S2 E9: Uncle Buck, Olympic Dreams & 80s Trivia Night

S2 E9: Uncle Buck, Olympic Dreams & 80s Trivia Night

From 80s Show Podcast by Damian Raffele + Bill Lassiter

August 11, 2025 · 1h 1m · Season 2 · Episode 9

About this episode

The episode celebrates John Candy's comedic legacy, reminisces about the 1984 Summer Olympics, and features a round of 1980s trivia.

This week, we salute the patron saint of ‘80s comedy, John Candy, because if you didn’t laugh at Uncle Buck , Planes, Trains and Automobiles , or Spaceballs , you might be dead inside. Then Bill dusts off his Olympic credentials to relive the 1984 Summer Games, when L.A. was hotter than a Members Only jacket in August and the Soviet Union was conveniently “busy” that year. We wrap it all up with another round of 1980s trivia, because nothing says “good time” like forgetting the name of that one guy from that one band you swore you’d never forget. Show Notes: Spaceballs II Teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsK-KPi_w3w Joe Montana, “Hey look it’s John Candy”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2CwVbv7Wy4 Going Berserk (1983) Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1oE01Qb5Bc Carl Lewis sings the national anthem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlypkbwBd50 Mary Lou Retton Wheaties Commercial: h ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UOPmwmwARQ

People in this episode

Host: Bill

Topics covered

  • John Candy
  • 1984 Summer Olympics
  • 1980s trivia

Keywords

  • Uncle Buck
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles
  • Spaceballs
  • Soviet Union
  • Carl Lewis
  • Mary Lou Retton

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Trains, Members Only jacket

Books & works: Uncle Buck, Olympic Dreams & 80s, Planes, Spaceballs, Spaceballs II, Going Berserk

Places: L.A., the Soviet Union

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