Tag: 80s
37: “Thank You, Mario! But Our Princess is In Another Castle” – Video Games
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY37.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (70.3MB)Subscribe: RSSNINTENDO Video Games & THE WIZARD (1989) Sliding down drainpipes… chucking smiley-faced vegetables at ghost-faced villains… transforming into a raccoon and flying through the air… either we just took a large dose of LSD, or we’re entering the weird, wonderful world of Super Mario. (Possibly both!) In…
32: “The Royal Penis is Clean, Your Highness” – Coming to America
https://media.blubrry.com/when_we_were_young/themfp.org/audio/WWWY32.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (51.1MB)Subscribe: RSSCOMING TO AMERICA (1988) Eddie Murphy was already a huge star when “COMING TO AMERICA” was released in 1988, and he went on to make a few more hits (and, let’s be honest, a few clunkers). But the story of Prince Akeem’s trip to Queens, NY to…
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…