Episode 13: Can’t Buy Me Love – Disorderlies – The Monster Squad – No Way Out: August 14, 1987

The Village Bath Club must die! Long live the Manhasset Country Club! This week, Jason, Fred, and Dan travel back to August 14, 1987 and revisit CAN’T BUY ME LOVE, DISORDERLIES, THE MONSTER SQUAD, and NO WAY OUT!Much like the Iran-Contra hearings that dominated the summer of ‘87, this week’s episode isn’t afraid to ask the tough questions! Questions like:...If three Fat Boys fall in an elderly man’s mansion and nobody raps, have they made what could reasonably be called a “movie”? (What about Ralph Bellamy’s dignity? If it falls, can it get back up?)...Which is more than exciting: watching paint dry, or watching a photograph be developed slowly over 12 hours in No Way Out?...Which film features a squad of No-Frills Goonies, patented 80s homophobia, pre-teen smoking, and Holocaust-surviving monster hunters? (If you guessed Disorderlies, well... you might be right, but we’re talking about the other one.)...Which Can’t Buy Me Love star resembles a cross between a young Jackie Mason and the poster for Ghoulies? (Hint: He’s neither a robot nor a chicken.)...How many recurring characters does it take to get a letter in the mail sack? ...And - most importantly - does Fred’s 10-year-old daughter have a keener knack for film criticism than anyone else on the podcast? (Don’t answer that last one! That’s rhetorical, dammit!)From the boys’ favorite Gene Hackman performances to the eternal debate over whose childhood was better or worse than Patrick Dempsey crying himself to sleep in a shed... it’s Episode 13 of OPENING WEEKEND!