Tripp and Andrew Laino have been watching movies together since 1992, and making fun of them together since 1999, when a rainy afternoon of babysitting turned into 8 hours of cheesy science fiction and jokes. Raised on a strict diet of 80s movies, the pair have an undying love for the decade and all of the weird, wonderful cinema therein, despite barely being there for it. Every other week (since 2014) they dissect a movie and the bizarre cinema quirks of 30-odd years ago.
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We're back! Celebrating the release of the Legacyquel/Remake The Naked Gun, we're diving in with Frank Drebin's debut film. A truly hilarious movie that is just absolutely packed to the gills with jokes! Why don't they make more comedies filled wall-to-wall and edge-to-edge with jokes? All this and more! Thank you for your support and bearing with …
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We're still on our extended hiatus, but here's another great vault episode for you! We're aiming to return in August, stay tuned! Rounding out the 2016 Spooktacular is Chopping Mall! Why aren’t these killbots equipped with cleaning equipment? Who wants to have a sex party in a furniture store? Why are the characters SO stupid? Out-of-context quote …
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We're still on our extended hiatus, but here's another great vault episode for you! We're aiming to return in August, stay tuned! This week, Tripp and Andrew get back to torturing themselves with barely watchable dreck: Adam Sandler’s Going Overboard! Not to borrow from Buzzfeed, but this actually is the movie Adam Sandler doesn’t want you to see! …
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#64 Friday the 13th 4: The Final Chapter
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1:02:54Sorry folks, Hiatus is continuing for another month! Having a baby is hard, and both of us have real job issues making things more complicated. We're hoping to be back in July! For now, another archive episode: Friday the 13th Part 4! Out-of-context quote from this episode: “TED WHERE’S THE CORKSCREW?” FOURBRUARY 2017 continues with Friday the 13th…
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Sorry folks, Hiatus is continuing for another month! Having a baby is hard, and both of us have real job issues making things more complicated. We're hoping to be back in July! For now, another archive episode: Child's Play! Note: Tripp is an idiot and picked the wrong microphone, so the first half of this sounds a mess! He’s super sorry – it’s fix…
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We're on hiatus here on the main feed, but we're still keeping to our Patreon schedule for April and June! Our next flick is Cameron Crowe's coming-of-age classic: Say Anything... Hear us get into a legitimate fight about this movie being #problematic! (It is not. I write the copy, so I determine this - Tripp). “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod …
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While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast ap…
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While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast ap…
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While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast ap…
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While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast ap…
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While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast ap…
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We're on hiatus here on the main feed, but we're still keeping to our Patreon schedule for April and June! Andrew's pick is Hocus Pocus! Does Tripp still not vibe with this movie? Is Thackery Binx the weirdest name possible? Find out at Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s for this episode, plus hours of bonus content! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod …
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While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast ap…
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While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast ap…
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A Note: We do spoil a major part of David Copperfield's Vegas show in this. Vegas! Vegas! Vegas! It's our last episode before the paternity hiatus, and we're discussing a Laino family classic, and a not-great movie that we love deeply: Vegas Vacation! What's the kayfabe of Siegfried and Roy? Why isn't Audrey working at a strip club? How great is Wa…
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While we're on hiatus here on the Main Feed, we're still rolling on Patreon, with Hocus Pocus dropping in April and Say Anything... dropping in June. Want to hear the rest? It’s on Patreon, along with more than TWENTY FIVE additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!) It’s all just $5 per month! AND you can listen on your favorite podcast ap…
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All this and more! It's Tripp's Pick for Favorites-bruary 2025: Back to the Future III! For some reason, we did these movies 5 years apart: 2015, 2020 and now 2025! Did this instill Tripp's love of westerns? Mary Steenburgen is CRAZY horny for Doc, Michael J. Fox is channeling Clint Eastwood and we have a real lovefest for this silly three-quel! Al…
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It's our mom's least favorite movie, Batman Returns! Michelle Pfeiffer causes Andrew's awakening, Danny DeVito is a true horror, and Keaton is...barely in the movie! Hear Andrew gush and Tripp appreciate Tim Burton's second Batman flick. All this and more! Looking for #291 A Nightmare Before Christmas? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 addit…
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Tim Burton's first film, Pee Wee's Big Adventure turns 40 this year, so what better way to kick off 2025? He's a loner, Dottie, a Rebel, and he's at the heart of this delightfully absurd comedy. How old is PeeWee? Is this our most Sketch-forward movie in year? All this and more! Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 addit…
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We'll be back on January 20 with Pee-Wee's Big Adventure! Until then, enjoy this archive episode! Out-of-context quote from this episode: “[Steve Guttenberg] in this movie and Ed Begley, Jr. in She-Devil are the two biggest ‘… what?’ casting decisions.” Steve Gutenberg finally makes it onto the show, Ally Sheedy has brown football helmet hair, Mili…
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It's a true Christmas classic turning 40, so we had to go visit Bedford! Do these rules make any sense? What miracle saved us from the way too dark script version of this? How great is Dick Miller? All this and more! Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than 35 hours of content!)? It’s all just …
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Our long-delayed Listener Request Month finale is here: Jean-Claude Van Damme's testosterone-fueled, wrestling tinged insanity: Bloodsport! Andrew hates a movie Tripp loved, secret salt, a very confusing tournament schedule/structure, inexplicable plot structure, is Jean-Claude AWOL? All this and more! Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along…
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Happy Thanksgiving, here's your second helping of Candy-ed Yams: Delirious! What is Candy so into this lady? What's the best part about living in a soap opera world? Plus, we discuss all the dum things we'd do with a magic typewriter! All this and more! Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 additional episodes (More than …
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We kicked off Candy-ed Yams with a completely incomprehensible movie: Nothing But Trouble! What are we even doing here? Why on earth would Dan Aykroyd bite off so much for his first directorial effort? Why is he wearing a dick nose and a sloppy nightmare monster? All this and more! Looking for #287 Alien? It’s on Patreon, along with more than 25 ad…
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This episode brings us to the end of Freddie month, with a 30th anniversary celebration of Wes Craven's New Nightmare, aka Scream Zero. How did a movie this weird get a greenlight (that's a good thing!), B Roll of real disasters, Andrew hates Tripp's opinions on Heather Langenkamp, Freddie gets scary again! All this and more! Looking for #282 The G…
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