That 80s Show
Shoulder pads, Rubik’s cubes, luminous clothes, angsty movies... and of course loads of factoids. Paulo and Dori are living in the past - and loving it!
The Hoff's nipple placement | Misheard Duran Duran | Mystery of soap on a rope
The show kicks off with misheard Duran Duran lyrics, explained by Simon Le Bon. We then go 80s shopping at Aldi which makes us wonder what was the use of soap on a rope? Paulo was watching Baywatch wrong if he remembers where The Hoff's nipples were and Chesney Hawkes…
Blame it on the pangolin | A TWAR with a mom | Gary Kemp is a naughty boy
We open the show with a story from the '80s that involves Woody Harrelson, Michael J Fox and viper poison. Shouldn't every show start that way? We start a Twitter war with a mother of 3 teenagers over Quantum Leap, Alyssa Milano shows us why SHE'S The Boss, our movie…
Back to the Future Shopping | Are Yahoo being Serious? | Ro-Rolling
Christopher Lloyd has been a big tease but the Delorean is now out the garage and Paulo want's EVERYTHING from www.backtothefuture.shop. Dori has a not very Serious movie recommendation, so you know next week she's coming back with full frontal art house, while Paulo relives video shop trauma. But honestly…
Dori's very old books | The Quantum Leap reboot is still rubbish | Out-Whamming!
For a show about the 1980's we veered very close to the 1880's with Dori's very old books. Not even the very old book store wants them...any takers? Dori was so distraught by the whole thing she looked for solace in the #QuantumLeap Reeboot, only to be disappointed by a…
Up to the minute 'Who's the Boss' news | Loved Agassi, hated Tennis | Rob is Fab
This week, Paulo and Dori discover Tony Danza's one man show - finally HE'S the boss! Dori makes a hair-raising Andre Agassi discovery, and Rob from Milli Vanilli is lip syncing again. Our movie recommendations go from Heavenly to Hellish and Julia Louis-Dreyfus made the right choice focusing on TV…
Queen Diana prepares to visit | Cosplay George Michael | The World Music Vault
Paulo and Dori look back the The USA Today newspaper from 21 October 2015 - well that day from #BTTF2 - to find out what future the best movie in that series predicted. Dori revisits 'Who's the Boss', a show that made Paulo wonder if he should follow a career…
The Chippendales broke Paulo's algorithm | Sting dancing | The Chart Savant
After delving into Dori's Chippendale multimedia content, Paulo's algorithms think he's a mid-80s housewife. We find out about Marty and Doc's reunion at NYC Comic Con and it makes Dori sad. To cheer herself up she watched a Sting movie that should have starred Johnny Rotten. Fun day. The Chart…
Hands off my Kylie | Welcome to your Fantasy | A show ahead of its time - 1984
40% of adults admit to leaving something sticky on the walls of the rooms they spent their teenage years in - and it has a lot to do with Kylie Minogue and Andre Agassi. Dori claims to have no interest in The Chippendales - but she suuuure knows all about…
Living on a Prayer... for an iPhone | Dahmer | Should we cancel Estelle Getty?
Welcome to a show that starts with a Bon Jovi misheard lyric and ends with a Wham! misdirection. In between we ask if Jeffrey Dahmer's stepmom is prettier in pink, will Sam Beckett's appearance in the Quantum Leap reboot be a tax write-off and is Estelle Getty the most cancellable…
Village People in the 80s | Ridley Scott, Tom Cruise and Tim Curry | A Wham! pun
No one has been in a Village People rabbit hole for a while - so we head down one - especially their outrageous flop of a New Wave period. Dori's movie puts some more degrees of seperation between Kevin Bacon and bachelorhood while Paulo recommends a movie with the best…
Guess who's Bak-ula? | Courteney Cox hits (meno)pause | The Apex '80s Movie
It finally happened, an '80s reboot we missed - so we jump into the Quantum Leap follow-up and find out what it's got to do with a Ghostbuster. Courteney Cox makes a return talking about her downstairs friends, 30 years apart... and Dori visits the Otherworld. Paulo then reviews the…
Parys Hilton | Milli Vanilli's misheard lyrics | Lewis Capaldi gets a suntan
Paulo tells Dori that bachelor parties aren't that interesting, even though he met Parys Hilton at his. We get into biopics on Milli Vanilli and Weird Al, and hope that legal wrangles never lead to a remake of the Neverending Story. Plus Lewis Capaldi heads to Club Tropicana - but…
Dos Loreans | Mr Mom phones home | The most '80s songs ever
It's another episode of That 80s Show, and it is the 80's distilled, run through a charcoal filter, then run through a 2nd distillation to remove any '70s and '90s impurities, leaving only the concentrated '80s, with delicate woodsy overtones and hints of plum. Paulo and Dori want to know…
Put down the hairdryer | An Italo-Disco-mentary | Retrotastic Pseudo-Nostalgia
She-Hulk 2022 has memes, GIFS and an emoji. She-Hulk of the 80s had Brigitte Nielsen. We still prefer Lou Ferrigno in a wig. Plus Paulo discovers an Italo-Disco documentary and will be unavailable for an hour. We reroute from the 80s to discuss Trainwreck: Woodstock '99... but get it back…
Rick Astley Insurance | The FBI is coming for Paulo | Computer virus panic!
Would you buy insurance from Rick Astley? He ticks all the boxes, won't give you up or let you down. Ok the, would you buy insurance from long-haired Rick Astley - Dori would after she watches the new AAA insurance ad with its own spin on his 80s hit. We…
A.I. predicts '80s movie posters | Rarest '80s cassette tapes | Some Goss-ip
What if Artificial Intelligence created 80s movies? Judging by the posters, The 3 Amigos would be a veeeeeery different movie. In this week's episode we also look at a series so 80s, you won't believe it's not 80s, have a drink with Dudley Moore and find out that there's a…
RIP ONJ | The Max Headroom Incident | The sad tale of Jan-Michael Vincent
Paulo and Dori celebrate Olivia Newton John's life and of course Dori's yellow Sony walk-man is part of the story. The team then get into the Max Headroom Incident, a bizarre hacking story from 1987 that no one has claimed responsibility for to this day! As usual we have movie…
BONUS EPISODE WITH THE CELEB SAVANT - Jack Hues from Wang Chung
Friend of the show - The Celeb Savant, Barret Edelstein, sat down with Jack Hues from the English new band, Wang Chung. Find out how by getting stood up by one of Jack's guitar pupils allowed him to come up with the bands first hit and how he and Nick…
BONUS EPISODE WITH THE CELEB SAVANT - Marcia Barrett from Boney M
Friend of That 80s Show, The Celeb Savant AKA Barret Edelstein, sits down with Marcia Barrett from the band, Boney M. Find out why Marcia calls Barret naughty, how Ms Barrett responded to the doctor when he said she would never walk again and what she had to say when…
BONUS EPISODE WITH THE CELEB SAVANT - UB40
Friend of That 80s Show, The Celeb Savant grabbed his "Red, Red Wine" before a chat with UB40. God he's worse at puns than we are. Barret Edelstein, spoke with Jimmy Brown, Matt Doyle and Earl Falconer from the reggae band, UB40. Join Barret as he dives into 5 decades…