{"podcast":{"title":"Surely You Can't Be Serious Podcast","slug":"surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776","podcast_index_feed_id":494776,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6765289/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast--6765289","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4f88689e8dcb196e23f67b5efb248479.jpg","author":"Surely You Can't Be Serious PC","episode_count":416,"summary":"The pinnacle of infotainment! Crazy stuff you didn’t know about the greatest movies and music of the 80’s, 90’s, and beyond. Hilarity ensues as a research professor and a pop culture savant are pitted against each other in a debate to determine what entertainment icons of film, music, and games are the best of the best of Generation X. https://www.thesurelypodcast.com/","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T14:19:30.941069+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776"},"episode":{"title":"The Breakfast Club (1985) vs. St. Elmo's Fire (1985): Part 1","slug":"the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-1","published_at":"2025-12-30T06:05:08+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776/the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-1","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-1--69213348","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69213348/breakfast_club_1_final.mp3","summary":"Two defining films. One generation. And a debate that still hasn’t cooled down. In Episode 1 of 2, Jason and Dee of the Surely You Can’t Be Serious podcast kick off a head-to-head breakdown of the iconic 1985 films The Breakfast Club and St. Elmo’s Fire. The guys start at the beginning, exploring how each movie came together, the very different creative paths that led to their production, and the directors who shaped what would become two cornerstones of 80s cinema. Along the way, they touch on Andrew McCarthy’s documentary Brats, using it as a lens to examine how these films helped define — and complicate — the Brat Pack legacy. To close out the episode, Jason and Dee zero in on The Breakfast Club, breaking down the cast one actor at a time, discussing what each performer brought to their role, and revealing which alternate actors were seriously considered before those now-legendary casting decisions were finalized. It’s context, history, and pure 80s nostalgia — with the real showdown just getting started. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/surelypodcast Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@surelypodcast Check out our new merch store: https://surely-you-cant-be-serious-merch.myshopify.com/","meta_description":"Two defining films. One generation. And a debate that still hasn’t cooled down. In Episode 1 of 2, Jason and Dee of the Surely You Can’t Be Serious podcas…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3461,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776/episodes/the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-1/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/surely-you-can-t-be-serious-podcast-494776/the-breakfast-club-1985-vs-st-elmo-s-fire-1985-part-1.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}