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Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1985 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting...
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Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1985 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form.
Check out previous seasons to hear them discuss 1982, 1983 & 1984 movies, as well as a full season of Love Boat episodes (if that is your thing). Plus one-off specials and a weekly mini "what are we watching" podcast.
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Check out previous seasons to hear them discuss 1982, 1983 & 1984 movies, as well as a full season of Love Boat episodes (if that is your thing). Plus one-off specials and a weekly mini "what are we watching" podcast.
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26 MAR 2025 · This week on the Exciting & New podcast Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Becky (back) and Nate (first timer) to the podcast as they all discuss 1985 comedy The Breakfast Club. In this Brat Pack must-see, everyone that graduated college in St Elmo's Fire is back playing high school students in this one. We do a deep dive into the problems of kids in the 80s, like parental pressure, parental abuse, suicide, and cutting school to go shopping. The is an al time great, and we really had a blast getting a young person's perspective, as well as a bunch of old-heads takes on what it was really like going to school in the 80s.  This was a great movie to discuss and we had fun doing so. Enjoy the podcast!
As promised, here are the parts that were supposedly cut:
-Carl predicts where the five kids will be in thirty years: Bender will have killed himself; Claire will have had "two boob jobs and a face lift"; Brian will have become very successful but die of a heart attack due to the stress of the high paying job; Allison will be a great poet, but no one will care; and Andrew will marry a gorgeous airline stewardess who will become fat after having kids.
-In a dream sequence Allison imagines Andrew as a gluttonous Viking, Bender as a prisoner, Claire as a bride, Brian as an astronaut and herself as a vampire. In an unfilmed alternative to this dream sequence all the five kids imagine random things including cars, naked women, Godzilla, beer and fighter planes, and these things end up filling the room until Vernon interrupts.
-John Bender was not going to walk to school in the original script. He was going to be driven by his dad in a rusty tow truck, and have a brief fight with him before his dad drives off. Bender was also tossed a bagged lunch, with his father saying "You are a waste of lunch meat!"
-After Bender demonstrates "Life at Big Bri's house" Brian stops Bender, and corrects him with a much more pessimistic version of the skit. Claire then proceeds to act out her life before asking Bender to demonstrate his version. Bender's routine changes as well here. After Bender mimics his mom, he stops, commenting that "then they make me work to pay off the dentist for the teeth he busts."
-The scene where Andrew and Allison are walking to get the sodas is extended to a point, where Allison pulls out a pack of cigarettes, and smokes one.
-After getting the sodas, Bender shakes his can violently and places it among the five to see who gets the rigged one. Allison ends up getting it, and when she opens the can, all the soda squirts directly into her mouth.
-After Vernon asks who has to use the lavatory, the five go to the bathroom. Vernon gives the boys two minutes, and the girls three minutes. Claire catches Allison in a stall eating a bag of chips, repulsing her. Bender mocks Brian for sitting down to pee instead of using a urinal.
-When the group is sitting in the circle and Allison mentions that she can write (and do other things) with her toes, she was going to follow up with an actual demonstration.
-Several staff members were cut out of the script before filming: Dr. Lange (Social Studies teacher who dresses oddly), and Robin (gym teacher). Robin helps Vernon on a few workout machines until Vernon injures his back, and she eventually visits the students while they are in their circle in the library. Robin initially replaced many of Carl's scenes, and Carl was originally set to be a minor character with only two scenes.
-During a cast reunion in honor of the film's 25th anniversary, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000639/?ref_=tttrv_tr revealed that a Director's Cut existed, but Hughes' widow did not disclose any details concerning its whereabouts.
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24 MAR 2025 · Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Becky and Nate (first-timer) on the podcast to discuss what they were up to this last week (with a small detour into the behind-the-scenes of the recording industry). The Breakfast Club is coming this Wednesday.
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19 MAR 2025 · This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome first-timer Shamus to the podcast as we discuss the 1985 action flick Commando. In this shoot-em-up, Arnold needs to murder just about everyone he comes in contact with, except Tommy Chong's daughter, all in the hopes of saving Tony Danza's TV daughter.  Even though this is our 3rd trip into the Arnold filmography, this is the one that really started all the things we love about him. The one-liners, the close ups on this arms, his insane ability to avoid 10,000 bullets all flying at him at once. Shamus is former military (thank you for your service), and it is fun to get his insight into how believable it is to jump out of plane and survive and how one swims to an island in a speedo and then changes into the most heavily armed person on the planet. This was a fun one to discuss. Enjoy the podcast. Â
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17 MAR 2025 · Jason, Andy and Dana welcome first time Shamus on the podcast as they discuss what they were up to this last week. Commando is coming this Wednesday
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12 MAR 2025 · This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mike back on the show as we discuss the 1985 dark comdey After Hours. In this Marin Scorsese directed love story to the seedier side of New York, an American Werewolf is just trying to get home after a terrible date, but just can't seem to pay his way back. Apparently in 1985, it was ok to leave the house in NYC with $20 and expect round trip service (and pay for a date too). This cast is deep, with a lot of up and comers (including Kevin McCallister's parents) and E&N fav Teri Garr. Scorsese aways mixes laughs into even his hardest dramas, but it's nice to see a straight up comedy from one of the all time greats. We all had a great time discussing this all-time classic. Enjoy the podcast!
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10 MAR 2025 · Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Mike back on the podcast as they discuss what they were up to this last week. After Hours is coming this Wednesday
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5 MAR 2025 · This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Anthony back on as we discuss the 1985 comedy Weird Science. In this Hughes-iverse classic, nerdy teens build a lady with a computer that wouldn't even be powerful enough to post this podcast these days. Kelly LeBrock is the lady, and she is going to show these nerd how to have a good time, or maybe get them killed trying. Bill Paxton is the jerk off older brother and RDJ plays the jerk off classmate of our hero nerds. What's the worst pain there is?  Do you think Chet's grandparents are having a good time being catatonic in a closet? Who is this Gary character? This movie will anwer all these questions and more. Enjoy the podcast!!
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3 MAR 2025 · Jason, Andy and Dana welcome Anthony back on the podcast as they discuss what they were up to this last week. Weird Science is coming this Wednesday
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26 FEB 2025 · This week on the Exciting & New podcast, Jason. Andy and Dana discuss the 1985 comedy Mischief.  We all emerge from flu exile to a rather bland comedy written by someone who obviously loved James Dean.  Part Grease, part Back to the Future, and no where near as good as either, as we travel back to the 1950s to see Mrs Travolta naked.  And there is the hilight of the movie.  Spoiler alert.  Enjoy the podcast!
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24 FEB 2025 · Jason, Andy and Dana discuss what they were up to the last couple weeks while they dealt with the flu and a terrible Super Bowl.  Mischief is coming this Wednesday.
Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1985 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting...
show more
Jason, Andy and Dana will discuss a 1985 movie weekly, breaking down all the nonsense there within. The 3 hosts all work together and everyone else around them was getting really annoyed at all the movie talk, so they decided to annoy the world in podcast form.
Check out previous seasons to hear them discuss 1982, 1983 & 1984 movies, as well as a full season of Love Boat episodes (if that is your thing). Plus one-off specials and a weekly mini "what are we watching" podcast.
show less
Check out previous seasons to hear them discuss 1982, 1983 & 1984 movies, as well as a full season of Love Boat episodes (if that is your thing). Plus one-off specials and a weekly mini "what are we watching" podcast.
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| Author | Jason, Andy, and Dana |
| Organization | Jason, Andy and Brian |
| Categories | TV & Film |
| Website | excitingandnewpodcast.com |
| excitingandnewpodcast@gmail.com |
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