This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, not to be confused with Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In, this version was a series of specials throughout the 1977-78 television season with little connection to the original. The positive of this version is a superstar talent got his first national exposure on this show, among other talents who had lengthy care…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, all of the songs are by boy bands. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)” by Backstreet Boys from 1997. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch al…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, all of the songs are by boy bands. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching, “I Want You Back” by *N’SYNC from 1998. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.youtub…

Cozy on up with us for this September episode. Mirandia and Bianca discuss some cozy reads to get us all in the mood for fall, and Bianca discusses an important topic of conversation for libraries. The girls each discuss a different cozy fantasy they enjoyed- spoilers ahead. And as always, here are the books mentioned in this episode: https://www.g…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, all of the songs are by boy bands. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Motownphilly” by Boyz II Men from 1991. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.yout…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, all of the songs are by boy bands. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching, “All Or Nothing” by O-Town from 2001. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.youtube.…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, all of the songs are by boy bands. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Step By Step” by New Kids On The Block from 1990. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https:…

This week on It Was a Thing on TV we close out Back to School 2024 week and then we honor a recently departed TV legend. First, it's time for the final entry of Back to School 2024. This time, we're focusing on educational shows. Everybody remembers shows like 3-2-1 Contact, The Electric Company, and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. But do you remember…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Only Happy When It Rains” by Garbage from 1995. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpBFOJ3R0M4…

On the thirty-ninth episode of Blockbuster Rewatch, Andy Atherton is joined by James Gruenberg to do a live watch of 2015’s Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens. The guys talk about Poe Dameron being a mash up of Han Solo & Indiana Jones; BB-8, the new droid on the block; Kylo Ren’s introduction; the wreckage of the Battle of Jakku; staffing ch…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle pays tribute to the recently passed Jack Russell by watching “Rock Me” by Great White from 1987. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.youtube.…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Live And Learn” by Joe Public from 1992. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbMKTZbUxzI…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle pays tribute to the recently passed Greg Kihn by watching “The Breakup Up Song (They Don’t Write ‘Em)” by The Greg Kihn Band from 1981. The YouTube link for the video is below so yo…

In episode three of Whatever It Takes, James and Jon deep dive into Degrassi: The Next Generation episode five "Parents' Day" and episode six "The Mating Game". In Parents' Day, Toby is nervous because his mom is coming to parents' day but will they be able to get along since their divorce? In The Mating Game, it's Ashley and Jimmy's 8-month annive…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin from 1988. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU…

This week on It Was a Thing on TV, we go back to school. First, it's time to go back to school for the next three installments! We start with someone who is teaching until he gets his big break in acting, hooking up with seemingly every single lady along the way. Nick Freno: Licensed Teacherbrought some realities teenagers went through (and still g…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we are going back to the 1990’s once again to feature one-hit wonders for the second time. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “I Got A Man” by Positive K from 1992. The YouTube link for the v…

On the eighth episode of Cartoons Of Our Youth, Andy Atherton welcomes back Tim Capel to talk about one of his favorite cartoons, Batman: The Animated Series. The guys talk about the gothic art deco design of Gotham City; compare different Batmobile designs; other Batman animated series; Kevin Conroy’s voice work; the nods to classic horror movies;…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we are going back to the 1990’s once again to feature one-hit wonders for the second time. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching, “Life Is A Highway” by Tom Cochrane from 1991. The YouTube link fo…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we are going back to the 1990’s once again to feature one-hit wonders for the second time. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Crush” by Jennifer Paige from 1998. The YouTube link for the vid…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we are going back to the 1990’s once again to feature one-hit wonders for the second time. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching, “Achy Breaky Heart” by Billy Ray Cyrus from 1992. The YouTube link…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. This week, we are going back to the 1990’s once again to feature one-hit wonders for the second time. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching, “Plowed” by Sponge from 1994. The YouTube link for the video is b…

This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, it's the mid-90s and two startup networks are looking for programming. A flavor of the month at the time was giving stand-up comics their own shows, see Seinfeld, Life with Louie, and Roseanne, and later The Drew Carey Show and Everybody Loves Raymond. The new network was UPN and the comic was Richard Jeni, …

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Andy Atherton is watching “Bust A Move” by Young MC from 1989. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm6Nw…

Welcome to PTBN Pop’s Video Jukebox Song of The Day! Every weekday will be featuring a live watch of a great and memorable music video. On today’s episode, Steve Riddle is watching “These Days” by Bon Jovi from 1996. The YouTube link for the video is below so you can watch along! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCUzwEst3pE…