80 episodes
Network Special Golden Ox Network
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4.2 • 13 Ratings
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Network Special is a podcast about the lost art of appointment television. Utilizing the power of VHS recordings and DVD cash-ins, hosts Colin Patrick and Nathan Scherer discuss television specials that were mostly meant to be aired once. Tune in to relive your childhood (or the childhood of your parents) and see what TV executives thought would be great television for the whole family.
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S02E19 - The Dick Tracy Specials
On a bittersweet episode of Network Special, Zachariah the OG returns to send us off in style! That's right, this is the last and final episode of Network Special ever! We watch two very strange Warren Beatty specials that aired on TCM (reluctantly I assume) which he created all to retain the rights to Dick Tracy in a move that will not pan out the way he hopes. Tune in to hear us laugh and laugh and laugh one last time! Oh, and there might even be one more special guest but you'll have to listen all the way to the end to find out. No cheating and fast-forwarding!!
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S02E18 - Indictment: The McMartin Trial (1995)
This week we're going deep in the tunnels under a daycare to talk about a true-life story that will make you angrier than a wet hen! This HBO movie takes you deep into the Satanic Panic of the 80s; focusing on the McMartin Preschool and the allegations of child abuse that turned out to be one big crock of YOU KNOW WHAT. Also, tune in to hear all about Nathan's past as he remembers what it was like to be caught up in the fever!
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S02E17 - Peter Pan (1960)
This week on a very divided episode of Network Special, the dudes dive into Neverland to talk about NBC's airing of a classic tale. If you like Broadway musicals, then you'll love this special! If you don't like Broadway musicals, then you'll hate it! Tune in to find out which one of us likes it and which one of us doesn't!
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S02E16 - The Hobbit/The Return of the King
We're back from vacation and we tackle one of the big boys of TV cartoon specials by show favorites Rankin/Bass! We are doing two specials starring the voices of Orson Bean, John Huston, and Brother Theodore. Tune in to hear our thoughts on this mixed bag of a combo (pizza-flavored) and to hear Nathan & Colin sing their hearts out!
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S02E15 - Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977)
This week on Network Special, we get to help close out the year with a show we actually liked! Jim Henson comes to the rescue with this charming little southern Christmas classic from 1977. The puppetry is amazing, the music is great, and the voice actors are as nostalgic as ever. Join us!
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S02E14 - Christmas Vacation 2: Cousin Eddie's Island Adventure (2003)
This week on Network Special, Randy Quaid. :(
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Customer Reviews
A prophecy come true
Back in the early ‘60’s, FCC Commissioner Newton Minnow famously labeled TV a “vast wasteland”, and, sixty-plus years on, we have a rich chronology of near-misses, dead-on-arrival concepts and mythic flops to prove that Mr. M knew his onions. And these two lovable knuckleheads cheerily mine the muck vein for comedy gold. Love it!
Network Special
Two funny guys reviewing oddities from the golden age of TV movies and specials.
So much fun
Podcasts where normal people discuss stuff that interests them are my saving grace. This is great.