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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

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Episode 388--Cleverdicks

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/06/07

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.

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Minisode 27--Sex Box

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/06/05

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.

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01:58:06

Live Show 43–The Kissing Booth 3

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/06/03

“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.

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01:09:59

Episode 387--Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/06/01

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.

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41:46

Episode 386--The Big ShowDown

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/29

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.

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43:18

Episode 385--Carlton Your Doorman (1980 CBS pilot)

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/27

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.

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01:28:25

Episode 384--18 Wheels of Justice

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/25

We're celebrating another of our birthdays! Greg's getting a year older, and he wants to cover a show we have talked about for years but there was little footage of it in English until recently. We're finally covering 18 Wheels of Justice. Can a man in the witness protection program avenge the loss of his wife and daughter by taking down organized crime and G. Gordon Liddy with the help of his big-wheeled truck? NOTE: Chico used a new microphone for this and the next episode so his audio may drop

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57:57

Episode 383--Howie (1962 CBS pilot)

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2023/05/22

A decade before The Paul Lynde Show (see episode 103), a pilot for CBS was done which was reminiscent of the latter show. Lynde plays the father-in-law to his new son-in-law, the "smartest man in the room though he's actually the dumbest" Howie.

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53:47

Episode 382--Call Her Mom (1972 TV movie/pilot)

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/20

On the surface, Call Her Mom is reminiscent of a certain movie which would be a big hit 6 years later, but with a "den mother" caring for the fraternity. This wasn't just a ratings hit once, but twice. How did it not make it as a regular series?

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35:52

Episode 381--Dick Tracy (1967 pilot)

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/18

Batman was a big TV success in 1966. Why not follow it up with a pilot of a similar comic book staple? Dick Tracy was a cut-and-paste job from the Batman playbook, down to the script, the scenery, and even the baddie of the week. Just remember: Dick Tracy, he's a good cop.

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01:14:36

Live Show 42–The Cube Season 2 Premiere

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/17

After a long, long, long wait, The Cube is finally back for a second season on TBS. In the premiere of Season 2, Gabrielle Union and La-La Anthony try to tackle The Cube which has a whole lot of new challenges for the contestants.

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35:54

Episode 380--King of the Building (1987 CBS pilot)

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/15

One of the big comics in the mid-to-late 80s was Richard Lewis, known for his neurotic schtick. Two years before a career-defining role in Anything But Love, Lewis starred in this pilot as a doorman at a New York City apartment building.

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Live Show 41–The 2023 XFL Championship Game

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/14

The 2023 XFL has made it farther than its second incarnation by making it to the Championship Game! Can the title game fare better than the original XFL's 2001 Championship Game? Greg and Chico live watch the 2023 Championship between DC and Arlington from the Alamodome as they smell what The Rock is cooking.

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Episode 379--Baffled! (1973 NBC backdoor pilot)

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/13

As we have mentioned previously, ESP was popular in the 60s and 70s. What happens when a racecar driver starts having psychic visions? Lots of stuff in England, enough to make the casual viewer feel Baffled!

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Episode 378--Stick Around (1977 ABC pilot)

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2023/05/11

In 1977, Andy Kaufman was an up and coming comic. ABC cast him as a robot servant in the year 2055 with a distinct voice, one which would become associated with Kaufman on another ABC show a year later, Taxi. Why didn't this work? We blame the mood synthesizers, AKA the "ass toasters."

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56:16

Episode 377--Bob Rooney Day on Late Night with David...

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/09

Today, May 9th, marks 40 years since David Letterman dedicated an entire day to an assistant sound engineer on his show. We go back and relive that day with a beer, a BLT, and another beer.

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It Was a Thing on TV Instant Reaction--Guardians of...

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/07

This weekend Marvel Studios released the final chapter of James Gunn's "Guardians of the Galaxy" trilogy. Greg had a chance this weekend to see the movie and give his thoughts on if it measured up to the two previous films and if it was better than some of Marvel's recent theatrical releases. NOTE: There's a discussion about the end credits scene, which will spoil the movie. Greg will give a warning followed by a few seconds of silence to let you stop the recording and go back later if you plan to

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41:25

Episode 376--Stacked (2008 UK pilot)

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2023/05/06

A pre-Doctor Who/Guardians of the Galaxy Karen Gillan appeared in this British pilot, which apparently was the best thing at a certain network's disposal. This was so wrong on so many levels, so much so that we're asking for listener discretion. It did give us 4000-pound breasts.

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Episode 375--Red Dwarf (1992 NBC pilot)

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2023/05/04

Here's another case of a show working overseas but failing domestically. The Brit show Red Dwarf has been on the air for a combined quarter century. Could it have worked here? Who knows, thanks NBC smegheads.

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Episode 374--Sailor Moon (1994 US pilot)

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2023/05/01

In the last year, one of the most sought after pieces of lost media was discovered. FOX passed on a US version of Sailor Moon in 1994, and all that existed was a brief video from 1995.

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