October 1988 Pop Culture: Vibes, Dudes & Female Ones To Watch

Aug 17, 2021, 09:00 AM

Our coverage of October 1988's pop culture topics kicks off with a big announcement: <a href="https://listentosassy.com/club/&quot;&gt;we&#39;re on Patreon</a>! And we've got lots of cool things planned for those who support us there! We get out our electron microscopes to peruse the two-page Columbia House spread and choose the 12 Hot Hits we're going to buy for a Cool Penny. We bring you highlights from What Now, from a rudely dismissed River Phoenix biography to a beauty queen who infiltrated a pageant! We review the reviews of A Fish Called Wanda, Joy Division's Substance, Monkey Shines, UB40's self-titled album, and more! The latest male One To Watch is...really not, but later we are introduced to FOUR lady Ones To Watch who've all had great careers. We also journey to Long Island to meet Brian Bloom, and his very-involved momager. Don't miss it!

Our coverage of October 1988's pop culture topics kicks off with a big announcement: we're on Patreon! And we've got lots of cool things planned for those who support us there! We get out our electron microscopes to peruse the two-page Columbia House spread and choose the 12 Hot Hits we're going to buy for a Cool Penny. We bring you highlights from What Now, from a rudely dismissed River Phoenix biography to a beauty queen who infiltrated a pageant! We review the reviews of A Fish Called Wanda, Joy Division's Substance, Monkey Shines, UB40's self-titled album, and more! The latest male One To Watch is...really not, but later we are introduced to FOUR lady Ones To Watch who've all had great careers. We also journey to Long Island to meet Brian Bloom, and his very-involved momager. Don't miss it!

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TOPICS

๐ŸŽง It Is October 1988

๐ŸŽง Introducing The Listen To Sassy Club

๐ŸŽง In Our Lives

๐ŸŽง What Now: Pop Culture

๐ŸŽง What Now: Other Stuff

๐ŸŽง Watch It: A Fish Called Wanda

๐ŸŽง Watch It: Monkey Shines + Waxwork

๐ŸŽง Watch It: Vibes

๐ŸŽง Watch It: Dudes

๐ŸŽง Listen Up: UB40

๐ŸŽง Listen Up: Dag Nasty

๐ŸŽง Listen Up: Scritti Politti

๐ŸŽง Listen Up: Joy Division

๐ŸŽง Listen Up: Pat Benatar

๐ŸŽง One To Watch: Christopher Rydell

๐ŸŽง Feature: Brian Bloom Does Make A Tasty Snack

๐ŸŽง Feature: Watch These Girls Get Famous

๐ŸŽง Goodbye For Now

NOTES

โš ๏ธ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.

โฐย @gwencarole on TikTok

๐Ÿ‘นย Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground on YouTube

โ™ฃ๏ธย Our Patreon: Listen To Sassy Club

๐Ÿ’”ย "Why Did Johnny Depp And His First Wife, Lori Allison, Divorce?" on CheatSheet.com

๐Ÿ‘–ย Lil Nas X splitting his pants on SNL

๐Ÿ‘ธย "The Great Pretender: Always An Outsider, She Bluffed Her Way Inside A Beauty Pageant; That's When Things Got Ugly" at LATimes.com

๐Ÿ’ผย "The Law Dean Who Became An Undercover Beauty Queen" at AboveTheLaw.com

๐Ÿตย The Monkey Shines videotape cover

๐Ÿฟย Monkey Shines on HBO Max

๐Ÿ•ฏย Waxwork on Tubi

๐Ÿ”ฎย Vibes on Amazon Prime Video

๐ŸŽžย Dudes on Tubi

๐ŸŽฅย Listen To Me on Amazon Prime Video

๐ŸŽถย Pam's October 1988 playlist on Spotify

๐Ÿ“ทย Christopher Rydell on Instagram

๐Ÿ’ƒย Dance 'Til Dawn (fka Senior Prom) on YouTube

๐ŸŽตย Alanis's "Too Hot" video on YouTube

๐Ÿ“ฝย Biloxi Blues on Starz

๐Ÿฟย Miles From Home on YouTube

๐Ÿฆย Penelope Ann Miller on Twitter

๐Ÿ“ทย Penelope Ann Miller on Instagram

๐Ÿšฌย Heathers on Amazon Prime Video

๐Ÿ‘ปย Beetlejuice on Hulu

๐Ÿ•ต๏ธโ€โ™‚๏ธย Hiding Out on Amazon Prime Video

๐Ÿ•ย Mystic Pizza on Netflix

๐Ÿ’ƒย The Shag trailer on YouTube

๐Ÿฆย Annabeth Gish on Twitter

๐Ÿ“ทย Annabeth Gish on Instagram

๐Ÿคผโ€โ™€๏ธย Tara's Heels review on Decider.com

๐ŸคŸ ย CODA on AppleTV+