The Summer of 86 at 40: June 13-15, 1986

About this episode

The episode explores the pop culture of June 13-15, 1986, focusing on films, news, and music from that weekend.

The Summer of 86 at 40 is a weekly retrospective journey through United States pop culture surrounding the films released in May, June, July and August of 1986. Brandon Peters, Scott Mendelson and Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released as well as the news stories, commercials, television and music that rounded out the general public’s lives as they lined the pockets of the box office to see these movies. June 13-15, 1986: It’s time to chip in to the Save Ferris campaign! Maybe that will help fund Rodney Dangerfield’s first semester. John Stamos tries his hand at Bond and Jon Lithgow messes with some dangerous science fair projects. Our movies all carry a very scholastic theme this week! We’ll also be discussing the box office report, notable news stories, a 1986 commercial, the top 10 Nielsen rated tv programs for the week and the top 10 of Casey Kasem’s American top 40 from the week these films were released. Brandon Peters and the show are on Facebook and social media @brandon4kuhd. Subscribe to the YouTube channel for visual versions as well as 4k, Blu-ray, DVD reviews & additional material. Scott Mendelson is on…

People in this episode

Host: Brandon Peters

Guests: Scott Mendelson, Aaron Neuwirth

Topics covered

• 1986 pop culture
• film releases
• box office
• television
• music
• nostalgia

Keywords

• 1986 films
• box office report
• Nielsen ratings
• pop culture
• nostalgia

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Casey Kasem’s American top 40

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