TVXOHOF, MARCH 2026 - HANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

 

Later this year, Tom Hanks turns 70 years old.  Now, he may have two Academy Awards, so much success on screen and behind the scenes, and Rita Wilson as his wife, BUT!  I have one thing he hasn't got - membership in the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.

Today, that oversight will be corrected.

By the power invested in me (by me), I hereby declare that as a member of the League of Themselves,

TOM HANKS

is hereby declared a member of the TVXOHOF!

Okay, so it's not as cool as membership in the Five-Timers' Club of SNL, but 'twill serve.

From Wikipedia:

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon.

Hanks is ranked as the fourth-highest-grossing American film actor. His numerous awards include two Academy Awards, seven Emmy Awards, and four Golden Globe Awards; he has also been nominated for five BAFTA Awards and a Tony Award. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020.

Hanks rose to fame with leading roles in the comedies "Splash" (1984), "The Money Pit" (1986), "Big" (1988), and "A League of Their Own" (1992). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor, playing a gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in "Philadelphia" (1993), then the title character in "Forrest Gump" (1994).

His breakthrough television role was a co-lead in the ABC sitcom 'Bosom Buddies' (1980–1982). He has hosted 'Saturday Night Live' ten times and launched a production company, Playtone, which has produced various limited series and television movies, including From the 'Earth to the Moon' (1998), 'Band of Brothers', 'John Adams' (2008), 'The Pacific', 'Game Change' (2012) and 'Olive Kitteridge' (2015).

That's his life here in Earth Prime-Time.  But as for his televersion, these are some of the appearances which differentiate him from the real Tom Hanks.  Also included are references to Hanks which verify his existence on several Toobworlds.  And as you will see, that means he is a multi-dimensional....

THE NAKED TRUTH
BALD STAR IN HOT OIL FEST! (1995)
Nora is anxious to get a job at a respectable publication, but during the interview she catches Tom Hanks in a very compromising situation.

THE NANNY
YOU BETTE YOUR LIFE (1997)
Maxwell Sheffield:
Good idea, C.C., putting Tom at our table.
Fran Fine:
So who's Tom, and does he have a Cruise, Hanks or Selleck after his name?

MOVIE STARS
21 Episodes (1999-2000)
Reese Hardin and his wife Jacey Wyatt lived next door to Hanks in Malibu.

POPULAR
BOOTY CAMP (2000)
The sergeant forces a recruit to watch "Philadelphia."

LIFE WITH BONNIE
WHAT IF? (2002)
On her wedding anniversary, Bonnie dreams she's married to Tom Hanks after she names him as her ideal fantasy.

WILL & GRACE
STEAMS LIKE OLD TIMES (2005)
Larry and Ellen come over to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Game Night Spectacular.  ("Big", "Splash", and "Philadelphia" come up during game night.)
&
THE MOURNING SON (2006)
Jordan Truman:
The last time I saw Grandpa, we played baseball in the backyard. Well, we played "A League of their Own". He was Tom Hanks, I was everybody else.

PSYCH
DIS-LODGED (2008)
Shawn says he lived in an airport for a month and Gus replies "That was Tom Hanks in 'The Terminal'."

PARTY DOWN
PRECIOUS LIGHTS PRE-SCHOOL AUCTION (2010)
The producer mentions the movie "Turner and Hooch".  The wife of Leonard Stiltskin, an agent, is auctioning lunch with Tom Hanks.
Stiltskin:
What the hell are we auctioning?
Mrs. Stiltskin:
Lunch with Tom Hanks.
~~~~
Casey:
When we met you said you and Tom are close--
Stiltskin:
I was trying to get into your pants.  Hanks hasn't talked to me since I put him in "Turner and fucking Hooch".
~~~~
Stiltskin:
I made a promise to myself - that I would support my daughter Escapade's dreams.  And Tom Hanks would love Escapade.
~~~~~
You're not gonna get a grand for that shit-box.  I think you need to set the bar a little bit lower.  You're never gonna get Hanks; R Kelly maybe, if he's available--
~~~~
Okay wait a second, bidding on the Hanks lunch?   I heard Stiltskin say that he can't make the Hanks lunch happen, so he's gonna outbid anyone who tries to win it.
~~~~
?1: You once told me you'd drink two pints of ape sperm to play Pebble Beach with Tiger Woods.
?2: Yeah, but that's sports. Sports are cool.  Tom Hanks is a grown man who wears eyeliner and plays make believe.

30 ROCK
100: PART 2 (2011)
When Hank Hooper threatens to cancel "TGS", Jack convinces him to allow Liz and company the chance to do their 100th episode. To produce the best show possible, however, Liz must deal with less-than-ideal working conditions.
Tom Hanks is singing Billy Joel's "My Life", which was the theme song to his breakout TV series Bosom Buddies (1980).

HOT IN CLEVELAND
I LOVE LUCCI: PART ONE (2011)
Melanie:
You lost your L.A. driving privileges when you flipped off Tom Hanks.
Elka:
Forrest Gump drives like a soccer mom.

COMMUNITY
PILLOWS AND BLANKETS (2012)
Britta:
If you want, I can read it in the documentary.  That is, unless you get Tom Hanks.
Narrator:
We tried to get Tom Hanks, but he's too expensive.

THE MINDY PROJECT
PILOT (2012)
Mindy is watching "You've Got Mail" in a flashback when she was in High School.
&
IN THE CLUB (2012)
1] Baron Davis says "Splash" is his favorite Tom Hanks romantic comedy.
2] Amar'e Stoudemire says "Sleepless In Seattle" is his favorite Tom Hanks romantic comedy.
3] Josh says "Apollo 13" is his favorite Tom Hanks romantic comedy.
4] Danny Granger says "You've Got Mail" is his favorite Tom Hanks romantic comedy.

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
THE SLUMP (2013)
Boyle refers to "Turner & Hooch".

NCIS
BLAST FROM THE PAST (2015)
"Big" is mentioned in dialogue by Bishop.
McGee:
He's like a teenage boy living in a 50-something-year-old's body.
Bishop:
Hmm. Tom Hanks in "Big."
McGee:
Hah. Tony would be proud you actually saw that one.
Bishop:
Well, half of it.

MULANEY
FRENCH ROAST (2015)
John is faced with a dilemma when he is asked to roast Lou. (Hanks sent a polite text message to get out of it.)

FRESH OFF THE BOAT
A LEAGUE OF HER OWN (2017)z
O'Bservation: Hoping to break it to her Dad that she is gay, Nicole sets up a movie night to show "A League Of Their Own".
Marvin:
"That Tom Hanks isn't half bad either."

GRACE AND FRANKIE
THE LODGER (2018)
Frankie mentions "Larry Crown" is bad even though Tom Hanks played in it.

UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT
KIMMY DISRUPTS THE PARADIGM! (2018)
Jacqueline mentions Tom Hanks shooting Nazis in "Saving Private Ryan".

BULL
A REDEMPTION (2018)
Bull jokes that in "A League Of Their Own", Tom Hanks said, "There's no crying in trial science".
Benny responds to Bull that Tom Hanks said something about chocolate, and not trial science in "Forrest Gump".

BOOMERANG
GAME NIGHT (2019)
During game night, "Forrest Gump" is used as a substitute for Tom Hanks' name.

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
THE FALLOUT (2019)
The narrator (Ron Howard):
"Reminds me of how Hanks walked around like Jim Lovell for a year."  
(Howard directed the movie "Apollo 13.")

KIMMY VS. THE REVEREND (2020 TV movie)
Hanks is referenced.

THIS IS US
FORTY: PART ONE (2020)
1] Tom Hanks got it.
2] Hanks got the corona?
1] Hanks got the corona.
2] Oh, I got to call Kate.

(News of Tom Hanks getting covid and the death of George Floyd are mentioned as happening at about the same time. In reality Tom Hank's found out he got covid in March of 2020 and George Floyd died in May 2020.)

SUPERSTORE
ESSENTIAL (2020)
(The news of the NBA suspending play and the news that Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson had contracted the Coronavirus are presented as occurring simultaneously. The NBA suspended play on March 11, 2020, while Hanks and Wilson's diagnosis was made public on the 12th.)

9-1-1
TREASURE HUNT (2021)
Hollis Harcourt:
"Gutted in Glendale". It's my next novel. I've been working on it for two years. Huge advance. Already sold the movie rights. Tom Hanks wants to star. He loves these, uh, blood and treasure stories. Mine is gonna be like The Da Vinci Code, only bigger.

AMERICAN AUTO
COMMERCIAL (2022)
Katherine and the team re-shoot a commercial to make it more inclusive of the LGBTQ+ community.  Katherine mentions Tom Hanks playing a gay character in "Philadelphia".

ABBOTT ELEMENTARY
CANDY ZOMBIES (2022)
Janine
Chesley Sullenberger shouldn't have had a movie before Harriet Tubman.
Gregory (dressed as Sully):
Tom Hanks couldn't play her.

TOON IN WITH ME
DOG DAY MORNING (2023)
Bill mentions Hooch, the dog in the film; image shown of Tom Hanks and Hooch.

O'Bservation: "Big" Picture is from another episode in which they discussed boardwalk fortune teller machines.  Good enough for me.

ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING
BLOW-UP (2024)
Rudy Thurber:
Mr. Spielberg movie.... "Catch Me If You Can". I play an agent in Tom Hanks' office.
Oliver:
Oh!
Rudy Thurber:
At the 1:07 mark, you can see me in the far right cubicle making a phone call.
Oliver:
Really?
Rudy Thurber:
Yeah, and then he got up and walked to the bathroom! But Leo DiCaprio had it cut. Too threatened. Also, I kept looking in the lens.

From alternate Toobworlds....
CASTLE
A CHILL GOES THROUGH HER VEINS (2009)
CASTLE:
Sometimes, when I'm trying to figure out how a character of mine does something, I will walk the crime scene. This one time, I was trying to figure out how to throw someone off the Empire State Building, and that movie 'Sleepless in Seattle' had just come out. So many lonely women approached me, thinking I was their Tom Hanks. I got laid--
BECKETT:
Castle....
&
GET A CLUE (2013)
The team investigates the ritual murder of a woman. Symbols on the woman's body and the items left in her apartment seem reminiscent of "The Da Vinci Code".

VEEP
FUNDRAISER (2012)
SELINA
You think they'll hear tomorrow?
MIKE
They might not hear. What if Tom Hanks dies?
ANNA
What?
MIKE
Just a for-instance - what if Tom Hanks dies? That's all that will be on the news for like a week. When Phil Spector was convicted we couldn't get anything in the papers for two days.  
&

VEEP (2019)
Mike McLintock:
We will have more coverage of the funeral of President Selina Meyer. But first, as someone who served with President Meyer for over two decades, I feel I'd be remiss if I did not offer my own heartfelt eulogy to a president who many feel was very underrated and deserved m...

I'm sorry. Breaking news. I've just been told that four-time Academy Award-winning actor Tom Hanks has died at the age of 88. The star of such Hollywood films as "Big," "Forrest Gump," "Philadelphia" and "Philadelphia 2" passed away in his Bel Air home after a long illness, surrounded by his loving family. Husband of actress Rita Wilson and father of four children, Hanks was often considered the finest actor of his generation, an American everyman who could leap effortlessly between comedy and drama, and moved audiences both young and Old. Today the world mourns the loss of this towering and beloved figure. Let's take a look at the storied career of Tom Hanks, American icon.

SUPERGIRL
DREAM WEAVER (2021)
They are playing a celebrity variation of either 'Password' or '$10,000 Pyramid'

Kelly Olsen:
Um... typewriters?
Alex Danvers:
Tom Hanks?

From Skitlandia....

MAD TV
Episode 1.1 (1995)
A sketch that combines "Forrest Gump" and "Pulp Fiction".

And over in the Tooniverse....

FAMILY GUY

DEATH HAS A SHADOW (1999)
The family is watching "Philadelphia" in a theater, where everybody except Peter is crying.

Peter Griffin:
I got it!  It's the guy from 'Big'. Tom Hanks, that's it! Aw, funny guy, Tom Hanks. Everything he says is a stitch.
Tom Hanks:
I have AIDS.
[Peter starts laughing uncontrollably]

MAD
DA GRINCHY CODE
Christmas will be ruined in Whoville unless Tom Hanks can solve Da Grinchy Code.   Tom Hanks, Nicolas Cage & Harrison Ford team up to solve the mystery of the Whoville present heist.

BLESS THE HARTS
MIRACLE ON CULPEPPER SLIMS BOULEVARD (2019)
Wayne Edwards says all that is missing from the party is "The Polar Express".  But when the Polar Express crashes, Wayne exclaims, "Oh, my Lord! Tom Hanks! No!"

BOB'S BURGERS
THE HANDYMAN CAN (2020)
Teddy says he sees Reggie crying about his gazebo like Tom Hanks when he loses his volleyball in "Castaway".

CLOSE ENOUGH
HANDY/BIRTHDAZE (2021)
Randy ends up on a desert island.  He fails to name the movie "Castaway", but he does mention "Big".

SOLAR OPPOSITES
ENDAMAME DUFFEL BAG (2022)
A picture of Tom Hanks in "The Polar Express" is inside Korvo the train.

THE SIMPSONS
BART'S BIRTHDAY (2024)
&

THE SIMPSONS MOVIE (2007)

This is one time when one could say "It couldn't happen to a nicer guy."  But I'm sure there are others who are wondering what he did wrong to deserve this "honor".

Welcome to the Hall, Tom Hanks!  
(A warning to his televersion in the 'Veep' dimension:
Just be careful, 18 years from now.  There will be a target on your back when you turn 88 years old....)

JANUARY SIX - REMEMBERING SHERLOCK HOLMES ON HIS BIRTHDAY (COMIC BOOK UNIVERSE)

For several years now, Toobworld Central has celebrated Sherlock Holmes on what many Sherlockians/Holmesians consider to be his birthday.  (Although there is some disagreement - click here.)  

And because I count myself among that original (and more respectable) group of January Sixers, the TVXOHOF continues that tradition today....

From the FB page, “The Crossover Universe” (April 25, 2025)
By Jess Nevins:

I'm more than a little surprised that nobody ever caught this one, from the Zatara story in ACTION COMICS #21 (on-sale date Dec 24, 1939).

(Holmes' name doesn't come up in the rest of the story, and nothing more is made of Zatara being in Holmes' old stomping grounds).

There have been many movie and TV appearances by Sherlock Holmes over the last century, and unless they are played by the same actor, each of those productions need to be shuttled off to separate fictional universes.

New pastiches of the Holmes Mythos appear weekly in story form, whether as short stories or novels, and for the most part they can be treated as existing in the same universe.  (There are a few tales too outlandish to be reconciled with the established canon.)  

As they all exist in the mind of the reader, it is their imagination which blends the portrayals together.  (And while Sir Arthur Conan Doyle defined the appearance of Holmes with words, it was Sidney Paget who first provided the artistic template upon which every fan builds their mental vision of the Great Detective.

The overall comic book universe is not my bailiwick; I’m a Toobworld Curator (mostly retired).  But it’s my contention that for the most part, any Sherlock Holmes story illustrated for comic books belongs in the same dimension as the others, no matter the different styles of artwork.  It’s the story which remains key; the artwork merely illustrated that story for the reader.

What I especially liked about this fleeting mention of Holmes in a story about Zatara is that it can be shared by so many Sherlock Holmes stories in comic books, no matter if their storyline is too contradictory to the greater output of stories.  Most of that is due primarily to Holmes only being mentioned, and the statement about him is probably considered to be an established fact by many fans.

So, what Jess Nevins has brought up is not only a damned good crossover (I will have to check my books by Win Scott Eckert and Sean Lee Levin to see if Zatara is considered part of the Wold Newton Universe.  I’ll get back to you before this is posted; I’m writing it in April of 2025), but it could be a nexus point for so many Sherlock Holmes stories in the Greater Metafictional Universe for all media, including Toobworld.

ACTORS IN BOTH 'DOCTOR WHO' & THE 'HARRY POTTER' FRANCHISE

 

TVXOHOF, DECEMBER, 2025 - "A MIRACLE ON 34th STREET"

Welcome to the last month of inductions into the Television Crossover Hall of Fame!  And for December, there will be three new entries into the Hall - the monthly showcase and two for the Christmas Day Honors List.

Tis the season!

Basically, I’ve run out of the seasonal TV characters to bring into the TVXOHOF, including three different Santas - the Santa of Earth Prime-Time, the Santa of Evil Toobworld, and Santa Larry, one of Santa’s many impersonators.

In 2023, I decided to induct a Christmas movie, the one which many people (including my sister) think is the greatest Christmas movie ever.  (There are those who believe it’s even the greatest movie ever made.  I am not among that number.)

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE

And then last year we brought - the original holiday TV special only! - in from the cold: 

"HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS"

So this year, I decided to take that path again, this time inducting MY favorite Christmas movie….

MIRACLE ON 34th STREET

From Wikipedia:
"Miracle on 34th Street" (initially released as "The Big Heart" in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American Christmas comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox, written and directed by George Seaton and based on a story by Valentine Davies. It stars Maureen O'Hara, John Payne, Natalie Wood, and Edmund Gwenn. The story takes place between Thanksgiving and Christmas in New York City, and focuses on the effect of a department store Santa Claus who claims to be the real Santa. The film has become a perennial Christmas favorite.

"Miracle on 34th Street" won three Academy Awards: Gwenn for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Valentine Davies for Best Writing, Original Story, and George Seaton for Best Writing, Screenplay. The film was nominated for Best Picture, losing to "Gentleman's Agreement". In 2005, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The Academy Film Archive preserved "Miracle on 34th Street" in 2009.

Davies also wrote a short novelization of the tale, which was published by Harcourt Brace simultaneously with the film's release.

Last month, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was inducted into the TVXOHOF, and that event kicks off the plot in the movie.

“Miracle on 34th Street” was adapted three times for television, and each of those versions have their own TV dimension in which the plot actually took place and the 1947 movie doesn’t exist.

But for Earth Prime-Time, the main Toobworld, it remains fictional with only the 1947 movie, and the other adaptations never happened.  (They might exist as mentioned, as TV adaptations, [See the 'Wings' entry] but that would not be a Zonk; that’s how it is here on Earth Prime as well.)

So here are some mentions of the 1947 movie “Miracle on 34th Street” in various TV shows, confirming that there is a televersion in Toobworld.

All of the descriptions are from the IMDb.

LOU GRANT
CHRISTMAS (1977)
On Christmas Eve, Lou hopes to find an all-night theatre playing “Miracle on 34th Street”.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Miskel Spillman/Elvis Costello (1977)
Reviewed by Bill Murray on Weekend Update.  

From One SNL A Day project:
BIM is disappointed in "Miracle On 34th Street"’s ambiguous stance on Santa.
Bill got a noteworthy good reaction from the audience after he started his commentary. It’s nice to see how popular he’s become with the audience.
— Bill’s overall commentary was very up-and-down, being funny in some moments and dragging in other moments. It kinda hurts to admit that I’ve been kinda underwhelmed with his last few review commentaries in general.
— I did like the camera panning over to Jane’s deadpan WTF-type facial reaction when Bill’s commentary oddly ended with him sleeping on a pillow.

O’Bservation:
SNL is a member of the TVXOHOF with a curious pedigree.  The production of the show happens in the main Toobworld, but once a sketch is performed, it becomes part of Skitlandia.

HART TO HART
‘TIS THE SEASON TO BE MURDERED (1980)
The title is seen on a theater marquee.

A VERY BRADY CHRISTMAS (TV Movie 1988)

THE GOLDEN GIRLS
YOU GOTTA HAVE HOPE (1989)

HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN
MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM GRANDPA (1989)
Jonathan & Mark mention the movie by name

QUANTUM LEAP
IT’S A WONDERFUL LEAP - MAY 10, 1958 (1992)
Angela mentions that they are on 34th Street. Immediately afterwards, Sam says that it is a miracle that she survived after he ran her over with his taxi.

MELROSE PLACE
A MELROSE PLACE CHRISTMAS (1992)
Billy hires the tape of this for Allison.

WINGS
THE CUSTOMER’S USUALLY RIGHT (1992)
Helen asks Joe if they had this title at the video store. His response: "Not even the David Hartman version."

HOME AND AWAY
EPISODE #1.1603 (1994)
Roxy mentions it.

MURPHY BROWN
BROWN IN TOYLAND (1994)
Mentioned by Murphy.

TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL
JACOB’S LADDER (1996)
The judge says he won't turn his case into a scene from the movie.

MILLENNIUM
MIDNIGHT OF THE CENTURY (1997)
mentioned by Frank

MEN BEHAVING BADLY
GIFT OF JAMI (1997)
Brenda mentions the movie.

LAW & ORDER
CASTOFF (1998)
Serial killer Eddie Chandler recalls watching the movie as a child, (naming several movies which gave him an idealized viewpoint of NYC.)

JAG
ALL YE FAITHFUL (2002)
Title referenced

ER
ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS EVE (2005)
Clemente says to one of the patients that now that his wife is dead he must watch Miracle on 34th Street alone.

BONES
THE SANTA IN THE SLUSH (2007)
Cam: "This isn't ‘Miracle on 34th Street’, people!"

LITTLE MOSQUE ON THE PRAIRIE
THE WEEK OF DYING DANGEROUSLY (2009)
Rayyan mentions the movie by name.

GOSSIP GIRL
LAST TANGO, THEN PARIS (2010)
Blair says if Dorota lets her go anywhere near 34th Street, there won't be a miracle but a massacre.

NCIS:LOS ANGELES
DISORDER (2010)
Mentioned by Kensi

Sam Hanna(?):
So what do we do now?
Kensi Blye:
Well, uh, we do what most families do on Christmas Eve.
G Callen(?):
Watch Uncle Bob get drunk and pee in the toaster?
Kensi Blye:
How about eat and watch TV?
Sam Hanna(?):
That's a great idea. The game just started.
Kensi Blye:
I was thinking more along the lines of 'Miracle on 34th Street'.
G Callen(?):
Really?
Deeks:
Actually, I wouldn't mind watching that.
G Callen(?):
Really?
Kensi:
Why don't you go get the food, Deeks?
Deeks:
Yeah. Why don't I go get the food? 'Cause that's what Deeks does is get...
Turkey sandwiches okay for everybody?

2 BROKE GIRLS
AND THE VERY CHRISTMAS THANKSGIVING (2011)
Caroline mentions "Miracle on 34th Street" being her favorite Christmas movie.

2 BROKE GIRLS
AND MARTHA STEWART HAVE A BALL: PART 1 (2012)
mentioned by Caroline

SWITCHED AT BIRTH
YULETIDE FORTUNE TELLERS (2014)
Daphne brings the DVD of the movie to watch it with Regina.

DOCTOR WHO
LAST CHRISTMAS (2014)
Mentioned on list

FRESH OFF THE BOAT
COUSIN EDDIE (2018)
Referenced by Jessica

Also....

FRESH OFF THE BOAT
MIRACLE ON DEAD STREET (2015)
Title reference

ZOE EVER AFTER
GAME FACE (2016)
Valenté says it's his favorite holiday movie.

BETTER CALL SAUL
COUSHATTA (2018)
Judge Benedict Munninger asks Assistant District Attorney Suzanne Ericsen if she was "prosecuting Santa Claus" in her case against Huell Babineaux after he is mailed thousands of hand written letters in defense of Huell's good natured character. In the film, the New York City Courthouse receives thousands of letters from children in the defense of Edmund Gwenn's character who claims to be the real Santa Claus.

THE RESIDENT
PEKING DUCK DAY (2019)
One of the movie choices that Conrad and Nic must choose from.

RATCHED
PILOT (2020)
The priests go to see this movie.
"'Miracle on 34th Street' is playing at the Westmont.
Will you be joining us, Father McMurtry?"

PICKET FENCES
PILOT (1992)
Joey Fero is watching the film on TV at home.

O'Bservation:
The IMDb is in error.  The scene displayed is of Jean Hersholt and Shirley Temple in "Heidi" from 1937, ten years earlier.  As Grandfather, Hersholt may have looked like Edmund Gwenn as Kris Kringle, but there's no mistaking Shirley Temple's voice for Natalie Wood's....

I sent in a correction; we'll see if anybody notices.

SAVING GRACE
HAVE A SEAT, EARL (2008)
Clips watched on television.

MODERN FAMILY
UNDECK THE HALLS (2009)
Jay and Manny watch the movie, only it's a joke copy with one of those scary pop-ups.

DOPESICK
BREAKTHROUGH PAIN (2021)
Playing on TV while Bridget and Paul make out on the couch.

TOON IN WITH ME
IT’S ALL ABOUT TRADITION (2023)
Title mentioned by Toony the Tuna; publicity still with Natalie Wood and Edmund Gwenn

ALTERNATE TOOBWORLDS

EVIL TOOBWORLD

CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA
CHAPTER ELEVEN: A MIDWINTER’S TALE (2018)
Mentioned by Hilda as one of Sabrina's favorite holiday movies.

WELDON’S TOOBWORLD

CASTLE
SECRET SANTA (2012)
After Beckett notes that the name on the dead Santa's ID card is Kris Kringle, Castle says, "Maybe he's the real Santa, like in ‘Miracle on 34th Street’."

THE TOONIVERSE

RICK AND MORTY

RICKTIONAL MORTPOON’S RICKMAS MORTCATION (2022)

Rick buys Jerry an extra-dimensional version of this movie which is 2 hours longer.
RICK:
Rick Santa-chez here with gifts from across the multiverse!
For Jerry, an extra-dimensional version of "Miracle on 34th Street."

JERRY:
Two hours longer!  They fixed my only problem with it!

BOB’S BURGERS
THE PLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS (2022)
The burger of the day is "The Pineapple on 34th Street Burger".

LIFE WITH LOUIE
FAMILY PORTRAIT (1997)
Characters watch this movie on television.

THE SIMPSONS
I WON’T BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS (2014)
Watched on TV at Moe's Tavern.  The Judge is seen rendering his decision and Moe points out that few people knew that his ruling was overturned in the sequel.

O'Bservation:
With those last two entries, the animated characters in the Tooniverse see the actual live-action movie from Earth Prime.  It could be the same technology which created the interface so that Space Ghost could talk to real people from Earth.

This may become a holiday tradition.  I'll have to do the research to find out if Alistair Sims' version of "A Christmas Carol" was mentioned enough times in other TV shows to merit inclusion in the TVXOHOF.  I suppose I could deal with all the adaptations of Charles Dickens' classic story.  (Dickens himself is already in the Hall, as portrayed by Simon Callow.)

But I would like to showcase the best adaptation, if I do say so myself.

However it would be fun if "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" qualified with three separate mentions.

Or I could go with "Die Hard"....

Welcome to the Hall, "Miracle On 34th Street"!