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The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network

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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39:14

Episode 73--The first episode of 20/20

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2020/07/06

20/20 has been a television staple for over four decades. Its start was a different beast than the 20/20 we have seen for years, from a graphic expose to words and their definitions to Claymation animations.

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37:51

Episode 72--Go

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2020/07/02

Go was in the death slot of Noon and had a very short life, despite being a exciting, action packed game. All 3 of us look at how the game was played with the assistance of Funko Pop dolls. (You wish this episode was a video podcast.) Also bad impersonations of Johnny Olson.

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47:00

Episode 71--Herb Abrams' Universal Wrestling Federation

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2020/06/29

In May, our first live show was on the Dark Side of the Ring installment about Herb Abrams. On this episode, we go a bit deeper into this feeble attempt to topple the WWF (now WWE) empire.

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45:45

Episode 70--The Nutt House

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2020/06/25

14 years after prior installment When Things Were Rotten, Mel Brooks returned to TV with The Nutt House. It had Mel Brooks behind it. It had Cloris Leachman. It had Harvey Korman. Yet it lasted all of 5 episodes.

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01:03:32

Episode 69--When Things Were Rotten

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2020/06/22

Mel Brooks is a legend, both for his work in film and on television. He had something in Fall 1975 with When Things Were Rotten, but it had rotten luck and a rotten time slot versus two powerhouse shows plus it might have been a little ahead of its time.

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54:56

Episode 68--The Game Show Finales of June 20, 1980...

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2020/06/18

This week 40 years ago saw the temporary ends of three game shows, each of which would return to TV by 1987. That week also saw the birth of a legend, though he made his mark in late night. We look at the three NBC game show finales of June 20, 1980 and their replacement, The David Letterman Show in this timely installment of the podcast.

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Episode 67--Break the Bank (every US version)

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2020/06/15

Three completely different shows, one title--Break the Bank. One was good, one was basic, and one was a mess. And how does one Mrs. Mickey Kennedy Branson play a role in all of this?

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01:00:53

Episode 66--We Got it Made

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2020/06/11

We Got It Made was a dog of a show in 1983-84 that NBC tried to get people to watch by having the cast show up on NBC broadcasts. Yet, it got a second season for the Primetime Starts at 7:30 block in 1987.

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Episode 65--Supermarket Sweep, Season 1 in 1990

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2020/06/08

Everybody loves the action and fun on Supermarket Sweep. The show we know and love was quite different in its first season, a bare bones version with some odd additions that didn't last long. Come for the caviar, stay for Mr. Yuk.

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Episode 64--Open All Night

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2020/06/04

This show was brought to our attention by Greg, as he stumbled across a cameo in the 4th episode. Open All Night is not a bad show, just short-lived because it aired on Saturday nights. But that theme song.

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Episode 63--The Moneymaze

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2020/06/01

1975 was an amazing year for game shows, good and gimmicky. One of the gimmicky games involved people running around a giant maze, trying to win cash and prizes. It sounds corny but The Moneymaze is a fun show to watch.

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01:07:48

Live Show 2--Press Your Luck, 2nd season premiere

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2020/06/01

We're back with our second live show, this time while watching the second season premiere of Press Your Luck.

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32:03

Episode 62--Love, Sidney

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2020/05/28

It seems Tony Randall was known for two shows--first and foremost, The Odd Couple, and then Love, Sidney. We make the case that it was mishandled from the start by NBC but also that some subject matter might have been material not designed for an early 80s home audience.

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Episode 61--Primetime starts at 7:30

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2020/05/25

In the Fall 1987 television season, NBC tried starting primetime half an hour earlier than normal. The results were generally bad sitcoms and reverting to an 8 PM start time for primetime starting in Fall 1988. We look at why this block failed and Mike talks about a personal connection with someone from one of the five comedies from this block.

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Episode 60--Maury episode titles

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2020/05/21

What was Greg's dive down a rabbit hole after recording a few months ago became this very experimental episode. The Maury staff sure comes up with different ways to describe their DNA and lie detector shows.

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Episode 59--Wilkins Coffee Commercials

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2020/05/18

Brew up some coffee and enjoy this look at Jim Henson ads from the late 50s and early 60s. The commercials were to-the-point and were effective. Sixty years later, they are a blast to watch.

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01:26:06

Episode 58--Second Chance (1987)/Boys Will Be Boys

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2020/05/14

Second Chance had a different premise but was low-rated and given a second chance. It was stripped of its premise and turned into an average teenage boy sitcom called Boys Will Be Boys. After 12 episodes of this retooled show, it was cancelled and not given a third chance.

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39:34

Episode 57--The Duck Factory

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2020/05/11

A sitcom with Jim Carrey! It can't fail...can it? (Isn't that why we're here?) The Duck Factory was a comedy about the animation industry with very few animations, a young not-so irreverent Jim Carrey, and an established cast of characters. What went wrong?

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Episode 56--Poochinski

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2020/05/07

For now, we wrap up our look at pilots with a very bizarre one from 1990, where a dead cop's soul enters the body of a bulldog. Poochinski is a weird pilot you have to see at least once. You can view the complete pilot at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LytgLZDzzAY.

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01:07:42

Live Show 1--Dark Side of the Ring, ”Cocaine & Cowboy...

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2020/05/06

This is our first live, unedited show. For weeks, we have talked about Herb Abrams and the UWF. We have been anticipating this episode of Dark Side of the Ring so much that we wanted to devote a live episode to the topic. Obviously, it is best if you watch this show while listening to this podcast. There is some minor language used in this show since it was recorded live and is unedited.

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