BSFC #19 Companion Soundtracks (December 1988)

This playlist of top hits from December 1988 will help you pass the time while your classmates write visual poems on your cast. Check out the companion soundtrack for Claudia and the Bad Joke, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #18 Companion Soundtracks (November 1988)

This playlist of top hits from November 1988 sets the perfect atmosphere for all your awkward bougie NYC social gatherings. Check out the companion soundtrack for Stacey’s Mistake, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #17 Companion Soundtracks (October 1988)

This playlist of top hits from October 1988 will really amp you up for any Scooby-Doo-esque graveyard shenanigans that may be on your post-vax agenda. Check out the companion soundtrack for Mary Anne’s Bad-Luck Mystery, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #16 Companion Soundtracks (September 1988)

This playlist of top hits from September 1988 will really liven up your barre routine. Check out the companion soundtrack for Jessi’s Secret Language, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #15 Companion Soundtracks (August 1988)

Participating in a child beauty pageant and in need of a song to accompany your talent performance (which, of course, is peeling bananas with your feet)? This playlist of top hits from August 1988 covers every vibe and aesthetic. Check out the companion soundtrack for Little Miss Stoneybrook...and Dawn, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC Super Special #1 Companion Soundtracks (July 1988)

Spend any time in an arcade in your youth, burning through your allowance in quarters? This playlist of top hits from July 1988 will take you right back to your days of Centipede and Ms. Pac Man (thanks, big pink bow, for keeping the boys away from the console). Check out the companion soundtrack for SUPER SPECIAL #1, Baby-sitters on Board!, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #14 Companion Soundtracks (June 1988)

Organizing a babysitters union with your BFF and/or working to dismantle oppressive power structures? This playlist of top hits from June 1988 will keep the righteous fire in your spirit burning. Check out the companion soundtrack for Hello, Mallory, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #13 Companion Soundtracks (May 1988)

Bidding a friend farewell with a surprise party where she’ll be required to entertain children for free? This playlist of top hits from May 1988 will keep the energy high while young kids run around with eggs on spoons. (We dunno either.) Check out the companion soundtrack for Good-bye Stacey, Good-bye, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #12 Companion Soundtracks (April 1988)

Organizing a glamorous event, like a teen center sculpture show? This playlist of top hits from April 1988 is the ideal background music for judging the respective merits of inexpertly, yet enthusiastically, shaped lumps of clay. Check out the companion soundtrack for Claudia and the New Girl, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #11 Companion Soundtracks (March 1988)

Putting on a pet fashion show in the spacious backyard of your upscale Connecticut home? This playlist of top hits from March 1988 is the perfect soundtrack for watching your overweight cat attempt to rip a bow off its head. Check out the companion soundtrack for Kristy and the Snobs, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #10 Companion Soundtracks (February 1988)

Wanna celebrate an authoritarian's banishment to Florida and/or relive the experience of drinking punch in the bleachers at a middle school dance in shame because your shoe fell off? Well have we got the playlist for you! (It's from February 1988, which means Salt-N-Pepa's PUSH IT, y'all.) Check out the companion soundtrack for Logan Likes Mary Anne!, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #9 Companion Soundtracks (January 1988)

Trying to drown out the creepy sounds coming from the tunnel behind the hidden door in your bedroom and/or your internal primal scream at living in a world gone absolutely batshit? Maybe this playlist of hits from January 1988 will help. Check out the companion soundtrack for The Ghost at Dawn's House, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #8 Companion Soundtracks (November 1987)

Heading down the Garden State Parkway in a station wagon crammed full of children prone to motion sickness? Crank up this playlist of hits from November 1987 to drown out the arguing and barfing. Check out the companion soundtrack for Boy-Crazy Stacey, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #7 Companion Soundtracks (September 1987)

Running an unlicensed day care in your yard, and need some background music to drown out the noise of a dozen children attempting to wrangle a non-cooperative collie into a washtub? Happy to oblige! This playlist of hits from September 1987 might even mollify your annoyed neighbors. Check out the companion soundtrack for Claudia and Mean Janine, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #6 Companion Soundtracks (July 1987)

Throwing a shotgun wedding in your mansion’s backyard, and too cheap to spring for a DJ for the reception? No problem! This playlist of hits from July 1987 will keep the party going. Check out the companion soundtrack for Kristy’s Big Day, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #5 Bonus: 2 Live Crew on Donahue

Kaykay wasn’t lying in Episode 5 about 2 Live Crew’s performance on Donahue. In fact, she may have undersold the hilarity.

We’ve preserved the audience reactions for posterity below:

“Here is 2 Live Crew. Come out here and do your thing!”

2 Live Crew come onto the Donahue stage to do their thing

Their smiles acknowledge the hilarities that are about to ensue

“WELCOOOOOOOME to the FUUUUUUUNK SHOPPPPPPP!”

It's just the Sweet Child o' Mine riff, sweetie. Calm down.

“Put your hands in the air if you like our kind of music”

“All right, now we know what kind of audience we got”

This one is totally into the Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love riff

"There's only one place where we can go / Where the price is right just to see a show"

“It's always popular with the girls and the guys”

“'Cause for all my money, it's the best buy”

“Ten dollars, two hours is the time of the stay / It's more than enough, time to slay”

Fresh Kid Ice is well aware how hilarious this is

“Each room has a bed”

“and also a sink”

“So you can wash your body so it won't stink”

seriously, these guys have never had more fun

“But be careful of the things”

“that you use”

“So you won't get arrested for sex abuse”

“So as you hit the door and the panties drop”

“Whole lot of rockin' and rollin' at the Funk Shoppppp!”

LUTHER: “Now how many of y’all ever been to a hotel, where y’all had sex in the hotel? Put your hands up”

LUTHER: “Now I know a whole lotta y’all out there lyin’”

these people are also lying to Luther

“Please come inside, make yourself at home / I want to [bleep], cause my [bleep]'s on bone"

“You sexy girl behind closed doors”

this guy is 100% in on the joke, he’s great

“You would drink my [bleep] and nothing more”

“Now spread your wings open for the flight / Let me fill you up with something milky and white”

this particular dude seems too comfortable with the lyrics for my liking

blonde Sarah Huckabee Sanders is not amused

“You will sleep like a baby”

“And in your dreams, you'll say I'm crazy / In the Funk Shopppppp!”

LUTHER: “Now how many of y’all have Penthouse magazines in your house? Put your hands in the air”

LUTHER REITERATES: “How many of y’all ever had a Penthouse magazine? Put your hands in the air”

LUTHER: ”Y’all lyin’ again, right?”

I suspect this one's husband raised his hand

“In the Funk Shop, that's where it's at / In the Funk Shop, the place to splak”

“In the Funk Shop, where all the boys go”

“In the Funk Shop, [bleep]in' all the hoes”

I hope to someday enjoy something as much as 2 Live Crew enjoyed this performance. Just look at the sheer delight on their faces

*closing Van Halen riff*

“Thank you for be [bleep]in' at the Funk Shop!“

ugh, not THIS GUY again…

Brenda Dickson is not amused

these two are ahead of their time

FIN

BSFC #5 Companion Soundtracks (May 1987)

Are you a recently divorced 33-year-old mother of three who isn’t really into this whole “adulting” thing? Need something to dance to in your bathroom while you get ready to wander aimlessly around a mall as a barely-paid pre-teen cleans up your children, your home, and your life? We’re here to help! Enjoy this playlist of hits from May 1987. Check out the companion soundtrack for Dawn and the Impossible Three, and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #4 Companion Soundtracks (February 1987)

Are you hosting a welcome party for a friend who is new in town? Need some background music for your pizza toast? Will your dad be there, and if so, is he chill? Then do we ever have the solution for you! Enjoy this playlist of hits from February 1987. Check out the companion soundtrack for Mary Anne Saves the Day and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #3 Companion Soundtracks (December 1986)

Prepping for a trip to NYC to visit a quack doctor at the behest of your status-obsessed parents? Well, have we ever got the perfect soundtrack for you! Put on your red lace fingerless gloves, grab your Walkman, and enjoy the hits of December 1986. Check out the companion soundtrack for The Truth About Stacey and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.

BSFC #2 Companion Soundtracks (October 1986)

Put on your bulky sweater and baggy jeans and enjoy the hits of October 1986, also known as the playlist for the Stoneybrook Middle School Halloween Hop. Check out the companion soundtrack for Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls and follow us on Tidal and YouTube to get new audio & video soundtracks for each episode.