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December 1988 Pop Culture: Tom Waits, Jason Bateman & R.E.M.’s Green
Time to unwrap another holiday-season podcast, this time about the pop culture topics of the December 1988 issue! What Now serves up smog, some Sassy superfan sisters, a book giveaway, what the stars want for the holidays, and "grotty"! Reviews include R.E.M.'s Green (featuring a legendary gaffe by our fearless leader Jane), Mystic Pizza, Clara's Heart, Bon Jovi's New Jersey, and Tom Waits's Big Time, which we talk about...a lot. One To Watch is certified A-lister -- well, okay, B -- Christian Slater! And the feature profiles go deep on R.E.M. -- more Green content -- and a truck-racing Jason Bateman seconds before he gave up the sport forever. Take off your fuzzy earmuffs and listen!
QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
🖼️ View select scans from this issue in this episode's Visual Aids
☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site
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TOPICS
🎧 It Is December 1988
🎧 What Now
🎧 Watch It: Clara's Heart
🎧 Watch It: The Beast
🎧 Watch It: Mystic Pizza
🎧 Listen Up: R.E.M.
🎧 Listen Up: Tom Waits
🎧 Listen Up: Bon Jovi
🎧 Listen Up: Anthrax
🎧 One To Watch: Christian Slater
🎧 Feature: How To Make An R.E.M. Record
🎧 Feature: A Boy And His Truck
🎧 Goodbye For Now
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
🍆 "Ozone In Air Found Damaging To Condoms" at APNews
☎️ Wicomico County Health Department's HIV/AIDS program, current owner of 1-800-234-TEEN (8336)
🍕 Mystic Pizza on Netflix
🎪 Big Time on Paramount Plus
🎧 The December 1988 mixtape on Spotify
🏛 Athens, GA - Inside/Out on FlixFling
💥 Jason Bateman's bad racing crash on YouTube
🛣 "How We Started a Racing Series That Almost Killed Jason Bateman" at Road And Track
🛻 Bateman himself discussing the crash on his podcast, Smartless (starting 01:07:30)
🌴 The Again With This podcast on Patreon
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By Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
4.9
242242 ratings
Time to unwrap another holiday-season podcast, this time about the pop culture topics of the December 1988 issue! What Now serves up smog, some Sassy superfan sisters, a book giveaway, what the stars want for the holidays, and "grotty"! Reviews include R.E.M.'s Green (featuring a legendary gaffe by our fearless leader Jane), Mystic Pizza, Clara's Heart, Bon Jovi's New Jersey, and Tom Waits's Big Time, which we talk about...a lot. One To Watch is certified A-lister -- well, okay, B -- Christian Slater! And the feature profiles go deep on R.E.M. -- more Green content -- and a truck-racing Jason Bateman seconds before he gave up the sport forever. Take off your fuzzy earmuffs and listen!
QUICK LINKS
🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com
🖼️ View select scans from this issue in this episode's Visual Aids
☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site
🐦 @ListenToSassy on Twitter
📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram
🧑💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com
JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES
📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs
💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord
🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public
👀 Monthly watch-alongs of Sassy-era movies and TV specials
🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers
👚 Merch discounts and free stickers
🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today!
TOPICS
🎧 It Is December 1988
🎧 What Now
🎧 Watch It: Clara's Heart
🎧 Watch It: The Beast
🎧 Watch It: Mystic Pizza
🎧 Listen Up: R.E.M.
🎧 Listen Up: Tom Waits
🎧 Listen Up: Bon Jovi
🎧 Listen Up: Anthrax
🎧 One To Watch: Christian Slater
🎧 Feature: How To Make An R.E.M. Record
🎧 Feature: A Boy And His Truck
🎧 Goodbye For Now
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
🍆 "Ozone In Air Found Damaging To Condoms" at APNews
☎️ Wicomico County Health Department's HIV/AIDS program, current owner of 1-800-234-TEEN (8336)
🍕 Mystic Pizza on Netflix
🎪 Big Time on Paramount Plus
🎧 The December 1988 mixtape on Spotify
🏛 Athens, GA - Inside/Out on FlixFling
💥 Jason Bateman's bad racing crash on YouTube
🛣 "How We Started a Racing Series That Almost Killed Jason Bateman" at Road And Track
🛻 Bateman himself discussing the crash on his podcast, Smartless (starting 01:07:30)
🌴 The Again With This podcast on Patreon
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