Paulo and Dori come to you from a secret German bunker — The Hoff is down here, and so are Nena and Alphaville.
But after this show, we don't think we'll be so big in Berlin.
We right some wrongs from last week's show, which includes more sexy sax music than we remember — and dead gnomes.
How many '80s movies were made on cocaine? The easier question is: how many weren't?
We find out how Bill Murray made Hunter S. Thompson look silly, why Paulo hates City of Angels, and what happens when you slow down Kylie Minogue.
Finally, we're voting for our favourite '80s ballad, and Paulo is tempted to give it to an animated cat.
Jump To:
St. Elmo’s Fire Soundtrack & Saxophone Debate (00:03:07): https://youtu.be/rgYkL_V1pmE?si=XcyHJyKjjs0BEQOL
Dawie Die Kabouter and Gnome Deaths (00:09:58): https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/54d5zo/til_that_the_last_episode_of_the_80s_kids_cartoon/
Timelessness of Back to the Future (00:14:20): https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/jul/03/back-to-the-future-at-40
Movies Fuelled by Cocaine (00:16:29): https://www.cracked.com/article_47203_23-movies-brought-to-you-mostly-by-cocaine.html
Wings of Desire: Plot and Differences from City of Angels (00:30:13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liAOEb5rnbA
Paulo’s Movie Review: Where the Buffalo Roam (00:37:52): https://youtu.be/_ZT6fziaIIw?si=p2mPbBCafjoICDd4
Rick Astley’s Song Choices and an 80s Conspiracy (00:44:04): https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/jul/06/rick-astley-honest-playlist-kylie-donna-summer-biffy-clyro-abba
https://youtu.be/N40qlumASq4?si=mJiTjWtvxWjoZsVR
BBC 80s Duet Countdown (00:48:09): https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2025/bbc-radio-2-ultimate-80s-duet
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