This month’s journey takes us back to August of 1991 for SUMMERSLAM! Fitting as we tribute the passing of Sid Eudy and he’s featured prominently in this show. -Three title…
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It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 489 & 490 – Platypus Man/The Video Game Show Volume 4
This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, it’s the mid-90s and two startup networks are looking for programming. A flavor of the month at the time was…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 487 & 488 – George/The First Episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (US)
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we celebrate the birthday of Susan St. James while also celebrating the 25th anniversary of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?…
It Was a Thing on TV – Episode 486 – The Magic Hour
In the television landscape of 1998, there was a need for late night programming on FOX and other channels not part of The Big Three networks, something to fill the…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 485 – The Dream Team vs. Angola at the 1992 Olympics
In 1988, the U.S. Men’s basketball team finished with a disappointing bronze medal, after having won the gold in almost every other previous Olympiad. For that reason or because some…
Wrestletraxx #12
Join Scott & Greg as they travel back to 1994 for Bash at the Beach! Hogan vs Flair, a great Austin/Steamboat match…too much Badd Blaster confetti and SHAQ! So sit…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 484 – Oddities at the Olympic Opening Ceremonies
As the Olympic Games are ready to start in Paris, the podcast will devote the next two episodes to happenings in previous years. We start where each Olympics start–the opening…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 483 – Viva Laughlin
We put closure on this installment of Marvel month celebrating the release of “Deadpool & Wolverine” with a show that has been described not only as one of the worst…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 482 – Don’t
As we continue our Deadpool and Wolverine month, we cover a recent show which rewarded participants for not doing stuff, though they really were doing stuff in a backwards way. Despite a…
It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 481 – We The People 200: The Constitution Parade
Every year when we celebrate the United States’ birthday, we offer up a patriotic show. This Independence Day is no different, except the event covered in this episode happened in…
