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Forgotten TV

By: Chris Cooling
  • Summary

  • The podcast that brings you TV memories of the 70s and 80s! Including short lived shows, pilots and TV movies you might have forgotten about!
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  • Mazes and Monsters, The Satanic Panic, and Procter & Gamble
    Mar 23 2024

    Podcast episode 56. An examination of the circumstances of the 1979 disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III and its significant impact on pop culture and society, inspiring a moral panic over the game Dungeons & Dragons and arguably kicking off the 1980s Satanic Panic. Includes a review of the 1982 CBS TV movie Mazes and Monsters as well as the Satanic Panic and Procter & Gamble scare. See if you can decode the secret message at the end.

    CONTENT WARNING: This episode deals with themes related to mental health and suicide, as these are integral to the story. The subject of child abuse is explored in the Satanic Panic segment. Listener discretion is advised.

    0:00 Intro/The story of Dallas Egbert 25:45 Panic over a tabletop game 55:10 Mazes and Monsters/behind the scenes 1:19:15 The Satanic Panic Begins 2:20:55 Procter & Satan 2:52:15 Next time on Forgotten TV/credits

    The Dungeon Master: The Disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III by William C. Dear

    Mazes and Monsters by Rona Jaffe

    Satan's Silence: Ritual Abuse and the Making of a Modern American Witch Hunt by Debbie Nathan and Michael Snedeker

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    Sound effects/some music used under license from Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit Epidemic Sound.

    Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned. Mazes and Monsters is the copyright and property of McDermott Productions, Procter & Gamble Productions, and possibly additional rights holders.

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    3 hrs and 3 mins
  • Forgotten TV ep 55 - Korg 70,000 B.C.
    Jan 3 2024

    A complete look at Korg 70,000 B.C. airing on ABC's 1974-75 Saturday morning lineup. Produced by Hanna-Barbera. Starring Jim Malinda, Bill Ewing, Naomi Pollock, Christopher Man, Charles Morteo, and Janelle Pransky. Created by Fred Freiberger.

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    Support Forgotten TV with Paypal

    Buy Me a Coffee!

    More at Forgotten TV

    Amazon links are affiliate, and Forgotten TV earns royalties from qualifying purchases made at no additional cost to you. Please support Forgotten TV while doing your regular Amazon shopping.

    Original audio clips included are for the purposes of historical context, review, commentary, and criticism only and are not intended to infringe.

    Sound effects/some music used under license from Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit Epidemic Sound. 

    Timeless Expanse By Dreamstate Logic is used under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License.

    Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned.  Korg 70,000 B.C. is the copyright and property of Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros., and possibly additional rights holders.

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    2 hrs and 7 mins
  • Forgotten TV ep 54 - Monsters
    Oct 30 2023

    A complete look at Monsters, the syndicated series from Laurel Entertainment which ran 1988-1991. The origins of George Romero, Night of the Living Dead, the birth of the modern zombie, Romero's Laurel Entertainment, and the films that led up to the creation of Monsters.  Full episode guide and behind the scenes of show production, structure, writing, effects, and the people involved in the making of your favorite show. 

    Intro/episode rundown 0-1:10:00

    Behind the Scenes 1:10:00-end

    In the credits I mistakenly omitted Martin Grams' well-researched book Way Out: A History and Episode Guide to Roald Dahl's Spooky 1961 Television Program, which was key in being able to include the details about that series.

    Also be sure to read Terror Television: American Series, 1970-1999 by John Kenneth Muir

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    Buy Tales from the Darkside complete series on DVD

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    Support Forgotten TV with Paypal

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    Amazon links are affiliate, and Forgotten TV earns royalties from qualifying purchases made at no additional cost to you. Please support Forgotten TV while doing your regular Amazon shopping.

    Original audio clips included are for the purposes of historical context, review, commentary, and criticism only and are not intended to infringe.

    Sound effects/some music used under license from Epidemic Sound. If you need music for your podcast or YouTube channel, please visit Epidemic Sound. 

    Forgotten TV is not affiliated with or authorized by any production company or TV network involved in the making of any TV show or film mentioned.  'Monsters' is the copyright and property of Laurel Entertainment, Tribune Entertainment, and possibly additional rights holders.

    Copyright 2023 Forgotten TV Media

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    2 hrs and 25 mins

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