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A podcast on Apple Podcasts, TuneIn, iHeart and elsewhere about bizarre, bad, and forgotten TV shows with Mike Klauss, Greg Diener and Chico Alexander.
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You have had your Thanksgiving dinner. Now it’s time for dessert, the final Thanksgiving parade of the 1980s. In 1989, we get a weird appearance from The Joker (no Cesar Romero and his orange wedges) plus a troupe of dancing chickens.
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📺 November 28, 1981: "Open All Night" debuted on ABC. The sitcom starred George Dzundza as a convenience store owner and former football player Bubba Smith as the store's night manager. The series only aired for ten episodes.
November 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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November 30, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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fun fact: they called him "Test" because he helped playtest Wrestlemania 2000 for the N64
November 30, 2025 at 2:23 AM
fun fact: they called him "Test" because he helped playtest Wrestlemania 2000 for the N64
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It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star The Gobbledy Gooker!
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
It's The Muppet Show with our very special guest star The Gobbledy Gooker!
You have had your Thanksgiving dinner. Now it’s time for dessert, the final Thanksgiving parade of the 1980s. In 1989, we get a weird appearance from The Joker (no Cesar Romero and his orange wedges) plus a troupe of dancing chickens.
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November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
You have had your Thanksgiving dinner. Now it’s time for dessert, the final Thanksgiving parade of the 1980s. In 1989, we get a weird appearance from The Joker (no Cesar Romero and his orange wedges) plus a troupe of dancing chickens.
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Way back when, in the first year of the Podcast back in 2019, we covered the 1983 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Episode 9, and we've done the following year's edition every year since.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Way back when, in the first year of the Podcast back in 2019, we covered the 1983 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Episode 9, and we've done the following year's edition every year since.
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“They’ll believe me, Citizen!”
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
“They’ll believe me, Citizen!”
In honor of Thanksgiving, Greg and Dane go back to 1988 and look at the 2nd Annual WWF Survivor Series from the Richfield Coliseum in 1988.
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November 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
In honor of Thanksgiving, Greg and Dane go back to 1988 and look at the 2nd Annual WWF Survivor Series from the Richfield Coliseum in 1988.
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The Price Is Nice.
69 years ago today, NBC launches TPIR with Bill Cullen
69 years ago today, NBC launches TPIR with Bill Cullen
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The Price Is Nice.
69 years ago today, NBC launches TPIR with Bill Cullen
69 years ago today, NBC launches TPIR with Bill Cullen
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It’s called style, people.
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It’s called style, people.
A spiritual successor to The New Liar's Club, but with movies, songs, and factual statements, and no mention of Shoddy Laroux. The game is derivative, but the real reason we did the show is the end theme and its similarities to video games of the era.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A spiritual successor to The New Liar's Club, but with movies, songs, and factual statements, and no mention of Shoddy Laroux. The game is derivative, but the real reason we did the show is the end theme and its similarities to video games of the era.
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Don’t worry Karen, your next husband will show up right after he’s done being a cop in San Francisco.
📺 November 19, 1981: In a heart-wrenching episode-ender on CBS prime time soap "Knots Landing", Karen (Michele Lee) learns that her first husband Sid (Murray) did not survive the surgery he had after being paralyzed when his car in driven off the road. This episode earned Lee an Emmy nomination.
November 20, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Don’t worry Karen, your next husband will show up right after he’s done being a cop in San Francisco.
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📺 💰 November 19, 1999: John Carpenter, the then-31 year old IRS employee from Connecticut, became the first ever top-prize winner in the entire "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" franchise when he won $1 million on the United States version on ABC.
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
📺 💰 November 19, 1999: John Carpenter, the then-31 year old IRS employee from Connecticut, became the first ever top-prize winner in the entire "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" franchise when he won $1 million on the United States version on ABC.
It’s the latest episode of The Masked Man arc on the SCTM as Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Dave Sullivan team up against the 3 Faces of Fear in a six-man tag team main event ref’d by Mr. T in a nightgown.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
It’s the latest episode of The Masked Man arc on the SCTM as Hulk Hogan, Sting, and Dave Sullivan team up against the 3 Faces of Fear in a six-man tag team main event ref’d by Mr. T in a nightgown.
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Possible Volume 7 candidate.
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Possible Volume 7 candidate.
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LOOKOUT TOM CREAN THERE’S MOUNTAIN DEW BEHIND YOU
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
LOOKOUT TOM CREAN THERE’S MOUNTAIN DEW BEHIND YOU
We're giving you a double dose of McLean Stevenson today, on his 98th birthday. Next is a very short-lived show with McLean playing a conservative priest who clashes often with a liberally-minded nun. After 5 low-rated episodes, CBS was having nun of it.
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November 15, 2025 at 12:29 AM
We're giving you a double dose of McLean Stevenson today, on his 98th birthday. Next is a very short-lived show with McLean playing a conservative priest who clashes often with a liberally-minded nun. After 5 low-rated episodes, CBS was having nun of it.
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In honor of McLean Stevenson's 98th birthday, we re-examine one of the first shows we covered, one synonymous with NBC's troubles in the late 70s and early 80s, but also one synonymous with Stevenson's failures post-M*A*S*H.
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November 14, 2025 at 10:34 AM
In honor of McLean Stevenson's 98th birthday, we re-examine one of the first shows we covered, one synonymous with NBC's troubles in the late 70s and early 80s, but also one synonymous with Stevenson's failures post-M*A*S*H.
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We love Wings.
Wings Promo
Recorded November 12, 1992 on NBC/WKYC 3 in Cleveland, OH
Tags: Wings, promo, NBC, TV show, 1990s
Recorded November 12, 1992 on NBC/WKYC 3 in Cleveland, OH
Tags: Wings, promo, NBC, TV show, 1990s
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
We love Wings.
After you watch Bugs Bunny stay for Gary Ewing getting drunk off his ass!
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 PM
After you watch Bugs Bunny stay for Gary Ewing getting drunk off his ass!