Name: 1985 by Yearview Mirror
Duration: 42 min 15 s
Description: We discuss the films Back to the Future and The Breakfast Club, the TV debuts The Golden Girls and MacGyver, and the music Huey Lewwis & The News, Simple Minds, Kate Bush, and USA For Africa.

We discuss the films Back to the Future and The Breakfast Club, the TV debuts The Golden Girls and MacGyver, and the music Huey Lewwis & The News, Simple Minds, Kate Bush, and USA For Africa.

1985

We discuss the films Rebel Without A Cause and Night of the Hunter, the TV debuts Gunsmoke, The $64,000 Question, and The Honeymooners, and the music of Little Richard, Perez Prado, Fats Domino, Bo Diddley, and Pat Boone.

1955

We discuss the films Dog Day Afternoon, The Stepford Wives, and Jaws, the TV debuts The Jeffersons and Saturday Night Live, and the music of Fleetwood Mac, The Captain & Tenille, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Bruce Springsteen, and Queen

1975

We discuss the films Singles, Wayne's World, and Glengarry Glen Ross, the TV debuts Mad About You and The Real World, and the music of Dr. Dre, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Whitney Houston, and R.E.M.

1992

We discuss the films Don't Look Up and Coda, the TV debuts White Lotus and Squid Game, and the music of Olivia Rodrigo, Doja Cat, Brandi Carlile, and Lil Nas X.

2021

We discuss the  films The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre and Rope, the TV debuts The Milton Berle Show and The Ed Sullivan Show, and the music of Pee Wee Hunt, Wynonie Harris, John Lee Hooker, and Spike Jones.

1948

We discuss the films Tommy Boy, Clueless, and Toy Story, the TV debut Xena: Warrior Princess, and the music of Coolio, The Goo Goo Dolls, Oasis, and Alanis Morrissette.

1995

We discuss the films All The President's Men, Network, Rocky, and Taxi Driver, the TV debuts Charlies' Angels, The Muppet Show, and Laverne and Shirley, and the music of The Eagles, Heart, Jackson Browne, Bob Seger, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, ABBA, and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers.

1976

We discuss the films Little Miss Sunshine, Borat, and Children of Men, the TV debut 30 Rock, and the music of Beyonce, Daniel Powter, Gnarls Barkley, and Amy Winehouse

2006

We discuss the films Fail Safe and Dr. Strangelove, the TV debuts Gilligan's Island, The Addams Family, and Bewitched, and the music of The Kinks, Sam Cooke, The Righteous Brothers, and The Temptations.

1964

We discuss the films The Florida Project and Get Out, the TV debuts Ozark and The Handmaid's Tale, and the music of Ed Sheeran, Sam Hunt, Kendrick Lamar, and Luis Fonzi and Daddy Yankee.

2017

We're a couple of high school history teachers who discuss and debate each other's thoughts and ideas about U.S. history and pop culture.  Each weekly podcast creates a big picture snapshot of one year in post-WWII America by using significant historical events to contextualize a handful of films, TV shows, and songs.

1985

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