Rated or Dated: Short Circuit (1986)

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Standard Issue

Society & Culture

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Number 5 is alive! Or is he? This week, Hannah and Jen talk about the family-friendly sci-fi comedy, its inappropriate casting and why the love interests have the same haircut. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.7	Hello, welcome to rated or dated. I'm Jen Offord and I am joined by today, Hannah Dunleavy. Hannah, hello.
0:51.0	Hello, Jen. We are without Mickey today. We are flying, not solo, duo. I haven't thought this through. I'm not going to lie. Unsupervised.
0:59.4	Unsupervised. I don't know. What could go wrong? Nothing, I'm sure. Anyway, Hannah, you're the picker of this week's film. What film did you have us watch this week that made me not want to have more input?
1:07.4	This week we watched 1986's sci-fi comedy Short Circuit,
1:12.2	the tale of a runaway robot who comes alive after being struck by lightning.
1:19.6	It stars Steve Guttenberg in two roles.
1:23.2	No, it doesn't, Jen, just in case you start.
1:25.4	No, I know.
1:26.3	I know.
1:26.6	I was like, hang on, what?
1:28.1	That didn't happen.
1:29.3	I was just, the hands were for Steve Gutenberg, who I had forgotten was in this.
1:34.0	So, bonus Gutenberg.
1:36.3	It's an 80s film, of course he was in it, Jim.
1:38.7	He was in absolutely everything.
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