everybody.
2:11.6	I'm Drew McGuney and welcome to 80s all over.
2:13.8	I'm joined as always by my co-host, Scott Weinberg.
2:16.3	Scott, how are you, sir?
2:17.5	This month has been freaking insane. This might be one of the densest episodes we're ever going to do.
2:25.6	And it starts with a very special tip of the hat to a man we just lost last week, the great
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