Ban All Powerski Production, Mr. Gorbachev

S1 E1: In Deep. We made it to the first proper episode of
Baywatch! While mostly a nothing episode of the show, quality
wise, it does serve as a firm establishment of the relationship
between Mitch and Hobie that is a fantastic highlight of this
season. It's quite the odd choice for a first episode going just
on quality but all of our key players are introduced.


Episode discussion starts @02:43. Post-episode discussion
@01:05:44.


Assorted Show Notes:


Yes, we address next episode how Michael keeps calling Erika
Eleniak "Erina" this entire episode.


@01:25 The theme song for season 1 (and only season 1) is "Save
Me" by Peter Cetera. In non-Amazon Prime re-airings of this
season, the theme song is the very different "Above the
Waterline" (also called "Overboard") by Kim Carnes. For the
Amazon Prime remaster, they use the season 2 (and onward) theme
song of "I'm Always Here" by Jimi Jamison. For the rest of season
1, Michael will be watching the Amazon Prime remaster, featuring
"I'm Always Here", while Morgan is watching the original version,
featuring "Save Me".


@01:56 The band Sugar, lead by Bob Mould, released their debut
album Copper Blue in 1992. In 1989 (1 week after the pilot movie
aired), Bob Mould would release his first solo album "Workbook".
This was a mostly folk rock album, which was quite different from
his previous work heading the legendary Post-Hardcore and
Hardcore Punk band Hüsker Dü.


@16:40 There are "songwriting camps" where a bunch of people get
together and write songs. This infamous Vulture article details
how these camps write songs for artists such as Rihanna.


@23:10 Please feel free to browse the Wikipedia article for
Celebrity Fit Club so you too can immerse yourself in how
Hollywood tried to commoditize guilt and fat-shaming based weight
loss programs.


@27:13 https://shirtz.cool/.


@52:36 On the 22nd of September, 1989 (when this episode was
aired), the U.S. Dollar to Japanese Yen exchange rate was 1 USD =
145.5 JPY. This means that 5000 Yen would have been worth 34.36
USD, even less than Mitch and Craig's closet by the beach.


Art by Katie Rose @kilogramrose.