It’s the not-sweaty-at-all Andrew Programs the Show in the Month of April: APTSITMOA!We're watching a '90s movie about to be remade: Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead! No, not Tyra Banks and Nicole Ritchie, it's Christina Applegate and scre

#270 Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker

24 days ago 1h 29m

It's the not-sweaty-at-all Andrew Programs the Show in the Month of April: APTSITMOA!We're starting with an underseen slasher in Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker.Is hiring Jan De Bont for one scene the greatest idea for production value ever c

#269 Captain Ron

Mar 25th, 2024 1h 33m

Russel-Mania 2: Oops no Carpenters ends with Captain Ron, a weird boating movie new to both of us!Would this be better with Kurt as the Family Man role? Why isn't this just Summer Rental? Did Kurt forget he wasn't playing Snake Plissken? (D

#268 Breakdown

Mar 7th, 2024 1h 41m

Something went awry with the time circuits on this Leap Day and now we can jump to the past – well we always do that, but a DIFFERENT past!Russel-Mania 2: Oops no Carpenters starts right now with the underseen gem: Breakdown! Kurt gets caught

#267 The Poseidon Adventure CLIP

Mar 4th, 2024 6m 52s

Hey folks - we're going to be a few days late for the normally scheduled episode from today (should be up Thursday!) so we wanted to post this to tide you over a few days.Something went awry with the time circuits on this fine Leap Day and we

#266 Goodfellas

Feb 19th, 2024 1h 58m

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.One of the all-time great opening lines, and miracle of miracles, Andrew didn't hate one of Tripp's all-time favorite movies! Hear us gush over the long takes, incredible performa

#265 The Addams Family

Feb 5th, 2024 1h 42m

Finger snaps! It's the Addams Family for Andrew's Favorites-bruary pick!How great are Gomez and Morticia? Does Tripp's idea to improve this movie make it better (yes)? How is this movie so Tim Burton-ey?!All this and more!Looking for episode

#264 Silent Night, Deadly Night 4

Jan 23rd, 2024 1h 31m

On this second half of revisiting franchises month, Fourn-uary is accurate, because ooh boy is this gross and porny!Why is this so disgusting? Has Screaming Mad George gone too far for us? Why is this so Hellraiser-ey? Why is this called Silen

#263 Amityville 1992: It's About Time

Jan 15th, 2024 1h 54m

This January we're revisiting some franchises we had a lot of fun with in the past, starting with Amityville 1992: It's About Time (AKA Amityville 6).How did they end up on household appliances in this franchise? WHY IS THERE ALWAYS INCEST?

#262 Nickelodeon Christmas-Mentary Sample!

Jan 1st, 2024 8m 3s

Hey gang! This is our latest Patreon bonus, where we watched Double Dare, Legends of the Hidden Temple, Guts and Are You Afraid of the Dark for commentary!All this and more!Want to hear - and see! - the rest? It’s on Patreon. Visit Patreon.c

#261 A Christmas Story

Dec 25th, 2023 1h 44m

Merry Christmas! You'll shoot your eye out! It's A Christmas Story, and its turned 40 this year!What's up with these nightmare Mickey and Minnie parade characters? Why is this poor mother not putting the dang pot of food on the dang table? Why

#260 Action Jackson

Dec 11th, 2023 1h 44m

We're watching a movie Tripp has been waiting all year for: Action Jackson, celebrating its 35th anniversary!How amazing is Dee? HOW ON EARTH ARE THERE NOT 30 OF THESE? How great does Carl Weathers look!? Is this movie a masterpiece?!All this

#259 Uncle Buck

Nov 20th, 2023 1h 29m

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy a heaping helping of Candy-ed Yams with one of Candy's best: Uncle Buck!Is this the best Cat in the Hat adaptation? How can you make these pancakes? Is this the best child actor duo of all time? How did Big Sis disapp

#258 Who’s Harry Crumb?

Nov 7th, 2023 1h 33m

It's Candy-ed Yams, our newest theme month!We're checking out a new-to-us Candy film: Who's Harry Crumb?Who, exactly, is Harry Crumb? Why is Candy slumming it in this? How great is Shawnee Smith? Plus, Tripp goes cartoon wolf over Annie Potts

#257 Halloween

Oct 31st, 2023 7m 40s

Happy Halloween! If you want to hear the rest of our episode on this masterpiece, plus more than 20 bonus episodes, visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s to learn more!We're celebrating this holiday with one of our absolute favorites: John C

#256 The Blob

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 28m

BEWARE OF THE BLOB!How great is Kevin Dillon's hair and pirate shirt? Look at this murderer's row of character actors! How great are these practical effects? How deaf would they be post explosion? What's Del Close doing here?!All this and mor

#255 Friday The 13th Part 6: Jason Lives

Oct 13th, 2023 1h 35m

KI KI KI MA MA MA!We're back in Camp Crystal Lake for this Friday the 13th in October with Friday the 13th: Jason Lives!Why is this guy running around a paintball field with a machete? Why did this girl bring a hamster to camp? Why is this su

#254 Pumpkinhead

Oct 2nd, 2023 1h 21m

The 2023 Spooktacular has arrived! We're jumping off with the sole directorial effort of special effects King Stan Winston!Is this a secret xenomorph? Are these kids actually bad guys? How many cigarettes does Lance Henriksen smoke each day?A

#253 Vacation

Sep 18th, 2023 1h 32m

Summer is winding to a close, so we're ending on one of the heavy hitters of the summer movie genre: Vacation!Happy 40th birthday! This movie is way darker than the other vacations! Is Cousin Eddie a creep? What's up with the looking at porn w

#21 Jaws 3-D

Sep 4th, 2023 1h 25m

To celebrate #SharkWeek 2015, Tripp and Andrew get back in the water with Jaws 3-D! Is this the worst fake shark ever put on film? Would you rather watch a Dennis Quaid film or Randy Quaid film? Is this Shark … Continue reading →

#252 Golden Girls at Walt Disney World Commentary (Clip)

Aug 31st, 2023 7m 12s

Note! Visit Dissecting The 80s on YouTube for a synced version of this commentary. https://youtu.be/_RgJ3BXLW14 Why is there SO MUCH CHARLTON HESTON! How great are the Monkees? Why aren't there more chaotic specials from Disney?All this and m

#251 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)

Aug 21st, 2023 1h 55m

NOTE FOR TANGENT HATERS: Toy Talk Tangent lasts until 21:24For this episode (and likely ONLY this episode), we're Heroes in a Half Shell!How much turtle power is in here? How amazing are these costumes? Why is the production design on this cu

#1 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Aug 8th, 2023 46m 50s

Re-released to celebrate our TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH EPISODE! This is our poor audio quality first-ever episode!Tripp and Andrew dissect the 80s dance-a-palooza known as “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” that surprisingly, doesn’t include ANY Cynd

#250 Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Aug 7th, 2023 1h 53m

To celebrate our milestone 250th episode, we went back to where it began: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!Should we do 100 Military Bullets jokes? What's with Helen Hunt's Hats? Why does every 80s movie do gymnastics instead of dancing?!All this an

#249 Midnight Run

Jul 24th, 2023 1h 38m

Our last episode before the big #250 is a real DIFFERENT OPINIONS episode!Hear Tripp try to convince Andrew about how truly masterful this wonderful comedy is...to no avail!All this and more!“NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech