SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS OF THE 1980S

08/30/18 • 64 min

LIST-A-RAMA-A-GO-GO: "Stranded at the indoor drive-in" (1983-1989). With the summer heat crashing their weather channel apps, Bob and Tim are taking solace in the cinema of their youth. And what unfolds out of focus isn't some escapist screenings meant to wait out the 80s. These are the big screen projections that inititated their life-long exploration of pop culture. So, turn down those lights (where applicable) and thrill to this full hour like it was Krull.

00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - an effin’ spoiler for the episode

00:00:58 THE GREAT INDOORS - seeing summer movies in the 1980s

00:05:21 BOTH OF THEIR NUMBER FIVES - animated antics of a shared universe

00:12:49 PARENTAL GUIDANCE REJECTED - a pattern begins

00:17:11 BOB’S NUMBER FOUR - is not “Fletch”

00:22:25 TIM’S NUMBER FOUR - cartooning it up

00:28:56 TIM’S NUMBER THREE - is Bob’s Number One

00:35:01 BOB’S NUMBER THREE - is Tim’s Number One

00:40:27 BOB’S NUMBER TWO - and his eldest bikes alone

00:46:31 TIM’S NUMBER TWO - tv titans go to the movies

00:53:43 A BIGGER SCREEN TREATMENT - and viewing it through Kid Goggles

01:00:02 CLOSINGS - contacts, plugs and no catch-phrase

01:02:42 SPECIAL FEATURES - a shapely toot

SPOILER ALERT: In a sequential order that (sort of) spoils any anticipated surprise to what is on Bob and Tim's respective TOP FIVE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTERS OF THE 1980S THAT WE SAW AT THE MOVIE THEATER WHEN THEY CAME OUT (phew) ... here are some trailers.

Try and guess the culprit with the strangely extended ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER FOR WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT.

Have no idea what the movie will probably be about with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TEASER TO BACK TO THE FUTURE.

Wonder where the Annie Potts shout-out went with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO GHOSTBUSTERS 2.

Compose your own score to coincide with the final 28 seconds of this ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO BATMAN.

Listen to the narrator of HARDWARE WARS tell you there is another Star Wars movie with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO RETURN OF THE JEDI.

Whip it .. .ah ... good (?) with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.

Try and imagine what the audience for Stallone's COBRA made of this when they were screened the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE.

And ... as a bonus ... here's the video for Stan Bush's THE TOUCH that took two people to direct.

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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

“Super Poupi ” (opening theme) and "Poupi Great Adventures: The Arcade Game" (closing theme) performed by Komiku from the 2018 album POUPI'S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES available at Freemusicarchives.org. Cleared for public domain use through Creative Commons under a CCO 1.0 Universal License.

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00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - an effin’ spoiler for the episode

00:00:58 THE GREAT INDOORS - seeing summer movies in the 1980s

00:05:21 BOTH OF THEIR NUMBER FIVES - animated antics of a shared universe

00:12:49 PARENTAL GUIDANCE REJECTED - a pattern begins

00:17:11 BOB’S NUMBER FOUR - is not “Fletch”

00:22:25 TIM’S NUMBER FOUR - cartooning it up

00:28:56 TIM’S NUMBER THREE - is Bob’s Number One

00:35:01 BOB’S NUMBER THREE - is Tim’s Number One

00:40:27 BOB’S NUMBER TWO - and his eldest bikes alone

00:46:31 TIM’S NUMBER TWO - tv titans go to the movies

00:53:43 A BIGGER SCREEN TREATMENT - and viewing it through Kid Goggles

01:00:02 CLOSINGS - contacts, plugs and no catch-phrase

01:02:42 SPECIAL FEATURES - a shapely toot

Try and guess the culprit with the strangely extended ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER FOR WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT.

Have no idea what the movie will probably be about with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TEASER TO BACK TO THE FUTURE.

Wonder where the Annie Potts shout-out went with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO GHOSTBUSTERS 2.

Compose your own score to coincide with the final 28 seconds of this ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO BATMAN.

Listen to the narrator of HARDWARE WARS tell you there is another Star Wars movie with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO RETURN OF THE JEDI.

Whip it .. .ah ... good (?) with the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE.

Try and imagine what the audience for Stallone's COBRA made of this when they were screened the ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER TO TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE.

And ... as a bonus ... here's the video for Stan Bush's THE TOUCH that took two people to direct.

MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

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OASIS

OUVRE COMPENSATING: "He's a real Noel-where Man (formerly Liam It Be)" (1994-1998) There was a time when the biggest music act on the planet shot straight out of Britain to invade the U.S. Some would say they were bigger than Jesus. They would would say "eff the Beatles." And this episode Bob will say they were his collegiate education on the majesty of pop music (to clarify ... its an episode about Oasis ... not The Monkees .. but that was probably pretty clear).

00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - Zero Some

00:01:10 BOSTON REBRAND - and Oeuvre-Explaining the episode

00:05:34 MID-NINETIES AT THE OASIS - Bob singles out Brit Pop

00:16:36 FULLY-FORMED ARROGANCE - and sounding like a 70s mix-tape

00:29:40 CHARLATANS U.K.? - less-than-lyrical content

00:39:09 BONEHEADED BRETHREN — and staging a rivalry

00:43:16 BIGGER THAN BEATLES - but longer than necessary

00:53:29 BOB’S LISTLESS LISTENER’S PARTY - and demystifying the master plan

01:03:20 CLOSINGS - contacts, plugs and no catch phrase

01:06:19 SPECIAL FEATURES - Billy Ocean Size

Get in on the (formerly) biggest band in the world before they were the (formerly) biggest band in the world with an hour of early demos and live performances from OASIS: THE EARLY YEARS.

Be thrilled for the Matt Whitecross Oasis documentary that may have been released (?) with this OFFICIAL TRAILER FOR SUPERSONIC.

Try and follow the Gallagher brothers arguing about their rock-and-roll reputations with this painfully transcribed transcript of WIBBLING RIVALRY, which reached number 52 on the UK release charts in 1995.

Listen to the band try to get it right with this 1992 rehearsal of ALL AROUND THE WORLD.

And, finally, rock out with your Big Ben Clock out as Bob's favorite band performs to everyone in Glastonbury with this 1994 live performance of FADE AWAY.

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SQUARE PEGS

BINGE AND PODCAST: “Our school could be your life” (1982-1983) Stuck in detention due to the tardy slip of last week’s missed episode, Bob and Tim are unsnapping their Trapper Keepers to talk about one of their favorite sit-coms of the 1980s. SQUARE PEGS was a one season wonder that aired before either of their Hi-Tops ever stepped into a High School. Yet, somehow, this Sara Jessica Parker starring oddity informed these second graders what their future school nostalgia would consist of.

00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - the Joanie/Chachi/Feline trifecta

00:00:32 BACK TO SCHOOL - but not with Rodney Dangerfield

00:03:45 SEPTEMBER 1982 - and watching what Bob’s mom was watching

00:09:53 ANNE BEATTS STREET - challenging the status quo

00:13:17 I WAS A TEENAGE BROAD CITY - clicking with Patty and Lauren

00:19:07 WEEMAWEE ROLL CALL - and not a hint of John Hughes

00 26:26 NOT SO TYPICAL FOR PRIMETIME PLAYERS - with a shout-out to Benson.

00:30:33 PARENTAL GUIDANCE REJECTED - glasses, braces and no adult supervision

00:35:52 BEHOOVED TO MENTION - a moment for Muffy Tepperman

00:37:52 REALITY BITS - Bob finds some of this a little cartoony

00:42:48 POPULARITY CONTESTED - and a world they could recognize

00:51:24 THE DIVINE SIT-COMEDY - always never quite right

00:59:51 CLOSINGS - contacts, plugs and no catch phrase

01:02:16 SPECIAL FEATURES - owning kids

Patty and Lauren break down the true nature of High School with the OPENING CREDITS TO SQUARE PEGS.

Watch The Waitresses perform the THEME FROM SQUARE PEGS to the cast of Square Pegs during the closing credits for the pilot for Square Pegs ... and then apply some gout and re-patch that fourth wall.

Wonder what you were watching Wednesday nights in 1982 with this NBC PROMO FOR SQUARE PEGS featuring an appearance by Devo. Yes ... Devo.

As a reminder … this is what BENSON was.

Study up on why this show was cancelled after a single brilliant season with the AV CLUB’s retrospective BEHIND THE SCENES CHAOS DERAILED SQUARE PEG'S NEW WAVE PROMISE.

And because that TV Guide article doesn’t seem to be posted online … here is another critique of what was written with NO ONE REMEMBERS SQUARE PEGS BUT THE DRAMA BEHIND THE SCENES IS UNFORGETTABLE from THROWBACKS.COM.

Learn how they put together that mix tape Tim would love to have in THE TOTALLY NEW WAVE LEGACY OF SQUARE PEGS by Lyndsey Parker.

Listen to Bob recount a similar affection for 80s TV (as Tim did in this episode) with the flashback of the podcast episode about MISFITS OF SCIENCE.

And because they both mentioned it … here’s that ELIZABETH PERKINS IN BIG episode.

MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:

“Super Poupi ” (opening theme) and "Poupi Great Adventures: The Arcade G...