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You Must Remember This
You Must Remember This
Karina Longworth

You Must Remember This is a storytelling podcast exploring the secret and/or forgotten histories of Hollywood’s first century. It’s the brainchild and... more

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Episodes

1989: sex, lies and videotape: Rob Lowe and James Spader (Erotic 80s Part 12)

American independent film is launched into the mainstream by Steven Soderbergh’s sex, lies and videotape, starring James Spader as an... more

21 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 44 minutes
1988: Kevin Costner, Sean Young, No Way Out & Bull Durham (Erotic 80s Part 11)

The 1988 baseball blockbuster Bull Durham confirms Kevin Costner as the ultimate squeaky-clean, all-American heartthrob, building on a sexual persona... more

14 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 24 minutes
1987: Fatal Attraction and Dirty Dancing (Erotic 80s Part 10)

The erotic thriller goes commercially mainstream with Fatal Attraction, a film which starts a national conversation about whether or not... more

07 Jun 2022 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
1986: 9 ½ Weeks, Mickey Rourke & Zalman King (Erotic 80s Part 9)

Billed as the hottest Hollywood film since Last Tango, 9 ½ Weeks was considered to have missed the mark by... more

31 May 2022 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
1985: Fear Sex. Jagged Edge & AIDS (Erotic 80s Part 8)

Just as the AIDS-related death of Rock Hudson was finally forcing straight people – and Hollywood – to acknowledge that... more

24 May 2022 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
1984: "Vioporn," Body Double and Crimes of Passion (Erotic 80s Part 7)

In a time of bombastic blockbusters (and Reagan’s re-election), two auteurs defy the norms by releases violent films about sexual... more

17 May 2022 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
1983: MTV Aesthetics, Flashdance and Risky Business (Erotic 80s Part 6)

While the music video was still in its infancy as a cultural phenomenon, two films were released that were accused... more

10 May 2022 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
1982: Teen Sexploitation, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Porky's and The Blue Lagoon (Erotic 80s Part 5)

1982 saw the release of three hit high school-set comedies about sex: Porky’s, The Last American Virgin and Fast Times... more

03 May 2022 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
1981: Neonoir, Body Heat and Postman Always Rings Twice (Erotic 80s Part 4)

The New Hollywood directors of the late 1960s and 70s were the first generation of Hollywood filmmakers to grow up... more

26 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
1980: Richard Gere and American Gigolo (Erotic 80s Part 3)

One of the most aesthetically influential movies of the ‘80s, Paul Schrader’s American Gigolo sets a template for much of... more

19 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
1979: Bo Derek and 10 (Erotic 80s Part 2)

The sleeper hit of late 1979 was Blake Edwards’s sex farce 10, a comedic vivisection of a male midlife crisis,... more

12 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Porno Chic and The Brief Heyday of X Ratings (Erotic 80s Part 1)

In 1968, the Production Code gave way to the ratings system, and the brief legitimacy of the X-rated movie. Today... more

05 Apr 2022 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
Sammy and Dino Episode 9: Is That All There Is?

Desperate to be seen as cool and not a relic of an earlier age in 70s America, Sammy gets into... more

21 Dec 2021 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
Sammy and Dino Episode 8: Generation Gap

In the mid-1960s, 47 year-old Dean Martin proves he's still got it by knocking the Beatles off the top of... more

14 Dec 2021 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
Sammy and Dino Episode 7: Yes I Can

Released in 1965, Sammy Davis Jr.'s autobiography became an instant classic, one of the most dynamic celebrity memoirs ever published... more

07 Dec 2021 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Sammy and Dino Episode 6: The Rat Pack

In the early 40s, both Dean and Sammy idolized Frank Sinatra. 20 years later, they became Sinatra’s cohorts in the... more

30 Nov 2021 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
Sammy and Dino Episode 5: A Serious Man

After the breakup of Martin and Lewis, Dino has to figure out how to stand on his own as a... more

23 Nov 2021 · 53 minutes
Sammy and Dino Episode 4: Mr. Wonderful

Sammy tests the power of his new celebrity, on Broadway and in Hollywood, where he stars in the most controversial... more

16 Nov 2021 · 52 minutes
Sammy and Dino Episode 3: Nothing But a Dollar Sign

In the first half of the 1950s, Martin and Lewis mint money as movie stars--and find unique ways to make... more

09 Nov 2021 · 59 minutes
Sammy and Dino Episode 2: Martin and Lewis, Sammy and Mickey and Frank

Dean Martin meets and begins collaborating with Jerry Lewis. Martin and Lewis — an Italian and a Jew — become... more

02 Nov 2021 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
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Porno Chic and The Brief Heyday of X Ratings (Erotic 80s Part 1)
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In 1968, the Production Code gave way to the ratings system, and the brief legitimacy of the X-rated movie. Today we’ll focus... more