The Best of 1984

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

We all know the icons—Daniel-san and Mr. Miyagi, Peter, Ray, Winston, and Egon, Gizmo and Stripe, and Freddy Krueger—but 1984 was so much more than that. Before we move on, it's time to review the year's biggest winners at the box-office and at the Oscars, and for Scott and Drew to pick their ten favorite films from a very stacked year. Will you agree? Will you be infuriated? Will Scott remember that The Terminator was released this year? You'll find out all of that and more as we reach the halfway point with the Best 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 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.
1:28.3	It's the 80s all over. The Ronald Reagan was re-elected in a landslide. Everyone was dancing to thriller. Michael Jackson was so hot he actually caught fire. America sat up the summer Olympics in Russia and every breath you take was on the radio every time you turned it on.
1:32.9	Where's the Beef was the biggest commercial in the world. Bob Geldof, Band-Aid, Bernie Gets,
1:45.0	crack and AIDS both made their first real appearance in the national consciousness. And the Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded to Gling Gary Glyn Ross by David Mamet because, yes it was. Happy days went off the air. The Cosby Show made its debut. Clearly the party that was the late 70s and the early 80s was over.
1:49.0	Indira Gandhi was assassinated.
1:50.0	We also said goodbye to legends like Truman Capote, Marvin Gay, Count Basie, and the great Francois
1:55.0	Francois Truffaut.
1:56.0	But we also saw a U.S. woman walk in space and to balance out all that loss and star were welcome folks including Kate McKinnon, Katie Perry, LeBron, James, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Zuckerberg
2:05.3	and the late great Harris Whittles to the planet.
2:07.9	Well, okay, maybe the Zuckerberg thing's not such a highlight.
2:10.5	But the point was, there were highs, there were lows, and even when it felt like it was
2:14.7	all about to blow up, the world spun on in 1984.
2:21.5	Hi, everyone, I'm Drew McQueenie,
2:23.1	and welcome to the year-end wrap-up for another season of 80s all over.
2:27.3	I'm joined, as always, by my co-host, Scott Weinberg.
2:30.0	What's up, Scott?
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