The Pointer Sisters
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Nov 13, 2026
Conrad CushmanHOST
Yeah.
Conrad CushmanHOST
Bring back the Pointer Sisters just to make people mad.
BJGUEST
I like that one.
BJGUEST
And we should definitely bring back Saturday Night's Alright for fighting.
Michael HamflettHOST
I know how to fix this! Mm-hmm.
Michael SidgwickHOST
And he puts on, I'm so excited by the Pointer Sisters, which for a very strange, short-lived time, was the Dynamite theme.
Michael SidgwickHOST
Yep, I thought that was great.
Michael SidgwickHOST
If they were actually back back, and it was like, holy hell, All in Texas was great.
Melody OrtizHOST
The AP Associated Press called it a passionate plea for racial tolerance.
Melody OrtizHOST
People magazine at the time famously described it as Pointer Sisters meets Van Halen Rocker.
Melody OrtizHOST
The Gavin Report famously praised the group for attacking prejudice head-on, and the Los Angeles Times loved how it confronted everyday prejudice, highlighting lines like, I can't look without being watched, and I might date another criminal.
Melody OrtizHOST
Race or color doesn't mean I don't like my strong black brothers.
Phil TrollHOST
Always lovely to hear from you.
Phil TrollHOST
So the competition, and it was, I'm so excited by the Pointer Sisters.
Phil TrollHOST
And there's three of them.
Phil TrollHOST
So how are they telling me not to? Okay.
Phil TrollHOST
And, wow, we've got Tempin Bowling tomorrow night.
Phil TrollHOST
And we've got a musical on Saturday night all about Frank Sinatra.
Phil TrollHOST
So this is The Pointer Sisters then with I Am So Excited and I Absolutely Am.
Phil TrollHOST
Big L, good afternoon.
Rick BallouHOST
It was in a fun 1978 flick called Car Wash, which featured two Comedy Hall of Famers, Pryor and Carlin.
Rick BallouHOST
The Pointer Sisters were also in it.
Rick BallouHOST
I think I've seen bits and pieces of that.
Rick BallouHOST
I don't want to get that confused with used cars.
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Rick BallouHOST
I don't typically look ahead all that much.
Rick BallouHOST
You know, outside of, you know, obviously this team.
Rick BallouHOST
The Pointer Brothers will be way better than the Pointer Sisters.
Rick BallouHOST
Look them up.
Jared Todd LittlejohnHOST
good.
Jared Todd LittlejohnHOST
And I'm so excited by the Pointer Sisters just playing, and you can tell everybody's on a different vibe.
Jared Todd LittlejohnHOST
Like, one dude looks like he's straight off the lewds, and then there's another couple doing, like, salsa and bachata, and you're like, this is the same song.
Jared Todd LittlejohnHOST
It's the same song in two different experiences.
Jared Todd LittlejohnHOST
They're sad and warming up.
Jared Todd LittlejohnHOST
Yeah, they're warming up.
Jared Todd LittlejohnHOST
They're bachata under the Pointer Sisters, sadly.
Nazari VivaceHOST
So all of the detectives from the, well, not all of them, but most of the detectives from the immediate vice unit are in the club.
ScorpezeGUEST
His success with Thriller, his across-the-board success with Thriller, Lionel Richie picked up that baton, and then Tina Turner picks up that baton.
ScorpezeGUEST
The Pointer Sisters pick up that baton.
ScorpezeGUEST
Black artists at that time say, hey, this is what we can do now.
ScorpezeGUEST
At the time when Triumph was being recorded, this is 1980, we are just off of disco demolition.
Mod MartyHOST
Look at us, we're always here.
Mod MartyHOST
creeping up on 600 episodes this is episode 597 and as we're counting down I thought a good way to start this episode off would be with a counting song that's a cover of the Pointer Sisters Sesame Street classic Anybody who grew up on Sesame Street remembers the pinball machine with the numbers and counting and there were a lot of versions of that that even the Pointer Sisters did where they actually re-recorded the song with different musical styles like Latin and soul and there's a rock and roll version.
Mod MartyHOST
This was done in 2008 by Fred Leslie's Missing Link.
Mod MartyHOST
and the vocals done by the Sweet Divines.
Dan BullHOST
That's correct.
Dan BullHOST
Apparently because they didn't think that people would know who Girls Aloud were while it was playing, which I find a bit strange because I wouldn't know one of the Pointer Sisters if they happy slapped a phone out of my hand.
Dan BullHOST
So, you know, but I suppose their version of the song is more iconic.
Dan BullHOST
Do you have a favourite version of the song, Will?
Will WarrenHOST
It's still the Pointer Sisters version.
Will WarrenHOST
And if we're lucky, let's have a little bit of it.
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I think although
GrantHOST
And Romeo and Juliet.
GrantHOST
I've been listening to the Pointer Sisters all week.
GrantHOST
I've been really into Pointer Sisters.
GrantHOST
And they've got this song called, I think, which one is it? Fire? And there's like a break in the middle of the song where you think it's like a false outro.
GrantHOST
You like think maybe the song is over just for like a second.
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