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October 1989 Pop Culture: Frogs, Whale(y) & River Phoenix’s Dog
Pam is overseas and Kim Reed's internet has been destroyed, but guest co-host Megan McCafferty is here! And eager to dig in on October 1989's pop culture topics. Her beloved Keith Coogan gets a mention in a What Now blurb about Star Search! Her object of teenage obsession, River Phoenix, gets a whole page to proselytize to Christina about animal rights! And there's more: we also cover Gleaming The Cube, The Karate Kid Part III, Frank Whaley, acceptable potatoes, whether The Pogues and reggae are repetitive (spoiler: yes), and -- somehow -- Steven Spielberg's defunct theme restaurant, Dive!. Make yourself a sandwich and your dog some meat-free kibble and join us!
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TOPICS
🎧 It Is October 1989
🎧 What Now
🎧 Watch It
🎧 Listen Up
🎧 One To Watch
🎧 Feature: Does River's Dog Eat Meat And Other Burning Questions
🎧 Goodbye For Now
🎧 Thorold Video Centre
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
👗 Skirts On Broadway World
🎉 "Debbie Gibson Releases Songs From Musical SKIRTS To Celebrate World Theatre Day" at BroadwayWorld.com
🧊 Gleaming The Cube on Prime Video
🤩 Keith Coogan (aka Kevin Coogan) on Star Search
🧑✈️ The pilot of The Famous Teddy Z on YouTube
🏫 CBS Schoolbreak Special's "The Jenifer Graham Story" on YouTube: Part 1
🏫 CBS Schoolbreak Special's "The Jenifer Graham Story" on YouTube: Part 2
📺 The Afterschool Specialist on YouTube
🖼️ The Big Picture on Tubi
💣 The Casualties Of War trailer on YouTube
🏆 David Spade impersonating Michael J. Fox at the 1998 Emmys
🥋 The Karate Kid Part III on AMC+
💗 The True Love trailer on YouTube
🌊 "Why Steven Spielberg's Nautically-Themed Dive! Restaurant Sunk" on MentalFloss.com
🥣 Cold Dog Soup on The Criterion Channel
🌅 Three Days Rising on IMDb
📷 Vincent Young on Instagram
🐍 Last Night At The Viper Room: The Life And Death Of River Phoenix excerpted at RollingStone.com
📼 Tara's review of Netflix's Blockbuster at VanityFair.com
📖 Megan's book, Sloppy Firsts, on IndieBound.org
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By Tara Ariano, Pamela Ribon and David T. Cole
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Pam is overseas and Kim Reed's internet has been destroyed, but guest co-host Megan McCafferty is here! And eager to dig in on October 1989's pop culture topics. Her beloved Keith Coogan gets a mention in a What Now blurb about Star Search! Her object of teenage obsession, River Phoenix, gets a whole page to proselytize to Christina about animal rights! And there's more: we also cover Gleaming The Cube, The Karate Kid Part III, Frank Whaley, acceptable potatoes, whether The Pogues and reggae are repetitive (spoiler: yes), and -- somehow -- Steven Spielberg's defunct theme restaurant, Dive!. Make yourself a sandwich and your dog some meat-free kibble and join us!
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 October 1989
🎧 What Now
🎧 Watch It
🎧 Listen Up
🎧 One To Watch
🎧 Feature: Does River's Dog Eat Meat And Other Burning Questions
🎧 Goodbye For Now
🎧 Thorold Video Centre
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
👗 Skirts On Broadway World
🎉 "Debbie Gibson Releases Songs From Musical SKIRTS To Celebrate World Theatre Day" at BroadwayWorld.com
🧊 Gleaming The Cube on Prime Video
🤩 Keith Coogan (aka Kevin Coogan) on Star Search
🧑✈️ The pilot of The Famous Teddy Z on YouTube
🏫 CBS Schoolbreak Special's "The Jenifer Graham Story" on YouTube: Part 1
🏫 CBS Schoolbreak Special's "The Jenifer Graham Story" on YouTube: Part 2
📺 The Afterschool Specialist on YouTube
🖼️ The Big Picture on Tubi
💣 The Casualties Of War trailer on YouTube
🏆 David Spade impersonating Michael J. Fox at the 1998 Emmys
🥋 The Karate Kid Part III on AMC+
💗 The True Love trailer on YouTube
🌊 "Why Steven Spielberg's Nautically-Themed Dive! Restaurant Sunk" on MentalFloss.com
🥣 Cold Dog Soup on The Criterion Channel
🌅 Three Days Rising on IMDb
📷 Vincent Young on Instagram
🐍 Last Night At The Viper Room: The Life And Death Of River Phoenix excerpted at RollingStone.com
📼 Tara's review of Netflix's Blockbuster at VanityFair.com
📖 Megan's book, Sloppy Firsts, on IndieBound.org
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