Ever wanted to know the secret talents of NFL players? No? Well, NBC Sports thought otherwise & gave us this competition during the pregame of Super Bowl XXIII, which features 4 guys and Reggie White showing off their hidden talents to win money for charity. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-60...

In honor of this event’s 40th anniversary this week, we look at a special episode of World Championship Wrestling on Superstation WTBS at The Omni in Atlanta. itwasathingontv.podbean.com/e/the-square...

The 60th installment of "The Big Game" is occurring. We have pulled up some gridiron gems to commemmorate this event. Bob Stewart of Password and Pyramid fame came up with this prediction game where a celebrity and a pro play "You Make the Call." www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-60...

Since we have no episode this week, we are releasing our original episode of "Get a Life" from 2022 as a "Best of" for you this week. So enjoy Greg saying "Duke Moosekian". www.itwasathingontv.com/e/the-best-o...

Episode 606 was to be released Friday. Unfortunately, due to technical issues, there will be no new episode this week. We will re-record this episode in 2 weeks, as Episode 608.

Classic clinker "Hello, Larry," starring McLean Stevenson, debuted on NBC on this day in 1979. Despite airing for two largely uneventful seasons, the sitcom never caught on, even with crossover appearances on "Diff’rent Strokes" designed to boost its profile.

Part of the conversation in Episode 605 was about Arthur Treacher’s, 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. itwasathingontv.podbean.com/e/mike-tries...

You would think anything a person nicknamed "The Great One" touches would, by default, be amazing. This show is proof that is not true. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-60...

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 Title. itwasathingontv.podbean.com/e/the-square...

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. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-60...

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. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/the-square...

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. Also, how exactly do Chip and Dale, along with Lisa Hartman, fit into this episode, you’re wondering? www.itwasathingontv.com/e/it-was-a-t...

Yeah, Greg followed Mike’s lead and got a slide he really wanted.

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? www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-60...

THE MAYO DUMP

#iykyk. -C

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. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/the-square...

Pretty outrageous that nobody called a flag on Donna Mills trying to murder Tom Selleck in the 1979 TV Movie Superdome!

throw another flag, ref. put a second on the clock. this has been such a fun game and people want more. you'll be a hero. i'm not telling you anything you don't already know

Drunk Gary from Season 1 of Knots Landing is on the Plex Primetime Soaps channel right now! Happy New Year!

We have successfully completed another orbit around the sun! As we have done for the last 5 years, we have summarized the year in TV spanning from Netflix buying everything to the disasterous year with CBS/Paramount. Thanks as always for listening in 2025. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-60...

The 9th Most F'able Woman in the World!

SLAMMIN STRAWBERRY WILL RETURN

Roc out here fightin’ for the British.

Sears Big Bright & White Sale Commercial Recorded December 27, 1984 on ABC/KOMO 4 in Seattle, WA Tags: Sale, Home Goods, Textiles, Commercial, ABC, Sears

Cactus Claus is coming to town!

I hope David told them what to get on his shopping list for The Big Sweep. - Greg

"They'll believe me citizen!"

Happy holidays! Our gift to you this holiday season is a TV movie from 1977, a carbon copy of It's a Wonderful Life, but gender-swapped. Included is one of our favorite names, as well as the person Warren Beatty said is the best in Hollywood at something. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-60...

Plot Twist: Nick Saban is the real America’s Ass.

Happy Festivus!

Greg and Dane head to the next-to-last chapter of The Masked Man arc on the SCTM as Hulk Hogan takes on his former best friend in the whole world Brutus “The Butcher/Barber/Booty Man/Disciple/Man With No Name or Face” Beefcake for the WCW Championship. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/the-square...

A Longhorn Network tradition becomes an It Was a Thing on TV holiday tradition as we watch the Texas' live mascot, Bevo to muzak of songs from the holiday season. We also share some fun facts about Bevo and the University of Texas while watching Bevo. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/live-show-...

I set it to the Magnum P.I. theme.

You post the Perfect Strangers theme song, that’s an automatic repost.

We did it! 600 episodes! As we do with milestone episodes, we cover a very special topic. No topic is more special or more appropriate for this podcast than one of television's biggest bombs ever. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-60...

Anthony Geary (1947-2025) and Rob Reiner (1947-2025) w/ Carroll O'Connor in a publicity photo from ALL IN THE FAMILY's fifth episode, "Judging Books by Covers” in 1971. #RIPAnthonyGeary #RIPRobReiner #ClassicTV

I just rewatched all of the Bionic reunion movies and love them so much. Lots of fun!

Greg and Dane go all the way to the UK for this edition of the SCTM filled with “great surprisements” Buckle up because it’s gonna be emotional! www.itwasathingontv.com/e/the-square...

What IS Glamour?!

Spanky and Porky have to retrieve a coat that their mother sold with the help of the gang, but all sorts of hilarity ensue. Can the gang get Spanky and Porky's mother's coat back in time for Christmas? www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-59...

As we have done for years, we let you, the listeners, decide which of 3 series will be covered through our Viewer's Choice. You have spoken loud and clear that you want us to talk about a show from 1976 where a teacher has a sip from The Fountain of Youth. www.itwasathingontv.com/e/episode-59...