That 80s Show
Shoulder pads, Rubik’s cubes, luminous clothes, angsty movies... and of course loads of factoids. Paulo and Dori are living in the past - and loving it!
Guess who's Bak-ula? | Courteney Cox hits (meno)pause | The Apex '80s Movie
It finally happened, an '80s reboot we missed - so we jump into the Quantum Leap follow-up and find out what it's got to do with a Ghostbuster. Courteney Cox makes a return talking about her downstairs friends, 30 years apart... and Dori visits the Otherworld. Paulo then reviews the…
Parys Hilton | Milli Vanilli's misheard lyrics | Lewis Capaldi gets a suntan
Paulo tells Dori that bachelor parties aren't that interesting, even though he met Parys Hilton at his. We get into biopics on Milli Vanilli and Weird Al, and hope that legal wrangles never lead to a remake of the Neverending Story. Plus Lewis Capaldi heads to Club Tropicana - but…
Dos Loreans | Mr Mom phones home | The most '80s songs ever
It's another episode of That 80s Show, and it is the 80's distilled, run through a charcoal filter, then run through a 2nd distillation to remove any '70s and '90s impurities, leaving only the concentrated '80s, with delicate woodsy overtones and hints of plum. Paulo and Dori want to know…
Put down the hairdryer | An Italo-Disco-mentary | Retrotastic Pseudo-Nostalgia
She-Hulk 2022 has memes, GIFS and an emoji. She-Hulk of the 80s had Brigitte Nielsen. We still prefer Lou Ferrigno in a wig. Plus Paulo discovers an Italo-Disco documentary and will be unavailable for an hour. We reroute from the 80s to discuss Trainwreck: Woodstock '99... but get it back…
Rick Astley Insurance | The FBI is coming for Paulo | Computer virus panic!
Would you buy insurance from Rick Astley? He ticks all the boxes, won't give you up or let you down. Ok the, would you buy insurance from long-haired Rick Astley - Dori would after she watches the new AAA insurance ad with its own spin on his 80s hit. We…
A.I. predicts '80s movie posters | Rarest '80s cassette tapes | Some Goss-ip
What if Artificial Intelligence created 80s movies? Judging by the posters, The 3 Amigos would be a veeeeeery different movie. In this week's episode we also look at a series so 80s, you won't believe it's not 80s, have a drink with Dudley Moore and find out that there's a…
RIP ONJ | The Max Headroom Incident | The sad tale of Jan-Michael Vincent
Paulo and Dori celebrate Olivia Newton John's life and of course Dori's yellow Sony walk-man is part of the story. The team then get into the Max Headroom Incident, a bizarre hacking story from 1987 that no one has claimed responsibility for to this day! As usual we have movie…
BONUS EPISODE WITH THE CELEB SAVANT - Jack Hues from Wang Chung
Friend of the show - The Celeb Savant, Barret Edelstein, sat down with Jack Hues from the English new band, Wang Chung. Find out how by getting stood up by one of Jack's guitar pupils allowed him to come up with the bands first hit and how he and Nick…
BONUS EPISODE WITH THE CELEB SAVANT - Marcia Barrett from Boney M
Friend of That 80s Show, The Celeb Savant AKA Barret Edelstein, sits down with Marcia Barrett from the band, Boney M. Find out why Marcia calls Barret naughty, how Ms Barrett responded to the doctor when he said she would never walk again and what she had to say when…
BONUS EPISODE WITH THE CELEB SAVANT - UB40
Friend of That 80s Show, The Celeb Savant grabbed his "Red, Red Wine" before a chat with UB40. God he's worse at puns than we are. Barret Edelstein, spoke with Jimmy Brown, Matt Doyle and Earl Falconer from the reggae band, UB40. Join Barret as he dives into 5 decades…
Revenge of The Goose | Grupe-Busters | Priced like a Boss
Fire up The Miami Sound Machine because the 80s are gonna get ya!! Dori and Paulo realise why Goose looked so familiar and vengeful. Life imitates art, literally, as we find out what a dick the big bad in Ghostbusters 2 was while our movie recommendations are only similar in…
BONUS EPISODE WITH THE CELEB SAVANT - Mickey Thomas from Starship
Friend of That '80s Show, The Celeb Savant (AKA Barret Edelstein) chats with lead singer of the band, Starship, Mickey Thomas. Join Barret and Mickey as they discuss 4 decades of music, and find out who Mickey thinks should be ruling the world... "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" as we…
BONUS EPISODE WITH THE CELEB SAVANT - Hue & Cry
Friend of That '80s Show, the Celeb Savant (AKA Barret Edelstein), dives into the Hue & Cry story with Greg Kane. Greg is one half of the band with his brother Pat, and he explains the band's journey, and what they are currently working on. Keep up to date with…
Paulo is Björn again | Simon Le Bon... Andrew Ridgeley... FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Paulo continues his ABBA journey, the Old Ones discuss The Young Ones and if you LOOOOVE dogs, don't watch Paulo's movie recommendation. We look at the 80s songs currently on the charts, Dori recaps the Johnny Clegg Tribute concert, and we find out that Andrew Ridgeley's new girlfriend had a…
A Kylie & Jason story especially for you | Are you Andrew Ridgeley? | Swart Kat
Hall & Oates, Milli & Vanilli, Paulo & Dori... your favourite 80s duo are back with news about Kylie Minogue, a terrible Kate Bush pun and their personal memories of the late Barry Ronge. There are also movie recommendations, 80s moments in today's hottest shows and what to say when…
Master of Puppets | Does a Def Leppard need make-up? | MacGyver the Musical
Before you click play you can now get this show WITH MUSIC right here: https://www.mixcloud.com/That_80s_Show_SA/ Stranger Things has Metallica running up that (chart) hill but will Paulo play Master of Puppets in the live show? Spoiler Alert - he did. We reveal Def Leppard's make-up line, hear about Dori's outrageously…
Preaching about Madonna | New shows with very 80s nods | Oil wrestling while George Michael cruise
Before you click play you can now get this show WITH MUSIC right here: https://www.mixcloud.com/That_80s_Show_SA/ In this week's episode Paulo and Dori remember the good and bad about cassette tapes and then crack open a Madonna multiverse, can there ever be too many Madonnas? They also inadvertently stumble on the…
No rest 'til Babooshka is back | Minimal vs Maximal French Synth Pop | Don't leave Boy George waiting on a plane!
Before you click play you can now get this show WITH MUSIC right here: https://www.mixcloud.com/That_80s_Show_SA/ Paulo and Dori are on a mission to get EVERY Kate Bush song to number one. Knowing them, they'll forget about it next week. Another show, another obsession for Paulo and this time it's very…
That 80s Show. The Vinyl Countdown. BONUS EPISODE.
Paulo bought some vinyl records from https://khayarecords.com/ and he couldn't wait to show Dori. Check out his stash here: Full episodes of That 80s Show can be found wherever you're listening to this or on www.cliffcentral.com on Friday's at 10am. Find us on @That80sShowSA on Facebook. WE'RE NOW ON INSTAGRAM…
Running Up That Hill | Put on your headlamps, Dori goes down a rabbit hole, and it's confusing as hell | Chart Savant
Kate Bush tops the charts and Top Gun is the number one movie, it's like the 80s never left. This week Paulo and Dori discuss the Stranger Things chart topper, go shoe shopping, slip into a St Elsewhere rabbit hole via the voices of KITT and Gizmo and get a…