October 1982

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2018

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Oh my god, are we really almost done with another year's worth of episodes? Are you ready for not ONE but TWO movies by Ted Kotcheff in one month? CAN ANYONE REALLY BE READY FOR TWO TED KOTCHEFF MOVIES IN ONE MONTH? EVER?! It's a definite improvement after the bizarre nightmare of September 1982, but it's still a weird line-up. How weird? Nope. Not going to ruin it. But I will say you get your introduction to Rambo at the end of the month, so you've got that to look forward to. And Burt Young's back. So you know what that means. Dig in.

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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.
1:19.9	It's the 80s all over. Thank you. I'm going to Epcot Center opened in Orlando, Florida, and I was there.
1:23.8	I stood in line for six hours for spaceship Earth, and it was not worth it.
1:28.0	On Broadway, Katz opened its legendary 18-year run at the Winter Garden Theater.
1:32.6	President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs, which we all know was 100% successful,
1:38.5	eliminating all drug use completely. Good job, President Reagan. China announced they'd reach a population of one billion people, just as Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson released The Girl
1:42.4	Is Mine.
1:46.1	Coincidence?
1:47.3	I think not.
1:52.1	With the world as wild as that, we needed an equally wild lineup of films for October 1982.
1:53.2	Hi, everybody.
1:53.9	I'm Drew McQueenie.
1:55.4	Welcome back to 80s all over.
1:58.5	I'm joined, as always, by my co-host, Scott Weinberg.
1:59.9	Hi, it's me.
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