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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 184--Dan and Dave

The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network ·

2021/08/02

The Olympic Triplecast wasn't the only big flop in 1992. Reebok ran an ad campaign with two highly touted athletes, only for one to not make it to Barcelona. One ended up eventually winning gold four years later though and hey at least it sold a lot of Reebok Pump's.

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Episode 183--Man vs. Bear

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2021/07/29

Our games continue with men battling bears in bear-themed competition. That's it. We talk about other things like Bil Dwyer and Matt Vasgersian because...it's just men battling bears. Did you know Honey Bump is a bear? IMDb says so!

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01:26:42

Episode 182--Man vs. Beast

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2021/07/26

The Olympic Games have started, and we start our games by bringing you athletes and normal people competing against animals in two FOX specials--Man vs. Beast. Come for Olympic runners going against jungle animals, stay for little people battling an elephant in a test of strength.

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57:18

Episode 181--What Would Ryan Lochte Do?

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2021/07/22

Our Olympic extravaganza continues with a look into the life and loves of Ryan Lochte, the semi-quotable and infamous star of the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympic games. The first half of the show is about What Would Ryan Lochte Do?, while the second half is mostly about Lochte's wit and wis-dumb including interviews and quotes said by the man himself. Jeah! Ryan Lochte is Good at Interviews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dlyCTswYH0

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01:13:23

Episode 180--The Olympics Triplecast

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2021/07/19

Over the next 2+ weeks, we will cover Olympic-themed topics. Starting off our coverage is one of the biggest flops of all time. Three channels of 24/7 Olympic coverage for $125 in 1992? What's the catch? There are a few. At least those who bought in to the Olympic Triplecast have a Triplecast remote control which likely doesn't do anything nowadays.

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01:16:41

Episode 179--The Larry "Bud" Melman Centennial

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2021/07/15

We have honored TV celebrities in the past. This episode, we pay tribute to an icon from the 80s and 90s, Larry "Bud" Melman. Not only was he a comic foil on Letterman's shows, he had bit parts in other TV shows and movies, he was a writer, he was a spokesman, and he even had his own workout video...sort of. Grab your Toast on a Stick and enjoy this installment of It Was a Thing on TV.

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01:45:58

Episode 178--Voyagers!

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2021/07/12

We're back after just one episode last week. We offer you this epic episode about the 1980s time traveling cult favorite Voyagers! This could have lasted more than a season, but NBC did a boneheaded move in 1983. You can hear more about that decision in this episode.

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Episode 177--Telly...Who Loves Ya, Baby?

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2021/07/05

Everybody had a variety show in the 70s, or at least it seemed that way. Telly Savalas was no exception, starring in this one-off special with Diahann Carroll, Barbara Eden, and Cloris Leachman. Grab a sucker and contemplate the question, "Who loves ya, Baby?"

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01:42:02

Episode 176--The Bicentennial Minute

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2021/07/01

The butt of many a joke in its day and even into the 21st century, The Bicentennial Minute was an occasionally bland but also occasionally interesting minute-long segment delivered by a celebrity about what happened in U.S. history 200 years ago that day. Celebrate your Fourth of July holiday listening about this patriotic throwback to the 70s. "Lucy's Bicentennial Minute" - https://papermoonloveslucy.tumblr.com/post/175503525253/lucys-bicentennial-minute Betty Ford Bicentennial Minute Materials

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Episode 175--National Anthems: The Good and the Bad

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2021/06/28

We're showing off our patriotic side this week as we near the United States' 245th birthday with a look at some of the best and the worst renditions of The Star Spangled Banner. The good are iconic. Some of the bad are iconic as well, for all the wrong reasons. Stay to the end for a little rant about an episode from last week.

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01:10:29

Episode 174--Ohara

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2021/06/25

Pat Morita was a star in the late 80s, thanks to two Karate Kid movies. He got the title role in this ABC police procedural. Ultimately, Ohara got his butt kicked by, in part, 4 old ladies who lived in Miami.

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Minisode 10--The time Andy Richter visited the Mets...

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2021/06/24

1995 was a tough time for baseball, in the middle of a strike and using replacement players in spring training. Andy Richter lightened the mood by visiting the Mets in Port St. Lucie, FL, interviewing replacement players, informing people about the real St. Lucie, and visiting Butterfly World. Also, we meet, the man, the myth, the legend, DIESEL!

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01:00:34

Episode 173--The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

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2021/06/21

Our tribute to Conan O'Brien continues with his rough and all too brief era hosting The Tonight Show back in 2009. We look at some of the memorible moments of this era of Conan from the Twitter Tracker to Shatner recites Palin to In The Year 3000. All in all, Jeff Zucker did Conan real dirty, all because of a certain Mr. Black (Not THAT one, the OTHER one). You all know who we're talking about.

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Minisode 9--The time Conan went to Houston to watch...

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2021/06/19

Houston's NBC affiliate did Conan real dirty, airing his show at 2:40 AM local time for a period. Conan went deep in the heart of Texas to see it for himself, and encountered some interesting characters in the process. Complete segment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQs_oRJtcno

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Episode 172--The episode of Late Night with Conan...

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2021/06/17

In 1997, Conan O'Brien had an audience of just kids. What kind of mayhem could happen? Just don't end up in Naughty Land and don't awaken the Boredom Monster. Complete episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFHKnq5MQb0

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Episode 171--The premiere episode of Late Night with...

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2021/06/14

In honor of Conan O'Brien's TBS show coming to an end, we're devoting most of the next two weeks to the legend. We start at the beginning, with the first episode of Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He was nervous, he was unfinished, but some of what was seen was the Conan O'Brien comedy fans would love for over a quarter century. The First Episode of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_q471WB5Tgw Conan O'Brien on Late Night with David Letterman:

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54:26

Episode 170--It Had a Pinball Machine

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2021/06/10

We have had two episodes devoted to TV themed video games (with a third coming in the future) and we have done a trading card show. Now, we venture into pinball machines, virtual and real. 1988 Monday Night Football pinball open: https://youtu.be/C8Lpd0R1keM?t=19 Doctor Who Pinball Tutorial (PAPA Pinball): https://youtu.be/iawmrs69jrQ

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Episode 169--Misfits of Science

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2021/06/07

Misfits of Science might have been a little ahead of its time. It sort of resembles a show from 20 years later, Heroes. It had a cushy time slot between Knight Rider and Miami Vice. Yet, it was still gone by February of 1986. At least one of its stars went on to much bigger and better things. The Story & Tragedies of The Misfits of Science (Toy Galaxy) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fupb6I07Xtk

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Episode 12–Hello, Larry (Remastered)

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2021/06/05

The first half of the remastered series wraps up with Episode 12 looking at show favorite McLean Stevenson and his 1979-80 NBC vehicle Hello, Larry. In this episode, the crew tries to find reasons as to why this show was considered one of the worst shows ever and if it was justified.

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01:23:44

Episode 168--Thunder in Paradise

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2021/06/03

Put Hulkamania in a Baywatch setting with a boat like KITT but also like the TARDIS and it will bring the viewers! But it didn't. Thunder in Paradise lasted one season, but it ran long enough or was popular enough to justify a CD-i game. If you listen to nothing else, listen to the last 15 minutes (starting at 1:07:05) about what happened to the boat.

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