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Part of the conversation in Episode 605 was about the once-prevalent fish and chicken franchise Arthur Treacher's, which only has 4 locations as of the time of recording.  Mike is about 10 miles away from their newest location.  He took the trip to try their offerings, to see how they stack up from what Mike remembers from his youth.  Was it a good value?  Would Mike go back?  Dive on in to this It Was a Thing first.

It has taken us over 6 years and over 600 episodes to finally cover one of the biggest turkeys in television history.  You would think anything a person nicknamed "The Great One" touches would, by default, be amazing.  This show is proof that is not true.  Jackie Gleason hosted one full episode of this, then gave the TV audience a grand apology the following week because what worked in runthroughs did not transition over that well to television.

It's the first TNA PPV of the Hogan/Bischoff era, brother! We had six sides, and it only got us so far jack! We got some debuts on this PPV while AJ and Kurt have their rematch from the January 4th Impact from the last episode for the TNA World Title. And whose side is the Nature Boy on?

Continuing with the magic theme from the last installment, our birthday boy Chico has selected this show as his annual Money in the Bank.  Instead of Bill Bixby as a master magician/crime solver, it is Hal Linden.  The results were similar--one season and done, but this has a place in our hearts.

As we near a new era with TNA Impact about to debut on AMC, we go back 16 years to when TNA launched a new era to start the 2010's on the January 4th, 2010 episode of Impact on Spike TV.

We have the debut's of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff running the Impact Zone, Brother! Along with some great suprisements that Dixie Carter has in store for us. Also, why is the security for TNA so bad we ask throughout this episode?

On the newest edition of Before the Show, Mike and Greg look at the controversy with the first week of the new CBS Evening News with Tony Dokoupil and how we aren't saluting it or him. They also look at some of the recent purchases they made on eBay and the ineptness of David Stearns running the New York Mets.

Then Chico joins in during Segment 2 as they talk about Miami's win in the Fiesta Bowl and some of the seeding in the NFL Playoffs. Also, how exactly do Chip and Dale, along with Lisa Hartman, fit into this episode, you're wondering? That's a good question and you'll have to listen to find out!

To start 2026, we look at a show which many consider one of the best one-season wonders in television history.  What happens when you get a playboy who lives in a plane and drives a white Corvette, performs magic, and solves crimes?  You get The Magician, an enjoyable series from 1973-4.

With the bowl season going on in College Football, Greg and Dane look at this one-time event from the New Year's Day 1996 episode of Monday Night RAW featuring a Fatal Four-Way Tag Team match down with football-style rules known as the RAW Bowl. The winning team in this match is gonna receive the Lombardi trophy, but it's not what you think it is! Also, we see a preview of the upcoming Royal Rumble, hyping a big debut in the WWF!

Congratulations!  We have successfully completed another orbit around the sun!  As we have done for the last 5 years, we have summarized the year in television, this time in one part and in under 2 hours, spanning from Netflix buying everything to the disasterous year with CBS/Paramount.  Thanks as always for listening in 2025.  We have many more goodies in store for 2026!

Happy holidays!  Our gift to you this holiday season is a television movie from 1977, which was a carbon copy of the Christmastime favorite It's a Wonderful Life, but gender-swapped.  Included in the cast is one of our favorite names, as well as the person Warren Beatty said is the best in Hollywood at something.