Episode 35 - Summer Of 86

Where were you in 1986? If you’re like most of our listeners, you weren’t even born yet. Goddamn Millennials. But for the rest of us who were there for it, most would all agree that 1986 was most definitely a year. This week, we’re taking a look back at another watershed moment in pop culture - 1986: When Mav first turned and burned, when Eddie Murphy was the #1 everything, and real nerds listened to They Might Be Giants. (Years before the cool kids would hijack the term “nerd” and make it their own, taking our last shred of dignity. Jerks.) So sit back and listen to three guys talk about neat stuff. From 1986. 0:00 Intros 4:19 The End of the F**king World 5:27 Heathers (reboot trailer) 6:55 Valley Girl (musical) 7:40 Schitt$ Creek 9:05 Flight of the Phoenix 10:50 Oregon people have to pump their own gas 13:28 “Weird Al” Yankovic - Mandatory Fun 17:00 S-Town 17:20 They Might Be Giants - I Like Fun 19:00 Halt and Catch Fire 19:40 The Good Place 21:40 Cobra 24:50 Short Circuit 26:38 Space Camp 27:50 Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Back to School 30:00 Legal Eagles 31:45 Labyrinth 32:30 Running Scared 34:30 Ruthless People 35:12 Psycho III vs The Great Mouse Detective vs About Last Night 35:55 Big Trouble In Little China 38:11 Under The Cherry Moon 38:42 Club Paradise 39:25 Aliens 43:50 Haunted Honeymoon 44:29 Nothing in Common 44:43 Maximum Overdrive 45:44 Pirates 47:27 Howard The Duck 48:37 Transformers: The Movie 48:51 One Crazy Summer 51:30 She’s Gotta Have It 53:12 The Fly 55:54 Stand by Me 57:42 The Manhattan Project 59:04 There were also good movies in 1986 Clips Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer Clip from Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery Kool & the Gang - Fresh / clip from Bridesmaids / Beside - Change the Beat Buzzcocks - Why Can’t I Touch It? Phantogram - Run Run Blood Schitt$ Creek - End Theme “Weird Al” Yankovic - Foil “Weird Al” Yankovic - First World Problems “Weird Al” Yankovic - Word Crimes “Weird Al” Yankovic - NOW That’s What I Call Polka! They Might Be Giants - By the Time You Get This Halt and Catch Fire - Theme Mentos Jingle / Outkast - So Fresh and So Clean / Devo - Fresh Clip from Poltergeist 2: The Other Side Kenny Loggins - Danger Zone Clip from Cobra El Debarge - Who’s Johnny Space Camp trailer Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam - Lost In Emotion Rod Stewart - Love Touch Michael McDonald - Sweet Freedom Clip from Running Scared John Carpenter - Pork Chop Express (Main Title) - Big Trouble in Little China Prince and the Revolution - Under the Cherry Moon James Horner - Bishop’s Countdown (Aliens - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Clips from Aliens Sesame Street - One Of These Things Is Not Like The Others Dom DeLuise and Gilda Radner - Ballin’ The Jack Pirates trailer Dolby's Cube featuring Cherry Bomb (lead vocals: Lea Thompson, background vocals: George Clinton, guitar: Joe Walsh) - Howard The Duck Theme Clip from One Crazy Summer The Kids in the Hall - Captain Wonderful Ben E. King - Stand By Me Eddie Murphy - Party All The Time