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Huey Lewis
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What’s Aged the Worst?
The sequel history, pan-and-scan broadcasts, dated effects, the theme-song dispute, harassment of William Atherton, and Venkman's conduct
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Approx. transcript time · 00:35:09Read transcript
- The franchise's sequels and reboots are criticized as uneven or money-driven, though one participant strongly defends Ghostbusters II.
- Pan-and-scan television versions are blamed for making the wide compositions cramped and hiding visual gags for years. — Bill Simmons
- The similarity between the theme song and Huey Lewis's 'I Want a New Drug' remains a blemish despite both songs' popularity. — Bill Simmons
- William Atherton's report of being harassed in public after playing Peck is treated as an ugly consequence of the film. — Bill Simmons
- Some finale establishing shots and matte paintings now appear visibly rendered. — Van Lathan
- Venkman's use of professional authority to pursue students and clients is identified as the clearest behavior that aged badly. — Van Lathan
The most 1985 thing
Pepsi Free
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Approx. transcript time · 00:49:23Read transcript
- Huey Lewis, Twin Pines Mall, the DeLorean, Pepsi Free, and an X-rated downtown theater are nominated — Bill Simmons
- Pepsi Free and Tab or the prominence of Huey Lewis are the leading choices. — Chris Ryan
- Pepsi Free is declared the winner because of its narrow mid-1980s window — Bill Simmons
- The DeLorean remains a nominee but is discounted for originating earlier in the decade — Bill Simmons
In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:13:19Read transcript
- Michael J. Fox is judged at his apex through the combination of Family Ties and the film — Bill Simmons
- Huey Lewis, Christopher Lloyd, Claudia Wells, Crispin Glover, and Thomas F. Wilson are assigned apexes — Bill Simmons
- Libyan terrorists are rejected in favor of Gaddafi as their apex
- Pepsi Free is assigned an apex while the larger Pepsi brand is debated — Chris Ryan
- Robert Zemeckis is assigned an apex because Romancing the Stone and this film enabled later ambitious projects — Sean Fennessey
- Time travel is assigned an apex over Lost for popularizing difficult concepts — Chris Ryan
What’s Aged the Best?
Huey Lewis, character payoffs, Claudia Wells, backlots, Christopher Lloyd, and Alan Silvestri
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Approx. transcript time · 00:51:26Read transcript
- The Goldie Wilson setup and later mayor payoff are praised — Bill Simmons
- The Power of Love and Back in Time are praised, including Huey Lewis judging Marty’s performance of his own song — Bill Simmons
- Marty’s horror at Lorraine flirting with him is praised — Bill Simmons
- The 1950s ice-cream shop and George punching Biff are praised — Bill Simmons
- Claudia Wells is praised as a supportive Jennifer Parker — Chris Ryan
- Studio backlots are praised for creating a reusable, convincing town square
- Christopher Lloyd is jokingly praised for appearing not to age
- Alan Silvestri’s score is praised as iconic and durable
- Huey Lewis is selected as the leading Aged Best choice
What’s Aged the Best?
Young Eddie Murphy's performance as Reggie Hammond
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Approx. transcript time · 00:28:30Read transcript
- Nominees are young Eddie Murphy, James Remar as Gans, and James Horner's soundtrack crossed with San Francisco; the score is one of the all-timers, and some of it was reused in Commando three years later to one host's annoyance; Horner likes his steel drums and scored much of one host's movie childhood, including, as recalled, Alien, Aliens and Terminator.
- The three-minute cue before the subway stakeout, when they wait outside the parking garage in the morning, with the clarinet, is wanted as the theme for the BS podcast, with an appeal to James Horner's estate to hand it over. — Bill Simmons
- The Torchy's scene has aged phenomenally; the Police's Roxanne is a time capsule that would have been a baffling intro if the song had fallen out of popularity, but it turned out to be one of the most iconic songs of the era; a Walkman-with-microphone memory and the thought that Dexys Midnight Runners there could have gone very wrong.
- The Busboys have aged really well, leaving the question of why they never made it; the final scene, when Reggie finally gets laid and comes out to find Jack waiting with the car, the exchange about the money ending with Reggie wanting only enough for a new car, and Reggie stealing Jack's lighter and getting caught, is incredibly well written; the pick is Reggie, the Eddie Murphy performance, and the other agrees on young Eddie.
- A bar-band tangent: every city had its own Huey Lewis ripoff, like the Young Rumblers in Philly, and the Busboys songs all seem to be about going downtown for new shoes or being back in town, written to land a Friday residency at a place like Torchy's or Roman's rather than to write the White Album; both songs could have been Blues Brothers numbers; the country band at Torchy's was pretty good too, and young Eddie is reaffirmed.
- Without stepping on the Gans section to come, James Remar is one of the great psycho-on-the-loose characters, maybe number one among realistic ones, a man a prostitute character says prefers shooting cops to sex and who has been in jail three years; competition is thin, perhaps Tommy Lee Jones in Under Siege ten years later, since eighties villains were slick businessmen like Alan Rickman in Die Hard.
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