Dissecting The 80s

About Dissecting The 80s

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.

Publisher

Tripp and Andrew Laino

Category

comedy · tv & film

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

24 Apr 2017

Latest episode

16 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

2 of 270 episodes have a transcript.

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   16 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT

   #316 Link

   Host [Host Name] interviews Elisabeth Shue and Terence Stamp about the 1986 killer ape film Link, exploring its missed opportunities for ape-related carnage.

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   27 Jul 2026

   #315 Deep Rising

   Jaws-ly continues with the delightful creature feature: Deep Rising! How did this monster get on this boat? What's up with that water access door? Why isn't Kevin J. Arnold in more stuff? All this and more! Want the rest of this episode, and even more Dissecting the 80s? Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s to unlock dozens of bonus episodes right away! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: Deep Rising, Treat Williams, Famke Janssen, Kevin J. Arnold, 90s, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

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   24 Jul 2026TRANSCRIPT

   (PREVIEW) #314 Razorback (AKA Boar) 1984 Commentary

   Host [Host Name] and guest [Guest Name] dissect the 1984 Australian creature feature "Razorback" in this interview episode.

Inside a recent episode

#316 Link

Published 16 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] Oh, sure. That would have been fun, that he's a poser of some type. Yeah, something was happening. There, Clint Eastwood, it's every which way but loose and any which way you can. And I just saw this sentence, which is very funny. Although it was poorly reviewed by critics, the film proved successful and became, along with its sequel, any which way you can, two of the highest grossing Clint Eastwood films. When adjusted for inflation... every which way but loose ranks as one of the top 250 highest grossing films of all time really fascinating yeah i mean i guess if it's got a monkey kids want to see it i know i think it's like a serious adult movie clyde the the monkey in that is like drinking beer and fighting people oh okay yeah um you are keep creating a much more interesting movie than the one we're watching which is a real shame but I think even if you just took the exact movie that we watched but showed 30% more monkey-killing things, it's like a great movie that people love. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

52 ratings

Spotify

4.1 / 5

28 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 49 / 100

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Engagement

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