1980s Now

1980s Now
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.)

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    Popeye, Pac-Man and Silent Night, Deadly Night

    Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon first discuss current 1980s news. Plus, why do we like Christmas + horror? 0:00 - Introduction 2:40 - The best episode of Secret Level is Pac-Man 11:45 - Stephen King shutters his radio stations 17:20 - Popeye is out for blood 29:00 - Milli Vanilli wanted to give their Grammy back 41:00 - Silent Night, Deadly Night turns 40 years old 1:03:45 - Wrap Up and Thank You Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow Get Michael Thomas Perone's new book here.

    1h 7m

  2. DEC 12

    Interview: Matt Manjourides

    On this episode, Will chats with Matt Manjourides, producer of The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs and the follow up film to 1987's horror Street Trash . Matt grew up in 1980s Swampscott, MA - inspired by the action and horror films at the time, he made home movies with friends when not working at the family restaurant in Boston. After working with legend Lloyd Kaufman at Troma, Matt created production company Not the Funeral Home, reviving horror hosting with The Last Drive-in with Joe Bob on AMC+ and Shudder, producing high-value, low-budget films and raising over half a million dollars for charity. Watch Joe Bob's Christmas Carnage live on December 13 on Shudder TV or AMC+ TV. Snow is falling and the bodies are piling up for Joe Bob's Christmas Carnage, when Joe Bob and Darcy host two holiday horror flicks featuring so much bloodshed that Santa will think twice before coming down this chimney. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow. Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com.

    42 min

  3. DEC 8

    Oregon Trail, Mattel Lawsuit and Christmas True Crime

    Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon first discuss current 1980s news. Then, they share the tale of the true crime regarded as the most brazen robbery of the 20th century: The 1985 Christmas Heist. 0:00 - Introduction 8:25 - Oregon Trail the Movie 16:30 - Village People Cop will Sue 24:50 - Mattel Sued Over Porn Link 35:13 - Do They Know It’s Christmas? 46:30 - True Crime: The 1985 Christmas Heist 1:15:15 - Wrap Up and Thank You Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow Get Michael Thomas Perone's new book here. Join Will live on Mr. Throwback Thursday on December 9 at 8pm Eastern on YouTube or Facebook. Mr. Throwback Thursday Live on YouTube Mr. Throwback Thursday Live on Facebook

    1h 18m

  4. DEC 2

    Spock Lives and Rollercoaster Rider Does Too

    Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will and Jon discuss current 1980s news including: 0:00 - Introduction 4:45 - Kirk and Spock are back in a new short 18:30 - Elon Musk calls for Wizard of the Coast to "burn in hell" 29:30 - Live-action Voltron film is ramping up 34:30 - Quick-thinking man survives rollercoaster 46:10 - Ridley Scott regrets not protecting Aliens IP 55:00 - You’ll be able to live like Pac-Man in 2025 1:05:00 - Wrap Up and Thank You Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

    1h 8m

  5. NOV 25

    Goonies Star Wars, Paul v. Tyson, and Indy at IHOP

    Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including: 0:00 - Introduction 2:30 - Netflix is being sued over the Paul-Tyson fight 15:30 - Have the original Ghostbusters retired? 21:00 - IHOP’s new Indiana Jones’ menu is lazy 28:30 - Ralph Macchio/Karate Kid news 33:50 - 1987’s Street Trash has a requel 42:10 - Star War’s latest project is Goonies in space 53:20 - Wrap Up and Thank You Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

    56 min

  6. NOV 18

    XXX Wicked, Fear Street 1988, and Tremors Reboot

    Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including: 0:00 - Introduction 01:45 - Wicked movie XXX misprint 10:50 - Danny DeVito praises The Penguin 17:25 - Thriller was originally lame 28:00 - Liam Neeson was originally Obi-Wan 39:50 - Fear Street 1988 44:50 - Tremors may get a reboot 56:30 - Tarantino saw 1984's Dune and that's enough 1:03:00 - Wrap Up and Thank You Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

    1h 8m

  7. NOV 11

    Jessica Rabbit, Alien Abduction and The Running Man

    Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including: 0:00 - Introduction 3:45 - Is the new Running Man set in the 80s? We’ve got a theory. 13:00 - Robert Zemeckis wants to go Back to the Future 23:30 - Jessica Rabbit Is Too Hot for Disney 35:30 - Voyager 1 spacecraft phones home 1980s style 43:55 - Alien Abductee Sues Netflix 58:20 - Wrap Up and Thank You Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

    1 hr

  8. NOV 4

    Spot the True 1980s Tale

    Recorded before a live Facebook (and YouTube) audience, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including: 0:00 - Introduction 4:00 - Lost video clears Sammy Hagar 10:00 - Sean Astin stars in a new horror comedy 18:00 - Eddie Munson’s alive in a new comic 30:00 - The 80s secret in Rihanna’s song 36:30 - Spot the true 1980s tale of tragedy 1:24:15 - Wrap Up and Thank You Become a patron at www.patreon.com/1980snow Email us at will@1980snow.com or kat@1980snow.com. Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/1980snow. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@1980snow

    1h 27m
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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.)

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  • Creator
    1980s Now
  • Years Active
    2019 - 2024
  • Episodes
    200
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2020-2023 1980s Now
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