Tag: 1980s
31: “Deck Them Halls and All That Stuff” – Christmas TV Specials
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY31.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (102.4MB)Subscribe: RSSRUDOLPH THE RED NOSE REINDEER (1964), A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS (1965), HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (1966) In our first holiday episode, When We Were Young looks back on Christmas and Hanukkah traditions from childhood, debates the pros and cons of believing in Santa Claus, and shares…
25: “Glitter in the Dark” – Blade Runner
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY25.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (88.6MB)Subscribe: RSSBLADE RUNNER (1982) Do androids dream of electric sheep? Do replicants dream of unicorns? Does Sean Young dream of being in a movie where she isn’t manhandled by a major movie star? In Episode 25 of When We Were Young, the lines between man and machine are…
21: “Einhorn is Finkle! Finkle is Einhorn!” – Jim Carrey’s 1994 Movies
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY21.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (126.2MB)Subscribe: RSS Somebody stop us! In Episode 21, the When We Were Young podcast says “alrighty, then!” to a trip back to 1994, when Jim Carrey soared to superstar status in three back-to-back blockbusters: DUMB & DUMBER, THE MASK, and ACE VENTURA: PET DETECTIVE. We’re not just talking…
20: “You Remind Me of the Babe” – Labyrinth and Dark Crystal
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY20.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (135.1MB)Subscribe: RSS Turn back, Sarah – we’re headed into the imaginative mind of Jim Henson on this week’s episode, and anything could happen! Though many think of The Muppets or Sesame Street when they think of Jim Henson, if you were coming of age in the mid-80s and…