Show Notes
This week, we close out 2025 with a look at another beloved 1985 movie, "Better Off Dead." We revisit Savage Steve Holland's oddly relatable teen comedy and talk about John Cusack's ski skills, Diane Franklin's French laugh, the movie's stacked cast of '80s icons and, of course, guitar-shredding cheeseburgers. Listen now.
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