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We know there was an extra long wait for the latest episode of the Purple Stuff Podcast, but when you find out what we’re covering, you’ll forgive us.

Time for another VHS dive! Join us as we watch a network television broadcast of Jaws 3!

This particular broadcast is from July of ‘93, approximately ten years after the film debuted in theaters. Of course, the original 3D effects just became goofy shots on regular TV, but that was part of the charm!

We're big fans of this cheesy movie, and we’ll give you many reasons why on the show. We’ll also tell you about some of the commercials that aired during the original WPIX broadcast, which covered everything from Jurassic Park to Pizza Hut’s Bigfoot Pizza!

Click here to listen to this month’s show!

…which you can also find on Apple, Spotify or wherever else you listen to podcasts.

We both grew up watching WPIX, and chances are good that we watched this very broadcast back in ‘93. Doing a show like this is an absolute full-circle moment for us. We hope you enjoy it!

PS: We put together a compilation of commercials that aired during this ‘93 broadcast of Jaws 3 – which naturally includes all of the ones we’re covering on the show. Total nostalgia bomb!

Thanks again for listening, and no, we're not sneakily skipping an episode. We're still counting this as our big show for January, which means that you're still getting an all-new big show for February, plus a new bonus show!

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James Mc Gill

These are my favourite types of episodes by far!

Virtual Balboa

I could listen to the dudes talk about WPIX all day! I grew up just close enough to Chicago that we got 2 stations WGN and Fox32. A lot of creative promos and real local flavor, but nothing like WPIX. It seems like every single podcaster from the NY area has great memories of WPIX.

Marc Campanelli

Please keep the WPIX VHS dives coming. Nothing hits my nostalgia more than WPIX.

Doctor Outlandish

Great episode. I don't know if other areas of the country had their own versions of WPIX but it was such a great channel back in the day, especially for watching Star Trek: TNG for some reason. The one exception I take with this episode is ranking Jaws 3 above Jaws 1. Matt, thems fightin' words. I enjoy shlock as much as anyone else but Jaws 1 belongs in the pantheon of all time great movies.

ThrashMTN

Matt and Jay saying that they aren’t influencers on this episode cracked me up. I would say there is a direct correlation to the purple stuff podcast and why we got 2 seperate trick or treat t-shirt lines last year.

Monster Mailman

One day we still need another year based epiaode lol 1989 1991 something…or a straight tmnt episode?

Jack Kearney

The WPIX news promo at the end with Kaity Tong…icing on Jaws themed cake

The Haunted VCR

Love these. Keep doing the TV recordings boys! I have some good ones I’ll send you.

Electrolux

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Franklin Harris

Broadcast! BROADCAST! It's broadcast TV, but it's an independent station not a network feed! NOT NETWORK! (Here endeth the rant. Love the show!)