It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 311 & 312 + Minisode 22 - The Baseball Network/CD Introduction on ABC Australia/Ball, Get Out of My Nachos

2022-10-12

This week on It Was a Thing on TV we discuss baseballs and compact discs. First, in 1994 and 1995, both ABC and NBC had a joint venture where they'd air primetime baseball. It went sideways after some markets did not get regional coverage. It didn't help that there was a strike which cut short both seasons, including no World Series in 1994. Then, we mark the 40th anniversary of the compact disc by going down under and all around the world for ABC Australia's coverage of the breakthrough technology. Someone should have...

This week on It Was a Thing on TV we discuss baseballs and compact discs.

First, in 1994 and 1995, both ABC and NBC had a joint venture where they'd air primetime baseball. It went sideways after some markets did not get regional coverage. It didn't help that there was a strike which cut short both seasons, including no World Series in 1994.

Then, we mark the 40th anniversary of the compact disc by going down under and all around the world for ABC Australia's coverage of the breakthrough technology. Someone should have warned people in 1982 to not touch the bottoms of CDs.

Finally, before baseball season began in 1999, during a viewer mail segment, a viewer asked David Letterman how Letterman prepared for opening day. The response was the first of three appearances of this segment, Ball, Get Out of My Nachos.

Timestamps

0:30 - The Baseball Network

1:16:24 - The introduction of the Compact Disc, on ABC Australia’s Towards 2000

1:55:49 - Ball, Get Out of My Nachos

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