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!
Boycott Band Aid 40 | A lady anthropologist? | Where does Snoopy poop?
Do they know it's inappropriate after all? Band Aid is back for a 40th-anniversary nightmare mash-up. While we love an '80s supergroup, we all know better now—or do we? We uncover what Tim Curry was doing to Freddie Mercury's bushes and explore the meaning behind the lyrics of Karma Chameleon. Spoiler:…
Madonna would never say | Dori's Dalliance | Taken for a Dino-Ride | As fun as sand
Whose been kissing Madonna's brother? It's a Careless Whisper and the only living person would never admit to being jilted. An 80s frontman takes a swing at Taylor Swift. We do not want to be his social media manager right now. Did we brainstorm a more interesting Flash Gordon remake…
Hunting for Hörfest | Slutty E.T. | Workin’ for a merkin | T and T on TV
Lost-core meets Hardcore as Paulo and Dori tie up a loose end from a past show. Two mysterious ‘’80s’’ songs appeared on the internet and the sleuths got to work. Sleuths and pervs. Halloween costumes got us having odd thoughts about E.T. as well as Roger and Jessica Rabbit’s children!…
Defrost Mr Ridgeley, it’s about time | Johnny 5 vs an Elon Musk killbot | The errant willy that didn’t stop believing
It’s November the First and if the question is, “Can I start playing Last Christmas?’’, the answer is, “Why did you stop?’’. Paulo is not afraid of Elon Musk’s killbots, he has the best 80s robots - and V.I.C.I. on his side. Dori doesn’t want to see an American Psycho…
Whatchoo talkin' bout Gary | Surely the funniest movie of all time | Back to the Future Day | Freddy Krueger scared himself
Don't you forget about The Breakfast Club sequel. We didn't but the internet tried to trick us. It's doccie time with the life story of Gary Coleman and the death stories of 80s hair band members. The resurrection theme continues in Dori's movie of the week while Paulo's movie is…
Blame it on the Menendez Brothers | The Seinfeld Cast in the 80s | How an obvious cult inspired Footloose
Milli Vanilli are back in the charts for the first time in over 30 years, and you gotta blame it on something. In less murderous brother news - Paulo reveals the names of the little dinosaurs from Bubble Bobble which prompts us to try to name their girlfriends with sub-par…
Dirty Decks | Is Wombling legal? | 80s dogs were the worst | Don't be an old Josh
Nothing like a dirty old 80s deck to get the show started! Paulo wanted Michael Knight to be his dad and Thomas Anders is a dzaddy. 80s TV shows had terrible endings especially Three's Company, so Dori fixed it. We remember the Wombles and find out that Wombling is legal…
Don't tell Corey | Bon Jovi gets his hair halo | Watch out for the meat mouse
!!Warning!! This episode contains some outrageous Afrikaans euphemisms! Paulo and Dori are joined by Noel Opperman, The Curator Supreme of the Pretoria Retro Fair for a deep dive into Liewe Heksie, among other puppet related things. We dispute the denials about a Goonies sequel - we just think they don't…
Don't @ Lou Ferrigno | Morrissey vs The Pope | Copyright Theft Auto
Along with hulking muscles, Paulo has another thing in common with Lou Ferrigno - neither of them know their social media log ins. Morrissey must have a new publicist because he's back in the news and this time he's taking on The Vatican. Dori finds a tenuous link for her…
Retro Fair Recap | Whats the story morning Dori | Never Double Dragon without a safe word
Paulo and Dori took a hit of nostalgia crack at The Pretoria Retro Fair and talk about the frustration of booking out an unwound VHS, arcade game survival tactics, oysters in the sun and finding The Lost Boys in the bathroom. Paulo tracked down The Hoff's song with Patricia Lewis…
#That80sShow | Pretoria Retro Fair | David's Hoff-spring | There's only 1 Superman
Your favourite Eddies are headed to The Pretoria Retro Fair and let's pray Paulo doesn't find Garbage Pail Kids. We advocate for the return of overhead projectors, find out who is on Team Heathcliff and realise that we really hate the Snorks. Dori tells us about an angel with amazing…
The Retro Fair Update | Narcopotamus | A New Zealand bank C.H.I.P.S in
Be kind, rewind and make sure you're at the Pretoria Retro Fair on Saturday 31 August, details here: www.retrofair.co.za. Bring your Bob-T card! Paulo didn't pay that much attention to the Roadhouse Remake after all and Dori tells us about Narcopotamusesesessesssees. Plus mentions of Tupac, Willem Dafoe, Rabbit, Laura Branigan,…
BONUS EPISODE | That 80s Show meets Noël Opperman. Curator of The Pretoria Retro Fair.
The power of nostalgia is strong and smells like a family-sized bottle of Brut aftershave. So it doesn't take long for fans of retro to sniff each other out. The Pretoria Retro Fair is a celebration of 70s, 80s and 90s pop-culture and Paulo invited Noël Opperman to talk about…
The Retro Fair | Wake me up before you go-ghost | Pooltergeist
Paulo and Dori need to lock away their credit cards. We've partnered with the Pretoria Retro Fair and want to see you there on Saturday 31 August. Get the details on www.retrofair.co.za. One person who won't be there is George Michael, but his ghost may be - at least according…
That 80s Show | Johnny Lawrence's advice for life | Calling out Kevin Bacon | Bond, Filipino Bond
***VOTE NOW OR DIE*** VOTING FOR THE APVA AWARDS CLOSES SOON AND WE'RE IN LINE FOR BEST MUSIC PODCAST. VOTE TODAY AND WIN A JAR OF MILLI VANILLI TEARS. https://apva.africa/?fluent-form=26 Paulo and Dori mention two separate 80s celebs' nipples before we hit the three-minute mark… It’s going to be one…
That 80s Show | That Eddy Show | Talking with a modern ''Thomas Anders'' | Sport Billy and his wonderful sack
***VOTING IS STILL OPEN - HELP THIS SHOW DEFEND IT'S APVA CROWN : VOTE HERE: https://apva.africa/?fluent-form=26 AI has rebranded this show and Paulo and Dori both get Rick Rolled in separate incidents. Paulo may or may not be chatting to Thomas Anders so join us for the first instalment of…
That 80s Show | Dori 5 is Alive | Die 80s | Kevin Costner off Wish
***Fan Vote for The APVA Awards is still open*** and we want to hold onto our best music show title. Help us by voting here: https://apva.africa/?fluent-form=26 It's Weekend at Dori's, as your favorite zombie-like co-host makes it to the studio. And she's just in time to hear about the last…
AvoGate Part 2 | Andrew Mc-thartic | An Empress-ive Return
First up - we need your votes to hold on to our African Podcast Association Best Music Show award. You can help by voting here, and voting constantly. It's what George Michael would have wanted: https://apva.africa/?fluent-form=26 (Shameless plug, but Paulo is in the running with his other podcasts, vote for…
Retro FOMO | A monkey's memoir | Beverley Hills Serge | Magnum's gotta water his avos
Dori rouses herself up from her old person injury to bring you the latest episode of The Hoff's favourite podcast*. There's so much to catch up on so strap in for Cyndi Lauper at Glastonbury, Bubbles' retirement, Steve Miller magically throwing shade, a not so Happy Day in Ireland, game…
The Thomas Anders Programme | Kurt Darren's iced hip | Aga-RIP | Don't blow my air-pants
Paulo and Dori do some Modern Talking about the Thomas Anders concert but feel like they visited another country, like Denmark. We take a look at the cheesiest songs of the 80s and wear a black lace armband to commemorate the passing of the 80s biggest novelty artist. Dori re-watched…