PATTON IN THE TOOBWORLD DYNAMIC

'THE BIONIC WOMAN'

"THE DEADLY MISSILES"

J.T. Connors was a right-wing industrialist multimillionaire originally from Texas who was initially under suspicion for a rogue missile launch that landed in the Los Angeles reservoir.  

You can read more about him here.

At one point while serving his country during World War II, Connors was presented with that American flag seen above by General George S. Patton.  The five-star general has appeared multiple times in the greater TV Universe, and not all of those happened on Earth Prime-Time.  (His appearance in 'TailSpin' for example would have to be placed in the Tooniverse.)

Here is a list for those appearances:

GEORGE S. PATTON

"America: Facts vs. Fiction" 
    - Patton and Grant (2014) 

Played by Kevin Grantz

"The World Wars" 
    - Never Surrender (2014) 

Played by Don Hartman
    - A Rising Threat (2014)

Played by Matt Dearman(as Young Patton) / Don Hartman

    - Trial by Fire (2014)

Played by Matt Dearman (as Young Patton) / Don Hartman (as General George Patton)

"Myth Hunters" 
    - Hitler and the Spear of Destiny (2012) TV episode, Played by Chris Wilson

"Man, Moment, Machine" 
    - Patton and the Desperate Tank Attack (2006) 

Played by Dan Higgins 

"Battleground: The Art of War" 
    - The Battle of the Bulge (2005) 

Played by Don Worley

Fooling Hitler (2004)

Played by James Carroll Jordan

Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004) 

Played by Gerald McRaney

"The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" 
    - Young Indiana Jones and the Curse of the Jackal (1992) 

Played by Stuart Milligan (as Patton)

"TaleSpin" 
    - Mach One for the Gipper (1991)

Played byMaurice LaMarche

Hound Town (1989) 

Played by Charles Adler 

"War and Remembrance" 
    - Part 11 (1989) 

Played by Lawrence Dobkin

Margaret Bourke-White (1989) 

Played by Mitchell Ryan (as Patton) 

Pancho Barnes (1988) 

Played by Robert Prentiss

The Last Days of Patton (1986)

Played by Ron Berglas (as Young Patton) / George C. Scott

"Ike: The War Years" (1979) 

Played by Darren McGavin

"Crossroads" 
    - The Patton Prayer (1957) 

Played by Stephen McNally

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TVXOHOF ADDENDUM - KBEX!

In July of 2013, we inducted fictional TV station KBEX into the TVXOHOF.  We listed all of the TV shows in which KBEX made an appearance as provided in the Wikipedia page for that station.

However, the list wasn't complete.  So here's a big thanks to David C. Tucker for finding this picture which supplies yet another TV show to the mix.....

(David shared this photo in the Classic TV Lovers' Haven page on Facebook.)

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CONVERSATION PIECES - HOBBIT SUPPER

Just a little something to keep me hand in.....

"Bilbo just popped in with a bunch of Hobbits for a fish supper." 

Tyler 

'My Hero'

"We had to eat that family of Hobbits."

King Richard

'Galavant'

THE MOLE MEN OF TOOBWORLD

What have you, George....?

"So it may just be that the real mole men have yet to make contact with this world."
Constable George Crabtree
'The Murdoch Mysteries'

It will be fifty years before Constable Crabtree's assertion becomes true.

Unlike many other shared realities which require proof first, the Toobworld Dynamic accepts that most TV shows already share the same dimension, with the usual exceptions due to remakes, recasting, major differences in the structure of the world order (alternate POTUS, for example).  

So I have no problem in accepting that 'The Murdoch Mysteries' takes place in the same TV dimension, Earth Prime-Time, as 'The Adventures of Superman'.  As of now, it's 1903 on the Toobworld timeline for Inspector William Murdoch and his associates, while for Superman and his cover identity of Clark Kent, the events of "Superman And The Mole Men", which has been absorbed into the TV Universe, occurred in 1951.  Neither one really has any bearing on the other.

George Crabtree may not have known how prescient he was with that statement which he made in the episode "Journey To The Centre Of Toronto".  So-called "Mole Men" actually do exist in the main Toobworld, one of several races to be found in the underground realms beneath the Earth's surface.

By the way, the events of the Superman movie took place in Silsby, where they were drilling for oil.  In Toobworld, the name of the town has undergone only a slight variation in spelling from that in the real world - Silsbee, Texas.

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BIRTHDAY HONORS, TVXOHOF - "COUSIN" CONAN

Hey!  Guess what!  If you didn't already know by the previous blog post today, it's my birthday!

And that means I have a sworn duty to uphold: inducting a birthday honors member into the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.

Well, I'm already in the TVXOHOF.  My place of employ is also in the Hall, as are a few characters played by friends.

So I think it's time to induct a family member.... albeit one who is DISTANTLY related to me.....

(We might even have to go back to the days of Brian Boru to find the common ancestor.  O'Briens are the Smiths of Ireland!)

This is the year in which our theme for the TVXOHOF inductions has been the League of Themselves.  But I wanted to make my birthday celebration a little special this year, so we're inducting not only the live-action Conan O'Brien (of several TV dimensions) but also the cartoon Conan O'Brien of the Tooniverse!

So let's take a look first at those appearances by Conan in the TV dimension in which everybody is animated.....

The Simpsons
- Bart Gets Famous (1994)

Futurama
- Xmas Story (1999)

Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
- Lerapy (2002)
- Chopper (1997)

 

Family Guy
- Into Harmony's Way (2013)

Also included in this group would be an episode of his own talk show in which he went on an adventure with the super-spy Sterling 'Archer':

Apparently, as also seen in his episode of 'Space Ghost: Coast To Coast", Conan has some kind of connection between the two dimensions.

'Space Ghost Coast to Coast' 
- Fire Ant (1999)

Now we'll move on to his live-action appearances as his fictional televersions.  The bulk of them can be found in the main Toobworld known as Earth Prime-Time:i

Arli$$
- Colors of the Rainbow (1996)

Veronica's Closet 
- Veronica's Night Alone (1998)

LateLine 
- Pearce on Conan (1999) ... Conan O'Brien

Sesame Street

- A Prince of a Frog (2011) 

- Word 'Dog' Escapes Abby's Book (2007)
- Episode #31.1 (2000) 

[Puppets are alive in Toobworld.]

And over in Skitlandia, they interacted again.....

Primetime Glick
- Eugene Levy/Conan O'Brien (2001)

The Office
- Valentine's Day (2006)

30 Rock
- Hogcock!/Last Lunch (2013)
- Tracy Does Conan (2006)

Eagleheart
- Honor Thy Marshal (2012)
[I will confess I'm sometimes tempted to put this series into Doofus Toobworld.]

Web Therapy
- The Host Whisperer (2011)
- Quid Pro Conan (2011)

- Guess Who's Coming to Late Night (2011) 

- The Insanity Offense (2012)
- Man-Cave Man (2012)

How I Met Your Mother

- No Pressure (2012) ... Bar Patron

[It's logical that Conan might have been having a beer at McLaren's, a NYC bar.]

http://teamcoco.com/video/conans-how-i-met-your-mother-cameo

Newsreaders
- Jr. Newsreaders (2013)

Arrested Development
- The B. Team (2013)

Nashville
- Never No More (2013) 

Maron
- The Joke (2014)

The Comeback
- Valerie Gets What She Really Wants (2014) 

Ground Floor 
- The Mansfield Who Came to Dinner (2015)

Clipped 
- Dreamers (2015) ... Red-Head Customer
[Since the show was set in Charlestown, Ma., maybe he was back in Massachusetts visiting family.]

One More Happy Ending
- Episode #1.10 (2016) ... Mi Mo's client

I think we have to figure Toobworld's Conan plays around......

And then there are a few alternate TV dimensions in which he appears:

Spin City
- Dead Dog Talking (1998)

[This was an alternate TV dimension due to an alternate NYC mayor from the real world mayor, Rudy Giuliani, who was established in Toobworld as well.  So Conan O'Brien could be nuts in that world.]

DAG
- Pilot (2000)
[This would be the same alternate TV dimension in which we would find 'Mr. President', 'Nancy', 'Hail To The Chief' and 'Corey In The House'.]

Sharktopus vs. Pteracuda 
[This TV movie is in Disaster Toobworld, along with the "Sharknado" franchise and movies about natural disasters.]

http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-sharktopus-vs-pteracuda-full

Of course Conan O'Brien exists in Skitlandia, but did you know he can be found in the Borderland combination of Skitlandia and Zombie Toobworld?

So here's to you, "Cousin" Conan.  Welcome to the Television Crossover Hall of Fame!

MY SO-CALLED LIFE - HOTEL HELLO

In Toobworld, my televersion is a member of the Television Hall Of Fame (Birthday Honors List, Class of 2005), thanks to the following shows:

• 'The Hap Richards Show'
• 'The Ranger Andy Show'
• 'The Late Show with David Letterman'

My current place of employ is also a member of the TVXOHOF, June of 2011.  And my Toobworld life expands with these two blipverts advertising two other places where I worked.  

It's O'Bvious from that first one that Sweet the Demon must have been staying as a guest at the Seville.  So there's another member of the TV Crossover Hall of Fame with whom my televersion may have come into contact.  

Anyhoo.... happy birthday to me!

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VIDEO SUNDAY - REMEMBERING MUHAMMAD ALI

This is the full episode of 'What's My Line?' in which Muhammad Ali appeared as the mystery guest in the final segment.  This must have been soon after he had changed his name, as both "Muhammad Ali" and "Cassius Clay" are given to the home audience in order to identify him.

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A HAT SQUAD INDUCTION INTO THE TVXOHOF: MUHAMMAD ALI

"If you ask me, Muhammad Ali, in his prime,
was much better than anti-lock brakes."
Lenny Leonard
'The Simpsons'

From NBC News:

Muhammad Ali, the silver-tongued boxer and civil rights champion who famously proclaimed himself "The Greatest" and then spent a lifetime living up to the billing, is dead.

Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications, a family spokesman confirmed to NBC News. He was 74.

Muhammad Ali appeared as his own fictional "Televersion" in three different TV shows, thus making him eligible for the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.

'VEGA$'

(January 17, 1979)
A benefit telethon is planned for Leon Hazlett, a five-time Olympic gold medalist who was crippled in a car crash. But emcee Paul Baker is kidnapped and a $200,000 ransom is demanded. -- IMDb Plot: "The Eleventh Event"

Also from DVDTalk:
"The Eleventh Event" 
Tanna's good friend, Olympic Medalist Leon Hazlett, returns home after losing the use of his legs in an accident. He quickly finds himself involved in an elaborate kidnapping for ransom scheme that involves a singer, his wife and his manager. Robert Loggia, Clifton Davis, Jill Haworth, Michael Conrad, Squire Fridell, Vernee Watson-Johnson, and Muhammad Ali guest star. 

'DIFF'RENT STROKES'

(October 24, 1979)
Arnold wants to meet his hero, world champion boxer Muhammad Ali. Willis and Kimberly meet Ali and say that their little brother is dying and that his last wish is to meet him. -- IMDb Plot: "Arnold's Hero"

'TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL'

(May 9, 1999)
Two boys stay with their uncle since their mother is in jail. The eleven year old is picked on by his brother and other older kids. He takes up boxing to defend himself. -- IMDb Plot: "Fighting the Good Fight"

Muhammad Ali also appeared on several variety programs, lots of talk shows, at least one panel game show, and of course in plenty of televised sports events - usually about himself, such as the boxing matches that made him "The Greatest".

However, those don't have the oomph that is needed for TVXOHOF membership, which celebrates Television as a fictional universe.  So it's best that he did qualify legitimately with those three appearances listed above.  

But his tally of qualifications can be enhanced by references to him in other TV shows by fictional characters which would signify that he did exist on Earth Prime-Time.  The following quotes also count towards his membership:

'GILLIGAN'S ISLAND'

Professor Roy Hinkley: 
"Always remember that true beauty is the end result of the inner glow of good health, and isometric exercise provides for the inner play of muscle against muscle to improve the general physique."
Mary Ann Summers:
"Oh, but Professor, I just want to beat Mrs. Howell and Ginger, not Cassius Clay!"

'SANFORD & SON'
Aunt Esther Anderson:
Watch it, suckah. You're gettin' on my nerve.
Fred G. Sanford:
It would take Muhammad Ali, Rosey Grier, with an assist from King Kong to get me on any part of you!

'GOOD TIMES'
Thelma:
J.J., we have no proof, Penny said she fell.
J.J.:
You'd say you fell down too if your mama was Muhammad Ali.

'JUST SHOOT ME'
Kelly:
Who's your favorite fighter?
Dennis Finch:
Muhammad Ali.
Kelly:
Anyone else?
Dennis Finch:
Sugar Ray Super Sugar Crisp?

'SUITS'
Donna Paulsen:
I'm afraid because of what it's already doing to you. I'm talking Ali-Frazier.
Mike Ross:
Come on, Donna.
Donna Paulsen:
Listen to me. They started out like brothers. Then they went toe-to-toe three times, and Joe Frazier went to his grave hating Muhammad Ali.
Mike Ross:
I didn't know you were a boxing fan.

I had been holding off on inducting Muhammad Ali before now, because I'm always going to need candidates for the February inductions every year (celebrating Black History Month).  I regret that I didn't jump him ahead of the line some years back.  But he's going in right now as a memorial tribute, during this year in which we're celebrating the League of Themselves.

Good night and may God bless, Muhammad Ali…..

THEORIES OF RELATEEVEETY - THE PUZZLER CLAN

"Oh, Roger Newsome! The Puzzler!"

Inspector Thomas Brackenreid

'Murdoch Mysteries'

We're going to make a somewhat tenuous theory of relateeveety, simply based on that nickname Brackenreid gave to Newsome (as seen in the quote above).  It will be my contention that Roger Newsome was the biological father of the arch-villain who came to be known as The Puzzler in the 1960s....

Two episodes of 'Batman':

December 21st, 1966
"The Puzzles Are Coming" The Puzzler, a villain with a fondness for both Shakespeare and aviation, indicates he is after the fortunes of Artemus Knab. He convinces the billionaire to invest in his puzzle balloon business, but when the Dynamic Duo find that Knab seems too intelligent to fall for a phony scheme, they look deeper for the criminal's true intentions. Their search leads them to Knab's airplane monopoly, but unknown to them, the Puzzler has plans to halt their investigation - permanently.
- Written by Twenty Penguins (for the IMDb)

December 22nd, 1966
"The Duo Is Slumming"
The Puzzler continues with his plan to hijack Artemus Knab's new airplane, the Retsoor, all the while leaving puzzles behind for Batman and Robin to ponder. He familiarizes himself with the jet's designs, then prepares to fly his prize to a foreign country where he will hold it for ransom. But the Dynamic Duo have an easier time with his clues than he expected, resulting in a climactic confrontation at the airplane hanger. 

- Written by Twenty Penguins (for the IMDb)

IMDb Trivia:
The script originally was intended to be a story featuring the Riddler. However, Frank Gorshin was in the middle of a contract dispute and as a result the script was rewritten for a new villain, the Puzzler, as played by Maurice Evans.

Toobworld Central has always maintained that a TV character - unless otherwise dictated by script concerns - should always be the same age as the actor playing the role.  If the character is to be found in some other time period, the age of the actor should be subtracted from the date in which the episode is taking place and thus one would arrive at the date of birth for that character.  (That's why I can claim that the 'Nichols' twins were born in 1871.)

'Batman' took place during the time period in which it was broadcast.  So we have to base the age of the villain known as The Puzzler to be the same as Maurice Evans.  So he was 65 during his short-lived crime spree in Gotham City, having been born in 1901.

Based on a fan-made timeline to be found online (which needs a lot of work still), the detectives from Stationhouse #4 first encountered Newsome in October of 1901.  He would later plague other murder investigations - and the calm nature of Constable Crabtree - over the next two years in two other investigations:

"The Death Of Dr. Ogden" (October 1901)
Detective Murdoch investigates the death of Oliver Hoyle who is found in the billiard room of his posh club. Hoyle was part of a group of competitive puzzle solvers and he may have been killed after solving a puzzle published by Edgar Allen Poe many years ago. It appears that one of his competitors killed him to get the glory for himself.

 - written by garykmcd for IMDb

"Murdoch Takes Manhattan" (June 1902)

During their honeymoon in New York, Murdoch and Ogden uncover a deadly conspiracy threatening U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt, while Brackenreid and Dr. Grace investigate a murder by motorcar back in Toronto.

 - IMDb

"A Case Of The Yips" (August 1903)
While investigating a golfer's murder, Murdoch becomes obsessed with the game.

 - IMDb

(Newsome was a member of the foursome playing with the murder victim.)

There was never anything in any of those episodes which would nullify the claim that Newsome had fathered a son.  (For the time being, I'm going to call him Roger Newsome, Jr.)  And Newsome Jr. could have been sent to England to further his studies (and more than likely be out of his father's way), where he would learn the finer points of thievery.  And his education would help enhance his aptitude for the criminal arts as would his passion for the works of Shakespeare.

And for whatever twisted reason he may have had, he chose to honor his father by adopting the name of the Puzzler to be his nom de penal.  

The fact that he was not seen in Toobworld as the arch-criminal Puzzler until he was 65 doesn't mean he was a late bloomer.  It just means that he practiced his craft elsewhere, in other places than Gotham City.  I could see him being quite successful not only back in Jolly Ol', but also in many of the fictional countries that dot the map of Toobworld Europe - especially Caronia!

And he may have served time as a guest in one of the prisons on the continent or in Great Britain.  That would certainly have kept him off the Bat-radar.

Since we never saw the Puzzler again in Toobworld, I'm afraid it's pozz'ble, just pozz'ble that Roger Newsome Junior died in Gotham State Prison.

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O'BSERVATION:

I'm afraid I'm a week late in writing up this tribute to one of the characters played by Maurice Evans.  But I can always backdate it, I suppose.....

TVXOHOF, JUNE 2016 - THE KING AND QUEEN OF REALITY TELEVISION

Celebrating the League of Themselves for 2016 in the Television Crossover Hall of Fame, I wanted to also hew closely to the tradition of a double induction for June, the month of Gemini, the Twins.

And who better as people being themselves on TV to be the best representatives for TV "reality"?  It doesn't matter who.  I'm going with two people from reality TV: 

TRISTA REHN & RYAN SUTTER

From Wikipedia:

Trista:
Trista Nicole Sutter (née Rehn) (born October 28, 1972 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was the runner-up on season 1 of the ABC reality television show The Bachelor, before becoming the star of the first season of its companion show, The Bachelorette.

Trista has also appeared on ABC's Dancing with the Stars and NBC's Fear Factor.

  

Ryan:

Ryan Allen Sutter (born September 14, 1974) was the "winner" (final bachelor) chosen by Trista Rehn on the television show The Bachelorette. Sutter, a Colorado firefighter, and Rehn were married in a televised wedding on ABC on December 6, 2003. The miniseries was filmed at "The Lodge" luxury resort in Rancho Mirage, California. Prior to that, he was a star college football defensive back with the Colorado Buffaloes football team, and was eventually drafted by the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League in the 1998 Draft, but lasted only a couple of seasons as a professional football player mainly due to injuries.

So they met on 'The Bachelorette', had their wedding televised by ABC, and then continued their televised existence in other manifestations of "Reality" Television.

Welcome to the Television Crossover Hall of Fame, Trista & Ryan.  If this stretches out your fifteen minutes of fame, I think I'll still be able to sleep at night....

THE SUTTER FAMILY
[Toob - not Test Tube - babies]

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