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

who were there for it the first time around.

Drew McQueenie and Scott Weinberg are ready to review every major film of the decade

one month at a time.

The look at what worked then, what endures now, and how it felt to be there when it all went

down.

Turn back the calendar with us.

It's the 80s all over. The When you're talking to the moments that defined a year, the election of Ronald Reagan had to be first and foremost for Americans in 1980.

I'd say the death of John Lennon was arguably just as defining for the era that followed, and it was sort of a delineation between what was and what would be.

There's not an American who was alive that year who doesn't clearly remember the furor over the insanely important question who shot J.R. And likewise, I suspect you know exactly where you were when the miracle on ice occurred.

And the U.S. hockey team bit the USSR.

Finally, while you may not remember the event, I would argue that the establishment of the United Negro College Fund in September was a landmark moment that has changed and better

to generation of Americans.

And there were some awesome movies in 1982.

Hi, I'm Drew McQueenie, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, Scott Weinberg.

Hi, everybody.

Welcome to 80s all over, and this is our very first wrap-up episode because we've finished our

first year of the podcast with 1980, and it's kind of an exciting landmark to have finally

gotten through, you know, our first

section of this, this experiment. You know, we want to thank everybody who has downloaded,

listened to, reviewed, recommended, tweeted, whatever, supported our first 12 episodes. We

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