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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
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Minisode 23--The Opening to WCW Halloween Havoc 1993
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Wrestling fans tuned into the WCW Halloween Havoc 1993 Pay-Per-View expecting a night of exciting wrestling and what happened in the first four minutes was so weird that it's been on Greg's mind for the last 29 years.
Find out if a bunch of trick-or-treaters from Atlanta can be scared by Tony Schiavone.
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Live Show 27–Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction - Season 3, Episode 9
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
Saturday Oct 22, 2022
The gang returns to the world of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction for this episode which has a Halloween theme in one of the segments.
Is one man actually being haunted by a meddling trick or treater who's pretending to be the grim reaper on Halloween night?
Can a mysterious drifter help Roy from The Office find love with his wife?
Is it possible that two people who are about to be married can turn out to be seperated at birth?
These mysteries will be answered as we once again go Beyond Belief!
"Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction - Season 3, Episode 9" (Full Episode) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erlZFCBEL3Y
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.
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 09, 2021
Episode 222--He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
Thursday Dec 09, 2021
'Tis the season for your annual batch of oddball holiday fare! We start this season with a Christmas special from an animated icon of the 1980s, which has very little to do with Christmas. Get ready for He-Man's take on the holidays with much of the He-Man universe of characters, including sister She-Ra!
Ghetto Amusement Park He-Man & Skeletor (Wrestlecrap Radio) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZDg2VkSgG8
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Episode 218--The 1985 All-American Thanksgiving Parade on CBS
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
Thursday Nov 25, 2021
NBC wasn't the only network showing a parade on Thanksgiving 1985. CBS brought us parts of 5 different parades in its All-American Thanksgiving Parade, with TV stars in American locales including New York City, Detroit, Philadelphia, Hawaii, and...Toronto?! Each location had its own style, and some parades put more energy and creativity into their work than others.
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Episode 217--The 1985 Macy‘s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Monday Nov 22, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving, pilgrims! We do our annual look at a Thanksgiving Day parade from the past by viewing the 1985 Macy's Parade. As always, we have bands, floats, and celebrities, but there was a little something extra as a postscript to this parade. It'll make you yell "Oh neat!" Just remember, the Paramus Toys'R'Us store is closed on Sundays.
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Episode 210--The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
Thursday Oct 28, 2021
We wrap up our Halloween trifecta of shows with some humor, straight from the minds at Saturday Night Live. In 2016, David S. Pumpkins appeared on a Halloween sketch. He proved to be so popular that he got his own half-hour special the following year.
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