Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Ep #51

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It's the final installment of the 1982 Movie Retrospectacle (or Retrospectacular, depending on what we feel like calling it at any given moment)! We round out the four-part series with Fast Times at Ridgemont High. The movie that set the mold for all high school movies to come. Or was it? "Hey, I know that dude!" 

**Warning: This episode contains some bad words. So, if you don't like that kind of thing...**

 

Show Notes: 

01:17 1982 Retrospectacle: the final episode

04:35 The quintessential high school movie?

05:46 Porky's

08:04 The cheering squad | That's not a nerd | Blame John Hughes?

11:18 The opening sequence

11:31 Interlude: The Go-Go's "We Got the Beat"

14:28 Jimmy Fallon and Mike Damone. Separated at birth?

16:52 Spicoli

22:25 "There are no villains"

23:29 Linda's "boyfriend"

26:44 Jennifer Jason Leigh

31:00 Ridgemont High School kids just deal with it

33:48 Interlude: "He's gonna kill us!"

35:38 Mike Damone

40:15 Surprises on set

41:18 Interlude: "Way to go Hamilton!"

44:00 Where are they now?

44:34 The sequel (in spirit) to Fast Times: The Wild Life

45:50 Fast Times at Ridgemont High: The book

47:30 Ron Johnson, Stereo Engineer

48:02 Brad Hamilton

52:24 80s movies fixtures

55:40 A 1982 Retrospectacle Round-up

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High | Ep #51

E. T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Ep #29

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Our retrospective series on the movies of 1982 continues with enough Spielbergian praise to make Drew Barrymore blush and an argument for the removal of one of the most iconic scenes in movie history. Can't listen right now? That's ok, take your time. We'll. Be. Right. Here.    

Show Notes: 

05:10 John's Kodak moment with E.T.

06:56 Elliot, the alienated child
18:57 Too much Star Wars?

20:10 Interlude: The Dinner Scene
24:30 Keys

33:55 Interlude: Escape

35:01 The Bike Chase

36:20 Over the Moon

38:20 John Williams: "Escape / Chase / Saying Goodbye"

56:40 Christmas (Catch Me If You Can)

59:28 Super 8 / Attack the Block

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E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial | Ep #29

Fast Food | Ep #15

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This week we pull up to the drive-thru an order an overview and history of fast food, from Ray Croc to roast beef (ugh). Would you like fries with that shake? 

Show Notes: 

01:25 A defining moment 
04:30 McWorld
05:40 The McMenu Song / Big Mac Jingle
06:18 Communist fowl
11:01 Drew's fry/shake combination/abomination 

13:03 Interlude: Wesley Willis: "Rock n' Roll McDonald's"

14:12 Ray Croc: the original dude 

16:34 The Cool McD McDLT

22:18 Ronald McDonald: No Child Left Behind 

23:48 The McDonaldland Characters 

25:30 McToys: McDonaldland Playset | Playskool McDonald's

27:33 Happy Meal Hall of Fame: Changeables | Astrosniks

28:34 Interlude: Teenage Bottlerocket: "Blood Bath at Burger King" 

29:35 Burger King: The Pepsi to McDonald's Coke

32:03 Jack in the Box: The Mountain Dew to Burger King's Pepsi

37:05 Monterey Jack's

39:20 Taco Bell

45:15 Interlude: Das Racist: "The Combination Pizza Hut/Taco Bell"

47:31 Roast beef: ugh

50:58 Whatsamatter, McFly; chicken?

52:42 Outliers

1:00:44 Fast Food Nation

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Fast Food | Ep #15

Doomsday | Ep #14

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Enraptured with the rapture but not sure where to start? Stop worrying and learn to love the bomb (and various other doomsday scenarios) with our guide to Mayan calendars, mushroom clouds, and Moore's law. It's the end of the world as we know it, and we...eh, you know.

Show Notes:

01:34 Armageddonology
03:10 The Mayan calendar
05:20 The (jolly) red giant theory
09:52 Sword Interval
13:12 Timewave Zero

16:15 Interlude: Nancy Sinatra - "The End of the World"

17:25 Singularity

17:47 Moore's law

24:23 When do the zombies come in?

25:46 All-star doomsday scenario team-up

28:05 Interlude: Pennywise - "30 Seconds Till the End of the World"

28:55 Why 2K?

32:06 Nostradamus

33:55 The Nibiru high-five

38:40 The original holy-crap, end-of-the-world story

43:35 Interlude: REM - "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"

44:46 Doomsday lit

50:13 End of the world flicks

55:17 Cthulu

57:34 The Kraken

Retraction
Via NASA.com's FAQ:
Q: Could phenomena occur where planets align in a way that impacts Earth?
A: There are no planetary alignments in the next few decades, Earth will not cross the galactic plane in 2012, and even if these alignments were to occur, their effects on the Earth would be negligible. Each December the Earth and sun align with the approximate center of the Milky Way Galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.

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Doomsday | Ep #14