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!
Weekly English Explicit South Africa Society & Culture · Music Interviews
206 Episodes
60 – 80

Cabbage Patch Lawsuit | Van Damme of the Universe | Hooked on Vampires

Call Corbin Bernsen... That '80s Show is getting into the legal shenanigans behind the Cabbage Patch Kids. Paulo passes out at the thought of Jean-Claude Van Damme in a He-Man movie, and Dori is hooked on podcasts in this week's entertainment recommendation. And against all odds we find out who…
20 Oct 2023 58 min

Andrew Read-geley | Reboots no one wanted | Olivia Newton's Bomb

Paulo loved George and Me, until he had to read it like a peasant. People keep making 80s reboots, no one wants them, not even a Short Circuit one - unless they rectify 'that' issue. Dori has a viewing recommendation that's hilariously criminal, while Paulo explores a John Travolta and…
13 Oct 2023 57 min

That 80s Show meets Simon Halfon

We just wanted to talk to someone involved in the Wham! documentary.  Instead we found Simon Halfon, a man who has played such a unique role in iconic albums from The Style Council, The Jam, Kim Wilde, Oasis and George Michael. He tells us how he got involved in designing album covers, his…
3 Aug 2023 32 min

When Rob Lowe says '80s... | It happened on Number 150! | '80s Cow-Reoke

****BEFORE YOU READ THAT READ THIS**** We've been nominated in the Best Music Podcast in the APVA Awards. Please vote for us here, just scroll down to music: https://awards.apva.africa/vote-now/ Mr T, Rob Lowe, Demi Moore and a shirtless George Michael all in the opening few minutes - that's why we're…
28 Jul 2023 1 hr 01 min

Chunging our Wangs | Skinny Dipping with Jane Fonda | A vinegary Russian

We promise that we had a running order for this week's show, but once Dori brought up Panburgers we took a very weird detour that Chunged our Wangs. Pac-Man, paint-stripping '80s vinegar, skinny dipping with Jane Fonda, another - more obvious - name for the keytar, Paulo being blocked by…
26 May 2023 46 min
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