Glitter Boom Girls Podcast

Robbie-Ann joins the iconic Midnight Mastermind game on BBC2Radio! Host Phil Williams takes on Robbie-Ann's topic: Columbo Also...in what may be the highlight of her life, Robbie-Ann receives a transatlantic happy birthday song courtesy of Phil and BBCRadio.

The Girls (as Amy DeFazio and Robbie-Ann Feeney) do a Deep Dive into 70s sitcom classic Laverne and Shirley. The iconic shabby basement apartment, which Amy reports was also the former set of another classic sitcom. The show's frequent 'winter' settings. Landlady Mrs. Babish. Lenny Kosnowski and Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman - David Lander and Michael McKean...and the surprising origins of their characters. Did Shirley and Laverne date Lenny and Squiggy, or what? Robbie-Ann wonders about a Steinbeck influence on their characters. Carmine - Shirley's 'sweetheart.' Character analysis: Shirley Feeney. Were you Shirley or Laverne? Boo-Boo Kitty - Cindy Williams' ad lib. The origins of the famous nonsense hop-scotch intro "5, 6, 7 8..." Some ocean-floor level deeeep-dive trivia on the iconic theme song sung by Cyndi Greco, and its connections to the Happy Days theme song. How producers discovered Cyndi Greco singing at an amusement park. Sidebar: go find the documentary The Wrecking Crew about the famous musicians who played on pretty much EVERYTHING between 1960 and 1980. The Ron Hicklin Singers: the surprising "Making Our Dreams Come True" theme connection with The Partridge Family, Batman, Wonder Woman, and the Kawasaki and McDonald's jingles, and a long list of 60s and 70s hits. Robbie-Ann reports the 'WHAAAT?!" connection with the "Making Our Dreams Come True" song and...."We Are the World?!" Character breakdown: Laverne DeFazio. The iconic 'L' monogram on her sweaters, which Penny Marshall contributed to Laverne's costume. The abomination of 'milk and Pepsi.' Amy reports on Laverne's backstory. The incredible physical comedy from the two leads. Shirley's disappearance from the last season of the show - the 'marriage' excuse. Michael McKean's exit to shoot "Spinal Tap" - and Amy reports a stunning announcement that Spinal Tap actually appeared on an episode in the last season. The final episode of Season 8 - a Carmine spin-off? The show's move to Burbank that jumped the shark. Laverne and Shirley in Burbank: gift wrappers? "Big Rosie" as their nemesis in early episodes. When Mrs. Babish married Laverne's father Frank, but leaves him in the lurch in later episodes. Robbie-Ann's issue with sitcoms that got serious: just be funny please. Sidebar: Seinfeld's wise 'no hugs' policy on the sitcom. Amy liked those episodes though, because it was unexpected. The 80s hair and wardrobe of the later seasons, even though it was supposed to be late 60s. The lost season 5 when Laverne and Shirley joined the Army Reserves. The show's great use of the street-level window as a comedy device. How Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall initially got on the show, and their connection to...Francis Ford Coppola? Penny Marshall's marriage to Rob Reiner, and Cindy Williams' marriage to Bill Hudson of the Hudson Brothers. The infamous terms 'Vo-di-oh-do-do' and 'hot to trot.' The 're-virginization' of Laverne and Shirley. Rumors of off-camera antics: partying? Diva behavior? Drugs? The effects of the show's success on egos and the work environment. The cozy first seasons and the focus on the characters' friendship. Didn't every little girl think she would grow up to live with her best friend? 

The Girls recall a kid's eye view of the World of Grown-Ups. Eavesdropping on your parents' adult drama. "He smelled like a brewery"... "Well he was three sheets to the wind..." Listening to your mother's gossipy phone calls. Amy's household crime sprees while her mother was tethered to the phone. Amy's Aunts judging outfits and drunks. Robbie-Ann's parents' big summer barbecue parties. Genny Cream Ale and Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Ladies with cigarettes and unfortunate perms. Tons of hairspray. Oversized eyeglasses. 60s hair helmet holdovers. Frosted "hair cap" tips. Amy's parents' bbq parties: no shirts on the guys, Farrah hair, long maroon nails, clogs and tube tops on the ladies. Kenny Rogers on the radio. Grown-up side jobs - tending bar and waiting tables. Amy watching from the pool. What the grown-ups drove to the bbq. The hot mom and the dad who drove the Corvette. Amy's nonplussed Uncle Ray and his dolphin running shorts. 80s Divorce: a generation of latchkey kids are born. Amy's mom's friend Katie: the "Fun" mom. The 70s King Tut exhibition. Sidebar: energy levels and why two hours is the max to do anything. Modern adults: marrying later, having kids later, staying together. Amy's exceptional talent for making things "fun." Robbie-Ann's "fun" uncle. The catalyst for Amy's dark turn in her teenaged years: what her mom's friend Katie wrote in a letter to Amy's mom that crushed Amy's teenaged heart. Find out if Amy and Katie ever made amends. 

The Girls do a deep dive off Gilligan's Island, with special guest and Gilligan Expert, Robbie-Ann's childhood bestie Karen. Karen talks about her all-things Tiki obsession, which evolved into a Gilligan's Island obsession. Robbie-Ann asks, and Karen answers, the tough questions: how did they get years out of that radio battery? Why didn't they build a boat? Where did they get all those wardrobe changes from just a three-hour tour (a threeee hour tour...)? Amy talks about her after-school joy watching Gilligan's Island, and her love for the vibrant colors on the show. Karen and Robbie-Ann reminisce about getting off the kindergarten bus at Karen's house and spending the afternoon on the Island. Amy reveals the shocking world tragedy event that occurred on the day the cast were filming the pilot episode, and how you can see a reference to it in the original opening sequence. Amy goes on to describe Sherwood Schwartz' origins of the show, as something of a political statement. Shocker: when Schwartz first conceived the series, the seven characters originally represented the Seven Deadly Sins. Can you identify who was which? The Girls discuss. Karen reveals her favorite episode, featuring the fictional Beatle-esque band the Mosquitos. The Girls dissect the Honey Bees' (Ginger, Mary Ann and Mrs. Howell) song "You Need Us." Naturally this leads to discussing the iconic tv Gilligan's Island theme song, and Karen reveals a crazy fact about the Wellingtons, who sang it. Amy reveals that the original pilot's Calypso theme song was co-written by none other than Star Wars, Jaws, Indiana Jones and E.T. composer John Williams. BUT - then Amy also reveals what Christmas classic was written by George Wyle, who co-wrote the historic "Just sit right back..." theme song that ended up in the show. Amy reports the five basic plot lines that covered almost all of the episodes. Gilligan's opera-radio reception in his teeth. The Dream Sequence episodes. Trivia: The Skipper's real name. The Professor's real name. Mrs. Howell's maiden name. Which cast member was the only one allowed by Sherwood Schwartz to improvise? The 1978  "Rescue from Gilligan's Island" tv movie. Casting Could-have-beens: could Jane Mansfield have been Ginger? Tina Louise, "method actor." The old Ginger vs. Mary Ann debate. Gilligan's first name: a controversy. Raquel Welch or Pat Priest as Mary Ann? Carol O'Connor as the Skipper? Dabney Coleman as The Professor? Dawn Wells, Natalie Schafer and their "Ice Cream Diet." Which Gilligan's Island stars ended up on Sherwood Schwartz' next sitcom, The Brady Bunch? Jim Backus' stellar acting pedigree. The show's enduring effect on its cast: typecasting. Which cast members embraced their roles after the show, and who didn't. Which cast member ended up being the only one still earning residuals decades later? The Gilligan's Island tie-in to the "Very Brady Sequel" movie. Sidebar: the 1990's Brady movies. "Gilligan's Planet?!!" "Aloha Paradise" - who remembers this show? The Gilligan's Island "warm fuzzy." Mary Ann's navel: snuck by the network standards and practices. The various island inventions: the car, the washing machine. Sidebar: Robbie-Ann and Karen talk about their kindergarten friendship, and the outfits they wore. Gilligan's Island shooting locations - where Seinfeld and Roseanne were also filmed. Who was the only Gilligan's Island star who did not guest star on The Love Boat? Sidebar: a discussion of their Gen X Childhood friendship. Robbie-Ann describes going to see Shaun Cassidy with Karen in 1978, and Amy wants to know what Karen and Robbie-Ann wore to the show. Who had better toys, Karen or Robbie-Ann? Robbie-Ann coveted Karen's Bionic Woman Dome House, her I Dream of Jeannie doll and bottle-house playset, and her Pet Ghost. Robbie-Ann describes the first day of kindergarten 40+ years ago, when she and Karen met. Karen and Robbie-Ann talk about kindergarten life in the 70s, and Robbie-Ann's bravery in the face of being told she couldn't play with the boy's better toys at recess. Final thoughts on the "warm fuzzy" of Gilligan's Island: there was no villain, no romance on the island, and Karen celebrates the real life friendship between Mary Ann, and Natalie Schafer. 

David Yontef, host and creator of the iconic, dish-y "Behind the Velvet Rope" podcast, returns to chat with The Girls about 80s icons, and how David was the last person to interview the late Tawny Kitaen. David shares his impression of the 80s video vixen and actress, and how Tawny dished about Harvey Weinstein and O.J. Simpson! Next, David talks about interviewing The Real Housewives of Orange County's "ZZ Top Girl" 80s video vixen Jeana Keough: yawns? Ru Paul's Drag Race fan Amy asks about David's interview with iconic drag queen Alaska: did Real Housewife Lisa Rinna kick Alaska out of the dressing room at an event? Gia Gunn: thumbs up from David as an interviewee who did not hold back. Soap Diva Susan Lucci: one of David's most celebrated "gets." Donna Mills. Audrey Landers. Charlene Tilton" a total sweetheart. Brian Dunkleman! Carol Baskin: ...did she do it? Cassandra Peterson, a.k.a. Elvira. Robbie-Ann shouts-out Donna Mills again. [sorry for the audio echo issue, couldn't be fixed...] Will Martha Stewart step Behind the Velvet Rope?! Sidebar: David's minty Christmas candle, wrapping, mailing gifts, Amy's last minute shopping and Robbie-Ann's secret to Christmas shopping without anxiety.

The Girls discuss a few of their favorite things from Christmases of yore... which Wrapping Type was your house? Random Slapdash, Artform Wrapping, or Gift Wrapped at The Store? The Giant Barbie Head. String tinsel. Robbie-Ann's magical mid-70s favorite cozy Christmas, when the power went out: a fire in the fireplace, her family intact. The Traditions: Amy reveals her family's Christmas Eves spent at her grandmother's house in Los Angeles. 60s ornaments, and all the vintage decorations. Groovy wrapping paper. The Nut Bowl. Christmas carols and the Christmas ham. Robbie-Ann describes the vast difference between her father's parents' (Oma and Opa) perfect formal Christmas Eve dinners, and her mother's parents' (Bill and Helen) chaotic but fun Christmas Day meals at their restaurant tavern. Oyster stew. Sticking a Cheeto inside a Bugle. Tiny vintage Coke bottles. Robbie-Ann's Oma: Wrapping Artist. Gramma Helen and Grampa Bill's cast of thousands at Christmas Day dinner. "Hasty" present wrapping. Total chaos when the kids tore the gifts open. Gramma Helen's maximalist decorating style - every inch covered with garland and holiday tchotchkes. Robbie-Ann and her cousin Michelle's almost-matching gifts. Pre-divorce Christmas vs. Post-Divorce Christmas. Amy describes the magic of dressing up with ribbons and tights and patent leather shoes. The end of the formal holidays. Amy and Robbie-Ann talk about restoring the formality. Inviting the TV for dinner: killer of family interaction or much-needed friend to the latchkey kid? Sidebar: Robbie-Ann recommends the movie Avalon for a stunning movie about how TV destroyed the "family." Amy disagrees, offering the value of TV to a lonely latchkey kid. Amy discusses the awkward phase when you are no longer the adorable center of attention, and when you grow up and have to actually work on Christmas. Blanking out unhappy Christmases. The Psyche Wounds of GenX Kids after divorce. The Girls talk about an infamous Christmas they spent together years ago after a miserable 7am-3pm shift at The Famous Deli: drinking their sorrows away in a ratchet strip mall Old Man Bar. Amy recalls several lonely Christmases, staring at her apartment wall. Sidebar: TV is a friend and companion for the lonely and sad. Amy's window on the world, through the TV. The Rankin-Bass specials: celebrating Misfits. Look up behind the scenes of the Rankin-Bass videos on YouTube! Robbie-Ann's staunch belief in the Magic of Christmas, fed by movies and television. Amy reveals she was never told about Santa Clause. Robbie-Ann recalls believing at four years old, when Santa wrote her a nice note explaining why she couldn't get a camera for Christmas. The Proxy Santa. The Food! Baked goods, ribbon candy, the Lifesaver story book gift sets. The Bonne Bell Lipsmacker gift set.  Robbie-Ann's memory of receiving grown-up Blue Jean perfume. Amy recalls Tinkerbell bath products. The ritual trip to Hickory Farms. Christmas cookies. Peppermint bark. Peanut butter cookies with Hershey's kisses mushed in the top. The cornflake green wreath cookies. Gingerbread houses. The music. The smells. Real vs. Fake Trees. Is there a loss of "specialness" of Christmas rituals and traditions because we can get anything we want any time we want? The right Christmas "vibe," the right Hallmark Christmas movie. Stocking gifts: batteries and Lipsmacker. Wonky bossa nova "modern" Christmas Carols from the late 60s.  Robbie-Ann describes working during Christmas season at the record store: little grammas trying to buy modern music for their grandkids. Christmas shopping back in the day: decorations wall-to-wall, big crowds. PSA: be KIND to your local retail clerk during Christmas Season. They are in hell. Robbie-Ann shares her magic, never-fail secret for surviving busy Christmas shopping, handed down to her by a fellow cocktail waitress when she lived in New York City. Sidebar: yes, Robbie-Ann was once a cocktail waitress in a big Times Square nightclub. Hello to our listeners all around the world, and Merry Christmas!

The GIrls remember Halloween of Yore...Robbie-Ann's first costume memory, as a toddler: wearing a onesie kitty outfit in her Oma's neighborhood Halloween parade. Amy recalls her first-grade plastic "Cinderella" mask, paired with patent leather shoes and blue socks, and her shocking costume contest loss. Homemade vs. Store-bought costumes. God Bless the non artsy-craftsy moms. Robbie-Ann's faux 'princess' costume, created with her mother's old nightgown and last year's costume cape. The rubber band on the plastic masks, held together with The World's Flimsiest Staple. Robbie-Ann's "Community Center" Halloween, and the bag of dried apricot ears. The Candy. Big ticket items: a full sized Reeses Peanut Butter cup, a full-sized Snickers bar. Robbie-Ann rejects Milky Ways and Three Musketeers - why were there always so many of them? The five pennies taped together. Raisins. Sweet little old ladies who handed out popcorn balls. Robbie-Ann realizes later in life the care and effort it took to tape all those pennies and make those popcorn balls. The Rules: no eating on the road, all candy had to be inspected by Mom and Dad. Trading candy with Cousin Michelle. Smarties: the first candies on the table. Performance-Based candy rewards: a full-sized Snickers bar. SNOW on Halloween?! Amy's candy brokering. The no-name orange and black wrapped nougat candies. Dum-Dums. Bazooka bubble gum pieces. Unwrapped, open random Twizzlers in the bag: thrown out immediately by Mom. Fun-sized candy bars. The poisoned candy urban myth, and why Robbie-Ann's mother would not allow her to eat trick-or-treat apples. Robbie-Ann reports the history of Three Musketeers, and a shocking revelation about the candy bar's origin. The razor in the apple urban legend: was it real? Amy reports on the controversy, and uncovers a horrible story about a child murder in the 70s. Halloween II: the emergency room scene with a kid who bit into a razor blade hidden in an apple. Candy Corn: iconic. Robbie-Ann defends the much-maligned candy and explains how you're supposed to eat it. Jelly beans. The mystery flavor abomination known as the sponge peanut. Tootsie Rolls: problematic. Milk Duds: they taste like they're supposed to be something else.  Pumpkin Carving!! Pumpkin Patch vs. Supermarket Pumpkins. The family carving ritual, with newspapers and roasted pumpkin seeds. Screwing up the teeth and eyebrows. The TV specials: The Great Pumpkin.  Witches Night Out, the 1978 Halloween animated special starring Gilda Radner. Robbie-Ann shares a warm memory from Gramma Helen's kitchen on a cold fall night. The Headless Horseman cartoon. Chilling Thrilling Sounds of the Haunted House record. Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day. The Monster Mash. TV series Halloween "special" episodes. Alice smashes Mrs. Brady's ceramic bust because the boys kept scaring everyone with fake ghosts. 

The Girls dive into the 80s teen movies from John Hughes. Which characters did you relate to? Sixteen Candles resonates with Amy: Samantha's eye-rolling and disgust. The grandparents - both sets. Hughes' nod to the Twilight Zone when two grandparents appeared on screen. Robbie-Ann relates to Ally Sheedy's "The Basket Case" Breakfast Club character. How well he wrote female characters - Amy reveals Hughes grew up with three sisters. Molly Ringwald as muse. Hughes' sort of absurd sense of humor: the lady with the squeaky shoes in Sixteen Candles. His start in advertising: Amy reveals that he created the corn pop cowboy character, and the credit card "stubble check" for razors! He wrote a comedy essay called "Vacation 58" for National Lampoon, which led to his script for 1983's Mr. Mom. Robbie-Ann talks about Mr. Mom being one of the funniest movies ever made, and how the dialogue became part of her lexicon for life. Sidebar: She describes her hunt for the Cape Cod style house they used in the movie, and finally finding it during the summer of 2021. She's Having a Baby, Hughes' autobiographical story starring Kevin Bacon and Elizabeth McGovern. Robbie-Ann reveals the secret meaning behind  license plate numbers on the characters' cars used in Hughes' movies.  Ferris Bueller's Day Off: the gamble they took using a Beatles song.  Breakfast Club casting: John Cusack as Bender? Joan Cusack as The Basket Case? And Jennifer Beals in Pretty in Pink? Molly Ringwald's inspiring headshot that led to Sixteen Candles. How John Hughes got Molly Ringwald and Anthony Michael Hall to get along on the movie. Farmer Ted and Samantha Baker - dating??? More what-if casting: a different Duckie? What led to Hall and Hughes falling out. Molly Ringwald bails on Some Kind of Wonderful, possibly igniting a feud? Viggo Mortensen as Jake Ryan? What? Weird Science. Chet! Kelly LeBrock's smart, hot "together" woman, who teaches Wyatt and Gary how to stand up for themselves. Pretty in Pink: the infamous original ending and Andrew McCarthy's wig in the reshoot. Robbie-Ann's shooting location obsession leads her to the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, to see the prom scene room. The soundtrack. All the soundtracks - Hughes' deliberate music choices. Tarquin Gotch, his music supervisor. Home Alone, another gigantic Hughes hit, directed by Chris Columbus. Vacation, directed by Harold Ramis - another incredible soundtrack. 2009 in New York City: Amy reports on the day of his death. Some Kind of Wonderful what-if casting: Kim Delaney? Kyle McLaughlin? Michael J. Fox? Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Amy's revelation about Ferris and where he came from. Robbie-Ann talks about The Car - a fiberglass fake? The lost subplot between Jennifer Grey and Charlie Sheen. Chicago as a character in Hughes's movies. Rest in Peace, John Hughes, GenX thanks you for giving us some hope when we were teenagers. Random shout out to our European listeners! Bonjour! Hallo! Ciao! 

The Girls delve into what made Happy Days one of the most beloved and iconic sitcoms of the Twentieth Century. Which came first, American Graffiti or Happy Days? Or Love, American Style? The first season, a single-camera dramedy and older brother Chuck. Fonzi's windbreaker. The multi-camera sitcom that Happy Days became. Fonzi's hoodlum evolution and Henry Winkler's contributions to the character. Incredible sidebar: a deeeeeep dive into the theme songs, "Rock Around the Clock," and "Happy Days," and a shocking vocal revelation about Jim Haas, the guy who sang it: find out who the late Jim Haas "ghost sang" for...hint: it was a huge disco hit by a verrrrry famous teen idol. Aaaand all the other songs the incredible Jim Haas lent his vocals to, plus the *iconic* classic rock band he toured with as a backup singer. Robbie-Ann gets way too excited about it all. The Girls discuss their favorite characters. Fonzi's brown bomber motorcycle jacket and the Standards and Practices reason why Fonzi always leaned on his bike when he wore it in the early seasons. How did Fonzi get away with dating all those girls? The Girls discuss waiting on some of the cast members at the famous deli where they worked, or at the World's Largest Disco. The Henry Winkler Mystique: Yale?! Amy talks about waiting on beautiful Marion Ross and seeing Scott Baio in L.A. Clubs. Robbie-Ann remembers the lovely Mrs. C's banana pancake order and Amy recalls her saying she was going to exercise class. The spin off cast members and guest stars: Ted McGinley. Crystal Barnard. Morgan Fairchild. Tom Hanks. Brady Christopher Knight. Cheryl Ladd. Lenny & Squiggy. Charlene Tilton. Robbie-Ann describes waiting on Michael McKean, aka Lenny, aka David St. Hubbins. Amy's friend annoys Scott Baio in a club with the Charles in Charge theme. Mork: a spin off character from Happy Days and why he was a space alien. Amy explains how Robin Williams became Mork. Sidebar: Mork and Mindy. Sidebar: Robbie-Ann finds the real Golden Girls house, and the murder house from Halloween in Los Angeles. Amy's sitcom house meditation technique, and the Happy Days set. Cousin Spike. Amy reports on his date with Joanie, and the origin of the characters' names. The infamous Pinky Tuscadero demolition derby two-part episode. The Malachi Crunch! Fonzi, and later the show, Jumps the Shark: the Girls discuss. Arnold's vs. Al's. Fonzi's cold-ravioli Thanksgiving. 80s hair in the 60s. Amy does Chachi's "wah wah wah." Linda Purl, Fonzi's real girlfriend. Donny Most and Anson Williams, Ralph Malph and Potsie Weber. Joanie Loves Chachi, and what went wrong there.

The Girls reminisce about their school-aged summer vacations. Amy describes her last day of third grade, and the glorious feeling of being done with all things "school" for two months. Robbie-Ann still feels relief that she has no homework to do. Robbie-Ann describes her last day of 5th grade; the height of Shaun Cassidy and Queen's "We Will Rock You." Her 55-pound school back pack. The snack cupboard: Fritos, potato chips, and...chipped beef? Summer uniforms: a Honey Nut Cheerios t-shirt, "Dove" shorts and iron-on tank tops. Amy's iconic pink Huffy Sweet Thunder bike, and staffing her summer theater productions. The Public Pool: chlorine and pink eye. Robbie-Ann's elaborate Star Wars doll planets, created in her back yard. Robbie-Ann's glitter-purple banana seat bike. Summer Chores: Amy's dusting with way too much Pledge, vacuuming, polishing hardwood floors with Life-O-Wood. Emptying the dishwasher. Helping mom with the grocery shopping. Summer vacations, or lack thereof. Dad's cut-offs and barbecue parties. Sidebar: shout out to listeners in France, Germany, Turkey, Spain and other countries far and wide. We love you! Swimming in a quarry. Dazed and Confused: the ultimate 70s summer movie. Fast Times at Ridgemont High: the ultimate 80s high school movie. Melting crayons in the car. Amy's days at the beach. The smell of fresh cut grass. Charcoal. Coconut Coppertone tanning oil. Sea N Ski. Zinca. Summer nights: sunburn, snacks and watching the Love Boat in your nightgown, after your shower to wash the sand off.  Amy's "box of stuff." Robbie-Ann's pet salamander. Fireflies - not a myth! Bug Zappers. Fly strips: yuck! The freeze of air conditioning when you walked into a fast food restaurant on a hot day. The Boogeyman, living in the summer woods. Iron-ons. 

The Girls break down all the board games of GenX Youth... Monopoly. Life. The infamous Mouse Trap - did yours ever work? Robbie-Ann and Amy fall on different sides of the functioning Mouse Trap controversy. Amy narrates the entire Mouse Trap process. In detail. 3D board games vs. flat dice-rolling games. Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders: simple games for young kids. Strategy games: Risk, Stratego, Battle Ship. Robbie-Ann's Scooby Doo Where Are You! game, and forcing her father to sit and play for hours. Hungry Hippos, and Amy's problem with the colors. Cootie: building bugs. Ants in the Pants: a children's drinking game? The Game of Life. Stress-inducing Perfection. Operation, and Cavity Sam's Bread Basket. Trouble: pop-o-matic moves the dice! Mystery Date: Dream Date or Dud? Robbie-Ann's long lost childhood favorite game, Arabian Nights Flying Carpet.

The Girls recall the smells of their childhoods that trigger nostalgic memories. Amy remembers campfires of her youth. Robbie-Ann describes the poolside smell-combinations that vivdly evoke childhood moments. Perfumes, hot asphalt, house-smells, toy smells, and all the memories they bring up.

The Girls explore the dangerous toys of GenX childhood. Robbie-Ann starts with Super Elastic Bubble Plastic, made of strange chemicals that you blew threw a straw to make noxious plastic bubbles. Amy recalls searing her skin on the hot metal slide on the playground. Blunt force trauma toys: getting hit in the head with your twirling baton. The notorious spinning merry-go-round, and flying off of it. Robbie-Ann and Amy both talk about getting knocked out falling off the monkey bars. Robbie-Ann's penchant for hanging upside down, which lead to a concussion when her head hit the asphalt. Robbie-Ann's father's infamous "Walk it off!" Amy's illegally modifying toys into unintentional dangerous objects. What's more painful to a bare foot: stepping on a jack, or stepping on a Lego? The horrible, painful "Dodge Ball Sting," and the unique sound that the hard red ball makes when it smacked you in the face. Robbie-Ann's dread of gym class on Dodge Ball Day. How building blocks became lethal weapons. The Big Wheel "spinout" that always led to a rollover and road rash. Sidebar: TV Toy Commercials -  Accessories Not Included. Batteries Not Included. Matchbox cars: the terrain was not included. Star Wars Ewok TV ads, featuring twigs and bushes that were not included. "Serving Suggestion" on the cereal box: Strawberries Not Included. The most infamous Deadly GenX Toy: Lawn Jarts, now banned in the United States. The white-hot bulb in the Easy Bake Oven. The Sit N Spin brush burns. Robbie-Ann's fat lip from the bouncy ball. Amy's head-slam from the Slip N Slide. Robbie-Ann reports what happens when you put Slip N Slide on a hill. The heart-tugging real history of Lawn Jarts, which are still legal in Europe. Candy cigarettes. Amy's grandmother's cigarette-accessory pouch. Clackers, knuckle-bruising balls on a string. Paddle Ball. Rubber Superballs: ricochet rubber bullets to the face. Gum Ball Machine toys. Sidebar: trading toys. Robbie-Ann trades her mother's wooden Christmas angel ornaments for a full set of Freakies plastic toys from her friend Connie in grade school. Recreational accidents: baseballs to the face, swingsets attack. Amy's tree-climbing-fall-rope disaster and other "Hey, let's make a..." accidents. Robbie-Ann on getting the wind knocked out of her by falling off of tree branches and horses. Collapsing blanket forts and the falling weighted debris. Unsafe playing locations: old barns, contaminated-water aqueducts, the woods. Robbie-Ann recalls upsetting an entire hornets nest and getting stung by dozens of them. Dirt: its many faces. Surviving riding in the open back of station wagons and pick-up trucks. Sidebar: the water in the aqueduct where "Grease" was filmed. Robbie-Ann's immunity to mosquitoes. Sidebar: TV Dinners.  What is Salisbury steak? Sledding: a deadly winter sport that is great in theory. Pool party injuries. 

Don't try this at home! The Girls reveal what they learned not to do from watching 70s and 80s TV shows. From relationships to diets, most of it was totally wrong.

The Girls explore the great debate: McDonald's vs Burger King. Amy's ten years old, on the Interstate,  back in the day...ahead is a McDonald's and a Burger King. Where will Amy stop? Was it all about the french fries? Robbie-Ann reports that McDonald's fries were formerly fried in beef tallow but since 1990 fried in vegetable oil, but wait what the heck is beef tallow. Robbie-Ann does a deep dive into beef tallow, literally, and can't unlearn what she found out.  Sidebar: admit you tried eating dog food at least once. Robbie-Ann announces her ten year old self would stop at Burger King on the Interstate, but McDonald's is okay too. Robbie-Ann's mother loving the little onions on the McDonald's burger. Morgan Spurlock's "Super Size Me" backfiring on Robbie-Ann and driving her straight to McDonald's. The magnitude of the McDonald's brand. The Great Fast Food Dream: a Burger King burger with McDonald's fries. Amy discusses the importance of ratio, in fry size, and crunch. The Girls both veto "disc ice" over pebble ice. "Fast Food Nation" - a must read. The fast food business model. The commercials! Robbie-Ann recalls the Bicentennial 1976 Burger King commercial in way too much detail. The grill marks - are they real? Amy explains why a vegan would go in Burger King. The McDonald's Gang: from The Hamburglar to Grimace. Amy's McDonald's Birthday in 1977.  The late night fast food ads that make your mouth water. Ketchup: yes or no? Desserts - the pie slices, the cookies, McDonald's infamous mouth-searing hot apple pies. The McDonald's sundae. The devastation of not getting the dipping sauce with your McNuggets. McDonald's Tempura-like McNuggets vs. Shake N Bake-ish Chicken Tenders at Burger King. Sidebar: honey mustard, worst flavor ever? The fabled 1970s-1980s Burger King Yumbo ham and cheese sub sandwich. The Burger King guy and his various incarnations. Is Ronald McDonald extinct? Robbie-Ann does a deep-dive. Fancy Mayor McCheese. The dual marketing campaigns for kids and adults. Fat Burger King and Hot Burger King. A study of the McDonald's characters. Grimace. His eyebrows, his ambiguous species debated and analyzed worldwide. Back to the burgers. Robbie-Ann's modern day go-to McDonald's order. The giant, hard McDonald's plastic straw. The final word: the Whopper vs. the Big Mac, and "modernizing" the iconic restaurant brand logos.

The Girls recall the back-to-school shopping, new school supplies, the pressure of a new school, the outfits, the misfits. Amy's annual shopping trip for new school clothes that may or may not have matched. The role of Sears in Robbie-Ann's wardrobe choices. The influence of the teen models in Seventeen and Glamour. The cheapo stores. Body images and trying to create a brand new perfect self with new makeup and the wrong clothes. Amy tells her younger self to blend her makeup. Amy's Bad Sandy school debut, which led to some wanted - and unwanted - attention. What would Amy and Robbie-Ann say to their young selves? The painful fashion mistakes, like Nikes with jeans. Sidebar: winter coats. Amy poses the question, "Did your parents' guidance, or lack of, affect your social standing in school?" Amy's lunch room cool. Robbie-Ann's tirade about the inefficient locker set up.  Hazardous three ring binders. Thousand-pound textbooks.

The Girls talk about the kid-crimes they committed, and the various punishments that resulted. Special background guest: Robbie-Ann's mother. Amy reports her most heinous kid-crimes, that led to severe parental punishment. Amy weaponizes a cookie tin, and explains how a sneaky tunafish sandwich sent her to the gallows. Sidebar: A breakdown of Amy's aversion to sauces, condiments, including mayonnaise. The tuna in question: what kind of tuna was it? Bread: toasted or not? Photo evidence?! Wasting bananas, another food-related crime. Robbie-Ann's sixth-grade winter report card crime, which led to a scary hour-long yelling lecture from her father. Robbie-Ann's threat from a 4th grade lunch lady. Shoutout: her childhood friend Pam as accomplice. Robbie-Ann's 4th grade teacher's aim with a thrown chalkboard eraser: accurate. Why did Robbie-Ann's ear-plugging experiment get her sent to a time out in kindergarten? Naptime rag-rugs. Amy's angelic behavior in early grade school. Robbie-Ann as accessory to a rubber chicken-orchestra recital crime, and refusing to rat on the perpetrators. Amy's pyromania phase. Soap in the mouth for swearing: what the **ck? The book in the pants trick when going for a spanking. "Walk it off" - punishment or sound parental policy? Amy observes that today, spankings are no longer used as childhood punishments. Sidebar: "Mommie Dearest" and Faye Dunaway's incredible, quotable performance. OPP - Other People's Punishments. What went on behind closed doors in the neighborhood? Robbie-Ann's mom offers bon mots from the background about Robbie-Ann's sugar addiction. Amy returns to food as a bad behavior catalyst: canned green beans, tomatoes. Robbie-Ann's mother from the background recalls one-year-old Robbie-Ann pulling a can of coffee out of the cupboard and pouring on the floor as a sandbox. 

From Chuck E. Cheese to making your own sundaes at the Red Barn restaurant, the Girls recall the best and worst of birthdays' past.

The Girls remember their childhood fears of the 70s and 80s...Robbie-Ann talks about the origins of her basement phobia, the monster in the 1980s horror classic The Boogens. Amy dissects what exactly makes a monster. Robbie-Ann analyzes the monster in The Boogens, and why the movie is such an 80s horror classic. Amy's fear of the portal to hell: the red light under the escalator at the mall, and her childhood PTSD triggered by the theme from Get Smart. Amy's terrifying real-life attempted child-abduction from a super market by Sweathog kidnappers. A psycho-analysis of the sequence of Amy's childhood terror triggers. Robbie-Ann's psychological trauma incited by watching 70s zombie scary tv movie "Let's Scare Jessica to Death." The Monster Under the Bed: where did this Urban Legend come from? Robbie-Ann's childhood fear of serial killers, inspired by 70s news reports about John Wayne Gacy. Amy's fear of Richard Ramirez, Night Stalker serial killer who terrorized Southern California in the 1980s. Young Amy arms herself with a hammer in case he showed up. Can you help identify the mystery movie that scared Amy so much? The Girls try to identify it from Amy's fuzzy memory of seeing it on tv. Robbie-Ann's theory that humans were waiting to kill her outside, but monsters were trying to kill her in her own house...why? Robbie-Ann's childhood anxiety of something terrible happening to her parents. Bees: terror in the skies. Amy recalling Killer Bees in cartoons. The 70s terror propaganda  of quicksand, falling in manholes, and the Killer Bees headed to America. Robbie-Ann's childhood Super Fear of falling through the winter ice on the quarry of her childhood home. Amy reports exactly what and where quicksand is. Jellyfish: terror in the ocean. Going into basements as an adult.  Aliens: fearworthy or foolish? Robbie-Ann recalls a terrifying mystery movie from the 50s about aliens: can you identify it? Ghosts, vampires and Frankenstein? The Munsters' role in de-terrifying certain Halloween myths. Robbie-Ann's childhood confidence that she could talk some humanoid murderous monsters out of killing her. The Loch Ness Monster. Big Foot. Sharks. Amy reveals she never saw Jaws! 

The Girls tackle the complicated music genre known as Yacht Rock, and they are totally serious about it because it's very important. Amy cites a textbook definition of Yacht Rock from smoothradio.com, but Robbie-Ann immediately has a problem with it, and then announces her self-appointment as the World's Authority on Yacht or Nyacht, and all her rulings are final. The West Coast Yacht/Nyacht Judge, Robbie-Ann's childhood bestie Karen. The Girls explore a few examples, trying to narrow down how to define a Yacht Rock song. Examples from Supertramp and Boz Scaggs lead to a discussion of the Yacht Rock Spectrum. Which bands' entire catalogs are Yacht Rock? A guideline: can you stand at the BBQ grill and bob your head while you're grilling? Robbie-Ann rules that the yachtrock.com Yacht Rock rejections are not valid, and defends her decision. Amy and Robbie-Ann go into a deep dive of Player's "Baby Come Back." Robbie-Ann's simple qualifying question: would you play it on your yacht? A celebration of Michael McDonald's Yacht Rock-defining classic "What A Fool Believes." Sidebar on Amy's childhood barbecues with pet snakes and beers. The nostalgia factor in Yacht or Nyacht. Robbie-Ann's controversial Yacht Rock ruling on Michael Jackson's "Human Nature."  Little River Band: their entire catalog's Yacht ruling. Robbie-Ann offers to fight anyone who denies Toto's Yacht Rock status. Why "Pina Coladas (the Escape Song)" is a Yacht Rock absolute. The Yacht Rock "Vibe." Amy asks Robbie-Ann what the number one, quintessential Yacht Rock song is and she makes a ruling, and sings the praises of Christopher Cross. Robbie-Ann's impression of Michael McDonald's background bad-ah-dah-dahs. Kenny Loggins: which of his songs are Yacht or Nyacht? Robbie-Ann's difficult decision on "Your Mama Don't Dance." Amy tries to dissent. Robbie-Ann's ruling on the very first Yacht Rock song, the very birth of the Yacht Rock genre: hint, it was released 1973. Amy's analysis of the Yacht Rock Listener. Yacht Rock cover bands, including California's Yachtley Crew and Atlanta's Yacht Rock Revue. What is "Yacht Rock Adjacent?" Robbie-Ann explains. The "Soothing" factor. Why Marvin Gaye's classic "What's Going On" is Nyacht. Amy's insightful analysis of why Yacht Rock is necessary, and was the music more important than the lyrics? Ambrosia, and David Pack's insane voice. A very important Yacht/Nyacht ruling on Hall and Oates. Why is Yacht Rock sampled so much in Hip Hop and Rap music? Robbie-Ann's final Yacht/Rock ruling on Bruce Hornsby, and why (no political songs!).Yacht or Nyacht? Foreigner. The Eagles. Chicago. Fleetwood Mac. Kids aren't on the Yacht!  

David Yontef, host of Behind the Velvet Rope podcast, joins us again for a fun gossip sesh...we talk Cyndi Lauper and how she disappointed David...?! What it's like inside Prince's Paisley Park mansion. Belinda Carlisle and Debbie Harry: subdued goddesses in person. David dissects his interview strategy, demonstrating with the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's dueling housewife podcast episodes. Just how calculating are these ladies when it comes to going behind that velvet rope? The time someone tried to cancel David. Find out which interviewee star-struck David.  Janice Dickinson: how David landed an interview with the Original Supermodel, and what a great sport she was. Robbie-Ann learns that Dixie Carter has been gone for ten years. David teases a HUGE upcoming interview he landed with an 80s TV DIVA and when Robbie-Ann finds out who it is she loses her mind. Who is David's ultimate 80s Diva Interview Dream? We ask the Magic 8 Ball if David will ever get her. The headlines that weren't: David's interview with Isaac Mizrahi. Who shoveled snow during his interview with David? The once-ZZ Top Girl David interviewed who was yawning and just over it.  How *you* can have a one-on-one podcast How To with David...!!

In a slight departure, on a sometimes serious note, the Girls get all deep and discuss 70s and 80s music, tv shows and movies that rocked their worlds and changed their DNA. Amy discusses Sesame Street's cultural broadening effects, and the sonic earthquake that was Blondie's "Heart of Glass." The Brady Bunch and its effect as a family model on an entire generation. Robbie-Ann defends The Brady Bunch as a great tv show, and how the infamous "Aunt Jenny" episode spun out the trajectory of her life. Amy wants to know exactly what Carol did all day. Robbie-Ann describes her dislike of Culture Snobs. Amy's journey to The Darkside after listening to Guns and Roses and the Beastie Boys. Robbie-Ann's own brush with The Darkside, courtesy of 80s club music and her first job at a teen dance club. Amy's street-education, and how she channeled it into writing books. Amy's heartfelt story of how she steered her life back on track after her friend's tragic death. Robbie-Ann's own story of losing her younger brother to suicide, and the difficult process of healing through grief. 70s and 80s childhood music: a bittersweet portal to nostalgia. The Girls' positive exposure to diverse cultures and music on MTV. The Magic 8-Ball answers some What-If questions... If you or someone you care about is feeling despondent or needs help, please do not hesitate. Call the NATIONAL SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE 1-800-273-8255 With Love, The Glitter Boom Girls

Robbie-Ann's grandmother's orange plaid wallpaper. Amy's family home, stuck in the 70s. The "Grandma Couch." Afghans and matching Tupperware. Amy's brown Tupperware pitcher, filled with blobby orange juice. 70s dishes. The dark brown stoneware dishes with the light trim border. The 70s color pallete. From 60s eclectic to 70s furniture sets. Amy's cultural theory about mid-century to 70s design.  A breakdown of fake wood paneling. Robbie-Ann's problem with faux brick. Robbie-Ann's Gramma's home: a showroom of 70s decor. Amy's Gramma's ribbon candy. Indoor house plants. Spice racks: a mystery. TV 70s decor examples. An exploration of the Brady home. Basement dens: where Gramma's couch and the cabinet TV went to die. The "formal living room." Formal dining rooms: endangered spaces. Amy's longing for old-fashioned closed kitchens. Mary Tyler Moore's legendary 70s first apartment. Mork and Mindy's exemplary late-70s apartment. Sidebar: deep dive into Mork and Mindy: the flaws and the fabulous. One Day at a Time's 70s "burnt sienna" apartment and the crow-eating on that show. Amy's problem with the One Day at a Time set. 70s decor on Hart to Hart, Columbo and other single-camera shows. Sidebar: Robbie-Ann's obsession with Columbo.

Coke or Pepsi? Amy and Robbie-Ann discuss the commercials that started the Cola Wars. Dr. Pepper. Robbie-Ann's 7th grade chorus recital song that was a celebration of commercials...and the hole in her wool skirt. Life cereal: Hey Mikey!  Calgon, take me away! The sexist propaganda of long-ago advertising. Sandy Duncan's Wheat Thins commercials. Grape Nuts. Remember when cigarettes were advertised on TV? The. TOYS. The Kool Aid Guy busting through walls. Robbie-Ann's mother attempting to curb Robbie's sugar intake by making homemade Kool Aid (FAIL). Barbie's mesmerizing influence through commercials. Sidebar: Robbie-Ann's father solves the Christmas nightmare of her brand new Barbie Townhouse, MISSING a pillar! Amy's Barbie-overcrowding of the townhouse elevator, and relegating her sister to secondary Barbie status. The short attention span of Matchbox cars and He-Man. Scotty's legendary Fritos and Pepsi afternoons. Barbie Boredom. The naming of Barbie and her backstory. The Kenner Star Wars mini-action figures, and Death Star accessories. Fisher-Price toy sets. Amy's Sesame Street brownstone set. Robbie-Ann's coveted Fisher-Price castle. The Kenner Family Tree House. The Mousetrap board game controversy. SIdebar: board games. Amy's anxiety over Perfection. Simon: beep boop beep ehhhhhhh. Robbie-Ann's impression of Speak-N-Spell. Amy's rocket ship built out of Simon and other toy parts. Why did Amy bury her Play-Doh barber shop underground? Accessories, batteries and strawberries NOT included! What commercials made the Girls *not* want to buy something? Sidebar: Wilfred Brimley was an amazing actor. Cereal jingles! Robbie-Ann can't spell Apple Jacks. Fruit Loops vs/ Apple Jacks. Alpha-Bits: really just Cheerios. Fast food jingles! Fat Cartoon Burger King vs. Hot Burger King. 70's and 80s automobile ads. Amy asks the Magic 8 Ball if the GIrls are Peppers - ? David Naughton shout out.

The LOOOOOOVE BOOOOOOAAAAT.... Robbie-Ann's Saturday night ritual: cereal or Munchos and The Love Boat. Amy's Love Boat rerun summertime syndication saturation. The cast: some seriously accomplished, talented people. Isaac, your ship's bartender. Ted Lange: playwright and distinguished theater actor! Robbie-Ann recounts meeting Ted Lange, (hot) Parker Stevenson and Larry Wilcox of CHiPs, and calling Ted Lange "Isaac." But Ted totally rolled with it, and Parker and Larry were total dolls too. Fred Grandy: Gopher Smith was Ivy League. Yep -Harvard! What is a yeoman purser? Bernie Kopell, renowned character actor from pretty much every sitcom in the 60s and early 70s as the ship's lothario doctor. Breaking the cast down into thematic archetypes. Gavin MacLeod: from Murray Slaughter to sexy Captain Stubing. Lauren Tewes: Julie McCoy, Cruise Director, replaced in common "relative replacement" 70s tv switcheroo device with similarly-named "sister" Judy McCoy. Lauren Tewes, cheese expert! The later seasons -- were cigar-chomping executives trying to spice things up with 70s-TV ubiquitous add-on character actor Ted McGinley as Ace, your ship's photographer? And with The Love Boat Mermaids? Real Live Cruises - just not the Love Boat. Amy discusses her crazy cruise experience, derailed by a tornado. Robbie-Ann's experience on The Rock Boat music cruise that would not have lived up to Captain Stubing's standards. Can you guess who was the most frequent guest star of the 552 guest stars during the show's run? Crossovers with Charlie's Angels and Fantasy Island. Sidebar: "eating crow" storylines on Fantasy Island. Pluto TV's The Love Boat channel. Questionable morals and falling in love on a three-day cruise. Lovebombing on The Love Boat: ruining real love for a generation of girls. Amy's problem with Melissa Sue Anderson and other Walnut Grove characters turning up in non-prairie clothes on The Love Boat. Sidebar: Amy's uncooked strawberry UN-frosted poptart, and Robbie-Ann's problem with it. Impromptu Pointer Sisters jam. Shaun Cassidy's absence from the guest star list, and Robbie-Ann's need to know why. Robbie-Ann's most memorable episode: when Julie ate major crow in Alaska. The girls consult the Magic 8 Ball about possible outcomes if they were on The Love Boat.

Amy's and Robbie-Ann's first MTV experiences, which led to hours lost in front of the television. Amy talks about the book "I Want My MTV," an oral history of MTV. Amy's designer discovery, and being influenced by the Video Vixens. The thrill of being able to "see" the music. Robbie-Ann discovering what her musical heroes actually looked like. The images and weird effects. The cliches: wind, smoke, mirrors breaking, tigers. Dreamy Duran Duran in Sri Lanka. Simon LeBon's "eyes and teeth." Did Duran Duran influence Sonny Crockett's look? The perfect women - where did they find these flawless vixens? Robbie-Ann's exposure to new music not being played on the radio. Split Enz, Talking Heads and weird haircuts. Robbie-Ann's philosophy about the lie of music genre marketing. The segmentation of MTV. David Lee Roth's iconic videos, including the meta "Just a Gigolo" MTV parody. Did abstract artsy videos mean something or were they just weird? Lisa Vanderpump's cameo in ABC's "Look of Love" and "Poison Arrow." Icon/Goddess Stevie Nicks and her scarves, walking on a treadmill. What the heck were The Fixx videos about? Peter Gabriel's dancing chickens. Amy's analysis of "Material Girl." Mall bangs: a how-to. Videos that ruined the song. Marylin Martin's great 80s song "Night Moves" becomes a goofy vampire story. Superstar Pat Benatar's fantastic song "Shadows of the Night" is set to a bizarre WWII spy drama. Amy's assertion that 90% of the videos were cheesy. Amy's daily viewing of Bananarama's "Venus," and her realization that it was a silly devil story video. Vampires: the go-to video gotcha. Robbie-Ann defends Billy Squire's "Rock Me Tonight" song against its video treatment. The Cars' innovative "You Might Think" video. Did it beat "Thriller" for Video of the Year?! Amy finds out. The Go-Gos. Wham! Record labels discover MTV as a selling tool. Did MTV torpedo the stellar Christopher Cross' career? Robbie-Ann defends Christopher Cross's handsome-ness. Amy's fear of Prince. Twisted Sister!

Cough drops: basically, candy. Robbie-Ann's chronic sinus colds. Amy's Chloraseptic. The fabled Burger King ham 'n cheese sub sandwich as a reward for little Robbie-Ann behaving at the doctor's office. What was in Sucrets? Aspergum? Was it really aspirin? The game shows and soap operas. Homework - missing assignments and missing out on classroom drama. PBS. The Electric Company. Robbie-Ann's problem with the educational "Big Blue Marble" kids tv show. Soups: Lipton soup vs. Campbell's. Robbie-Ann's saltines and Lipton soup dunking ritual. Tomato soup and grilled cheese: the ultimate sick day lunch. Snow days: the breathless early morning anticipation listening for your school's name on the radio school closures report. The deadly Blizzard of '77 that buried Robbie-Ann's family driveway in a 30-foot snow drift. Wonderbread bags: the ultimate boot liner. Amy's baseball shirt Garfield nightgown. Robbie-Ann's frozen childhood bedroom. Sidebar into classroom temperatures - Robbie-Ann was too cold, Amy was too hot.  Shocking news about the Burger King ham 'n cheese: is there a Burger King SECRET MENU?

The Girls talk Childhood Easter. The baskets of Amy's youth. Paas Egg Coloring Kits. Robbie-Ann's murky colored Easter eggs. Easter at the tavern owned by Robbie-Ann's grandparents. Hobos, and why they babysat Robbie-Ann and her cousins. Butter Lambs - what is this Buffalo Easter dinner staple? The outfits. Amy's jealousy over her sister's basket vs. her own. Overhearing grown-up gossip in the kitchen. Robbie-Ann's infamous third-grade "Easter Vacation" incident.  Waxy chocolate. Good chocolate. Inflatable rabbits. 

The Girls talk Saturday Morning Cartoons back in the day. Bugs Bunny and Friends. The Pink Panther. The toys you thought you would die without and the Saturday morning advertising that made you want them. Amy's Medieval Care Bears - was it real? Robbie-Ann's love for the Hudson Brothers. The Krofft Supershow. Tom and Jerry: Tom speaks! The Pink Panther, and the mystery of who voiced the Aardvark is solved! The Barbie bathtub. The Barbie head. The cereal...oh the cereal. Amy's awful "healthy" cereal vs. Robbie-Ann's bowls of sugar. The Superfriends: a debate, was Batman a Superfriend? Wonderbug. Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. 

Robbie-Ann admits loving The Mall, and describes her brief career at a candy and nut kiosk; learn how a gummy bear changed her career trajectory forever. Amy talks trauma from older, menacing girls early on in her Mall Life, which led to Mall Ambivalence. The record stores. The substandard Roy Rogers franchise in Robbie-Ann's childhood mall.  Mall movies: Robbie-Ann's love for Klinton Spilsbury and "The Legend of the Lone Ranger." Friendly's Ice Cream restaurants. Amy's San Fernando Valley Malls. Dating social rules in The Arcade. Dirty stuff in the back of Spencer Gifts. Amy's Graffiti brand jeans. Sassoon? Sass-ong? Jordache pockets. Amy discovers boys in The Mall. "Mall Air." The warm and fuzzy Hallmark Store. Robbie-Ann's emotional attachment to her childhood mall and its movie theater.  The Magic 8 Ball offers no clues about a possible Mall Comeback one day in the future....

Amy fondly recalls "A Little Princess" and "The Secret Garden." Robbie-Ann sings the praises of "The Princess Bride" novel, and how the movie got it right but the book has so much more to it. Robbie-Ann's love of "A Wrinkle in Time" and how the movie wasn't faithful to the book, but Chris Pine was it so...five stars. The Girls can't remember the name of the dog in the book, which leads to a sidebar about 80s band Quarterflash. Robbie-Ann's childhood introduction to audiobooks, courtesy of her father's cassette recordings of "Think and Grow Rich," which leads to a Tony Robbins sidebar. The hardship of not having the Encyclopedia Britannica set at home, which leads to a sidebar about Robbie-Ann's disastrous oral report on Tanzania in 10th grade Honors History class.

The Girls talk childhood BOOKS that stuck with them. Amy digs into her Judy Blume favorites, which leads to Robbie-Ann's sidebar about a slumber party at her friend Pam's house.  Robbie-Ann explains why she related to the "Ramona Quimby" series. "The Chronicles of Narnia." The "Shoes" series - Amy explains its history and why the books are so special. Robbie-Ann's PTSD caused by reading Marilyn Sachs' "The Bears' House." Amy spoils "The Bridge to Terabithia" for everyone, thank God. Part 1 of 2.

The Girls talk Old Skool Grooming - from "body splash" to "Bonne Bell" to "Body on Tap" shampoo ("Made with real beer!"). Charlie perfume. British Sterling cologne and its 'legen-dree' commercial. Robbie-Ann reveals her make-up scandal as the female lead in the school musical "George M!" during her senior year. Amy talks eyeshadow, perfume packaging and her ninth-grade morning beauty routine. Why would anyone invent fuzzy soap...? Robbie-Ann describes her yellow Listerine nostalgia triggers.  Amy confesses to bath bead aggression. Did your hair smell terrific?

Part 2 of Teen Idols! Dolls. Posters, pillowcases and lunchboxes: the merchandising of "first love." Tiger Beat magazine. Who is Klinton Spilsbury? Was Jon Bon Jovi a "teen idol?" The death of the tin lunchbox. How did Robbie-Ann not have a Shaun Cassidy doll until she was in her 30s? WHY did Robbie-Ann have a Shaun Cassidy doll in her 30s? Amy's close encounter with a New Kids mob. 80s movie teen idols. Rob Lowe - John Taylor Level or no? The Beatles & Elvis.

Shaun Cassidy: doe eyes, pop music and tight pants. George Michael's effect on young Amy. Manly Paul Stanley - why his chest hair and testosterone scared little Robbie-Ann...in a good way. John Taylor's eternal appeal. Donny and Marie, literally the hardest working kids in the 70s. Shaun's "Magic of a Midnight Sky" 2019 concert tour: Robbie-Ann was there! Amy's apologetic non-crush on Donny Osmond. Why a Marie Osmond doll made Amy and her sister almost come to blows. Part 1 of 2!

Part 2 of interview with Behind the Velvet Rope podcaster and 80s Fan David Yontef! More behind the scenes details about his show. When reality stars attack. The wonder that is Xanadu. Queen of the World Madonna--David talks about his fandom from "Like a Virgin" to "Madame X." 12-inch singles. More Madonna: best tour? Favorite album? 

Famed "Behind the Velvet" Rope podcaster David Yontef! In this "Very Special Episode" of the Glitter Boom Girls podcast, special guest and fellow 80s nostalgia enthusiast David Yontef describes how he arrived at his popular interview podcast show that has featured some of the most famous reality, music and drag queen stars all of you know. Topics in this Glitter Boom Girls episode include David's Moroccan chunky sweater. All things "Dallas." The two faces of John Schneider. The eternal fabulousness of Linda Gray. Who DIDN'T watch "Dallas" with their gramma? Taylor Dayne's possible attitude...or not. Amy reveals the inspiration behind Linda Gray's iconic portrayal of Sue Ellen Ewing. Part 1 of 2!

The genius of John Ritter. What happened when the Glitter Boom Girls waited on John Ritter and his wife Amy Yasbeck! Suzanne's ponytails. Janet's style evolution. The iconic apartment. The kitchen wallpaper. The Ropers - Mrs. Roper's wigs and baubles, Mr. Roper's lack of libido. Mr. Furley's ascot. Everyone's wardrobe. Find out a little-known secret about the girl walking on the beach in the show's intro! The post-Chrissy blondes: Cindy and Terri. 

80s b*itches: TV, music and movies. Dynasty and the shoulder pads. Joan Collins' Instagram posts. Is eyeshadow a b*tch-o-meter? Why was Amy a bitch in school? The Empire Queen that is... Madonna. Donna Mills:vulnerable b*tch. The movie high school b*tch. Heathers. 

Matt Dillon vs. Adam Baldwin in "My Bodyguard." What it was like to wait on Craig Sheffer (hint: dReAmY). Chet from Weird Science. The "sexy" villain actors like James Spader. John Cusack instead of Judd Nelson in "Breakfast Club?!" Bleached-blonde Kiefer Sutherland. Authors Amy Asbury and Robbie-Ann McPherson talk 80s movie bad boys!

Bullies: who ruled the school? Does "emotional bullying" count? Female bullies. What if your school bully was cast in one of the most famous Christmas movies of all time? Why you should not let your teenaged daughter work in a nightclub. What Amy learned from the ZZ-Top girls on MTV. What six-year old Robbie-Ann learned about telling a boy in her first-grade class to comb his hair on picture day (hint: DON'T). The girls discuss what makes a bully a bully, and Amy confesses to some bullying of her own. Fast Times at Ridgemont High - who was the bully? 

The diet staple of Generation X: cereal. Freakies, Quisp, the Berry cereals Boo & Franken.  How fast Fruity Pebbles went soggy. Learn the shocking truth about the little Hawaiian Punch cartoon guy. Robbie-Ann's sugar addiction. Amy's obsession with colorful packaging.

Foods of the 70s and 80s... some are long-gone, but not forgotten. Almost all were not good for you though...find out why you shouldn't feed a kid 4 or 5 donuts and 5 glasses of Strawberry Quik. Koogle peanut butter. Amy's tower of cheese spread. Robbie-Ann's recipe for sugar and saltines. Why Robbie-Ann thought her name was "OhnoRobbie" for the first five years of her life. Forbidden diet candy.

The two Darrins of Bewitched. Finding safety in "Family Affair." Getting off the school bus and wallowing in the warm fuzzy of a pile of cookies and hours of after-school tv. Robbie-Ann has a revelation about why she never connected to Little House on the Prairie. Amy & Robbie-Ann break down The Facts of Life.  Why Robbie-Ann says she was raised by a pack of wild tvs.

DISCO Part 2. Disco's influence. Tube tops. "Disco" episodes of TV. Which "Eight is Enough" kids might have been 'down to disco?' The fashions. Is Chaka Khan disco? When and why did disco "stop?" Hint: it wasn't when they blew up all those records. What are the greatest disco songs? Sidebar on 70s celebrities we waited on in the late 90s. Longtime friends, authors & nostalgia aficionados Amy Asbury & Robbie-Ann McPherson extend their conversation from Episode 2.

DISCO. From Robbie-Ann relentlessly pressuring her dad to take her to see the R-rated "Saturday Night Fever" to the genius of The Bee Gees to Amy kissing her Robin Gibb lunchbox every day. The annual World's Largest Disco event, where 7,000 people do the YMCA in unison. Robbie-Ann is unable to narrow down the top ten best disco tunes. Longtime friends, authors & nostalgia aficionados Amy Asbury & Robbie-Ann McPherson talk about Robbie-Ann's obsession, All Things Disco.

How we met working at a deli in Los Angeles years ago, and bonded over 80s club music. What we first thought of each other as we slung plates of pastrami. Robbie-Ann running after a bad tipper. Amy never going hungry because the cooks loved her so much. Longtime friends, authors Amy Asbury & Robbie-Ann McPherson reveal how they met waiting tables at a deli in Los Angeles in the late 90s, and frequented retro 80s dance clubs.