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ABC's TGIF block wasn't all rousing successes like Full House, Family Matters, and later Boy Meets World and Step by Step.  You had absolute failures like this entry from The Jim Henson Company, a sitcom which had Dinosaurs roots but lacked Dinosaurs' charm.  Bobut was no Baby Sinclair.

In Episode 8 of The 506 Game, Greg and Mike talk MLB playoffs, Goalie Goals and the CFB/NFL announcer slate for this week. Be warned that CBS' map for this week is out there with the gerrymandering.  As a bonus for you card fans, at 57:25 Mike busts a box of Topps Allen & Ginter 2026. Can Mike pull an Anne Hathaway card in the box?

In Episode 2 of the SCTM, Greg and Dane looked at the first NWA-TNA Weekly PPV from 2002. A year and a half later, they look at the follow-up PPV from the following week. We have an amazing four-way match to crown the first-ever X-Division Champ and a whole lot of crap underneath. But we do get the one and only TNA appearance of the man, the myth, the legend, CHEEX!

In Episode 7 of The 506 Game, Mike and Greg look at the announcers from this week's MLB Wild Card series on NBC along with the CFB Announcers in Week 5, and the weirdest gerrymandered map for the NFL from FOX in the Week 4 slate. We also have Mike discuss this past week's sporting events in Cleveland, with the surprising early success for the Browns and the Guardians starting their playoff run in...

How many times have we talked about television networks trying to capitalize off of the proverbial flavor of the month?  It happened in 1982, when networks scrambled to find their Indiana Jones.  ABC went with Tales of the Gold Monkey.  CBS went with this entry, about Frank Buck, an actual animal collector who, supposedly, brought every single one of 'em back alive.

In the nicest episode of the SCTM, Greg and Dane return to 2005 WWE for Unforgiven '05 from Oklahoma City. The Invisible Man defends the WWE Title against Kurt Angle, Matt Hardy and Edge battle in a Steel Cage and can Ric Flair handle four lovely ladies in a limo in one night?

Greg and Mike in Episode 6 of The 506 Game look at this week's CFB and NFL broadcasting pairs while talking about the ending of last week's NC State/Vanderbilt game, the upcoming MLB postseason, and some new songs Greg created on Suno for two of our recurring segments!

One of our favorite series of shows over the years has been our Hometown Commercial episodes. In our final edition of this series during the regular run of the podcast we conclude with a bang by welcoming back some of our old favorites include Frankie Flight, Rhett & Link and that one YouTube account from Alaska which has some great cheap commercial gold!  Lazerland of Long Island - https://yo...

Greg and Dane take a trip down to Oklahoma on the newest SCTM as they look at the November 9th, 1984 episode of Mid-South Wrestling on the WWE Vault channel. We take a look as the Rock 'n' Roll Express introduce a new concept match to end their feud with the Midnight Express and Jim Cornette in the territory. We also see a very young HBK as a jobber, the meeting of the Two Hacksaws, and a big sale...

In the first hour-long episode of The 506 Game, Greg vents to Mike about the last week in Queens with Pete Alonso's return with Baltimore and how much he hates the ground David Stearns walks on. Following that, they discuss today's CFB announcer slate, highlighted by LSU at Ole Miss, along with the Week 2 games in the NFL on Sunday. Good luck trying to figure out CBS' map this week.

In the past, we talked about how huge disco was in the late 70s.  CHiPs combined disco with roller skating, mixed in over four dozen celebrities, and threw in three subplots to create a 2-part season three premiere episode.  It was yet another costly venture for NBC in 1979, but did it pay off in ratings points?

Greg and Dane watch this episode of Monday Nitro from the WCW YouTube Channel, and boy, does this have Russo-riffic written all over it. It's the night after Fall Brawl 2000, and we have chaos involving the #1 contender for the WCW title, Canadian Heel Hacksaw Jim Duggan, David Flair in depression because he's not the father of Stacy Keibler's baby, Disco Inferno interfering on behalf of The Filth...

It's the first full week of football both college and pro here on The 506 Game as Mike and Greg (battling Internet connection issues) look at some fun match-up's on CFB Saturday and have their first fun with the gerrymandered affiliate maps for the NFL. They also discuss the controversial ending to Michigan/Western Michigan last week, Miami's beatdown of Florida A&M and most importantly what a...

After a slight delay, we get to the earlier education part of our Back to School 2026 shows with a show loved by the critics but not seen by enough viewers.  (Sound familiar, Cheers from the same season?)  A clique of high schoolers strive for popularity and approval from peers in an era where you were one of the cool kids or you were nobody.  Do these square pegs ever fit in with the round holes?...

Recently uploaded to the WWE Vault YouTube Channel last week, Greg and Dane look at this Coliseum Video VHS tape from 1986 in "The Best of the WWF" series. We see a Hart Foundation/Killer Bees Match from MSG, Danny Spivey, Ted Arcidi and Haku (King Tonga) wanting to take part in the Big John Studd bodyslam challenge! You can watch the tape through the WWE Vault channel at this link. - https://www....

Greg and Mike go over the announcer slate for the first full week of College Football while asking themselves, why the hell did Rutgers shoot off fireworks after they lost to UMass on Thursday? They also look at some good games in the late windows while also talking about if Brian Kelly will use his fake Cajun accent on CBSSN?

1990 was the year of the failed movie-to-TV transition, between Ferris Bueller, Baby Talk, and this week's entry.  People saw the Monday night preview episode, but failed to follow it to its regular time slot, the death slot on Saturday night, a full hour before two of NBC's stalwart shows for that night.  At least girls got to see young Leonardo DiCaprio before he went on a ship and died seven ye...

In Episode 2 of The 506 Game, Mike and Greg look at the College Football announcer slate for Week 0 while also looking up information on some unknowns to us in this week's slate. Also, who doesn't want to sleep to the tones of Tim Brando calling Memphis/UNLV on FOX right before you go to bed?

In early 2007, one of the most unexpected upsets in college football history happened.  It also helped launch the rise in college league-specific networks.  There was only one problem--the fan base for a certain team could not watch the game due to a lack of carriage.  They missed an historical affair, likely one they don't want to remember.

Greg and Dane go to D.C. for SummerSlam 2005 as the Hulkster and HBK meet for the first time, brother, the last time, brother, and the only time, brother! And trust us, hilarity is gonna ensue when we hit the Main Event! But we also see Rey and Eddie battle over the custody of Young Dom in a Ladder Match, Batista and JBL in a No Holds Barred match for the Big Gold Belt, and Cena and Jericho fighti...

It's just about Back to School time.  As always, we look at something in the realm of a college or school-themed show.  We look at a somewhat early ESPN endeavor which was simply a sports take on College Bowl, recorded at a long-defunct theme park.  It's not memorable as a show, but it might be more memorable to ESPN fans for who appeared on it as a 19-year-old freshman in season one.

Greg and Dane head to Montreal for the Go Home episode of RAW before SummerSlam 2005. We see Shawn get mega heel heat back in Montreal while the Hulkster and Kurt Angle wrestle in our main event. Also on this show we get the finals of the Diva Search, Eugene’s Gold Medal challenge and Rob Conway’s amazing theme song!

Greg and Mike spin off one of their favorite pre-show bits into its own podcast series on the feed! The 506 Game, where our heroes look at all the announcer pairings on 506 Sports for the upcoming weekend. In the debut episode, Greg and Mike look at NFL Preseason Announcer pairings and some curious choices for local stations airing some of these games. They also look at the map for the MLB regiona...

Since we don’t have a new episode this week, here’s a best of from 2021 when we covered the short-lived early FOX show “The New Adventures of Beans Baxter”. This episode has everything, Jonathan Ward, Savage Steve Holland, Kurtwood Smith, G. Gordon Liddy. So enjoy and we’ll be back with a new episode for you next Friday (August 21st).

Greg and Dane are back to discuss the second half of the SummerSlam 1990 card where we see our Double Main Event as the Hulkster returns to take on Earthquake while Warrior and Rick Rude battle in a cage for the WWF title. We also see Sgt. Slaughter award the "Sgt. Slaughter Great American Award" on The Brother Love Show along with Harlem Sewer Rats!!!!