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- (Katie) Today, we're gonna see how well you know
popular '80s comedy movies.
- Okay, well, I'm gonna fail at this one.
- Oh god!
I'm just gonna say now, I know nothing.
- The '80s are a long time ago.
That was way before I was born.
- I might surprise myself,
but I'm probably gonna get everything wrong.
- I don't know if I know any popular '80s comedy movies.
Maybe I do.
I just don't know if they were made in the '80s.
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- (Katie) Do you know this movie?
- What the heck is that?
- No idea.
- It's really weird.
It's just a guy holding up a frickin' tennis racket.
- There's a dog growling at a snake.
Yeah, I have no clue what this is.
- It says, "Every summer, Chevy Chase takes his family on a little trip.
(dramatically) This year, he went too far!"
- It's called Road Trip because every single decade
there's a movie called Road Trip about a family that goes on a road trip
and wacky adventures happen.
- There's no way I'm getting this movie.
Like, this doesn't look remotely even-- oh, wait!
This is that one-- the family vacation one. Is it?
- Is it the, like, Lampoon Something Vacation?
- This is, uh-- which vacation is it?
National Lampoon Summer Vacation?
- (Katie) This is... - (gasps) Vacation.
I kind of feel like I've heard of that.
- The movie's great. It's funny.
It's like classic, you know, slapstick comedy.
- I have never seen this, and I know if my friends see this
they're gonna be like, "What? You haven't seen National Lamp--
I mean, Lampoons?" [Bleep], it's from the '80s!
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- (Katie) Do you know this comedy from 1987?
- Shoot! Why does it ring so many bells?
But-- ah, okay, I know obviously it's some kind of Star Wars parody.
- That little guy on the right looks like Yoda.
But I don't think Mel Brooks was in Star Wars
and I don't think there's a flying van in Star Wars either.
- Oh my gosh! I feel like I know this title.
- That is, um, um, um... Ssssp-- Spaceballs?
- Spaceballs! I know that one.
(laughing)
- Spaceballs.
- Spaceballs! I have this on DVD somewhere in my house.
- Okay, I know Spaceballs.
For some reason they showed me this at camp
when I was, like, ten.
It was a fantastic, stupid comedy.
- (Katie) Here it is.
- Spaceballs.
Okay, wait! Yeah, okay, I've heard of this one.
- Spaceballs! I've heard of it!
- (Yiddish accent) Merchandize!
There was that one guy who was like, "(Yiddish accent) Merchandizing!"
- Mel Brooks is hilarious.
Bill Pullman is just funny. I love him.
He's one of my favorite actors.
- Who doesn't like Star Wars? Who doesn't like comedy?
Put 'em together, boom! Genius movie.
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- (Katie) Let's see if you recognize this '80s classic.
- Ah, man. No idea.
- It's familiar because I'm pretty sure this movie is on Netflix
and I've scrolled over it a few times.
- I feel so bad 'cause I grew up watching Eddie Murphy
and I don't know the name of the fricking movie.
- I've watched a lot of Eddie Murphy movies.
They just all kind of run together after a while.
I don't know-- I'm gonna guess the title.
King of New York?
- I know Eddie Murphy, but I can't think of a single thing
that he's done right-- no, no, don't look at me like that!
I know Eddie Murphy!
- Oh my gosh! I totally know this and it's really, really gonna piss me off
because I literally just watched this movie.
- I've seen this. I know I have.
But I forgot the title, but I know he's from Africa or somewhere
and he's like the king or something and he's really weird,
and then he moves to the big city and he has to fit in or something.
- Coming to America.
I haven't seen it.
My friends at school hate me for not seeing it, but I want to.
- (Katie) This is the poster for... - "Coming to America."
Never heard of it.
- "Coming to America."
See, I wouldn't have ever guessed that, but I know the whole thing.
- How could I not guess that?
I mean, it's literally so self-explanatory.
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- (Katie) Do you know this movie?
- Uh, it's... Golf?
Oh my god! Why is there a beaver on the roof?
- It looks like we've got some businessmen
and then we got some fishermen in the back.
- "Some people just don't belong."
I know that's true, but I don't know what movie this is.
- Golfing? So-- and there's a groundhog.
Oh, this is Happy Gilmore. Is it?
- Is that Bill Murray?
So... and there's a groundhog-- Groundhog's Day!
- I don't know the name. It's about golf and gophers.
- I have this movie too! Wait, is it--? No.
Is this Caddyshack?
- Is it Caddyshack?
- Caddyshack! I've seen this one a lot of times.
The poop. The poop. (laughing)
- (Katie) This is a poster for... - Caddyshack!
Ah-hah!
There was a squirrel in the background.
I thought it was a groundhog.
- Caddyshack? Like, what--? What's a caddy shack?
- I love this movie. It's really funny.
- Billy Murray's in this. Huh.
- "Chevy Chase." I've heard of Chevy Chase,
but I only know who Bill Murray is.
I've just heard Chevy Chase like, "(dramatically) Chevy Chase."
And that's about-- wasn't he in Vacation?!
I just I read that. Oh my god!
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- (Katie) Here's your next one. Do you know it?
- Mmmm...
No, I don't know this one.
- Oh my god! I don't know any of these so far.
- For a second, I thought this was supposed to be a motivational poster
'cause there's police officers everywhere and then there's words.
- There's a dog in the front. I think it's holding a beer.
I'm not really sure.
And then some chick's showing off her legs.
- I'm gonna just guess here Police Academy.
- Is this, like, Police Academy?
'Cause there's police officers.
- That's The Police Academy.
I've seen this movie, oh, so many times.
- (Katie) This one is... - "Police Academy."
I've never heard of that.
- Police Academy! Okay, heard the title.
Don't know anything about it.
- Ah, it's so amazing. It's just got everything. It's funny.
- (Katie) This film was a box office success despite its mixed reviews.
Acclaimed film critic Roger Ebert gave it zero out of four stars,
but it still managed to spawn six sequels.
- Damn!
Six sequels?!
- How? That's like The Human Centipede movies.
How do those keep getting sequels?
- I don't think you can go off what critics say.
I don't understand that like, "Oh, but the critics say that."
Because everyone's gonna have a different opinion
of what's funny and what's not.
I think this movie's hilarious
or else I would not have watched it a thousand times.
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- (Katie) Anything about this poster look familiar?
- Not in the slightest and this one looks way older than the '80s.
- You have a man tied up.
I think they got him whipped pretty good.
- "The power behind the throne."
These actors just aren't clicking.
- I was gonna say Charlie's Angels, but then I realized
that that's not what Charlie's Angels is about.
It's just the same number of women.
- Dolly Parton? I know her.
- Dolly Parton's in it and I love her-- 'cause Hannah Montana.
Um, but I don't know anybody else.
- This is definitely, um, 9 to 5.
And I love this movie so much.
♪ Workin' 9 to 5 ♪
♪ What a way to make a livin' ♪
- (Katie) This is the poster for... - "9 to 5."
Nope, never heard of this one.
- Never heard of that one either.
Man, I don't know any of these.
I've heard the song "9 to 5". Is that in the movie?
Oh, okay.
Yeah, then that's probably where I've heard of the title.
- (Katie) Starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton,
this movie about three secretaries that take down their sexist boss
was the second-highest grossing film in the US in 1980,
second only to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.
- Damn. Well, that's pretty good.
- Wow, okay, that's strange though 'cause you always hear about Star Wars
but you don't hear about this.
- I like it. It has a strong, you know, powerful message to it.
For that time, especially.
- I would totally do that if my boss was sexist.
Just sayin'. Feminism!
- Everyone who hasn't seen this movie-- arrgh!
You just have to watch it 'cause it's so well done. It's so funny.
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- (Katie) Last but not least, do you know this one?
- Ghostbusters.
- That's Ghostbusters!
- Ghostbusters.
- Yeah, Ghostbusters!
- Everyone knows Ghostbusters.
- (humming) Yeah, Ghostbusters!
Everyone knows it, man.
- Ghostbusters.
How do you not know Ghostbusters?
- Ghostbusters.
I mean, you can't not know Ghostbusters.
- (Katie) Who are you gonna call? - Ghostbusters!
- I've never actually seen it, but obviously the logo
gives everything away.
- I know the songs.
I know what they'd look like.
I know what their car looks like.
Never seen it though! (laughs)
- It's not like Spaceballs, where it's entirely a satire.
It's a serious movie with big plots and stuff happening,
but they have so much comedy thrown in there.
- (Katie) This year, a Ghostbusters reboot is being made
with women in the lead roles, including Kristen Wiig and Melissa McCarthy.
- Hell yeah.
- (Katie) They even made a point in the flipping gender roles
so that the receptionist is played by Chris Hemsworth.
- Hah. That's funny.
- I saw the trailer for that
and every single person in the comments hated it
and I don't know why.
- I don't think people are hating on this 'cause they're all girls.
If you're gonna reboot a franchise, just do it right.
- I don't like when they make remakes.
Like when they remade that random Point Break,
how well did that do?
There's certain things you can't redo.
You just gotta leave it as is.
- I've seen the trailer and I'm a little worried
because, like, again a classic is being remade
and I don't really like that.
But a lot of the names, like Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig,
they are really funny women.
We'll see, but nothing's gonna ever compare to the original Ghostbusters.
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