TVXOHOF UPDATE TUESDAY

One day former President Bill Clinton will be inducted into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame.  And as himself, not as played by any one specific actor (like Ford Rainey as Abe Lincoln) nor as a multiversal as was the case for George Washington.

Except for one exceptional appearance on ‘The Arsenio Hall Show’ – which can legitimately be said to be a television appearance which determined History – any appearances on talk shows, news reports, interview programs like ’60 Minutes’ will be archived in his tally but do not count towards his eligibility for membership in the TVXOHOF.

All of Clinton’s appearances as his fictional televersion have been either archival footage as seen on somebody’s TV, or spliced into a scene – this happened three times on ‘JAG’ in which the POTUS and Harmon Rabb exchange salutes.

Here are those appearances

Doctor Who- Rosa (2018)

Star Trek: Enterprise- Storm Front, Part II (2004)

The X-Files- My Struggle III (2018)

NewsRadio- The Trainer (1996)

Star- Dreamers (2018)

Tanner on Tanner (2004)1

JAG- Shadow (1995)
- Scimitar (1995)
- Contemptuous Words (1999)

Also counted as tally qualifiers are all the times fictional TV characters refer to him in the course of an episode.  I haven’t even begun to scratch the surface of that category, but according to the IMDb I have nearly 500 episodes to consider.

Here are just a few of them:

Lie to Me  
Do No Harm (2009)

NewsRadioThe Trainer (1996)
Pure Evil (1997)
Who’s The Boss, Part 2 (1998)

Derry GirlsThe President (2019)
One interesting reference to iill Clinton which confirms the existence of his televersion in the main Toobworld was the appearance by his brother Roger Clinton in 'The Nanny'.

I have a new one to add to that category of references from this past Sunday night – although the episode was originally aired in the UK back in February.  (Not that it matters – on the Toobworld timeline, the episode takes place after the first moon landing in 1969.)

‘Endeavour’
“Confection”

From the IMDb:
One of the characters refers to a Rhodes scholar called Clinton. This is a reference to US ex-President Clinton, who won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University.

The incredibly excellent website “Morse, Lewis, Endeavour” went into more detail:
Endeavour is talking to Ronnie Box about the death of Rufus Bura and how it may be linked to the other deaths. Endeavour says, “I spoke to a Rhodes scholar that Bura played rugby with, name of Clinton.” The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford. Clinto refers of course to Bill Clinton. Clinton won a Rhodes Scholarship to University College, Oxford, where he initially read for a B.Phil. [Bachelor of Philosophy]

I’m not sure when Bill Clinton will be inducted into the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.  Since traditionally the select club of Presidents are inducted in November, as are other politicians and newsmakers, I do have a waiting list.

But any delay will certainly not be due to politics.  I like the guy; voted for him twice.  I’m just not looking forward to delving into all of those episodes for the referential quotes!
BCnU!