PIXIE DUSTED: MTM = HH

'Supernatural' did an episode this season about the Faerie, and they will be a major plot point in the coming season of 'True Blood'.

But since the early days of television, pixies at least have been known to exist in Toobworld. Here's the most famous one, in a "spin-off" from 'The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet'. (As with many of the early characters seen on TV, Harriet Nelson is a bit of a serlinguist......)

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THE MERRYVILLE TROLLEY RIDE

It has been literally YEARS since 'Saturday Night Live' has made me laugh out loud. But this sketch last weekend had me choking on my breakfast cereal the next morning! (Confession time: I enjoy Mantan Moreland-styled comedy situations....)

With just a tweak, this could have been an episode from 'The Tales Of The Crypt'!

I think I finally have a reason to add a Best Comedy Sketch category to the Toobits Awards for 2011!

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ALTOGETHER OOKY

If all goes as planned, I went to see "The Addams Family" on Broadway Friday night.

Here's the opening theme song from the original TV series......

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REMEMBERING THE NELSON FAMILY

Since David Nelson passed away this week, I thought it might be nice to remember the whole Nelson family with a complete episode of 'The Adventures Of Ozzie & Harriet'. This one felt right for giving David just as much of the spotlight as Ricky (although it's Ozzie who ends up taking over....)



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AS SEEN ON TV: "THE BTK KILLER"

On this date in 1974, Dennis Rader, aka the BTK Killer kills his first victims by binding, torturing and murdering Joseph, Joseph II, Josephine and Julie Otero in their house.

DENNIS RADER

AS SEEN IN:
"The Hunt For The BTK Killer"

AS PLAYED BY:
Gregg Henry

Here's part one of the TV movie.....

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TELEFLUVIA: FROM BEHIND THE BEDROOM DOOR

David Tennant, who played the Tenth Incarnation of the Doctor on 'Doctor Who', is engaged to be married to Georgia Moffett, who played his "daughter" (she was a revised clone, actually) in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter".

And she literally is the Doctor's Daughter, as her father is Peter Davison, who was the Fifth Incarnation of the Doctor.

So.... The Doctor is marrying his daughter......

Who knew there was a Gallifrey, Arkansas?
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I always thought I'd look stupid if I played "The Numbers" from 'Lost' in the lottery. But if I had done so this week, when the Mega-Millions jackpot was up over 300 million dollars, I would have had four of the winning numbers: 4, 8, 15, and the mega-ball 42.

That'll teach me, brotha.....
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Michael Ausiello reports in his new website that ABC is bringing an updated version of 'Charlie's Angels' back to TV. However, it will now be set in Miami and the new Bosley will be "hot". (That doesn't mean if Bosley is a man or a woman, however.....)

Changing the location isn't a deal-breaker for this version to stay in the main Toobworld. Neither is a new Bosley. Male or female, the new Bosley could claim the original as their father.

But if we're getting a new Jill, Sabrina, and Kelly, as well as a new Charlie Townsend (unless there's a credible splainin for that), then off it goes to another TV dimension.
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I'm trapped in my bedroom due to a new floor being installed in my bathroom. So I've had time to watch the two-part TV movie "Night Of The Fox", which was the source of today's "As Seen On TV" showcase. I'm thinking of getting out the 'Burke's Law' set and starting on that.....

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IN THE LOOPS

This week's episode of 'Modern Family' provided a product connection to 'Bones':

Back in October of 2008, the 'Bones' episode "The Crank In The Shaft" showed Ted Russo, one of the homicide suspects, making a peanut butter and Berry Loops sandwich.

Finger-lickin' - and Toobworld-linkin' - good!

And the word gets around about Berry Loops in that extended 'Modern Family', because Luke Dunphy ate them as well. I think Luke told his "step-uncle" Manny about them rather than the other way around; Luke seems to be the type to be in the know about sugary cereals. BCnU!

A SCHLOCK TO THE SYSTEM

Phil and Claire Dunphy of 'Modern Family' have a passion - schlock movies. The cheesier the better is their motto. In this week's episode, their plan was to go see "Croctopus" in 3-D, "a badly made schlockfest, with absolutely no redeeming value"....

And that's in Toobworld. In the real world, those types of movies are made for the Syfy Channel:

Hopefully, "Sharktopus" actually took place in the main Toobworld. "Croctopus" may have been an attempt to cash in on that ripped-from-the-headlines story without paying off the people involved.....

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AS SEEN ON TV: ROMMEL

FIELD MARSHAL ERWIN ROMMEL

AS SEEN IN:
"Night Of The Fox"

AS PLAYED BY:
Michael York

From Wikipedia:
Erwin Johannes Eugen Rommel (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944), popularly known as the Desert Fox, was a famous German Field Marshal of World War II.

He was a highly decorated officer in World War I, awarded the Pour le Mérite for his exploits on the Italian front. In World War II, he further distinguished himself as the commander of the 7th Panzer Division during the 1940 invasion of France. However, it was his leadership of German and Italian forces in the North African campaign that established the legend of the Desert Fox. He is considered to have been one of the most skilled commanders of desert warfare in the war. He later commanded the German forces opposing the Allied cross-channel invasion in Normandy.

Rommel is regarded as a humane and professional officer. His Afrikakorps was never accused of war crimes. Soldiers captured during his Africa campaign were reported to have been treated humanely. Furthermore, he ignored orders to kill captured commandos, Jewish soldiers and civilians in all theaters of his command.

Late in the war, Rommel was linked to the conspiracy to kill Adolf Hitler. Throughout the war, Rommel was a highly prized national hero, the "Desert Fox" of Germany. Due to his wide renown, Hitler chose to eliminate him quietly. In trade for the protection of his family, Rommel agreed to commit suicide.

Thanks to Tex Texeiro.....

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THE HAT SQUAD: MARGARET WHITING

BARBARA & MARGARET WHITING

David Nelson wasn't the only member of Toobworld's League of Themselves to pass away in the last few days. Margaret Whiting may have been better known as a big band singer, but she and her sister also starred in a 1950's sitcom in which they played variations on themselves. They were still the Whiting sisters; Margaret was a singer not quite as famous as her Trueniverse self, and Barbara was a coed at UCLA.

Their family tree veered off from that in the real world, however, with the marvelous Mabel Albertson as their mother. Perfect casting to my mind - just look at the three women together in this clip:

It was tempting to make the claim that Mike Connors was working undercover as Joe Mannix, but it's easier to just keep this as one of the many examples where there is just no connection between two Toobworld citizens who happen to resemble each other.....

In her later years, Margaret Whiting married a former porn star named Jack Wrangler, who was several decades younger than she was. (He passed away last year.) I wonder if her televersion would have done the same?

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