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