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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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71:32

Episode 594-The 1983 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade...

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2025/11/27

Way back when, in the first year of the Podcast back in 2019, we covered the 1983 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Episode 9, and we've done the following year's edition every year since. Given we've now had a set formula for covering these parades since, we decided this year to do a "Revisited" for the 1983 edition.We got Shirt Tales, Jon Bauman, Yogi Bear, Charley Pride, the Superman balloon that hides in the corner depressed, Woody Woodpecker, a drunken Bullwinkle, Leonard Frey, and Mr

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113:48

The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 30 - WWF...

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2025/11/26

In honor of Thanksgiving, Greg and Dane go back to 1988 and look at the 2nd Annual WWF Survivor Series from the Richfield Coliseum in 1988. We got a confusing double turn between Demolition and the Powers of Pain, Akeem, Mr. Perfect, The Mega Powers, and so much more on this episode of The Squared Circle Time Machine!(Also, forgive Greg for working with a hoarse voice in this episode)

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32:04

Episode 593--The Next Line

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2025/11/21

A personal favorite show of Greg and Mike's is this spiritual successor to The New Liar's Club, but with various types of lines from movies, songs, and factual statements, and without even a single mention of Shoddy Laroux. The game is derivative, but the real reason we did the show is because someone wanted to bring up the end theme and its similarities to video games of the era.

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76:48

The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 29 - WCW...

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2025/11/17

It's the latest episode of The Masked Man arc on the SCTM as Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Dave Sullivan team up against the 3 Faces of Fear in a six-man tag team main event ref'd by Mr. T in a nightgown. We also see a return match between Pretty Wonderful and Stars and Stripes for the WCW Tag Titles and a hoss fight between Dustin Rhodes and Vader! We also learn from Bobby Heenan how devastating the sleeper hold can be!

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26:56

Episode 592--In the Beginning

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2025/11/14

We're giving you a double dose of McLean Stevenson today, on his 98th birthday. Next is a very short-lived show with McLean playing a conservative priest who clashes often with a liberally-minded nun. After 5 low-rated episodes, CBS was having nun of it.

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57:07

Episode 591--Hello Larry Revisited

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2025/11/14

In honor of McLean Stevenson's 98th birthday, we re-examine one of the first shows we covered, one synonymous with NBC's troubles in the late 70s and early 80s, but also one synonymous with Stevenson's failures post-M*A*S*H. With more visual evidence of the show available, we take a second look at if Hello Larry was that bad, or if it was a victim of circumstance.

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85:15

The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 28 - TNA...

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2025/11/10

In this edition of the SCTM, Greg and Dane look at the in-ring debut of Kurt Angle in TNA Wrestling against the undefeated Samoa Joe at TNA Genesis 2006. There's a lot of good in-ring action and a lot of bad Russo-riffic crap on this show. We do at least get Kevin Nash wanting to win one for Bo ............... Derek.

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30:00

It Was a Thing on TV Presents: TV Guide's 50 Worst...

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2025/11/06

Last year, we went over TV Guide's 50 Worst Shows of All-Time list from 2001 and thought about which shows should be removed from the list and what shows we would add from the last 20+ years since the list was released.This year, Mike, Greg, and Chico present their re-rankings of what they think are the 50 Worst Shows of All-Time based on what they kept from TV Guide's 2001 list and what shows they added from Part 1. For new listeners, you can listen to Part 1 of this special from last year at this

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72:48

Episode 590--Babes

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2025/10/31

Over the years, overweight people were ridiculed on television and in the movies as slow, messy, dumb, lazy, and were often the butt of jokes. One show avoided those stereotypes, showing a trio of overweight sisters trying to improve themselves health-wise and career-wise, and being empathetic souls looking out for their fellow men. Credit Babes for attempting to dispel the outdated stereotypes, though the series only lasted a single season.

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97:07

The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 27 - WCW...

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2025/10/28

The newest edition of the SCTM sees a big reveal in the Masked Man storyline as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair's careers are on the line in a Steel Cage for the WCW title.Greg and Dane discuss Terry Funk being awesome, Big Boss Man Behaving Badly five years early, and Dave Sullivan's new theme song, among others. Don't *BUTCHER* listening to this episode!

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46:23

Episode 589--Hell Town

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2025/10/24

As happens in the TV business, having a successful TV movie equates to a run as a series. This is no different, holding its own versus some huge 1985 competition. The later series? Not so much, against that same competition. Robert Blake starred as a tough but fair priest in a tough and not-so-fair portion of Los Angeles, trying to make Hell Town not so hellish.

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82:30

The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 26 - WWF...

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2025/10/21

It's October of 1993 in the newest episode of The Squared Circle Time Machine as Greg and Dane look at an episode of Monday Night RAW where Randy Savage and Crush meet head-on to try and settle their issues. Meanwhile, the good folks at the WWF are making us call a 1-900 line to ask us if Shawn Michaels should be reinstated.Plus, we got a rare Joe Fowler in the WWF sighting on the Podcast! How about that?

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60:37

Episode 588--Hometown Commercials, Volume 6

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2025/10/17

We have returned with another batch of those wacky commercials from all parts of the U.S. Ladies (and guys), let's have a Hometown Commercial party.Here is a list of links to the ads featured in this installment: We Are the Spitzer Shuffling Crew: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxx-v2S7YRA Another Spitzer ad, with bad CGI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP9yVuD38Ac Little John’s Derby Jewelry - Super Gold Man Returns - https://youtu.be/HXYmeeijUJM?si=h-upU0j-rlNRTGAO Neil’s Finance Plaza -

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100:04

The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 25 - TNA...

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2025/10/12

With TNA Bound for Glory 2025 happening tonight, as of the posting of this episode, we look back on the 15th Anniversary this week of a date that only comes once a Century! 10.10.10! Greg and Dane look at TNA Bound for Glory 2010!Greg and Dane look at various things on this show, including a Lethal Lockdown match between EV 2.0 and Fortune, Mickie James' TNA debut, RVD and Abyss in a Monsters Ball match, and the three-way match for the vacant TNA World Title between Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, and Mr

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106:12

Episode 587--Fridays

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2025/10/10

Our SNL 50th birthday celebration wraps up with a contender to the throne which was a direct rip-off of SNL; the head of ABC admitted as much! Fridays had its moments, but it sorely missed making recurring characters who would be remembered nowadays. It also had thrilling guest hosts like Henny Youngman! Grab a bite to eat, as this is one of our longest shows to date.

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Episode 586--Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell

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2025/10/07

In Fall 1975, two different shows named Saturday Night Live premiered--the one we know, albeit without the Live moniker, and this show, a variety/talk show hosted by arguably ABC's biggest personality (and definitely ABC's biggest mouth) at the time. Despite its deserving role as one of the worst shows in television history, very little footage of this series exists...which may be a good thing.

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74:02

The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 24 - WCW...

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2025/10/05

The Masked Man arc continues on the SCTM as Greg and Dane go to Center Stage in Atlanta for a special live episode of the WCW Main Event as Hulk Hogan and Dave Sullivan team up against Ric Flair and a mystery partner.We also react to Ric Flair putting his career on the line against Hogan's at the upcoming Halloween Havoc PPV, along with discussion regarding the Honky Tonk Man, the Sega 32X, and a young Road Dogg as a jobber for Double A.

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75:28

Episode 585--Saturday Night Live Season 20

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2025/10/03

The 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live's premiere is happening next week, on October 11th. As the 51st season of SNL starts tomorrow night, we decided to look at another disastrous SNL season, having covered Season 6 (episode 97) and Season 11 (episode 265) previously. SNL was at a time of weakness, having lost key contributors in the previous year. The show lost even more contributors in S20. To add insult to injury, there would be a new kid on the block on another network.

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91:10

The Squared Circle Time Machine: Episode 23 - WCW...

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2025/09/27

The Squared Circle Time Machine gets ready for war as Dusty and Dustin Rhodes team up with The Nasty Boys to do battle with Col. Parker and his Stud Stable in the War Games Match at Fall Brawl 1994.We also continue the arc with The Masked Man from Episode 18 and see if he enters into the picture as Hulk Hogan tries his best to get Ric Flair back into the ring for a rematch at Halloween Havoc, brother!

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42:44

Episode 584--Work It

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2025/09/26

Last year, Greg put this show up in the annual Viewer's Choice vote. It did not win. As always, we cover the shows that didn't win the vote in the following year. After seeing this, Greg regretted ever picking this. We all make mistakes, just like ABC did in 2012 after picking up this show which was like Bosom Buddies, but that's where the comparisons end. The complete series aired, but not domestically, for some reason. Suffer along with us, won't you?

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