Old v. Gold 201: Better Off Dead

from Old v. Gold · host Tim Bland

Season 2 premiere! Ah, the '80s. When Americans were obsessed with skiing contests, French foreign-exchange students, Howard Cosell-imitating drag racers, and dancing Claymation fast food - all rigorously documented in exacting cinéma vérité detail by director Savage Steve Holland via "Better Off Dead," Fall 1985's required dose of John Cusack.

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