THE HAT SQUAD 2021 - HYPHENATES & OTHERS

 
HYPHENATES
AnnaRose King (Co-creator, writer & director - 'American Viral')
Allan Burns (Creator, producer, writer - 'The Munsters', 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', 'Rhoda', 'Phyllis', 'Lou Grant')
Norman Lloyd
actor - 'St. Elsewhere', 'Wiseguy', 'Seven Days', 'Home Fires', 'The Practice'
producer - 'Name of the Game', 'Journey into the Unknown', 'Tales of the Unexpected'
director - 'Omnibus', 'Chevron Theatre', 1 episode of 'Columbo' ("Lady In Waiting")
all three jobs - 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents', 'Alfred Hitchcock Hour')
Paul Mooney (WRITER - 'Chappelle's Show', 'Pryor's Place', 'In Living Color', 'Sanford and Son' ACTOR - 'Judge Mooney', 'Chappelle's Show', 'The Larry Sanders Show', 'The Richard Pryor Show', "Carter's Army")
Douglas Livingstone (WRITER - 'Cockles', 'Day Of The Triffids', 'Midsomer Murders', 'The Cazalets', 'Clayhanger', 'A Question Of Guilt' ACTOR - 'Z Cars', 'Emergency - Ward 10', 'The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling', 'A Man Of Our Times', 'The Saint', 'Coronation Street')
Mary Ahern (Editorial Department: 'Omnibus', 'Theater of Tomorrow', 'The Interviews: Oral Histories of Television'.  First Curator of Paley Center of Media)
Norman S. Powell (Producer - 'Saints & Sinners', 'Washington: Behind Closed Doors', 'Rafferty, '24' Production Manager - 'The Big Valley', 'Burke's Law', 'Honey West', 'The Law and Mr. Jones', 'Dante', 'The Rogues', 'Wanted: Dead or Alive')
Irma Kalish (PRODUCER - 'Too Close For Comfort', 'Valerie', '227', 'The Facts Of Life', 'Oh Madeline', WRITER - 'All In The Family', 'The Facts of Life', 'F Troop', 'Family Affair', 'Good Times', 'My Three Sons', 'Too Close For Comfort')

OTHERS
Richard Bates (Disney SVP)
Chris Cramer (Head of BBC News then CNN)
Barbara Rickles (Don's widow, target of his barbs)
Prince Philip (Consort of Queen Elizabeth II, portrayed on TV by Sir Christopher Lee, Matt Smith, Stewart Granger, Bill Hader, Tobias Menzies, Donald Douglas)
Anne Douglas (widow of Kirk Douglas)
Gustave M. Hauser (Started cable TV in Columbus, Ohio)
Nickolas Davatzes (Created A&E and The History Channel)
John J. Rigas (Built Adelphia Communications then robbed it blind)
General Colin Powell (Former Secretary of State.  Played an alternate version of himself in an episode of 'Madame Secretary'.  Portrayed by Tim Meadows, Dean Edwards, Finesse Mitchell, Kenan Thompson [all in SNL], and in the Cineverse by Jeffrey Wright in "W" and Tyler Perry in "Vice".)  
Margaret York (model for the characters in 'Cagney & Lacey')
Henry Orenstein (created Transformers and invented a way to show hole cards in televised poker)

THE HAT SQUAD 2021 - IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA

ACTORS
Mark Eden ('Coronation Street', 'The Newcomers', 'Crime Buster", 'Doctor Who')
Tanya Roberts ('Charlie's Angels', 'That 70s Show', 'Hot Line')
Barbara Shelley ('Oil Strike North', 'People Like Us', 'The Borgias', 'Doctor Who')
Gregory Sierra ('Barney Miller', 'A.E.S. Hudson Street', 'Sanford and Son', 'The Flying Nun', 'Soap', 'Something is Out There', 'Murder She Wrote', 'Miami Vice')
Marion Ramsey ('Cos', 'The Addams Family', 'MacGyver', 'Johnny Bago') 
Alan Igbon ('Coronation Street', 'G.B.H.', 'The Front Line')
James Greene ('William & Mary', 'Mapp & Lucia', 'The Moon Stallion', 'Downton Abbey', 'Doctor Who')
Ronald Pickup ('Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill', 'The Jury', 'Holby City', 
Deezer D ('ER', 'Hope & Gloria')
Ed Bruce ('Bret Maverick')
John Reilly ('General Hospital', 'Passions', 'Sunset Beach')
George Gerdes ('Bosch', 'Nowhere Man', 'ER')
Peter Mark Richman ("Cain's Hundred', 'Santa Barbara', 'Dynasty')
Mira Furlan ('Babylon 5', 'Lost'. 'Najbolje Godine')
Charlotte Cornwell ('Rock Follies', 'Rock Follies of  '77', 'No Excuses', 'Bognor')
Bruce Kirby ('Columbo', 'Holmes & Yoyo', 'Car 54, Where Are You', 'The Sopranos')
Jessica Campbell ('Freaks and Greeks', 
Gunnar Lindblom ('Kaspar i Nudadalen', 'Trapatronerna')
Cloris Leachman ('The Mary Tyler Moore Show'. 'Phyllis', 'Lassie', 'Raising Hope', 'Thanks', 'Mad About You', 'Walter & Emily', 'The Facts of Life', 'Charlie Wild, Private Eye', 'Doctor Kildare', 'Malcolm In The Middle')
Cicely Tyson ('East Side/West Side', "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman", 'Roots')
Dustin Diamond ('Saved By The Bell')
Hal Holbrook ('Evening Shade', 'Designing Women', 'Brighter Day', "That Certain Summer", "Attack On The Pueblo", "Mark Twain Tonight")
Christopher Plummer ('The Thorn Birds', 'Departure', 'Madeline', 'The Moneychangers')
Zito Kazann ('Hell Town', 'Days Of Our Lives', 'Melrose Place')
Mike Henry ('General Hospital', 'Six Million Dollar Man', '77 Sunset Strip')
Trisha Noble ('Executive Suite', 'Testimony Of  Two Men', 'How The West Was Won')
Yaphet Kotto ('Homicide: Life On The Street', 'For Love And Honor')
Christopher Pennock ('Dark Shadows', 'Days Of Our Lives', 'General Hospital')
Kim Tyler ('Please Don't Eat The Daisies', 'The Adventures Of Ozzie and Harriet')
Johnny Briggs ('Coronation Street', 'Thick As Thieves',  'Crossroads', 'No Hiding Place')
Jahmil French ('DeGrassi: The Next Generation')
Trevor Peacock ('The Vicar of Dibley')
Nicola Pagett ('Upstairs, Downstairs')
Cliff Simon ('Stargate SG-1)
Henry Darrow ('High Chaparral', 'Harry O', 'Zorro')
George Segal ('The Goldbergs', 'Just Shoot Me', 'Murphy's Law', 'Retired At 35', 'The Real Adventures Of Jonny Quest')
Jessica Walter ('Arrested Development', 'Amy Prentiss' 'Dinosaurs!', 'Archer', 'For The People', 'Retired At 35', 'Three's A Crowd')
Isela Vega ('Italian Bride', 'Nina de mi corazon', 'Gente bien')
David Baillie ('Ransom For A Pretty Girl', 'Doctor Who', 'Attila', 'Adam Smith')
Paul Ritter ('Sunday Night Dinner', 'Chernobyl')
James Hampton ('F Troop',
Joseph Siravo ('The Sopranos', 'The People vs. O.J. Simpson: The American Crime Story')
Myra Frances ("Girl", 'Survivors', 'Doctor Who')
Helen McCrory ('Peaky Blinders', 'Life', 'Penny Dreadful', 'To Appomattox', 'Fearless')
Felix Silla ('The Addams Family', 'Buck Rogers', 'Liddsville')
Frank McRae ('ER', 'Columbo', 'The Rockford Files', 'Magnum P.I.')
Lee Aakers ('Rin Tin Tin', 'Loretta Young Show', 'The Lucy Show')
Johnny Crawford ('The Rifleman', 'The Gambler IV')
Lois De Banzie ('Generations', 'Newhart', 'Streets of San Francisco')
Olympia Dukakis ('Tales Of The City' - 4 series, 'Search For Tomorrow', 'Center Of The Universe', 'Bored To Death', "The Librarian: Quest For The Spear")
Tawny Kitaen (Videos for Ratt & White Snake, 'Moms Anonymous', 'Eek! The Cat', 'The New WKRP In Cincinatti', 'Santa Barbara', 'Capitol')
Paulo Gustavo ('Vai que Cola', 'A Vila', '220 Volts', 'Pirlimpimpim')
Charles Grodin ('The Young Marrieds', 'Louis', 'Madoff', 'Fresno', 'Tonight Show', 'The Late Show') 
Martha Stewart (the first one - 'My Three Sons', 'Our Man Higgins')
Rahul Vohra (Indian actor & vlogger)
Paul Soles (voice actor)
Damaris Hayman ('Ours Is A Nice House', 'The Small World Of Samuel Tweet', 'Doctor Who')
Robert Hogan ('Peyton Place', 'The Young Marrieds', 'Secrets of Midland Heights', 'As The World Turns', 'Richie Brockelman, Private Eye') 
Marcus A. York ('The Office', '8 Simple Rules', 'CSI: NY')
Gavin MacLeod ('The Love Boat', 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', 'McHale's Navy')
Samuel E. Wright ('The Little Mermaid', 'Enos', 'Ball Four', Marsupilami')
Shane Briant ('Serangoon Road', 'All Saints', 'Search For Treasure Island')
Joe Lara ('Tarzan: The Epic Adventures', "Gunsmoke: The Last Apache")
Arlene Golonka ('Mayberry RFD', 'The Andy Griffith Show', 'The Doctors', 'Joe & Valerie')
Romy Walthall ('Man Of The People', 'Civil Wars', 'Murder One', 'Hotel Malibu')
Clarence Williams III ('The Mod Squad', 'Mystery Woman' 'Twin Peaks')
Larry Gelman ('The Bob Newhart Show', 'The Odd Couple', 'Eight Is Enough', 'Maude')
Joyce McKenzie ('Perry Mason', 'Topper', 'City Detective', 'Cavalcade of 'America')
Lisa Banes ('The Trials Of Rosie O'Neill', 'Sons Of The Beach', 'One Life To Live')
Ben Roberts ('The Bill', 'Angels', 'Tales Of Sherwood Forest')
Ned Beatty ('Homicide: Life On The Street', 'Szysznyk', 'Roseanne', 'The Boys')
Frank Bonner ('WKRP In Cincinnati', 'Saved By The Bell')
Jackie Lane ('Doctor Who' - played Dodo Chaplet, companion to the First Incarnation)
Stuart Damon ('General Hospital', 'Port Charles', 'The Champions', 'Cinderella')
Suzanne Douglas ('The Parent 'Hood', 'Against The Law', 'When They See Us')
William Smith ('Laredo', 'Rich Man Poor Man', 'Hawaii Five-0', 'Wildside', 'Zero One', 'The Asphalt Jungle')
Chick Vennera ('Vega$', 'The Golden Girls', 'Animaniacs')
Charlie Robinson ('Night Court', 'Love & War', 'Ink', 'Buffalo Bill', 'Buddy Faro', 'Hart of Dixie', 'Home Improvement', 'Mom')
Daniel Mickelson ('Mani')
Jackie Mason (Comic - 'Chicken Soup', 'The Ed Sullivan Show', 'The Simpsons')
Rick Aiello ('Dellaventura', 'The Sopranos', 'Clueless', son of Danny)
Jay Pickett ('Port Charles', 'General Hospital', 'Matlock')
Markie Post ('Night Court', 'The Fall Guy', 'Hearts Afire')
Jane Withers (child actress, Comet Cleanser's Josephine, 'The Munsters', 'Murder, She Wrote')
Francis Mossman ('Spartacus', 'The Horizon')
Una Stubbs ('Sherlock', 'Til Death Us Do Part', 'Worzel Gummidge', 'The Worst Witch')
Sonny Chiba ('The Trusted Confidante', 'Dekichatta Kekkon')
Ed Asner ('The Mary Tyler Moore', 'Lou Grant', 'Thunder Alley', 'The Closer', 'Hearts Afire', 'The Trials Of Rosie O'Neill', 'The Bronx Zoo', 'Off The Rack', 'Fish Police', 'Captain Planet and The Planeteers', 'Gargoyles', 'Freakazois!', 'Spiderman: The Animated Series', 'Zorro', 'Center of the Universe', 'Studio Sixty on the Sunset Strip', 'The Line', 'Working Class', 'Michael: Every Day')
Matthew Mindler ('As The World Turns', 'Chad: An American Boy', ''Last Week Tonight')
Sarah Harding ('Coronation Street', 'Popstars: The Rivals', "Freefall")
Michael K. Williams ('The Wire', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Lovecraft Country', 'Hap & Leonard', 'Alias', 'Community', 'The Night Of...', 'F Is For Family')
Jean Paul Belmondo ("The Three Musketeers", "Kean", "Cyrano de Bergerac")
Dilys Watling ('Coronation Street', 'Compact', 'The Two Ronnies', 'Twice A Fortnight')
Michael Constantine ('Room 222', 'My Big Fat Greek Life', 'Sirota's Court', 'Hey, Landlord!')
Nino Castelnuovo ('Tuscan Passion', 'Incantesimo', 'Vida Privada')
Tony Selby ('Get Some In!', 'Love Hurts, 'Ace Of Wands', 'Mulberry', 'Doctor Who') 
Don Collier ('The High Chaparral', 'Outlaws', 'The Young Riders') 
Norm MacDonald ('Saturday Night Live', 'Norm', 'The Orville')
Art Metrano ('The Chicago Teddy Bears', 'Joanie Loves Chachi', 'LA Law', 'The Tim Conway Comedy Hour', 'Amy Prentiss' & 'Ironside', 'Movin' On', 'Tough Cookies')
Jane Powell ('Growing Pain', 'Red Skelton Hour', 'As The World Turns', 'Loving')
Jimmy Garrett ('The Lucy Show', 'Mister Ed', 'Burke's Law', 'The Twilight Zone')
John Challis ('Only Fools And Horses' & 'The Green, Green Grass', 'Z Cars', 'Coronation Street', 'Benidorm', 'Doctor Who')
Willie Garson ('White Collar', 'Sex And The City', 'Hawaii Five-0', 'John From Cincinnati', 'Whole Day Down', 'NYPD Blue', 'Ask Harriet', 'Mr. Belvedere')
Melvin Van Peebles ('Sonny Spoon', 'The Sophisticated Gents', 'The Shining')
Al Harrington ('Hawaii Five-0', 'Hawaii Five-0' remake, 'The Jeffersons')
Robert Fyle ('Last of the Summer Wine', 'Coronation Street', 'No Strings')
Jean Hale ('The Survivors', 'Batman', 'Perry Mason', 'The Virginian')
Tommy Kirk ('The Hardy Boys', 'Magical World of Disney', 'Mr. Novak')
Michael Tylo ('Zorro', 'Y&R', 'Guiding Light', 'B&B', 'Gabriel's Fire') 
Cynthia Harris ('Mad About You', 'Edward & Mrs. Simpson', 'Sirota's Court', 'Ann Jillian', 'LA Law', 'Husbands, Wives, and Lovers', Bradlee's commercials)
Ricardo Flanagan ('Shameless', 'Walk The Prank', 'The Neighborhood')
Betty Lynn ('The Andy Griffith Show', 'My Three Sons', 'Matlock', 'Family Affair')
Peter Scolari ('Newhart', 'Bosom Buddies', 'Girls', 'Dweebs', 'Gotham', 'Goodtime Girls', 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids')
Marilyn Eastman ('Perry Mason')
James Michael Tyler ('Friends', 'Modern Music', 'Episodes')
Tim Donnelly ('Emergency!', 'Dragnet 1967', 'Adam-12', 'Project UFO')
Val Bisoglio ('Quincy, M.E.', 'Roll Out', 'Working Stiffs', 'The Sopranos')
Joanna Cameron ('The Secret of Isis', 'Shazam!', 'Marcus Welby MD')
Camille Saviola ('Deep Space Nine', 'The Heights', 'First Monday', 'Entourage')
Clifford Rose ('Secret Army', 'Callan', 'Buccaneer', 'Kessler', 'The Pallisers')
Jerry Douglas ('The Young & The Restless', 'Barnaby Jones', 'Police Story')
Gavan O'Herlihy ('Happy Days', 'We'll Meet Again', 'A Killing On The Exchange', 'Lonesome Dove', son of Dan O'Herlihy)
Ira Hawkins ('Santa Barbara', 'White Collar', 'Law & Order', L&O:SVU'
Mario Rocuzzo ('Barney Miller', 'Luck', 'Mr. Belvedere')
Art LaFleur ('Hyperion Bay', 'The Practice', 'CPA Holes')
Bernard Holley ('Z Cars', 'Hollyoaks', 'Eureka', 'Jackanory', 'Doctor Who')
Lou Cutell ('Betty White's Off Their Rockers', 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', 'Mad About You')
Yvonne Wilder ('Operation Petticoat', 'Condo', 'Full House', 'the Equalizer', 'Archie Bunker's Place')
Cara Williams ('Pete and Gladys', 'The Cara Williams Show', 'Rhoda')
Arlene Dahl ('One Life To Live', 'The Love Boat', 'Burke's Law', 'Renegade', former wife of Fernando Lamas, mother of Lorenzo Lamas)
David Gulpili ('The Timeless Land', 'Boney', 'The Leftovers')
Tania Mendoza ('Mujer, casos de la vida real', 'El precio de tu amor', 'For Your Love')
Carmen Salinas ('Mi marido tiene familia', 'Sueno de amor', 'Mi corazon es tuyo')
&
Betty White ('Life With Elizabeth', 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', 'The Golden Girls' & 'The Golden Palace' & 'Empty Nest' & 'Nurses', 'Hot In Cleveland', 'Date With The Angels', 'Betty White's Off Their Rockers', 'Ladies' Man', 'Bold & The Beautiful', 'Mama's Family', 'The Betty White Show', 'Maybe This Time', 'Boston Legal' & 'The Practice', 'Bob!', 'That 70s Show', 'Pound Puppies', 'Community', 'Saturday Night Live', 'Snickers')

PERSONALITIES

Kerry Vincent ('Food Network Challenge' judge)
Tommy Lasorda ('CHiPs', 'Fantasy Island', 'Police Squad')
Pat Loud ('An American Family')
Joanne Rogers ('Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood', Fred Rogers' widow)
Angie Jakusz ('Survivor: Palau')
Hank Aaron ('Mr. Belvedere', 'Arli$$'. MacGyver')
Mick Norcross ('The Only Way Is Essex')
Larry King ('30 Rock', 'Frasier', 'Murphy Brown')
Sonny Fox ('Wonderama')
Rush Limbaugh (talk show host & actor - 'Family Guy')
Mary Wells of The Supremes, actor - 'Tarzan' & League of Themselves - '227', "Tiger Town')
Nelson Robinette Webb (Voice of '60 Minutes', and  'CBS Evening News')
Billy Brown ('Alaskan Bush People')
Brayden Smith ('Jeopardy!')
Vernon Jordan ('The Good Fight')
Nikki Grahame ('Big Brother')
Erica Faye Watson (Chicago morning comic)
Mark Wilson ('The Magic Land Of Allakazam')
Sabine Schmitz ('Top Gear', 'Extra Gear')
Deshayla Harris ('Bad Girls Club')
Gerron Taylor ('Baldwin Hills')
Adam Perkins (Tik-Tok & Vine celebrity)
Jill Corey ('Music On Ice', 'Your Hit  Parade', 'The Johnny Carson Show', 'The Ed Sullivan Show', 
Martin Bookspan (Voice of 'Live From Lincoln Center')
Freddy Marks ('Rainbow', 'Roddy, Jane, and Freddy')
Raffaella Carra ('!Hola Raffaella!', 'En Casa Con Raffaella', 'Raffaella Venerdi, Sabato e Domenica... E Saranno Famosi') 
Tom O'Connor ('Countdown', 'Name That Tune', 'Crosswits', 'The Doctors')
Ron Poleil (Infomercial King)
Dusty Hill (ZZ Top videos, 'Two and a Half Men', 'King Of The Hill', 'The Drew Carey Show')
Mal Z. Lawrence ('Law & Order', 'The Merv Griffin Show', comedy specials)
Alan Kalter (The voice of 'Late Show with David Letterman', Michelin Man, 'Commander USA's Groovie Movies', 'USA Saturday Nightmares')
Fuller Goldsmith ('Chopped Junior', 'Top Chef Junior')
Mort Sahl (Comedian with political commentary edge)
Rose Lee Maphis ('Ranch Party', 'This Is Your Life', 'Hee Haw')
Skilyr Hicks ('America's Got Talent')
Elfrida Von Nardroff ('Twenty-One' - won more than anyone else, but she got caught up in the fixed game scandal.)
Mike Nesmith ('The Monkees', 'Television Parts', 'Elephant Parts')
Jason Hitch ('90 Days Fiance')
Tiffini Hale ('The Mickey Mouse Club', 'Blossom')
Robert Bruce ('Comic Book Men')

NEWS & SPORTS
Patricia Lynch (NBC investigative journalist specializing in cults)
Katherine Creag (WNBC, NY1 reporter)
Irv Cross ('NFL Today')
Murray Walker (Formula 1 commentator)
Bob Abernethy (Journalist for NBC & PBS, 'Religion and Ethics News Weekly)
Bill McCreary (Pioneering black journalist, WNEW in NYC)
Tony Esposito
Trevor Moore ('The Whitest Kids U Know')
Lloyd Dobyns ('NBC New Overnight', 'Weekend', 'NBC White Paper')
Willard Scott ('Today', 'Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade')
Jovita Moore (WSB-TV anchorwoman)
Brad Davis (WTIC )
John Madden (CBS football, Super Bowls, Miller's Lite commercials)

TVXOHOF: SEPTEMBER, 2021 - ALLAN BURNS, CO-CREATOR OF THE MTM EMPIRE

This year has been hard on the legacy of ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’, with the loss of three cast members – Cloris Leachman in January, Gavin MacLeod in May, and Ed Asner in August.  Basically, it was one for every season so far – Winter, Spring, and Summer - and we still have Autumn to go. (NOT naming names!)

Ms. Leachman made it into the Hall this year for playing Phyllis, and MacLeod joined for playing Captain Stuebing from ‘The Love Boat’.  (Just as Murray Slaughter never won a Teddy Award, MacLeod’s portrayal of Murray falls short of qualifying for TVXOHOF membership.)  And for playing Lou Grant, Ed Asner has been in the Hall since March of 2007.  (Also in the Hall already are Rhoda Morgenstern Girard, Ted Baxter, Georgette Franklin Baxter, and of course, Mary Richards.)

But they weren’t the only people connected to the series who passed away this year.  One of the two men who created the series, Allan Burns, also died in January.

In September, the TVXOHOF always inducts somebody from behind the scenes who has been responsible for expanding the TV Universe.  Mr. Burns was always in the running and came close last year as the Hall completed its inductions of ‘The Munsters’ cast because his role as one of the co-creators he helped to foment the show’s spread into other dimensions with new concept variants.  And with Burns having created that show as well….  But we went with Lorne Michaels for his contributions to Skitlandia.  So this year is more meaningful….

ALLAN BURNS

From Wikipedia:
Allan Pennington Burns (May 18, 1935 – January 30, 2021) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was best known for creating and writing for the television sitcom ‘The Munsters’ as well as ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ and ‘Rhoda’, both of which he created and wrote for alongside James L. Brooks.

Burns began a partnership with James L. Brooks in 1969 after being impressed with the television pilot for Brooks's show ‘Room 22’. Burns joined the ‘Room 222’ writing staff and later produced the series.

After ‘Room 222’, television executive Grant Tinker hired Brooks and Burns to develop a television series for CBS starring Mary Tyler Moore. In 1970, ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ premiered and became a critically acclaimed series, spawning spin-off series such as ‘Lou Grant’ and ‘Rhoda’. Brooks and Burns also created the 1974 situation comedy ‘Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers’. Burns also worked as a writer and producer on the shows ‘FM’, ‘The Duck Factory’, ‘Eisenhower and Lutz’, and ‘Cutters’.

These are the TV series connected to ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’  which made Allan Burns eligible for the award.

WRITER/CREATOR

Lou Grant
(created by - 114 episodes, 1977 - 1982)
(written by - 1 episode, 1980)
114 episodes

Rhoda
(created by - 109 episodes, 1974 - 1978)
(written by - 1 episode, 1974)
109 episodes

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(created by - 168 episodes, 1970 - 1977)
(written by - 8 episodes, 1970 - 1977)
168 episodes

1975-1977
Phyllis  
(based on a character created by - 48 episodes)
48 episodes

PRODUCER

Lou Grant
(executive producer - 22 episodes)
22 episodes

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
(executive producer - 162 episodes, 1970 - 1977)
(producer - 6 episodes, 1970)
168 episodes

Rhoda
(executive producer - 72 episodes)
72 episodes

And he also expanded the MTM empire into the Tooniverse:

1980
Carlton Your Doorman
(1980 TV Movie)
(created the character)

If it weren’t for him and Brooks, Skitlandia wouldn’t have had their own versions of WJM-TV in that dimension.

Here’s a salute to you, Allan Burns, as you enter the Television Crossover Hall of Fame....

FRIDAY HALL OF FAMERS 10/30/2020 - "THE MUNSTERS"

 
We inducted the televersion of ‘The Twilight Zone' last month into the Television Crossover Hall of Fame, so what Toobworld TV show could we showcase now which would be perfect for the end of October?

THE MUNSTERS

With the induction this month of Eddie Munster, every member of that family is now also a member of the TVXOHOF, so this only makes sense for the Halloween season.

From Wikipedia:

‘The Munsters’ is an American sitcom depicting the home life of a family of benign monsters starring Fred Gwynne as Frankenstein's monster-type head-of-the-household Herman Munster; Yvonne De Carlo as his vampire wife, Lily Munster; Al Lewis as Grandpa, the over-the-hill vampire who relishes talking about the "good old days"; Beverley Owen (later replaced by Pat Priest) as their teenage niece Marilyn Munster, whose non-monster persona made her the family outcast; and Butch Patrick as their half-vampire, half-werewolf son Eddie Munster. 

The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and the wholesome family fare of the era, and was produced by the creators of ‘Leave It to Beaver’. It ran concurrently with the similarly macabre themed ‘The Addams Family’ (which aired on ABC) and achieved higher figures in the Nielsen ratings.

In 1965, ‘The Munsters’ was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, but lost to ‘The Rogues’. In the 21st century it received several TV Land Award nominations, including one for Most Uninsurable Driver (Herman Munster).

The series originally aired on Thursday at 7:30 pm on CBS from September 24, 1964, to May 12, 1966; 70 episodes were produced. It was cancelled after ratings dropped to a series low, due to the premiere of ABC's ‘Batman’, which was in color. Though ratings declined by the end of its initial two-year run, ‘The Munsters’ found a large audience in syndication. This popularity warranted a spin-off series, as well as several films, including one with a theatrical release.

On October 26, 2012, NBC aired a modern reimagining of ‘The Munsters’ called “Mockingbird Lane” as a pilot. The series failed to be picked up by NBC due to disagreements on the dark nature and inconsistent tone.

As a TV series within Toobworld, it was a natural about the family who lives in Toobworld.  It can’t be a documentary series like the groundbreaking one about the Loud Family, as we know from two of the listed references below in which the actors are mentioned.

Of the many references in other TV shows about ‘The Munsters’, I’m only using those which could be definitely linked to the televersion of the TV show and not to the actual family living in Earth Prime-Time.  (And if it’s a toss-up, I’m going to assume they are talking about the actual Munsters.)

Here are the references which qualify the Toobworld TV show about the Munsters to become a member of the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.

We’ll begin with the strongest verifications that it exists in Toobworld as a TV series:

The Wonder Years:

Buster (1991)
The Arnolds watch an episode of "The Munsters."

Everybody Hates Chris:

Everybody Hates the English Teacher (2008)
Mr. Omar watches the show along with Drew and Tonya.

Caroline in the City:

Caroline and the Desperate Cat (1997)
Richard and Charlie watch and discuss "The Munsters".

That '70s Show:

Down the Road Apiece (2005)
Kelso, Red and Kitty watches TV. Kelso tries to explain the show, Red hates it.

Dirty John:

Lord High Executioner (2018)
Teenage John and Teenage Denise watch an episode of this show.

The Twilight Zone:
Six Degrees of Freedom (2019)
The Bradbury mission picks up an audio transmission of an episode of ‘The Munsters’ (1964) en route to Mars.

Scrubs:
My Point of No Return (2007)
the Janitor says he's old because he's the only to have seen this show.

Newhart:
Newsstruck (1988)
Michael recalls an episode.

George Lopez:
Leave It to Lopez (2004)
One of George's dreams.

O’Bservation – Michael was a figment of Dr. Bob Hartley’s imagination.  So if Dr. Hartley and George Lopez dreamed of ‘The Munsters’ in their respective sitcoms, then it was a sitcom for them.

Full House:
Joey Gets Tough (1988)
Jesse mentions the show while explaining that no family is perfect.

Gilmore Girls:
The Road Trip to Harvard (2001)
Lorelai mentions that Fred Gwynne went to Harvard and references Herman Munster.

Happily Divorced:
The Back-Up Fran (2012)
Peter mentions that Yvonne De Carlo played Lily Munster.

American Dreams:
R-E-S-P-E-C-T (2003)
Jack refers to the series.

The Kids Are Alright:
Low Expectations (2019)
Joey says The Brady Bunch vs The Patridge Family debates is like this show vs. The Addams Family.

Monk:
Mr. Monk and Little Monk (2005)
Lily refers to Young Adrian Monk as "the real life Eddie Munster".

'Til Death:
The Ex-Factor (2009)
Eddie imitates Herman Munster

Psych:
Lassie Jerky (2013)
Shawn enrolls Gus in a class on hermeneutics, which he believes is the "study of ‘The Munsters’."

Red Dwarf:
Legion (1993)
Kryten's line "Just because I look like Herman Munster's stuntman doesn't mean to say I can't appreciate art."

Psych:
He Dead (2009)
Gus says that a street address mentioned by Shawn is actually that of the Munsters.

The Nanny:
Franny and the Professor (1995)
Fran mentions the show by name.

Millennium:
...Thirteen Years Later (1998)
Lily Munster costume

EastEnders:
Episode dated 19 October 2015
Elaine and Linda are talking about Halloween. Linda says, "You know we like to dress up as The Munsters every year". Elaine replies, "That was old-fashioned 20 years ago!"

The following references could go either way, but I can’t be sure:

Rhoda:
Five for the Road: Part 1 (1978)
Brenda mentions the title characters.

Happy Days:
The Other Guy (1981)
Referenced by Marion Cunningham

Cheers:
How to Win Friends and Electrocute People (1988)
Mentioned by name.

It's Garry Shandling's Show.:
Home Sweet Home (1988)
title mentioned

One Foot in the Grave:
Secret of the Seven Sorcerers (1993)
Mentioned by Patrick.

Tales from the Crypt:
People Who Live in Brass Hearses (1993)
Mentioned in dialogue

The Nanny:
A Kiss Is Just a Kiss (1995)
Fran mentions the characters, Lily and Herman, by name.

The Nanny:
Dope Diamond (1995)
Fran likens the grey streak in Maxwell's hair to Lily Munster.

The Sopranos:
Rat Pack (2004)
Tony B makes a "Grandpa Munster" comment about Paulie's hair.

Extras:
Ben Stiller (2005)
Maggie says a man's orthopedic shoe reminds her of Herman Munster from this show.

The Nanny:
The Yummy Mummy (1999)
Fran mentions the character, Herman Munster.

Supernatural:
Bugs (2005)
mentioned by Dean

The Goldbergs:
The Beverly Goldberg Cookbook: Part 2 (2019)
Mentioned by Barry.

A word of warning to visitors to the TVXOHOF:

Every Toobworld TV series which has been inducted has their own soundproof viewing room.  There you can watch non-stop episodes of those shows.  BUT!  The episodes which make up the Toobworld versions of the shows we know might not be episodes which were available to the Trueniverse audience.

And the actors who played the roles in Toobworld might not look exactly like the actual “people” being portrayed.  At least we know that in the case of ‘The Munsters’, Herman and Lily were portrayed by the televersions of Fred Gwynne and Yvonne DeCarlo....
 

FRIDAY HALL OF FAMERS 10/09/2020 - EDDIE MUNSTER

 
With this week’s Friday Hall of Famer, we complete the inductions of the Munster family into the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.  (Herman Munster was inducted three times – once as himself, once as part of all of Dr. Frankenstein’s creations, and once in Skitlandia.)

I wasn’t sure Eddie Munster could get into the Crossover Hall of Fame except as a multidimensional, as he only had the TV series and the movie with Butch Patrick playing the role. (All other actors as Eddie are banished to other Toobworlds.)

But one good thing to come out of 2020 was a third appearance of Eddie Munster in Toobworld.

So let’s complete the set!

EDDIE MUNSTER

From Wikipedia:
Eddie Munster is a fictional character on the CBS sitcom ‘The Munsters’. He was portrayed by Butch Patrick in all episodes of the original series except for the pilot, where he was portrayed by Happy Derman. The only child of Herman and Lily Munster, Eddie is a werewolf. The role was later played by Jason Marsden in ‘The Munsters Today’.  

Eddie is a typical all-American boy apart from being a werewolf and, in some episodes, showing some signs of being part vampire. Most noticeable is the fact that he sleeps in a chest of drawers. He has a stuffed toy werewolf named Woof-Woof, which bears an uncanny resemblance to Lon Chaney, Jr.'s portrayal of Larry Talbot in the 1941 feature film, “The Wolfman”. He attends elementary school, and aside from his pointed ears, severe widow's peak, and Fauntleroy suit, he is a normal kid.

Eddie is very proud of his father, to the point of bragging about Herman's abilities and deeds to his friends... although these boasts are often outright fabrications. In fact, Eddie volunteering Herman for a heroic deed (which is clearly beyond Herman's capabilities, but one Herman nonetheless undertakes for Eddie's sake) is a central theme in many episodes.

Here is the tally of appearances which qualifies Eddie Munster to join the rest of his family in the TVXOHOF.  (Yes, even Marilyn is in the Hall – being played by three different actresses has a good splainin – she wasn’t so normal after all.  Marilyn Munster was a shape-changer.)

The Munsters

71 episodes
1964-1966

Munster, Go Home!

The Munsters travel to England after Herman discovers he's the new Lord of the Munster Hall.  

TV Therapy

- Eddie (2020)
Eddie from THE MUNSTERS has a therapy session with Dr. Nielsen. Growing up a Munster has its issues.

Maybe so, but at least it got him into the Crossover Hall of Fame.

Welcome to the TVXOHOF, Eddie! Enjoy the family reunion….    

TVXOHOF, OCTOBER 2020 - THE BODY OF ROBBY THE ROBOT

Because Halloween caps October, the Television Crossover Hall of Fame usually inducts “monsters” as the monthly showcase.  Now, these could be friendly monsters, like the Munsters, classic monsters as seen in Toobworld (like all of the Frankenstein’s Creature variations), even real-life monsters like Hitler and Lee Harvey Oswald.  On occasion, the TVXOHOF has inducted a monster who is a combination from both Earth Prime and Earth Prime-Time – like Jack the Ripper AKA Redjac from ‘Star Trek’.

And so for this year’s October showcase, we’re going with a less organic “monster”, but one who often is considered “cuddly” albeit clunky.

ROBBY THE ROBOT'S CASING

From Wikipedia:
Robby the Robot is a fictional character and science fiction icon who first appeared in the 1956 film “Forbidden Planet”. He made a number of subsequent appearances in science fiction movies and television programs, usually without specific reference to the original film character.

Robby was reused by MGM in “The Invisible Boy” (1957) and then made several further appearances in other films and TV shows during the next few decades; these include episodes of ‘The Gale Storm Show’, ‘The Thin Man’, ‘Columbo’, ‘The Addams Family’, and ‘Lost in Space’ where he battles The Robot.

The original Rod Serling incarnation of ‘The Twilight Zone’ - which was substantially filmed at MGM Studios - made extensive use of props and costumes originally created for “Forbidden Planet”, including Robby. The Season 5 episode "Uncle Simon" (1963) featured Robby, although his appearance was considerably different, combining the familiar body with an alternative head. According to Robby's current owner, director William Malone, the head used in this episode was a prototype created during Robby's original construction. It featured a highly simplified and rather old-fashioned cylindrical "oil can" robot head with stylised 'eyes' (that were illuminated and movable) and a circular 'mouth'; this was enclosed under the distinctively-shaped conical plexiglass dome, but this head's front grille also did not have the blue neon tubes and lacked the rotating external 'ear' pieces seen in “Forbidden Planet”. It is not known whether this internal "oil-can'" head was original, but its rather rudimentary design and appearance is clearly not of same exacting MGM standards that are evident in all other “Forbidden Planet” props, and suggests it may have been custom-made for the filming of this ‘Twilight Zone’ episode. However this version of the prop survives and is currently also owned by William Malone.

In other appearances, Robby usually retained the moving parts inside his transparent dome, although the details of his "brain" and chest panel were sometimes altered; in ‘The Man from U.N.C.L.E.’ episode "The Bridge of Lions Affair", only Robby's head dome was used as part of a regeneration machine. Robby also appeared in the ‘Mork & Mindy’ second-season episode "Dr. Morkenstein", this time representing a character called Chuck (voiced by actor Roddy McDowall) whom Mork befriends while working as a security guard in the science museum where Chuck is on display. Robby was given a major 'makeover' for his appearance in the TV series ‘Project U.F.O.’ (1978). The original head was removed and replaced with a newly constructed "Cyclops" head that had new internal 'brain' fittings, a much squatter (roughly hemispherical) perspex dome, and a large circular glowing green 'eye' on the front, mounted in a protruding triangular panel. The front panel on Robby's torso was also modified with the addition of a new protruding panel, and additional appliances and cables were added to the front of both legs. This 'Cyclops' version of Robby was also used in the 1977 TV series ‘Space Academy’. All appearances of Robby after 1971 are a replica, as the original was retired and on display in a museum.

He was also featured in a 2006 commercial for AT&T.

Robby the Robot was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004.

With all of the TV episodes in which Robby appeared, I think it would be ridiculous to consider them all to be Robby.  There’s no way the robot menace in that ‘Thin Man’ episode could be the same robot built by tween genius Stevie Spelberg in the ‘Columbo’ episode fifteen years later.

O’Bviously, the scenario I’m going to suggest won’t satisfy everybody; it can’t be considered canon.  But it works for Toobworld and I’m only concerned with pleasing my needs.  LOL

As was the case in the real world, the televersion of Robert Kinoshita built the original body of Robby for the movie. (We know “Forbidden Planet” exists in Toobworld thanks to references in ‘Cheers’, ‘The Big Bang Theory’, ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’, ‘Gilmore Girls’, ‘Six Feet Under’, ‘Doctor Who’ and ‘Fringe.’

But in Toobworld, tele-Kinoshita then made custom copies of that casing to sell. It turns out that it proved to be a popular casing for scientists to house the computer systems they developed, to make their computers mobile. (Stevie Spelberg bought one with funding from the Cybernetics Institute for the seventh incarnation of his MM series of robot.)

Some were maybe bought for cosplay, as seen in that ‘Wonder Woman’ episode; others were ordered only for parts, like that headpiece used for the regeneration machine in ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’.  As I mentioned, they were customized, some with different heads, at least one with no legs. 

Tele-Kinoshita even sold use of the miniaturized model to a toy company for a line of toy robots.

Eventually, scientists in the future would hew to the tradition of using that body form.  Aliens on Earth, probably disguised as humans, must have stolen the basic design and took it back to their home planet to use in their creation of that robot which faced off against B9.

Here are the TV appearances which can be considered linked via the theory I suggested above.

The Thin Man

"Robot Client"
February 28, 1958

The Gale Storm Show

"Robot from Inner Space"
December 13, 1958

The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 

"Beethoven, Presley, and Me"
March 13, 1963

The Twilight Zone

"One for the Angels" (1959)

"Uncle Simon" (1963)

"The Brain Center at Whipple's" (1964)

Hazel

"Rosie's Contract"
September 27, 1962

The Addams Family

"Lurch's Little Helper"
March 18, 1966

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
"The Bridge of Lions Affair"
(1966)

Lost in Space

"War of the Robots"

(1966)

"The Condemned Of Space"

(1967)

Ultraseven (1967)
A race of Robots called the 'U-Toms' bear Robby's likeness in one episode.

The Banana Splits Adventure Hour 

"The Coronation of Bakaar"
(1968 and 1970)

Columbo
Mind Over Mayhem

(1974)

Ark II

"The Robot"
(1976)

Holmes & Yo-Yo
(1976)
O'Bservation - There is debate over whether or not a Robby copy appeared in an episode.

Music Machine
(1977)
K-tel compilation LP, photographs featured on both the front and back of the cover. In the commercial for the LP, Robby dances to some of the album's songs.

Project U.F.O. 

"Sighting 4010: The Waterford Incident"
(1978)
Here, the costume has a different, flatter head and 'brain' elements with a large "Cyclops" eye, a modified torso panel and assorted add-ons to the legs.

Television commercial for Starlog Magazine
(1978)

The New Adventures of Wonder Woman

"Spaced Out"
(1979)
O'Bservation - This was one of those times the casing was sold to be a cosplay costume.

Mork & Mindy 

"Dr. Morkenstein"
(1979)
O’Bservation – “Chuck” may have been built by young Stevie Spelberg five years earlier.

Space Academy 

"My Favorite Marcia"
(1979)
This program used the 'Cyclops' head variation previously seen on ‘Project U.F.O.’.

Pink Lady 

Episode 5
(1980)

Charmin Television commercial

(1981)

The Love Boat

"Programmed for Love"

Likely Stories, Vol. 3

(1983)

Stacked 

"Gavin's Pipe Dream"
(2005)

Television commercial for AT&T
(2006)

Television commercial for General Electric
(2012)

The Big Bang Theory 
"The Misinterpretation Agitation"
(2014)

O'Bservation - Supposedly, a statuette of Robby is on the right-side night stand.  It could be of the same toy line as seen in 'The Twilight Zone'.  

But in this episode, Robby is in the basement playroom of Dr. Lorvis.  It can be seen in the back and to the left ("back and to the left") behind Billy Bob Thornton. 

So, it’s not exactly Robby the Robot who’s being inducted.  But whether it's Bix, Smiley, Squeezax, Alphie, Arnold, Chuck, Mildred, or Uncle Simon, the shell which was custom-built for all the examples listed here is based on that original model.

Welcome to the TVXOHOF, "Robby"!