The It Was a Thing on TV Podcast Network

Live Show 34–Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

After the highs of Star Trek IV, Harve Bennett turned to another member of the Star Trek cast to try his hand at the directing chair. Surely with Captain Kirk at the helm, Star Trek V would reach even higher profits at the box office right? 

Yeah, about that .......... Greg and Chico try to take a look at went wrong and try to answer what does God need with a starship?

Minisode 24--The Morgan and Morgan Metaverse Commercial

Greg saw this commercial one day and felt it was deserving of a minisode. Did you ever feel the Metaverse deserved it's own law firm? We didn't either.

You can view the commercial at this link. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmDaT1hnDlw

Episode 341--Double Trouble

Chico's birthday is coming up and he's playing his Money in the Bank on this gem from the 1980s with twins.  One is good and the other is troublesome...at least in the first season.  Also, Greg comes up with an idea for a prequel for Jake and the Fatman.

It Was a Thing on TV Presents (01.11.23)

Recorded on Monday on Stream Lounge, Greg records this special live episode of It Was a Thing on TV Presents discussing big things in his life over the last week while watching an old WWF Boston Garden House Show from 1986 on Peacock.

Link to the episode of WWE Old School on Peacock to follow along with Greg. - https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/playback/vod/GMO_00000000381023_01/78d1563a-8edf-34ca-87ae-0fb0182a6c32

Episode 340--Sirota’s Court

Later this month, a long awaited reboot of Night Court will debut.  In honor of the event, we are going back to a show which could be considered the inspiration for the original Night Court.  Sirota's Court has a similar feel, but it only lasted several months in 1976 and 1977.  There were reasons, including a controversial plot line and going up against the biggest miniseries ever. 

Episode 339--Scorch

There have been a variety of shows with puppets which have been successful--The Muppet Show, Sesame Street, ALF, Thunderbirds, and Fraggle Rock, to name a few.  CBS tried their hand with a puppet-centric show with Scorch, about a dragon who slept for 100 years before waking up in 1992 Connecticut.

Episode 338--Hey! Spring of Trivia

January 4 was National Trivia Day.  In honor of the event, we look at a Japanese show which made the translation to American television about weird and wonderful trivia.  Give a listen to Hey! Spring of Trivia and there may be some melon bread in it for you, and the melon bread is shaped like a brain.

Live Show 33–WCW Starrcade 1995

Today, New Japan Pro Wrestling has its annual January 4th supershow at the Tokyo Dome in Wrestle Kingdom 17. In celebration, Greg and Chico record their first live show with Peacock as they look at WCW Starrcade 1995, which features New Japan taking on World Championship Wrestling in the World Cup of Wrestling!

Also, Sting, Lex Luger and Ric Flair battle in a triangle match, with the winner meeting the Macho Man for the WCW championship in the main event! This show is, so action-packed you may need to snap into some Slim Jim's!

Episode 337--January 3, 1983 in game shows

40 years ago today (the day this episode became available), there were four landmark events on daytime television in a two-hour span.  Three game shows (Sale of the Century, Hit Man, and Just Men!) premiered and what is undoubtedly The Price is Right's most famous pricing game, Plinko, debuted.

Episode 336--The 2022 Year in Review, Part 2

In the second part of our year-end special, we start with shows which ended in 2022, then wrap up the year with the people we lost over the course of the year, starting at the 9:05 mark.