It Happened One Year

A military base is not the most welcoming of places for the masses, typically, but all the curious populace nonetheless arrives with one thing on their minds - who or what is out in that harbor? All questions are answered and secrets revealed as the events of Shag Harbour and Shelburne come to a close... It Happened One Year presents a fully scripted, full-cast audio dramatization of the UFO sight...

As the anxiety continues to ratchet up in Shag Harbour, various nefarious schemes enter the mix, with people aiming to capitalize on the newfound notoriety of the area or leverage their positions of power for personal gain. Meanwhile, rumors breakout of new sightings, and the quest for cosmic truth nears its conclusion... It Happened One Year presents a fully scripted, full-cast audio dramatizatio...

As the media descends on the tiny fishing village of Shag Harbour, as well as a number of other eyewitnesses to the big event of two days prior, the mayor and the police attempt to allay fears, positing a story explaining the mysterious crash that may or may not involve tourists from the cosmos... It Happened One Year presents a fully scripted, full-cast audio dramatization of the UFO sighting on...

All of southwestern Nova Scotia has their eyes on the skies, with some of the more adventurous citizens trying to follow the path of the mystery craft as it traverses the length of the island, bound for destiny and legend in the waters of Shag Harbour... It Happened One Year presents a fully scripted, full-cast audio dramatization of the UFO sighting on October 4th, 1967 - What is this unidentifie...

On October 4th, 1967, a mysterious aircraft was spotted by dozens of pilots, law enforcement officials, and civilians in the skies over Nova Scotia. Of the various, wacky descriptions pouring into radio stations and on emergency channels, the one that stood out with vibrant tones of fear and disbelief was as a Fireball... It Happened One Year presents a fully scripted, full-cast audio dramatizatio...

What, November 3rd again? That's right, IHOY-heads! A surprise return to that landmark date in television spanning the decades of It Happened One Year! After an intro by friend of the show and The Visitors to Nova Scotia cast member Danielle Harris, Sarah & Joe take a generous look at three more shows from that fateful Friday - NBC's Accidental Family (airing directly after Star Trek), ABC's weste...

When the universe provides a topic, It Happened One Year listens! After an intro by friend of the show and Visitors From Nova Scotia cast member Alex Ferrer, Sarah & Joe cover how they came to discuss the short-lived Broadway musical How Now Dow Jones at all, and the critical, commercial, and awards success it had (or didn't have) in 1967. The careers of those involved - Tony Roberts, Brenda Vacca...

Welcome to Business Corner, It Happened One Year style! A rarely used room in the complex, but still a vital, vibrant sector of 1967! After an introduction by Angie Buonincontro - appearing in The Visitors to Nova Scotia (stick around after the credits for fifteen new seconds of audio from the upcoming event!) and no little discussion of this season's Chicago Bears disaster and the household bets...

The second in a two part look at the Windy City showcases all the ribbon cutting and unveiling and local club gigging taking place in the big town in 1967! After an introduction from beloved friend of the show and ReconCinemation co-host David Munchak, Sarah & Joe stroll up Michigan Ave and over to City Hall and west on Madison and east on Ontario to discuss the reopening of the Auditorium Theatre...

Between Mayor Daley's election to a fourth term, the Cubs hanging up a 22nd straight season losing out on the pennant, and Green Bay winning the first Super Bowl, 1967 was already kind of a mess in Chicago - but factor in unexpected chaos and mayhem and you have a disaster for the ages along the lakefront! After an intro by friend of the show Jim Warner, proud Chicago residents Sarah & Joe (transp...

1967 saw the departure of two individuals who played key roles in events that shaped the century and America and the world forever after - atomic bomb designer J. Robert Oppenheimer and the man that killed the man that "killed" the president, Jack Ruby! After an introduction by great friend of the show, The Batman himself (appearing in the upcoming The Visitors to Nova Scotia - trailer out now!),...

On October 4th, 1967, something extraordinary took place the waters off the southern tip of Nova Scotia, and It Happened One Year is there! Coming soon, a full-cast, multi-part audio dramatization of the famed UFO sighting in Shag Harbour, plus a subsequent alien mania that threatens to rip apart the entire island! The whole sordid quest for truth, fame, money, and illicit drugs will unfold soon -...

Another fabled It Happened One Year road episode, this time quite literally! Recorded on I-80 East through the wintry barrenness of Ohio, Sarah & Joe take finding-time-to-record-an-episode to a new extreme, multitasking at the risk of life and limb! Not really - traffic was slow - but the Christmas jams of 1967 were hot, with the releases of Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album and Stevie Wonder's...

Sarah & Joe boldly go where they've planned to go before, but never quite got around to it, with It Happened One Year's look at the original Star Trek series, specifically the season two episode "I, Mudd," airing November 3rd, 1967! After an intro by friend of the show Lana Cooper, the hosts touch on what was skipped by season one's 1994 omission of Generations and The Next Generation finale, thei...

The recap of television on November 3rd, 1967 continues, with the lead program on CBS - the two-fisted steampunk western comic adventure The Wild Wild West! After an intro by friend of the podcast Kristen Gaydos, Sarah & Joe break down the show's relatively brief, memorable run in the late '60s, from the controversy over its violence to the miraculous fabric that seemingly doesn't tear during the...

It may have no connection to NBC's Blackout Thursday promotion of 1994, but It Happened One Year is not about to let November 3rd go - and so, get ready for a three-part look at television on this random Friday in 1967! Kicking it off, on CBS at 8:30/7:30 CST, the #3 show of the season - Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.! With an intro by legendary friend of the podcast Dave Gardon, Sarah & Joe look at the prog...

Surprise episode! Recorded last night in the midst of a very surprising Election Day here in America, Joe - and moreover Sarah - goes through the emotions of a rollercoaster ride for the Democrats and Republicans in what broadly could have been the final day for democracy as we know it. And all that takes place against the backdrop of a somewhat unsuccessful discussion of Disney's 1967 classic The...

OOOooooooOOOOOOooooooOOOO! Welcome, guys and ghouls, to It Happened One Year's terrifying fright-fest look at California's spookiest governor, former film star and future president, a movie monster like no other - Ronald Reagan! Recorded on location in lovely Palm Springs, CA, Sarah & Joe look at the events leading to Reagan's 1967 inauguration as Sacramento's top man, including the highlights of...

Five and a half decades ago today, the famed Patterson/Gimlin Bigfoot video was captured in northern California, and It Happened One Year is there! Sarah & Joe break down all the key figures in this hoax-leaning adventure, with commentary cribbed from Hollywood make-up artists and effects specialists, theories highly probable and completely unlikely, and a shoutout to the block-of-ice Sasquatch th...

Just in time for the playoffs! The underdog of underdog teams grabs the It Happened One Year spotlight this week, as the 1967 Boston Red Sox come out of nowhere to make their first World Series in 21 years, garnering the "Impossible Dream" nickname and potentially saving the franchise! Sarah & Joe get deep into Red Sox Nation and that '67 run - how Joe became a Red Sox fan, how the franchise and t...

Yes, that is actually what's going on in this episode! What starts out as a fun road episode - recording at the McHenry Outdoor Theatre Drive-In in McHenry, Illinois - devolves into something else entirely, as Austin Powers & Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me don't exactly prove to be a firm, foundational topic for this '67 podcast. Witness as Sarah & Joe struggle with wholly expected car batt...

Can you open a car wash by the Sea of Tranquility? Can you aim rockets at your neighbors' house from the exosphere? Can you open your own personal restaurant at the end of the universe? Well it's all laid out in 1967's Outer Space Treaty, and It Happened One Year is breaking it down for you! Listen as Sarah & Joe debate their future space travel plans! Watch Pres. 45's attempts to subvert the trea...

With so much music to cover from that fateful year of 1967, Sarah & Joe decided to start big with the debut album from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, going deep on the formation of the band, their brief, legendary run, and primarily the lasting impact of Are You Experienced? Witness the formative Hendrix exposure, by way of White Men Can't Jump and Wayne's World! Listen for the unexpected comparison...

As another season of gridiron greatness starts, It Happened One Year is taking it all the way back to the beginning of the Super Bowl era! Sarah & Joe breakdown the circumstances behind the initial AFL-NFL Championship Game in January of 1967, the surprising popularity of the junior league orchestrating the merger, and the wild differences in game play from fifty-five years ago to today. Along the...

Finding two or three famous and semi-famous people born on the exact same day isn't super difficult, if you do a little digging. But turning up fully eleven celebrities from the worlds of movies, music, sports, television, and modeling is basically unheard of - but that's where the 1967 research led us! February 20th is discussed for its position on the calendar, speculation of what was happening...