TVXOHOF TRIBUTE FRIDAY FAREWELL - REMEMBERING ROBERT REDFORD IN TOOBORLD

From The Hollywood Reporter:
(Stephen Galloway)

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy and Sundance Film Festival founder who starred in such movies as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Way We Were" and "All the President’s Men" — and who won an Academy Award for directing "Ordinary People" — died Tuesday September 16. He was 89.

Redford died in his sleep at his home outside Provo, Utah, his longtime publicist, Cindi Berger, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

The actor-producer-director, a four-time Academy Award nominee and honorary Oscar recipient, was one of the few truly iconic screen figures of the past half-century, the avatar of a certain kind of all-American ideal who nonetheless took a dyspeptic view of his country in several notable dramas including "Downhill Racer" (1969), "The Candidate" (1972), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), and "All the President’s Men" (1976).

He made his onscreen debut in a 1960 episode of ABC’s ‘Maverick’. Three years later, he earned an Emmy nomination for his work on an installment of the ABC anthology series ‘Alcoa Premiere’.

His final onscreen appearance came this year in an uncredited cameo on the AMC series ‘Dark Winds’, on which he was an executive producer.

He is survived by his daughters, Shauna and Amy; his second wife, Sibylle Szaggars, whom he married in 2009; and seven grandchildren.

O’Bservation:
Other TV series in which he appeared were ‘Perry Mason’, ‘Dr. Kildare’, ‘Naked City’, ‘Route 66’, ‘The Virginian’, ‘The Defenders’, ‘The Untouchables’, ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’, and perhaps the one guest star role for which he’ll be best remembered – in ‘The Twilight Zone’.

To qualify for membership in the Television Crossover Hall of Fame, one must have made appearances in three separate productions.  This could be in series, TV movies, even commercials and cartoons and sketch comedy (although those last two are relegated to other dimensions in the TV Multiverse.)

With technical loopholes, Redford qualified to be inducted as a member of the League of Themselves.  But a few years ago, I loosened the rules about the qualifications so that references would also count.  If a televersion of a real person gets mentioned, that signals that they have to exist on Earth Prime-Time.

And boy howdy!  There were plenty for him!

ROBERT REDFORD

Let’s see what we have for actual appearances and I begin with one of the technicalities….

THE OFFER
A SEAT AT THE TABLE (2022)
Al Ruddy produces a 1970 movie about dirt bikers – “Little Fauss and Big Halsey”.  Big Halsey is played by Robert Redford who is portrayed by Billy Magnussen.

O’Bservation:
I’m not a fan of recastaways, but I make allowances for the aging process.  So since there was no way for Redford himself to play himself in that scene for several reasons, Magnussen was cast in the role of the younger Redford.

‘The Offer’ is not a Zonk as far as “The Godfather” was concerned because it’s about the making of a movie which is acknowledged as a movie in so many TV shows.  (Note: The kickoff to the mini-series is about Ruddy getting his start with ‘Hogan’s Heroes.’  Now THAT would be a Zonk.  A splainin could be offered, but that’s not the focus today.)

So if the making of "The Godfather" is part of Toobworld", so is this representation of Redford.

LAURA LANSING SLEPT HERE (1988)
A picture of Robert Redford is in Laura Lansing's living room.  We don’t find out how, but apparently Redford was a friend of the famous novelist.  It could be that Redford’s televersion appeared in a movie adaptation of one of her books.

TANNER ON TANNER
DINNER AT ELAINE’S (2004)
Redford showed up at a rough cut film festival and castigated Alex for showing weakness by crying yet also gave her supportive suggestions as to the direction her film should take.

THE AWFUL TRUTH (2004)
Stuart’s footage of Redford from that rough cut showing was being reviewed by Alex and her team.

This will be the next technicality:

DARK WINDS
YE'IITSOH (2025)
A cameo appearance by Executive Producers George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford, Joe Leaphorn oversees chess players in the detention holding cell. Redford mentioned George by name. Redford tells Martin, "The whole world is waiting! Make your move!" (This is an inside joke, referencing the wide public anticipation of Martin's next literary release.

O’Bservation:
Redford and Martin are each listed as only “Chess Player.”  But I don’t see why they couldn’t be playing themselves.  I don’t know why they were in the area; I don’t know why they got arrested.  I’ll leave that to the fanfic community.

LARRY KING LIVE
Redford avoided the talk show circuit.  He didn’t like the idea of selling himself and he believed his work should stand on its own.  But he did appear on Larry King’s CNN show and Larry is a member of the TVXOHOF.

THREE'S COMPANY
HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW (1983)
Jack:
Do you have anything that would, uh, be attractive to women?
Layne:
Well, Robert Redford, but he doesn't come in 'til Thursday.

O’Bservation:
It is just a reference, but it could be that the televersion of Redford does go to that shop.

This is a similar situation:
HOT IN CLEVELAND
I LOVE LUCCI PART ONE (2011)

Elke:
But this is my first trip to L.A., and this is Robert Redford's favorite restaurant.
Waiter:
And you want him to sign your autograph book?
Elke:
That would be my second choice.

I LOVE LUCCI PART TWO (2011)
Elke drags Melanie from one bad scene to another in her quest for Robert Redford.

Now let’s look at some other references.  These are not presented in chronological order.  Some of them will be just as screencaps.  And I’ll start with the one which I consider to be the most famous Robert Redford reference of all….

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
CHUCKLES BITES THE DUST (1975)

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
HAIL THE CONQUERING GORDY (1977)
Gordy Howard:
But I really couldn't believe it when I found myself two weeks ago... sitting on a mountaintop in Utah shootin' the breeze with Robert Redford.
Mary:
Huh? R-R... R-R-Robert Red... Redford?
[trying to recover her composure]
Good little actor. Good...
Gordy:
He's really a simple guy.  Likes skiing, the outdoors.  You two would probably hit it off pretty good.
Mary:
Well, I certainly wouldn't be adverse to meeting Redford... if the situation ever aroused.  Arose!

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
MORE THAN NEIGHBORS (1972)
Phyllis:
We can't let a great apartment like that go to just anyone.
Rhoda:
Maybe I oughtta call Robert Redford; see if he needs a place.

ALICE
A PIECE OF THE ROCK (1976)
Otis asks Flo to go see "All With The President's Men" with Robert Redford. Flo says she'll go with Redford, but not with Otis.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER
THE CHIGWELL CONNECTION (1992)
Tracey, Sharon, and a journalist discuss "All The President's Men"

3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN
SAME OLD SONG AND DICK (1997)
Sally:
Tonight's Wednesday. You go to her house. You watch "Jeopardy," then the "Wheel".
Robert Redford and Pauly Shore.  But which to watch first? Hmm.... Pauly Shore!
Dick:
But not always! (Pause) Okay, always.

ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (1975)
COLD STORE
"This is Mr. Lucas, the Robert Redford of ready-mades."

KINGDOM HOSPITAL
THY KINGDOM COME
Unknown:
For $10,000... who starred in the suspense thriller Three Days of the Condor?  Nine. Eight. Seven. Six.  Five. Four. Three. Two.
Ron:
Dustin Hoffman?
Unknown:
I'm sorry, Ron. Robert Redford.

WITHOUT A TRACE
GUNG-HO
Unknown:
I ever tell you about the first time I met her?
Who Knows:
- No.
Unknown:
- It was at the movies.  It was a Paul Newman/Robert Redford double feature.  This old revival theater in my town.  
The Sting and Butch Cassidy.

NCIS
CHIMERA (2007)
DiNozzo:
Definitely didn't picture my demise like this.  I always figured I'd go out like Cagney in "White Heat", fiery explosion. Or Redford and Newman in "Butch Cassidy", a hail of bullets.
Gibbs:
Or Charlie Chaplin in "The Gold Rush"?
DiNozzo
How'd he die?
Gibbs:
Silently.

FATHER TED
THINK FAST, FATHER TED (1996)
Dougal:
It's like "The Sting".  I'm Robert Redford and you're Paul Newman.

TALES FROM THE CRYPT
THE PIT (1994)
Felix Johnson:
Besides, l like buddy pictures.
Aaron Scott:
Hey, that makes two of us, Bro.  
Wink Barnum:
l can see it all now - The new Newman and Redford!

WHITE COLLAR
DENTIST OF DETROIT (2011)
Peter Burke:
Who knew the ball and chain cleaned up so nice?
Neal Caffrey:
Ah, you don't look so bad yourself.
Elizabeth Burke:
So, who's Newman and who's Redford?
Peter Burke:
I'm Newman. He's Redford.

TED LASSO
BIG WEEK (2023)
Ted Lasso:
Thank you for your help, Trent.  May a young Robert Redford portray you in a film some day.
Trent:
Probably Dustin Hoffman.

PSYCH
WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY (2010)
Henry Spencer:
He was setting up a sting, Shawn.  Do you have any idea what that involves?
Shawn Spencer:
Newman, Redford, the ladies, the ponies.

WATER RATS
NOT FADE AWAY (1998)
Rachel brings up "The Way We Were" when she is talking to Frank as they are on the grass outside at night.

SEX AND THE CITY
EX AND THE CITY (1999)
Miranda:
One word: Hubbell.
Charlotte:
Hubbell.
Carrie:
Oh, my god. Hubbell! It is so Hubbell.
Samantha:
Who's Hubbell?
Carrie
Hubbell! Robert ”Hubbell” Redford in "The Way We Were".
Charlotte:
Oh, I love that movie.
Carrie:
I love, love, love, that movie.
Samantha:
Never saw it.
The Other Three
OH MY GOD!
Miranda:
What are you, an alien? How could you have not seen it "The Way We Were"?
Samantha:
Chick film.
Miranda:
Robert Redford is madly in love with Barbara Streisand.

FRASIER
IT'S HARD TO SAY GOODBYE IF YOU WON'T LEAVE (1996)
Daphne:
Ooh — it's just like Redford and Streisand at the end of "The Way We Were."
Niles:
[throwing the second videotape away]
And that's another one down.

SOAP
Episode 1.12 (1977)
Burt Campbell:
Nobody knows!  Robert Redford doesn't know what "Tomorrow" is.  They could decide – what?  Tomorrow, nobody with moles works.  He's finished!

FRIENDS
THE ONE WITH JOEY'S DIRTY DAY (1998)
Charlton Heston:
(tosses Joey a towel, motions for him to get out of the shower and sits down on the couch)
Every actor at one time or another—opp!
(Joey tries to sit down next to him and Heston makes him sit somewhere else.)
Every actor thinks he stinks, even Lawrence Oliver sometimes thought he stank; Bob Redford won’t even watch himself.

REMINGTON STEELE
SCENE STEELERS (1983)
Heather:
Tell her who they're talking about for the picture, Stan.
Stan:
Newman, Redford, AND Hoffman!
Laura:
Sounds like a project worth killing for.

STARSKY AND HUTCH
GILLIAN (1976)
Hutch:
Where were you?
Gillian:
Out.
Hutch:
With who?
Gillian:
Robert Redford.
Hutch:
Don't you get smart with me, little girl.
Gillian:
Look, when I'm not working, it is my life.

STARSKY AND HUTCH
SAVAGE SUNDAY (1975)
Unknown:
Make out you're late for a date with Robert Redford.

STARSKY AND HUTCH
TARGETS WITHOUT A BADGE PART 1 (1979)
Unknown:
Well, if it isn't the ghetto's answer to Gadabout Gaddis.
Huggy Bear:
Hey, you ain't exactly Robert Redford, you know.

COMMUNITY
CONTEMPORARY IMPRESSIONISTS (2012)
Jewish Lady #1:
Would you look at this one.  He's like a Robert Redford!

CRISIS IN SIX SCENES
Episode 1.1
Unknown:
Oh, you should see our grandson.  He looks like Robert Redford, and he's brilliant.

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
THE YOUTH KILLER (1975)
Carl Kolchak:
Bella, I don't want a girl. I don't need your services.
Bella Sarkof:
You don't need my services?  Robert Redford you are, all of a sudden?

DESIGNING WOMEN
BACHELOR SUITE (1987)
Mary Jo:
What do you think, just because you look like Robert Redford, it's not rape?

THE CLEANER
THE TRANSACTION (2023)
Paul "Wick" Wickstead is asked, "Do you think this new girl who's stopping you drinking is in it for your good looks, Robert Redford?"

THREE'S COMPANY
HEARING IS BELIEVING (1983)
Terri:
He's no Robert Redford, huh?
Janet:
Terri, this guy had the IQ of a camel, the table manners of a pig, and the personality of a wet tent.

DRAGNET
THE BIGAMIST (1990)
Detective Carl Molina:
Actual quote: "You know, you're no Robert Redford."

O'Bservation:
The captions on the YouTube copy were horrible!  (A cop named Joe was listed as "Jill"!)

TAXI
BLIND DATE (1978)
Hey, come on.  I'm no Robert Redford, you know.

TAXI
A WOMAN BETWEEN FRIENDS (1979)
Elaine Nardo:
How attractive?  I mean, like, on a scale of one to ten, where Louie's one and Robert Redford's number ten.

THAT 70S SHOW
THE ACID QUEEN (2003)
Jackie:
Ooo wow, those male actors are gorgeous. Y'know I think that Robert Redford is so hot. He's hotter than the sun.
Hyde:
He's extremely handsome.

THAT 70S SHOW
WHO NEEDS YOU? (2006)
Fez:
Wow!  This place is spotless.  I can see my reflection.  Why, hello, Robert Redford.

BOSCH
HARD FEELINGS (2020)
Barrel:
As Ryan-o liked to say, you know, besides his drop-dead good looks, he had something else in common with Robert Redford, he was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley.

MAUDE
THE CABIN
Walter:
When Robert Redford wakes up and leans over and kisses Barbra Streisand before he's had his coffee, he's only doing it because they're paying him a million dollars.
Maude:
A million dollars for Robert Redford?  Money well spent.

MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN
Episode 1.4 (1976)
Tom Hartman:
Did you think I was sexy then?  Huh?
Mary Hartman:
Yeah.  You were.  You were just like Johnny Carson.  You were just all boyish and proud of yourself.
Tom:
He's a comedian.  How about Robert Redford?
Mary:
Huh?  Johnny Carson.
Tom:
Robert Redford has a wife named Lola.

PAN AM
SECRETS AND LIES (2012)
Dean:
What was his name?  Bedford... Bed... Bedford? I doubt he's even that handsome offstage.  But they wear makeup, you know?
Colette:
Redford. Robert Redford.
Dean:
Fine. See?  Even the name...  He just sounds like a prima donna.
Colette:
It might be worth it to wake up to that face.
Dean:
Aw. "Take me to go see 'Barefoot in the Park'," she says.  "It'll be romantic."
Dean:
I mean, I'm still not half as handsome as... Is it Bedford?
Colette:
It's Redford.

BARNABY JONES
FOCUS ON FEAR (1980)
Laurie:
When I’m posing, my mind’s on a cloud, or I’m in Robert Redford’s arms.

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
A GIRL CAN'T ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING (1980)
[doorbell rings]
Suzy Starr:
Who’s that?
Patty Lewis:
Robert Redford.
Suzy:
Oh, we should be so lucky!

MID-CENTURY MODERN
WORKING GIRLS (2025)

AMERICAN WOMAN
THE PARTY (2018)
Kathleen:
"Robert Redford's publicist."
Bonnie:
"This party just got 60% more interesting!"

JANE THE VIRGIN
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR (2017)
Rogelio:
Oh, since you asked, they are screening a-a rough cut of my film, uh, tomorrow night for friends and family.
Michael:
Oh, I'm sorry.  I have my last LSAT prep class.  
I'll have to see it at Sundance.
Rogelio:
From your lips to Robert Redford's ears.

BULL
MAKE ME (2017)
Benny:
Bull bakes?
Dr. Levin:
He doesn't know about Better Than Robert Redford?
Benny:
I do not.
Dr. Levin:
It's this amazing dessert that Jason used to bring in on Fridays. Kind of half pie, half pudding.
*
Jason (to his therapist):
I think you just want my Better Than Robert Redford, don't you?

MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN
Season 1 Episode 7
Police Lieutenant:
Have you finished that portrait yet?
Police Sketch Artist:
I finished ten of them!  The kid keeps changing her mind!  I mean, take your choice! Elton John, Johnny Carson, Robert Redford….

TABITHA
THE PILOT (1977)
Paul:
I know we’ve had our differences, but all great relationships start that way – Gable and Lombard, Redford and Streisand….

SANFORD
CAL’S ILLEGAL ALIEN (1981)

ALTERNATE TIMELINES

DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
THE GETAWAY (2019)
Ray Palmer:
Without the release of All the President's Men, Robert Redford's career floundered.
Mick Rory:
WHAT? No Redford? No Sundance. No indie film. No artful nudity. We have to fix this!

WATCHMEN
LITTLE FEAR OF LIGHTNING (2019)
Adrian Veidt (recording):
Hello, Robert.
Adrian Veidt here.
Assuming my instructions have been followed to the letter, today is January 21st, 1993, and you were just inaugurated.  Allow me to be amongst the very first to say: Congratulations, President Redford.
Sir, I am recording this message on November 1st, 1985, seven years in your past.  How could I predict that you
would be elected president with such incredible accuracy?
Because I didn't predict it.  I planned it.

WATCHMEN
THIS EXTRAORDINARY BEING (2019)
Laurie Blake:
It was supposed to be for older folks, you know, dementia treatment, but that limited the market because, you know,
who wants to be in the present when you can live in the past?  Well, you know the rest.  People got hooked,  dependency, ODs.  So, Redford and the FDA outlawed it, and the company that made it had to stop.

WATCHMEN
SEE HOW THEY FLY (2019)
Adrian Veidt:
Redford won't even return my calls.  He said he would've won even without my help.  As if some cowboy actor...
could attain the presidency!
*
Veidt:
Good God!  Robert Redford is still president?
*
Wade Tillman:
This is your confession, explaining to Redford what you did and how you did it.
Veidt:
So, I suppose the FBI is gonna arrest the President, too?
Laurie Blake:
Sure. Why not?
Veidt:
Because the world... will end.

Well, it may not end – hopefully! – but the world is a sadder place without Redford in it.  And that means far more than just his career in show business.

Welcome to the Hall, Sir.

MONDAY MEMORIAL TVXOHOF TRIBUTE - BOYCE & HART

From the New York Daily News
Musician-songwriter Bobby Hart, half of a composer duo who penned the Monkees’ theme song and many of the group’s mega-hits, has died.

He was 86.

His friend and co-author, Glenn Ballantyne, said Hart died at home in Los Angeles, amid a health decline that began after he broke his hip last year.

Hart and collaborator Tommy Boyce each had numerous music credits to their name when they were tapped to help create a television show promoted by Don Kirchner....

And we all know what TV show that was....

TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART

From Wikipedia:
Sidney Thomas "Tommy" Boyce (September 29, 1939 – November 23, 1994) and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman; February 18, 1939 – September 10, 2025) were an American duo of singer-songwriters. In addition to three top-40 hits as artists, the duo is well known for its songwriting for the Monkees.

In late 1965, they wrote, produced and performed the soundtrack of the pilot for 'The Monkees', including singing lead vocals (which were later replaced, once the show was cast).

In 1966, despite some conflicts with Don Kirshner, who was the show's musical supervisor, they were retained in essentially the same role. It was Boyce and Hart who wrote, produced and recorded, accompanied by their backing band, the Candy Store Prophets, backing tracks for a large portion of the first season of 'The Monkees', and the band's accompanying debut album.

The duo also wrote the theme song of the daytime soap 'Days of Our Lives'.

The duo also performed "I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind" on the television show 'Bewitched', in one of several TV series appearances that included guest spots on 'The Flying Nun' and 'I Dream of Jeannie' ("Jeannie the Hip Hippie" performing "Girl, I'm Out To Get You").

All of these shows were produced by Screen Gems, the television subsidiary of Columbia Pictures. Each of the three sitcom guest appearances featured their music, including two unreleased covers they performed on 'The Flying Nun'.

The televersions of Boyce & Hart differ from their real lives.  Basically, Jeannie created their new lives as musicians.  (Pre-Jeannie Bobby was working in a record store, while Pre-Jeannie Tommy was a waiter in a coffee shop.)

Here are the credits which qualified Boyce & Hart for membership in the TVXOHOF as members of the League of Themselves:

I DREAM OF JEANNIE
JEANNIE, THE HIP HIPPIE (1967)

Jeannie blinks up a music group when Dr. Bellows' wife assigns the job to Tony.

Tony prepares to go on a camping trip with Jeannie.  Unfortunately, Doctor Bellows, who also was due to go on vacation, is forced to cancel because he must find a musical group to perform at a charity bazaar that Amanda is in charge of and because of this he forces Tony to cancel his vacation as well and orders him to help him find a group.

Not wanting Tony to miss his vacation, Jeannie helps him by getting four non-musicians, including a couple of guys named Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and turning them into musicians. In fact, Jeannie is so successful in turning them into a group that they wind up getting an audition with Phil Spector.

BEWITCHED
SERENA STOPS THE SHOW (1970)

Serena zaps away Boyce and Hart's popularity so that they will play the Cosmo Cotillion in the witchy realm. Unfortunately Darrin had just talked his client into using this 'hot' group in a television special.

Darrin, with Larry's enthusiastic approval, has managed in a lucrative verbal deal for a new client, Breeze Shampoo, to sponsor an upcoming television special featuring rock music duo Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart - Boyce & Hart.

With that connection, Serena, who is the Chair of the Entertainment Committee for the Cosmos Cotillion, wants Boyce & Hart not only to perform at the Cotillion, but sing a song she wrote, "I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind", at it.

Using her witchcraft, Serena is able to muscle her way in to see the duo and their manager, Chick Cashman. Because Serena doesn't get everything she wants in her negotiation with Cashman, Serena, again using witchcraft, thinks she has a way to get everything she wants in the deal, without a care that her plan will basically render Darrin's agreement with Breeze Shampoo worthless, (that attitude partly due to Darrin denigrating her song.)

Finding out what Serena did, Samantha has to try and convince Serena to reverse her spell to save Darrin's job and the deal with Breeze.

THE FLYING NUN
WHEN GENERATIONS GAP (1970)

Sister Bertrille gets into a fender bender, caused by her running a red light. She can't really remember what happened, and is willing to accept responsibility for the accident if it was her fault. However, Alfonso T. Gomez, a witness, states that it was not Sister Bertrille's fault. The occupants of the other car are hippies, namely Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart of the singing group, The Paper Balloon, who happen to be appearing at Carlos' casino.

Sister Bertrille just wants to forget the incident, but it becomes a big media story about subversive hippies against an innocent nun, a story which ruins business at the Paper Balloon's show at Carlos' casino. When Boyce and Hart jog the sister's memory, she does realize it was the station wagon's loose brakes that caused her to run the red light.

She goes to Gomez to double check what happened.   He admits it was her fault.  The reason for his false story being the fact that the convent could use the insurance money from that of rich, spoiled hippies; Gomez' negative feelings about hippies stem from the fact that his son is one.

Even after Sister Bertrille and Gomez go to the newspaper to recant his eyewitness account, the television news reports that the spoiled rich hippies bought off Gomez. Finally, Sister Bertrille sees only one way for the public opinion to sway in favor of Boyce and Hart: they need to do a benefit concert with proceeds going to the convent.

O'Bservation:
All episode summaries are from the IMDb.

THE SOUPY SALES SHOW (TV Special 1970)

"Good night and may God bless" to you both.... 

"SKAEP NIWT - 3#, 5202 REBMETPES, FOHOXVT"

In the last few years, the Television Crossover Hall of Fame inducts actual TV series into the Hall.  These are not the TV shows as we watched them back in the Trueniverse; these are the televersions of those shows, as either seen or mentioned in other TV series.

I had already planned September to be a double tribute to the late David Lynch, who revolutionized the Television landscape with ‘Twin Peaks’.  And then I thought:  “Why not make it a tribute three times over?  When was the last time TV had a triplecast?”

And so with this ceremony, the TVXOHOF is proud to welcome the televersion of….

TWIN PEAKS

These are just some of the TV shows in Earth Prime-Time – the main Toobworld* - which also have their own ‘Twin Peaks’:

THE CHRONICLE   SMART GUY   GRACE UNDER FIRE  
L.A. LAW   CAMP WILDER   EERIE, INDIANA  
PARKER LEWIS CAN’T LOSE   HEAD OF THE CLASS
MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000   MURPHY BROWN
THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR   COMMUNITY
NOT NECESSARILY THE NEWS   PARENTHOOD
BEVERLY HILLS 90210   CHASING LIFE
DETECTORISTS   WAREHOUSE 13   JONATHAN CREEK

To be qualified for membership in the TVXOHOF, a minimum of 3 separate appearances are required, and ‘Twin Peaks’ easily covered that.  But I’m thinking from now on, since pop culture references are always good for a quick mention in the dialogue, that I should make it harder for TV show televersions.  

We’ll see… but first, a piece of pie to mull it over.

Welcome to the Hall, ‘Twin Peaks’!

* ‘Twin Peaks’ is actually a multi-dimensional series, with fictional televersions to be found in alternate Toobworlds like Toobworld-DCU and especially in the Tooniverse.  But Earth Prime-Time is the Hall’s main focus, so we’re focusing on that.
 

TVXOHOF, SEPTEMBER 2025 (CREATOR EDITION) - DAVID LYNCH

Every September, the Television Crossover Hall of Fame honors a creator for their work in expanding the Television Universe (whether they meant to or not.)  This year, Life, and the lack thereof, led to this choice to be made now, when I was hoping there would be more to be discovered about that little town in the Pacific Northwest known as Twin Peaks….

DAVID LYNCH

From Wikipedia:
David Keith Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 15, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Often called a "visionary" and acclaimed for films distinguished by their surrealist and experimental qualities, Lynch is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. In a career spanning more than five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 and an Academy Honorary Award in 2019.

Lynch and Mark Frost created the ABC surrealist horror-mystery series 'Twin Peaks' (1990–1991), for which he received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations, including Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Lynch co-wrote and directed its film prequel, "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me" (1992) and a third season in 2017. His acting career included [a role] on 'Twin Peaks.'

'Twin Peaks' is an American surrealist mystery-horror drama television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and ran for two seasons until its cancellation in 1991. The show returned in 2017 for a third season on Showtime.

Set in the fictional Pacific Northwest town of Twin Peaks, the series follows an investigation led by FBI special agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) into the murder of local teenager Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). The show's narrative draws on the characteristics of detective fiction, but its uncanny tone, supernatural elements, and campy, melodramatic portrayal of eccentric characters also draw from American horror and soap opera tropes. Like much of Lynch's work, it is distinguished by surrealism, distinctive cinematography, and offbeat humor. The musical score was composed by Angelo Badalamenti with Lynch.

‘Twin Peaks’ is considered a landmark turning point in television drama and often listed among the greatest television series of all time. The 2017 revival also received widespread critical acclaim; film journal Cahiers du cinéma named it the best film of the 2010s.

That theatrical movie is considered by the Toobworld Commission to be part of the TV Universe, in much the same way as most of the ‘Star Trek’ film franchise, those first couple of ‘McHale’s Navy’ movies (NOT the remake!), and “Maverick” are also an expansion of Toobworld.

Lynch and Frost hit on something which resonated with the viewing public and despite the networks trying to return to what once was, echoes of the dark vision simmering underneath this series echo throughout Toobworld, bubbling up when least expected.

And who knows?  Even though Lynch is now gone, maybe someone will come along with an equally skewed vision and revisit that lumber town… if for nothing else but the damned good pie.

These are the productions which qualified David Lynch to be honored as the TVXOHOF’s Creator of 2025….

TWIN PEAKS (1990-1991)
30 Episodes

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME
(1992 theatrical release)

TWIN PEAKS: THE MISSING PIECES
(2014 TV movie)

TWIN PEAKS (2017)
18 Episodes

Good night and may God – whatever you conceived that to be – bless….

But wait!  There will be more!  Stay tuned!

TVXOHOF (AUGUST, 2025) - QUICK DRAW McGRAW

 
For over a year I had this year’s TV Western Crossover candidate, the traditional category for August, lined up.  I had all the information and pictures – PLENTY of pictures.  And if it had not been for a deadline to write a book for a charity auction, I would have had it ready to go by now.

But then I actually read that collected data and quickly realized this was not the year for it.  So I shelved it for another time.

Needing a new candidate, I decided to go off the trail just to make it interesting for me, and to reduce any possible stress from a last-minute change in plans.

And so….

QUICK DRAW McGRAW
[Seen here with Baba Looey]

From Wikipedia:
Quick Draw McGraw is the protagonist and title character of ‘The Quick Draw McGraw Show’. He is an anthropomorphic white horse wearing a red Stetson cowboy hat, a red holster belt, a light blue bandana, and occasionally spurs.  He was originally voiced mainly by Daws Butler from 1959 until Butler's death in 1988.

All 45 of his cartoons that originally aired between 1959 and 1961 were written by Michael Maltese, known best for his work at the Warner Bros. cartoon studio. The cartoon was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1960.

‘The Quick Draw McGraw Show’ is an American animated cartoon television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, and their third television series overall after ‘The Ruff and Reddy Show’ and ‘The Huckleberry Hound Show’.

The show debuted in syndication on September 28, 1959, ending its run on October 20, 1961, and was sponsored by Kellogg's. The series featured three cartoons per episode, with Quick Draw and his sidekick Baba Looey appearing in the first segment, father and son dog duo Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy in the second, and cat and mouse detectives Snooper and Blabber in the third. There were also "bumpers," mini-cartoons between the main cartoons that featured Quick Draw and other main characters on the show.

Michael Maltese wrote the stories of all the episodes. Screen Gems, the television division at the time of Columbia Pictures, originally syndicated the series. It ran on Saturday mornings on CBS for three seasons, 1963-66.

Quick Draw was usually depicted as a sheriff in a series of short films set in the Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey (also voiced by Daws Butler), who spoke with a Mexican accent and called his partner "Queeks Draw.”

Quick Draw satirized the westerns that were popular among the American public at the time. His character was well-intentioned, but somewhat dim. His main catchphrases were "Now hold on there!" and "I'll do the thin'in' around here and don't you forget it!" Also if he got hurt he would often say "Ooooh that smarts!" One of the main running gags in the shorts was him accidentally shooting himself with his own six-shooter.

In the Spanish American version, Quick Draw is named Tiro Loco McGraw, while Baba Looey is named Pepe Trueno. In the Brazilian version, Quick Draw speaks in a Portuguese accent, which along with his Hispanized name (Pepe Legal) would suggest he was either a Texan-American or Mexican cowboy.

O’Bservation:
All of those dubbed versions would go into those alternate Tooniverses where a different language was dominant.  With these examples, it would be the Spanish Toobworld and the Portuguese Toobworld respectively.

Here are the shows from the Tooniverse which qualified him for membership:

THE QUICK DRAW McGRAW SHOW (1959-1961)
Quick Draw (voiced by Daws Butler) was usually depicted as a sheriff in these short films set in the American Old West. Quick Draw was often accompanied by his deputy, a Mexican burro called Baba Looey (also voiced by Butler). Although technically the sidekick, or deputy, to the main character of Sheriff Quick Draw, Baba Looey is often portrayed as the more thoughtful half of the duo; at times realizing some detail about a given situation and trying desperately without success to caution Quick Draw of a trap or other danger.

The exchange would always go as follows: Baba Looey would see a fatal flaw in Quick Draw's plan, and begin voicing a warning such as "I don' thin' we should be doing...", to which Quick Draw would angrily interrupt with his frequent catchphrase, "I'll do the 'thin'in' around here and don't you forget it!" His plans would then go disastrously wrong, and Quick Draw would be forced to realize he should have listened to Baba Looey.

Quick Draw spent a number of cartoons as his alter ego, the masked El Kabong, who used a guitar (a "Kabonger") to bash bad guys into submission. Writer Michael Maltese said the character was inspired by actor Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. as Zorro.

SUGAR SMACKS (1960s)
Quick Draw was the mascot.

THE RUFF AND REDDY SHOW
A SLIGHT FRIGHT ON A MOONLIGHT NIGHT
Quick Draw McGraw's name appears in ‘The Ruff and Reddy Show’ episode "A Slight Fright on a Moonlight Night".

O'Bservation:
According to this posted notice, Sheriff Quick Draw McGraw was killed in a shootout.  I don't know if his father showed up in any of those 45 cartoons in his series, but it would fit the classic Western trope where the sheriff is murdered and his son takes over for him.

But the fact that Ruff and Reddy have a car and a trailer probably puts the kibosh to that theory.  However, it is noted elsewhere that the timeline is amazingly fluidic in the Tooniverse.

YOGI'S ARK LARK (1972)
“Yogi's Ark Lark” served as the two-part pilot for ‘Yogi's Gang’.  Aside from its environmental message, the film marked a milestone in Hanna-Barbera's history: a wide range of the studio’s characters were united in one story for the first time. This set the tone for future series and specials, such as ‘Laff-A-Lympics’ and “Yogi's First Christmas”.

YOGI'S GANG (1973)
Yogi, Quick Draw, Huck and the rest of the gang encounter a variety of villains such as Captain Swashbuckle Swipe, Smokestack Smog, Lotta Litter, the Envy Brothers, Mr. Hothead, Dr. Bigot, the Gossipy Witch of the West, J. Wantum Vandal, the Sheik of Selfishness, Commodore Phineas P. Fibber, I.M. Sloppy, Peter D. Cheater, Mr. Waste, Hilarious P. Prankster, and the Greedy Genie, who act as their friends, hosts and/or guests, but embody some of the most common human faults and vices. Yogi and crew would often put up with them which ends with the villains either being repelled or outdone by their actions.

HANNA-BARBERA'S ALL-STAR COMEDY ICE REVUE (1978)
The show was a celebrity roast honoring Fred Flintstone on his 48th birthday, and included the following costumed Hanna-Barbera characters: Yogi Bear, Jabberjaw, Huckleberry Hound, Scooby-Doo, The Banana Splits, Hong Kong Phooey, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Wally Gator and The Hair Bear Bunch.

O'Bservation:
This was Quick Draw's foray into "live-action", appearing on Earth Prime-Time basically as a Hanna-Barbera version of a full-size Muppet.

CASPER'S FIRST CHRISTMAS (1979)
The special features guest stars Yogi Bear, Boo-Boo, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, and Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy.

YOGI'S SPACE RACE

Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Jabberjaw and several new characters participating in intergalactic racing competitions.  Cameo guests included Fred Flintstone, Barney Rubble, Quick Draw McGraw, Grape Ape, Frankenstein Jr. and Jana of the Jungle.

RACE THROUGH WET GALOSHES (1978)
Winners: Nugget Nose, Wendy and Rita.
Prize: Vacation time at a dude ranch. Trouble: It's Fuddy's Dude Ranch.
(Guest star: Quick Draw McGraw)

O'Bservation:
Another timeline discrepancy.  There's a little voice in my head which keeps telling me, "Forget it, Jake.  It's the Tooniverse."

It doesn't seem to matter to him that my name's not Jake. 

YOGI BEAR'S ALL-STAR COMEDY CHRISTMAS CAPER (1982)
Along with Yogi's traditional cast, the characters also met up with many other Hanna-Barbera characters, including Magilla Gorilla and Fred Flintstone.

Huckleberry Hound brings his friends Hokey Wolf, Snagglepuss, Quick Draw McGraw, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, and Snooper and Blabber with him to visit Jellystone Park for Christmas and they discover Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo have escaped from Jellystone and hidden out in a department store, where Yogi is posing as a Santa Claus. Along the way, he helps a little girl named Judy Jones rediscover her faith in Christmas when her father, a billionaire named J. Wellington Jones, is too busy for her. Yogi says that many parents have to work hard to support their kids, and since her father is not home, Yogi and Boo-Boo propose escorting Judy through the city to bring her to her dad.

YOGI'S TREASURE HUNT (1985-1988)
This is the last series to feature Daws Butler as the voice of Yogi Bear and his other characters before his death in 1988. While all 27 episodes were made in digital ink and paint across three seasons, its opening credits were produced in traditional cel animation.

Yogi and his friends Boo-Boo Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, and Snooper and Blabber are assigned by Top Cat to go on treasure hunts around the world with Ranger Smith serving as their field commander who also makes sure that Yogi does his part in the treasure hunts. They travel aboard their ship the S.S. Jelly Roger and solve different riddles that would lead them to the treasure in question.

FENDER BENDER 500 (1990)
This is a spin-off of ‘Wacky Races’ for the 1990s, in which classic Hanna-Barbera characters drive monster trucks made for racing. Each vehicle has a different theme, specific to its drivers; e.g., Yogi and Boo Boo's monster truck is a motorized giant picnic basket, while Winsome Witch's monster truck is a wheeled cauldron with a sentient skeleton named Axel on it. Game show announcer from ‘The New Hollywood Squares’ and disc jockey Shadoe Stevens provided the voice of the race announcer.

Since they were in the aforementioned series, Dick Dastardly and Muttley reappear in this segment, reprising their roles as cheaters with their own monster truck called the Dirty Truckster, which is basically their Mean Machine on a monster truck chassis. On a few occasions, they actually win a race, though there is always a catch that renders the win meaningless.

Although technically not a series of its own, this is the fourth all-star sports show from Hanna-Barbera. This show also features Paul Winchell's final performance as Hanna-Barbera's long running antagonist, Dick Dastardly.

The competitors, listed by numeral order, as in their race numbers:

• Yogi and Boo-Boo Bear in the Jellystone Jammer (#1)
• Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss in the Half-Dog Half-Cat Half-Track (#2)
• Wally Gator and Magilla Gorilla in the Swamp Stoner (#3)
• Top Cat and Choo-Choo in the Alley Cat (#4)
• Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey in the Texas Twister (#5)
• Pixie and Dixie in the Cheddar Shredder (#6)
• Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy in the Lucky Trucky (#7)
• Winsome Witch and her cat Lucky in the Sonic Broom (#13)
• Dick Dastardly and Muttley in the Dirty Truckster (#00)

YO YOGI! (1991)

Synopsis: Taking place in Jellystone Town, the show features Yogi Bear and other popular Hanna-Barbera characters, depicted as teenage crime fighters. The team includes Yogi's friends Boo-Boo Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Snagglepuss, and Yogi's girlfriend Cindy Bear.

YIPPEE YO,YOGI! (1991)
Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Louie are doing a show at Jellystone Mall when Dick Dastardly releases Quick Draw's pet bull Bully in the mall. It is up to the L.A.F. Squad to find him and calm down the bull for the Wild West Show.

O'Bservation:
Yet another temporal glitch!  Usually Yogi and Quick Draw were seen as being the same age.  But now Quick Draw seems to be an adult and Yogi's a teenager.

I AM WEASEL (1997-2000)
The series centers on I.M. Weasel (voiced by Michael Dorn), a smart, noble and successful weasel, I.R. Baboon (voiced by Charlie Adler), an idiotic and arrogant baboon who is envious of Weasel and acts as both his rival and friend, and the mischievous, flamboyant Red Guy (also voiced by Adler), who returns from ‘Cow and Chicken’ to antagonize the duo.

I AM MY LIFETIME (1998)
Weasel and I.R. (now both senior citizens) look back upon their memories.

SAMURAI JACK
COUPLE ON A TRAIN (2002)
Quick Draw McGraw makes a cameo appearance, voiced again by Greg Burson.

HARVEY BIRDMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW
GUITAR CONTROL (2004)
When Quick Draw McGraw pulls out his trusty six-string in an attempt to put the El Kabong kibosh on the Dalton Gang, he gets hauled off to the hoosegow. So he turns to noted constitutional law expert Harvey Birdman to defend his right to keep and bear guitars. Meanwhile, Harvey's boss, Phil Ken Sebben, takes $12 billion from the powerful guitar lobby to fund his presidential campaign. Not that that would make him beholden to them. And Peanut and Baba Looey get into trouble when they get their hands on Quick Draw's private guitar arsenal. (From the IMDb)

"It's a repeating gitbox made in 1870,
used in the American West.
Out there, guitars like this didn't enforce the law,
they were the law!
I didn't write that, it was on some asshole's website.
I wish I'd written it. It's a good line."
Quick Draw McGraw

O'Bservation:
He is voiced by Maurice LaMarche, to sound like Jack Palance.

CLASS OF 3000 (2006-2008)
Class of 3000 follows superstar and music teacher Sunny Bridges (voiced by André), who teaches a group of students at Atlanta, Georgia's Westley School of the Performing Arts.

HOME (2006)
Quick Draw McGraw in the cartoon "Two Too Much" makes an appearance in an invention by Philly Phil.

O'Bservation:
There are timeline anomalies with regards to the life of Quick Draw McGraw.  But this time it might have been a Zonk in which a TV series was made about El Kabong, and that is what is being transmitted on the big screen.  (It has to be a dramatization, as Quick Draw's voice is nowhere near to his "actual" voice.  (You are missed, Mr. Butler.)

THE SIMPSONS
MILLION DOLLAR ABIE (2006)
Quick Draw McGraw - in his guise as El Kabong - appears in the "Springfield Blows" music video.

ROBOT CHICKEN
BAN ON THE FUN (2007)
The Laff-A-Lympics gang faces their darkest games ever: Munich, 1972.

O'Bservation:
Another appearance which shows that Quick Draw McGraw is a multidimensional.  This time his televersion is from the Toobworld known as Claymatia.  (Yeah, I'm not happy with it either.)

SOUTH PARK
IMAGINATIONLAND III (2007)
It is the third and final episode in a three-part story arc that won the 2008 Emmy for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or More). The three episodes were later reissued together, along with previously unreleased footage, as the uncensored “Imaginationland: The Movie”.

O'Bservation:
I suppose this is one Honking Big Zonk, but it's a lot of fun.  Just go with it.

WACKY RACES
MUCH ADO ABOUT WACKY (2018)
Quick Draw makes a cameo in the Wacky Races episode "Much Ado About Wacky," during the fight scene in the Macbeth play, Penelope Pitstop calls for a horse. Quick Draw appears and charges into battle shouting his famous line, "Hold on there, Baba Louis." This angers Snagglepuss, who is also cameoing in this episode, as Quick Draw is not even an actor. (From the Hanna-Barbera Wiki)

O'Bservation:
He is voiced by Billy West.

JELLYSTONE! (2021-2025)
The series is a reimagined take on the legendary Hanna-Barbera brand, focusing on a modernized ensemble of its characters as they live, work, and play together but have to solve the problems they have.

All of them have specific roles in the community. Huckleberry Hound is the Mayor of Jellystone, Yogi Bear is a surgeon, Cindy Bear is a genius inventor, Doggie Daddy is a lighthouse keeper who is overprotective towards his daughter Augie Doggie, Jabberjaw and Loopy De Loop work in Magilla Gorilla's haberdashery called "Magilla's", Top Cat and the Hoagy's Alley cats continue with their scam activities, El Kabong doubles as a teacher and superhero, Shazzan is a ticket seller at Jellystone Theatre and does various vendor jobs, and The Banana Splits are cartoonish criminals.

TEEN TITANS GO!
WARNER BROS. 100TH ANNIVERSARY (2023)
In "Teen Titans Go!", Quick Draw McGraw makes a guest appearance in the episode "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary", alongside other classic Hanna-Barbera characters. The episode celebrates the studio's milestone and features various characters from their library of cartoons. (From Google's AI)

METLIFE SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL (2012)
Quick Draw made a cameo appearance, teamed up with Yosemite Sam.

Here's one last O’Bservation:
1] Wikipedia has this informistake:
Quick Draw McGraw and Baba Looey make cameo appearances in the ‘Animaniacs’ episode "Suffragette City".

No they do not!

So here’s to you, Queeks Draw, a welcome addition to the Tooniverse wing of the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.

And having posted that mangling of his name a la Baba Looey, I realize there are those who might think I’m dismissing the sidekick’s role.  I’m not.  One day Baba Looey will make it into the Hall on his own merits.  

But there were several qualifications for Quick Draw which did not involve Baba Looey.  And once I look into his qualifications for membership, I might even find appearances in which Quick Draw never showed up  Maybe….

Welcome to the Hall, Sheriff!