149 Lizzie & Kat – Love Hurts

Lizzie and Kat continue their journey through Beverly Hills, 90210 season five with another socially-distanced podcast recording, and this one has a lot of complementary video content! Scroll down for more on the visual references discussed in this episode. And at 12pm PT on Tuesday, May 19, don’t miss Kat interviewing Elle Fanning about her role as executive producer and star of Hulu’s new comedy series The Great, which you can participate in live as part of Women In Film’s Laptop Cinema Club—RSVP here.

• The Flaming Lips-produced album Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz (streaming for free)

• Libertarian activist, veteran, and alumnus of our alma mater: Adam Kokesh

• The 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which 14 women were killed by a shooter who claimed he was “fighting feminism”

• The documentary Tower about the 1966 shooting at the University of Texas at Austin

Live reunion of Landry’s (Jesse Plemons) band Crucifictorius from Friday Night Lights covering The Flaming Lips’ “She Don’t Use Jelly” at SXSW

Tracy Fraim (Lenny) alongside Sarah Paulson as the hairdresser behind Marcia Clark’s iconic ‘do in American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson

Tracy Fraim (Lenny) alongside Mark Wahlberg in Fear

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148 Pallavi Yetur & Erin Khar – Alone at the Top

This episode was recorded back in September 2019, when Kat was joined on location by our NYC co-host, writer and mental health professional Pallavi Yetur. We were very excited to interview 90210 superfan, author Erin Khar, whose memoir Strung Out: One Last Hit and Other Lies That Nearly Killed Me, debuted recently to great acclaim. Check out her Ravishly advice column “Ask Erin,” and the article that first brought her to our attention: “I Learned Everything About Relationships From Watching Beverly Hills, 90210.”

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147 Kim Hoffman – Stormy Weather

We’re joined this week by a member of The Blaze family, Kim Hoffman—who’s joined us as a guest many times over the years—to discuss the 21st episode of Beverly Hills, 90210’s fifth season, “Stormy Weather.” Discussed in this episode:

• Kim’s appearance on a recent episode of Autostraddle’s “To L And Back: An L Word Podcast”

• Kim’s article “What My ‘90s Childhood and Popular LGBT Idols Have in Common”

• The Zoom reunion of the My So-Called Life cast (minus Jared Leto)

• James C. Victor (“Peter Tucker”)’s interview on the “Reliving My Youth” podcast

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146 Ethan Harper – You Gotta Have Heart

And we’re back to our episode-by-episode dissection of season five of Beverly Hills, 90210! This week, Kat’s joined by illustrator Ethan Harper, a pop culture savant with a special affinity for Twin Peaks. Join the pair as they dive into a series of Valentine’s Day misadventures for the gang at Cal U, as the Peach Pit After Dark hosts a telethon for pediatric heart health, Ray is tempted to cheat on Donna with Val, and Kelly’s sucked further into the grasp of Professor Finley and the New Evolution.

Discussed in this episode:

• MTV’s short-lived Clone High (watch the entire series on YouTube)

• Craft service professional-turned-actor Jeanne Chinn’s autobiography

• The 1987 cartoon Beverly Hills Teens

• The first season of Bee and PuppyCat

• Joe E. Tata’s caricature saga

• Paula Abdul’s “Opposites Attract” music video, featuring MC Skat Kat

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145 Cullen Callaghan – Little Monsters (Part II)

This episode is double the fun, so we had to break it up into two parts! Last week we dropped the first half of our conversation with Cullen Callaghan of the Gleeboot podcast, which focuses on teen soaps, the Luke Perry memorial episode of Riverdale, and Glee. This week we work through the season five Beverly Hills, 90210 episode “Little Monsters.” Discussed on this episode: Gerald McCullouch’s Twitter bio, Cullen’s alter-ego Ya Boi Ryan, and:

This baffling screengrab.

The final tweets of Cory Monteith.

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144 Cullen Callaghan – Little Monsters (Part I)

This episode is double the fun, so we had to break it up into two parts! This week, listen to the first half of our conversation with Cullen Callaghan of the Gleeboot podcast. We dive deep into teen soaps, the Luke Perry memorial episode of Riverdale, conspiracy theories, musicals, and 90210’s parallels to Glee (thanks to Wilde Rebellion on Tumblr). Part II is where we examine the season five episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, “Little Monsters.” That part will drop next week, unless you support the show on Patreon at the “Les Wildcats” level or above, where you can listen to it right away!

Discussed on this episode:

The time Kat provided the improv prompt for a Quick & Funny Musicals take on Into the Woods at UCB.

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143 Pallavi Yetur & Shelly Myers – Hazardous to Your Health

Kat and East Coast co-host Pallavi Yetur were joined by Patreon supporter Shelly Myers and her husband Loggins to break down Beverly Hills, 90210 season 5, episode 18 “Hazardous to Your Health.” Sadly, their cat Brandon Walsh (“In temperament, he’s really more of a Steve Sanders.”) couldn’t be there. While Val and Dylan have a Mexican caper, Kelly and Brandon’s future is in the balance (depending on whether or not Professor Finley can be tenured). Discussed in this episode: hacking on-screen in the “Dilemma” music video, Swordfish, and NCIS. Click here to listen to Pallavi’s previous episodes of The Blaze!

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142 Pallavi Yetur & Jarod Hector – Sweating It Out

Live, from New York (kinda)! While in NYC, Kat was joined by East Coast co-host Pallavi Yetur and guest Jarod Hector to discuss season five, episode 17 of Beverly Hills, 90210, “Sweating It Out.” Between manual labor and a spiritual sweat session on an Indian reservation, and a full weekend seminar with The New Evolution, this episode has it all. Discussed in this show: Pallavi’s article about Brendan Fraser and The Mummy, the podcast “This Land,” and tragedy at James Arthur Ray’s sweat lodge retreat. Listen to Pallavi and Jarod’s previous episodes of The Blaze!

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140 Kim Hoffman & Stephanie Hamper – Sentenced to Life

Kat’s joined this week by guest co-host Kim Hoffman, and #1 fan of “the Dylan show,” Stephanie Hamper. Stephanie supports the podcast on Patreon—the subscription being a Valentine’s Day gift from her husband; swoon—and identifies as a Cindy. Stay tuned after the outro if you want to hear about toothbrush pyramid schemes from a dental professional. In addition to being passionate about Mel Silver’s representation as Beverly Hills, 90210’s resident oral surgeon, Stephanie is a mom who wants to spread the word about pediatric stroke. Learn more, and consider making a donation to support the Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association, in honor of Stephanie’s daughter Sarah.

Also discussed in this episode, the infamous VMA pairing of Milton Berle and RuPaul:

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139 Pam Myers & Joanna Wilson – Christmas Comes This Time Each Year

Kat’s joined this week by Pam Myers, whom she and Lizzie first met at a concert featuring performances by Color Me Badd and Kid ‘n Play. She previously appeared on The Blaze for the Beverly Hills, 90210 season four episode “The Time Has Come Today,” and last week’s BH90210 Patreon exclusive recap episode. They’re interviewing Joanna Wilson, the world’s—or, at least, the internet’s—foremost expert on Christmas episodes of television series, whose works on the subject include the “Christmas TV History” podcast and blog, and a number of encyclopedic books.

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138 Julia Cunningham – Injustice for All

We’re reeling from the rave-turned-lesbian-house-fire, and so are Kelly and Steve. Luckily, we’re joined again by Julia Cunningham, morning DJ on SiriusXMU, and soon-to-be-cohost of the new entertainment interview series The Jess Cagle Show. Charitable organizations discussed on this episode: Kids in Need of Defense, RAICES. Listen to Julia’s previous episode, season three’s “Back in the High Life Again.”

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136 Mickey Keating – Up in Flames

Joining us for the original Fyre Fest—the Beverly Hills, 90210 episode where Steve Sanders Management sets a rave party ablaze—is the multi-talented Mickey Keating! Mickey is a full-time contributor to Instinct Magazine, and his debut short horror film Daddy’s Girl is available to watch online at Crypt TV. More importantly, he’s a burgeoning game show and talk show prodigy, and you can watch his appearances on Joker’s Wild with Snoop Dogg, and The Wendy Williams Show. His book Paused is available on Amazon.

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135 Leeni Ramadan & Kim Hoffman – Rock of Ages

Kat is joined this week by Blaze family members Kim Hoffman and Leeni Ramadan to scalp tickets to the Rolling Stones show at the Rose Bowl and start an online flame war. This episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 was originally titled “That Voodoo That You Do,” and is not available for streaming on Hulu—so you’ll have to watch it on DVD! Listen to Kim and Leeni’s previous appearances on the podcast. Discussed in this episode:

• Lenny Kravitz’s piercer Elayne Angel reminisces about their friendship (NSFW)

• Lindy West’s confrontation of one of her internet trolls

• Why punctuation has become passive-aggressive

The IMDb profile photos discussed in this episode:

Mark Damon Espinoza

Wesley Allen Gullick

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134 Ebony Adams – Hate Is Just a Four-Letter Word

Lizzie and Kat are joined by author, artist, activist, and (former) academic Ebony Adams. She hosts the Feminist Frequency Radio podcast, whose motto is, “Be critical of the media you love,” and coauthored History vs. Women: The Defiant Lives that They Don’t Want You to Know with media critic Anita Sarkeesian. Together we analyze the racially-charged episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 that tackles a controversial, anti-semitic speaker invited to California University, putting the Black Student Union at odds with the Maccabee Center (and Andrea)—with Brandon stuck in the middle.

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133 Andy Kamenetzky – The Dreams of Dylan McKay

We are thrilled to discuss this unforgettable episode with Andy Kamenetzky, who originally joined us for the season two episode, “A Competitive Edge.” Andy is a sports reporter for ESPNLA 710, and he and his brother Brian together host the Kamenetzky Podcast. So, that makes him the perfect guest to analyze the gameplay in the KEΓ House flag football tournament at California University—just kidding, the trippy journey through Dylan’s psyche has always made this Andy’s favorite episode of the series.

Discussed on this episode:

• The Space Jam website

• “90210 What Becomes A Legend Most?” by David Browne for Entertainment Weekly, September 1994

• The opioid receptor antagonist Naloxone (brand name: Narcan) was approved for opioid abuse treatment in 1971 by the FDA with opioid abuse kits being distributed by many states to medically untrained people beginning in 1996.

  • If you or someone you know are battling opioid addiction, resources can be found at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) website.

  • For information about opioid overdose, visit the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) website.

• “Luke Perry’s Startling Vulnerability in the ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Episode ‘The Dreams of Dylan McKay’” by Dan Piepenbring for The New Yorker, March 2019

  • To learn more about Piepenbring’s description of this episode as a “Boschian hellscape,” read: “How Hieronymous Bosch’s Hell Lives on Today” by Nathan Dunne for The Atlantic, April 2016

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132 Our Friend Anna – Intervention

We’re very grateful that Kat is joined this week by our friend Anna to discuss the season five episode of Beverly Hills, 90210 in which Dylan’s substance abuse is confronted with a staged intervention and catastrophic consequences.

This episode features a frank discussion about mental health, addiction, and chemical dependency, and may be difficult for some listeners. The examples discussed in this interview are solely representative of the individuals speaking, and should not be generalized to apply to the vast diversity of lived experiences. If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, a resource for local support groups can be found at tinyurl.com/90210help.

Discussed in this episode:

• “Mackenzie Phillips,” People (1994); Breathe Life Healing Centers

• Substance Use and Abuse: Cultural and Historical Perspectives, Russil Durrant, Jo Thakker (2003)

• Alcoholics Anonymous a.k.a. “The Big Book” (4th edition, 2003)

• Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot and One Day at a Time—both featuring friend of the podcast Santina Muha!

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"Intervention" minisode

Scheduling issues are postponing our full length episode about Beverly Hills, 90210 S05E09, “Intervention,” so for now, enjoy a few tidbits about the episode preview, synopsis, guest stars, and recommended viewing.

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131 Amy Salvini Swanson & Beth Salvini – Things That Go Bang in the Night

It’s so exciting for us to finally be joined by Beth and Amy, the sisters behind longtime supporter of the podcast, Greenwich Letterpress! It’s such a delight to discuss the Halloween episode of Beverly Hills 90210 season five with them. Discussed on this episode: the Día de los Muertos movie Coco, the podcast Running From Cops, and Courtney Stodden’s sexy pumpkin patch photoshoot, about which the Daily Mail notes, “The pair were eventually asked to leave the patch by security after they received several complaints from members of the public who found Courtney's attire offensive and her behaviour of a sexual nature.”

This episode is brought to you by The Cocoa Fondue Show. Watch the short before June 24 to help it win the Amazon Studios All Voices Film Festival!

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130 Kim Hoffman & Leeni Ramadan – Who's Zoomin' Who?

On this week’s episode of The Blaze with Lizzie and Kat (and Friends), Kat is joined by Kim Hoffman and Leeni Ramadan to discuss season five, episode seven of Beverly Hills 90210, “Who’s Zoomin’ Who?” Listen to Kim’s previous episode, “Wild Horses,” and Leeni’s previous episodes “Misery Loves Company” and “Under the Influence.” Read Kim’s essay: What My ‘90s Childhood and Popular LGBT Idols Have in Common. And subscribe to Leeni’s podcast, “The Snax of Life”! Click here if you need your own Donna Martin “Babie” shirt…

For resources about breast cancer education, detection, and more, click here.

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129 Carl Myers & Lance T. Lawrence – Homecoming

This week on The Blaze with Lizzie and Kat (and Friends), Kat is joined by Carl Myers and Lance T. Lawrence to discuss Beverly Hills 90210 season five, episode six, “Homecoming.” We also enjoy a special message from Florence Ion! Listen to Lance’s previous appearance on the podcast, KXCU Presents: Heartbreaker, and Florence’s previous episode, Emily (a.k.a. The Pink Pearl).

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