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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 back at the week that was on Jeopardy!, in an analytical manner.
Episodes
Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019
33 min
Pitfall definitely had its ups and downs, and we're not talking just the elevators. Some people might have gotten their earnings while others, including the host, only got the shaft.
Dec 2, 2019
Dec 2, 2019
35 min
What happens when monkey business is combined with show business? The Chimp Channel, TBS' first attempt at original comedy. Someone get Greg a banana.
Nov 25, 2019
Nov 25, 2019
51 min
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, we look back at the 1983 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. If you were someone on NBC in 1983, odds are you were there.
Nov 25, 2019
Nov 25, 2019
24 min
Talk about a kangaroo court! Remember that time Judge Wapner had a court show on Animal Planet? We do. We take a brief look at this early attempt at programming besides nature documentaries.
Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019
47 min
Things get really trippy as Greg and Mike look at the early 70s televised acid trip known as "Lidsville."
Nov 18, 2019
Nov 18, 2019
18 min
In our shortest episode to date, we look at Big Brother...with cats. And it came from Iceland!
Nov 12, 2019
Nov 12, 2019
1hr 1 min
This podcast officially goes to the dogs...and cats. We look at two pet-centric game shows from yesteryear, and Greg gives us his thoughts regarding the subject of last week's installment, "Jennifer Slept Here."
Nov 4, 2019
Nov 4, 2019
1hr 24 min
Our look at NBC disasters from 1983 wraps up with the show wedged between the previous two entries on NBC's Friday night schedule, a supernatural sitcom starring Ann Jillian titled "Jennifer Slept Here." We are joined by our first special guest, Kris Lane.
Oct 28, 2019
Oct 28, 2019
56 min
It's Automan! It's Manimal! It's Automanimal! Mike and Greg look at these two connected shows from 1983/4. #HologramsCannotWearSuits
Oct 20, 2019
Oct 20, 2019
46 min
Mike, Greg, and the third contributor to this endeavor, Chico Alexander, look at one of the most hyped shows in 1983, one that didn't make it to 1984.