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This Was Rad! Podcast

156 Episodes

82 minutes | Jun 20, 2022
Christine
Some cars do bad because of their drivers are just born bad to the bone! This week we watched the baddest (and most evil) car movie ever, Christine! In this podcast, Greg and Paul discuss Paul's theory of the crazy love triangle, we break down sexy evil vs ugly evil, a unique name to call people in the fifties, and Paul feels a bit like Fredo in the boat. All this and more! Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spodify, Google, and other great podcast apps. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Most importantly tell your friends and leave us a 5 star review wherever you get your podcasts. 
50 minutes | Jun 13, 2022
Top Gun: Maverick
Can one pilot fly down a well guarded trench, target an exhaust port only 5 meters wide all while dodging enemy fighters? We found out cause we watched Star waarrr.... oh no, we watched Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel to the exciting original 1986 summer hit. That's right, follow along as we define a manless pilot, if f-18's have On-Star, and the return of yet another beloved TWR character. All this and more! Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Spodify, Google, and other great podcast apps. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Most importantly tell your friends and leave us a 5 star review wherever you get your podcasts. 
83 minutes | Jun 7, 2022
Top Gun
Oh boy, we're on the highway to the Danger Zone! that right, we finally look back on one of the most radical 80's film ever, Top Gun! Starring Tom Cruise, the guy from ER, and Kelley McGillis, this movie has everything. Jets, Kenny Loggins, and Beach Volleyball. On this cast, we have a VERY special guest star for our long time listeners, we figure out how many kiddies pools there are to a lake, what is a DJ to do when someone steals his microphone, and and how everyone is living just for Maverick. All this plus the return of another beloved TWR character! Listen to us on Itunes, Spodify, Google, and other great podcast apps. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Most importantly tell your friends and leave us a 5 star review wherever you get your podcasts. 
61 minutes | May 23, 2022
Crocodile Dundee
G'day mates! Throw another shrimp on the barbie and make sure their ain't no dingo's near ya babie as we look back at the Australian hit movie Crocodile Dundee! Thats right, we follow Mick "Crocodile Dundee" as he takes report Sue around that outback before she takes him back to her concrete jungle. In this cast we debate is Dundee charming or a total jerk, ding the song of the Gordon's Fisherman, and rewrite the classic romcom ending. Plus, a special thank you to our Australian listeners. All this and more! Listen to us on Itunes, Spodify, Google, and other great podcast apps. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Most importantly tell your friends and leave us a 5 star review wherever you get your podcasts. 
68 minutes | May 16, 2022
Ep. 151: Rambo First Blood
"I wasn't the one who podcast first! They recorded first, not me!" is what we imagine John Rambo would shout if he were in a podcast war today! Instead, he's in small town America fighting Brian Denahey. In this cast we touch on topics such as people who like to give bad news, how many M-16's does a small rural town need, what CAN'T Rambo do, and we discuss scam that is yards sales. All this and more! Listen to us on Itunes, Spodify, Google, and other great podcast apps. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Most importantly tell your friends and leave us a 5 star review wherever you get your podcasts. 
47 minutes | May 9, 2022
Care Bears 2: The Next Generation
We care! I Care! You care! Hell, we ALL care! care about these bears! Thats right, as promised here is the second episode to our Care Bears duology, Care Bears 2: The Next Generation. This this episode we discuss Ocean State Job Lot and ask whats CAN'T you find there?, children in charge of Libertarian summer camp, Find cut-a-brake-line bears best bud, and when you mention the Camp Champ -say no more! All this and more! Listen to us on Itunes, Spodify, Google, and other great podcast apps. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Most importantly tell your friends and leave us a 5 star review wherever you get your podcasts.  
54 minutes | May 2, 2022
Care Bears: The Movie
As Faith No More once said, We Care a Lot! As do those lovable furry bears of the 80's the Care Bears! come with us as we go on their first big screen adventure. Listen in as we discuss the Care Bear currency, a bear who secretly keeps Care-a-lot swimming in orphaned parents, the Monty hall of Evil, and why you should never share stories at college. All this and more! Listen to us on Itunes, Spodify, Google, and other great podcast apps. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook. Most important tell your friends and leave us a 5 star review wherever you get your podcasts.
53 minutes | Apr 1, 2022
Buckaroo Bonzai Across the 8th dimension
Like the rest of Hollywood, we resurrect a classic from the past and present it as a new and better version. Thats right, the podcast you love to love is back! seriously this time! To kick it off we do a much requested cult classic Buckaroo Bonzai starring Peter Weller, Jeff Goldblum, John Lithgow and Cheers' own Nick Tortelli. In this our first foray back we hope Darrius Trucker is listening, a smooth ride across the 8th dimension, no aliens prevent you from getting to work, and finally, we say Meh! to you sir. Meh! to! You! Greg and i are back and any who still is subscribed and hears this, thank you. seriously. we really do love doing this podcast and are super pumped to be back.
58 minutes | Sep 9, 2020
Bill and Ted Face the Music!
We're Back! Much like our beloved heroes Bill and Ted, Paul and Greg are back to bring the funny and review the movies of your childhood. Upon our most triumphant return, we embark on Bill and Ted's latest, and presumably last, adventure. We'll discuss Ted's awesome daughter, Bill Sadlers commitment to a role, and reveal how Greg got Paul through a bummer of a time. Enjoy!
64 minutes | Sep 23, 2019
Gleaming the Cube
gleaming the cube - "i need to skate my pain away!"
70 minutes | Feb 24, 2019
Ep. 141: Night of the Creeps
When aliens release a brain eating slug into a quaint little town, only a hardnose detective and a wallflower college student can rescue everyone from the Night of the Creeps! From an alien opening, to a 50's interlude to 80's prom, this movie has stuff. Is it rad? We see, but we can all agree the raddest film never made is Night of the Living Bros!
74 minutes | Feb 4, 2019
The Fly (1986)
Take one DNA strand from a human, one strand from a pest, add in a sprinkle of Gena Davis with just a dash of Jeff Goldblum and you get The Fly! The 1986 remake of the classic Vincent Price movie where science should've done more testing. Don't lose your teeth listening to this one!
62 minutes | Jan 26, 2019
Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey
Whoa dudes and dudettes, some killer robots from the future have come for the most excellent band in the universe sending them on a Bogus Journey! The Wyld Stallyns themselves Bill and Ted have died and need the help of Death himself to get mack in time for the Battle of the bands. Listen and enjoy the or else we give ya the melvin! Highlights: -we discuss B & T 3 -what do you do with excess foam? -we go down a 23 and Me rabbit hole -what is a Melvin? We'll tell you! -then we really fawn over william Sadler's Death -we each have a mini heart attack during the credits
76 minutes | Jan 18, 2019
Silver Bullet (1985)
When the full moon rises, the terror begins and the only way to save this small town is with a Silver Bullet! We revel in another Steven King cinematic world where a young Corey Haim with his alcoholic uncle Gary Busey must find the source of the recent killings and take it down. So keep your oven warm because we got some buns for you! Highlights: -the naps of grindelwald -we fawn over steven king yet again! -volunteering for town drunk -"hey, remember the good times" -gotta get that polaroid film -we share fireworks stories -what does the bible say about werewolves
68 minutes | Oct 25, 2018
Friday the 13th The Final Chapter (1984)
Is it Sunday the 14th? Or Monday the 15th? No one really knows, but it all started on a Friday the 13th and this books reached it Final Chapter! Yeah that stunk, but 4 of these movies i'm out of puns. Listen in as Paul and Greg review the '"last" Jason movie where he hunts yet another groups of hapless teens. Not even Quirky Crispen Glover can excape the machete wielding maniac. So grab your fedora, defend m'ladies honor and help us decide if we've found the origins of the Incels!   Friday the 13th The Final Chapter greatest hits: -This Was Spider-Man on PS4 -black boxes, the original pirate bay -Jason is the original Incel -Crispen can't dance -Jason Loves his Spear gun -Paul continues his defense of Shelly -Dr. Jason Vorhees -Mom finally sees her way out -Jason the dead beat dad   http://thiswasrad.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thiswasradpodcast/ https://twitter.com/ThisWasRad https://www.instagram.com/this_was_rad_podcast/ end music care of http://vampirestepdad.com/ opening theme can be found here https://audiojungle.net/item/80s-modern-synthwave/19196562?s_rank=16
65 minutes | Sep 23, 2018
Ep. 135: TAPS
When you military mentor accidently shoots a kid, you either end up taking over your school or raising the flag to play TAPS! Another in the lost line of kids taking over the school themes from the 80's, in this one we find Timothy Hutton (not Sutton), Sean Penn and Tom Cruise all defending the school they love so much. Thankfully George C. Scott is here to bring gravitas to the film. Lets just hope you don't listen on groundhog's day!   TAPS greatest hits: -Paul starts with an unusual question -And we crown Ronnie Cox our number one TWR guest star -you dont rent a crane, you buy the crane -we rave about George C. Scott -Paul mistakes hutton and dalton -what about the female cadet camp across the lake? -advertising the release of your chldren -we have a lot of theories on this movie including 2 different endings   http://thiswasrad.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thiswasradpodcast/ https://twitter.com/ThisWasRad https://www.instagram.com/this_was_rad_podcast/ end music care of http://vampirestepdad.com/ opening theme can be found here https://audiojungle.net/item/80s-modern-synthwave/19196562?s_rank=16
63 minutes | Aug 23, 2018
Toy Soldiers (1991)
When a terrorists take over your school, hopefully all your schoolboy hijinx will help you become Toy Soldiers. The NOT 80's movie starring Samwise himself finds a group of near-do-wells facing off against bumbling terrorists. With a little know how, gumption, and a wet towel, they work to save their school. Let just hope it goes better than a heist by Don Karnage! toy soldiers greatest hits: -is america ready for a 3rd way of ska -we totally mis-remember this movie -our bad guy is not very smart -we take the way back machine to the phone sex line -the disappointing mafia son -the ol "im already in prison" defense -we do an after the credits http://thiswasrad.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thiswasradpodcast/ https://twitter.com/ThisWasRad https://www.instagram.com/this_was_rad_podcast/ end music care of http://vampirestepdad.com/ opening theme can be found here https://audiojungle.net/item/80s-modern-synthwave/19196562?s_rank=16
55 minutes | Aug 16, 2018
Ep 133 Hreatbreak Ridge
Lost love, lost respect, and lost womens magazines lead Clint Eastwood on a jounry to reclaim the glory found on Heartbreak Ridge! The 80's movie that find Clint taming a group of marines to become a elite fighting force in this man's army. We can only hope theres a cosmo quiz that can give him all the answers. Heartbreak Ridge greatest hits: -a salute to the troops! -Paul deffinitely saw this movie despite having never seen it -Dorf on Army (remember him?) -so many shirtless men -we ask "is there a reject group in the military?" -Clint loves Cosmo quizzes http://thiswasrad.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thiswasradpodcast/ https://twitter.com/ThisWasRad https://www.instagram.com/this_was_rad_podcast/ end music care of http://vampirestepdad.com/ opening theme can be found here https://audiojungle.net/item/80s-modern-synthwave/19196562?s_rank=16
65 minutes | Jul 29, 2018
Little Monsters
Peanut butter on the tv screen? dog ate your homework? Bike left in the drive way? Dont blame your little brother, blame the troublemakers under your bed, those Little Monsters! Fed Savage and Howie Mandel star is their first movie as a little kid discovering the world of Little monsters. From a Dark Souls underworld to Boy's pal Bwion Greg and Paul tackle it all. You know what, just play the clip. Little Monsters greatest hits: -paul and greg grossly forget the movie for a moment -setting friend levels -another Greg Theory rises up -Set designers hate kids -A stange confession occurs -we plan our salute to the troops -paul asks greg to explain Rad yet again http://thiswasrad.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thiswasradpodcast/ https://twitter.com/ThisWasRad https://www.instagram.com/this_was_rad_podcast/ end music care of http://vampirestepdad.com/ opening theme can be found here https://audiojungle.net/item/80s-modern-synthwave/19196562?s_rank=16
76 minutes | Jul 21, 2018
Lethal Weapon 2
When a car full of gold coins explodes on the street, you'll need the two best LA cops around to pull a Lethal Weapon 2! Riggs and Murtaugh are back this time dealing with South African smugglers and trying to keep Murtaugh's house in one piece. From domestic Pesci to thoughts on drive-thru's, we cover this sequel like only we can. And we planked em! Lethal Weapon 2's greatest hits: -Greg and Paul reminisce on bygone east coast eats -we ask, how much does Murtaugh pay in insurance premiums -We once again bring up the greatest TV show -Paul describes eating Crandberry sauce -Then Paul tells the "cheeseburger" story -Danny Glover's bad improve http://thiswasrad.podbean.com/ https://www.facebook.com/thiswasradpodcast/ https://twitter.com/ThisWasRad https://www.instagram.com/this_was_rad_podcast/ end music care of http://vampirestepdad.com/ opening theme can be found here https://audiojungle.net/item/80s-modern-synthwave/19196562?s_rank=16
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