This week, we open the detention file on The Breakfast Club to find out what happened after the iconic fist pump. Then we hit rewind on 1987’s biggest songs, back when mixtapes were love letters and choruses lived rent-free in our brains forever. Finally, we wrap things up with our “1980 Something” trivia segment, where pop culture meets memory gaps and dignity takes a coffee break.

This week, we buzz the tower of 80s nostalgia with a dogfight between Top Gun and its off-brand cousin, Iron Eagle. As kids, we thought Iron Eagle was badass. As adults… well, let’s just say it’s less “fighter pilot” and more “after-school special with a soundtrack.”

Then we jump to Top Gun: Maverick, a sequel that somehow didn’t suck. In fact, we kind of loved it. Tom Cruise may be 60, but the man still flies like he’s trying to outrun his own aging process.

Finally, in our Ask a Millennial segment, co-host Bill Lassiter roams the streets armed with 80s trivia and a dream to find just one person under 35 who knows anything about our favorite decade. What he uncovers is part game show, part therapy session, and full-blown generational crisis.

Strap in. It’s fast, funny, and totally classified.

Show Notes:

Danger Zone: The Making of Top Gun

Part 1: https://archive.org/details/youtube-C0bTDfi_vjA

Part 2: https://archive.org/details/youtube-ppNmOhBKynM

This episode is pure 80s - fast cars, pastel suits, and enough powder to shut down Studio 54.

We kick things off with John DeLorean’s desperate attempt to fund his stainless steel dream car by allegedly jumping into the cocaine trade. Was it savvy, stupid, or a midlife crisis on gullwing doors?

Then we dive into the coke-dusted chaos of 80s action movies, spotlighting Scarface and Lethal Weapon—two films that define the era’s cinematic obsession with excess, explosions, and unhinged behavior.

Finally, we talk Miami Vice - the stylish, synth-soaked cop show that turned every drug bust into a music video and made stubble and sockless loafers a lifestyle.

Neon, narcotics, and nonstop nostalgia. Buckle up.