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    ’80s COMEDY CLASSICS

    Jul 07, 2019 4 minutes

    Chris: I’ve wanted to do ’80s comedy movies in The Ranking for a long time. But I wanted it to be a little more focused. As chance would have it, Empire’s own Nick de Semlyen has written a book called Wild And Crazy Guys, which focuses on the stars who rose to prominence during the 1970s and 1980s. Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. Not a bad little octet there. So we’re going to discuss those guys’ movies that came out between 1 January 1980 and 31 December 1989.

    Ian: I’m peeved about the date thing.

    Chris: Have I knocked something off?

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