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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 Dec 24, 2020
Thursday Dec 24, 2020
On this Christmas Eve we look back at what was the binge watching hit at the start of the COVID lockdown this year in Tiger King on Netflix. We look at the insane cast of characters including Joe Exotic, Jeff Lowe and yes that b***h Carole Baskin!
Due to some strong subject matter in the show, listener discretion is advised.
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Earlier this year, we looked at 9 bad video games based on television shows. We found 9 more and felt it appropriate to cover them before the Christmas holiday. With any luck, we'll find 9 more and do a 3rd installment in 2021.
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Davis Rules is one of our favorite short-lived shows. It was funny and it had Jonathan Winters, yet it ran on two networks over 15 months. Also, we question if there is any situation in which Parker Lewis can lose.
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Ernie Anderson is among our favorite announcers. We decided to dedicate an episode to his life and career, going back to his radio days after World War II. He might be the only announcer to have an annual fest in honor of one of his TV characters.
The Complete Ghoulardi Clip Collection: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34c4k23JNTk
WEWS-TV5 News Promo with Ernie Anderson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r2JMa3mHzE
Star Trek TNG Premiere Promo Commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiFXVyeBf9w
America's Funniest Home Videos VCR Board Game: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlfXZrp5y3k
Ernie Anderson on Letterman, March 21, 1983: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp0gGWRHIqQ
WrestleMania VI L.A. Coliseum Bid Promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwYopEoNUvY
Adam and Eve clips from Animaniacs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgZMaSEoacQ
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
When this lit up the socials last week, we made the decision that not only was it worth submitting but it was also worthy of live show status. Put a Lifetime Christmas movie, a KFC infomercial, and romance in a Vitamix and this would be the result.
The complete "A Recipe for Seduction": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9mgD1DpmZ8
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
One of the more recent shows on our list, Personal Injury Court was clearly not real, between nobody apparently having health insurance to the ridiculous amounts of money people for which people sued. Let's dive head first into the legal sauce with this installment.
Monday Dec 07, 2020
Monday Dec 07, 2020
In this installment, we look at shows we believe lasted one season too long. (Your mileage may vary.) Mostly, we cover comedies which lasted a year too long. Continuing a trend from last week, Greg continues his basketball coach namedropping streak.
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
The last NBC daytime game show was a good one, a true challenge. Caesar's Challenge had Ahmad Rashad, gladiators, and a rotating cage of letters. Also in this episode, the guys rattle off the name of everyone in Arizona in 1993 they can think of.
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Who knew racism could be so funny...?! Carter Country somehow ran two seasons, despite a character who was an out-and-out racist. Only one of us three could make it through an entire episode, and for good reason. File this one under "doesn't age well."
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
Saturday Nov 28, 2020
The Undertaker wasn't the only person who celebrated the 30th anniversary of their debut in WWE this past week. At the 1990 WWF Survivor Series a heavily overhyped giant egg was set to hatch and out of it came ....... a man in a turkey suit. Listen as The Gobbledy Gooker and Mean Gene Okerlund try to excite a bored crowd in Hartford by dancing to Turkey in the Straw.