It Happened One Year

2000 Episode 12 - The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the WNBA

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:54:00 -0500

Finally, professional women's basketball corner on It Happened One Year! Only hinted at before, the listeners are finally exposed to the full mania Sarah & Joe experience in recent years, by way of the hometown Chicago Sky and their super dramatic off-season. This is all a conduit to head back and take a look at the fourth season in the league's history in 2000, with such defunct teams as the Houston Comets, the Utah Starzz, and the Charlotte Sting, and the stars of yesteryear like Sheryl Swoops and Tina Thompson! We all learn some deep-buried lore around the WNBA, why it took so long to reach the current pinnacle of its popularity, what became of the numerous early franchises that disappeared, who the upcoming expansion teams will be, and some basic speculation about what kind of season the Sky should have here in the South Loop.

2000 Episode 11 - Film Animation from the Year 2000!

Tue, 31 Mar 2026 04:37:00 -0500

Put down those crayons and close MS Paint - It Happened One Year is delving into the wildly inconsistent world of film animation in the Year 2000, and you are there! Listen as Sarah & Joe discuss films that range in quality from near cinematic perfection to virtually unwatchable in this barreling episode! The discussion largely centers on five (count 'em, five!) major theater releases - Dreamworks' The Road to El Dorado, Disney's Dinosaur and The Emperor's New Groove, Aardman's Chicken Run, and the Don Bluth space epic Titan A.E. Along the way, many curious production facts are explored, including the similarities between the South American pictures, the not-so-welcome influence of computer effects on these largely hand-drawn films, and the fact that you could still get two Whoppers for only $2 in 2000. Surprises abound!

2000 Episode 10 - November 3rd Again! FOX's FreakyLinks and E!'s Talk Soup

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 04:10:00 -0500

Back to the longtime favorite running series inside the show - It Happened One Year's exploration of television programming specifically on November 3rd of a given year! This time around, Sarah & Joe dig into what the hell was going on that Friday night over at the FOX Network and cable's E! Entertainment Television. Not the most robust of original programming nights saw FOX roll out the short-lived, X-Files-esque FreakyLinks starring Ethan Embry and Dennis Christopher, while E! dropped another entry in their beloved look at chat and reality shows, Talk Soup. Along the way, the hosts get into a lot of random TV areas, including Cheaters, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, A.J. Benza, Greg Kinnear, The Nine, The Chicago Code, and more!

2000 Episode 9 - Dan Brown's Angels & Demons

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 04:06:00 -0600

Book corner is back on It Happened One Year! The best selling adult book from the year 2000 (discounting that fourth Harry Potter) has proved to be Angels & Demons, the precursor to the cultural phenomenon that was The Da Vinci Code in the early years of the century. But...why? How did these novels catch on? And just how popular were they really? And you're telling me Dan Brown has kept writing books, but fewer and fewer people seem aware they exist? Sarah and Joe attempt to dig into 21st century popular literature and the confounding tastes of modern readers, while also taking time to discuss the movie series, the TV adaptations, an odd amount of Harry Potter, and the first American Pope!

2000 Episode 8 - Inventions, Innovations, and Glorious Human Achievement Corner!

Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:38:00 -0600

The Year 2000 tried to beat us over our collective noggin with dazzling creations and technological wonderment, and It Happened One Year is there to get wrist deep in the discoveries and doohickeys! Sarah & Joe take a crack at understanding and discussing the Human Genome Project, put that on hold to answer call waiting about the Nokia 3310, pull sunken submarines off the Atlantic floor, discuss the greatest yeast-based children's channel program of the century, get hypnotized by the longest playing song in the world, and then tackle their still-operational Playstation 2 - a segment brought to you with extra crackle! You're welcome!

2000 Episode 7 - The Grinch vs. Ebony Scrooge!

Sat, 20 Dec 2025 04:15:00 -0600

It's Christmastime pretty baby once again, and It Happened One Year is all over it like tinsel on the holiday goose! The highest grossing domestic film of the year was Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, so naturally Sarah & Joe needed to weigh in on this semi-classic of the millennium year, with details on all the Jim Carrey antics and development of a live-action Seuss picture and the return of show favorite Taylor Momsen! And mere weeks later, over on VH1, the timely Dickens adaptation A Diva's Christmas Carol starring Vanessa Williams as Ebony Scrooge and Chilli from TLC as...Marley hit the airwaves. Our punch bowl runneth over!

2000 Episode 6 - Cats - Now and Forever?

Tue, 09 Dec 2025 04:55:00 -0600

It's time once again for It Happened One Year to swerve into Broadway Corner, and this time they turn up a big fat hairball! That's right, Sarah & Joe are tackling Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, which wrapped up its original, record-breaking New York run on September 10th, 2000, after 7,485 performances! Listen as the hosts share their fondest memories of the show (which is largely limited to the ubiquitous television commercial of their childhoods) to their darkest recollections (which is the 2019 movie adaptation). Along the way they chat about Broadway and West End records, previous predictions and speculations made on this show, other 2000 stage offerings, landmark flops, and more!

2000 Episode 5 - Love & Milestones

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 04:18:00 -0600

It's that time again, folks! No, not just Thanksgiving - it's It Happened One Year's annual trip to the Love Corner, and romance abounds! Highlighted by the dazzling union of gorgeous Hollywood types Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston, the year 2000 was no slouch in the famous marriages department. Listen as Sarah & Joe breakdown the various millennial weddings, dig into the forgotten pairings of celebs throughout recent history, discuss the longest (and shortest) marriages, take a brief sojourn through a tawdry Eskimo Brother tree, and ultimately examine way more of Gary Oldman's love life than anyone could've anticipated!

2000 Episode 4 - Should You Choose to Accept It - Mission: Impossible II

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 04:13:00 -0600

"This is not Mission: Difficult, Mr. Hunt, it's Mission: Impossible." Tom Cruise returned as super spy Ethan Hunt in the top worldwide grossing film of 2000, and Sarah & Joe are taking it to task! Listen as they breakdown the stark differences between the first two films in the long running series, the carousel of directors that were employed under the M:I banner, how the Lord of the Rings and X-Men franchises were affected by this movie's extensive reshoots and Eyes Wide Shut's epic shooting schedule, and dig deep into the person most victimized by M:I 2 - Dougray Scott.

2000 Episode 3 - Live From New York, It's the Actual 50th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live!

Fri, 10 Oct 2025 04:45:00 -0500

"I would like to feed your fingertips to the wolverines." By way of the 25th/26th seasons, Sarah & Joe go into all things Saturday Night Live, NBC's variety show staple of the last half century! They discuss the pivotal transition the show went through during 2000, as what you'd recognize as modern SNL was truly formed from the remnants of the last '90s season. Then the wide ranging breakdown gets into everything from personal favorite sketches, forgotten featured players, the Rotten Tomatoes survey of best moments, least favorite performers and characters, awards, ratings, controversies, and more!

2000 Episode 2 - Super Bowl XXXIV, The Music City Miracle, and More Millennial NFL!

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:28:00 -0500

What better way to cover the grand game of the gridiron in the year 2000 than with guest host and longtime friend of the show/excellent Babe Ruth impersonator - David Munchak! Sarah & Joe chop up the amazing run of the Tennessee Titans in the playoffs of January 2000 with man-on-the-scene Munchak, and go on to cover the calendar year in full - from the draft to the fall season to the show's standard, ominous predictions for the football in the current year! Get over to DraftKings and place your bets!

2000 Episode 1 - The Dawn of the Millennium!

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:37:00 -0500

We're doing it again! The fourth season of It Happened One Year kicks off the only way a season about the year 2000 could - a little Y2K madness! Listen as Sarah & Joe get deep into the panic and the preparation behind the computer bug that nearly tore the world apart, with all the media hysteria that led up to that fateful New Year's Eve, all the millennium celebrations, all the marketing tie-ins, and the various tidbits connected to the biggest year end party any of us will ever know!

Coming Soon! It Happened One Year's Fourth Big Season!

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:38:00 -0500

We took a break, stretched our legs, and now it's time to do it again! The famed and forgotten await their turns on the big show! Starting later this month!

1984 Episode 42 - Season Three Trivia Finale!

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 04:25:00 -0500

After twenty months, It Happened One Year is finally ringing down the curtain on 1984! Sarah & Joe are revisiting their season one roots by wrapping up the year with a rousing trivia contest, this time backed by the board game of 1984 product - Jeopardy! Listen as the hosts hack their way through decades-old questions and recount memories of this lengthy podcast season.

1984 Episode 41 - The '84 In Memoriam Segment Cue Somber Applause

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 04:34:00 -0500

It's that time again, folks - It Happened One Year has (nearly) reached the end of another season, and so it's time to again honor those lost in the subject year. Listen as Sarah & Joe discuss a wide range of celebrities who said goodbye some forty-one years ago now, including Richard Burton, Peter Lawford, Ethel Merman, Indira Gandhi, Truman Capote, Francois Truffaut, Jackie Wilson, Count Basie, James Mason, and many more!

Three Minutes to Midnight - Part Two

Fri, 21 Mar 2025 04:22:00 -0500

And now, the conclusion! The police are after the culprits, the press has caught the oddball details, and the conflict is coming to a head!

Written & Directed by Joe Cetta

Cast

Michelle Auffrey/additional - Sarah Rusakiiwicz

Freddie Auffrey - Dane Bower

Karl Daigle - Brent Hutchins

Karen Daigle - Lana Cooper

Patrolman Anne Dandy - Kristin Mann

Sgt. Furrier - Bear Savo

Judge Membrino/additional - Joe Cetta

Vito Vitale/Bailiff/Jack/additional - David Munchak

Rocky Cannavino - Bill Randall

Radio Margaret - Jo-Elle Munchak

Officer Rodriguez - Krispy

Attorney Henshaw - Matthew Hinton

Michelle P. - Jennifer Nack

Michelle R./Atomic Scientists/additional - Angie Buonincontro

Courtroom Assistant Marsha - Dina Udomsak

Stenographer Alice - Shannon Hosey

Reporter Hildy - Matt Moran

Reporter Gail - Graceann Dorse

Reporter Howard/additional - The Batman

David Wittman/additional - Adam Carpenter

Irving R. Levine/additional - Dave Gardon

Additional voices - Danielle Harris, Michael Buonincontro, Jerron

Dead Milkmen - Bill Honchell

Dead Kennedys - Kate Langan

Heaven 17 - Reid Mosley

Three Minutes to Midnight - Part One

Fri, 14 Mar 2025 04:40:00 -0500

Should the government allow as Christian a symbol as a nativity on town property? Some crusading figures in Fitchburg, Massachusetts sure didn't think so. And the events that followed grew into a local scandal and international punchline in 1984, with the nativity in Monument Park the new epicenter for this ideological battle! Vandalism, kidnapping, chicken throwing, and social commentary abound, and now, It Happened One Year brings you the whole approximate tale with its sixth fully-scripted production!

Written & Directed by Joe Cetta

Cast

Michelle Auffrey/additional - Sarah Rusakiiwicz

Freddie Auffrey - Dane Bower

Karl Daigle - Brent Hutchins

Karen Daigle - Lana Cooper

Patrolman Anne Dandy - Kristin Mann

Sgt. Furrier - Bear Savo

Judge Membrino/additional - Joe Cetta

Vito Vitale/Bailiff/Jack/additional - David Munchak

Rocky Cannavino - Bill Randall

Radio Margaret - Jo-Elle Munchak

Officer Rodriguez - Krispy

Attorney Henshaw - Matthew Hinton

Michelle P. - Jennifer Nack

Michelle R./Atomic Scientists/additional - Angie Buonincontro

Courtroom Assistant Marsha - Dina Udomsak

Stenographer Alice - Shannon Hosey

Reporter Hildy - Matt Moran

Reporter Gail - Graceann Dorse

Reporter Howard/additional - The Batman

David Wittman/additional - Adam Carpenter

Irving R. Levine/additional - Dave Gardon

Additional voices - Danielle Harris, Michael Buonincontro, Jerron

Dead Milkmen - Bill Honchell

Dead Kennedys - Kate Langan

Heaven 17 - Reid Mosley

And tune back in next week for the conclusion!

1984 Episode 38 - Wiseguys, Cannoli, and Manhattan Murders

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 04:11:00 -0600

A relic from the days of yore! It Happened One Year finally rolls out its episode about the New York mafia of the 1980s, recorded so long ago we still thought there was a chance Donald Trump might go to prison! Ah, those innocent days! Sarah & Joe - at the tail end of Memorial Day weekend, 2024 - tackle a variety of mob related antics from 1984 and the surrounding days, including Rudy Giuliani's RICO takedown of organized crime (a story which was very fresh in the news again nine months ago), Big Paul Castellano's murder, the rise of John Gotti, Joe Columbo's Italian American Civil Rights League, Joe Profaci's descendants, the extensive crimes of Roy DeMeo, The Godfather's Albert Ruddy, The Sopranos in pop culture, Russell Bufalino, mob tours in Chicago, and much more!

Coming Soon! Three Minutes to Midnight

Tue, 25 Feb 2025 04:18:00 -0600

"We have Jesus. We will hang him unless the police leave five cases of Budweiser here January 1st." This was the anonymous ransom demand left at the scene of the nativity heist that made international news out of Fitchburg, Massachusetts in December of 1984. But the identity of the culprits and their true motives were a mystery to law enforcement and the rosary-clutching public. Was the objection on religious grounds? Was it someone with a vendetta against the Fitchburg police? Or was it all a light-hearted prank that got out of hand? The fourth and final scripted episode from It Happened One Year for 1984, Three Minutes to Midnight imagines the daring crimes and colorful figures involved in this semi-forgotten incident, brought to life by dozens of members from the Mighty IHOY Players! Tune back in March 14th & 21st for the epic, two-part tale!

1984 Episode 37 - Roger Moore's Mid-Bond Thriller, The Naked Face!

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:15:00 -0600

For the first and only time this season, It Happened One Year is doing a fabled Road Episode - this time the show's first from outside the country! Recorded Christmastime in the Notting Hill area of London, England, Sarah & Joe tackle the coincidentally Chicago-set Sidney Sheldon thriller 1984 adaptation The Naked Face, starring Roger Moore, Rod Steiger, Elliott Gould, Art Carney, Anne Archer, and Navy Pier, baby! Come for the breakdown of the melodramatics - touching quickly on Roger Moore's career and life, with appearances by Scaramanga himself Christopher Lee, Harry & Sally, the local Tesco - and wrap up with some truly mediocre impressions. Look, it was a recorded on a long vacation at the end of a long day, it was bound to be a little odd, even by IHOY standards.

1984 Episode 36 - The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas!

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 04:30:00 -0600

Having largely dealt with 1984's Christmas season last year, It Happened One Year had to dig deep to unearth the Xmas episode topic this time around, and what better place to turn than to the cabbage patch itself! Sarah & Joe take a look at the big ABC special that aired December 7th, 1984 - The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas, discuss the casting and bizarro plot, and attempt to track backward into Cabbage Patch lore to figure out what the hell is going on here. Along the way, the visit the oddball Cabbage Patch event center Babyland, chat about the connected books and records of the franchise, give some quick love to the Garbage Pail Kids, and quickly shout out last year's epic scripted episode Jingle Hell.

1984 Episode 35 - The Great, Grand Epic of Amadeus

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 04:18:00 -0600

After trudging through many years of popcorn entertainment and bikini skydiving thrillers, It Happened One Year finally tackles highbrow, award-winning cinema in the form of the glorious biopic Amadeus, and you are there! Listen as Sarah & Joe recall hazy memories of watching the film in decades past, debate whether the film justifies its runtime, breakdown the near-casting and complex adaptation from play to opera to play to film, and ultimately discuss whether Mozart's music did indeed have too many notes.

1984 Episode 34 - Mike Hammer, Airwolf, and the Entire CBS November 3rd Lineup!

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 04:22:00 -0600

The old standard returns! It Happened One Year is once again looking at what aired on November 3rd in 1984, checking in over a year since exploring ABC's programming! This time, Sarah & Joe delve into the hard-boiled, sexy, action dramas that were Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, Airwolf, and Cover Up! Along the way, much discussion is made about Stacy Keach's mustache, how Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine found himself flying that helicopter, the tragedies and controversies of Cover Up, the poor adult audience subjected to early '80s television, and of course, the glorious return to It Happened One Year of show favorite, Bubba Smith.

Ferraro! An Afterlife Cabaret

Fri, 01 Nov 2024 04:20:00 -0500

Geraldine Ferraro is dead. So are Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie Kennedy, Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson, and all the members of the Female United Politicians of America, but that isn't going to stop them from lending their assistance to the 2024 Presidential campaign on Earth, from their gathering place at the Radisson Valhalla Inn & Suites located on the celestial plane. President Biden's alarming debate performance has the group worried about the future of democracy, and so they take a trip through history to the 1984 Election, to see what can be learned from the first time a woman featured on a major party ticket.

It Happened One Year presents its fifth fully scripted, full cast episode, featuring this supernatural take on the election year frenzy. Be sure to vote next Tuesday, but first come along for this wonky look at the great beyond!

Story by Sarah Rusakiiwicz

Written by Sarah and Joe

Directed by Joe Cetta

Cast

Geraldine Ferraro - Lana Cooper

Eleanor Roosevelt - David Munchak

1984 Geraldine Ferraro - Sarah Rusakiiwicz

Walter Mondale - Matt Moran

Jackie Kennedy - Kristin Mann

Pat Nixon - Angie Buonincontro

Lady Bird Johnson - Alex Ferrer

Bella Abzug - Jo-Elle Munchak

Betty Freidan - Shannon Hosey

Joan - Jennifer Nack

Martha Mitchell - Monica Mauricio

Edith Wilson - Danielle Harris

Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Sam McChuri

William Henry Harrison - The Batman

Charles Manatt/Mario Cuomo - Nick Perfetto

John Zaccaro - Joe Cetta

Mark the Announcer - Jon Deiner

Cathy the Announcer - Kristen Gaydos

Gloria Coppernotch - Nancy Cohen

Redbook Interviewer - Becky Schmidt

Dave Wizardsleeve - Duke Tumbleweed

Irving R. Levine - Dave Gardon

Katie Porter - Abigail Perfetto

1984 Episode 32 - Decision '84! Reagan v. Mondale!

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 04:27:00 -0500

With Election Day right around the corner, It Happened One Year finally gets around this season to discussing the biggest news story of 1984 - the Presidential election between Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale! Sarah & Joe being the political nerds they are go deep into the Democratic primaries, discussing Ted Kennedy's reluctance, Gary Hart's late surge, Jesse Jackson's implosion, and Mondale's emergence, which leads directly into his desperation choice of a running mate - the first woman to feature on a major party ticket, Geraldine Ferraro! Campaign ads, other potential veeps, the debates, and the stunning outcome all factor in, as the hosts desperately try to avoid talking about the onrushing 2024 election.

Coming Soon - Ferraro! An Afterlife Cabaret

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 04:16:00 -0500

The first presidential ticket to feature a woman was formed in 1984, when Walter Mondale selected Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, and history was made! In 2024, with another historic Election Day bearing down, It Happened One Year transports you to the great beyond, as a coalition of female political figures gathers in hopes of aiding a current candidate to gain the title of Commander in Chief! Written by Sarah & Joe, Ferraro! is the fifth scripted episode in the show's history, and features dozens of performers from that illustrious group - the Mighty IHOY Players! Listen to the trailer now, and tune back in on November 1st for full epic tale!

1984 Episode 31 - Sunday in the Park with George

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 04:25:00 -0500

Despite being a classic of the American theater and winning a rare Pulitzer along the way, Sarah & Joe were largely unfamiliar with Sondheim's Sunday in the Park with George, but that has all changed! It Happened One Year once again wanders into the rare live theater corner and kicks around the musical painting biopic for good and all. Along the way there's some discussion of what makes a good musical, what are particularly bad musical-to-movie adaptation, and not nearly as much singing as you'd expect!

1984 Episode 30 - The Muppets Take Manhattan

Tue, 17 Sep 2024 04:24:00 -0500

101 episodes and nearly three years later, It Happened One Year is finally talking Muppets again! Given the rousing success of Season One's breakdown of 1994's felt properties, it was only natural that Sarah & Joe would tackle that beloved classic from '84 - The Muppets Take Manhattan! From its sorrowful place as the final, big screen Jim Henson Muppet outing to the singularity of its setting and vibe in the franchise canon, from the outstanding bunch of cameos to the solid batch of songs, all corners of Manhattan Melodies and the gang's tribulations in dragging their college show to Broadway are discussed!

1984 Episode 29 - The Games of the XXIII Olympiad! Los Angeles!

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 04:14:00 -0500

Despite the Paris games wrapping up, Olympic fever still grips It Happened One Year, as it's time to cover the glittering Los Angeles Summer Games of 1984! Sarah & Joe tackle some of the biggest stories and stars of those contests, including the rise of women's American gymnastics, fronted by Mary Lou Retton, the record-setting run (and jumps) of Carl Lewis, the controversial collision of Mary Decker and Zola Budd, the amazing streak of Edwin Moses, and much more! Then, as season three of the show has now stretched across multiple sports' years, the hosts again tackle predictions for the onrushing NFL season - with particular emphasis on the hometown Bears burgeoning chances!

1984 Episode 28 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Fri, 02 Aug 2024 04:41:00 -0500

Recorded on the day Joe Biden decided to drop out of the presidential race, Sarah & Joe take a pretty unhinged tact in attempting to discuss the cult classic film pitting Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers against Dr. Emilio Lizardo aka John Whorfin and his gang of aliens! Kamala Harris's chances as the potential first female president, the greatness of Ellen Barkin, Donald Bigbooté, rankings of all significant northeast Pennsylvania figures, the future Joe Biden Presidential Library, lamenting the Buckaroo Banzai sequel that never was, Perfect Tommy, Liz Cheney, the Syracuse University history department, and much more fills this wild evening's show. Listen as a pizza is made live on tape!

Biden's Gaffes and Trump's Survival at the End of the World

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:25:00 -0500

Originally intended as the wrap-up to Episode 27's discussion of 1984 and Joe Biden's floundering campaign, this follow-up recording went completely off the rails with the hours-old assassination attempt on candidate Donald Trump, and so - in order to not overwhelm the creaky narrative of that show - here is the rest of Sarah & Joe's conversation from that day. Enjoy?

1984 Episode 27 - George Orwell's 1984, Book & Movie!

Fri, 19 Jul 2024 04:12:00 -0500

It's true, the classic novel was published in 1949, but it's quite obviously relevant to this season, and to the modern day, and thus - It Happened One Year is going all-in on George Orwell's 1984! Sarah & Joe discuss the history of the novel and their reactions from recent reads. Then, the greatest marketing tie-in of all time - Michael Radford's 1984 starring John Hurt and Richard Burton, filmed during the timeframe of the novel's setting, and released in that title year! Suck it, 2012 (2009) and Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)! Finally, some little discussion of our current verging-of-dystopia here in America - the impending (possible) Biden v. Trump rematch.

(This all leads directly into the bonus episode, also available right now!)

1984 Episode 26 - Hey Chicago, What Do You Say? The Cubs are Gonna Win Today

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 04:15:00 -0500

Just in time for the All-Star Game, baseball is back on the show! Prior to 2016, the one Chicago Cubs team that lived in local memory as the best chance to break the World Series drought was the squad from 1984, and It Happened One Year is there! Sarah & Joe recount the basics of the '84 team's run to the NLCS, how No Lights at Wrigley played a part in the overall discourse, the progression of the franchise from that point until the eventual first championship in 108 years, and their personal connections with the team. Along the way, much discussion is had about the current ownership group, and why that has so negatively affected their interactions with the north side team.

1984 Episode 25 - This is Jeopardy!

Wed, 26 Jun 2024 04:30:00 -0500

Back-to-back game show episodes?! Well, sort of! Recorded an absurdly long time ago, Sarah & Joe go into all things Jeopardy - from the original Art Fleming show straight through to this year's wild three-rounded Celebrity Jeopardy, with all the Ken Jennings and Becky Lynch trivia along the way! What is the eerie fate that befell both longtime show hosts? How does Pluto offering a Jeopardy channel affect the IHOY hosts' lives? What other programs did Alex Trebek helm before (and during) his record setting run reading the answers? Also - as this show was recorded on a significant commemorative holiday for the hosts - Sarah & Joe take a weird trip down memory lane, with many references to people and places you've never heard of. Enjoy!

Big Bucks, No Whammies

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 04:14:00 -0500

Serial get-rich-quick fanatic Michael Larson was almost out of schemes to earn the elusive buck. Bills piling up, kids needing school clothes, ice cream truck season ending - obstacles were plentiful. So when he filled the living room with a dozen television sets to allow the universe to deliver his next great idea for success, the family was understandably skeptical. But the events that followed would go down in television history, as Larson hopped a bus to Los Angeles and tackled the newest game show sensation - Press Your Luck...

It Happened One Year presents its fourth fully scripted, full cast episode, covering the incredible story of Larson and family, the nail-biting recording session for the famed contest, and its manic aftermath. Come along and commemorate the fortieth anniversary of this historic event, in vintage IHOY style!

Written by Nick Perfetto

Directed by Joe Cetta

Cast

Teresa Harrington - Alex Ferrer

Michael Larson - Nick Perfetto

Bill Carruthers - David Munchak

Bobbi Richmond - Lana Cooper

Marge Brockman - Sarah

Agent Davis - Becky Schmidt

Agent Richie - Joe

Jim - Dave Gardon

Judy - Clare Kalemba

Peter Tomarken - Brett Benge

Darlene - Lauren Morgan

Paul - Jon Deiner

Howard E. Cheetum - John Kozempel

Pam - Kristen Gaydos

Phil - Kevin Donlin

Nancy - Sara Stefanski

Adrienne - Sarah Dichkewich

Ed Jenkins - Duke Tumbleweed

Janie Lester - Eileen Linnabery

Jennifer - Abigail Perfetto

Julie - Susie Cetta

Eugene - Danielle Harris

Additional Voices - Brack Reed, Jerron

DJ Frankie Wango - Scott Fata

1984 Episode 23 - Baby the Parrot and Sandy the Lobster

Fri, 31 May 2024 04:38:00 -0500

1984 wasn't just the Presidential election and the Olympics and bustin' ghosts - there were also amazing tales of crimefighting parrots and the raffle for a century-old lobster, where nothing turns out the way you'd expect! This landmark It Happened One Year episode sees Sarah & Joe finally tackle the existence of God, while batting around some of the greatest animal stories in podcast history. And afterward - stick around for a preview of the new scripted episode - Big Bucks, No Whammies - coming June 8th!

1984 Episode 22 - Ghostbusters: The Franchise That Won't Die

Fri, 24 May 2024 04:25:00 -0500

What is left to say about Ghostbusters that hasn't already been said? Sarah & Joe take a swing at it in this spooky It Happened One Year entry! They cover their personal relationships with the property in the 1980s, the reemergence of the franchise in the past decade, and how it compares to other film series where the first film was a big commercial and critical success, and then just coasted forever after. Along the way they're talking casting in the original film, the different versions of that script, how the 2016 reboot could've worked better, what other '80s films benefited from its huge success, and much more! Then - stick around to the end for a preview of the new scripted episode - Big Bucks, No Whammies - coming June 8th!

Coming Soon - Big Bucks, No Whammies!

Wed, 22 May 2024 04:29:00 -0500

Michael Larson was an out-of-work ice cream truck driver, struggling to make ends meet for his young family (and multiple ex-wives) in Lebanon, Ohio. His penchant for get-rich-quick schemes caused few to take him seriously, and so when he announced he was going on a game show, no one thought much of it. But his subsequent run on CBS's Press Your Luck in 1984 would go down in television history. It Happened One Year presents its fourth fully scripted audio dramedy, this time written by great friend of the show Nick Perfetto, and featuring dozens of performers from the Mighty IHOY Players! Listen to the trailer now, and tune back in for the whole shebang on June 8th!

1984 Episode 21 - Sisters are Doing It For the First Time!

Fri, 10 May 2024 04:29:00 -0500

Strap in, folks! It Happened One Year commemorates recording on International Women's Day with tales of exploration, politics, murder, and music, with some truly unhinged interludes along the way! Listen as Sarah & Joe wander off into the pointlessness of space walks! Gasp at Sarah's suggested names for this episode, and whether this sets feminism back decades in the doing! Marvel at the hosts' high school superlatives! Experience possibly the greatest song ever written about one's own grandfather being poisoned!

In the Wake of O.J. Simpson and 1994

Tue, 16 Apr 2024 04:32:00 -0500

The most unexpected of bonus episodes arrives here in the midst of season three, as It Happened One Year harkens back to its early days in the form of finally discussing murderer and Heisman winner O.J. Simpson! Despite putting out shows dealing with Kato Kaelin, F. Lee Bailey, Naked Gun 33 1/3, and Al Cowlings (the inaugural episode of the entire show), Sarah & Joe never solely concentrated on the villain at the center of the whole event, and on the occasion of his death it felt high time to do just that. And boy does it get deep - not just opinions about the trial and the verdict, but America '94 versus America today, the early days of the show and the pandemic, the utter failure of the justice system then and now, cancel culture, the Me Too era, redemption, vengeance, Rodney King, George Floyd, Marcia Clark's hairstyles, the Dancing Itos, and more.

1984 Episode 20 - Love & Dissolution

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 04:26:00 -0500

It's time for another round of everyone's favorite alcove in the It Happened One Year complex of topics - The Love Corner! Sarah & Joe run down the list of marriages and divorces from 1984, from the titans of politics to the seedy philanderers of Tinseltown, with much classic digressing along the way. Hear tales of the hosts encountering many of today's subjects in the various movie theaters, comedy clubs, and street corners they frequent! Listen as they cannot recall which band sang what song and debate who exactly DeBarge is! Witness cameos from the likes of G.E. Smith, Pierre Trudeau, Mary Poppins, Apollo Creed, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adrienne Barbeau, UHF, and many more! Love goes where my rosemary grows this week on the big show!

1984 Episode 19 - All of Me, the Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin/Carl Reiner Classic

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:27:00 -0500

The fourth and final pairing of Steve Martin and Carl Reiner created arguably their best movie, in the form of 1984's All of Me, and It Happened One Year is there to discuss! Sarah & Joe breakdown their memories of the star's films, why this movie may not be resonating down through the ages like some of their other projects, the somewhat odd circumstances of seeing both of these legends in person, and much more, including cameos from show favorite Speed, making friends on the internet, The X-Files, Louise Fletcher's parents, and Sarah forgetting how we typically wrap up an episode.

1984 Episode 18 - Theoretically, There Could Be Anything Out There

Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:32:00 -0500

In the midst of all the pop culture items crowding the subject year, the hosts managed to dust off the rarely-used science corner and see what - theoretically - was taking place in outer space in 1984! Two main topics comprise most of Sarah & Joe's stumbling through the cosmos - the Nemesis Star/Death Star theory and the SETI project, both concocted to take wild swings at what might be going on in the extraterrestrial plain!

1984 Episode 17 - The Timeless Question: Who's the Boss?

Thu, 29 Feb 2024 04:31:00 -0600

The Ballad of Tony & Angela, or is it The Odd Couple meets The Brady Bunch meets the horniest of Golden Girls? ABC's long-running family sitcom Who's the Boss? checks all these boxes, and Sarah and Joe dig in deep to discuss the many facets of this until-recently difficult to watch show! Along the way are comparisons to other family fare of the era, how it stacks up against other Tony Danza works, questions about Jonathan Bower's purpose in things, why Samantha was the preeminent '80s teen sitcom figure, Tony Micelli's ability to master all sporting contests, and the two (count 'em!) awards the show won during its lengthy run. There is more to life than what you're living, this week on It Happened One Year!

1984 Episode 16 - The Macintosh Apple Super Bowl Commercial

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 04:20:00 -0600

"You'll see why 1984 won't be like 1984!" With this is awkward-ass phrase, the era of Super Bowl commercials fully began, and home computers took over the world. Sarah & Joe cover the impact of this short Ridley Scott directed spot, take a trip down internet-laden memory lane, and go over some of their favorite Super Bowl commercials - with many cameos from Budweiser, McDonald's, Groundhog Day, wrestlers, Mean Joe Greene, David Letterman, and the walking horror that was Puppy Monkey Baby.

1984 Episode 15 - The Hail Flutie

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 04:25:00 -0600

Just in time for the Super Bowl, It Happened One Year is heading back to the gridiron to talk a little football! Sarah & Joe very quickly discuss the Super Bowls surrounding 1984 - both blowouts - before transitioning into rare collegiate sports talk in the form of Heisman Trophy winner and future Buffalo Bills great Doug Flutie! The Boston College legend's Hail Mary to defeat Miami is possibly the most famous play in college football history, and one of the defining moments of '80s sports, and it leads into the larger discussion of Flutie's pro career - with stops along the way in Chicago, Calgary, Edmonton, Buffalo, San Diego, and many more locations! Cameos abound from the likes of Frank Thomas, Tom Brady, Teen Mom's Farrah Abraham, Duke Ellington, the Cameo website, Pokemon Go, and political debate icon Ken Bone. Then the hosts look back at their predictions for the current NFL season from August - both in an overall sense and in a local Chicago Bears way - and take some swings at guessing this year's championship game.

1984 Episode 14 - Hulk Hogan vs. The Iron Sheik for the WWF Title!

Fri, 26 Jan 2024 04:18:00 -0600

An obvious pick by Sarah for topics - when Hulk Hogan fully emerged as a huge pop culture icon in the decade at Madison Square Garden in January of 1984! Just in time for this year's Royal Rumble, It Happened One Year finally enters the wrestling arena and talks a little leg-dropping and camel-clutching! Sarah & Joe break down the lives and careers of Hogan and the Iron Sheik, their glancing and not-so-glancing personal interactions with pro wrestling over the years, and discuss whether 1998's Brawl For All was the worst thing to ever happen in the history of sports. Along the way are cameos from Muppets From Space, the Gawker trial, Marvel Comics, the Shah of Iran, Thunderlips, and many more!

Jingle Hell: The Last Shopping Day Before Christmas

Wed, 20 Dec 2023 04:15:00 -0600

It's Christmas Eve 1984, and the battle scars from the prior year's Cabbage Patch carnage still sting for employees and customers alike. The utter mayhem of '83 lives in legend at the Viewmont Mall in Scranton, PA, and everyone is anxious to avoid a repeat this holiday season. Surely, it can't get that bloodthirsty, that vicious, that diabolical again, can it? What fresh hell awaits the mall denizens of 1984? Jingle Hell, that's what!

It Happened One Year presents its third fully scripted, full cast episode, chronicling the comic carnage that befalls the mall's various toy store staff, mall security guards, local teens, and families trying to get a picture with a very inebriated St. Nick. Carve up the roast beast and call in the kids smoking in the garage - the newest IHOY gift for humanity has arrived, just in time for Christmas!

Written by Lana Cooper

Directed by Joe Cetta

Cast

Doug - Bill Randall

Robin - Shannon Hosey

Pete/Mike 'Burnout' Burns - David Munchak

Al - The Batman

Jennifer - Sarah

Chrissy/Corey - Lana Cooper

Grandma Joanie - Nick Perfetto

Matt 'The Mall Rat' Rattanski - Joe

Greg - Dane Bower

Lisa - Yams McChuri

Bridget - Angie Buonincontro

Mall Santa/Billy - Bear Savo

Carol - Jennifer Nack

Phil the Photographer Elf - John Kozempel

Bob McCann - Brent Hutchins

Julie - Alex Ferrer

Sam - Duke Tumbleweed

The Narrator - Brack Reed

Mall Announcer - Jon Deiner

Additional Voices - Dave Gardon, Susie Cetta

1984 Episode 12 - Mr. T & Emmanuel Lewis/Scrooge’s Rock ’N’ Roll Christmas

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 04:35:00 -0600

Upon the discovery of their existence, It Happened One Year had no choice but to reconvene before the holiday and discuss the brain-melting lunacy of 1984's top TV holiday specials - Mr. T & Emmanuel Lewis in A Christmas Dream and Scrooge's Rock 'N' Roll Christmas starring Jack Elam. Sarah & Joe's wildly different opinions about this yuletide fare serve as a backdrop to an episode clearly recorded on the fly, whenever a spare moment could be grabbed, to some unconventional IHOY effect.

1984 Episode 11 - The Formidable George C. Scott A Christmas Carol

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 04:24:00 -0600

Jacob Marley was dead to begin with (he always is!) and It Happened One Year is there to pick up the slack, in what was originally conceived as the show's holiday episode, before the hosts got carried away and kept recording Christmassy things (tune in next week!). Herein, Sarah & Joe get into all things Cratchit in order to discuss the acclaimed 1984 movie version of A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott, Frank Finlay, David Warner, and Susannah York. This opens up the larger conversation of best film Scrooges, best family versions, best musical versions, best TV versions, and much, much more. It's a Dickens-ophile's dream! Rising up in the debate are the likes of Alastair Sim, the Muppets, Reginald Owen, Albert Finney, Mr. Magoo, Basil Rathbone, Bill Murray, Patrick Stewart, Jim Carrey, Henry Winkler, and many more! Then - after all the "God Bless Us, Everyones" have been tossed around like Christmas crackers - the hosts perform that most IHOY of rituals - playing a trivia game for the listeners. Enjoy!

Coming Soon - Jingle Hell: The Last Shopping Day Before Christmas!

Fri, 01 Dec 2023 04:25:00 -0600

It's Christmas Eve 1984 at the Viewmont Mall, and tensions are running high. Employees cower in fear of the shopping onslaught ahead. Customers prepare to do battle for the season's coveted gifts. And children hope to get on Santa's lap with last minute pleas to the big guy. But nothing goes as planned. It Happened One Year presents its third fully scripted, madcap episode, this time written by great friend of the show Lana Cooper and featuring a cast of dozens! Listen to the new trailer now and come back for the big show on December 20th!

1984 Episode 10 - The Material Girl Arrives

Wed, 22 Nov 2023 04:22:00 -0600

This Thanksgiving, it is best to remember what we truly have to be thankful for - '80s pop music and the advent of music videos. With the inaugural VMA Awards on MTV in September and the November release of her landmark second album Like a Virgin, Madonna fully took the world by storm in 1984 and staked her claim as THE star of the decade, and It Happened One Year is there! Sarah & Joe break down their earliest memories of the songs and the videos, the movies and the mania, and try to get in the 1984 mindset of what it possibly must've been like experiencing that summer/fall circa Madonna.

1984 Episode 9 - Andy Kaufman and Matthew Perry

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 04:28:00 -0600

The somber topic of celebrity death leads down an avenue to discuss television comedy in this straight-from-the-headlines It Happened One Year. Andy Kaufman's 1984 death (or grand hoax) leads Sarah & Joe to discuss his career, from Saturday Night Live to Taxi to wrestling, before pivoting into the seemingly evergreen popularity of Friends and the shocking loss of Matthew Perry. How and why sitcoms can remain relevant and even grow in fame decades after they air is discussed, along with the impact of celebrity deaths, why this feels so decidedly different, and the general places Taxi and Friends hold in the eternal television landscape.

1984 Episode 8 - ABC’s November 3rd TV Lineup - T.J. Hooker, The Love Boat, and more!

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 04:28:00 -0500

As has become a yearly tradition, It Happened One Year is taking a look at a single night of programming from the topic's television season, and so it begins with ABC's November 3rd shows! T.J. Hooker, The Love Boat, and the long forgotten Finder of Lost Loves comprised Saturday night entertainment on the Alphabet Network, and Sarah & Joe are there! Listen as they question strange props, guest casting, theme songs, hairdos, Gavin MacLeod's career decisions, Aaron Spelling's thematic empire, Heather Thomas' acting instincts, who the hell Connie Sellecca is, why anyone knows Charo's name, and much much more!

1984 Episode 7 - Speaker of the House Drama with Tip O’Neill and Kevin McCarthy

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 04:16:00 -0500

Back-to-back It Happened One Year politics?? You bet! Washington D.C. is providing the crazy content and IHOY is channeling it hard through 1984! Sarah & Joe look back at Tip O'Neill's epic run as Speaker in the '70s and '80s, and contrast some of the expectations for the role with how it is managed today. This naturally leads into the current House having no Speaker, the tumultuous mess that unfolded to bring us here, and what might possibly happen next. Along the way, we've got cameos from Nancy Pelosi, Monsieur Thenardier, Norm Petersen, AOC, Matt Gaetz, Frederick Muhlenberg, and Paul Ryan.

1984 Episode 6 - Vanessa Williams. Lauren Boebert, and the History of Sexy, Sexy Scandals

Tue, 10 Oct 2023 04:26:00 -0500

How well all the covered topics relate to one another is debatable in this lustiest of episodes from It Happened One Year! Ostensibly here to discuss the shameful handling Miss America Vanessa Williams received in 1984 over the publishing of old nude photos, Sarah & Joe pivot into the many and varied scandals enveloping politicians and celebrities thanks to their uncontained urges - with cameos along the way from everyone from Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Bill Clinton to Rob Lowe, Hugh Grant, and the many notable men who impregnated their nannies - before landing at the real reason for this episode, Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's recent attendance at a production of Beetlejuice: The Musical. This one is decidedly not family friendly, despite all the Harry Belafonte musical fun!

1984 Episode 5 - Splash! The Tom Hanks-John Candy Mermaid Classic!

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 04:27:00 -0500

So when she's on land, she just HAS legs?? This is the main conundrum tackled in It Happened One Year's most riparian of episodes - a discussion of Ron Howard's Oscar nominated mermaid comedy Splash! Sarah & Joe take up the task of deducing mermaid lore on film (if there is any) and compare that to the freewheeling creativity on display. Along the way they dive into the bizarro made-for-TV sequel, Splash Too!, the mirrored plot elements of Free Willy and that one episode of The Boys, weathering cameos from the likes of Jason James Richter, Barbenheimer, Mel Brooks, Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Amy Yasbeck, Barney Martin, and a very brief impression of Carla's son Anthony on Cheers.

1984 Episode 4 - Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous

Wed, 20 Sep 2023 04:25:00 -0500

Unexpected twists and turns abound in what nominally is an It Happened One Year dedicated to the long-running syndicated phenomenon that was Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous, premiering in 1984! Sarah & Joe discuss their foggy memories of the show and how that compares to a modern rewatch, then sidetrack wildly into why these sort of shows are popular, modern reality television that sprung from this concept, reality TV figures who most resemble Robin Leach today, and the worst cities they've ever visited, for some reason. It makes sense in real time!

1984 Episode 3 - The Death of Liberty (Gerald Ford’s Dog) and Goodbye Djakarta (Jim)

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 04:16:00 -0500

Not ones to shy away from a good eulogy, It Happened One Year makes a rare foray into the animal kingdom, by way of commemorating the lives of some trailblazing creatures! From American "monkeynaut" Miss Baker to Kansas zoo orangutan legend Djakarta Jim to Liberty and the many critters frequently spotted on the White House lawn, Sarah and Joe dig deep to find the bones buried in these tales of furry friends lost in 1984.

1984 Episode 2 - The Midnight Ride of the Baltimore Colts, plus Payton Beats Brown!

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 04:28:00 -0500

Football is upon us once again, and It Happened One Year is getting flagged for excessive celebration, as per usual! Sarah & Joe make their yearly predictions for 2023 NFL outcomes, but only after taking a look at two big events from 1984's football season - Walter Payton becoming the all-time leading rusher, and the events surrounding the Baltimore Colts hightailing it out of Maryland in the middle of the night. Along the way, there is much discussion about the Chicago Bears potentially moving to the suburbs, why the rushing record may never be broken again, how many times Sarah will go all-in predicting Buffalo to hoist the Lombardi, and how much mileage Joe can get out of correctly picking the Chiefs to win last year. It's almost time for kick-off! Get those pizza rolls cooking!

Season Three Begins! 1984 Episode 1 - Michael Jackson’s No Good, Very Bad Year

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 04:22:00 -0500

We're doing it again! It Happened One Year is back, now covering the pivotal political and pop culture period of 1984! First up, Sarah & Joe take a look at arguably the biggest star of the decade, Michael Jackson, and the many perils and pitfalls he faced in '84. The laborious Jackson 5/The Jacksons tour surrounding their latest album Victory serves as the backbone, and along the way attention is paid to the infamous Pepsi commercial that derailed the Gloved One's life, the infighting that finally ended the family band, how these events led to the New England Patriots eventually being sold, and how Michael's complicated legacy resonates in the modern day.

Coming Soon! It Happened One Year, Season Three!

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 04:18:00 -0500

You guessed it - we're doing it again! Join Sarah & Joe for a third trip into the past, looking at the events big and small, famed and forgotten from a new subject year! There'll be sports and politics! Movies and sweet jams! Cool fashions and dumb haircuts! New episodes arrive starting in August!

The One-Hundredth Episode

Wed, 21 Jun 2023 04:20:00 -0500

After twenty-six months spent taking extended looks at 1994 and 1967, It Happened One Year has finally reached its milestone 100th Episode! Hosts Sarah & Joe navigate this sort-of retrospective look at the show, by way of roping in many friends of the podcast and Baseball Humbug/Visitors to Nova Scotia veterans to hang out, play trivia games, cover overlooked corners of the subject years, and make ballsy predictions for the future! Listen as ReconCinemation hosts Jon Deiner and David Munchak breakdown the great film years of '67 & '94! Explore an alternate reality where IHOY: 1923 comes to life from Angie Buonincontro! Delve into the future pitch session for Muppet Speed, led by Nick Perfetto! Question the mechanics of rebooting The Golden Girls, recast with Spice Girls, thanks to Lana Cooper! Marvel at the brazen optimism of Bills fan and unofficial Buffalo mayor Dave Gardon, while sympathizing with the Bears related pessimism of Chicago denizens Sam McChuri and Sean McCann! It's the biggest It Happened One Year yet, closing the door on the first two seasons and signaling the way toward a mind-boggling third trip to the past, coming soon!

1967 Episode 42 - The ’67 In Memoriam Segment Season Finale!

Mon, 22 May 2023 04:12:00 -0500

What better to close out Season Two than with an historic, super-sized episode commemorating the dear departed of 1967! Sarah & Joe take an uncharacteristically deep dive into the many notables in film, music, sports, politics, writing, art, and society who vacated the premises in the subject year, with a list of icons including Vivien Leigh, Che Guevara, Otis Redding, Spencer Tracy, Dorothy Parker, Woody Guthrie, Claude Rains, Basil Rathbone, Jayne Mansfield, the Apollo I astronauts, Rene Magritte, Jimmie Foxx, and many more! Pull up a chair and invite the neighbors over for a block party, because this is a long one, chock full of the facts and Speed references you've come to expect over IHOY's two season run!

1967 Episode 41 - The 200 Millionth American

Mon, 15 May 2023 04:17:00 -0500

Life may be a numbers game, but as that great American Ned Ryerson said, it's also "one big crap shoot, any-hoot." So how significant really is the fact that the 200 millionth American was born (probably) on November 20th, 1967? After an introduction by friend of the show and Visitors to Nova Scotia star Kristin Mann, Sarah & Joe dig deep into U.S. and World population, from the predictions made in '67 about where these numbers would be in 2000 and 2015, to where they might be headed in 2050, and why these guesses ended up so far off. Along the way, the hosts go into everything related to the debate, including contraception, abortion, Covid, sperm counts, obesity rates, microwave ovens, government assistance (or lack thereof) for parents and teachers, and the long soul-crushing darkness of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

1967 Episode 40 - The March on Washington to Levitate the Pentagon

Mon, 08 May 2023 04:17:00 -0500

Sometimes the powers that be need to know of the public's general displeasure, so we take up our signs and we march! It Happened One Year's near-miss scripted episode morphed into this Branson, Missouri recorded dissection of the great Vietnam War protest that gripped Washington D.C. and the Pentagon in October of 1967, replete with discussions of the Yippies, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, and how comatose inducing Mexican drug trips brought about this historic event! Was the Pentagon really levitated off the ground? Did public opinion of the war change after this march? Was the Pentagon exorcised and demystified from that day forward? Sarah & Joe getting political can be a bit unhinged, but they manage to keep it together, talking the Chicago Democratic Convention in 1968, Abbie Hoffman, Norman Mailer, Pigasus, Peter, Paul, & Mary, International Women's Day, and much more.

1967 Episode 39 - Beatles vs. Stones!

Mon, 01 May 2023 04:18:00 -0500

It's an epic throwdown for the ages as It Happened One Year wanders into one of the great debates in music history! Sarah & Joe don't exactly see eye-to-eye on these bands' particular outputs in 1967, but with The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and The Rolling Stones' Their Satanic Majesties Request on the turntables, a heady, trippy time was bound to be had by all! After an introduction by friend of the show and Visitors to Nova Scotia star Shannon Hosey, the conversation ducks and weaves through favorite songs and albums from the bands, what The Who was up to in the Summer of Love, how the first text messages the hosts ever sent each other relate to this match-up, why The Doors have remained popular at all, who was the real king of Seattle grunge, and tries to answer the question - who best conquered this year of psychedelic music?

1967 Episode 38 - The Debut Films, Albums, and Shows!

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 04:20:00 -0500

There were a ton of newcomers to the entertainment industry in 1967, and It Happened One Year is there! After an introduction by friend of the show and ReconCinemation co-host Jon Deiner, Sarah & Joe unroll the landmark TV debuts, first albums, and inaugural feature film directing efforts coming out of '67 - covering a vast spectrum of the media universe, including The Flying Nun, The Producers, Surrealistic Pillow, Dragnet, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, Who's That Knocking at My Door? and many more! Cameos abound from the likes of Gary Busey, Claude Debussy, the Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Strawberry Alarm Clock, Melvin Van Peebles, Ken Loach, and George of the Jungle, plus lots and lots of Mel Brooks talk.

1967 Episode 37 - One Last Trip to Shag Harbour - This Time, With Facts!

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 04:19:00 -0500

In what will absolutely be the final time It Happened One Year covers the UFO sighting over Nova Scotia on October 4th, 1967, Sarah & Joe discuss the actual, known facts of the event, plus their own opinions about what this might have been. The Visitors to Nova Scotia's non-fiction percentage is guessed at, along with some random discussion of the film Women Talking and the most recent NFL season, as well as other theories and speculation that has swirled around the Shag Harbour incident in the decades since.

1967 Episode 36 - UCLA’s March Madness

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 04:25:00 -0500

Surprise road episode! Recorded in lovely Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sarah & Joe decide to tackle the NCAA University Division Tournament of 1967, culminating in UCLA's defeat of Dayton for the title! After an intro by friend of the show Dane Bower, the hosts go into their picks for the current men's bracket - and how that instantly went sideways - and the women's bracket (all in on Caitlin Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes!), plus an extensive look at the Bruins dynasty circa the late '60s, featuring John Wooden, Lew Alcindor/Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and a discussion about the best athlete performances in major motion pictures. It's another trip to Sports Corner, IHOY-heads!

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode Five: It’s All Happening at Shelburne

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 04:20:00 -0500

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 sighting on October 4th, 1967 and its aftermath!

The Visitors to Nova Scotia Cast

The Narrator - Brack Reed Captain Charlemont - Bill Randall Malcolm Midnight, Bob Ralph, & Agent Richie - Joe Stewardess Francine & Darlene Corey - Graceann Dorse Constable Cloud & Tim Romanesco - David Munchak Chief Nickerson - Lana Cooper Linda - Alex Ferrer Mayor Devine & Secret Agent - Sarah Town Clerk Fry, Halifax Operator, & other voices - Shannon Hosey DJ Frankie Wango - Scott Fata Radio Caller & other voices - Kristen Gaydos Claire - Kristin Mann Cassandra - Angie Buonincontro Will - Aaron Stephenson Susie - Susie Cetta Barret Corey & Major Depensier - Nick Perfetto Mama Corey - Monica Toronto Gate Agent & other voices - Sean McCann Diner Patron & other voices - The Batman Rusty Bilge & Stokes - Dane Bower McCloud & other voices - Sarah Kubrick Chet, Shelburne Officer, & other voices - Dave Gardon Officer Wysocki - Sam McChuri Officer O'Hagan - Matthew Hinton Claude & other voices - Kevin Donlin Toronto Airport PA & other voices - Jon Deiner Fred & Shelburne Officer - Michael Buonincontro Colonel Turner - Bear Savo Other voices - Jerron, Eileen Linnabery Brown & other voices - Jim Warner Agnes Gladiola & other voices - Danielle Harris Carl & other voices - Reid Mosley Sergeant Pike - John Kozempel Russian Admiral - Elle Written & Directed by Joe Cetta

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode Four: Alien Town

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:19:00 -0500

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 dramatization of the UFO sighting on October 4th, 1967 and its aftermath - Will the divers pull anything up from the water? Who can really be trusted here? Why would a UFO museum need a crematorium?

Episode Four Cast

Chief Nickerson - Lana Cooper Mayor Devine - Sarah Linda - Alex Ferrer Captain Charlemont - Bill Randall Captain Bob Ralph & Malcolm Midnight - Joe Fred - Michael Buonincontro Stokes - Dane Bower Stewardess Francine & Darlene Corey - Graceann Dorse Claire - Kristin Mann Cassandra - Angie Buonincontro Susie - Susie Cetta Will - Aaron Stephenson Officer O'Hagan - Matthew Hinton Officer Wysocki - Sam McChuri Town Clerk Fry - Shannon Hosey Constable Cloud & Tim Romanesco - David Munchak Barret Corey - Nick Perfetto Written & Directed by Joe Cetta Tune in next week for the Finale!

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode Three: Medium-to-Moderate Hysteria

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 04:19:00 -0500

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 October 4th, 1967 and its aftermath - Can the reporters be thrown off the scent of cover-up? Will anything be pulled up from the sea floor? And why did this colonel make a trip all the way down to Barrington?

Episode Three Cast

The Narrator - Brack Reed Malcolm Midnight & Captain Bob Ralph - Joe Fred - Michael Buonincontro Rusty Bilge & Stokes - Dane Bower Chief Nickerson - Lana Cooper Officer Wysocki - Sam McChuri Mayor Devine - Sarah Constable Cloud - David Munchak Town Clerk Fry - Shannon Hosey Colonel Turner - Bear Savo Barret Corey - Nick Perfetto Mama Corey - Monica Darlene Corey - Graceann Dorse Officer O'Hagan - Matthew Hinton Captain Charlemont - Bill Randall Brown - Jim Warner McCloud - Sarah Kubrick Agnes Gladiola - Danielle Harris Carl - Reid Mosley Other voices - Kevin Donlin, Jerron, Sean McCann, Eileen Linnabery, Dave Gardon, Jon Deiner, The Batman Written & Directed by Joe Cetta Tune in next week for Episode Four!

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode Two: Shag Harbour

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 04:19:00 -0600

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 unidentified craft? What danger does it pose to the Canadian public? And will anyone reach it before it disappears in the water?

Episode Two Cast

Barret Corey - Nick Perfetto Darlene Corey & Stewardess Francine - Graceann Dorse Mama Corey - Monica The Narrator - Brack Reed Chet - Dave Gardon Officer Wysocki - Sam McChuri Officer O'Hagan - Matthew Hinton Claude - Kevin Donlin Linda - Alex Ferrer Captain Charlemont - Bill Randall Toronto Gate Agent - Sean McCann Captain Bob Ralph & Malcolm Midnight - Joe Toronto Airport Public Address - Jon Deiner Halifax Operator - Shannon Hosey Mayor Devine - Sarah Chief Nickerson - Lana Cooper Cassandra - Angie Buonincontro Susie - Susie Cetta Claire - Kristin Mann Will - Aaron Stephenson Constable Cloud - David Munchak Written & Directed by Joe Cetta Tune in next week for Episode Three!

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode One: The Fireball

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 04:30:00 -0600

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 dramatization of these events, some of which are true, some that are theorized as probable, and some that can't possibly have happened. Or did they? The entire story enfolds across the next four weeks, over five episodes, with the vocal talents of nearly three dozen guests!

Episode One Cast

The Narrator - Brack Reed Captain Charlemont - Bill Randall Captain Bob Ralph & Malcolm Midnight - Joe Stewardess Francine & Darlene Corey - Graceann Dorse Constable Cloud & Tim Romanesco - David Munchak Chief Nickerson - Lana Cooper Linda - Alex Ferrer Mayor Devine - Sarah Town Clerk Fry - Shannon Hosey DJ Frankie Wango - Scott Fata Radio caller - Kristen Gaydos Claire - Kristin Mann Cassandra - Angie Buonincontro Will - Aaron Stephenson Susie - Susie Cetta Barret Corey - Nick Perfetto Mama Corey - Monica Diner patron - The Batman Rusty Bilge - Dane Bower Other voices - Sean McCann, Sarah Kubrick

Written & directed by Joe Cetta

Tune in tomorrow for Episode Two!

1967 Episode 30 - Our Final Foray Into Friday Fall Television

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 04:19:00 -0600

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 western Hondo (the only ABC show from 11/3/67 still available, apparently), and NBC's Kirk/Spock lead-in, Tarzan! Alongside the previously covered CBS offerings Wild, Wild West and Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C., a free-ranging discussion of this genre-swinging evening of entertainment commences, covering everything from Ron Ely's side-butt to the Bonanza theme redone for Rawhide to Nick taking over the bar from Martini in It's a Wonderful Life! Plus, stick around to the end to hear 14 new seconds of audio from the upcoming Visitors mini-series!

1967 Episode 29 - The Singing Stockbrockers of How Now Dow Jones

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 04:25:00 -0600

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 Vaccaro, Arthur Penn, etc. - get a quick look, along with some attention to the show's obvious predecessor - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Cameos abound from the likes of Hubert Humphrey, the fighting Gamecocks of South Carolina, Angela Lansbury, Zorro the Gay Blade, and many more! And stick around to the end for nineteen seconds of new audio from the big upcoming scripted episode!

1967 Episode 28 - Southwest Airlines and New Line Cinema

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 04:12:00 -0600

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 pertaining, Sarah & Joe breakdown the landmark new businesses of '67, including JanSport and Big Lots!, but primarily Southwest and New Line! Ten-minute turnarounds, Wanna Get Away fares, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Lord of the Rings, the hub-and-spoke model, and Semi-Pro all make appearances, plus a Reefer Madness themed wrap-up sure to send you running for the edibles!

1967 Episode 27 - Chicago Returns!

Wed, 01 Feb 2023 04:22:00 -0600

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, Mayor Daley's election to a fourth term, the expansion Chicago Bulls' first season, the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art, the formation of the Chicago Transit Authority (later, just Chicago) band, and much more! And stick around after the wrap-up for twenty-four new seconds of audio from the upcoming Visitors to Nova Scotia episode! Coming soon!

1967 Episode 26 - Disaster Befalls Chicago!

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 04:22:00 -0600

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 (transplanted for a total of 32 years, at present) recount the swath of destruction wreaked by the fire at McCormick Place, the worst single-storm snowfall in city history, and the largest outbreak of tornadoes ever in Illinois! Along the way, they discuss the various wind, snow, and fire related events they've experienced since living in Cook County, and tease the large upcoming scripted show yet again, this time with a full fifteen seconds of new show audio! Get excited!

1967 Episode 25 - Sowers of Chaos

Mon, 09 Jan 2023 04:16:00 -0600

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!), Sarah & Joe go deep into detail on the Manhattan Project, the Cold War, HUAC, conspiracy theories, alternate potential futures, the Kennedy assassination, the ridiculousness of the Warren Commission, and how these things continue to influence the modern day.

Coming Soon - The Visitors to Nova Scotia!

Mon, 02 Jan 2023 04:17:00 -0600

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 - listen to the trailer now! And go check out the video version at youtube.com/@ithappenedoneyear!

1967 Episode 24 - It Happened One Yule! Stevie Wonder vs. Barbra Streisand!

Tue, 20 Dec 2022 04:22:00 -0600

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 Someday at Christmas! Listen as the hosts break down the classics and forgettables from these albums, plus go into their personal holiday favorites, the songs they can't stand, and why Barbra's "Jingle Bells" is the Die Hard of Christmas tunes. Cameos along the way from Mel Blanc, Bing Crosby, the Muppets, Mariah Carey, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and yet again, Elvis Presley. Merry Christmas, Movie House!

1967 Episode 23 - Star Trek Into Comedy

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 04:19:00 -0600

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, their respective (and somewhat limited) personal exposure to the film and TV franchise, and discuss just how misogynistic (or not?) the show was in its early days. There's also a quick look at the character history of Harcourt Fenton Mudd (and his portrayer, Roger C. Carmel, with his epic mustache), and also another surprising conversation around the tight-pants epidemic prevalent on Friday night television in '67.

1967 Episode 22 - The Wild Wild West/The Ballad of Robert Conrad’s Pants

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 04:15:00 -0600

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 many fights scenes. Along the way, show favorite James Gregory makes an appearance, alongside series stars Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, with additional discussions of the 1999 Will Smith feature adaptation (and that year's Razzie Awards), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Clambake, Batman '66, and a chaotic outro in search of a fitting ending that gets way, way out there.

1967 Episode 21 - Gomer Pyle’s Impossible Dream

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 04:26:00 -0600

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 program's history, the success and failure of backdoor pilots/spinoffs, Gomer's tap dancing around the Vietnam war, Friends' handling of 9/11, and the best possible casting idea for a live TV musical. Shazam!

1967 Episode 20 - The Jungle Book at the Threshold of Armageddon

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 14:13:24 -0600

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 Jungle Book, as the hosts sporadically attempt to extol the virtues of the animated musical while commenting on the returns as they roll in from across the country. With cameos from Hershel Walker, Kamala Harris, King Louie, Ron DeSantis, AOC, Beyonce, Gretchen Whitmer, Baloo, Steve Kornacki, Beto O'Rourke, Robin Hood and Little John, Chuck Grassley, Kay Ivey, JB Pritzker, Mowgli, Stacey Abrams, Colonel Hathi, JD Vance, Walt Disney, and many more, plus an intro from LBJ himself, this wild episode is one highly unlikely to be replicated (before November 5th, 2024, anyway!).

1967 Episode 19 - The Ronald Reagan Halloween Spectacular!

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 04:42:00 -0500

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 his silver screen career, his descent in Republicanism after being a longtime FDR supporter, Pat Brown's implosion as governor, and the wild primaries on both sides, all leading to his convincing victory! With guest appearances along the way from Richard Nixon, 50 Cent, Doc Brown & Marty McFly, Dinah Shore, Jesse Ventura, Sonny Bono, and more, IHOY's historic first West Coast episode is loaded with thrills, chills, and horrifying portents for democracy!

Be sure to get out and vote next week! Your life may depend on it!*

(*true of virtually every election from this point forward)

1967 Episode 18 - THE Bigfoot Sighting

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 04:22:00 -0500

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 they saw, on display at all times in Austin, TX (big ups, Museum of the Weird!). The hosts go on mental journeys from belief to disbelief, discuss supernatural creatures and their prevalence in far flung world cultures, and speculate whether the Mrs. Bigfoot from this video is a Scorpio or not.

1967 Episode 17 - The Impossible Dream Boston Red Sox (Who Lose the World Series to the Cardinals)

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 04:28:00 -0500

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 the fan base has changed since 2004, Carl Yastrzemski's Triple Crown season, the tragedy of Tony Conigliaro, the greatness of Bob Gibson, the surprise appearance of Roger Maris, and another game seven defeat in the 86-year losing drought. Along the way, some discussion of Aaron Judge's home run "record" chase, feelings about the steroid era's continuing debates, and very half-assed predictions for this year's champion ensue! Get your peanuts and Cracker Jack, folks!

1967 Episode 16 - Austin Powers? or Movies Set in 1967 vs. ’67 Accuracy

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:17:00 -0500

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 battery related issues at a drive-in theater! Listen as they delve into other, later films set in the Summer of Love! Marvel at the amount of hamburgers and hot dogs they consume! It Happened One Year's second episode at an outdoor movie theater proves to be the best one yet. Let's all go to the movies!

1967 Episode 15 - The Outer Space Treaty

Tue, 20 Sep 2022 04:18:00 -0500

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 treaty by cobbling together a Space Force! How does the Antarctica Treaty inform this outer space legislation? Can the country of Chad legally take over the moon? Are video phones the most prescient aspect of Kubrick's 2001? The hosts breach the final frontier and attempt to get hyped about America's potential return to find Alan Shepard's golf balls!

1967 Episode 14 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience’s Are You Experienced?

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 04:25:00 -0500

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 comparisons to one-hit wonder White Town! Learn the tale of Cynthia Plaster Caster and how it segues us to another epic Dong Watch! Revisit the classic story of Grover Cleveland's grave in Princeton, NJ! It's a little bit of everything across the backdrop of one of '67's grandest arrivals!

1967 Episode 13 - Super Bowl I: Green Bay Packers vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 04:19:00 -0500

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 way, there's a new IHOY Hall of Famer inducted, a brief segway to mention the band We Were Promised Jetpacks, predictions for the upcoming NFL season, more Chicago Bears talk than is probably warranted, the hosts' undying hatred for Aaron Rodgers, and, obviously, the Super Bowl Shuffle. It Happened One Year is shufflin' on down, doing it for you!

1967 Episode 12 - The All-Time Greatest Celebrity Birthday - February 20th, 1967

Wed, 24 Aug 2022 04:17:00 -0500

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 nine months prior, and how this near-dozen group might reflect on Pisces in general. We've got Olympians and centerfolds! NFL greats and Futurama cast members (plural)! We've got Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers and beloved '90s heartthrobs! We've got child performers and radio personalities! It's such an amazing bunch of coincidence as to almost make one believe a higher power had a hand in crafting today's episode, but come on, Sarah & Joe just got lucky with this one.

1967 Episode 11 - The Well Sung Games and Snacks and Inventions of ’67

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 04:23:00 -0500

The marketplace was changed forever by the advent of today's topic products, all introduced to the public in 1967! Sarah & Joe walk through the notable inventions and creations of the year, from the mundane but useful (handheld calculator) to the useful but waning (automated teller machine) to the fun party game/tool of the industrial prison complex (electronic breathalyzer). Along the way, landmark childhood staples like Lite Brite, Battleship, Skip-Bo, Gatorade, and Ho Hos get a look, alongside lengthy discussions about McDonald's and the Big Mac, St. Louis and the Gateway Arch, a truly unhinged commercial for Fiddle Faddle, and pleas for the Drake's company of baked goods to sponsor the podcast.

1967 Episode 10 - Raquel Welch’s Bikini Skydiving Thriller - Fathom!

Wed, 03 Aug 2022 04:15:00 -0500

Through the spy movie craze of the 1960s, some films were deemed more forgettable by the public at large than others, and so for every Goldfinger there were at least a half dozen knockoffs and cash-ins. However, few went with the dental hygienist turned scantily clad espionage skydiver except for 1967's Fathom! How Sarah & Joe happened across this epic of schlock is discussed, with plenty of love and shade thrown at the Movies! TV Network, Raquel Welch films in general, how the last two years may have made them stupider, the countries of Africa, how the '60s Batman connects to all this, and much more. Stick around 'til the very end for an incredibly dumb conversation wherein the hosts attempt to determine and/or gaslight each other regarding what a "thermometer" is. It's a new low in IHOY history!

1967 Episode 9 - Hair - The American Tribal-Love Rock Musical

Wed, 20 Jul 2022 04:20:00 -0500

Harmony and understanding, sympathy and trust abound in this ninth foray into 1967, covering the legacy and impact of the groundbreaking hippie musical extravaganza, Hair! Sarah & Joe discuss the freewheeling nature of the show's composition, from its initial off-Broadway premiere in '67 to its triumphant run on Broadway and the West End to becoming a worldwide phenomenon. Much attention is paid to creators Gerome Ragni and James Rado, their other projects in subsequent years, the too-late film adaptation by Milos Forman in 1979, the massive controversies surrounding Hair virtually everywhere it played, and how the show influenced and changed musical theater from that point forward.

1967 Episode 8 - A Threesies of Sports Legends

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 04:22:00 -0500

The show is consistent in its love of a good threesies, and #8 is no exception - as sporting greats Bubba Smith, Kathrine Switzer, and Evel Knieval have their 1967s examined! Sarah & Joe take us through the '67 NFL Draft and cover highlights from #1 pick Smith's careers as a footballer and an actor, then look at the Boston Marathon intrigue surrounding Switzer's attempt to run in disguise. Finally, the New Year's Eve Caesars Palace fountain jump by Knieval is discussed, with many stops along the way to talk Who's the Boss?, helicopter parenting, marathon rules, the Police Academy series, the dearth of daredevils in pop culture, various Halls of Fame, and, of course, Bubba Until it Hurts. The classics never go out of style!

1967 Episode 7 - The Secession of Winneconne, Wisconsin

Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:23:00 -0500

What would happen if an American city decided it no longer wanted to be part of its assigned state? Could it just leave? Could it join up with a different state? Could it become its own nation?? That's (kind of) what happened in the tiny village of Winneconne in central Wisconsin, circa July of 1967! Sarah & Joe, having just returned from a brief visit to the cheese empire, delve into the wacky aspects of city secession, appointing a new cabinet, designing a national flag, and annexing nearby towns. Along the way, they discuss potentially leading the charge to have their building secede from the city of Chicago, which historical figure Sarah most resembles, and the differences between the village of Bainbridge, NY and the town of Bainbridge, NY. Sexy, exciting geography packed episode!

1967 Episode 6 - Elvis Presley’s Triple Feature

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 04:20:00 -0500

With the imminent release of Baz Luhrmann's big screen biopic, It Happened One Year checked the 1967 release schedule and found not one, not two, but three big movies starring the King of Rock 'n' Roll, and figured it was high time to give them a watch. They aren't Elvis's best films, they aren't his best known films, but they are all, in their own odd ways, fascinating hunk-a hunks of entertainment - Double Trouble, Easy Come Easy Go, and Clambake! With such luminary co-stars as Elsa Lanchester, Bill Bixby, Michael Murphy, Pat Harrington, Pat Priest, Will Hutchins, and Shelley Fabares, these films are long on talent, very long on musical numbers, and murky on plot! Listen as Sarah & Joe recount their Elvis connections, detail the highlights of visiting Graceland in Memphis, rate the films on a scale of one-to-five hip gyrations, and spotlight the most ludicrous tacked-on song in each production.

1967 Episode 5 - The First Live Global TV Event - June 25th’s Our World Special

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 04:22:00 -0500

Television and satellite broadcasting took a giant leap for mankind, and It Happened One Year is there! Sarah & Joe delve into the segments bizarre, fascinating, and deadly dull that comprise the intercontinental TV production Our World, airing June 25th, 1967! At the time (supposedly) the most viewed program in history, this BBC-led production featured live events from across the globe - most notably Japan, Australia, Mexico, Sweden, France, Germany, Canada, and the U.S. of A. From half-baked athletic competitions to behind-the-scenes filmmaking, from pedantic traffic reports to Saturn V rocket tests, from Leonard Bernstein to The Beatles, this slice of '67 documentary is equal parts technical achievement and slow-motion entertainment catastrophe. Discussion ranges through Russia's 11th hour bailing on the program to camera difficulties in Tunisia to Sarah getting songs stuck in her head to Joe's Andrew Cuomo impression. This is Our World!

1967 Episode 4 - The First Cryogenically Frozen Man!

Mon, 30 May 2022 04:15:00 -0500

It's science-fiction madness come to life in this fourth chilling episode of It Happened One Year's look at 1967! Sarah & Joe take a close examination at the business of freezing corpses with aims toward eventual reanimation, by way of the the story of the first human being to undergo this procedure - James Bedford! A harrowing tale of his body's journey across western American states and the optimists and charlatans involved unfolds in standard, jokey IHOY fashion. What other notables are currently in the fridge in Scottsdale, Arizona? And would the hosts be willing to take the subzero adventure themselves? All will be revealed!

1967 Episode 3 - The Easter Sunday Elysian Park Love-In

Mon, 16 May 2022 04:20:00 -0500

The counterculture brought all their flutes and vegetables to the park on March 26th, 1967, and the Love-In commenced! It Happened One Year plunges you into the midst of this glorious, groovy event as Sarah & Joe talk flower & incense based protest circa the Summer of Love, and then spiral it out to the Be-Ins of the time, the simultaneous Central Park event of Easter '67, more aggressive protests to come, and whether or not The Monkees joined in with the fun and frivolity. Attention is paid along the way to Les Blank's God Respects Us When We Work..., the psychedelic bands making appearances at Elysian Park that day, General Lewis Hershey vs. General Hershey Bar, and speculation as to how the hosts may have personally involved themselves in protests on their college campuses were they alive at the time.

1967 Episode 2 - The White House Wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson

Mon, 02 May 2022 04:27:00 -0500

A large portion of American society has never gotten to experience the cultural mania of a wedding being held in the home of the president, but in the late '60s and early '70s, this joint was a hotbed of matrimonial hullabaloo. Sarah & Joe captain a journey through time as they explore the history of White House nuptials, stretching back multiple centuries, while focusing on the union of Lyndon Johnson's daughter Lynda Bird to Marine Corps officer and future governor and senator from Virginia Chuck Robb! From the guest list to the menu to the intrigue surrounding LBJ's terrier Yuki, It Happened One Year covers it all and cordially invites you to the D.C. social event of the year, circa 1967!

Season Two Begins! 1967 Episode 1 - The Great Potato Dumpling War

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 04:17:00 -0500

Welcome back, IHOY Heads! It's a new year in season two as Sarah & Joe do their level best to tackle the landmark lovefest that was 1967! Kicking things off is the famed (and forgotten?) tale of Munich artist Helmut Winter, a man who would not take it anymore as a hundred NATO planes flew over his neighborhood each and every day, and took matters into his own hands in a hilariously creative way. Witness the valiant efforts that affected real change for his community! Be there as the It Happened One Year Hall of Fame is finally established! Hear the hosts attempt to stick to 1967, and veer back to 1994 only on occasion!

BONUS: The 2000 Presidential Election

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 04:07:00 -0500

There have been some questions about It Happened One Year's freeform, under-researched trial episodes - well, fear not, as this last Bonus Episode before Season Two begins stays mostly on subject and features actual concrete opinions! Recorded in February of 2021 (which is handy to know, given references in the discussion), Sarah & Joe go full Marvel What If...? on the world in their recollections and breakdown of the nail-biter 2000 Election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. What would've happened had Gore won? Do all the early '00s wars still happen? Does the Patriot Act exist? Who could've been elected in 2004, and 2008, and 2012, for that matter? Also, what about the photo-finish 1960 Election? Do the '60s as we know them actually take place in the '70s, if Nixon won in '60? Lots of speculation and conjecture abound as IHOY gears up for the new season!

BONUS: The Fall of the Roman Empire

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:30:00 -0500

While still debating which year would be covered by Season Two of It Happened One Year, Sarah & Joe took a mighty swing at 476 A.D., with decidedly mixed results! Sure, the Roman Empire finally collapsed for good, but the hosts have a hard time even staying on that momentous event, getting distracted by the secular naming convention for years, the fifth century Pope Simplicius, Joe Biden's State of the Union Address, and how calendars worked before the birth of Christ. Be thankful that 476 didn't emerge as the winning subject of the new year!

Coming Soon - IHOY Season Two!

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 04:25:00 -0500

We're doing it again! Sarah & Joe are rolling out another season of events big and small, famed and forgotten! It's a new year from the history books to explore and a massive new slate of topics across politics, sports, world events, literature, movies, television, innovations, oddball human interest, pet judging contests, mundane weather, and so much more!

BONUS: The Hundred Years’ War

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:20:00 -0500

It's another ancient archive recording this week, as It Happened One Year unearths this test episode from pre-season one - Sarah & Joe's quick hack through all 116 years of the Hundred Years' War! Listen as they dispute this clearly inaccurate naming convention! Watch in horror as they speculate about the leaders of the countries, the countries involved, the relevance of the Crusades, and whether or not the Americas were somehow tangentially involved in the conflict! There are even a handful of references to World War III, making this 13 month old recording particularly impactful given the current state of the world. Terrifying!

BONUS: The Johnstown Flood of 1889

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 04:16:00 -0500

As season two continues under construction, It Happened One Year is again making with the bonus oddities - this week, Sarah & Joe kick around what they know of the Johnstown Flood of 1889, thus the abbreviated running time! Listen as the discussion quickly ranges between what people might've kept in their basements in the late 19th century to a frustrating argument with the Alexa over Jack the Ripper facts.

BONUS: 1987’s Baby Jessica

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 04:15:00 -0500

Bonus episode! From deep in the vault comes this bizarro rarity - a pre-It Happened One Year "episode," before the show had recorded a single minute of actual content. Listen in as the married hosts try to determine if they have any sort of podcast chemistry, while kicking around the legendary tale of that stumbling baby who fell down a well. Plenty of questions are raised about the famous event, and about wells in general, as Sarah & Joe worked to develop the show that would ultimately emerge.

Episode 52 - The Great Trivia Showdown Season Finale!

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 04:18:00 -0600

Finally, 1994 is coming to an end! Sarah & Joe's grand pandemic era experiment in nostalgia wraps up this week, with this wholly trivial fifty-second episode! Listen in to that most riveting of podcast adventures - the hosts battling it out for knowledge supremacy, with all questions pertaining to the broad podcast topic they've revisited week after week for the past year. Past episodes are discussed, missed subject opportunities discovered, and hints for the future of It Happened One Year dropped along the way. Many favorites resurface through the course of the game - including Speed, Kurt Cobain, The Lion King, Forrest Gump, Tonya Harding, Beck, The Real World, Friends, and Calvin Klein - and plenty more IHOY lore is explored.

Episode 51 - The In Memoriam Segment 1994 Cue Music and Applause

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 04:26:00 -0600

In the second-to-last episode of this It Happened One Year season, Sarah & Joe take a look back at the rest of the celebrities we lost way back in the landmark year of 1994. The major figures of politics, literature, sports, film & television, crime, music, and more are given that classic IHOY send off. Hey, what takes place on an awards show before they reach their grand finale? Gotta give a nod to the dear departed! Richard Nixon, Jackie Kennedy, Kurt Cobain, Burt Lancaster, Wilma Rudolph, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Jack Kirby, Harry Nilsson, Peter Cushing, Raul Julia, Jersey Joe Walcott, Henry Mancini, Jessica Tandy, and many more feature prominently in this super-sized episode!

Episode 50 - Now You’re Playing With Power! Super Power!

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 04:30:00 -0600

It Happened One Year's landmark fiftieth episode delves into one of the show's little-covered corners of 1994 entertainment - video games, specifically the blockbuster titles from the Super Nintendo, with cameos by the Sega Genesis, and a few long forgotten products from both. Sarah & Joe cover their respective paths of console enjoyment in the early '90s, touching on the top selling games of the year - including Donkey Kong Country and Super Metroid - and the wildly creative by necessity Ken Griffey Jr. Presents Major League Baseball. Along the way, various PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Game Cube, and Wii discussions pop up, with cameos from Mario Kart, Rockstar titles, Simpsons Road Rage, Final Fantasy, Triple Play '97, Super Punch-Out!!, and more!

Episode 49 - Jack Nicholson’s Wolf Man Extravaganza

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 04:14:00 -0600

Love is in the air this Valentine's Day, and what is more romantic than the Jack Nicholson/Michelle Pfeiffer cult (?) classic monster melee Wolf?! It's another Dealer's Choice - the first one in a while - and the result brings us straight to the full moon doorstep of horror, suspense, lust, and highbrow literary society circa 1994! Sarah & Joe discuss werewolf films of the era (which this film only basically fits into), making difficult comparisons with An American Werewolf in London and that all-time show favorite Teen Wolf, why anyone involved actually made this movie, and the stunning pedigree of the cast & crew. Was this more a Mike Nichols project, or a Jack Nicholson one? Is "sniff acting" the hardest thing to ever pull off on film? Is James Spader the film's MVP? Along the way, attention is thrown to Lon Chaney, Tom Everett Scott, Carnal Knowledge, The Prince of Tides, Stan Freberg, The Witches of Eastwick, and many more!

Episode 48 -The Great Motion Picture Yearbook - 1994 Edition

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 04:23:00 -0600

It's time to take a look at the good, the lucrative, and the flops coming from the motion picture industry in 1994, in this cinematic forty-eighth episode! Sarah & Joe's lengthy trip around the film universe covers the biggest box office grossers, the proliferation of unsuccessful sequels & remakes versus the gangbusters industry of today, the Oscar winners and nominees, and the movies they feel stand the test of time and are all-time classics. Dozens of films get a glance, from your Hoop Dreams, Pulp Fiction, and Ed Wood to your Exit to Eden, A Million to Juan, and Cops and Robbersons! Cult faves such as The Crow, Clerks, and Leon: The Professional arise in the same breath as Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow and Nell, as the hosts yet again try to answer the classic It Happened One Year question - why didn't Speed get nominated for Best Picture, and would it have were there ten slots for nominees in '94?

Episode 47 - Gillooly & Kaelin

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 04:15:00 -0600

Two of the absolute icons of 1994 are featured in this legendary forty-seventh episode of It Happened One Year! Tonya Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly and Nicole Simpson's ex-house guest Kato Kaelin had lives of varying success and public interest prior to the events of '94, but afterward they would become household names forever, and for very different reasons. The tribulations of the Gillooly/Harding union are explored, up to and including The Crime of the First Half of the Year, followed by as much as could be unearthed about Gillooly (now Jeff Stone) ever since. The exact circumstances that led Kato to be in O.J.'s guest house on that fateful night are also broken down, plus his acting and celebrity careers before and after. Along the way, Sarah & Joe throw love to Gillooly's favorite Nevada diner, Kato's amazing Cameo performances, the on-field skills of the Milwaukee Brewers in recent years, Sarah's ever-evolving feelings toward Tonya, Kaelin co-stars Robert Downey Jr., Zach Galligan, Malcolm McDowell, Samuel L. Jackson, and Zack Galifianakis, and Gillooly's dynamite sense of humor.

Episode 46 - The India Plague of 1994, or How We Spent Our 23 Month Coronavirus Quarantine

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 04:14:00 -0600

This super-sized forty-sixth episode is legitimately way too much - everyone involved would agree. But in order to cover (briefly) the events of the plague on the sub-continent in 1994 and (more expansively) everything personally connected to the COVID pandemic of 2020, 2021, 2022, and so on requires a whole bundle of time! Sarah & Joe take us on a rollercoaster of emotion, swinging from discussions about all the breads and pastries made over the past two years to passionate worry about the end of American democracy as we know it. Many, many topics pop up along the way - the popular TV shows of the lockdown, the Insurrection of January 6th, video games played and quiz/learning websites obsessed over, opinions over the single most destructive person of our lifetime, new and old music discovered with year-end Spotify calculations, puzzles and board games, the villainous manipulations of the GOP, the formulation and continued creation of this show, and the karaoke app Smule, which produces possibly the single best moment in It Happened One Year history. Running the same amount of time as Eegah: The Name Written in Blood and Toy Story 2, this episode falls somewhere between the two as far as linear coherence and sparkling entertainment!

Episode 45 - The Day the Blobs Fell From the Sky!

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:20:00 -0600

It's a special brand of sci-fi suspense this week, as this gelatinous forty-fifth episode tackles the eerie, inexplicable events in Oakville, Washington from August of 1994! Sarah & Joe attempt to concoct theories as to what caused pellets of goo to rain down in unholy terror on the unsuspecting residents of this small northwest town, causing some to fall ill and causing some Fidos and Meow-Meows to go off to that big PetSmart in the sky! Along the way, the hosts try to relate these bizarre goings-on to vintage X-Files episodes, speculate whether something similar on a much larger scale is responsible for the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, and posit their educated guesses as to what really took place the day(s) the blobs crashed down to earth!

Episode 44 - The Lost Comedians of 1994

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 04:03:00 -0600

While an especially bad year for celebrity deaths, 1994 was particularly devastating on the field of comedy, taking a big group of super talented folks from us, and many at far too young an age. Sarah & Joe, in typical fashion befitting longtime death pool participants, focus on the positives, and try to celebrate the joy brought to us all from these major figures in the field. Batman TV actor Cesar Romero, stand-up legend Bill Hicks, beloved star John Candy, SNL trailblazer Danitra Vance, and National Lampoon/SNL writer/performer Michael O'Donoghue all get a piece of the spotlight in this week's forty-fourth side-splitting episode! The lengthy, goofball discussion covers topics such as whether Romero was the most committed or least committed actor on Batman, if Hicks is actually still alive and performing long-form political improv, if Candy's film career ever eclipsed the work he did on SCTV, whether Vance's season of SNL was the worst in the show's history, or if that was reserved for one of O'Donoghue's returns in '80s. Along the way, cameos abound from Shirley Temple, Denis Leary, the JFK Assassination, Phoebe Zeit-Geist, Edith Prickley, Robert Downey Jr., Doug Kenney, Fatty Arbuckle, and many more!

Episode 43 - Ernst Stavro Kojak

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 04:19:00 -0600

It may be a new year for the world, but it's still 1994 around these parts! Sarah & Joe take a quick look at the life and times of famed actor and pitchman Telly Savalas, who left behind quite the body of interesting work 28 years ago! Almost certainly best remembered for his massive hit detective show of the 1970's Kojak, Savalas' lengthy career before and after is explored, through discussions of his one-shot as James Bond nemesis Blofeld in On Her Majesty's Secret Service, landing the role of Pontius Pilate in The Greatest Story Every Told, and his status as a legendary bald sex symbol. Along the way, much time is given to his very brief appearance in The Muppet Movie, the who's who that attended his funeral, speculation about whether the Sesame Street character is named for him, who the hell the other Muppets are named after, the best joke from the British sitcom Only Fools and Horses, and how much Kevin Sorbo sucks. Brief, frenetic, and scattershot forty-third episode!

Episode 42 - A Baseball Humbug

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 04:34:00 -0600

It is the eve of the Major League Baseball strike - August 11th, 1994 - and acting commissioner Bud Selig sits alone in his offices, as solitary as an oyster. With the work stoppage looming and the season in jeopardy, he is visited by the ghost of former commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti, warning him that the only chance of averting this crisis comes in the form of three spirits, who hope to inform him about the past, present, and future of the state of baseball...

The biggest It Happened One Year episode yet transforms into radio comedy/drama with this fully scripted, full cast forty-second entry! With a generous assist from the long defunct Petri Wine Company of California, A Baseball Humbug vaults through time with a phantasmagoric adaptation of A Christmas Carol, done in that inimitable IHOY style. Celebrate the holidays and gather the family around the audio machine as in days of yore for this crazy intersection of history, sports, and full-throated acting in podcasting!

Written & Directed by Joe Cetta Bud Selig - Sarah Elihu Phinney - Joe The Bleacher Preacher - Kristin Mann A. Bartlett Giamatti - Dane Bower of Flashmilk Productions Marge Schott, Jeffrey Loria, Babe Ruth, Leonard Coleman - David Munchak Kenesaw Mountain Landis - Jon Deiner [David and Jon are the hosts of the film podcast, ReconCinemation] George Steinbrenner - The Batman Abner Doubleday - Dave Gardon Gene Budig, additional voices - Aaron Stephenson John Henry - Bill Randall Suzanne Selig, Skimpole, additional voices - Sam McChuri Jarndyce, additional voices - Sean McCann Montreal Mayor, additional voices - Michael Buonincontro Fans, vendors, baseball players - Angie Buonincontro, Elle Wilson, Kate & Josh

Episode 41 - The Great Boondoggles (or the Buffoondoggles!) of 1994

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 04:15:00 -0600

It wasn't all hand-over-fist success stories back in 1994, no sir! There were also ego driven flights of fancy and wild money-making schemes that backfired royally! Sarah & Joe dive deep into this pack of '94 boondoggles, including the Steven Spielberg theme restaurant Dive!, Joseph Heller's Catch-22 sequel Closing Time, the Canadian Football League's ill-advised expansion into America, and Fox's abortive live-action Krusty the Clown spin-off from The Simpsons. The restaurant industries of Los Angeles and Las Vegas get a glance, plus the fanbases and appetites for foreign football in places like Sacramento, Shreveport, Baltimore, and Memphis, random spin-off football leagues like the XFL and the Lingerie Football League, and what the ramifications could've been had Krusty the Clown actually aired. Are three-decade-plus sequels a good idea in any medium? Should they give the CFL another shot in the U.S.? Will The Simpsons ever actually end? There is plenty speculated about in this information packed, quixotic forty-first episode!

Episode 40 - Justice Stephen Breyer Needs to Retire Immediately

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 04:33:00 -0600

A show centered squarely in 1994 shouldn't often try to influence modern decision making, but the ongoing Supreme Court crisis cannot be ignored here at It Happened One Year! Sarah & Joe take us along separate, parallel journeys through court history, as Sarah details the life and times of '94 appointee Stephen Breyer, his early life, education, judicial career, and opinions opposite Joe's journey back through history, highlighting the other dozen men to occupy this Supreme Court seat. Finally, the hosts contemplate modern America's rolling conservative nightmare, with its minor public support and the crooked dealings that brought us to this point. Cameos abound from throughout American history, including George Washington, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Oliver Wendell Holmes, JFK, FDR, LBJ, the worst president in history, the historic Jewish seat of the court, and speculation about Breyer's '80s action hero style one-liners while he was in the army reserves. It might just be gallows humor, but interspersed with bon mots about copyright law, in this legislative fortieth episode!

Episode 39 - Saoirse, Give Me Strength!

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 04:13:00 -0600

It's further adventures in audio chaos as It Happened One Year looks at the life and career of 1994 baby Saoirse Ronan! From her near-miss casting in the Harry Potter series to her many Academy Award nominations, Ronan's place as darling of the indie circuit is discussed, along with Sarah & Joe's speculation as to if/when she will finally land in a major Hollywood franchise and make that sweet franchise money. Along the way, much discussion is given to potential future Oscar winners, the best strategies for taking home the top film honor, lesbian period dramas, recent Muppet films, Wes Anderson, the Titanic, and the fleeting value of pre-intro banter. It could be called unconventional, but let's face it, so many IHOY episodes fit this description lately that it has probably become the norm. Tune in!

Episode 38 - Tonya & Nancy & John & Lorena & Weird Al

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:25:00 -0600

Ostensibly designed to discuss three large news stories in the general vicinity of 1994 - Michael Fay's walloping adventure in Singapore, the epic showdown between Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan at the Lillehammer Olympics, and the violent dissolution of John and Lorena Bobbitt's marriage - this entry in the IHOY catalog spends the most time gushing over the sheer genius of one "Weird Al" Yankovic, whose '94 song "Headline News" forms the basis of this discussion. Dial in as Sarah & Joe talk about their earliest memories of the famed parodist, his classic albums Bad Hair Day and Even Worse, his Christmas songs and polkas, and their personal favorites from his vast repertoire. Sarah's off-handed suggestion later to tag Weird Al on Twitter leads the hosts down the road of other random celebrity interactions they've had online, roping in such disparate notables as Nick News' Linda Ellerbee and former American Idol host Brian Dunkleman! And yes, loyal listeners, "Stuck in a Closet with Vanna White" makes another triumphant appearance on the show! Planned as a straight news episode, transformed into a Weird Al lovefest, intense media scrutiny and songs about lasagna are given equal time in this splashed-across-the-front-page thirty-eighth episode!

Episode 37 - The First It Happened One Year Book Club!

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 04:26:00 -0600

Gather up your literature cronies, put the kettle on, and cozy up to a roaring fire as Sarah & Joe invite you to quite possibly the only book club episode this season! 1994 featured plenty of popular book releases - with the usual suspects topping the sales charts, such as John Grisham, Stephen King, and Robert James Waller. When choosing a subject for this read-along episode, the hosts debated the format and the novel itself a while, but ended up with best, craziest option imaginable. Recorded over a month's time, featuring a litany of wild plot predictions and horrified reactions to the author's choices, It Happened One Year turns a weird corner and discovers plenty about the hosts, the readership for this sort of book, and America circa '94, and whether this kind of book could or would be written in this manner today. Kick your feet up and crack the spine of this page-turning thirty-seventh surprise filled episode! Yes, the book's title is withheld for a reason! Give it a chance!

Episode 36 - Around the World in 4,834 Days

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 04:26:00 -0600

Did you ever think how breathtakingly loopy it would be to grab one of your dumb buddies and attempt to circumnavigate the globe using only human power? No engines, no sails - nothing! Just spit and sweat and gumption! Well, that's basically what two intrepid, inexperienced British lads chose to do, setting off from Greenwich, London on July 12th, 1994! Sarah & Joe contemplate the many obstacles and trials faced by Jason Lewis and Steve Smith on their journey around the world nicknamed Expedition 360, where they encountered everything from wild crocodiles, drunk drivers, malaria, and schizophrenia to how wise roller skating across North America was as a strategy. As you can probably guess, a fair number of lousy Forrest Gump impressions populate this globe-trotting thirty-sixth episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 35 - The Neon Lights are Bright on Broadway, 1994

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 04:29:00 -0500

The 1994 Broadway season was highlighted by the industry-shaking arrival of the stage adaptation of Disney's Beauty and the Beast - an otherwise unremarkable show which nonetheless changed the way musicals got made from that point forward. Previous successful movie-to-stage musical transformations of the '80s and '90s - including Kiss of the Spider Woman, Nine, Grand Hotel, and Little Shop of Horrors - are discussed, plus the complications around turning Beauty and the Beast into a live-action product, and all the lessons Disney learned from this endeavor. Since '94, it has been a parade of these sorts of shows, with decidedly mixed results - musical versions of Back to the Future, Mean Girls, Rocky, Dave, Bend it Like Beckham, Debbie Does Dallas, Silence of the Lambs and, of course, Lin-Manuel Miranda's Bring It On get a hard look from the hosts. Sarah & Joe are stepping out onto the Great White Way for this star-studded thirty-fifth episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 34 - The Crossroads of America

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 04:23:00 -0500

While sitting at the 49'er Drive-In Theatre in Valparaiso, Indiana waiting for Jungle Cruise to begin, Sarah & Joe made the ill-fated decision to find all the news items and notable firsts that took place in the Hoosier State in 1994. The result? This brief, chaotic thirty-fourth episode of It Happened One Year! The 78th Indianapolis 500 is given a hearty look, along with season recaps for the Indiana Pacers, the Indianapolis Colts, the University of Indiana football and basketball programs, and that the minor league Indianapolis Indians probably need to change their mascot. It's not just sports though - Dick Lugar's third re-election to the U.S. Senate, the chain of Hooks Drug Stores demise, plane crashes, rowing championships, IUPUI, and famous Indiana graves also get airtime between symphonies of car horns. Cameos abound, with the Rolling Stones, Sasheer Zamata, Carole Lombard, Whiting's New Years Eve pierogi drop, Jesse Ventura, and Blaster the Rocketman's The Monster Who Ate Jesus all saying hi. The familiar IHOY refrain of "Is this anything?" rings loud and clear across this bizarro road recording! Enjoy?

Episode 33 - My So-Called Matlock

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 04:33:00 -0500

It Happened One Year famously broke down NBC's cross-sitcom promotion of November 3rd, 1994, "Blackout Thursday", way back in Episode 13, but then wondered, what were the counter offerings on that fateful night of television? This unearthed the insane ABC pairing of the legendary high school drama My So-Called Life and the elderly courtroom antics of Matlock - which brought up a lot of questions. Sarah & Joe get to the bottom of this bonkers slate of TV, looking at the 10th MSCL "Other People's Mothers" and the 180th Matlock "The Tabloid". The critical reception to the teen drama is reviewed, plus possible reasons it didn't last beyond that first season, plot elements introduced and discarded, the raw erotic appeal of Brian Krakow, and, of course, that Jordan Catalano can't read. No such wide-ranging breakdown is afforded Matlock, as the hosts question whether this wackadoo episode is typical of the show or was this a glorious one-off in its final season, featuring three separate instances of Ben singing coupled with possible extra-terrestrial sexual trysts, broken up by discussions of the characters' favorite sandwiches. Brief interludes abound, throwing time to the CBS and FOX schedules of the same night, the abrupt ALF finale, what METV stands for, and can you instinctively know which network aired a particular show. They won't be covering November 3rd television again (or will they??), so come get the comprehensive look at this singular day in broadcast history with this incongruous thirty-third episode!

Episode 32 - The Not Particularly Unsung Greats of 1994

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 04:23:00 -0500

In direct opposition to the earlier episode covering forgotten wonders, this week It Happened One Year heralds the heavy hitters, the master blasters, the success juggernauts that emerged in 1994! Sarah & Joe have much debate over the title of this episode, before launching into an extended, uncomfortable look at Sex.com and the adult website industry, before pivoting to safer tech spaces like Amazon and Yahoo and Webcrawler. Bottled water giant Aquafina emerged that year, while the Wonderbra made its American debut, and the Sony Playstation made waves overseas. The engineering marvel The Chunnel opened (and the hosts reveal their complete ignorance as to how this structure functions), as did Chicago's United Center, which gets them off on a whole different series of tangents. Many, many cameos and segways along the way (including the original patent for The Segway, incidentally), featuring the various video game systems of the '90s, longtime urban myths about Mountain Dew, the differences between whitehouse.gov and whitehouse.com, how great Joe's dad was as a build-your-own video game character, Sarah's adventures with water and wine bras, speculation about who Brian Pinkerton is, Viktor Stalberg's only career hat trick, and that one time Pete Townshend sang "My Generation" at a Who concert. It's wall-to-wall topics and information in this chock-a-block thirty-second episode!

Episode 31 - Sensational, Inspirational, Celebrational, Muppetational

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 04:17:00 -0500

To commemorate this week's brand new Halloween special on Disney+, It Happened One Year is taking a look at the status of Jim Henson's Muppets circa 1994, through the lens of that year's projects Muppet Classic Theater and the comedy album Kermit Unpigged! Sarah & Joe breakdown what works and doesn't in this era, following the impact of Jim and Richard Hunt's deaths, and how MCT was indicative of the franchise's direction for years to come. Along the way, plenty of time is given to Frank Oz's recent comments about Disney, characters that got pushed aside in the '90s, the Muppet live shows of recent years in Los Angeles and London, the overwhelming importance of Dave Goelz's Gonzo, Joe's only Muppet impression, and a few choice internet parodies of the group from the 21st century. Cameos abound from man and Muppet alike, with Ozzy Osbourne, Lily Tomlin, the Swedish Chef, Miss Piggy, George Benson, Jimmy Buffett, the Wilkins Coffee characters, SNL's The Land of Gorch, John Denver, Lady Gaga, Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, and many more popping up in the discussion. So now let's get things started (Why don't you get things started??) in this thirty-first muppetational episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 30 - Three Days of Peace & Music & Mud

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 04:20:00 -0500

It's a psychedelic, mud-splattered trip back to the music festivals of yore, as It Happened One Year covers the landmark concert sequel Woodstock '94 from Saugerties, NY, in this groovy thirtieth episode! Sarah & Joe compare and contrast various elements from the original 1969 concert and the disastrous 1999 version with the somewhat overlooked middle show, from the lineups to the amount of available shade to the price of booze. Along the way, the hosts hold up their experiences at modern-day Lollapaloozas with these older multi-day extravaganzas, and draw conclusions as to how they've evolved. The multiple other Woodstock reunion concerts from 1979, 1989, and the alternate '94 show in Bethel are touched upon, with numerous cameos from Country Joe & the Fish, Savoy Brown, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Bob Dylan, Arlo Guthrie, Red Hot Chili Peppers, DMX, Limp Bizkit, and more. Are you ready to rock? Bring your $11 beer and your Clorox wipes because we're going to the festival this week!

Episode 29 - Our Problem Free Philosophy - The Lion King

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 04:22:00 -0500

It's another dealer's choice, and it's Sarah's birthday, so you can probably guess how this one turns out! To celebrate her big day, the hosts discuss the now-classic Disney animated offering of 1994 - Savannah Hamlet, a.k.a. The Lion King! A comprehensive trip through '80s and '90s Disney flicks is taken, touching on everything from The Black Cauldron to Hercules, with significant time spent comparing the four consecutive masterpieces cranked out by the House of Mouse - The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King. Many swipes are taken at the 2010's live-action remakes and their general pointlessness, while criticism also gets levied at the Academy for their many bone-headed Best Song choices from this group. Cameos from Robin Williams, Angela Lansbury, A Most Violent Year, The Rescuers Down Under, Jo Anne Worley, Beyonce, and special shout-outs to Moira Kelly abound, with very brief mentions of karaoke renditions of "Hakuna Matata" and the long-lost high school adaptation Antigone: The Musical! You will feel the love tonight, if that's your thing, in this twenty-ninth monkey's uncle of an episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 28 -The Art of the Heist

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 04:17:00 -0500

Things get mad highbrow this week on It Happened One Year, as Sarah & Joe wander down the unfamiliar avenues of the art world and the famed, low-tech thefts of 1994! Come along as they discuss the retrieval of the long lost, largely forgotten, considered possibly mythical Raphael painting "Madonna and Child with Lamb" or "Madonna With the Hay," with no few Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and singer/actress Madonna jokes tossed in for good measure. The second half covers the wild tale of former European footballer Paal Enger (or Pål Enger), who stole Edvard Munch's "The Scream" from the National Gallery in Oslo on the opening day of the Lillehammer Olympics - which wasn't even the first Munch painting he had ever yoinked. Along the way, the hosts discuss their favorite Picassos and Hoppers, random art galleries they've visited, which TMNT was the best character in the classic SEGA Genesis game, and whether or not Georgia O'Keefe sucks, in this hoity-toity twenty-eighth episode!

Episode 27 - The Bills Make Me Wanna Shout

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 04:23:00 -0500

The comprehensive tragedy of the early '90s Buffalo Bills culminated with their fourth consecutive championship game loss in Super Bowl XXVIII against the Dallas Cowboys in January of 1994. So monumental is this event that Sarah & Joe are not podcasters enough to handle it alone, thus It Happened One Year is bringing in special commentators to share the excitement! Western New York natives abound as the unofficial mayor of Buffalo Dave Gardon discusses the history of the franchise, memories of that epic run, and optimism for the current squad, while his wife and local legend Tracey Rice Gardon talks superstitions and rituals surrounding her Bills viewing. Finally, Sarah's brother Chad discusses his hazy recollections of the era, which left him a more or less shattered football fan. Recorded on location in lovely Trumansville, NY (and thus the obvious audio differences from regular shows), IHOY finally has guests in this watershed twenty-seventh episode!

Episode 26 - Opportunities Seized!

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 04:15:00 -0500

In a transitional year across the spectrum of world events, politics, entertainment, and sports such as 1994, certain voids naturally open up and rare chances present themselves. Two groups who absolutely capitalized on these lucky opportunities are the seemingly disparate entities of the NBA's Houston Rockets and the G.O.P. of the American political structure! Sarah & Joe discuss how Michael Jordan's shocking first retirement opened the door for the rest of beleaguered basketball to try and snatch a title, and the fascinating, tragic aftermaths for 75% of the teams in that year's conference semi-finals. Then, the hosts tackle that most mysterious of voting blocs - Republicans of the past three decades - as the Contract with America, Newt Gingrich, Ronald Reagan, 9/11, George W. Bush, and Critical Race Theory are all examined and groused over thoroughly! Was Gingrich the Hakeem Olajuwon of the right in 1994? Will Barron Trump someday play in the NBA? It's an opinionated, two-pronged assault on fanbases in sports and culture, in this twenty-sixth auspicious episode!

Episode 25 - F. Lee Bailey: It’s a Blunderful Life

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 04:16:00 -0500

It Happened One Year delivers its landmark twenty-fifth episode, looping all the way back to the premiere with a deep dive into the late F. Lee Bailey's career! Sarah & Joe talk O.J. yet again (including wild speculation about who may have committed the murders, if the Juice is to be believed), and then delve into the Bailey case history for a look at the famed Sam Sheppard trial, the "Boston Strangler" Albert DeSalvo, the SLA and Patty Hearst, Carl Coppolino, Claude DeBoc, and more. Along the way are cameos from Joseph Goebbels, wrestling legend Mankind, Clarence Darrow, Gloria Allred, Nathan Lane, Khloe Kardashian, and an excessive Jimmy Stewart impression that will have you rolling your eyes in exasperation!

Episode 24 - The Unsung Greats of 1994

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 04:18:00 -0500

In a year as jam packed with classic entertainment and landmark inventions as 1994, some things were bound to fall through the cracks of history – but Sarah & Joe are here to thrust them back into the limelight in this heroic twenty-fourth episode! Come along as the hosts whirl from personal favorite films (Love Affair, The Fantastic Four) to TV shows (Saved by the Bell: The College Years, Herman’s Head) to new commercial products (the Dodge Neon, the Nutrageous candy bar) before finally arriving at the MVP of unsung greatness from this year – Reese’s Peanut Butter Puffs cereal. Along the way much discussion is given to Warren Beatty films of ‘90s, all the movie iterations of the First Family of Marvel, the relationships between Katharine and Audrey Hepburn, Bob and Mike Golic, Deborah and Steve Kerr, the seven wonders of the food engineering world, Joe’s uncanny ability to guess celebrity birth years, and a thorough breakdown of the best breakfast cereals of all-time. Plenty of topics to discuss, and wrapping up with perhaps the greatest end sequence in It Happened One Year history!

Episode 23 - Mitch Don't Kill My Vibe

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:30:00 -0500

Wrapping up this tour of '94 born luminaries is the tale of former Chicago Bears quarterback and local media punching bag Mitchell Trubisky! From the mysterious circumstances surrounding the Bears drafting the Tar Heel hurler in 2017 through his being named the Nickelodeon's Valuable Player in his final game with the team (a playoff loss to the Saints this past January), Sarah & Joe go deep into Chicago football fandom, raise a number of spurious arguments for a conspiracy against them personally, break down who the Bears could have had from that stacked draft class, and look forward to the future at Halas Hall. Will the team actually move out to Arlington Heights? Is Justin Fields already the best quarterback in team history? And will Mitch torpedo the great thing going with his new team, the Buffalo Bills? Get ready to suit up and run out of the tunnel in this smash-mouth twenty-third episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 22 - Courtney Stodden: Sixteen Will Get You Twenty

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 04:20:00 -0500

The second piece of a valiant effort to highlight some 1994 babies rolls out with model/media personality Courtney Stodden, best known for marrying the considerably older Doug Hutchison back in 2011 (when he was 51 and Courtney was all of 16) and for their role in the somewhat-ongoing apology tour of Twitter figure/celebrity Chrissy Teigen. Sarah & Joe struggle to use the correct pronouns (Courtney came out as non-binary in 2021) and also float the concept of Diet Toast across the first segment, before the show again reveals an It Happened One Year: What Could Have Been in the form of the Harding Administration's Teapot Dome scandal with IHOY: 1923! It's a rollercoaster of scandalous times here in this statutory twenty-second episode!

Episode 21 - White Squall (1996) Predicted All of This

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 04:15:00 -0500

A misguided belief that three 1994 babies could be covered in a single episode brings us to the first in a trio of episodes, also centered on a misguided belief! Child of '94 Fredrick Brennan is in the spotlight as we explore his major contribution to society - the nightmarish imageboard 8chan - and its most infamous members, the hyper conspiracy-trolling, insurrection-inspiring, downfall-of-rational-thought community known as QAnon! So as not to wind up the episode in too depressing a fashion, Sarah & Joe also reveal the ancient recording when It Happened One Year almost centered on the year 1792 B.C.! The tone might be a tad scattershot but the passion is undeniable in this anxiety-inducting twenty-first episode!

Episode 20 - Like a Blind Man at an Orgy...

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 04:20:00 -0500

The gang from Police Squad! pulled it together one final time in the spring of 1994 to supply a third film in the Naked Gun series, right before O.J. effectively torpedoed the whole franchise! Sarah & Joe take an extensive look at the entire Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker catalog, from the Kentucky Fried Movie through to the 21st century knock-offs of the genre, while also exploring the mysteries of the Naked Gun movies. Were there actual plans for a fourth film? Does O.J.'s presence sully the enjoyment of these movies? How did Priscilla Presley get cast with such limited acting experience? How similar are the career trajectories for her and Pia Zadora? Is this the best work Anna Nicole Smith ever did? Where is Scientology leader David Miscavige's wife Shelly? And how many songs have been written about Vanna White? It's a pretty wide ranging discussion of the third best Naked Gun film in this week's surreal twentieth episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 19 - The Biggest Liar!

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 04:20:00 -0500

Finally, the fabled Biggest Liar episode arrives! The actual topic only manages to occupy about half of the runtime this week, as much discussion centers around the journey this story took to finally reach podcast audiences. Sarah & Joe explore the original concept as recorded many months ago, why it no longer could be released, and ultimately devolves into a surprising conversation about general mental health during the pandemic. But in between all that - the greatest round of golf in human history, courtesy of North Korean Supreme Leader circa 1994 Kim Jong Il, plus the many towering lies surrounding his immortal person! There are some wild swings and maudlin interludes, but with that vintage It Happened One Year style!

Episode 18 - You Can't Touch Duane Barry!

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 04:33:00 -0500

Trust no one, except Sarah & Joe! It should come as no surprise that It Happened One Year is finally swerving hard into an extensive look at The X-Files, in this eighteenth spooky episode! 1994 featured one of the great, early two-parters in the run of the series - season two's Duane Barry and Ascension, featuring the great villainous work of Steve Railsback opposite David Duchovny's Mulder and Gillian Anderson's Scully! This wide ranging discussion covers the bumps of the show's early years, the conspiracy episodes versus stand-alones, Vancouver's prominent role standing in for Washington D.C. and the rest of America, the catastrophic series finale in the reboot seasons, great one-off psychos, and much much more! The truth is right here in IHOY: You Can't Touch Duane Barry!

Episode 17 - IHOY Radio: 1994 Hitz, One-Hitters and Whatnot!

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 04:39:00 -0500

Haddaway? Corona?? Culture Beat?! The hosts tackle an increasingly obscure group of artists in the second part of the quiz show concept introduced last time around. Joe takes the lead offering up the jams here and Sarah takes swings at identifying, with varying levels of accuracy. Clues are provided, "Love is All Around" is explored at some length, and those hot 1994 beats are relentless in their ability to entertain! Keep your dial tuned to IHOY for this seventeenth harmonic episode!

Episode 16 - IHOY Radio: 1994 Hitz, Powerhouse Ladies Edition!

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 04:10:00 -0500

Part one of an ambitious dual episode holiday weekend delivery, where Sarah & Joe take us through some of the big hit songs of 1994 in an interactive guessing game contest! Sarah is in the driver's seat here, quizzing about the song titles and artists around the major successes straight from the ladies! Hear the stunning missteps and shocking gaps in Joe's knowledge! Listen to bizarre anecdotes about live country music concerts and Geico commercials! Experience again a dazzling array of tunes stretching from Celine Dion to Reba McEntire to Brandy, and marvel at the guesswork in this symphonic sixteenth episode!

Episode 15 - Six Degrees of It Happening One Year

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 04:28:00 -0500

Lightning episode! It's a quick one this week as Joe & Sarah explore the origin of the famed parlor game Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon and then attempt to play along, with varying levels of success. Come see how few Sean Connery movies Sarah can name! Listen as the hosts stumble through the decades trying to make connections! Hear the silly ways they pronounce "Cumberbatch"! It's multiple hours of recording condensed into a hot baker's dozen minutes of podcast glory in this blistering fifteenth episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 14 - Love & Prenups

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 04:11:00 -0500

Finally, there's an opportunity for a full-on follow-up episode, as Sarah & Joe revisit a very, very briefly mentioned incident from back in Episode 2 - Love & Chaos, discussing the dissolution of a big 1994 celebrity marriage - Bill & Melinda Gates! Following fresh on the heels of Jeff Bezos's divorce, other potential super rich break-ups on the horizon are explored, while trying to mine details out of the Gates' rocky conclusion. Infidelity? Corporate strife? Jeffrey Epstein?? In addition, extensive shout-outs are given to other celebrities keeping their '94 unions afloat, including IHOY favorites Leila Kenzle and Harry Connick/Jill Goodacre. Credit where credit is due! Come for the love but stay for the fireworks in this fourteenth judicial episode!

Episode 13 - Blackout Thursday on NBC!

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 04:15:00 -0500

They don't do epic theme crossover television nights like they used to! That's the overriding conclusion of this thirteenth murky episode of It Happened One Year, delving into NBC's wild New York City based crossover of November 3rd, 1994! Sarah & Joe get into the night's programming scheme and the general history of Mad About You, Friends, Seinfeld, and Dabney Coleman's short lived Madman of the People! The discussion ranges from evaluating these shows at this point in their respective runs, why Seinfeld didn't participate in the blackout theme (and their proposal if the network insisted), tossing around theories as to when these programs hit their peaks, and debating the merits of television crossovers in general. Was it Must See TV at its finest, or too gimmicky to even warrant further attention? Bring a flashlight - it's IHOY: NBC's Blackout Thursday!

Episode 12 -"Who the F*ck is Justin Bieber?"

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 04:37:00 -0500

A rollicking new It Happened One Year segment is upon us, as Sarah & Joe delve deeply into the existential and literal question - Who is 1994 baby Justin Bieber? This twelfth bewildering episode attempts to address this through the use of very foggy memories and wild speculation, all subsequently fact-checked and highlighted in the episode with dings and buzzers, to let you know which guesses were on the money! Some names randomly thrown around include Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Demi Moore, Xavier Cugat, Usher, Justin Timberlake, Donny Osmond, Brenda Song, and Taylor Momsen as the hosts hack through the forest of modern teen entertainment to try and reach the core of truth about this pop idol. Are we all actually Justin Bieber? Does he even exist? Does he have a criminal record and/or a terrible mustache? Serving up heaping spoonfuls of truth and striking out mightily in equal measure, this week!

Episode 11 - Dinah!

Mon, 31 May 2021 04:13:00 -0500

The first of our In Memoriam: 1994 collection features that favorite darling of American television from the 1960s, '70s, and '80s - the late great Dinah Shore! Hear Sarah & Joe attempt to recount the highlights of the famed songstress's life, and mostly get hung up on her extensive dating accolades. Burt Reynolds, Tarzan's Ron Ely, Johnny Carson, and Hoda Kotb all make appearances as a new found brainteaser emerges to stump society - who looked better than Dinah Shore for as long as she did? The answers won't surprise you! Come see the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet alongside Dinah in this honorific eleventh episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 10 - One Hoax Over the Line

Mon, 24 May 2021 04:11:00 -0500

Dumb internet hoaxes didn't originate with your step-uncle getting scammed out of his social security number by Russian teenagers, heck no! This week, Sarah & Joe take us back to the early, early days of stupid nonsense people believed in cyberspace on this tenth techno-funktastic episode of It Happened One Year! 1994 saw the famed Good Times Virus burst onto the scene, followed in short order by a popular satirical news bulletin wherein Microsoft was going to purchase the Catholic Church. And if that isn't daring enough, actual cybercrime takes centerstage as super hacker Kevin Mitnick goes to prison, while prankster Zeke Shif declares "My kung fu is the best." It's a lot of technical mumbo jumbo and fancy digital doodads and whizzballs, with cameos from Bill Gates, The X-Files' Lone Gunmen, the show's first serious foray into financial advice, and no small discussion of early email accounts, web service providers, and the internet accessibility options of kids without home computers in 1994. IHOY: One Hoax Over the Line!

Episode 9 - Three Weddings, a Funeral, and Another Wedding

Mon, 17 May 2021 04:15:00 -0500

The wheel of chance is trotted out once again for this newest Dealer's Choice episode, wherein the winner selects the topic of discussion and the loser can suck eggs. This week - 1994's dreamiest and most acclaimed romantic comedy, Four Weddings and a Funeral! Sarah & Joe go into all facets of this famed British nuptial fest - from its inventive plot structure to establishing the Hugh Grant phenomena of the mid-nineties. Along the way, Kristin Scott Thomas, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Rowan Atkinson, and Richard Curtis are given their fair due, while director Mike Newell and ostensible star Andie MacDowell are questioned at some length. Was this truly the funniest movie of '94? Or should this be classified as a comedy at all? Horns are locked and the debate is lusty in this starry-eyed ninth episode of It Happened One Year!

Episode 8 - Shaquille O’Neal: The Big Aristotle

Mon, 10 May 2021 04:20:00 -0500

More than any other single person, one man towered like a colossus over all forms of media in 1994, the subject of It Happened One Year's slam-jammingest eighth episode - Shaquille O'Neal! Sarah & Joe explain how this episode ballooned from a mere nugget of trivia into a gold rush of stories surrounding the then Orlando Magic center - from his wildly successful gold and platinum rap albums (Shaq Diesel and Shaq Fu: Da Return) to his less well-received video game, from his hit autobiography to his popular appearances with World Championship Wrestling. '94 Shaq was possibly the greatest Shaq of them all!

And no discussion of The Diesel in 1994 would be complete without a lengthy look at his co-starring role in the volcanic basketball epic Blue Chips, starring Nick Nolte, J.T. Walsh, Mary McDonnell, and Ed O'Neill! The movie's bravura showcase of slam dunks, Larry Bird's sub-par acting, Coach Bell's moral ambiguity, and the opening five minutes being possibly the greatest in film history are all given their fair due. IHOY presents, at center, 7'1" from LSU, The Big Aristotle himself - Shaquille O'Neal!

Episode 7 - 30th Anniversary Spectacular!

Thu, 06 May 2021 04:21:00 -0500

The journey gets nostalgic and retrospective as Sarah & Joe celebrate It Happened One Year's 30th anniversary in this seventh star-studded episode! Come for the wild adoration of the teeming crowd, with special shoutouts to Sarahs and Joes from throughout the ages, and stay for a teary look back at past favorite episode moments plus previews of shows arriving in the coming weeks. It's a podcast bonanza unlike any other - IHOY: 30th Anniversary! Grab your champagne and your handkerchiefs!

Episode 6 - The Many Failed Assassination Attempts of Bill Clinton

Mon, 03 May 2021 04:05:00 -0500

Sic Semper Bubba! The many attempts to murder the 42nd President of the U.S. Bill Clinton in 1994 are explored in this sixth perilous episode of It Happened One Year! Marvel as Sarah & Joe rundown the efforts half-assed and otherwise of Ronald Barbour, Frank Corder, Francisco Duran, and Marcelino Corniel to snuff the democratically elected leader! Chortle at the stunning ineptitude on display from these would-be John Wilkes Booths! And woven through the episode, the hosts touch on other lesser known assassination bids, including amazing tales of survival, revolution, and retribution concerning Teddy Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman, Richard Nixon, Barack Obama, and more! There's another national anthem, but it's not the one you cheer at the ballpark in this week's IHOY: Sic Semper Bubba!

Episode 5 - Threesies

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 04:15:00 -0500

Record-setting achievements in movies, television, and literature are examined in this triumphant fifth episode - It Happened One Year: Threesies! What a gross title! Sarah & Joe's multi-section exploration focuses on the three-pronged, 1994 exclusive successes from Jim Carrey (Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, The Mask, and Dumb & Dumber), Tim Allen (The Santa Clause, Home Improvement, Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man), and Michael Crichton (ER, Disclosure, and, er, Disclosure). Number one films! Number one shows! Best-seller novels and biographies! The accomplishment juggernaut is full steam on this week's IHOY: Threesies! Yuck!

Episode 4 - Michael Moore, Michael Moorer, Michael Morris

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:15:00 -0500

Tied through a loose naming convention and shaggy thematic chaos, this dazzling fourth episode explores more and more Michaels of 1994! Sarah & Joe continually butt heads over whether any of this holds together, as filmmaker Michael Moore, boxer Michael Moorer, and I.O.C. Honorary Life President Michael Morris are profiled and compared ad nauseum!

Moore's NBC show TV Nation is put into career context with The Awful Truth, Roger & Me, Fahrenheit 9/11, and more, while Moorer's six month reign as heavyweight champion through fights with Evander Holyfield and George Foreman is explored. Finally, with trademark controlled mayhem, the hosts attempt to ascertain who Michael Morris/Baron Killanin even was, and if he had any significant impact on the Lillehammer Olympics! It's a cartwheeling 1994-a-palooza with cameos from Yaphet Kotto, Cate Blanchett's Notes on a Scandal, Rocky V, Axel Schultz, and the most recycled joke in the show's short history, courtesy of Bill Hader. This week, It Happened One Year answers the age old question - is Michael Moore actually more Michael Moore than Michael Moorer? Or is that impossible??

Episode 3 - Jan de Bont’s Speed - Pop Quiz, Hotshot

Mon, 12 Apr 2021 04:00:00 -0500

The first in a subset of Dealer's Choice episodes, wherein the dastardly wheel of fate is spun and the winner chooses the discussion topic. To kick things off, it's Jan de Bont's action-suspense-traffic hell masterpiece Speed! Sarah & Joe discuss the ins and outs of the film reaching the screen, from narrow-miss casting debacles to Dennis Hopper's maniacal laugh. Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Twister, Madonna, Ellen DeGeneres, Tippi Hedren, a bunch of Baldwins, and, naturally, Speed 2: Cruise Control make cameos in the wide ranging discussion. Is it the best movie of 1994? Or not even the best movie released that June '94 week?? Everybody hold on! We're all joining that wildcat behind the wheel this week for Speed!

Episode 2 - Love & Chaos

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 04:30:00 -0500

The many famous and infamous marriages, divorces, and romantic-ish crimes of 1994 are explored in this dreamy second episode! Come along as Sarah & Joe rattle through the likes of Michael Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, R. Kelly, Anna Nicole Smith, Robert Kennedy Jr., Richard Gere, Cindy Crawford, and many more! Who is named (un)official MVP of Vows for '94? How much mileage can be ground out of Harry Connick Jr. and Jill Goodacre's ongoing marital success? And how can there be a Donald Trump story wherein he isn't the wackiest component? IHOY: Love & Chaos is throwing affection and haymakers with equal gusto!

Episode 1 - My Name is A.C.

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 04:00:00 -0500

The gangbusters first episode of It Happened One Year has finally arrived! Sarah and Joe are kicking off their grand 1994 dissection with one of its most memorable figures, A.C. Cowlings - Former NFL defender turned accomplice in the O.J. Simpson saga! There is plenty to chew over, from A.C.'s football days to his brief acting career to his even briefer dabbling in aerobics. Between the many subsequent locations of the famed Ford Bronco to guest appearances by Bubba Smith and Marcus Allen, IHOY sheds plenty of light on one of the most widely known yet least heard from members of the '94 roll call.

As a bonus, the hosts also discuss why they happened upon 1994 for this show and unearth a test recording that validates this decision. The Bizarro World of IHOY:1917 is an adventure unto itself. Who even was Mata Hari, anyway?!

Coming Soon - It Happened One Year: 1994!

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:47:34 -0600

From the folks who brought you Knowingly Undersold, The Bass & The Intruder, and Parade Day comes a new show where Sarah and Joe discuss the events and newsmakers of a given year in their own inimitable style. Kicking off this enterprise are the hits and highlights of that halcyon trip around the sun - 1994!

Come along as your hosts guide you through the legendary moments and long-forgotten interludes of the famous and infamous in those glorious days of flannels, chokers, and gigantic cell phones! New episodes dropping weekly!

It Happened One Year

2000 Episode 12 - The Rise, Fall, and Rise of the WNBA

2000 Episode 11 - Film Animation from the Year 2000!

2000 Episode 10 - November 3rd Again! FOX's FreakyLinks and E!'s Talk Soup

2000 Episode 9 - Dan Brown's Angels & Demons

2000 Episode 8 - Inventions, Innovations, and Glorious Human Achievement Corner!

2000 Episode 7 - The Grinch vs. Ebony Scrooge!

2000 Episode 6 - Cats - Now and Forever?

2000 Episode 5 - Love & Milestones

2000 Episode 4 - Should You Choose to Accept It - Mission: Impossible II

2000 Episode 3 - Live From New York, It's the Actual 50th Anniversary of Saturday Night Live!

2000 Episode 2 - Super Bowl XXXIV, The Music City Miracle, and More Millennial NFL!

2000 Episode 1 - The Dawn of the Millennium!

Coming Soon! It Happened One Year's Fourth Big Season!

1984 Episode 42 - Season Three Trivia Finale!

1984 Episode 41 - The '84 In Memoriam Segment *Cue Somber Applause*

Three Minutes to Midnight - Part Two

Three Minutes to Midnight - Part One

1984 Episode 38 - Wiseguys, Cannoli, and Manhattan Murders

Coming Soon! Three Minutes to Midnight

1984 Episode 37 - Roger Moore's Mid-Bond Thriller, The Naked Face!

1984 Episode 36 - The Cabbage Patch Kids' First Christmas!

1984 Episode 35 - The Great, Grand Epic of Amadeus

1984 Episode 34 - Mike Hammer, Airwolf, and the Entire CBS November 3rd Lineup!

Ferraro! An Afterlife Cabaret

1984 Episode 32 - Decision '84! Reagan v. Mondale!

Coming Soon - Ferraro! An Afterlife Cabaret

1984 Episode 31 - Sunday in the Park with George

1984 Episode 30 - The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984 Episode 29 - The Games of the XXIII Olympiad! Los Angeles!

1984 Episode 28 - The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

Biden's Gaffes and Trump's Survival at the End of the World

1984 Episode 27 - George Orwell's 1984, Book & Movie!

1984 Episode 26 - Hey Chicago, What Do You Say? The Cubs are Gonna Win Today

1984 Episode 25 - This is Jeopardy!

Big Bucks, No Whammies

1984 Episode 23 - Baby the Parrot and Sandy the Lobster

1984 Episode 22 - Ghostbusters: The Franchise That Won't Die

Coming Soon - Big Bucks, No Whammies!

1984 Episode 21 - Sisters are Doing It For the First Time!

In the Wake of O.J. Simpson and 1994

1984 Episode 20 - Love & Dissolution

1984 Episode 19 - All of Me, the Steve Martin/Lily Tomlin/Carl Reiner Classic

1984 Episode 18 - Theoretically, There Could Be Anything Out There

1984 Episode 17 - The Timeless Question: Who's the Boss?

1984 Episode 16 - The Macintosh Apple Super Bowl Commercial

1984 Episode 15 - The Hail Flutie

1984 Episode 14 - Hulk Hogan vs. The Iron Sheik for the WWF Title!

Jingle Hell: The Last Shopping Day Before Christmas

1984 Episode 12 - Mr. T & Emmanuel Lewis/Scrooge’s Rock ’N’ Roll Christmas

1984 Episode 11 - The Formidable George C. Scott A Christmas Carol

Coming Soon - Jingle Hell: The Last Shopping Day Before Christmas!

1984 Episode 10 - The Material Girl Arrives

1984 Episode 9 - Andy Kaufman and Matthew Perry

1984 Episode 8 - ABC’s November 3rd TV Lineup - T.J. Hooker, The Love Boat, and more!

1984 Episode 7 - Speaker of the House Drama with Tip O’Neill and Kevin McCarthy

1984 Episode 6 - Vanessa Williams. Lauren Boebert, and the History of Sexy, Sexy Scandals

1984 Episode 5 - Splash! The Tom Hanks-John Candy Mermaid Classic!

1984 Episode 4 - Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous

1984 Episode 3 - The Death of Liberty (Gerald Ford’s Dog) and Goodbye Djakarta (Jim)

1984 Episode 2 - The Midnight Ride of the Baltimore Colts, plus Payton Beats Brown!

Season Three Begins! 1984 Episode 1 - Michael Jackson’s No Good, Very Bad Year

Coming Soon! It Happened One Year, Season Three!

The One-Hundredth Episode

1967 Episode 42 - The ’67 In Memoriam Segment Season Finale!

1967 Episode 41 - The 200 Millionth American

1967 Episode 40 - The March on Washington to Levitate the Pentagon

1967 Episode 39 - Beatles vs. Stones!

1967 Episode 38 - The Debut Films, Albums, and Shows!

1967 Episode 37 - One Last Trip to Shag Harbour - This Time, With Facts!

1967 Episode 36 - UCLA’s March Madness

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode Five: It’s All Happening at Shelburne

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode Four: Alien Town

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode Three: Medium-to-Moderate Hysteria

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode Two: Shag Harbour

The Visitors to Nova Scotia | Episode One: The Fireball

1967 Episode 30 - Our Final Foray Into Friday Fall Television

1967 Episode 29 - The Singing Stockbrockers of How Now Dow Jones

1967 Episode 28 - Southwest Airlines and New Line Cinema

1967 Episode 27 - Chicago Returns!

1984 Episode 41 - The '84 In Memoriam Segment Cue Somber Applause

Episode 51 - The In Memoriam Segment 1994 Cue Music and Applause