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Belles With Books #21: Black History Month Reads

Happy February, dear readers! Join us this month as the girls discuss the latest TikTok author controversy, their favorite black content creators, and their February book picks! 
Books Mentioned: 
 
My Sister the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite
Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute by Talia Hibbert
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi
Beasts of Prey by Ayana Gray
Skin of the Sea by Natasha Bowen
Blood at the Root by Ladarrion Williams
Weyward by Emilia Hart
The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
Home is Where the Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose
The Villa by Rachel Hawkins
The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins
The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern
More Than This by Patrick Ness
The Miracle Girl by Andrew Roe
The Shape of Sand by Marjorie Eccles
The City of Stardust by Georgia Summers
Threads That Bind by Kika Hatzopoulou
The Light Keeper by Christina Wallace 
House of Flame and Shadow by SJM
Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
Sleep and Sorcery: A Collection of Enchanting Bedtime Stories, Rituals, and Spells for Meaningful Rest by Laural Hostak Jones
A Deadly Affair by Agatha Christie

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #448 - "Payphone” By Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. Since Valentine’s Day is this week, we are going in the other direction with breakup songs with our Un-Valentine’s Day Theme. On today’s episode, Keith Langston is watching, “Payphone” by Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa from 2012.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRaWnd3LJfs

PTBN's NBA-Team: ...but a whimper

The Trade Deadline finally came and went without much fanfare, and Andrew and Adam recap the action....kinda.

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #447 - "Before He Cheats" By Carrie Underwood

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. Since Valentine’s Day is this week, we are going in the other direction with breakup songs with our Un-Valentine’s Day Theme. On today’s episode, Steve RIddle is watching, “Before He Cheats” by Carrie Underwood from 2006.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaSy8yy-mr8

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #446 - "Since U Been Gone" By Kelly Clarkson

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. Since Valentine’s Day is this week, we are going in the other direction with breakup songs with our Un-Valentine’s Day Theme. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Since U Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson from 2004.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7UrFYvl5TE

It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 451, Minisode 30 & Episode 452 - Where's Huddles?/Catching Kelce/The Commercials of Super Bowl XXXIV

This week on It Was a Thing on TV we get ready for Super Sunday.
 
First in Episode 451, in a similar spirit to The Flintstones and The Jetsons, Hanna/Barbera created a cartoon about the work and home lives of a family.  This time, as you'd expect this week, the husband was a quarterback on a football team.  Where's Huddles? aired in Summer 1970, then in non-primetime reruns the following year.
 
Then in Minisode 30, before two victories in "The Big Game", before almost all of his Pro Bowl nominations, and before his current squeeze (you know who), Travis Kelce looked for love on a reality program.  Catching Kelce didn't catch on with viewers and neither did Kelce's catch on the series.  What would Taylor say?
 
Finally in Episode 452, the 2000 edition of "Super Sunday" pitted the St. Louis Rams and the Tennessee Titans in the first Super Bowl of the new millennium. TV viewers were treated in-between action with commercials for Budweiser, trucks, and many dot-com companies! Most of which came and went less than a year following the game. We'll go over some of them in this episode.
 
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Timestamps
0:11 - Carl Weathers Tribute Cold Open
1:49 - Where’s Huddles?
43:53 - This Week in Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour History (2/6/84-2/10/84)
48:26 - Catching Kelce
1:02:58 - The Commercials of Super Bowl XXXIV

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #445 - "Epic" By Faith No More

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Epic” by Faith No More from 1990.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG_k5CSYKhg

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #444 - "Crazy" By Aerosmith

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Keith Langston is watching “Crazy’” by Aerosmith from 1994.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMNgbISmF4I

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #443 - "Waiting For A Girl Like You" By Foreigner

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Waiting For A Girl Like You” by Foreigner from 1981.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIdfPBmUAXc

PTBN's NBA-Team: Who's the (Second) Most Valuable Player?

Joel Embiid's knee injury will knock him out of contention officially for the 2023-24 Most Valuable Player award, but the league is not low on candidates scoring 60 points or more on a whim... or is there just a select few in the running? Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, Place To Be Nation's NBA-Team, are back to discuss an Embiid-less (and more intriguing) MVP race along with who the other awards contenders are. Who is going to win Rookie of the Year between Victor Wembenyama and Chet Holmgren? Does Tyrese Maxey have the M.I.P. award wrapped up? If there are so many good scorers off the bench, why is the Sixth Man of the Year race so lame? Riche and Adam also discuss trade candidates, the Zach LaVine injury shutdown, buyers or sellers, and more! So suit up and take it out in episode 297 with the NBA-Team!

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #442 - "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You By Bryan Adams

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” by Bryan Adams from 1991.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0pdQU87dc8

Totally Rank - 1988

In this episode, Jon Keselica returns to talk all things music in 1988. Scott and Jon educate each other on lesser known songs, marvel about the lack of one hit wonders, and agree on several songs in their Top 10s.

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #441 - "Some Like It Hot" By The Power Station

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Some Like It Hot” by The Power Station from 1985.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hw1t7OCESUw

It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 449 & 450 - The Cheap Show/Cop Rock

This week on It Was a Thing on TV we reach a milestone with our 450th episode!
 
First for Episode 449, in an era where game shows were goofy, outrageous, and random, this game show was the goofiest, most outrageous, and the most random.  The Cheap Show was ridiculous, messy, and...well...cheap.  Sorry for the short episode.  There isn't much multimedia out there, nor is there much information about it.
 
Then for Episode 450, Steven Bochco, the genius behind hit shows including Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, and Doogie Howser, created Cop Rock, which was labeled as being revolutionary and potentially changing the landscape of television.  Despite tons of promotion, the show ran 3 months and has been deemed one of the biggest failures in television history.  Not only do we cover the series as always, but we will feature one song from each episode.
 
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Timestamps
1:13 - The Cheap Show
17:15 - This Week in Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour History (1/30/84-2/3/84)
21:53 - Classic Commercial Break (October 1990)
24:31 - Cop Rock
2:03:00 - The Russell Westbrook Update

Video Jukebox Song Of The Day #440 - “Bye, Bye, Bye” By *N’SYNC

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. Since Super Bowl LVIII is almost upon us, all of the songs this week are by artists that performed as part of a Super Bowl Halftime Show. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Bye, Bye, Bye” by *N’SYNC from 2000 which was performed as part of the Super Bowl XXXV Halftime Show.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eo-KmOd3i7s