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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
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
We thought Lil' Bush would be a fair topic for a President's Day episode. Boy, were we wrong. For the most part, this aged like bad cheese. What seemed like a good idea in the 2000s ended up having a very short shelf life, running on one-note political gags from 15 years ago. We apologize in advance.
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
The Valentine's Day week tribute continues with a fun little game that didn't have the run it deserved, the late-90s Annie Wood speed dating game Bzzz!
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Vanna White was everywhere in the late 80s--Wheel of Fortune twice a day, touring the country by train, a best-selling writer, and scantily clad in an adult magazine. NBC tried to capitalize on her success with a made-for-TV movie starring Vanna called Goddess of Love, which was downright bad.
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
Thursday Feb 04, 2021
In 1985, the Chicago Bears earned a place in pop culture history with their iconic song and music video during their Super Bowl winning season. Over the years, several teams and companies outside of football have tried to replicate the Bears magic with not much success. We cover a variety of these songs in the longest episode of the podcast yet!
The Patriots & We - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEOj-IoIgXo
L.A. Rams Ram It Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZO8Zeye5K0
Washington Thanks To The 12th Man - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCt2pVq-RCw
Philadelphia Eagles: Buddy’s Watching You - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkTmMF3pa0M
L.A. Raiders Silver and Black Attack Music Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-FKpWiHijo
Cleveland Browns Masters of the Gridiron - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHx6-ekmawk
N.Y. Giants Music Video - https://youtu.be/hMLYSyCS1p0
AWA Wrestlerock Rumble - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOSFpzPlO4Q
East/West Bowl Rap Showdown (Key & Peele) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsRrEx0Cntg
KSL Studio Shuffle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyTTX-Y6NDA
The Shiva Bowl Shuffle (The League) - https://youtu.be/r6Z40VK0O9M
Sex Offender Shuffle - https://youtu.be/VfCYZ3pks48
Super Broker Shuffle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW-GhCeqkk4
Super Broker Shuffle Parody - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugNZfyRmQA0
Barrington Snow Storm Shuffle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vl6Whm1fqgo
The BoostMobile Shuffle - https://vimeo.com/40389988
Monday Feb 01, 2021
Monday Feb 01, 2021
It's the week of The Big Game! You know which one, that Superb Owl. Like last year, we're looking back at something regarding that event. The 1989 edition had a halftime show which wasn't the marching bands or Up With People from years past. It also hadn't reached the era of epic musicians. Instead, it was magic tricks and 50s music, all in glorious 3D.
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Thursday Jan 28, 2021
Famous TV chefs include Julia Child, "The Galloping Gourmet" Graham Kerr, and "The Frugal Gourmet" Jeff Smith. One chef whose legacy is as good as the above people but wasn't as big of a name is Art Ginsburg, who went by the moniker "Mr. Food." We spend this installment looking at the career of this underrated icon, as well as some of the secrets to his 90-second cooking segments.
Monday Jan 25, 2021
Monday Jan 25, 2021
I'll trade you my Fonzie for your Vinny Barbarino! We offer a primer to TV trading cards, a smattering of shows which made their way to cardboard, and what types of cards are available nowadays.
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
Thursday Jan 21, 2021
From 1961 to 1989, CBS affiliate WBNB-TV served TV audiences in the U.S. Virgin Islands with an eclectic mix of programming. Sadly the station went dark permanently due to Hurricane Hugo, but the station's legacy lives on YouTube thanks to an ex-employee who saved various clips from the station.
YouTube Channel of Ex-WBNB Employee Matt Locker
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw88tiXi8FAPoHMUagJfqsg
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Monday Jan 18, 2021
Who didn't love cartoons and video games in the early 80s? Pac Man was successful. But the anthology with cartoons of Pitfall, Space Ace, and Kangaroo? Not as much. We talk about the cartoon cavalcade called Saturday Supercade in this installment.
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
Saturday Jan 16, 2021
The 1980's was the age of MTV and Miami Vice. So naturally the star of Miami Vice, Don Johnson would try his hand at music with an album called Heartbeat.
The song from the album of the same name would be featured on MTV and it's one of the weirdest music videos we've ever seen.
Follow along to the video at this link as we do a live watch of it. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5CR4lSORZ_Q