It Was a Thing on TV: Episodes 421 & 422 - Second Chance (2016)/The ESPN Halloween Derby

2023-11-01

This week on It Was a Thing on TV First, we talked about the Second Chance from 1977 and the Second Chance from 1987. This Halloween season, we're covering a third entry with that name, from 2016. This version was loosely based on Frankenstein but it was "depressingly awful" and couldn't hold viewers after a decent lead-in show, albeit against tough competition. Then, on Halloween Eve 2006, ESPN got several fans involved in a unique event where the fans were dressed as Monday Night Football personalities. This h...

This week on It Was a Thing on TV

First, we talked about the Second Chance from 1977 and the Second Chance from 1987. This Halloween season, we're covering a third entry with that name, from 2016. This version was loosely based on Frankenstein but it was "depressingly awful" and couldn't hold viewers after a decent lead-in show, albeit against tough competition.

Then, on Halloween Eve 2006, ESPN got several fans involved in a unique event where the fans were dressed as Monday Night Football personalities. This happened once and never again. Were fans creeped out by a big-headed Chris Berman racing down a football field? Could it be because several of the big heads almost fell off? Join Greg and Mike as they look at this one-time experiment.

Timestamps

0:11 - Matthew Perry Dedication Cold Open

4:47 - Second Chance (2016)

39:28 - The ESPN Halloween Derby

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