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**1980s Now**

1980s Now is a weekly examination of the importance of 80s pop culture and its continued influence today. We demonstrate that nostalgia alone doesn’t account for the contemporary fascination with our favorite decade. Instead, we share personal experiences and interview experts–including icons from 80s music, movies and TV–to demonstrate the “era of greed” bore the greatest moments in movies, music, television and sports. The show is equally entertaining and informative. (80s is aka ’80s.)

Latest Episodes:

Deadpool's 1980s Easter Eggs Aug 19, 2024

Show notes

Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

00:00 - Introduction

05:00 - The 1980s Easter eggs in Deadpool and Wolverine

13:50 - 1989’s Like a Prayer gets a Deadpool remake

21:00 - Two new 80s-style arcade games based

27:00 - New animated Ghostbusters series

35:35 - The truth about B-Girl Raygun at the Olympics

59:00 - Wrap Up and Thank You

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Check out RetroDaze on YouTube.

Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

Toxic Avenger, Twisted Sister, and Stranger Things Aug 13, 2024

Show notes

Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

0:00 - Introduction

6:00 - Bruce Campbell Takes Issue with Die Hard

16:30 - Toxic Avenger is unreleasable

26:22 - Stranger Things is coming Broadway

36:50 - Beetlejuice Beetlejuice popcorn bucket

48:15 - Twisted Sister will guilt you into listening to new music

54:25 - JJ Abrams next project has 80s movie vibes

1:00:00 - Wrap Up and Thank You

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow

Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

Check out RetroDaze on YouTube.

Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

McDonald's Olympic Blunder and Deadpool in 1984 Aug 05, 2024

Show notes

Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

0:00 - Introduction

5:30 - Cocaine Sharks the new murder hornets?

14:42 - Terry Gilliam rejected a Time Bandits sequel

25:50 - Breaking is the New Olympic Sport

37:55 - Get "Danger Peak" by Michael Thomas Perone.

39: 00 - 1991’s Deadpool is in a 1984 comic

56:00 - McDonald’s 1984 Olympic Blunder

1:05:30 - Wrap-Up and Thank You

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow

Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

Show Update Jul 29, 2024

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Will and Jon discuss the recent events that have delayed the show, but assure us the show will record live on July 31 at 7pm Eastern on YouTube and Facebook.

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow

Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Easter Eggs Jul 15, 2024

Show notes

Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

0:00 - Introduction

4:00 - Time Bandits TV Show Trailer

18:40 - Mr. Miyagi Mystery in Cobra Kai

27:25 - Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F Easter Eggs and More

1:15:15 - Wrap-Up and Thank You

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow

Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

Inteview: Lance Guest ("The Last Starfighter") Jul 13, 2024

Show notes

Lance Guest made his big screen debut in Halloween II, the sequel to John Carpenter’s iconic horror film. It was his appearance in that movie that helped him land his starring role in “The Last Starfighter,” one of our all-time favorite films. Released July 13, 1984, that film turns 40 this month. Listen to our chat with the star of the iconic film.

Also check out our interview with screenwriter Jonathan Betuel from June.

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Come meet Lance (and us) at RetroCon. Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

More 80s Dungeons, Beverly Hills Cop TV, Last Starfighter Video Game Jul 08, 2024

Show notes

Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

0:00 - Introduction

3:10 - Lance Guest Interview and Retrocon

7:00 - More 80s-nostalgia coming to Dungeons and Dragons

16:00 - Glass blocks are back

28:00 - Beverly Hills TV show we never got

40:45 - The Last Starfighter game we never got

58:30 - Wrap-Up and Thank You

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow

Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

Caligula, AI Lawsuit and Best Defense Jul 01, 2024

Show notes

Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

0:00 - Introduction

05:00 - The Fall Guy reaches milestone

10:00 - Caligula returns to theaters

20:00 - New Robert Zemeckis movie

34:30 - New AI lawsuit

46:50 - Lyrics have gotten worse since the 80s

59:30 - Is Best Defense the worst movie of 1984?

01:20:25 - Wrap-Up and Thank You

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow

Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

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Forgeries, Musicals and Rocket-Firing Boba Fett Jun 24, 2024

Show notes

Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

0:00 - Introduction

3:45 - Announcement

*Come see us at RetroCon

6:15 - Is Bon Jovi selling forgeries?

16:10 - The 80s Musical that just won a Tony

25:05 - The 80s Musical that was just cancelled

40:50 - The 80s Musical that is headed to Broadway

46:25 - Rocket-firing Boba Fett sets record

01:09:20 - Wrap-Up and Thank You

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow

Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

Get your tickets for RetroCon here.

Subscribe to Celebrating Yesteryear on YouTube.

Interview: Author Steven Vass ("Let the Music Play") Jun 21, 2024

Show notes

Steven Vass is the author of "Let the Music Play: How R&B Fell in Love with 80s Synths." It's the overlooked story of how R&B, disco and funk were transformed by the explosion of music tech in the era of ghetto blasters and Ronald Reagan. It traces how pioneers like Stevie Wonder and Herbie Hancock inspired a new generation of black musicians and producers to reinvent music with a whole new set of rules.

00:00 - Introduction

07:10 - Interview: Steven Vass

Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow

Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

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