Episode 86: Night Shift (1982)

Published: Feb. 12, 2018, 11 a.m.

b'We\'re headed back to the 80s for two forgotten comedy classics in this pairing, lovingly referred to as "Prostitution Comedies." First up, it was supposed to be Henry Winkler\'s anti-typecasting break-out performance, but no one told his co-star, Michael Keaton, in 1982\'s "Night Shift!" Directed by (at that point) first-time director Ron Howard, co-starring Shelley Long and Gina Hecht, and featuring appearances from Basil Hoffman, Jaid Barrymore, Richard Belzer, Charles Fleischer, Kevin Costner, Vincent Schiavelli, and a very young Shannen Doherty, this movie takes a buddy-comedy premise and pairs it with a romantic comedy, while doing justice to both story types! It\'s a love story, it\'s a fish-out-of-water story, and in many ways it\'s a nebbish-becoming-a-hero story as well! Plus, it features some truly wonderful (and very 80s) music to accompany the improbable story!'