AS SEEN ON TV: GENERAL ASHER

In the Cathodic Church of Toobworld, today is Asher Wednesday.....

GENERAL LABAN ASHER

CREATED BY:

James Michener

PORTRAYED BY:

Pernell Roberts

AS SEEN IN:

'Centennial'

TV DIMENSION:

Earth Prime-Time

Here's a difference between the "Centennial" of BookWorld and the 'Centennial' of Toobworld - Pernell Roberts did not play General Asher as a one-armed man. In the long run this is a minor difference compared to the missing generation in Paul Garrett's family tree.

I don't have any reason to force a theory of relateeveety between General Asher and Adam Cartwright of 'Bonanza'. (However, Adam Cartwright is the mysterious stranger in the 'Alias Smith And Jones' episode "Exit From Wickenburg."

BCnU!

POND LIFE PART TWO

LE FEROCE, FEROCE OUEST

A lot of TV shows have been imported overseas throughout the last half a century, and judging by the amount of obituaries for foreign voice-over actors I've seen at the Boot Hill blog, it looks like many of those shows are dubbed with the native language rather than fitted with subtitles.

Even though those shows are, for the most part, contained within the main Toobworld (Earth Prime-Time) in their original English, these dubbed versions would be shipped off to alternate TV dimensions where that dubbed language held sway.

Here's a good example, fitting in with this month's theme:

So why would 'Hondo' and everybody else in that scene - in all the wild, wild West, most likely - be speaking French?

Perhaps in that TV dimension, the Louisiana Purchase never happened. Perhaps France held onto the territory and was able to reap the rich resources of the region to maintain their global domination.

It wouldn't hurt if Napoleon didn't lose at Waterloo as well.....

BCnU!

WESTVIEW: "PONDEROSA" - "PILOT"

AS SEEN ON TV: SPADE LARKIN & SOREN SORENSON

SPADE LARKIN & SOREN SORENSON

CREATED BY:

James Michener

PORTRAYED BY:

Spade Larkin - James Sloyan

Soren Sorenson - Sandy McPeak

AS SEEN IN:

'Centennial'

TV DIMENSION:

Earth Prime-Time

From Wikipedia:

SOREN SORENSON:

[The Wendells' blackmail] plan turns sour when they try it on a worldwise businessman, Soren Sorenson (Sandy McPeak). He recognizes their trick, too late, and threatens to expose them. Wendell attacks him. They struggle and Sorenson is killed by Maude Wendell.

From Felice's Log:

SPADE LARKIN:

And I also have to mention veteran character actor James Sloyan whose portrayal of the obsessive gold seeker Spade Larkin struck me as both mesmerizing and rather frightening.

[He was] an overeagerly man who had somehow learned about the gold nugget discovered by Lame Beaver, thanks to an article written about Lucinda during her stay in St. Louis.

The reason I teamed these two together, even though they never met and decades divided them, is because they were both victims of violence in the wild, wild West.

Spade Larkin was killed by Hans Brumbaugh when his gold fever got the better of him and he thought Hans was hiding the location of the gold strike from him. And as mentioned above, Soren Sorenson was struck down by Maude with the butt of a gun.

Both bodies were hidden away and the killers were never found out.

Toobworld Central wonders if it's pozz'ble, just pozz'ble, that both men left families behind when they sought their fortunes out West. If so, certain TV characters could be descended from them, like Detective Danny Sorenson ('NYPD Blue'), Dr. Gabe Sorenson ('Sisters'), Grandpa Raymond Larkin ('Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'), and the rogue spy Bryce Larkin ('Chuck').

BCnU!

POND LIFE PART ONE

   

WESTVIEW: "LEGEND" - "LEGEND OF THE HERD"

AS SEEN ON TV: AMOS CALENDAR

AMOS CALENDAR

CREATED BY:

James Michener

PORTRAYED BY:

Jesse Vint

AS SEEN IN:

'Centennial'

TV DIMENSION:

Earth Prime-Time

Amos Calendar was hired by R.J. Poteet to be part of the first cattle drive to Centennial. He later went to work for Messmore Garrett, herding sheep.

From Felice's Log:

I was especially taken by... Amos Calendar's heartfelt speech about the bonds of brotherhood, as he convinces Jim to seek vengeance against the Pettis boys. Apparently, those bonds formed during the Skimmerhorn cattle drive had failed to disappear, despite the brutal range wars.

Speaking of Amos Calendar, I thought Jesse Vint gave one of the better performances in this episode in a scene in which he convinces Jim to seek revenge for Nate and Bufe's deaths.

BCnU!

About "Pond Life"

THE HAT SQUAD: THE MANY FACES OF WILLIAM WINDOM

When I heard that William Windom had passed away at the age of 88, and I began thinking of all the many roles he played in Toobworld, I didn't even remember his 'Star Trek' appearance until I saw it listed in the obituary. There were that many memorable characters that I would forget one of the most powerful, despite being such a "Trekker".

The following registry of Toobworld citizens is only a small portion of those he contributed, not only to Earth Prime-Time, but also to Skitlandia and the Tooniverse.

Unless otherwise stated in the storylines, I believe most of these characters passed away around the same time as Mr. Windom. Of course, the characters from the TV Westerns passed away at least a century ago, while Commander Matt Dekker isn't even born yet. (Although I don't have a picture for him, the role of Lew Brooney didn't even exist, as he was a a figment of Dr. Bob Hartley's dream which we know as the entire series of 'Newhart'.) 

The only characters who probably had true immortality might be Uncle Chuck from 'Sonic the Hedgehog' and the toy soldier from 'The Twilight Zone' - if it was kept in good condition after all these years.....

'THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER'

CONGRESSMAN GLENN MORLEY

'MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT'

JOHN MONROE

'PARENTHOOD'

'MURDER, SHE WROTE'

DR. SETH HAZLITT

'STAR TREK'

COMMODORE MATT DECKER

'COLUMBO'

BURT GORDON

EVERETT LOGAN

 'MURPHY BROWN'

ROSS BOWEN

'LOTTERY!'

ARTHUR

'FLAMINGO ROAD'

CHARLIE BANKS

'HAWKINS ON MURDER'

JOE HAMILTON

'BARNEY MILLER'

GEORGE WEBBER

'MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE'

STU GORMAN

'THAT GIRL'

JOSEPH NELSON

'THE INVADERS'

MICHAEL TRESSIDER

'THE DONNA REED SHOW'

JACK

'MEDICAL CENTER'

'NIGHT GALLERY'

RANDY LANE

"ASSAULT ON THE WAYNE"

CAPTAIN FRANK REARDON

"HECK'S ANGELS"

UNKNOWN FROM PBS

'THE TWILIGHT ZONE'

THE MAJOR

'ALIAS SMITH AND JONES'

JEREMIAH DALEY

'THE VIRGINIAN'

CARDINE

'THE WILD WILD WEST'

BEN VICTOR

"ROBERT YOUNG AND THE FAMILY"

FOUND IN SKITLANDIA

'SONIC THE HEDGEHOG'

UNCLE CHUCK

Good night and may God bless......