This week 40 years ago saw the temporary ends of three game shows, each of which would return to TV by 1987. That week also saw the birth of a legend, though he made his mark in late night. We look at the three NBC game show finales of June 20, 1980 and their replacement, The David Letterman Show in this timely installment of the podcast.
Episode 470--The Virtual Ed Sullivan Show
Episode 469--The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin
Episode 468--Best of the West
The Best of It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 87–College Comedies of 1979
Episode 467–Rags to Riches
The Best of It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 21–The $1.98 Beauty Show
Episode 466–Guess What
It Was a Thing on TV Presents: Before the Show V
Live Show 49–Titanic: The Legend Goes On
Episode 465--The Baseball Bunch
The Best of It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 138–The Powers of Matthew Star
The ”It Was a Thing on TV” Hall of Fame Class of 2024
Episode 464--How Ken Jennings Almost Didn't Happen
The Best of It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 50–Tag Team
Live Show 48–The UFL (2024) Premiere Week
Episode 463--(Filmation's) Ghostbusters
The Best of It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 216–The Ghost Busters (1975)
Episode 462--Life on Mars (US)
It Was a Thing on TV Presents (03.20.24)
The Best of It Was a Thing on TV: Episode 235–Mr. Bogus
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