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Partially an oral history of obscure TV shows, partially an oral version of MST3K, and partially a thorough episode guide, It Was a Thing on TV is an anthology podcast about obscure, forgotten, and odd TV shows, commercials, televised events, and almost anyone and anything else that was on television. For the most part, the subjects we cover are from the United States and Canada. We’re just three guys with a love for television. New episodes are generally every Monday and Thursday, sometimes more often.
Episodes
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Episode 228--2021 Year in Review, Part 2
Friday Dec 31, 2021
Friday Dec 31, 2021
We continue with our recap of 2021 with our favorite shows from the year, shows which came to a close in 2021, and our in memoriam section for those who left us in 2021.
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Episode 228--2021 Year in Review, Part 1
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
Thursday Dec 30, 2021
We've completed another orbit around the Sun, which means we're doing our 2nd annual Year in Review show. In this first installment, we talk about the best and worst of 2021.
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Episode 227--Rudolph’s Shiny New Year
Monday Dec 27, 2021
Monday Dec 27, 2021
We bring 2021's recaps to a close with yet another Rankin-Bass holiday special, Rudolph's Shiny New Year. We also sing a bad rendition of a popular theme song, we talk about both the 1976 and 1985 Detroit Pistons, and we hypothesize about if New Year's Eve failed to exist after 1976 and about how we'd be celebrating the 46th year of 50 Grand Slam.
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
A reading of ”The Golden Girls ’Twas the Night Before Christmas”
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
Saturday Dec 25, 2021
We present to you Mike reading from the 2018 literary classic The Golden Girls 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Enjoy and happy holidays.
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Episode 226--‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977, with Paul Lynde)
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Merry Christmas! This show, we're watching an interpretation of a holiday classic, as show favorite Paul Lynde portrays the patriarch of a family in a star-studded 1977 adaptation of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas.
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Into the Spidey Movieverse: Episode 9 - Spider-Man Far From Home (2019)
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Episode 225--The Leprechauns‘ Christmas Gold
Monday Dec 20, 2021
Monday Dec 20, 2021
We continue this year's look at holiday treasures with a Christmas tale about leprechauns? The Leprechauns' Christmas Gold aired in 1981 and really has nothing to do with the holidays minus a scant few mentions of Christmas. However, some big names lent their voices to this special.
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Episode 224--Japanese Spider-Man (live action series from the late 70s)
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Last show, we took a look at a live action version of Spider-Man from the late 1970s. This episode, we took a look at a live action version of Spider-Man from the late 1970s...from halfway around the world. Japan did their own take on the superhero, one that Stan Lee loved.
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Into the Spidey Movieverse: Episode 8 – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
We’re heading into the home stretch on Into the Spidey Movieverse as we now hit the movie that this very show is named after.
This time Greg and Chico discuss 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse while exploring the journey Miles Morales takes into becoming Spider-Man.
And also you get John Mulaney voicing an animated pig, I mean how can you go wrong with that?
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Episode 223--Spider-Man (late 70s live action series)
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Coming to theaters this weekend is the newest installment in the Spider-Man film franchise "No Way Home". We look at two televised versions of the franchise from the past. We start with an episode about the live-action version from 1977 to 1979 that aired on CBS which was good but like many shows we've covered, was mishandled at the network level.