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Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we celebrate Halloween like only we can.
First, while not spooky in any way, Child's Play shares its name with a well-known horror movie franchise from later in the 80s. Besides being Bill Cullen's last show with Mark Goodson, it may be better known for being replaced by the game which typified the 80s, Press Your Luck.
Then, in 1984, the same year horror master Wes Craven gave us "A Nightmare on Elm Street" he directed this ABC TV Movie starring Robert Urich, Joanna Cassidy, and Erica Kane herself Susan Lucci.
In this made-for, Susan plays a devilish dame who tries to tempt ol' Spenser for Hire with power if he can just join this hot country club that just about everyone at his company works for. Join us on an Invitation to Hell!
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Timestamps
0:36 - Child’s Play (1982 CBS Game Show)
40:40 - Invitation to Hell
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
Wednesday Oct 25, 2023
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. This week, with Halloween coming up, all the songs this week have been featured on the Netflix series “Stranger Things”. On today’s episode, Keith Langston is watching “Running Up That Hill” by Kate Bush from 1985.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
Tuesday Oct 24, 2023
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. This week, with Halloween coming up, all the songs this week have been featured on the Netflix series “Stranger Things”. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Psycho Killer” by Talking Heads from 1977.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qylhk6jsT0
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
In the forty-seventh episode of Making Mt. Rushmore, host/moderator/panelist Steve Riddle welcomes Ashley Cruse to discuss which Halloween Songs deserve a place on their respective lists. Is Thriller a no-brainer? What about the Monster Mash? Does Ghostbusters grab a spot? Does Somebody's Watching Me or the Halloween Theme deserve a place? After that, they discuss which Horror Films will be part of that grouping. Can you argue that Halloween (1978) shouldn’t get a spot? Will Frankenstein be included? Is the Shining in the conversation? What about the Blair Witch Project or Alien?
Monday Oct 23, 2023
Monday Oct 23, 2023
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. This week, with Halloween coming up, all the songs this week have been featured on the Netflix series “Stranger Things”. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “(I Just) Died In Your Arms” by Cutting Crew from 1986.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dOwHzCHfgA
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
Saturday Oct 21, 2023
On a special pod blast episode of Pop Goes The Classics, Andy Atherton does a live watch of the Pixar Short, “Time Travel Mater” from 2012.
Friday Oct 20, 2023
Friday Oct 20, 2023
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 “Nobody’s Fool” by Cinderella from 1986.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCOrtJMQmVs
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
On the forty-sixth episode of Laugh-In Theater, Andy Atherton is joined by Scott Shifflett do a live watch of the 2007 comedy, Superbad. The guys discuss going to an all-boys catholic high school; flip phones; missing jokes in the theater due to laughter; the backpack straps debate; the different Jonah Hill looks; Home-Ec class; fake IDs; Goldschlager; sneaking booze out of a store; cheap beer; first time appearances by some funny actors; Velcro wallets; The Apatow-verse; fights at house parties; running from the cops; vintage sweatshirts & awkward meet-ups at the mall. So remember: I am McLovin.
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
Thursday Oct 19, 2023
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 “Always” by Saliva from 2002.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zEm-U1hC7E
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
This week on It Was a Thing on TV
First, a favorite comedy movie franchise around these parts is the Police Academy series. Between installments 5 and 6, an animated series aired in syndication, following the exploits of those crazy cops...and talking police dogs?! All the characters from the series appeared, but with none of their movie talent counterparts.
Then, almost a decade after the animated version we covered in episode 417, there was a live-action version of Police Academy, 8 years after the franchise's last nationwide theatrical release. Unlike the animated show, personalities from the Police Academy movies made appearances. After a season, the powers that be opted to put these cops on desk duty.
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Timestamps
0:36 - Police Academy: The Animated Series
57:13 - Police Academy: The Live Action Series
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
Wednesday Oct 18, 2023
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 “Can’t Fight The Moonlight” by LeAnn Rimes from 2000.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx3s99FNXzI
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Well, the season previews are finally wrapping up, and the big Lillard trade finally happened, so Andrew and Adam finish up with previewing Portland and give their best predictions for the season. Enjoy!
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
Tuesday Oct 17, 2023
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 “Somewhere Out There” by Our Lady Peace from 2002.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SzFaEqbLRM
Monday Oct 16, 2023
Monday Oct 16, 2023
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 pays tribute to the late, great Suzanne Somers who passed away at the age of 76 this past weekend by watching “Come On Knock On Our Door” (aka the “Three’s Company” theme song) by Ray Charles & Julia Rinker from 1977.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfuTipCqs4A
Friday Oct 13, 2023
Friday Oct 13, 2023
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. This week, we are all about collaborations, so all of the songs featured are a mix of two musical genres. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus from 2018.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7qovpFAGrQ