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Podcasts within The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network include:
* It Was a Thing on TV--the original podcast, well over 500 episodes strong, covering the short-lived and forgotten events in television history.
* The Squared Circle Time Machine--Greg Diener and Dane Woychuk take you on a journey about some of the more memorable events in the history of pro wrestling.
Coming in the future: What is a Podcast?: An Unofficial Jeopardy! Podcast. Mike Klauss and 4-time Jeopardy! champion Brian Henegar look back at the week that was on Jeopardy!, in an analytical manner.
Episodes

Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Episode 392--Camp Cucamonga
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
NBC had a thing for summer camp movies with some of the most popular teenage talent at the time. (See Episode 278, Poison Ivy.) Unlike Poison Ivy, Camp Cucamonga wasn't well-remembered, nor was it even that good. Enjoy some stereotypical rapping and a predictable ending with some of your favorite teenage stars from 1990 in this installment.

Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Episode 391--The Flash (1990)
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Before you see the Ezra Miller Flash f' up the DC multiverse for everybody, we talk about the highly bandied about original version of The Flash from 1990 on CBS, which went up against two powerhouse shows on its initially scheduled night, then went up against more tough competition on not such a great night.
But don't feel too bad as this version of The Flash would get closure close to 30 years later in the current version of The Flash on The CW.

Monday Jun 12, 2023
Episode 390--Blansky’s Beauties
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
We have talked about many failed spinoffs in the past, but this one is unique in the sense that it didn't happen concurrently with the parent show. Rather, this was set in 1977, versus Happy Days' 50s/60s setting. That is just the beginning of the confusion regarding Blansky's Beauties.

Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Episode 389--Hardball Hot Seat
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
Saturday Jun 10, 2023
20 years ago on Sunday, the finals of the 2002-03 Hardball Hot Seat competition should have aired. It didn't and thanks to Mike, one of the event's finalists, we provide you the inside scoop about why it didn't air, and other goodies about Mike's experiences at both the original Hot Seat taping in October 2002 and with the finals.

Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Episode 388--Cleverdicks
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
Wednesday Jun 07, 2023
National Sex Day week rolls on with a British quizzer for the smartest of the smart, where you can earn the title of Cleverdick. It's not fetch happening; we explain that term in the beginning.

Monday Jun 05, 2023
Minisode 27--Sex Box
Monday Jun 05, 2023
Monday Jun 05, 2023
National Sex Day is happening on Friday of this week! (6/9...nice) We're doing three episodes with related titles, though only this episode is really about the act itself. This short-lived WeTV entry could be summed up as sex therapy in The Cube. We advise listener discretion.

Saturday Jun 03, 2023
Live Show 43–The Kissing Booth 3
Saturday Jun 03, 2023
Saturday Jun 03, 2023
“It’s the end of an era… and the beginning of everything else.” What college will Elle pick, the one with her heartthrob or the one with her bestie? Can they pull off the best summer ever with Mario Kart and DDR? And will this girl ever learn to say no? Greg & Chico answer most of these questions as we round out The Era with The Kissing Booth 3.

Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Episode 387--Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
Thursday Jun 01, 2023
In the 70s & early 80s, ABC was riding high with the world's greatest "Superfriends" based on the DC Comics. Marvel, not willing to let this go unchallenged, teamed up the face of the brand with an X-Man & an original character. to form "Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends". Before going "Across the Spider-Verse", take a deep dive into a show on NBC that lasted... shorter than you probably remember.

Monday May 29, 2023
Episode 386--The Big ShowDown
Monday May 29, 2023
Monday May 29, 2023
The mid-70s was a rotating door of game shows seemingly coming, then going after 13 to 26 weeks. The Big ShowDown was no different, except it was a brilliant dice-themed game of strategy and its host had a memorable entrance on one episode.

Saturday May 27, 2023
Episode 385--Carlton Your Doorman (1980 CBS pilot)
Saturday May 27, 2023
Saturday May 27, 2023
Our 4th annual Pilot Month concludes with an animated spin-off of a live-action show which ended two years earlier?! Welcome to a day in the life of Carlton Your Doorman.