Rad - ep 84 - 1986 -

Do you like kids on bikes doing sweet jumps!? What about Aunt Becky (pre-“Full House” and pre-pre college admissions scandal) performing THE quintessential prom dance/sl0-mo bicycle stunt/bicycle posing sequence of the 20th century? How about sassy kid sisters who tell jerkfaces to “GET OUTTA TOWN, JACK!”? Still not enough for you? Fine, then here’s a stunt track featuring a giant cereal bowl of Kix! Yeah, bitch, KID TESTED, MOTHER APPROVED.

“Rad” is a certifiable cult-classic, and until recently, hadn’t been available on digital platforms. Now it’s easy to find and absolutely worth a watch… mostly for the dance/bicycle sequence set to “Send Me an Angel” by Real Life. It’s INCREDIBLE. Honestly, the hosts of Old Millennials Remember Movies don’t even remember what happened in the movie after this scene. They blacked out from pure euphoria.

Okay, so co-hosts Tyler and Angela do discuss other things about “Rad,” including whether or not bike tricks are cool and how the corporate bad guy’s plan to stop a local kid from winning on Hell Track becomes needlessly convoluted. Thank God there’s a character that simplifies it all for us with a single line: “No sponsor, no race-y.”

The Old Millennials also talk about their own sweet bicycle stories as kids. Lots of long rides to Circle K to trade bottle tops for free Sprite. And mini-jumps off curbs! Crossing busy streets!

So join Lori Loughlin, a real human named Bart, twin scumbag racers wearing space suits, the burly stuntman in the ill-fitting Lori Loughlin wig, and the hero kid with a super punchable face in “Rad,” the definitive BMX movie alongside the Nicole Kidman-starring “BMX Bandits” from 1983. That one’s on Amazon Prime, and the plot is all about walkie talkies. So, watch them both!

Serious questions though – Is our hero boy Cru a cheater? He keeps jumping outside the barriers of the race track. We don’t know anything about BMX racing, obviously.

Also discussed in this episode:

BMX Bandits (1983)
Chopping Mall (1986)
The Old Guard (2020)
Becky (2020)
The Willoughbys (2020)
Feel the Beat (2020)
Psych 2: Lassie Come Home (2020)
30 Rock reunion/upfront special (2020)

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