20th Century Popcast is a podcast that tries to understand the present by living in the past. Each week hosts Bob and Tim take a sociological look at the pop culture of the '80s and '90s. Its a ruining of their childhood that hopefully explains how they became adults.
RETRO SHOCK: "Pee-Wee's Big Abduction" (1986) What 10 year-old wouldn't want to be cosmically kidnapped and forced to fly to a future where NASA wants to cut open their brain for star-charts? Well, half of this show's hosts ... to start with. Still, that's not stopping Bob and Tim from exploring this childhood space film that isn't "Explorers." Its Disney's oddest offering from the 1980s, "Flight Of The Navigator" ... and some dogs playing frisbee.
00:00:00 PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - prop comedy is a-go
00:01:15 AGING GRACELESSLY - and “Home Improvement” is on Netflix(?)
00:05:30 AUGUST 1ST, 1986 - Disneying up the guys
00:09:05 CABLE VIEWINGS OF THE FIRST KIND - Bob recalls his initial contact with the film
00:17:26 GOOD MEMORY/BAD MEMORY - and watching what’s you’re put in front of
00:20:48 MODERN DAY - Dogs Of FLA.
00:24:10 FIRST SIGHTINGS OF THE 1970s - and Howard Hessman initiates a cover-up
00:31:26 EDITORIAL CHOICE TO THE FUTURE - a childhood game of alien abduction
00:37:07 RALPING ALL OVER THE RUNWAY - and explaining the title
00:44:28 PAGING MR. REUBENS - so now its THIS movie?
00:51:24 ANACHRONISTIC-PHOBIA - and we could’ve been talking about “Back To The Future”
00:57:07 GOOD REALITY/BAD REALITY - with shout-outs to “Explorers,” “X-Men,” “Star Wars” and pretty much anything but this
01:04:48 CLOSINGS - contacts, plugs and no catch phrase
01:07:48 SPECIAL FEATURES - text speculation
Enjoy this pre-flight rendition of the plotted course you're about to navigate with the original FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR TRAILER.
Mix one part "making of documentary" with two parts "blatant commercial for the Disney' Back-catalog" to concoct this original 1986 FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR FEATURETTE.
Jump through time with You-tuber Adam Woo as he revisits FLIGHT OF THE NAVIGATOR FILMING LOCATIONS 26 years later.
Be sure to have finished your homework in time to tune into the 1986 DISNEY SUNDAY MOVIE OPENING CREDIT SEQUENCE.
Then sit through the entire original Disney Sunday night broadcast of the original Disney Sunday Night movie mentioned in today's episode MR. BOOGEDY.
Or just watch a tease for the movie they maybe should have watched with this original movie trailer for EXPLORERS.
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“Super Poupi ” (opening theme) and "Poupi Great Adventures: The Arcade Game" (closing theme) performed by Komiku from the 2018 album POUPI'S INCREDIBLE ADVENTURES available at Freemusicarchives.org. Cleared for public domain use through Creative Commons under a CCO 1.0 Universal License.
"Around The Corner And Down A Bit" performed by Matt Oakley from the 2014 album 80S TV #1 also available at Freemusicarchives.org.
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