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!
When Rob Lowe says '80s... | It happened on Number 150! | '80s Cow-Reoke
****BEFORE YOU READ THAT READ THIS**** We've been nominated in the Best Music Podcast in the APVA Awards. Please vote for us here, just scroll down to music: https://awards.apva.africa/vote-now/ Mr T, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore and a shirtless George Michael all in the opening few minutes - that's why we're…
Wham! Bam Hologram | Strictly Come Ridgeley | Weekend at Kenny Rogers | Barbie in the '80s
****BEFORE YOU READ THAT READ THIS**** We've been nominated in the Best Music Podcast in the APVA Awards. Please vote for us here, just scroll down to music: https://awards.apva.africa/vote-now/ In the latest edition of That Wham! Show we find out that Wham! may come back as holograms, Andrew Ridgeley wants…
There can never be too much Wham! | Sci-Fi Satire | Shaka Zulu and The Knight Rider
With so much Wham! content around, Paulo and Dori have grabbed those teats and are milking George and Andrew for all they're worth. Admit that we've all had that dream... at least once. We also explore the finest in '80s Sci-Fi satire - which may or may not include a…
We didn't start the fire, but Fall Out Boy should stop it | The Wham!u-mentary | Bud (Spencer) Lite
It's Wham! Week and Paulo is angry with Fall Out Boy. They remade a Billy Joel song, and didn't even have the decency to do it in chronological order. We have an intellectual conversation about Wham! on Netflix, before Paulo brings Dori a story about Bud Spencer so ridiculous that…
Rick Astonbury | Why can't a millionaire playboy adopt teenage girls? | Offensive '80s songs
So much Glastonbury, so little time. The biggest event of 2023 gives Paulo and Dori a chance to go back to the '80s to talk about Blondie, The Pretenders, Guns N' Roses, Elton John and Rick Astley. But most importantly, is Slash bald under his hat? Movie recommendations get creepy…
Boom Boom let's go back to our podcast | Beauty and the Linda Hamilton | See Wham! ... think of us
Ever wondered what happened to that '80s one hit wonder? Be more specific you say? A conversation about Linda Hamilton's Terminator arms reminded Paulo and Dori of the very un-Disney Beauty and the Beast. Who was worse? '80s video store guys or '80s music store guys? The video store guys…
Paulo is STILL crying | The world's longest coke straw | Travolta and a mechanical bull | Sade but make it house
Paulo watched 'Still: A Michael J Fox movie' and had all the feelings. So overwhelmed by emotion, he forgot the name of MJF's wife. Paulo is a jerk. But he's a jerk with a new guilty pleasure in 'A Town Called Malice'. Dori recommends a movie with a message, but…
You wake up in the '80s... now what? | Paulo manifested a portable vinyl player | Ferris almost took ALL the days off!
What would you do if you woke up back in the '80s? Buy Apple stock and not really do anything different, unless you're Dori, who would change the order in which she kisses her posters in the morning. We also reminisce about the hilarity of '80s Garfield merchandise, wonder if…
The USA for Africa death pool | The lizard baby from V | Sly did Frank dirty | Two 80s Truths and a Lie?
We open the show with a look back at Tina Turner's career, but being us - we ended up wondering which member of the supergroup USA for Africa would die next. One name 'jumped' out at us. Paulo reminds Dori of the mini-series V, while she reminds him of MacGyver's…
Chunging our Wangs | Skinny Dipping with Jane Fonda | A vinegary Russian
We promise that we had a running order for this week's show, but once Dori brought up Panburgers we took a very weird detour that Chunged our Wangs. Pac-Man, paint-stripping '80s vinegar, skinny dipping with Jane Fonda, another - more obvious - name for the keytar, Paulo being blocked by…
One is a carrot | Michael Jordan or Whitney | Chart Savant | Spot a South African with an 80s song
Come and knock on our door...but not while we're recording!!! It's Three's Company as Barret Edelstein, The Celeb Savant joins Paulo and Dori. He tells us about his tribute interview with Michael Caprio, Olivia Newton-John's publicist and brings another round of Chart Savant to the pod. Before that we talk…
The Cheers bar is for sale and we would be terrible billionaires | A literal butthead | Michael J Fox dated EVERYONE!
How much would you pay for an unopened Betamax? Not as much as Dori would pay for a half-naked David Hasselhoff torpedo boat. Dori brings in a guest for her movie recommendation, 'Society'. Dori has never watched it, Paulo watched one scene and fears this segment may have reached its…
Tom Cruise Cakes | Rewatching Robocop in your 40s | Song that grew up to be 'Take on Me' | A celeb mention every 2 mins
We finally have something in common with Brooke Shields - none of us are getting Cruise cake. We count down Europe's celeb encounters, plus Paulo rewatched Robocop and picked up some things he had missed as a kid. All that time watching a guy get shot into meat that he…
Paulo messes up a Prince story | Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Two '80s Truths and a lie
It's just another Manic Monday, except it's a Friday, on That '80s Show as Paulo did not pre-read a story about Susanna Hoffs. To be fair to him, he was distracted by the pictures. Dori has never watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High - Paulo thinks he has - or…
Jason Bateman may hate the '80s | How is Rob Lowe not cancelled? | Going Ape! | Living on a Stranger Thing
Jason Bateman's hair is more '80s now than it was in the '80s and it bothers Dori. We wonder how Rob Lowe didn't get cancelled, remind ourselves of the pain of a blown TV tube, and Paulo watched a movie where Danny DeVito didn't have the worst comb over. George…
Did Paulo get Diettered? | Nipples dripping with symbolism | Roll the dice on Der Denver Clan
Paulo and Dori mishear Dead or Alive lyrics and get spun around by Paul Rudd cosplaying as Pete Burns. Dori's movie recommendation reminds Paulo of Adam Driver's Star Wars nipples... which reminds him of Sylvester Stallone's nipples... which reminds him of Dolph Lundgren's nipples. Nipples. We finish off with a…
Renaming Mick Hucknall | It's Serge | Cocaine Bear | An unknown Madonna
Dori proves she's a real person by joining Paulo in studio, but she brought Mick Hucknall with her. We do the dance of joy because Bronson Pinchot is back as Serge in Beverley Hills Cop 4 and then ask, "Does a Cocaine Bear shit in the woods?". If Paulo had…
Oscars of the '80s | Jamie Lee Curtis and Roger the Red Vested Thruster | Two '80s Truths and a Lie
Hooray for ('80s) Hollywood!! Paulo and Dori revisit Oscars winners from the '80s, reassigning some of the statues and realising that for someone who studied film, Dori hasn't watched that many. Jamie Lee Curtis' win prompted Paulo to go back on her filmography to recommend an '80s movie that involved…
A Tribute to Mark Pilgrim | Kevin Bacon is telling porkies | George Michael and The Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame
A sombre but celebratory start to That 80s Show as Paulo and Dori recount the impact Mark Pilgrim unknowingly had on this show. @MacAngelZA graciously allowed us to use his fitting tribute to Mark which can be found on these platforms: https://www.instagram.com/macangelza/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5mDDvupuqFHNrhdvaMd_jw/videos https://web.facebook.com/macangelza/?_rdc=1&_rdr https://soundfx.co.za/macangel/ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Paulo thinks Kevin Bacon…
Air Tetris | Shameless 'The Last of Us' trolling | A misleading Glen Medeiros Google Alert
There used to be a time when movies set in the '80s were based on historical events, great sporting achievements or rock-star autobiographies. Now they're about admin. Paulo gets very excited about movies based on Tetris and AirJordan, while Dori gets (very) excited about Jae Bae. ******THE LAST OF US…