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In the last year, one of the most sought after pieces of lost media was discovered.  FOX passed on a US version of Sailor Moon in 1994, and all that existed was a brief video from 1995.

Pilot Month 2023 starts now!  Over the next month or so, we will cover 11 pilots.  The first pilot is an American adaptation of a popular British game show.  Alison Sweeney and a judge from 25 Words or Less take their shot at Pointless.

What was supposed to be a live show involving The Incredible Hulk turns into an impromptu live episode of It Was a Thing on TV Presents. Watch as Greg and Chico view WWF Invasion '92 on Peacock as they discuss some things as Virgil fights the Million Dollar Man for all the breadsticks. They include Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3's upcoming release, Wrexham AFC's promotion to EFL League Two and t...

In the early 1980s, one of the most popular pieces of electronics was the home computer.  (Spoiler:  It's still popular to this day!)  In the era of the movies Tron and WarGames came the show Whiz Kids, which may have hit a little too close to home for adults.

In the past, we have paid respects to Hulk Hogan commercials, Ric Flair commercials, and our annual favorite of hometown commercials.  We add another legend to the commercial family with Shaq commercials.  Grab your Reeboks and a Pepsi, and prepare for almost 30 years of ads featuring Shaq Diesel.   Shaq Reebok Commercial (1993) - https://youtu.be/taKQHlEAeNE Shaq Attack Toy Commercial - https://y...

Spin off your network's most popular show?  Makes sense.  Spin off your network's most popular show with characters who have made only a few appearances, and they weren't memorable?  It's a disaster waiting to happen.  Top of the Heap was the bottom of the barrel material.

The 30th-anniversary special for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers titled "Once & Always" just dropped on Netflix. Our resident Power Rangers fan here at the podcast Chico Alexander sat down to watch the special and is dropping this instant reaction regarding his thoughts.

There’s an old saying in Hollywood: “Write what you know.” Two Hollywood writers did that & after that didn’t work, they turned it into a family sitcom. That didn’t work either. See what happens when four actors spend 19 weeks… “Going Places”.

This Saturday marks 76 years since Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.  We mark the occasion by watching an afterschool special from 1978 about the bond a young boy makes with an older man over their shared love of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Jackie Robinson.

We've talked about this for over 3 years.  Now we're finally talking about the extremely short-lived summer series about a detective and three of his ex-wives solving cases.  I Had Three Wives ran for a month before it and CBS went their separate ways.

This epic cinematic masterpiece from Dick Van Dyke's grandson comes from the same people who brought you those straight-to-video mockbusters! Titanic II! Originally released by The Asylum back in 2010, Titanic II is set in the far-off future of 2012! A wealthy billionaire builds his own version of the Titanic (with blackjack and hookers!) but little do they know that history is about to repeat its...

This weekend Universal Pictures, Illumination and Nintendo released the long anticipated Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters. Chico finally got a chance to see it and gives his thoughts about it. Was it faithful to the game series? Let's a go listen!

In 1984, the San Francisco Giants needed something to get fans' attention away from their poor play on the field. Enter the first ever anti-mascot a crustacean mascot which drew heat from not only the fans, but the Giants and the opposing teams as well. It's all immortalized in one of the best baseball commercials ever. Love that Crazy Crab!

This Sunday is Easter and we're not talking about cutesy-wootsy bunnies this year?!  We're talking about someone who can revive the dead.  Pushing Daisies was a critical darling but it couldn't come back from a fate worse than the death of a scripted show in 2008.

Star Trek: Voyager was a success for UPN.  So was Moesha.  The powers that be thought, "Why not combine the two?  It'll be a hit!"  Spoiler:  It wasn't.  It did give us The Space Hoopty, for what it's worth.

Greg comes on for an instant reaction after a wild Saturday night with the Final Four and Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 as he talks about San Diego State's wild comeback and Rey Mysterio slapping hands with Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

The start of a new baseball season has arrived and we celebrate by looking back at the TV version of a movie from 3 years prior, about a rag-tag group of underdogs.  The toughest competition for The Bad News Bears didn't come from opponents on the field, but from its competition on other networks.

In honor of the upcoming release of The Super Mario Bros. Movie in theaters next week, we present this episode dedicated to commercials to our favorite 8-bit and 16-bit systems.   NES Commercials NES “Will You Be the One” with Rob and the Zapper (1985) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-CwI14vaL0 NES “You Are About to Come Face to Face” (1986) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gP1XYki8Ew NES “Wi...

Back in the day, you know you made it, in a pop culture sense, if your product had a Saturday morning cartoon.  In 1985, pro wrestling reached that pinnacle with Hulkamania running wild, wrestling scattered throughout the TV landscape, and the cartoon Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling.

In honor of MLB Opening Day coming up, we present this special live show recorded on Stream Lounge as Mike, Greg and Chico watch Tim Conway as that loveable Dorf try to show us how to play baseball and root, root, root for the home team! Dorf on the Diamond - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKyCLX5eb10

With the XFL having returned last month for it's third version, we felt it was right to release a special extended edition of our XFL episode released around the launch of the 2020 XFL. This time we've added a few additional segments on the 2001 version but we've also recorded an hour of new footage regarding the 2020 XFL. Grab a cup to add onto the beer snake cause THIS IS THE XFL!   Timestamps 0...

Because of last night's episode of Jeopardy!, we have a new type of show.  Mike felt the need to talk about last night's episode of Jeopardy! and what could be called an historic moment.

Lost in Translation Week 2023 continues with a small show whose promotion was equally small and, not surprisingly, whose audiences and ratings were just as small.  Small Fortune didn't last long in the UK, yet it was still imported to the States where its run was equally short.

The concept of home videos shows originated in Japan in the late 1980s and branched out all around the world.  In 1992 in Australia, a show aired which used footage deemed too racy or of questionable taste, titled Australia's Naughtiest Home Videos.  It didn't make it through one airing.  Fast forward to 2019, where a similar version was tried in America, titled Videos After Dark.  At least that r...

A few months ago, Greg & Chico covered the beginning of an era with "The Kissing Booth". The era continues as Elle & co. juggle senior year, long-distance relationships, college applications, and something that is similar to but legally distinct from Dance Dance Revolution. Pucker up as we talk about "The Kissing Booth 2."