TVXOHOF, DECEMBER 2023 - IT'S A WONDERFUL CROSSOVER, PART THREE

For this final installment in the salute to the televersion of the classic holiday film "It's A Wonderful Life", here are the flotsam and jetsam of TV show episodes which confirm the movie's existence in Earth Prime-Time....

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FAMILY MATTERS
KEATON vs. KEATON

FAVORITE MOVIE OF CERTAIN TV CHARACTERS

"Fame" - Relationships (TV Episode 1983)
Doris Schwartz

"Tales from the Darkside" - Slippage (TV Episode 1984)
Richard Hall 

"Newhart" - The Prodigal Darryl (TV Episode 1985)
One of the two Darryls

"Family Ties" - Keaton vs. Keaton (TV Episode 1987)
Steven and Elyse Keaton

"Days of Our Lives" Episode #1.7167 (TV Episode 1993)
Sami Brady

"Dawson's Creek" - Hurricane (TV Episode 1998)
Mrs. Ryan

"Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" Chapter Eleven: A Midwinter's Tale (TV Episode 2018)
Sabrina Spellman

"2 Broke Girls" - And the Very Christmas Thanksgiving (TV Episode 2011)
Caroline Channing and Mary (Actually, it’s their second favorite)

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FRIENDS
THE ONE WITH THE BUTT

from
NOT NECESSARILY THE NEWS
(Phil Noir's report on colorization of old movies)

POSTERS

• "Amazing Stories" - Welcome to My Nightmare (TV Episode 1986)
• “Tales from the Crypt" - Loved to Death (TV Episode 1991)
• "Friends" - The One with the Butt (TV Episode 1994)
• "Yellowjackets" Old Wounds (TV Episode 2023)

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KING OF QUEENS
FOOD FIGHT

VIDEOTAPES/DVDS

• "Melrose Place" - A Melrose Place Christmas (TV Episode 1992)
• "Friends" - The One Where Old Yeller Dies (TV Episode 1996)
• “King of Queens” – Food Fight (TV Episode 2002)
• "The O.C." - The Best Chrismukkah Ever (TV Episode 2003)
• "Mike & Molly" - Karaoke Christmas (TV Episode 2012)

“NOW PLAYING”

• "Grace Under Fire" - The Holidays (TV Episode 1994)
• "How I Met Your Mother" False Positive (TV Episode 2010)

Basically, this last category was really just references and could have been added to the second post in the series.  But I just like the imagery it summoned, reminiscent of the old movie house seen in Bedford Falls.

Which reminds me....  Did you know that Bedford Falls does exist in Earth Prime-Time?

"Not Necessarily the News" Not Necessarily the Year in Review (TV Episode 1990)
Annabelle Gurwitch reports on Christmas in Bedford Falls in connection to the S&L scandal.

And with that, we wrap up this salute to "It's A Wonderful Life" and welcome it to the TV Crossover Hall of Fame.

HEE HAW!

And on a personal note, I just want to wish my baby sister, Leah, the Merriest of Merries and a Happy Krimble.  These three blog posts have been dedicated to her as it's her favorite movie....