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Two lifelong Gen-X friends from a tiny Ohio community set out on a quest to find the totally 80s-est song ever recorded! Joe Wack and Keith Marsteller discuss 80s music, pop culture, celebrities, movies, music videos, and products through the lens of their rural upbringing. After arranging the songs into a bracket of 64, they then rely on audience votes to advance songs through the tournament, all in the service of finding "The 80s-est" song in all the land!
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- S4E37: Red Dawn Region, Round 2 · 1 h 3 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 37Welcome to Round 2 in the Red Dawn Region, where the shows are shorter, and the voting is even more important! NOTE: there are FOUR POLLS for you to vote on here! Feel like…
- S4E36: Fast Times Region, Round 2 · 54 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 36Welcome to Round 2 of the Fast Times Region, where the shows are shorter, and the voting is even more important! NOTE: there are FOUR POLLS for you to vote on here! Feel like…
- S4E35: 16 Candles Region, Round 2 · 60 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 35Welcome to Round 2, where the shows are shorter, and the voting is even more important! NOTE: there are FOUR POLLS for you to vote on here! Feel like ranking movies for next…
- S4E34: Raiders Region 2v15(Flash’/of the Jedi) · 1 h 47 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 34The final first-round game of the Raiders of the Lost Ark Region brings together two VERY different films, and my goodness, we talk about them for way too long. In one corner…
- S4E33: Raiders Region 7v10:(Spla/pped) · 1 h 38 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 33This week, two one-word titles dominate the penultimate matchup of the first round! In one corner: Zapped!, Robert Rosenthal’s 1982 teen sex comedy in which a high school science…
- S4E32: Raiders Region 3v14: Outside/Making Sense · 1 h 34 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 32This week’s lineup of films has a couple of films that didn’t have much of a presence in the lives of our hosts, Keith & Joe. However, we brought in experts to help us out! In…
- S4E31: Raiders Region 6v11(Ghost/Bloodsters) · 1 h 39 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 31This week we have an iconic 80s comedy franchise against an iconic 80s action franchise! In one corner: Ghostbusters, Ivan Reitman’s 1984 supernatural comedy in which three…
- S4E30: Raiders Region 4v13:(Eddie & the Terminators) · 1 h 39 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 30This week, we flash back to movies that have lots of flashbacks in them. (Or flash-forwards in one case.) In one corner: The Terminator, James Cameron’s 1984 science fiction…
- S4E29: Raiders Region 5v12(Never/Escape) · 1 h 30 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 29In one corner: The Neverending Story, Wolfgang Petersen’s 1984 fantasy in which a lonely boy named Bastian steals a magical book and begins reading — only to discover he is part…
- S4E28 Raiders Region 8v9:(9 to/Party) · 1 h 46 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 28This week, by chance, we had 9 to 5 to review, and the day before we recorded, we lost Dolly Parton. Just when we were prepared to try to reduce our show length, we felt it…
- S4E27: Raider Region 1v16(Raidin’/Alive) · 1 h 45 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 27Welcome to the Raiders of the Lost Ark Region! Our first matchup is as epic as the blockbuster for which the region is named! In one corner: Raiders of the Lost Ark, the #1 film…
- S4E26: Red Dawn Region 2v15(Karate/Gentleman) · 1 h 48 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 26This week, Joe and I got out of hand on discussion time again (sorry!) as we discuss two films about becoming someone. In one corner: The Karate Kid, the 1984 coming-of-age…
- S4E25: Red Dawn Region 7v10 (Pork'/'lins) · 1 h 19 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 25Today’s films are both about things that get catastrophically out of hand. In one corner: Gremlins, the 1984 horror-comedy that was so disturbingly violent for a PG rating that…
- S4E24: Red Dawn Region 3v14 (War/Brothers) · 1 h 36 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 24This week on the 80s-est: two films about what happens when you accidentally start something you can’t stop. In one corner: WarGames, the 1983 Cold War thriller in which a…
- S4E23: Red Dawn Region 6v11 (All the Right /Stripes) · 1 h 30 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 23Two films about young men trying to figure out what they want — just with very different levels of seriousness. In one corner: Stripes, Ivan Reitman’s 1981 military comedy that…
- S4E22: Red Dawn Region 4v13 (Trading/Arthurs) · 1 h 45 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 22Joe and I haven’t spoken for two weeks, and it showed. We lost track of time, apologies for the lengthy show, feel free to listen on 2X! 😃 This week, we explore two early-80s…
- S4E21: Keith & Alejandro's Excellent Adventure · 1 h 24 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 21Hello, 80s-est listeners! Well, we didn’t do a rerun while Joe and his family were out creating magic in the park with Twelfth Night. (Ballinger Shakespeare) Instead, with Joe’s…
- S4E20: Red Dawn Region 5v12 (Valley/'Shack) · 1 h 36 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 20Valley Girl gets undersold by its title. This 1983 film is a genuinely sweet Romeo-and-Juliet story set against the San Fernando Valley’s new wave moment that gave America many…
- S4E19: Red Dawn Region 8v9 (Dark/Fame) · 1 h 26 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 19Round two of the Red Dawn Region, and it’s puppets vs. performing arts kids. In one corner: The Dark Crystal, Jim Henson and Frank Oz’s 1982 fantasy epic — every character a…
- S4E18: Red Dawn Region 1v16 (Red/Virgin) · 1 h 35 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 18We’re opening the Red Dawn Region, and as always the first matchup is one of the most lopsided, on paper, at least. In one corner we have Red Dawn, the 1984 John Milius film that…
