86: Jennifer Slept Here Is a Little Gay Boy’s Fantasy
“Jennifer: The Movie” (October 29, 1983)
We’re celebrating both Halloween and week two of our celebration of Ann Jillian with an episode about how the 1983 NBC series Jennifer Slept Here is both so very weird and also a little gay boy’s fantasy — because it pairs an awkward boy with glamorous ghost, and that’s secretly what every little gay boy wishes he had to guide him through his awkward years. This is peak 80s, but also it has one of the best sitcom themes ever, regardless of decade.
Watch Drew’s video of the 1982 Night of a Thousand Stars fashion show, which features Ann Jillian looking like her most Debbie Harry ever. It was part of a VHS-aesthetic video project you can watch here.)
Also plz gawk in awe at:
The opening to Mr. Smith
The opening to Double Trouble
The opening to Mr. Merlin
The opening to Down to Earth
The opening to Ann Jillian
Ann as the Red Queen in the live action Alice in Wonderland + the very scary Jabberwocky scenes
If you’re into 80s stuff that should have been part of your cultural experience but for whatever reason wasn’t, then you may also want listen to Drew’s 80s music podcast, which has a Halloween episode that he thinks is one of the better things he has ever put out into the world.
This episode’s outro track is “Crazy” by Daydream, which is not coincidentally one of the tracks o that Halloween episode: Apple Music • Amazon Music
