IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
Displaying items 1-10 of 61 in total of IMMP with the tag "80s".
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189: POLICE SQUAD (In Color)
February 2nd, 2026 | 54 mins 39 secs
80s, comedy, tv
Our Leslie Nielsen tribute concludes with 1980's POLICE SQUAD!
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188: AIRPLANE!
January 19th, 2026 | 51 mins 35 secs
80s, comedy, disaster, movie
Our celebration of Leslie Nielsen continues with one of the greatest career pivots in Hollywood history; AIRPLANE! from 1980
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182: POLTERGEIST (1982)
October 27th, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
80s, halloween, horror, movie
Halloween Season 2025 continues with the Steven Spielberg/Tobe Hooper classic of an evil tree, a hungry closet, and a missing little girl.
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180: John Cusack in BETTER OFF DEAD
September 29th, 2025 | 55 mins 53 secs
80s, comedy, movie
The 80s were a weird time, but never weirder than in this surreal Savage Steve Holland black comedy of teen angst and desperation.
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179: Val Kilmer in REAL GENIUS
September 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 15 mins
80s, comedy, movie
It's Back to School time at the IMMP, so Ian and Matthew check in with the gang at Pacific Tech for the 1985 comedy REAL GENIUS.
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Bonus Show: INTO THE 8th DIMENSION
August 27th, 2025 | 30 mins 44 secs
80s, action, adventure, bonus, comedy, scifi
Following their talk about THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION, Matthew and Ian explored an amazingly detailed feature-length documentary about the making of this beloved film. It's 2016's INTO THE 8th DIMENSION.
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174: V: The Original Miniseries (1983)
July 7th, 2025 | 56 mins 7 secs
80s, action, drama, sci fi, tv
On this episode Ian and Matthew tackle the jackbooted space lizards of V, the original miniseries from 1983.
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173: BUCKAROO BANZAI
June 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins
80s, action, adventure, comedy, scifi
This week the IMMP dives into one of great cult movies of the 80s: BUCKAROO BANZAI.
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171: Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in CITY HEAT
May 26th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
80s, action, comedy, drama, movie, mystery
Ian and Matthew discuss Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in CITY HEAT, the 1984...Comedy? Drama? Violent actioner?
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165: Rankin/Bass' THE RETURN OF THE KING (1980)
March 3rd, 2025 | 58 mins 31 secs
80s, animation, kids, musical, tolkien, tv
Ian and Matthew talk about one of the most bewildering productions from Rankin/Bass, when the skipped past two thirds of THE LORD OF THE RINGS to give us their RETURN OF THE KIBNG