May 1981

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2017

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

Oh, my god, there were roughly 11,000 movies released in May of 1981, and we managed to discuss every single one of them. You want John Waters? We've got John Waters. You want Hal Ashby? We've got Hal Ashby. We've got Charles Bronson and Lee Marvin together. We've got a terrible Lone Ranger movie. We've got Stewart Rafill at his Stewart Rafillest. Sean Connery's in outer space! And Richard Pryor shows up in a really terrible comedy featuring kids and the Klan! All that plus five -- yes FIVE -- slasher films. What are you waiting for?!

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0:00.0	There are few decades in film history that have been as scrutinized as the 1980s.
0:18.8	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.
1:25.7	It's the 80s all over. Thank you. I'm going to Billy Jean King became the first prominent sportsman to come out when she announced her relationship with Marilyn Barnett.
1:30.4	26-year-old Bobby Sands died of a result of his 66-day hunger strike.
1:35.1	SCTV Network 90 debuted on NBC to the delight of a generation of comedy fans,
1:39.1	and Andrew Lloyd Weber's cats debuted in London to the delight of a generation of tourists.
1:47.4	By far, though, the most important story of the month was the premiere of the Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island, perhaps the finest crossover between a basketball team and a sitcom movie
1:51.8	of all time.
1:52.8	Oh my God.
1:53.4	Even so, there were films released in May of 1981.
1:57.9	Let's talk about them today.
1:59.2	Yeah.
2:00.0	Oh, dude.
2:03.6	It is a wild month. It's crazy. It's really crazy. When I sent you this list, your first response was, Drew, that's not, we're not doing
2:08.1	the rest of 1981 in one episode. Now, before we get going this week, I wanted to once again,
2:13.8	thank all of you who have taken the time to pledge support on the Patreon page.
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