The 'Science' experience that went bad

Warning: This week's Stuck in the 80s podcast is dreadful. From the Latin meaning "full of dread."

Somewhere in our massive preparation for discussing the 1985 flick "Weird Science," co-host Sean Daly and I were massively sidetracked and sent down a parallel universe. One in which Anthony Michael Hall wasn't a pumped-up cable TV star, and where co-star Ilan Mitchell-Smith wasn't just a college English professor.

Still, I suppose there's a sick, perverted part in all of us that has the need to still download and listen to it. And if so, click here for the show. Or click here to get all our much-better shows for free via iTunes.

Before you start listening, take solace in the fact that I did everything I could to save the show through the editing process. I'd say about 30-40 minutes of meandering material was cut out, leaving you with something along the nutritional food line of a turkey-tofu dog on a whole-wheat bun.

In the meantime, Mr. Daly himself will be visiting the Spears Lair tonight to partake of college football, meatless snacks and plenty of fermented beverages. So don't be surprised to see one or both of show up online tonight to read your inevitable insults. Don't worry. We won't cry ... much.

Comments

[Joe]

Spearsy & Sean,

Ya know guys, with daily multiple posts, & a weekly podcast, it's almost like a part-time job to read everything, make comments, & listen to podcasts. With so much going on, it's hard to make time to listen. Still, Jo & I have been enjoying them, & will try to fit them in somehow. Keep up the cool stuff!

[CHAD]

is weird science the best movie ever, probably not. is the podcast of weird science the best ever, probably not. but i have to say, compared to my week, it was pretty good. no electricity for 5 days, in the hot and humid louisiana weather. no internet, no tv, no nothing except working 10 hour shifts in a hot store, then going home taking a cold shower, and then sitting around listening to older podcasts was my entertainment this past week. i even left a message on the hotline, but dont use it steve, i got nervous and started studdering. i had it all planned out what i was gonna say, and poof, i was like a little school boy trying to ask a cheerleader out on a date. ive been in hell this week, aka baton rouge. with all that said, ike is rearing his ugly head into the gulf as we speak. if it happens again, i dont know what i will do. i dont know what i will be capable of doing. steve and sean, i just wanna thank yall for the hours of entertainment. i would just sit at my desk in the dark, with a candle on the desk, listening to show after show. maybe tonite ill watch weird science for the heck of it. ive always liked the movie, and bill paxton is brilliant in it.

[John Hays]

As an officer for the Dallas Gator Club, I had other responsibilities today, and am about to head to the game viewing, but I'm sure I'll hear it soon and enjoy it! Have fun, oh meatless ones!

[Former Producer Dave]

Oh sure, Sean gets to come over, but me? Bupkis! At least Sean and I could have eaten Blackened Chicken Wings while you watched! ;-)

[Walter Cox]

Now I've got the theme song stuck in my head. (Ooo!)

[chase]

Well, I'm taking y'all on a run through the mountains tomorrow. hoping it doesn's suck as much as the Miami Vice 'cast ...

seriously, what will it take to convince one or both of you to move to Denver?

[Sean Daly]

Spears is a lightweight. I lost money tonight by 1 frickin' point. This night blows! Someone entertain me...

[Bassnote]

Oh come on guys, the podcast is nowhere near as bad as you make it out to be. I enjoyed it a lot.

[Lori]

Hey! I was just gonna write you guys. Thought you were probably too hammered to check in!

[Lori]

And Tonianne, are you drowning?

[Lori]

I am so impressed that someone can say a certain person's last name correctly. That almost never happens. Thanks.

I would rather be writing over on Sean's space, but you guys are here, so what can I do?

Great football night. Did you see the UCF stadium shaking?

What I want to know is, did Sean smuggle any meat products into the veggies and suds party?

[Sherrie]

Fellas, has there been some sort of psychotic break due to an overdose of tofu tater tots?

[John Hays]

You bet against the Gators, Sean? Bad move.

However, our guys need a lot of work! They should have played much better than that! Big plays didn't come till late in the game!

[Bassnote]

I was really hoping the "My nuts..." line would make the podcast somewhere.

[John Hays]

That wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting! I think you thought it was so bad because you judged it based on the original audio, not the post-editing version.

[Vegasgirlfriend]

I was talking to them on the phone earlier this evening - they were so drunk it was unreal.

So Steve, when do I get my webcam?

[John Hays]

Haha, oh VG, what you need is some recording equipment! I'd love to have heard that conversation! Too bad...I actually have recording equipment for a phone interview I did a while back.

[John Hays]

By the way, does the single younger attractive VG sister live near Dallas, by any chance! :D

[The Man Known Only as.......Rowan]

Guys The show, like the movie, was not that bad. What I like to hear is what is the goings on at the lair

[Jeff in Cuba]

Fearless Leader,

I'm hunkered down (again) in the Emergency Operations Center waiting for Ike to pass us by. Should muss our hair a little more than Gustav.

Anyway, the 'cast wasn't that bad, just a little "uninspired", a little too 'by the numbers'.

And thanks for acknowledging my correct movie response, even if it was just to give SD an excuse to take off on another "Jeff sucks" riff.

[Douglas Arthur]

only two winners?? Are you sure?

[Lori]

That's their new schtick. Didn't you hear the giggle?

[Bassnote]

Jeff, I hope you, and everyone down there, come out okay after Ike.

[The man formerly known as Spears]

Hurricane Crown Royal has now past by the Spears Lair. It hit as a strong category 4 storm.

I've scraped the last remnants of BBQ sauce off the couches, windows, doors and counters. And I actually had to e-mail work to have them call my cell phone so I could find it this morning. It was under my bed.

Surely by now everyone knows the earlier "spears" messages were sent by that felon Daly, who is probably in lock-up right now. I have no idea where he is. According to my detective skills, he was last seen awake about 3 a.m. listening to the Savage Love podcast on my laptop.

According to my cell phone records, we stopped making calls about 1:20 a.m.

God bless Alka Seltzer Morning Relief.

So, did you have BBQ sauce on tofu, or what?

[Tonianne]

morningstar farms makes a veggie version of the egg mcmuffin that's delicious.

if i were there, i'd promise to you get you one.

then wouldn't.

[Tonianne]

and HST would never require alka seltzer morning relief.

[Spears]

I went to the dark side and did enjoy some meat last night. Sean made me. He also made me drink liquor and smoke cigars. Not my finest moment.

[Tonianne]

RE: "I went to the dark side and did enjoy some meat last night. Sean made me."

nah. too easy.

[Spears]

OK, I just got that one. My bad.

[specialkness]

You must go to Oktoberfest... once in a lifetime experience! Too bad I wasn't still in Germany or I could meet up with you there!

[Rick]

The podcast was devoid of your usual guffaw-inducing exchanges, but it still carried some real revelations, even for a Hughes fan like me.

For example, before listening I would've sworn this was a fluke from his I'm-not-into-this-anymore, pre-retirement phase, not something produced during his heyday. So, the two-day script explains a WHOLE lot, but I still don't get how he managed to jump the rails so few movies into his career.

And with the role of Gary, it's clear the end was in sight for AMH... next stop JOHNNY BE GOOD (with cringe-inducing stops off at SNL and OUT OF BOUNDS just to keep his "instrument" in tune). He shouldn't have tried so hard to prove he wasn't a dork in real life.

Feels like a case of "me thinks he doth protest too much."

[Former Producer Dave]

Ah Jeff! I can respect a man who can throw a "Dr. Strangelove" reference into any Sit80s posting! Well done and I hope you are surviving the storm.

[Jeff in Cuba]

Hurricane Ike Update:

I'm bored out of my mind, waiting for whatever is going to happen to happen.

[cue Tom Petty] "The wai-ai-ting is the hardest part..."

[specialkness]

Jeff in Cuba are you still in the EOC waiting? What's the latest update from your end of the world?

[Michelle]

I made it through the whole 'cast. Where's my prize?

[Jeff in Cuba]

Latest Ike Update:

Winds out of the southwest, 45 mph, gusting to 55 mph. Should be dying down by about midnight.

I've got my fingers crossed that I'll be home by 3:30.

[Douglas Arthur]

More useless trivia...

The other famous 48 hr script from this era is James Cameron's humdinger for Rambo: First Blood Part 2. He didn't direct it, but its just as well. I can only speculate, but the success of that film probably helped lead to him helming the next Alien movie in 1986. (Combined with his low budget breakout The Terminator, which appeared the same year as Rambo)

[John Hays]

Hehehehehehe....Tonianne, you're golden.

[Richard]

The show was fine. I even applaud your efforts on the mall skit at the front.

Wearing a bra on my head,

Richard

[Rick]

Jeff, hope all goes well on the isla bonita...

Here's my trivia question for you though: Was that a STRANGELOVE reference you through out or "Rocky & Bullwinkle"?

[Rick]

Er, threw out, I mean. (Am I the only one who wishes we could edit our posts!?)

[Jeff in Cuba]

Rick,

Things are finally calming down on our end of the island. But based on what the radar looked like earlier today, the other side of the mountains got absolutely hammered. There are a couple of decent size cities over there.

Oh yeah, that was a straight George C. Scott reference.

[Miguel]

Just finnished listening the podcast now.Not the best indeed,not the worst thow.
It makes me understand better why you`re affraid to do a Sixteen Candles podcast,Steve. It`s not the easiest task.