Slip into that satin jacket and slide into those Topsiders, because today, after a SUPERSIZED opening about audio books (naturally), the PCPS is taking a very comprehensive look back on the stone-cold, far-out fashions of the 70s and 80s! Velour, terry cloth, satin, and ruffles, the girls will share their favorite hits, misses, and style icons. Who loved Laurie Partridge’s look? Who wanted to be Mallory Keaton? And who — at age 7 — idolized Emily Hartley (Suzanne Pleshette)?!? Long time listeners won’t be surprised.

Join us for a SUPERSIZED edition of one of our most popular episodes, "From Jaws to Dirty Dancing: Summer Movies of the GenX Era" with an all new opening. Learn what year had the highest grossing box office summer and hear how we provide Hollywood with some food for thought when it comes to today's movie making.

We can thank Generation X for many things, but the advent of the summer blockbuster might be one of its best contributions to pop culture history! From Jaws to Dirty Dancing, we’re covering ALL the great movies of the summers of the 70s and 80s (and we do mean ALL of them) by sharing our own memories and those of many of our social media followers. Grab a box of Goobers or Sno-Caps and settle in for this fun conversation about some of the best movies of all time!

Welcome to this emergency episode of The Pop Culture Preservation Society -- smack dab in the middle of our series of summer reruns, supersized with all new conversations. But something happened on June 13th that necessitated this disruption of our summer hiatus. And that is that Andrew McCarthy's documentary BRATS was released -- in which he explores his role in the so-called brat pack and tracked down his brat pack compatriots (some of whom he hadn't seen for more than 30 years) to get their take on the whole phenomenon. Shortly after the doc was released, Carolyn sent an urgent message to Michelle and Kristin saying that people were reaching out to us, wanting our take on the film. Everyone wanted to talk about it. Badly. And so we unpacked our mics and got to work. In this episode, we dissect the article that coined the term Brat Pack and how for us – the members of Generation X – the Brat Pack was historic in the way it spoke to us, acknowledged us, and reflected ourselves back at us; our hopes and dreams, our aspirations, the people we wanted to be or NOT be – while simultaneously validating us with the sheer honesty of their stories and characters. Despite all of that, the documentary sheds light on how the entire Brat Pack phenomenon may have harmed the members of its exclusive club. This documentary is less biography and more psychological thriller in how we look back and see how all of our beloved Brat Packers survived or thrived in the storm. And, as usual, we have a lot to say about that!

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