THEME:   none, but we were double-teamed and triple ganged   
GOOD ONES:     Cub games setting: Abbr.   CDT [I thought place (CHI) not time]   
Brief black-and-white flash?   APB [ya gotta know ya cops shows: black-and-white = cop car; APB = "all points bulletin" which is a sort of news flash]   
Early birds?   EGGS   
Star of "for Scentamental Reasons"   PEPE [his surname was mentioned in an earlier clue --- love the title also]      
BTW:   Took me awhile to figure out that "Soc. Sec. supplement" was not a public program but an IRA one arranges privately as a social security supplement.   
RATING:    
 
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun