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EPISODE · Apr 30, 2026 · 1H 20M

Purple Rain with Gerry D

from Now Watch This · host Now Watch This with Lucky and Joe

Now watch this goes back to the raddest time of all the 80s! When i go to the 80s i can't thnk ofd a better companion than the raddest podfather out there Gerry D of Totally Rad Christmas. The year was 1984 Ghostbusters was the big summer hit and in Minneapolis Prince was getting ready to release his 1st venture on the silver screen that became the classic Purple Rain. Purple Rain, the semi-autobiographical and prophetic story of a musician’s rise to superstardom, opened on July 27, 1984. One month later, Prince Roger Nelson became the first artist to ever have the top movie, album, and single at the same time. Dig if you will these purified facts about the musical 1980s cult classic. Gerry and I talk from Let's go crazy to I will die 4u and everything in between. Such a classic concert film never to be replicated. What was your favorite song from this movie. Darling Nikki, or were you a member of the time doing the bird like gerry and I. Purify yourselves in lake Minnetonka tonight while we take you back to this 80s masterpiece.

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