In celebration of Anne Beatts (RIP) - the creator of pioneering 1980s geekcom Square Pegs. Dig the New Wavey color-scheme of the intro, the gawky-sassy uncool-cool theme by The Waitresses, the episode where Devo perform at a bat mitzvah, and the high school Noo Wave band fronted by Johnny Slash.
Tribute to / interview with Beatts by Joy Press.
The Devo episode at Dailymotion
Johnny Slash performing "Totally Tired"
Intro again (to the pilot episode) + appearance of the Waitresses at the high school dance
For context - at that time on American network TV, if anything recognisably punk or New Wave featured, which was rare indeed, it was almost always as ridiculous caricatures of troubled / dangerous youth e.g.
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