This week on It Was a Thing on TV
First, not to be confused with Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In, this version was a series of specials throughout the 1977-78 television season with little connection to the original. The positive of this version is a superstar talent got his first national exposure on this show, among other talents who had lengthy careers in television and elsewhere. A negative is the producer got sued and lost millions because he didn’t have everybody’s permission to do this show.
Then, Kevin Smith gave us “Clerks”, a cult classic indie film from 1994. “Clerks” gave us Jay & Silent Bob. Jay & Silent Bob gave us a lot of laughs…. so ABC gave an order for an animated follow-up. Then America gave it a shot… and ABC gave up after a pair of eps, only for the show to become… a cult classic. Join us as we travel the full circle to the Quick Stop.
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Timestamps
0:36 – Laugh-In
34:14 – Clerks: The Animated Series
