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Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we’ve got a secret that’s beyond belief. We plan to be here for a very long time.
First, Reg Grundy was on a hot streak in the mid-1980s with Sale of the Century and Scrabble. (See what we did there?) NBC took a chance on a third Grundy show, which was a blatant ripoff of The Price is Right with history. After 16 weeks, 2 different formats, and 3 versions of the final round, this show, like its subject matter, became history. But we did get John Davidson's first game show hosting gig.
Then, it's 1985 and ABC wants to capitalize on Cagney & Lacey and Hill Street Blues, which were big hits on other networks...but let's make them married! MacGruder and Loud premiered after "The Big Game" in 1985, but barely made it to Spring 1985.
Finally, released back in Halloween, we make our third journey to the world of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. Is one man actually being haunted by a meddling trick or treater who's pretending to be the grim reaper on Halloween night? Can a mysterious drifter help Roy from The Office find love with his wife? Is it possible that two people who are about to be married can turn out to be seperated at birth? These mysteries will be answered as we once again go Beyond Belief!
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Timestamps
0:30 - Time Machine
43:39 - MacGruder and Loud
1:39:33 - Beyond Belief Live Show 3
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
Wednesday Dec 14, 2022
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 “Rock The Casbah” by The Clash from 1982.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ9r8LMU9bQ
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
Tuesday Dec 13, 2022
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 “Leave Me Alone” by Michael Jackson from 1989.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crbFmpezO4A
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
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 “Everybody Wants To Rule The World” by Tears For Fears from 1985.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGCdLKXNF3w
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
Saturday Dec 10, 2022
On a special pod blast episode of Pop Goes The Classics, Andy Atherton is joined by Mike Cook to do a live watch of the Pixar Short, “Boundin’” from 2003.
To watch along on Stream Lounge, click this link:
https://www.streamlounge.io/watch/8903f9cd-270a-4e82-a277-e0ff85b48904
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
In this special holiday episode of Belles with Books, Mirandia and Bianca discuss their top reads of the year, some favorite Christmas stories, and Mirandia makes Bianca cry one more time. The girls also give an update to a viral author rumor and discuss their favorite holiday adaptations. Join in the craziness, and maybe find your favorite book along the way!
Mirandia’s Top 5 of 2022
Horror Hotel by Victoria Fulton and Faith McClaren
Vampire Knitting Club (1-9) by Nancy Warren
Mythos by Stephen Fry
The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark
The Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
Bianca’s Top 5 of 2022
Gallant by V.E. Schwab
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Under the Whispering Door by T.J. Klune
HorrorStor by Grady Hendrix
I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jeanette McCurdy
Maybe Not For Us
Viscount Who Loved Me—-Bridgerton Series #2
The Daughter of the Burning City by Amanda Foody
Don’t Fear the Reaper—Lake Witch Trilogy #2 by Stephen Graham Jones
The Library of the Dead by T. L. Huchu
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
The Secret by Eva Hoffman
Others Mentioned
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Polar Express
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Slashing Through the Snow by Jacqueline Frost
The Witches of Moonshyne Manor by Bianca Marais
The Mad Women’s Ball by Victoria Mas
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
The Invisible War by Chip Ingram
The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Holiday Shop by Maggie Knox
Christmas at the Cupcake Cafe by Jenny Colgan
Snowed in for Christmmas by Sarah Morgan
Talk Santa to Me by Linda Urban
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
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. With the recent release of The Guardians of The Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+, this week we are featuring songs from each of the Guardians of The Galaxy movies. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Mr. Blue Sky” by Electric Light Orchestra from 1978.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUlA8Hcv4s
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
On the forty-fourth episode of Laugh-In Theater, Andy Atherton is joined by James Gruenberg do a live watch of the 2016 comedy, Office Christmas Party. The guys discuss companies going cheap on parties; being guilted into donations; break room politics; expensive cans of soda; street pretzels; bad first dates; breaking wind during meetings; the farty cheese lady; Jennifer Aniston’s post-Friends resume; Jib Jabs; pre-gaming; The Snow Titan; awkward co-worker conversations; ways to prepare salmon; ice block luge; sumo suits; stealing someone’s Cinnabon; annoying Uber drivers; naughty 3-D printers; tasing people; sisterly love; Hacker College; cronuts aka “the bastard pastry” and waking up in weird places. So remember: drinking is medicinal.
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
Thursday Dec 08, 2022
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. With the recent release of The Guardians of The Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+, this week we are featuring songs from each of the Guardians of The Galaxy movies. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Hooked On A Feeling” by Blue Suede from 1968.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
This week on It Was a Thing on TV we’re passing the Hot Potato while stopping at the Emergency Room.
First, Hot Potato was a Family Feud ripoff, but with better technology and the dean of hosts. Unfortunately, this potato's shelf life was very short, becoming a celebrity show in 13 weeks, with outright cancellation a few months later.
Then, not to be confused with its slashless namesake, E/R had two people in common with the more popular show, including a young George Clooney. The cast was diverse and talented, but this wonder lasted just a season after much early promise. You can't blame George for this one.
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Timestamps
0:30 - Hot Potato
50:44 - E/R (1984 CBS comedy)
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
Wednesday Dec 07, 2022
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. With the recent release of The Guardians of The Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+, this week we are featuring songs from each of the Guardians of The Galaxy movies. On today’s episode, Keith Langston is watching “In The Meantime” by Spacehog from 1995.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://youtu.be/PCsGRCf8T9Y
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
The more things change, the more they stay the same… until it changes again. The NBA, as we enter the month of December, still has had its share of surprise teams, but Adam Murray and Andrew Riche, PTBN’s NBA-Team, are back to discuss the Boston Celtics and Phoenix Suns (two top teams last season) settling back at one. Can anyone slow down the Celtics’ record-setting offense? Are the pretenders finally creeping their uglier sides in Utah and Oklahoma City? Is Zion FINALLY dominating games? Is Adam sick of doubleheaders in the league? Why did Jerami Grant 28 free throws in one game? All this and a ton more! So suit up and take it out in Episode 260 with the NBA-Team!
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
Tuesday Dec 06, 2022
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. With the recent release of The Guardians of The Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+, this week we are featuring songs from each of the Guardians of The Galaxy movies. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “Guardians Inferno” by The Sneepers ft. David Hasselhoff from 2017.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MMMe1drnZY
Monday Dec 05, 2022
Monday Dec 05, 2022
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. With the recent release of The Guardians of The Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+, this week we are featuring songs from each of the Guardians of The Galaxy movies. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Come And Get Your Love” by Redbone from 1974.
The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA4rSO-h9Io
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
Sunday Dec 04, 2022
This past summer on It Was a Thing on TV, we encountered through IMDB in one of our episodes this Netflix teen romantic comedy based on a YA book.
Greg and Chico sit through the movie that started an era that both of them had no idea even was an era.
Can young Elle end up with her best friend Lee's hot brother? Can Greg and Chico make it through this movie in one piece?
Follow the rulebook as Greg and Chico enter the The Kissing Booth.