EPISODE · Jan 13, 2021 · 1H 53M
Episode 33: Good Morning Vietnam - Moonstruck - For Keeps - w. Dave Itzkoff: January 15, 1988
from Opening Weekend · host Jason O'Connell, Fred Berman, Dan Matisa
Gooooooooooooooood morning, Opening Weekend listeners! This week the boys head back to January 15th, 1988 for deep dives into GOOD MORNING VIETNAM, MOONSTRUCK, and FOR KEEPS. And the show gets a touch of New York Times class when best-selling author and culture reporter, Dave Itzkoff stops by to discuss the late-great Robin Williams. SNAP OUT OF IT! It’s Episode 33 of Opening Weekend!TEENS GONE WILD: 1988! Fred is throwing keg parties! Jason is dressing up like Jesus! Dan is rocking out to “Fish Heads!” And, please, Danny Aiello, don’t preach, ‘cus Molly Ringwald is keeping her baby! While Robin Williams was tearing up Vietnam with his tour-de-force comedy stylings, Jason was tearing up Long Island with his Fat Albert impressions. Cher and Olympia Dukakis may have cleaned up at the Oscars, but the biggest clean up of 1988 was the one after Fred’s illicit house party. Is Randall Batinkoff the poor man’s Zach Galligan-as-Stanley-Kowalski? Dan sayeth so! And find out which Robin Williams performance is Williams’ biographer, Dave Itzkoff’s favorite, when Dave joins the boys for an in-depth discussion about the legendary actor’s legacy and his best-selling book, “Robin.” A La Familia!
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Gooooooooooooooood morning, Opening Weekend listeners! This week the boys head back to January 15th, 1988 for deep dives into GOOD MORNING VIETNAM, MOONSTRUCK, and FOR KEEPS. And the show gets a touch of New York Times class when best-selling author and culture reporter, Dave Itzkoff stops by to discuss the late-great Robin Williams. SNAP OUT OF IT! It’s Episode 33 of Opening Weekend!
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Episode 33: Good Morning Vietnam - Moonstruck - For Keeps - w. Dave Itzkoff: January 15, 1988
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