Holly Knight is in the Songwriter Hall of Fame for good reason: Her tunes gave us the soundtrack of our youth. Now she has a new memoir about her life and career entitled – “I Am the Warrior: My Crazy Life Writing the Hits and Rocking the MTV Eighties.” She joins us for this week’s show.
If Val Kilmer is the greatest swordsman in the world but we’re all pigs, we must be talking about “Willow” on this week’s episode. We review the 1988 movie and the new streaming series on Disney+.
Author Chris Clews returns to the show to talk about his latest book: “Raised on the ’80s: 30+ Unexpected Life Lessons from the Movies and Music That Defined Pop Culture’s Most Excellent Decade.” Plus, Steve cries. Brad teases.
Peter Billingsley returns with the sequel to “A Christmas Story” so cleverly named “A Christmas Story Christmas.” It’s streaming on HBOMax. Is it worth your time? We triple-dog dare you to listen to our review.
Can you believe Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” is 40 years old? Seems like just yesterday we were hypnotized by its genius – and we still are.
This week’s installment includes songs by Toto, Bob Seger, Hall and Oates, Bonnie Tyler, Go West and Oingo Boingo.
