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. We also see a return match between Pretty Wonderful and Stars and Stripes for the WCW Tag Titles and a hoss fight between Dustin Rhodes and Vader! We also learn from Bobby Heenan how devastating the sleeper hold can be!

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.

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.  With more visual evidence of the show available, we take a second look at if Hello Larry was that bad, or if it was a victim of circumstance.

In this edition of the SCTM, Greg and Dane look at the in-ring debut of Kurt Angle in TNA Wrestling against the undefeated Samoa Joe at TNA Genesis 2006. There's a lot of good in-ring action and a lot of bad Russo-riffic crap on this show. We do at least get Kevin Nash wanting to win one for Bo ............... Derek.

Last year, we went over TV Guide's 50 Worst Shows of All-Time list from 2001 and thought about which shows should be removed from the list and what shows we would add from the last 20+ years since the list was released. This year, Mike, Greg, and Chico present their re-rankings of what they think are the 50 Worst Shows of All-Time based on what they kept from TV Guide's 2001 list and what shows they added from Part 1. For new listeners, you can listen to Part 1 of this special from last year at this link. - https://www.itwasathingontv.com/e/it-was-a-thing-on-tv-presents-tv-guides-50-worst-shows-of-all-time-list-part-1/

Over the years, overweight people were ridiculed on television and in the movies as slow, messy, dumb, lazy, and were often the butt of jokes.  One show avoided those stereotypes, showing a trio of overweight sisters trying to improve themselves health-wise and career-wise, and being empathetic souls looking out for their fellow men.  Credit Babes for attempting to dispel the outdated stereotypes, though the series only lasted a single season.

The newest edition of the SCTM sees a big reveal in the Masked Man storyline as Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair's careers are on the line in a Steel Cage for the WCW title. Greg and Dane discuss Terry Funk being awesome, Big Boss Man Behaving Badly five years early, and Dave Sullivan's new theme song, among others. Don't *BUTCHER* listening to this episode!

As happens in the TV business, having a successful TV movie equates to a run as a series.  This is no different, holding its own versus some huge 1985 competition.  The later series?  Not so much, against that same competition.  Robert Blake starred as a tough but fair priest in a tough and not-so-fair portion of Los Angeles, trying to make Hell Town not so hellish.

It's October of 1993 in the newest episode of The Squared Circle Time Machine as Greg and Dane look at an episode of Monday Night RAW where Randy Savage and Crush meet head-on to try and settle their issues. Meanwhile, the good folks at the WWF are making us call a 1-900 line to ask us if Shawn Michaels should be reinstated. Plus, we got a rare Joe Fowler in the WWF sighting on the Podcast! How about that?

We have returned with another batch of those wacky commercials from all parts of the U.S.  Ladies (and guys), let's have a Hometown Commercial party.Here is a list of links to the ads featured in this installment: We Are the Spitzer Shuffling Crew:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vxx-v2S7YRA Another Spitzer ad, with bad CGI:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP9yVuD38Ac Little John’s Derby Jewelry - Super Gold Man Returns - https://youtu.be/HXYmeeijUJM?si=h-upU0j-rlNRTGAO Neil’s Finance Plaza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmQVxl5hP4 Lawson Boxing - February 2006 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npF-vbm8Rzc Smoking Santa (Toledo) - https://youtu.be/gz-3cL0V5-o?si=_mKteB3x65xCpgqY Pizza Pan Jeopardy: - https://youtu.be/sEIZp7D9Ks8?si=2SrVxnjc3a3hV3pn Gordo’s Chimichangas - https://youtu.be/OF77D8a3nmI KWBB Texas: WB Family Night at Lamar University - https://youtu.be/YvTd-1Yt9z4 Mr. Belvedere Commercial with Robot (Detroit) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9hDmJuARok South Bay Toyota - Wack it! - https://youtu.be/qVWBOXM61Tw?si=Cqn8WZp1uNYCEfoU JTM Beef Taco Filling Commercial with Cris Collinsworth - https://youtu.be/x9H-ESBm6Vc?si=8O2eHKW4646oZfMA Fretter Appliance 11 Hour Sale (1983) - https://youtu.be/QPeNrTZWrPA Denvil Crowe - Pay Me Now - https://youtu.be/lANJc_QIXU0?si=gxOVDkTmNiWZBSPS  Save A Lot (Frankie Flight) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1t3_Exjyoc Carvel (Cookie O’Puss) - https://youtu.be/f7wj9UmcjYk Burger Ranch - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVgrRjt82gw Crazy Bruce’s Liquors - https://youtu.be/SNkK-aQEtMI?si=00YHPmXwoTdukibX  Jim “The Hammer” Shapiro (Rochester, NY) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zToHQ8oQvgA Dodd’s Serta Trek - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cip0TY91sjI Mayflower Buffet - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQlfxI8r9jM Red House Furniture - Black and White People (Rhett & Link) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOyMSEWNTs Grand Finale - Mr. Submarine Commercial with Scottie Pippen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40YkCQcMCpQ

With TNA Bound for Glory 2025 happening tonight, as of the posting of this episode, we look back on the 15th Anniversary this week of a date that only comes once a Century! 10.10.10! Greg and Dane look at TNA Bound for Glory 2010! Greg and Dane look at various things on this show, including a Lethal Lockdown match between EV 2.0 and Fortune, Mickie James' TNA debut, RVD and Abyss in a Monsters Ball match, and the three-way match for the vacant TNA World Title between Kurt Angle, Jeff Hardy, and Mr. Anderson. THEY want you to listen to this episode!

Our SNL 50th birthday celebration wraps up with a contender to the throne which was a direct rip-off of SNL; the head of ABC admitted as much!  Fridays had its moments, but it sorely missed making recurring characters who would be remembered nowadays.  It also had thrilling guest hosts like Henny Youngman!  Grab a bite to eat, as this is one of our longest shows to date.

In Fall 1975, two different shows named Saturday Night Live premiered--the one we know, albeit without the Live moniker, and this show, a variety/talk show hosted by arguably ABC's biggest personality (and definitely ABC's biggest mouth) at the time.  Despite its deserving role as one of the worst shows in television history, very little footage of this series exists...which may be a good thing.

The Masked Man arc continues on the SCTM as Greg and Dane go to Center Stage in Atlanta for a special live episode of the WCW Main Event as Hulk Hogan and Dave Sullivan team up against Ric Flair and a mystery partner. We also react to Ric Flair putting his career on the line against Hogan's at the upcoming Halloween Havoc PPV, along with discussion regarding the Honky Tonk Man, the Sega 32X, and a young Road Dogg as a jobber for Double A.

The 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live's premiere is happening tomorrow night, October 4.  We decided to look at another disasterous SNL season, having covered Season 6 (episode 97) and Season 11 (episode 265) previously.  SNL was at a time of weakness, having lost key contributors in the previous year.  The show lost even more contributors in S20.  To add insult to injury, there would be a new kid on the block on another network.

The Squared Circle Time Machine gets ready for war as Dusty and Dustin Rhodes team up with The Nasty Boys to do battle with Col. Parker and his Stud Stable in the War Games Match at Fall Brawl 1994. We also continue the arc with The Masked Man from Episode 18 and see if he enters into the picture as Hulk Hogan tries his best to get Ric Flair back into the ring for a rematch at Halloween Havoc, brother!

Last year, Greg put this show up in the annual Viewer's Choice vote.  It did not win.  As always, we cover the shows that didn't win the vote in the following year.  After seeing this, Greg regretted ever picking this.  We all make mistakes, just like ABC did in 2012 after picking up this show which was like Bosom Buddies, but that's where the comparisons end.  The complete series aired, but not domestically, for some reason.  Suffer along with us, won't you?

In episode 34, we first talked about the Jason Bateman classic sitcom, It's Your Move, with very little video of the show at that time.  Fast forward five and a half years where some intrepid individual(s) uploaded all the episodes.  We felt it was time to give this show a proper revisiting.

CBS had a slew of hits in the early 70s, including a wartime comedy called M*A*S*H.  CBS went to the wartime well again in 1973 with this comedy about a battalion of primarily African-American soldiers in France during World War II.  As bad as the ratings were, that may not have been what got the show cancelled so quickly.  It's not good when your lead and a supporting cast member were arrested during the show's brief run.

The title of this series unintentionally goes deeper than the premise of the show.  It's not easy to keep the kids together after a divorce.  It wasn't necessarily easy to replace two actors who starred in this show's pilot, one of whom passed away to tragic circumstances.  It also wasn't easy for this show going up against two relatively new shows on TV, two favorites from the 1980s.  Certainly, it wasn't easy for one of the show's stars to balance this show with another gig he had at the time.