‘86 Flicks: Ferris! Ripley! Rodney! Goose?
If you thought we were done talking about 1976… think again. Dave and Milt kick things off by emptying the mailbag from our "all substitutions" listener episode, reading your comments, handing out a few well-deserved shout-outs, and revealing the song listeners were most eager to kick to the curb: "Misty Blue." That officially closes the book on one of our favorite summer experiments.
Then it's off to the movies as the guys head back to July 1986 and count down the biggest box office hits lighting up America's theaters. Along the way they break down budgets, box office grosses, taglines, Rotten Tomatoes scores, Siskel & Ebert reviews, and—because we can't help ourselves—the Seven Degrees of Kevin Bacon connection for every film.
As always, the conversation goes well beyond the numbers. Dave and Milt debate which movies have aged like fine wine (and which haven't), make passionate cases for the underrated Running Scared and Ruthless People, revisit Top Gun's massive cultural impact—including Quentin Tarantino's infamous interpretation of the movie—and test each other with a fun 1986 movie tagline trivia game.
It's another nostalgia-filled trip back to the summer of '86, packed with laughs, rabbit holes, and enough movie memories to make you want to hit the last Blockbuster on the planet, wherever it is.
Topics
00:31 Nicole Kidman Movie Ritual
02:08 Scary Movies and Listener Shoutout
03:32 1976 Survey Feedback
11:47 Wrapping the 1976 Marathon
13:17 July 1986 Movie Countdown Begins
14:54 Number 10 Great Mouse Detective
20:53 Number 9 About Last Night
29:22 Number 8 Ferris Bueller Day Off
37:22 Ferris Bueller Debate
38:19 Ebert Regret Reviews
39:16 Kevin Bacon Detour
40:11 Legal Eagles Trailer
41:20 Legal Eagles Verdict
44:51 Bowfinger Side Argument
46:07 Running Scared Breakdown
47:54 Running Scared Bits
53:51 Tagline Trivia Game
01:00:29 Aliens Deep Dive
01:05:18 Siskel Ebert On Aliens
01:07:54 Top Gun Tease
01:08:27 Top Gun Breakdown
01:11:09 Ratings and Soundtrack
01:13:31 Tarantino Top Gun Theory
01:16:24 Sequel Gap Trivia
01:18:40 Back to School Rewind
01:26:55 Ruthless People Rediscovered
01:33:35 Karate Kid Part II Debate
01:40:03 Wrap Up and Next Pods
