Season One
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 1 - "An Artist in the Making" | Alicia is playing "California Über Alles" by the Dead Kennedys, off of their 1979 album Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables. The Dead Kennedys | Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables | "California Über Alles" |
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Episode 4 - "It's a Girl Thing" | That song is none other than "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" made famous by Wham! in 1984. Wham! | Make It Big | "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go" |
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Episode 5 - "I'm Sticking to Risky Business" | One of the few times that I was wrong... Alicia and Jenny are talking about Born on the 4th of July which didn't exist until about a year and a half later. Tom Cruise | Born on the 4th of July |
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Episode 8 - "Summer Studies" | Johnny Rotten is infamous for being the brash lead singer of the Sex Pistols. And not famous for being "cute." Johnny Rotten | The Sex Pistols |
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Episode 9 - "The Truth About Chris" | ...Is of course, Jello Biafra. But of course, you all knew that. Jello Biafra | The Dead Kennedys |
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Episode 12 - "Real Life Sucks" | A vast array of pop and punk bands, from the late '70s to late '80s. Cyndi Lauper | New Kids on the Block | 2 Live Crew | The Ramones | Bad Religion | Television |
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Episode 13 - "Flashbacks Part 1" | Woo, those are some awesome bands of the late 1970s! If you likey the disco, that is! Obviously, Ms. Reed was trying to form some kind of killer disco-loving army or something. Donna Summer | Kool and the Gang | The Bee Gees |
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Episode 14 - "You Spin Me Right Round" | Here's one of the most varied bands I could think of at the time. I just wanted to test Alicia, and all of you guys. The symbol on Alicia's shirt is Bad Religion's, by the way. Air Supply | Duran Duran | Iron Maiden | Run-DMC | Patti Smith | Devo | U2 |
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Episode 17 - "Road Rage: Or, How Not to Drive a Car" | "I Wanna Know What Love Is" is my favorite Foreigner song of all time. Foreigner | Agent Provocateur | "I Wanna Know What Love Is" |
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Episode 27 - "And So It Begins" | Joey Ramone, lead singer of the punk rock band, the Ramones. Joey Ramone | The Ramones |
Season Two
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 36 - "Mr. Sloan's Music Class" | Mr. Sloan is based on my music teacher in middle school, who is awesome. We talked about this kind of stuff all the time in his class. The British Invasion | The Rolling Stones | The Beatles | The Byrds | The Kinks | The Who | The Yardbirds | Herman's Hermits |
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Episode 43 - "What's Cool?" | Alongside with being punk, I also happen to be a huge nerd, who dabbles in role-playing games now and then. Dungeons & Dragons was quite popular then. I'm not really into Star Trek, but that's what "Beam me up" is from. Dungeons & Dragons | Star Trek |
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Episode 44 - "Letters to Home" | The Breakfast Club is a John Hughes movie, released in 1985, and is Meg's favorite movie. The Breakfast Club |
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Episode 45 - "Now What?" | Various punk and rock albums from various artists. The Descendents | The Ramones | The Clash | The Cure |
Season Three
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 54 - "Sleepovers...And More?" | A bunch of popular albums at the time... This was a couple of weeks before U2's Rattle and Hum came out, then there's Metallica's ...And Justice For All, the soundtrack to Dirty Dancing, Paula Abdul's Forever Your Girl, Bon Jovi's New Jersey, and The New Kids On the Block's Hangin' Tough. Rattle and Hum | ...And Justice For All | Dirty Dancing | Forever Your Girl | New Jersey | Hangin' Tough |
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Episode 55 - "It's a Guy Thing" | Kyle's wearing a shirt with the Dead Kennedys logo on it, which I'm sure you all know by now, if you didn't before. Jason's shirt is the album cover of Pink Floyd's epic 1973 album Dark Side of the Moon. The Dead Kennedys | Pink Floyd | The Dark Side of the Moon |
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Episode 63 - "This is Why You Don't Give Kyle Ideas" | Oh noes! Albert Einstein is eating Kyle's head! Albert Einstein |
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Episode 64 - "Let the Games Begin!" | Clue is awesome, but so easy to beat if you know how to break the system. Clue | Scrabble | Twister | Monopoly | Jenga |
Season Four
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 79 - "Punishment" | Gotta put it in here at some point. Playboy is the God of all girly magazines. Playboy |
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Episode 85 - "Time to Learn!" | The Smiths' 1984 song "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" from their album Hatful of Hollow. One of the original emo bands, really. The Smiths | Hatful of Hollow | "Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now" |
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Episode 86 - "Discovery" | A whole bunch of Playmates from 1988 and sexy ladies from the time. Plus, Sports Illustrated for some reason. Sports Illustrated | Samantha Fox | Kimberley Conrad | Kata Kärkkäinen | Emily Arth | Laura Richmond |
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Episode 88 - "Two Halves" | One view from Sparky's store shows that yeah, I research probably too much. Depeche Mode | Dirty Dancing | Iron Maiden | Jane's Addiction | Poison | Queensrÿche |
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Episode 89 - "Jason's Super Bad Day" | KROQ is the rock station for the City By the Bay, San Francisco. KROQ |
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Episode 94 - "Good Grades = *@!#" | It's Milo! Milo is (was) not only the lead singer of the Descendents, but also their logo. The Descendents |
Season Five
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 101 - "Assumption #1" | The title of the season is taken from "Always Something There to Remind Me" by Naked Eyes' 1983 song. Kyle's shirt has CBGB's logo, the Home of Underground Rock since 1974. Naked Eyes | "Always Something There to Remind Me" | CBGB & OMFUG |
Episode 105 - "The Piano Girl" | Meg's playing the 1980 song "Vienna" by Ultravox. One of my favorite songs of all time. Ultravox | Vienna | "Vienna" |
Episode 107 - "Everyone's Against the Bassist" | I love new wave. Probably too much. It's like a drug for me. Also, Jason has some naughty pictures on his wall as well! Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark | New Order | Duran Duran | The Clash | Eloise Broady | Lynne Austin |
Episode 114 - "A Crazy Concept" | For the posters on Alicia's wall: There's one of the movie Risky Business and one of Johnny Ramone. Also, on Jason's shirt is the logo for California Jam, which was a huge rock festival held in 1974. The Ramones | Risky Business | California Jam |
Episode 117 - "The Mysterious Stranger" | This was fun, doing everyone's costumes. Kyle's Hugh Hefner, Jenny's a random sexy cat girl, Meg (Mike) is just a guy but, wearing a San Diego Padres hat, Chris is Albert Einstein, and Evie is Alice from Alice in Wonderland. Hugh Hefner | San Diego Padres | Albert Einstein | Alice in Wonderland |
Episode 119 - "Comings & Goings" | Alicia's one scary ghost there. Jason's dressed up as Robert Smith of the Cure, which isn't totally apparent, I know. Robert Smith | The Cure |
Episode 124 - "Where Indeed?" | That's some strategically placed porn, if I do say so myself. Samantha Fox | Elle MacPherson | Laura Richmond |
Season Six
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 126 - "Too Close For Comfort" | Some more sexy ladies on Kyle's walls: Shannon Long | Kari Kennell | Diana Lee |
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Episode 127 - "The Unwanted" | Kyle's crappy hand-me-down van is based on a bunch of different models but more so than any it's the 1960's Volkswagen Bus. Volkswagen Bus |
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Episode 133 - "His Feelings" | That's the Smithereen's 1986 song "Behind the Wall of Sleep," but with some words changed so they fit better to Kyle's predicament. If you haven't heard this song, slap yourself in the face because IT'S AMAZING and then go listen to it. The Smithereens | Especially For You | "Behind the Wall of Sleep" |
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Episode 141 - "The Show Must Go On" | I suppose it's a good time to establish that Alicia plays a Fender Strat, Jenny plays a Gibson Flying V, Kyle plays a Fender jazz bass, Jason plays Ludwig drums, and Meg plays a Yamaha keyboard. Fender | Gibson | Yamaha | Ludwig |
Season Seven
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 148 - "Welcome to Reality" | Yet some more naked women that adorn Kyle's walls: Kimberly Conrad | Vanna White | Terri Lynn Doss | Pamela Jean Stein |
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Episode 165 - "Anticipation" | "Radar Love" by Golden Earring. Always a classic. Golden Earring | Moontan | "Radar Love" |
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Episode 166 - "Ska Girl" | Julie's wearing the album cover of the Clash's classic 1979 album, London Calling (THAT I DREW!) on her shirt. The Clash | London Calling |
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Episode 171 - "The Show Must Go On" | Taken from the anime classic that when a girl is mad at a guy, she pulls out a hammer or huge paper fan. Since Alicia's so easygoing, the worst thing she could muster up was a squeaky hammer. Squeaky hammers |
Season Eight
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 174 - "Things That Julie Didn't Need to Hear" | Some of my favorite movies from the '80s and one from the '70s are posters in the background. Also, on Kyle's shirt is the logo for Vans, a skateboarding gear company, most famous for their rad sneakers (and Warped Tour). Sixteen Candles | Animal House | Vans |
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Episode 180 - "A Dilemma" | Here's one that's pretty vague, unless you're an immensely huge eighties freak like me, or just really like New Order. On Jason's shirt is a lyric from one of their songs, "Temptation" from 1982. The whole lyric is "Up down, turn around, please don't let me hit the ground." Awesome stuff. New Order | "Temptation" |
Season Nine
Episode Name | Image | Description and Links |
Episode 204 - "Kyle's Crossdressing Vacation" | The Pogues were a Celtic rock band in the eighties and nineties. Think of them as way-pavers for the Dropkick Murphys and Flogging Molly. The Pogues |
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Episode 216 - "My God! They Still Exist!" | Missy's watching Animal House... Not an 80's movie... but still one of my favorites. Animal House |
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Season Nine Intermission | Chris is playing Donkey Kong on Nintendo's handheld gaming system, the Game & Watch... Look familiar? Donkey Kong | Game & Watch |