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!QUICK LINKS 🗒 Full episode notes can be found on this episode's page on ListenToSassy.com 🖼️ View select scans from this issue in this episode's Visual Aids ☎️ Call The Hotline! Leave your questions, comments and Sassy stories on the hotline at 720-SASSY-GO or record directly on our site 🐦 @ListenToSassy on Twitter 📷 @ListenToSassy on Instagram 🧑‍💻 Visit our website ListenToSassy.com JOIN THE LTS CLUB AND GET THE GOODIES 📖 Full cover-to-cover magazine PDFs 💬 Chat with us and your fellow listeners on Discord 🐣 Get episodes earlier than the general public 👀 Monthly watch-alongs of Sassy-era movies and TV specials 🚫 Ad free episodes with chapter markers 👚 Merch discounts and free stickers 🤩 Join the Listen To Sassy Club today! 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