Teen Witch (1989): 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know!
A little copyright business tried to make Teen Witch disappear, but we had a little magic of our own. We cleaned up the edit, brought it back from the Remember When vault, and now we’d like to see copyright TOP THAT! Thanks for watching again, or discovering it for the first time.
Teen Witch (1989) — 15 Weird Facts You Didn’t Know!
#rememberwhen Teen Witch (1989) turned Robin Lively into a cable-TV cult icon? Discover 15 weird Teen Witch facts about the legendary “Top That” rap, the Thriller house, the movie’s tiny budget, surprising casting possibilities, its disastrous theatrical release, and the Ashley Tisdale remake that almost brought Louise Miller back.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
00:53 – 15: Teen Witch Was Originally Conceived as a Female Teen Wolf
02:02 – 14: The “Top That” Rap Was a Last-Minute Addition
03:13 – 13: Madame Serena’s House Was the Same House From Michael Jackson’s Thriller
04:18 – 12: Robin Lively’s Mom Helped Style the Movie’s ’80s Wardrobe
05:11 – 11: Brad and Randa Fell in Love and Got Married in Real Life — Dan Gauthier & Lisa Fuller
06:28 – 10: The Original Teen Witch Script Was Much Raunchier
07:52 – 9: The Movie’s Budget Was Reportedly Slashed in Half Before Filming
08:48 – 8: A West Side Story Dancer Choreographed the “Finest Hour” Finale — Robert Banas
10:05 – 7: The Cast Was Mortified While Filming the “Top That” Rap — Noah Blake
11:00 – 6: Teen Witch Bombed in Theaters Before Becoming a Cable-TV Cult Classic
12:31 – 5: Debbie Gibson Was Almost Louise Miller
13:48 – 4: Teen Witch Never Received an Official Soundtrack Release
14:44 – 3: Bewitched Star Dick Sargent Played Louise’s Dad
15:42 – 2: Louise Makes a Date Disappear and the Movie Never Explains What Happened
17:01 – 1: Ashley Tisdale Was Attached to a Teen Witch Remake That Never Happened
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@ZombicidalMadMom81
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
Funny, I think Brad was called Brad in the Paully Shore movie Son-In-Law, too. Not sure, though; in Son-In-Law, he plays the guy this Brad would eventually grow up to be, a dude who peaked in high school.
@BubbleGumzKorner
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
I'm 41 and loooooooooooooooved this movie as a kid
@ZombicidalMadMom81
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
This was one of my favorite movies as a kid in the 80s! I first saw it on TV; I think it inspired my love of witchcraft, and a good makeover movie
@Kalalinvilleconsulting
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
I watched this movie at least fifteen times in the nineties😂
@johnnygrind77
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
I have 2 older sisters, this movie was played often enough in our youth. Every now and then, Top That pops into my head and I always thought it was from another 80s movie: Dream A Little Dream haha Might have to rewatch this with my lady friend who was a 90s kid and probably has no idea what this movie is.
@tommycouch5604
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
Can you do ones like Growing pains, titanic, the little mermaid, etc
@GoldenGreatsOfficial
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
It’s 2026 and “Top That” is stuck in my head again. I thought I knew Teen Witch pretty well, but a few of these facts were completely new to me.
@MrToobookoo
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
“Top That” slaps! Prove me wrong.
@TheRgrhunter
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
And shepherds you shall be
Do the Boondocks Saints’s for Thee my Lord, for thee.
Power hath descended forth from Thy hand
That our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command to so the Boondocks Saints.
So we shall flow a river forth to Thee
And teeming with souls shall it ever be.
In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti."
@robbievenezia
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
I had antenna TV as a kid in the late 80s/early 90s and this was one of the movies I watched. "I wanna be the most popular girl" and "top that" I still remember 35 years later 🤣
@erosone
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
This was based on the novels which we would buy in grammar school
@tiffanybenefield1980
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
I loved that movie & still do. I was 9 when it came out & still do.
@CailínCéilí
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
I love seeing these old movies that came out the year I was born.
@tiffanycurtis4794
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
Shake your love was my favorite song in that era, I used to watch that video all day 🤣 shake your love. I just can’t shake your love.shake your love i just can’t shake your love 🥳
@khathaway414
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
Robyn Lively was my favorite part. I was and am a sucker for a red head.
@TakeScareMedia
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
And the friend with the weird hats, was 21 at the time playing a teen.
@TakeScareMedia
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
Dans posing got me!! 😆
@Mike__B
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
Ah yes 1989… I was just starting high school, Robyn Lively was my introductions to redheads… and yeah… puberty was definitely something difficult to navigate.
@jenEST1981
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
I’m from a small, mostly white town and I can absolutely confirm we had the white wanna-be gangstas & rappers way back then and it was just as cheesy & out of place.
@jenEST1981
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
I loved & still love this movie! I sing the end song on karaoke!!! 😂😂😂 “it’s gonna be my finest hour!”
@voicefromthedark-t2w
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
This movie was on TV all the time in the 90s. I had the biggest crush on her. I think she’s the reason I love redheads.
@FitMommyMakeover
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
Teen Witch and Teen Wolf were two of my favorite movie as a kid. Watched this constantly on HBO and tried to force my kids to watch it last year. They were so bored and annoyed, but cracked up at how stupid the rap was and that I still knew the words to it 😂
@B2rad4u
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
Never seen it! Glad I didn’t!
@TheOfficialTarynTots
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
You are seriously hitting all my favs lately. I would sing top that with my cousins. It was cringe even then but it was fun to sing. I knew popular girl, finest hour, and I like boys but those were only ones you sing while watching the movie.
@davidpumpkinsjr.5108
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
To me, Robin Lively will always be Becky Carson from the first two Not Quite Human movies.
@TerrickTerran
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
The weekends where copyright violations hide.
@Citizen_Krang
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
“A new witches powers are weak, sometimes water is all it takes to undo”-paraphrasing….so Miranda’s cousin prolly reappeared shortly, or once it started raining and Kiki prolly took a shower and was fine. 😅
@harveymcelroy9332
October 11, 2026 at 7:45 am
First 😂