1980s Now

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

4:00 - Mike Tyson’s peers fear for Tyson in his upcoming fight

17:11 - Whoopi Goldberg explains how ghosts work

25:22 - Road House sequel is in the works

36:12 - A Terminator anime is in our near future

46:10 - The future of the Mad Max franchise

50:10 - Wrap-Up and Thank You

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

01:55 - Gedde Watanabe is not offended by Sixteen Candles

08:55 - Country legend releases AI-generated song

21:50 - Michael J. Fox: Being famous was harder in the 1980s

26:10 - Gen Z doesn’t want to work to get a job

40:20 - The source of that 80s mystery song has been found

01:04:20 - Wrap-Up

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

08:00 - Sony buys "Clue" TV and film rights

20:30 - The painful origin of Rocky's injury in "Rocky II"

28:30 - 1980s favorite returns to Dr...

First, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

• 1981's Wizardy is getting a digital makeover
• 1984's Transformers coming to theaters
• Transformers One debuts in September
• Transformers/G.I. Joe mash-up film has been green lit

Then, we respond to viral Millennial TikTok videos that invoke the good name of our generation.

Introduction - 00:00

Announcement - 5:25

1980s News - 08:00

Gen X vs...

Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including the new Knight Rider Pinball DLC, and update on the live-action "Thundercats," and The Hollywood Reporter ranked all the "Ghostbusters" in the most egregious way.

Then, Will shares the true tale of how George Bosque stole nearly $2 million in 1980 and the crazy thing he did with it...

First, Kat explains why she became a ninja. Then, Will chats with Lucinda Dickey, star of "Breakin'," "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" and "Ninja III: The Domination," all of which premiered in 1984.

Introduction - 0:00

Interview with Lucinda Dickey - 9:20

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First, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

• Road House: the most successful Apple movie
• Kevin Smith's movie set in 1986
• Scorpion’s “Rock You Like a Hurricane” was nearly R-Rated
• Netflix just added these 20 films from 1984 to their catalog

Then, Will challenges you and his co-hosts to identify 1984 films from a clue...

First, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

• DNA just solved a 1980s murder
• DNA testing was discovered in 1984
• Ghostbusters is a billion dollar franchise
• John Williams made a musical mistake in Star Wars

Then, the trio compares the original "Road House," starring Patrick Swayze, with the one just released on Amazon Prime starring Jake Gyllenhaal. Warning: There are some minor spoilers...

First, Will, Kat and Jon discuss current 1980s news including:

• New live-action Popeye movie
• John Mellencamp is mad again
• The best place to get abducted by aliens
• The people most likely to get abducted by aliens
• First look at "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice"

Then, in true crime fashion, Will shares the tale of how Prince was inspired to write the title track from his career-defining album "1999...

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

• Brent Spiner returns to Night Court
• Did Robert Downey, Jr. snub 80s favorite Ke Huy Quan?
• Twins star reunite to fight Batman
• Field of Dreams lampooned and Kevin Costner reacts
• Are teens afraid of nuclear war?

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