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

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

🎧 It Is October 1988

🎧 Introducing The Listen To Sassy Club

🎧 In Our Lives

🎧 What Now: Pop Culture

🎧 What Now: Other Stuff

🎧 Watch It: A Fish Called Wanda

🎧 Watch It: Monkey Shines + Waxwork

🎧 Watch It: Vibes

🎧 Watch It: Dudes

🎧 Listen Up: UB40

🎧 Listen Up: Dag Nasty

🎧 Listen Up: Scritti Politti

🎧 Listen Up: Joy Division

🎧 Listen Up: Pat Benatar

🎧 One To Watch: Christopher Rydell

🎧 Feature: Brian Bloom Does Make A Tasty Snack

🎧 Feature: Watch These Girls Get Famous

🎧 Goodbye For Now

NOTES

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

⏰ @gwencarole on TikTok

👹 Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground on YouTube

♣️ Our Patreon: Listen To Sassy Club

💔 "Why Did Johnny Depp And His First Wife, Lori Allison, Divorce?" on CheatSheet.com

👖 Lil Nas X splitting his pants on SNL

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

💼 "The Law Dean Who Became An Undercover Beauty Queen" at AboveTheLaw.com

🐵 The Monkey Shines videotape cover

🍿 Monkey Shines on HBO Max

🕯 Waxwork on Tubi

🔮 Vibes on Amazon Prime Video

🎞 Dudes on Tubi

🎥 Listen To Me on Amazon Prime Video

🎶 Pam's October 1988 playlist on Spotify

📷 Christopher Rydell on Instagram

💃 Dance 'Til Dawn (fka Senior Prom) on YouTube

🎵 Alanis's "Too Hot" video on YouTube

📽 Biloxi Blues on Starz

🍿 Miles From Home on YouTube

🐦 Penelope Ann Miller on Twitter

📷 Penelope Ann Miller on Instagram

🚬 Heathers on Amazon Prime Video

👻 Beetlejuice on Hulu

🕵️‍♂️ Hiding Out on Amazon Prime Video

🍕 Mystic Pizza on Netflix

💃 The Shag trailer on YouTube

🐦 Annabeth Gish on Twitter

📷 Annabeth Gish on Instagram

🤼‍♀️ Tara's Heels review on Decider.com

🤟  CODA on AppleTV+