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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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01:50:08

Episode 231--CBS Sports ’90: The Dream Season

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2022/01/10

Desperate times call for desperate measures. CBS' ratings were languishing in the late 1980s and early 1990s, so they spent a lot of money to acquire almost every major sporting event of 1990, plus the Winter Olympics of 1992 and 1994. Most of the events weren't that thrilling, the return on investment wasn't what was expected, and the Dream Season of 1990 was closer to a nightmare.

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Episode 230--One in a Million

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2022/01/06

We've seen it before--a star almost immediately gets a new show after the end of a popular show. Shirley Hemphill of What's Happening! was in just this position after the end of that show. She rebounded with One in a Million with podcast favorites Richard Paul and Carl Ballantine for all of 13 episodes.

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01:26:41

Episode 229--The BCS on FOX

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2022/01/03

Remember when FOX started airing college football games and took both a pro approach (in its personnel in front of the camera) and an amateur approach (with every other aspect)? We do. We're near the end of the bowl season and look back at a tumultuous 4 years of BCS coverage on the network.

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Live Show 10--The Book of Boba Fett Premiere

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2022/01/01

"The Book of Boba Fett" the long awaited spin-off of "The Mandalorian" from Robert Rodriguez has finally premiered on Disney+. In this live show Greg and Chico do a livewatch of the first episode on their first broadcast through the Stream Lounge app on PC. You can follow along to this Live Show (after at botched first attempt) by synching your Disney+ stream of the first episode at 0:05 and then hitting play when you reach the 4:10 mark of the episode. We'd also like to thank the good folks at

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02:22:50

Episode 228--2021 Year in Review, Part 2

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2021/12/31

We continue with our recap of 2021 with our favorite shows from the year, shows which came to a close in 2021, and our in memoriam section for those who left us in 2021.

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01:47:43

Episode 228--2021 Year in Review, Part 1

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2021/12/30

We've completed another orbit around the Sun, which means we're doing our 2nd annual Year in Review show. In this first installment, we talk about the best and worst of 2021.

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01:25:42

Episode 227--Rudolph’s Shiny New Year

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2021/12/27

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.

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A reading of ”The Golden Girls ’Twas the Night Before...

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2021/12/26

We present to you Mike reading from the 2018 literary classic The Golden Girls 'Twas the Night Before Christmas. Enjoy and happy holidays.

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01:10:19

Episode 226--‘Twas the Night Before Christmas (1977,...

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2021/12/23

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.

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02:24:09

Into the Spidey Movieverse: Episode 9 - Spider-Man...

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2021/12/22

It's finally here, the last episode of Into the Spidey Movieverse before No Way Home. Greg and Chico discuss 2019's Spider-Man: Far From Home. Some of the things discussed include the aftermath of Infinity War/Endgame, the romance between Aunt May and Happy, the greatness of JB Smoove, Night Monkey, Brad being a jerk and what the heck happened to Peter Billingsley's hair?!?! Also we have a special surprise segment near the end when we talk about the Blu-ray/DVD releases. Let's just say you

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Episode 225--The Leprechauns‘ Christmas Gold

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2021/12/20

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.

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Episode 224--Japanese Spider-Man (live action series...

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2021/12/16

Last show, we took a look at a live action version of Spider-Man from the late 1970s. This episode, we took a look at a live action version of Spider-Man from the late 1970s...from halfway around the world. Japan did their own take on the superhero, one that Stan Lee loved.

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01:53:36

Into the Spidey Movieverse: Episode 8 – Spider-Man:...

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2021/12/15

We’re heading into the home stretch on Into the Spidey Movieverse as we now hit the movie that this very show is named after. This time Greg and Chico discuss 2018’s Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse while exploring the journey Miles Morales takes into becoming Spider-Man. And also you get John Mulaney voicing an animated pig, I mean how can you go wrong with that?

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01:07:02

Episode 223--Spider-Man (late 70s live action series)

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2021/12/13

Coming to theaters this weekend is the newest installment in the Spider-Man film franchise "No Way Home". We look at two televised versions of the franchise from the past. We start with an episode about the live-action version from 1977 to 1979 that aired on CBS which was good but like many shows we've covered, was mishandled at the network level.

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01:17:28

Episode 222--He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special

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2021/12/09

'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

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01:35:30

Into the Spidey Movieverse: Episode 7 - Venom (2018)

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2021/12/08

It's another edition of Into the Spidey Movieverse as Greg and Chico are hitting the homestretch on the way to No Way Home. This time the two look at 2018's "Venom" starring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock. They look at how Sony could possibly make an origin story for Venom work without Spider-Man and shockingly succeed at doing it. Among the things discussed include Eddie and Anne's relationship, the disgust at how we were lied to as kids as to how fun space would be, how far it is to get from East

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01:14:42

Episode 221--The Last Precinct

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2021/12/06

It's another story about a show that premiered after the "Big Game" and died not long after. The show was in the same vein as Police Squad! and Brooklyn Nine-Nine and it came from Stephen J. Cannell. But was America ready for an hour-long police comedy? Obviously not.

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Minisode 15--Mr. Delicious

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2021/12/04

In the early 90s, the fast food chain Rax thought outside the box with its mascot, selecting an animated spokesperson who was middle-aged, bland, monochrome, and going through multiple life crises, in order to attract the adult population. The campaign failed badly; Rax filed for bankruptcy 3 months later. Dickety-dee.

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01:50:56

Episode 220--Every Guest Star on The Love Boat...Almost

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2021/12/02

We have had this on our list for a while. A recent YouTube discovery pushed it to the front of the line. We give you in almost entirely alphabetical order, every guest star on The Love Boat...almost.

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01:36:25

Into the Spidey Movieverse: Episode 6 – Spider-Man...

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2021/12/01

In Episode 6 of Into the Spidey Moviveverse, Greg and Chico look at the first solo adventure of Peter Parker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe with 2017’s Spider-Man Homecoming. Some of the matters discussed include the greatness of Michael Keaton, how Mr. Harrington keeps his job as a teacher despite being clumsy, hot Aunt May and the fly hat that Ned wears during the movie. Here’s hoping you pass the test that Tony Stark gives Peter after you listen to this episode. Just be sure MJ doesn't give

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