A fun and freewheeling look at the many events big and small, famed and forgotten from a single calendar year
Episodes
Monday Feb 20, 2023
Monday Feb 20, 2023
When the universe provides a topic, It Happened One Year listens! After an intro by friend of the show and Visitors From Nova Scotia cast member Alex Ferrer, Sarah & Joe cover how they came to discuss the short-lived Broadway musical How Now Dow Jones at all, and the critical, commercial, and awards success it had (or didn't have) in 1967. The careers of those involved - Tony Roberts, Brenda Vaccaro, Arthur Penn, etc. - get a quick look, along with some attention to the show's obvious predecessor - How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Cameos abound from the likes of Hubert Humphrey, the fighting Gamecocks of South Carolina, Angela Lansbury, Zorro the Gay Blade, and many more! And stick around to the end for nineteen seconds of new audio from the big upcoming scripted episode!
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Welcome to Business Corner, It Happened One Year style! A rarely used room in the complex, but still a vital, vibrant sector of 1967! After an introduction by Angie Buonincontro - appearing in The Visitors to Nova Scotia (stick around after the credits for fifteen new seconds of audio from the upcoming event!) and no little discussion of this season's Chicago Bears disaster and the household bets pertaining, Sarah & Joe breakdown the landmark new businesses of '67, including JanSport and Big Lots!, but primarily Southwest and New Line! Ten-minute turnarounds, Wanna Get Away fares, A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Lord of the Rings, the hub-and-spoke model, and Semi-Pro all make appearances, plus a Reefer Madness themed wrap-up sure to send you running for the edibles!
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
Wednesday Feb 01, 2023
The second in a two part look at the Windy City showcases all the ribbon cutting and unveiling and local club gigging taking place in the big town in 1967! After an introduction from beloved friend of the show and ReconCinemation co-host David Munchak, Sarah & Joe stroll up Michigan Ave and over to City Hall and west on Madison and east on Ontario to discuss the reopening of the Auditorium Theatre, Mayor Daley's election to a fourth term, the expansion Chicago Bulls' first season, the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art, the formation of the Chicago Transit Authority (later, just Chicago) band, and much more! And stick around after the wrap-up for twenty-four new seconds of audio from the upcoming Visitors to Nova Scotia episode! Coming soon!
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Monday Jan 23, 2023
Between Mayor Daley's election to a fourth term, the Cubs hanging up a 22nd straight season losing out on the pennant, and Green Bay winning the first Super Bowl, 1967 was already kind of a mess in Chicago - but factor in unexpected chaos and mayhem and you have a disaster for the ages along the lakefront! After an intro by friend of the show Jim Warner, proud Chicago residents Sarah & Joe (transplanted for a total of 32 years, at present) recount the swath of destruction wreaked by the fire at McCormick Place, the worst single-storm snowfall in city history, and the largest outbreak of tornadoes ever in Illinois! Along the way, they discuss the various wind, snow, and fire related events they've experienced since living in Cook County, and tease the large upcoming scripted show yet again, this time with a full fifteen seconds of new show audio! Get excited!
Monday Jan 09, 2023
Monday Jan 09, 2023
1967 saw the departure of two individuals who played key roles in events that shaped the century and America and the world forever after - atomic bomb designer J. Robert Oppenheimer and the man that killed the man that "killed" the president, Jack Ruby! After an introduction by great friend of the show, The Batman himself (appearing in the upcoming The Visitors to Nova Scotia - trailer out now!), Sarah & Joe go deep into detail on the Manhattan Project, the Cold War, HUAC, conspiracy theories, alternate potential futures, the Kennedy assassination, the ridiculousness of the Warren Commission, and how these things continue to influence the modern day.
Monday Jan 02, 2023
Monday Jan 02, 2023
On October 4th, 1967, something extraordinary took place the waters off the southern tip of Nova Scotia, and It Happened One Year is there! Coming soon, a full-cast, multi-part audio dramatization of the famed UFO sighting in Shag Harbour, plus a subsequent alien mania that threatens to rip apart the entire island! The whole sordid quest for truth, fame, money, and illicit drugs will unfold soon - listen to the trailer now! And go check out the video version at youtube.com/@ithappenedoneyear!
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Tuesday Dec 20, 2022
Another fabled It Happened One Year road episode, this time quite literally! Recorded on I-80 East through the wintry barrenness of Ohio, Sarah & Joe take finding-time-to-record-an-episode to a new extreme, multitasking at the risk of life and limb! Not really - traffic was slow - but the Christmas jams of 1967 were hot, with the releases of Barbra Streisand's A Christmas Album and Stevie Wonder's Someday at Christmas! Listen as the hosts break down the classics and forgettables from these albums, plus go into their personal holiday favorites, the songs they can't stand, and why Barbra's "Jingle Bells" is the Die Hard of Christmas tunes. Cameos along the way from Mel Blanc, Bing Crosby, the Muppets, Mariah Carey, the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, and yet again, Elvis Presley. Merry Christmas, Movie House!
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Monday Dec 12, 2022
Sarah & Joe boldly go where they've planned to go before, but never quite got around to it, with It Happened One Year's look at the original Star Trek series, specifically the season two episode "I, Mudd," airing November 3rd, 1967! After an intro by friend of the show Lana Cooper, the hosts touch on what was skipped by season one's 1994 omission of Generations and The Next Generation finale, their respective (and somewhat limited) personal exposure to the film and TV franchise, and discuss just how misogynistic (or not?) the show was in its early days. There's also a quick look at the character history of Harcourt Fenton Mudd (and his portrayer, Roger C. Carmel, with his epic mustache), and also another surprising conversation around the tight-pants epidemic prevalent on Friday night television in '67.
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
The recap of television on November 3rd, 1967 continues, with the lead program on CBS - the two-fisted steampunk western comic adventure The Wild Wild West! After an intro by friend of the podcast Kristen Gaydos, Sarah & Joe break down the show's relatively brief, memorable run in the late '60s, from the controversy over its violence to the miraculous fabric that seemingly doesn't tear during the many fights scenes. Along the way, show favorite James Gregory makes an appearance, alongside series stars Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, with additional discussions of the 1999 Will Smith feature adaptation (and that year's Razzie Awards), Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Clambake, Batman '66, and a chaotic outro in search of a fitting ending that gets way, way out there.
Monday Nov 21, 2022
Monday Nov 21, 2022
It may have no connection to NBC's Blackout Thursday promotion of 1994, but It Happened One Year is not about to let November 3rd go - and so, get ready for a three-part look at television on this random Friday in 1967! Kicking it off, on CBS at 8:30/7:30 CST, the #3 show of the season - Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.! With an intro by legendary friend of the podcast Dave Gardon, Sarah & Joe look at the program's history, the success and failure of backdoor pilots/spinoffs, Gomer's tap dancing around the Vietnam war, Friends' handling of 9/11, and the best possible casting idea for a live TV musical. Shazam!