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2023 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 12 A 1970s TV Christmas Advent Calendar

2023 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 12

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1970s TV Christmas, and Brian will count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1970s. Here's Day 12!
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Facts of Life Almost Kept Richard Dean Anderson From MacGyver With a Spinoff About an Interracial Couple Brian and Sylvia chat in Facts of Life

Facts of Life Almost Kept Richard Dean Anderson From MacGyver With a Spinoff About an Interracial Couple

In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian shows how MacGyver might not have starred Richard Dean Anderson had his Facts of Life spinoff about an interracial couple been picked up
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2023 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 11 A 1970s TV Christmas Advent Calendar

2023 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 11

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1970s TV Christmas, and Brian will count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1970s.
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Classic 1970s Hanukkah: ‘The Messiah On Mott Street’ Yapphet Kotto on Night Gallery

Classic 1970s Hanukkah: ‘The Messiah On Mott Street’

Brian spotlights a classic 1970s TV Hanukkah episode, "The Messiah on Mott Street," from Night Galley, in 1971
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Diff’rent Strokes Spun Off Mrs. Garrett for The Facts of Life Very Quickly Mrs. Garrett gets a new job

Diff’rent Strokes Spun Off Mrs. Garrett for The Facts of Life Very Quickly

In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian shows how Diff'rent Strokes spun off its Mrs. Garrett character for The Facts of Life very quickly.
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2023 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 10 A 1970s TV Christmas Advent Calendar

2023 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 10

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1970s TV Christmas, and Brian will count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1970s.
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Jake and the Fatman Diagnosed a Spinoff Series, Diagnosis: Murder Dr. Mark Sloan makes his debut

Jake and the Fatman Diagnosed a Spinoff Series, Diagnosis: Murder

In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Jake and the Fatman, itself a backdoor pilot spinoff of Matlock, then spun off Diagnosis: Murder through a backdoor pilot.
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2023 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 9 A 1970s TV Christmas Advent Calendar

2023 Pop Culture References Advent Calendar – Day 9

It's the Pop Culture References Advent Calendar! This year's theme is Classic 1970s TV Christmas, and Brian will count down his favorite Christmas episodes from the 1970s.
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Mission Accomplished: Lifetime Christmas Movies Finally Have Fucking! Lifetime Christmas movies finally have sex in them

Mission Accomplished: Lifetime Christmas Movies Finally Have Fucking!

We celebrate Lifetime finally doing what we asked a year ago, to actually allow sex in Christmas romance movies
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Grady Briefly Moved Away from Sanford and Son to Live With His Daughter’s Family Grady buys the family a painting

Grady Briefly Moved Away from Sanford and Son to Live With His Daughter’s Family

In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian explains how Grady briefly moved away from Sanford and Son to go live with his daughter's family
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