April 1989 Pop Culture: Debbie Gibson, Tiffany & Peter DeLuise

Pop culture offerings are slimmed down this month -- everyone was tired after the big anniversary issue, perhaps! -- but there's still lots of What Now to discuss, from the death of Acid House to the Brady ladies to Axl Rose's tresses, and...everything in between? A remarkably effusive Watch It delivers four-star reviews to the likes of Criminal Law, The Return Of Swamp Thing, and Big Man On Campus, but no love for Earth Girls Are Easy. Opinions are divided on Listen Up's Hit (They Might Be Giants) and Bomb (Tiffany's sophomore album). And Pam tries to keep it together through our lone pop culture profile, of her one-time crush Peter DeLuise. Pause Electric Youth (just for now) and join us!QUICK LINKS
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TOPICS
🎧 It Is April 1989
🎧 What Now
🎧 Watch It
🎧 Listen Up
🎧 Feature: What A Sensitive Guy
🎧 Goodbye For Now
NOTES
⚠️ Inline notes below may be truncated due to podcast feed character limits. Full notes are always on the episode page.
🥀 (W.) Axl Rose's first Rolling Stone cover, in August 1989
🌹 Rose's 1992 Rolling Stone cover
🥤 "Pepsi Cancels Madonna Ad" at NYTimes.com
🏃‍♀️ Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway on YouTube
🌉 The Night The Bridge Fell Down on YouTube
🕺 "Supreme Court Lets Stand a Missouri Town's Ban on School Dances" at NYTimes.com
🎸 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure on HBO Max
👨🏻‍⚖️ Criminal Law on Tubi
🥗 The Return Of Swamp Thing on Tubi
🏫 Big Man On Campus at IMDbTV
🎞 "Bob Maloogaloogaloogaloogalooga" scene from Big Man On Campus, on YouTube
🪙 Chris Rock's I'm Gonna Git You Sucka scene on YouTube
🛸 Earth Girls Are Easy on Tubi