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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Episode Notes
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Skirts On Broadway World
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"Debbie Gibson Releases Songs From Musical SKIRTS To Celebrate World Theatre Day" at BroadwayWorld.com
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Gleaming The Cube on Prime Video
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Keith Coogan (aka Kevin Coogan) on Star Search
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The pilot of The Famous Teddy Z on YouTube
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CBS Schoolbreak Special's "The Jenifer Graham Story" on YouTube: Part 1
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CBS Schoolbreak Special's "The Jenifer Graham Story" on YouTube: Part 2
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The Afterschool Specialist on YouTube
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The Big Picture on Tubi
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The Casualties Of War trailer on YouTube
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David Spade impersonating Michael J. Fox at the 1998 Emmys
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The Karate Kid Part III on AMC+
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The True Love trailer on YouTube
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"Why Steven Spielberg's Nautically-Themed Dive! Restaurant Sunk" on MentalFloss.com
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Cold Dog Soup on The Criterion Channel
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Three Days Rising on IMDb
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Vincent Young on Instagram
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Last Night At The Viper Room: The Life And Death Of River Phoenix excerpted at RollingStone.com
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Tara's review of Netflix's Blockbuster at VanityFair.com
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Megan's book, Sloppy Firsts, on IndieBound.org