This is from fellow Iddiot "Bobt":
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I felt like I was channeling Toby today when I saw the promo for the
upcoming CSI Miami and CSI NY combined episode. That promo made me think of
a serious crossover: the perp of the crime is ex-navy, so Navy CSI starts
the episode; crimes were committed in FL and in NY, so both of those CSI
programs get involved; they find old remains of a body in Los Vegas, so CSI
gets involved and they need a skeletal expert, thus Bones gets involved;
finally, since they can't solve the crimes, they call in the Numbers man and
whats-his-name from Criminal Minds. That should take care of a season.
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Well, 'Bones' is on FOX, and even though I'm all for Television without borders, it's not likely to become a universally accepted idea.
But CBS should find a way to throw in 'Cold Case' and then have the trial in Indianapolis and that way you can bring in 'Close To Home'.
And for good measure?
Make the Killer Navy Guy a crewmember from the Big Horn who's now an alien infectee and we can add in 'Threshold'!
Thanks for the ideas, Bobt!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Tuesday, November 8, 2005
A DEBATABLE "BUG"
By using Forrest Sawyer, portraying himself, to moderate the live debate on ‘The West Wing’ , NBC was striving to make the episode look as realistic as possible.
Anybody tuning in midway were supposed to get the feeling that it was really happening, like the classic radio broadcast of “The War Of The Worlds” by Orson Welles.
Only, since this was about politics, it was scarier.
NBC may have taken things too far, however, by using the NBC News logo on the screen. The “bug” upset a lot of viewers who are sticklers for the separation of the news and entertainment divisions; and apparently many of them flooded various TV message boards online with their complaints.
By making it too real, NBC got a bit of a problem in at least one local TV market. WNBC/Ch. 4 of New York City ran a thunderstorm warning crawl, which left some viewers wondering if it was real or not. For all they knew, it was all part of the on-screen illusion.
Of course, the news has never been pure in Television; probably not in any medium. In the early days you had newscasts like the ‘Camel News Caravan’, when sponsors had a tight grip on TV’s content.
Do you think Camel Cigarettes were ever the subject of any news stories, if Camel was sponsoring the broadcast?
And many news personalities (a problem right there in that description!) have blended news and showbiz over the years – all of those TV reporters who played themselves during the run of ‘Murphy Brown’. Including Walter Cronkite, the “most trusted man in America”, who made the biggest impression in this type of crossover with his appearance on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’.
Actually, I don’t know why those media-watchers are so upset. The TV world is NOT the Real World, and ‘The West Wing’ is not even part of the main TV Universe.
If those people viewing at home showed any inclination that Congressman Matthew Santos and Senator Arnold Vinick were actually real-life candidates for the Presidency, then they were lost long before the first “bug” appeared in the corner of the screen.
What NBC should have done was to acknowledge ‘The West Wing’ was not the Real World; embraced it. They should have created an NBC News logo that doesn’t exist here in the “Trueniverse”, but only there in ‘The West Wing’ version of TV Land. Maybe even change the name of the corporation just slightly to signify this wasn’t our world. Make it NBE – the National Broadcasting Enterprise, or something similar….
Then again, they’ve cited NBC’s name in past episodes; and this IS a business more than art, after all…. Don’t want the audience to lose sight of that fact. Gotta keep them loyal to the network so that they’ll return to watch ‘Joey’ on Thursday!
Ugh.
Oh well. At least Mr. Sawyer racked up a credit for himself in the League of Themselves!
BcnU!
Tele-Toby
PS-
As to who I thought won the debate, that’s going to have to wait for a week. By then I will have seen both versions – the East Coast live broadcast as well as the West Coast one – and will compare them for differences.
But I’ll tell you this – I’m a moderate Democrat who would rather see Vinick win this fictional presidential race. And that’s because I’m looking at what would create a more interesting storyline as the series winds down to its finale.
But if it was the Real World? Thanks, but no thanks. I’ve had enough Republican administrations for awhile…..
Anybody tuning in midway were supposed to get the feeling that it was really happening, like the classic radio broadcast of “The War Of The Worlds” by Orson Welles.
Only, since this was about politics, it was scarier.
NBC may have taken things too far, however, by using the NBC News logo on the screen. The “bug” upset a lot of viewers who are sticklers for the separation of the news and entertainment divisions; and apparently many of them flooded various TV message boards online with their complaints.
By making it too real, NBC got a bit of a problem in at least one local TV market. WNBC/Ch. 4 of New York City ran a thunderstorm warning crawl, which left some viewers wondering if it was real or not. For all they knew, it was all part of the on-screen illusion.
Of course, the news has never been pure in Television; probably not in any medium. In the early days you had newscasts like the ‘Camel News Caravan’, when sponsors had a tight grip on TV’s content.
Do you think Camel Cigarettes were ever the subject of any news stories, if Camel was sponsoring the broadcast?
And many news personalities (a problem right there in that description!) have blended news and showbiz over the years – all of those TV reporters who played themselves during the run of ‘Murphy Brown’. Including Walter Cronkite, the “most trusted man in America”, who made the biggest impression in this type of crossover with his appearance on ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’.
Actually, I don’t know why those media-watchers are so upset. The TV world is NOT the Real World, and ‘The West Wing’ is not even part of the main TV Universe.
If those people viewing at home showed any inclination that Congressman Matthew Santos and Senator Arnold Vinick were actually real-life candidates for the Presidency, then they were lost long before the first “bug” appeared in the corner of the screen.
What NBC should have done was to acknowledge ‘The West Wing’ was not the Real World; embraced it. They should have created an NBC News logo that doesn’t exist here in the “Trueniverse”, but only there in ‘The West Wing’ version of TV Land. Maybe even change the name of the corporation just slightly to signify this wasn’t our world. Make it NBE – the National Broadcasting Enterprise, or something similar….
Then again, they’ve cited NBC’s name in past episodes; and this IS a business more than art, after all…. Don’t want the audience to lose sight of that fact. Gotta keep them loyal to the network so that they’ll return to watch ‘Joey’ on Thursday!
Ugh.
Oh well. At least Mr. Sawyer racked up a credit for himself in the League of Themselves!
BcnU!
Tele-Toby
PS-
As to who I thought won the debate, that’s going to have to wait for a week. By then I will have seen both versions – the East Coast live broadcast as well as the West Coast one – and will compare them for differences.
But I’ll tell you this – I’m a moderate Democrat who would rather see Vinick win this fictional presidential race. And that’s because I’m looking at what would create a more interesting storyline as the series winds down to its finale.
But if it was the Real World? Thanks, but no thanks. I’ve had enough Republican administrations for awhile…..
Monday, November 7, 2005
BLOOD SIMPLE: 'MATT HOUSTON' & 'MATLOCK'
A lot of Toobworld theories are basically accidents. I stumble across some nuggets of trivia while researching something else; something unrelated. Or I could just be channel-surfing and land on a show or commercial at the fortuitous moment which triggers the light bulb over my head. Oftentimes there’s a good chance I might never have made these discoveries otherwise.
Take for example my post “Lloyd Behavior” from 11//05/05. While ruminating on various characters played by the late Lloyd Bochner, I had to read the plot summaries for each of the episodes of shows in which he appeared.
So while looking into his three appearances as Elgin Cody on ‘Matt Houston’, I learned that Matt was adopted. Bill Houston (as portrayed by David Wayne) was Matt’s adoptive father. His biological father was a character played by Lloyd Bridges. And his name was Virgil Wade, aka Wade Matlock.
Now that’s the type of surname that leaps off the page for a televisiologist like me!
"In this episode we learn that Matt is adopted. His adoptive father is Bill Houston, and his biological father is Virgil Wade, a.k.a. Wade Matlock."
As it was written up at TV.com, one might assume that “Virgil Wade” was his real name, and “Wade Matlock” was an alias. But what if he was known throughout the two-part episode as Virgil Wade, only to be revealed by the end to be Wade Matlock?
And that way, we can make the claim that there was a blood relation link between 'Matt Houston' and 'Ben Matlock'.
Even if “Wade Matlock” was the alias, we could still make the claim; just on more specious grounds. Perhaps Virgil Wade used his mother’s maiden name which offered him an easier opportunity to create the alias.
Oh well. I won’t know how to play it until I actually view the episode and see how it lays. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an episode of ‘Matt Houston’. It probably was dismissed by one of my earlier regenerations as being just another run-of-the-mill private eye show. Although why I didn’t at least check out an episode once Buddy Ebsen joined the cast is beyond me!
BcnU!
Tele-Toby
Take for example my post “Lloyd Behavior” from 11//05/05. While ruminating on various characters played by the late Lloyd Bochner, I had to read the plot summaries for each of the episodes of shows in which he appeared.
So while looking into his three appearances as Elgin Cody on ‘Matt Houston’, I learned that Matt was adopted. Bill Houston (as portrayed by David Wayne) was Matt’s adoptive father. His biological father was a character played by Lloyd Bridges. And his name was Virgil Wade, aka Wade Matlock.
Now that’s the type of surname that leaps off the page for a televisiologist like me!
"In this episode we learn that Matt is adopted. His adoptive father is Bill Houston, and his biological father is Virgil Wade, a.k.a. Wade Matlock."
As it was written up at TV.com, one might assume that “Virgil Wade” was his real name, and “Wade Matlock” was an alias. But what if he was known throughout the two-part episode as Virgil Wade, only to be revealed by the end to be Wade Matlock?
And that way, we can make the claim that there was a blood relation link between 'Matt Houston' and 'Ben Matlock'.
Even if “Wade Matlock” was the alias, we could still make the claim; just on more specious grounds. Perhaps Virgil Wade used his mother’s maiden name which offered him an easier opportunity to create the alias.
Oh well. I won’t know how to play it until I actually view the episode and see how it lays. I don’t think I’ve ever seen an episode of ‘Matt Houston’. It probably was dismissed by one of my earlier regenerations as being just another run-of-the-mill private eye show. Although why I didn’t at least check out an episode once Buddy Ebsen joined the cast is beyond me!
BcnU!
Tele-Toby
“Any TV schedule without Buddy Ebsen sucks eggs.”
George Utley
‘Newhart’
Sunday, November 6, 2005
CROSSOVER OF THE WEEK!
"Law & Order"
&
"Star Trek"
I probably should have taped 'Law & Order' this week, considering Paul Robinette was making a re-appearance (But now on the other side of the courtroom as the lawyer for the defense). But I didn't. And now I have to rely on my faulty memory for the details in some of the arguments between McCoy and Borgia.
But first, here's a recap of the episode from the NBC press release:
"WAS ABUSIVE MOTHER UNKNOWINGLY STERILIZED WITH ILLEGAL I.U.D.? FORMER 'LAW' MAN RICHARD BROOKS RETURNS TO GUEST-STAR
When an abusive young mother and murder suspect suddenly dies in her prison cell, an autopsy tells Detectives Fontana (Dennis Farina) and Green (Jesse L. Martin) that the woman has died from an I.U.D. containing benecrine -- an illegal drug that sterilizes its users -- given by a nurse practitioner (guest star Stephanie Roth Haberle) with a social agenda.
As A.D.A.s McCoy (Sam Waterston) and Borgia (Annie Parisse) consider filing second-degree manslaughter charges, they meet a former A.D.A. -- Paul Robinette (Richard Brooks) -- who is now defending the nurse and thinks he has a good case."
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During their discussion about the historical background to the case, McCoy and Borgia referred to several cases of enforced sterilization argued before the Supreme Court, and to the timeline of the practice, to show how recently it had been applied even in California, a state known for its more liberal leanings.
[Interested in learning more about the historical aspect of forced sterilization in America? Click on the link for "Footnote TV" over there to the left, and check out the 'Law & Order' entry for "Birthright".]
Now I could be mistaken about my memory on this, but I'm fairly certain they made mention of its practice in Europe; and they did so as if to say that it might be still going on over there.
I'm fuzzy on the details, but there's no doubt in my mind as to what they called the practice - Eugenics.
From the Memory Alpha website:
"Eugenics (also known as Selective Breeding) the philosophy or practice of selectively breeding traits in or out of a group of organisms. While widely used in botany and horticulture, eugenics via genetic engineering in sentient lifeforms (creating "Augments") is illegal in the Federation.
The Eugenics Wars were a series of conflicts that took place on Earth from 1993 to 1996 with a total death toll of 30 million, although some historians think it was closer to 35 million. The wars began in 1993 when the Augments seized control in 40 Earth nations.
To average inhabitants of the United States of America and other industrialized nations, the wars had very little impact on everyday life, and went unmentioned and possibly unknown to much of the world population at the time. It may have been some time before much of the world knew of the massive wars taking place around them. The United States of America were relatively untouched by the Wars, but American troops fought in theaters such as Northern Africa."
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Toobworld is NOT the Real World. People, objects, locations, and events happen in the TV Universe which never occur in the Real World. It drives me nuts when people refer to something that's happened in a TV show and dismiss it because it hasn't happened yet in the Real World.
Here's a trivial example - nitpickers complained when Josh Lyman used a Verizon phone booth in a flashback scene - which took place some time before Verizon came into being.
Yeah... so? People, how come you're not all bent out of shape because Josh Lyman doesn't actually exist in the Real World? "W" is our President, not Jed Bartlet. Where's your sense of outrage over that? (On second thought, I think that's building....)
Toobworld is NOT the Real World. So stop carping over the details that don't jibe with our reality.
"It's fiction, babe."
Anyway.....Here in the Real World, we didn't have the Eugenics Wars during the 1990s. Instead we had a near equivalent with an Orwellian name to neutralize its horror - "ethnic cleansing". But basically, it served the same purpose as its dimensional counterpart - the winnowing of the "chaff" from the breeding stock of the human race.
And here we had Jack McCoy of 'Law & Order' discussing the 'Star Trek' concept of Eugenics, and in such a way as to acknowledge that the Eugenics Wars did take place.
For this televisiologist, that moment of realization was bracing, as it was totally unexpected. Most of the time 'Star Trek' is nothing more than a Zonk!, a joke reference in other TV shows. But it's very rare when you get a hint that other TV shows outside of the franchise acknowledge 'Star Trek' as being a part of the same universe. If at all, the reference is usually an accident - as I'm sure the planet Vulcan was in a 'Doctor Who' story arc.
But every so often you get a deliberate nod - like the scientist Jackson Roykirk in an episode of 'Team Knight Rider', who was first mentioned in 'Star Trek' as the inventor of "Nomad".
This reference to Eugenics on 'Law & Order' was probably not meant as a direct reference to 'Star Trek'. But at the same time, I can't picture any TV writer not thinking of 'Trek' when invoking the term.
What else might we infer from a link between 'Law & Order' and 'Star Trek'?
Could Jack McCoy somehow be related to "Bones" McCoy?
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Saturday, November 5, 2005
LLOYD BEHAVIOR
When reviewing the career of an actor who was high in demand in life, there are bound to be patterns and similarities to be found among the roles he played. (And a few oddities as well.)
This year we saw that with the resumes of John Fiedler and JD Cannon. And it is true of Lloyd Bochner as well.
So here are a few of the roles that made me, as a "televisiologist", go "Hrmmmmmmm".
First off......
These were my top three favorite performances by Lloyd Bochner in Toobworld:
1] "The Wild Wild West" playing "Zachariah Skull" in episode: "The Night of the Puppeteer" (episode # 1.21) 25 February 1966
Outside of all nine of the episodes featuring Dr. Loveless (and you should know - Dr. Loveless is my idea of a Dark Lord of the Sith!), this is my all-time favorite episode of 'The Wild Wild West'. For me, this defines "steampunk" fiction. It was the first time I ever saw Mr. Bochner as an actor, and probably had a lot of influence in my enjoyment of the Number Three choice.
2] "The Twilight Zone" playing "Michael Chambers" in episode: "To Serve Man" (episode # 3.24) 2 March 1962
I can't put this in my Top Five for 'The Twilight Zone', but it's Number Two on the Bochner Exchange. It is quite a shock of an ending, and one of the best twists, and thus one of the worst-kept secrets among all the twist endings to be found in Toobworld. Never fails to scare up a chill even if you do know how it ends though.
I even own a pair of "To Serve Man" boxers from TV Land, which is probably more than you need to know.......
Here's a thunk - Michael Chambers as the father of Diane Chambers of 'Cheers'.....? (We never did meet him on the show, only her mother as played by Glynis Johns. If she was a widow, maybe we now know what killed Diane's father... basting.)
3] "Ironside" playing "Supt. Faber" in episode: "Shadow Soldiers" (episode # 6.14) 21 December 1972
This also had a twist ending, one reminiscent of an episode of 'Batman'. I think the fact that Lloyd Bochner was the guest star had a lot to do with my remembering it all these years later.
Sheep farming in Australia (or New Zealand) figured into the finale, and I think that may play a part in the splainin as to why there were so many Toobworld characters who looked like Lloyd Bochner. (See below for details.)
Now, on with the other persons of interest.....
Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (1998) (TV) .... President Hayden
This is part of the alternate dimension known as "Earth Prime-Time MOW", which stands for "Movie Of The Week". There have been plenty of TV movies in which a fictional president has been portrayed, and a chronological case can be made that they all follow each other in the order in which they first appeared on the air.
There is some shoehorning to be done, but I think it can be safely argued that President Hayden was the Commander-in-Chief just before the POTUS played by Gregory Harrison in three different action chick flicks about the Secret Service agent played by Mariel Hemingway (and Patricia Arquette).
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Morning Glory (1993) (TV) .... Bob Collins
It's got to be a fairly common name, so he should not be confused with the character made famous by Robert Cummings on 'Love That Bob!'.
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"The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" playing "Dr. Harkness" in episode: "Moment of Crisis" (episode # 3.8) 2 January 1972
Regular readers of my blog this past year can already see which way I'd go with this one. Obviously, Dr. Harkness is one of the ancestors for Captain Jack Harkness of the 51st Century, as seen in 'Doctor Who' and who'll be starring in his own series next year, 'Torchwood'.
Care to dance?
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"Vega$" playing "Alexander Waverly" in episode: "French Twist" (episode # 3.21) 6 May 1981
It's my contention that Bochner's character of Alexander Waverly was the son of Alexander Waverly, head of U.N.C.L.E. (and played by Leo G. Carroll on 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.').
Sadly, it looks as though Mr. Waverly's tireless dedication to fighting the evils of the world was not high on the list of priorities for his son to continue.......
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"The Golden Girls" playing "Patrick Vaughn" in episode: "The Actor" (episode # 2.14) 17 January 1987
"Fantasy Island" in episode: "Lady's Choice/Skin Deep" (episode # 7.13) 28 January 1984
playing "Earl of Norfolk" in episode: "The Tallowed Image/Room and Bard" (episode # 6.12) 29 January 1983
playing "Marquis Phillippe de Sade" in episode: "Cyrano/The Magician" (episode # 5.3) 24 October 1981
playing "Maurice Benson" in episode: "Vampire/The Lady and the Longhorn" (episode # 2.13) 16 December 1978
Even though he was a Gallifreyan Time Lord (at least in my Toobworld-view), Mr. Roarke couldn't handle everything in his projects on 'Fantasy Island'. He needed actors to play out the roles for each fantasy.
Patrick Vaughn was a member of Roarke's repertory of players for several years before finally retiring to Miami where he toiled in community theater. And that's where he met and seduced 3/4 of 'The Golden Girls'.
Dorothy: "He made me feel beautiful!"
Blanche: "He made me feel young!"
Rose: "He made me feel smart!"
Dorothy: "God, what an actor!"
Vaughn probably called on all he had learned in the art of seduction while making fantasies come true while working for Mr. Roarke on 'Fantasy Island'.
Why those ladies never realized that this "pafluganockin" was also Eduardo, as seen in the episode "Rites Of Spring"? Could be a case of aggregate Alzheimer's......
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"Matt Houston" playing "Elgin Cody"
in episode: "On the Run" (episode # 2.22) 30 March 1984
in episode: "Heritage: Part 2" (episode # 2.2) 9 September 1983
in episode: "Heritage: Part 1" (episode # 2.1) 9 September 1983
playing "Scott Neville" in episode: "Shark Bait" (episode # 1.8) 21 November 1982
It's not uncommon to find people in the Real World, as well as in Toobworld, who have been given family names as their first names. (Why would anybody name their daughter "Gates" McFadden, otherwise?)
A few examples out of TV Land: Beeley Garrett of 'Centennial', 'Murphy Brown', perhaps Seeley Booth of 'Bones'.
So it's going to be my contention that Elgin Cody is related to Jim Elgin, who is the stepfather of Jamie Sommers, 'The Bionic Woman'.
As to why a man named Scott Neville looked exactly like Elgin Cody? I'm not sure, but 'Quantum Leap' technology may have played a role. However, I think we're more likely to find that one of my reasons listed below for all of the Bochnerites roaming Toobworld is the cause - especially since Matt Houston never noticed the similarity between the two men. (Although it may have led to the events which transpired in the episode "On The Run", March 30, 1984.)
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"Macmillan and Wife" playing "Gregg Patterson" in episode: "Phillip's Game" (episode # 6.3) 23 January 1977
"Honey West" playing "Gus Patterson" in episode: "The Owl and the Eye" (episode # 1.2) 24 September 1965
Take your pick on this one: either Gregg is an alias for Gus Patterson, or Greg and Gus are twin brothers. I'm leaning heavily towards that latter option.
But then I tend to lean heavily all the time. Luckily, the one good thing about being heavyset? You've always got something fall back on.
Thank you, Johnny Brown!
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"Police Story" playing "Mayor Langdon" in episode: "Chief" (episode # 1.20) 19 March 1974
"Thriller" playing "Harry Langton" in episode: "The Prisoner in the Mirror" (episode # 1.34) 23 May 1961
Name changes in families are nothing new. If I'm not mistaken, some members of Ronald Reagan's family spelled their name as "Regan".
According to an interesting episode guide for 'Thriller' which I found online, Alexander Cagliostro, an "undead master of the black arts, possessed the living in order to hypnotize and then strangle his companions when the conversation grew the least bit dull."
Obviously not even Perry Mason would have been able to sell that line of defense. So more than likely Mayor Langdon changed his name to the more traditional spelling, so as to avoid any hint of a connection with his twin brother. After all, he had his future political career to consider!
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"Highway to Heaven" playing "Trevor Steele" in episode: "The Reunion" (episode # 5.5) 2 June 1989
Trevor Steele was an old high school buddy of Arthur Morton, who passed away in 1948. (Arthur took the name Jonathan Smith when he became an apprentice angel.)
Dismiss that knee-jerk notion that Trevor Steele could be related to 'Remington Steele', since Laura Holt created that name out of the blue for the fictional detective who would "front" her private investigation firm.
But Ms. Holt might have known Trevor Steele as an old family friend, and decided his last name had just the right heft to serve as the surname of her "partner".
What helps this possibility is the fact that Lloyd Bochner apparently never appeared in an episode of 'Remington Steele'.
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"Murder, She Wrote"
playing "John Thurston" in episode: "Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief" (episode # 8.15) 1 March 1992
playing "Jason Richards" in episode: "Deadpan" (episode # 4.21) 1 May 1988
playing "Dr. Terence Mayhew" in episode: "Unfinished Business" (episode # 3.3) 12 October 1986
Wouldn't you think that a woman who was supposed to be as observant as Jessica Fletcher would have noticed so many people had doppelgangers wherever she went?
Because these three characters played by Mr. Bochner weren't the only ones who had look-alikes. Why just from Dr. Mayhew's episode alone, she would meet veritable twins of the characters Bernard Kale and Sheriff McCoy.
Right to the end of her series, Jessica was far too astute for us to crack any jokes about senior moments. (At least not mental ones.) So I think there must be something about those characters, which is not noticeable to us viewing at home that differentiates them from other characters played by the same actors.
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But when there isn't any way to avoid noticing such similarities, it's always nice to find definitive splainins. And luckily for us, Lloyd Bochner supplies three options:
"The Amazing Spiderman" playing "Dr. Moon" in episode: "Night of the Clones" (episode # 1.4) 26 April 1978
"When a scientist, Dr. Moon, clones himself, his clone tries to kill members of the Tovald Committee, who has denied the real Dr. Moon the Tovald Award 5 straight years."
Dr. Moon may have done much of his research down in Australia and New Zealand, where his work would later influence the cloning of Dolly the Sheep.
See? I told you it would play into that episode of 'Ironside'!
I don't know how many clones of himself were created by Dr. Moon, but he also created clones of Peter Parker and others. It could be that, like the Eves of the Litchfield Project in an episode of 'The X-Files', many of them are still scattered around the globe.
"Bewitched" playing "Franklyn Blodgett" in episode: "Marriage Witch's Style" (episode # 5.21) 20 February 1969
Franklyn Blodgett was a warlock trying to pass himself off as a mortal, in order to find a mortal bride through a computer dating service. (Instead, he got matched up with Serena, Samantha's cousin.)
He was vain, egotistical, more in love with himself than he could ever have been with Serena.
It's the Toobworld contention that Samantha used her magicks to alter the appearances of Gladys Kravitz and of her own husband Darrin, without anyone ever being the wiser. Perhaps Franklyn Blodgett did the same thing - so that he might surround himself with men who mirrored the debonnair good looks in which he took such pride.
"Superboy" playing "Old Vampire" in episode: "Young Dracula" (episode # 2.4) 28 October 1989
We never did learn the name of the old vampire who served as the mentor for the tortured young genius trying to control his bloodlust. But it's likely that he may have been around for centuries.
And we know from 'Angel' that vampires can breed.
So it's possible that the Old Vampire sired children throughout the centuries and throughout the world. And as is customary with tele-genetics, his DNA imprint was strong enough so that his children all resembled him.
This would help splain all of the Lloyd Bochner characters from Europe and from shows set in the Old West.
I hope there are those fans of Lloyd Bochner's work out there who eventually stumble across this small tribute to his body of work. And I hope they enjoy it as much I did in composing it.
BCnU.....
Tele-Toby
This year we saw that with the resumes of John Fiedler and JD Cannon. And it is true of Lloyd Bochner as well.
So here are a few of the roles that made me, as a "televisiologist", go "Hrmmmmmmm".
First off......
These were my top three favorite performances by Lloyd Bochner in Toobworld:
1] "The Wild Wild West" playing "Zachariah Skull" in episode: "The Night of the Puppeteer" (episode # 1.21) 25 February 1966
Outside of all nine of the episodes featuring Dr. Loveless (and you should know - Dr. Loveless is my idea of a Dark Lord of the Sith!), this is my all-time favorite episode of 'The Wild Wild West'. For me, this defines "steampunk" fiction. It was the first time I ever saw Mr. Bochner as an actor, and probably had a lot of influence in my enjoyment of the Number Three choice.
2] "The Twilight Zone" playing "Michael Chambers" in episode: "To Serve Man" (episode # 3.24) 2 March 1962
I can't put this in my Top Five for 'The Twilight Zone', but it's Number Two on the Bochner Exchange. It is quite a shock of an ending, and one of the best twists, and thus one of the worst-kept secrets among all the twist endings to be found in Toobworld. Never fails to scare up a chill even if you do know how it ends though.
I even own a pair of "To Serve Man" boxers from TV Land, which is probably more than you need to know.......
Here's a thunk - Michael Chambers as the father of Diane Chambers of 'Cheers'.....? (We never did meet him on the show, only her mother as played by Glynis Johns. If she was a widow, maybe we now know what killed Diane's father... basting.)
3] "Ironside" playing "Supt. Faber" in episode: "Shadow Soldiers" (episode # 6.14) 21 December 1972
This also had a twist ending, one reminiscent of an episode of 'Batman'. I think the fact that Lloyd Bochner was the guest star had a lot to do with my remembering it all these years later.
Sheep farming in Australia (or New Zealand) figured into the finale, and I think that may play a part in the splainin as to why there were so many Toobworld characters who looked like Lloyd Bochner. (See below for details.)
Now, on with the other persons of interest.....
Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (1998) (TV) .... President Hayden
This is part of the alternate dimension known as "Earth Prime-Time MOW", which stands for "Movie Of The Week". There have been plenty of TV movies in which a fictional president has been portrayed, and a chronological case can be made that they all follow each other in the order in which they first appeared on the air.
There is some shoehorning to be done, but I think it can be safely argued that President Hayden was the Commander-in-Chief just before the POTUS played by Gregory Harrison in three different action chick flicks about the Secret Service agent played by Mariel Hemingway (and Patricia Arquette).
~~~
Morning Glory (1993) (TV) .... Bob Collins
It's got to be a fairly common name, so he should not be confused with the character made famous by Robert Cummings on 'Love That Bob!'.
~~~
"The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" playing "Dr. Harkness" in episode: "Moment of Crisis" (episode # 3.8) 2 January 1972
Regular readers of my blog this past year can already see which way I'd go with this one. Obviously, Dr. Harkness is one of the ancestors for Captain Jack Harkness of the 51st Century, as seen in 'Doctor Who' and who'll be starring in his own series next year, 'Torchwood'.
Care to dance?
~~~
"Vega$" playing "Alexander Waverly" in episode: "French Twist" (episode # 3.21) 6 May 1981
It's my contention that Bochner's character of Alexander Waverly was the son of Alexander Waverly, head of U.N.C.L.E. (and played by Leo G. Carroll on 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.').
Sadly, it looks as though Mr. Waverly's tireless dedication to fighting the evils of the world was not high on the list of priorities for his son to continue.......
~~~
"The Golden Girls" playing "Patrick Vaughn" in episode: "The Actor" (episode # 2.14) 17 January 1987
"Fantasy Island" in episode: "Lady's Choice/Skin Deep" (episode # 7.13) 28 January 1984
playing "Earl of Norfolk" in episode: "The Tallowed Image/Room and Bard" (episode # 6.12) 29 January 1983
playing "Marquis Phillippe de Sade" in episode: "Cyrano/The Magician" (episode # 5.3) 24 October 1981
playing "Maurice Benson" in episode: "Vampire/The Lady and the Longhorn" (episode # 2.13) 16 December 1978
Even though he was a Gallifreyan Time Lord (at least in my Toobworld-view), Mr. Roarke couldn't handle everything in his projects on 'Fantasy Island'. He needed actors to play out the roles for each fantasy.
Patrick Vaughn was a member of Roarke's repertory of players for several years before finally retiring to Miami where he toiled in community theater. And that's where he met and seduced 3/4 of 'The Golden Girls'.
Dorothy: "He made me feel beautiful!"
Blanche: "He made me feel young!"
Rose: "He made me feel smart!"
Dorothy: "God, what an actor!"
Vaughn probably called on all he had learned in the art of seduction while making fantasies come true while working for Mr. Roarke on 'Fantasy Island'.
Why those ladies never realized that this "pafluganockin" was also Eduardo, as seen in the episode "Rites Of Spring"? Could be a case of aggregate Alzheimer's......
~~~
"Matt Houston" playing "Elgin Cody"
in episode: "On the Run" (episode # 2.22) 30 March 1984
in episode: "Heritage: Part 2" (episode # 2.2) 9 September 1983
in episode: "Heritage: Part 1" (episode # 2.1) 9 September 1983
playing "Scott Neville" in episode: "Shark Bait" (episode # 1.8) 21 November 1982
It's not uncommon to find people in the Real World, as well as in Toobworld, who have been given family names as their first names. (Why would anybody name their daughter "Gates" McFadden, otherwise?)
A few examples out of TV Land: Beeley Garrett of 'Centennial', 'Murphy Brown', perhaps Seeley Booth of 'Bones'.
So it's going to be my contention that Elgin Cody is related to Jim Elgin, who is the stepfather of Jamie Sommers, 'The Bionic Woman'.
As to why a man named Scott Neville looked exactly like Elgin Cody? I'm not sure, but 'Quantum Leap' technology may have played a role. However, I think we're more likely to find that one of my reasons listed below for all of the Bochnerites roaming Toobworld is the cause - especially since Matt Houston never noticed the similarity between the two men. (Although it may have led to the events which transpired in the episode "On The Run", March 30, 1984.)
~~~
"Macmillan and Wife" playing "Gregg Patterson" in episode: "Phillip's Game" (episode # 6.3) 23 January 1977
"Honey West" playing "Gus Patterson" in episode: "The Owl and the Eye" (episode # 1.2) 24 September 1965
Take your pick on this one: either Gregg is an alias for Gus Patterson, or Greg and Gus are twin brothers. I'm leaning heavily towards that latter option.
But then I tend to lean heavily all the time. Luckily, the one good thing about being heavyset? You've always got something fall back on.
Thank you, Johnny Brown!
~~~
"Police Story" playing "Mayor Langdon" in episode: "Chief" (episode # 1.20) 19 March 1974
"Thriller" playing "Harry Langton" in episode: "The Prisoner in the Mirror" (episode # 1.34) 23 May 1961
Name changes in families are nothing new. If I'm not mistaken, some members of Ronald Reagan's family spelled their name as "Regan".
According to an interesting episode guide for 'Thriller' which I found online, Alexander Cagliostro, an "undead master of the black arts, possessed the living in order to hypnotize and then strangle his companions when the conversation grew the least bit dull."
Obviously not even Perry Mason would have been able to sell that line of defense. So more than likely Mayor Langdon changed his name to the more traditional spelling, so as to avoid any hint of a connection with his twin brother. After all, he had his future political career to consider!
~~~
"Highway to Heaven" playing "Trevor Steele" in episode: "The Reunion" (episode # 5.5) 2 June 1989
Trevor Steele was an old high school buddy of Arthur Morton, who passed away in 1948. (Arthur took the name Jonathan Smith when he became an apprentice angel.)
Dismiss that knee-jerk notion that Trevor Steele could be related to 'Remington Steele', since Laura Holt created that name out of the blue for the fictional detective who would "front" her private investigation firm.
But Ms. Holt might have known Trevor Steele as an old family friend, and decided his last name had just the right heft to serve as the surname of her "partner".
What helps this possibility is the fact that Lloyd Bochner apparently never appeared in an episode of 'Remington Steele'.
~~~
"Murder, She Wrote"
playing "John Thurston" in episode: "Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief" (episode # 8.15) 1 March 1992
playing "Jason Richards" in episode: "Deadpan" (episode # 4.21) 1 May 1988
playing "Dr. Terence Mayhew" in episode: "Unfinished Business" (episode # 3.3) 12 October 1986
Wouldn't you think that a woman who was supposed to be as observant as Jessica Fletcher would have noticed so many people had doppelgangers wherever she went?
Because these three characters played by Mr. Bochner weren't the only ones who had look-alikes. Why just from Dr. Mayhew's episode alone, she would meet veritable twins of the characters Bernard Kale and Sheriff McCoy.
Right to the end of her series, Jessica was far too astute for us to crack any jokes about senior moments. (At least not mental ones.) So I think there must be something about those characters, which is not noticeable to us viewing at home that differentiates them from other characters played by the same actors.
~~~
But when there isn't any way to avoid noticing such similarities, it's always nice to find definitive splainins. And luckily for us, Lloyd Bochner supplies three options:
"The Amazing Spiderman" playing "Dr. Moon" in episode: "Night of the Clones" (episode # 1.4) 26 April 1978
"When a scientist, Dr. Moon, clones himself, his clone tries to kill members of the Tovald Committee, who has denied the real Dr. Moon the Tovald Award 5 straight years."
Dr. Moon may have done much of his research down in Australia and New Zealand, where his work would later influence the cloning of Dolly the Sheep.
See? I told you it would play into that episode of 'Ironside'!
I don't know how many clones of himself were created by Dr. Moon, but he also created clones of Peter Parker and others. It could be that, like the Eves of the Litchfield Project in an episode of 'The X-Files', many of them are still scattered around the globe.
"Bewitched" playing "Franklyn Blodgett" in episode: "Marriage Witch's Style" (episode # 5.21) 20 February 1969
Franklyn Blodgett was a warlock trying to pass himself off as a mortal, in order to find a mortal bride through a computer dating service. (Instead, he got matched up with Serena, Samantha's cousin.)
He was vain, egotistical, more in love with himself than he could ever have been with Serena.
It's the Toobworld contention that Samantha used her magicks to alter the appearances of Gladys Kravitz and of her own husband Darrin, without anyone ever being the wiser. Perhaps Franklyn Blodgett did the same thing - so that he might surround himself with men who mirrored the debonnair good looks in which he took such pride.
"Superboy" playing "Old Vampire" in episode: "Young Dracula" (episode # 2.4) 28 October 1989
We never did learn the name of the old vampire who served as the mentor for the tortured young genius trying to control his bloodlust. But it's likely that he may have been around for centuries.
And we know from 'Angel' that vampires can breed.
So it's possible that the Old Vampire sired children throughout the centuries and throughout the world. And as is customary with tele-genetics, his DNA imprint was strong enough so that his children all resembled him.
This would help splain all of the Lloyd Bochner characters from Europe and from shows set in the Old West.
I hope there are those fans of Lloyd Bochner's work out there who eventually stumble across this small tribute to his body of work. And I hope they enjoy it as much I did in composing it.
BCnU.....
Tele-Toby
Friday, November 4, 2005
HI HONEY, I'M HOLMES! (PART THREE)
There have been over a hundred alternate TV dimensions seen, thanks mostly to 'Sliders', but also due to 'Futurama', 'Star Trek', and the various science fiction anthology series.
And each of them is home to Holmes.
We've covered all of the POTUS-powered planes of existence in the TV Universe, but there are divers dimensions and lots more Sherlocks to asssign to them.
Here are some of the more prominent of those Toobworlds.....
TOOBWORLD OF 'LOIS & CLARK'/'SUPERBOY'
Guy Henry (I) (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . "Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House" (1982) TV Series
Roger Ostime (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . "Baker Street Boys, The" (1983) TV Series
It's my contention that the young Clark Kent from 'Superboy' grew up to become the mild-mannered reporter in 'Lois & Clark'. (Tom Wellig's performance in 'Smallville', in which he doesn't even have the costume yet, let alone practice his powers in public, exists in the same dimension as 'The West Wing'. Otherwise, President Bartlet would have been calling on Superman's help in every major crisis that's been depicted in his administration!)
And in keeping with this idea that two series represent the different ages of the same character, I've combined these two series about Sherlock Holmes. What helps maintain the premise is that Holmes took a back seat to the Baker Street Irregulars in the second series; to the point where any glaring discrepancies between the resemblance of the two actors doesn't stand out too much.
EARTH PRIME-TIME-USSR
Vasili Livanov (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona (1980) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Dvadtsatyy vek nachinaetsya (1986) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Korol shantazha (1980) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Krovavaya nadpis (1979) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Ohota na tigra (1980) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Smertelnaya skhvatka (1980) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskerviley (1981) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sokrovishcha Agry (1983) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Znakomstvo (1979) (TV)
A world in which the United States was under the control of the Soviet Union was seen in the premiere episode of 'Sliders'. But perhaps the rest of the world fell under the sway of Mother Russia long before the Soviets took control. That might be due to the Soviets becoming the dominant power in Russia in this dimension long before 1917.
In any event, with this series it could be argued that England fell to the Bolsheviks during the Victorian Age, and Russian was adopted as the official language. (Ironic payback after the English forced the Irish to abandon Gaelic!)
EARTH PRIME-TIME-SS
Erich Schellow (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . "Sherlock Holmes" (1967) TV Series
This series follows along the same line of thinking - the Germans gained dominion over the Earth long before even World War I, and that is why we have a Holmes who speaks German. [Schellow wouldn't be the only German actor to portray Holmes on Television. Wolf Ackva, Rolf Becker, and Ernst Fritz Furbringer all donned the Inverness cape and the deerstalker cap in productions on the Western side of the Berlin Wall.)
A world in which England was under the control of the Nazis might have been found in the evil mirror universe, but I prefer to link it to a TV movie which starred Rutger Hauer and Miranda Richardson, "Fatherland".
EARTH PRIME-TIME SAP
Eugenio Monclova (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . "Ultimo caso del detective Prado, El" (2005) (mini) TV Series
If I was willing to segregate all telenovelas to their own dimension, then this series would fit as snugly as a Persian slipper (minus the tobacco lining). But I prefer to keep them in Earth Prime-Time to preserve Toobworld's global heritage.
However, there may be some telenovelas which contradict all of the others to such a degree that there is no other option but to banish them to yet another off-shoot. And to get the ball rolling on that, this series, which was produced in Puerto Rico and in which Holmes hable Espanol, would be the flagship of the line.
Who knows? Maybe there's a what-if? storyline out there in TV Land in which the Spanish never lost their Armada in the English Channel........
One major alternate dimension that is not taken into account here is the Tooniverse. But four different animated productions have enough Zonk!s between them to warrant a separate essay to cover them all.
So we'll get to that in a week or so......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
And each of them is home to Holmes.
We've covered all of the POTUS-powered planes of existence in the TV Universe, but there are divers dimensions and lots more Sherlocks to asssign to them.
Here are some of the more prominent of those Toobworlds.....
TOOBWORLD OF 'LOIS & CLARK'/'SUPERBOY'
Guy Henry (I) (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . "Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House" (1982) TV Series
Roger Ostime (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . "Baker Street Boys, The" (1983) TV Series
It's my contention that the young Clark Kent from 'Superboy' grew up to become the mild-mannered reporter in 'Lois & Clark'. (Tom Wellig's performance in 'Smallville', in which he doesn't even have the costume yet, let alone practice his powers in public, exists in the same dimension as 'The West Wing'. Otherwise, President Bartlet would have been calling on Superman's help in every major crisis that's been depicted in his administration!)
And in keeping with this idea that two series represent the different ages of the same character, I've combined these two series about Sherlock Holmes. What helps maintain the premise is that Holmes took a back seat to the Baker Street Irregulars in the second series; to the point where any glaring discrepancies between the resemblance of the two actors doesn't stand out too much.
EARTH PRIME-TIME-USSR
Vasili Livanov (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona (1980) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Dvadtsatyy vek nachinaetsya (1986) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Korol shantazha (1980) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Krovavaya nadpis (1979) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Ohota na tigra (1980) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Smertelnaya skhvatka (1980) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sobaka Baskerviley (1981) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Sokrovishcha Agry (1983) (TV)
. . . Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Znakomstvo (1979) (TV)
A world in which the United States was under the control of the Soviet Union was seen in the premiere episode of 'Sliders'. But perhaps the rest of the world fell under the sway of Mother Russia long before the Soviets took control. That might be due to the Soviets becoming the dominant power in Russia in this dimension long before 1917.
In any event, with this series it could be argued that England fell to the Bolsheviks during the Victorian Age, and Russian was adopted as the official language. (Ironic payback after the English forced the Irish to abandon Gaelic!)
EARTH PRIME-TIME-SS
Erich Schellow (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . "Sherlock Holmes" (1967) TV Series
This series follows along the same line of thinking - the Germans gained dominion over the Earth long before even World War I, and that is why we have a Holmes who speaks German. [Schellow wouldn't be the only German actor to portray Holmes on Television. Wolf Ackva, Rolf Becker, and Ernst Fritz Furbringer all donned the Inverness cape and the deerstalker cap in productions on the Western side of the Berlin Wall.)
A world in which England was under the control of the Nazis might have been found in the evil mirror universe, but I prefer to link it to a TV movie which starred Rutger Hauer and Miranda Richardson, "Fatherland".
EARTH PRIME-TIME SAP
Eugenio Monclova (Sherlock Holmes)
. . . "Ultimo caso del detective Prado, El" (2005) (mini) TV Series
If I was willing to segregate all telenovelas to their own dimension, then this series would fit as snugly as a Persian slipper (minus the tobacco lining). But I prefer to keep them in Earth Prime-Time to preserve Toobworld's global heritage.
However, there may be some telenovelas which contradict all of the others to such a degree that there is no other option but to banish them to yet another off-shoot. And to get the ball rolling on that, this series, which was produced in Puerto Rico and in which Holmes hable Espanol, would be the flagship of the line.
Who knows? Maybe there's a what-if? storyline out there in TV Land in which the Spanish never lost their Armada in the English Channel........
One major alternate dimension that is not taken into account here is the Tooniverse. But four different animated productions have enough Zonk!s between them to warrant a separate essay to cover them all.
So we'll get to that in a week or so......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
WISH-CRAFT: "CLOSE TO HOME"
After watching last Tuesday's episode of 'Close To Home' - in which sibling lovers murdered and buried their parents - I thought it needed just one more scene as its coda.
In the one that was presented, Jennifer Finnigan was comforting the uncle (an interesting performance by Jeff Perry) by advising him to remember the happier past of his brother's family. And then she handed off the photo album and the 2004 Christmas video that had been held as evidence; to be used as the tools to access those memories.
But it it was me, I'd have shown Annabeth Chase (Aaaah, Jennifer Finnigan!) soothing her cranky, runny-nosed, baby daughter who was cutting a tooth.... and have her wonder if this little angel could grow up to put bullets in her head and chest, execution-style, just as the sweet-sixteen honor roll student had done to her parents.
It's a dark little moment like that which could be found in a lot of the episodes from David E. Kelley's 'Picket Fences'.
Jerry Bruckheimer's team for this show are doing a nice job of taking suburban domesticity and showing its dark underside. But the juxtaposition with the seeming normalcy of Annabeth's home life (and the personal lives of her co-workers, which are being revealed slowly) should be more blended to better show the contrast... or lack thereof.
The show is called 'Close To Home' after all, and the writers should drive that point - um... home.
Oh, and toss me a bone, huh, guys? Try to get Fyvush Finkel to appear on the show as Douglas Wambaugh while he's still with us!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
In the one that was presented, Jennifer Finnigan was comforting the uncle (an interesting performance by Jeff Perry) by advising him to remember the happier past of his brother's family. And then she handed off the photo album and the 2004 Christmas video that had been held as evidence; to be used as the tools to access those memories.
But it it was me, I'd have shown Annabeth Chase (Aaaah, Jennifer Finnigan!) soothing her cranky, runny-nosed, baby daughter who was cutting a tooth.... and have her wonder if this little angel could grow up to put bullets in her head and chest, execution-style, just as the sweet-sixteen honor roll student had done to her parents.
It's a dark little moment like that which could be found in a lot of the episodes from David E. Kelley's 'Picket Fences'.
Jerry Bruckheimer's team for this show are doing a nice job of taking suburban domesticity and showing its dark underside. But the juxtaposition with the seeming normalcy of Annabeth's home life (and the personal lives of her co-workers, which are being revealed slowly) should be more blended to better show the contrast... or lack thereof.
The show is called 'Close To Home' after all, and the writers should drive that point - um... home.
Oh, and toss me a bone, huh, guys? Try to get Fyvush Finkel to appear on the show as Douglas Wambaugh while he's still with us!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"So then I said,
'Hey, you can't touch me there! You're my uncle!'
Aaah, family...."
Marni Fliss
'Committed'
Thursday, November 3, 2005
"LOST" IN THOUGHT: BY THE BOOK
"Bleeders".
That's the term I use for those TV shows that also exist in some form in other creative universes. Usually it refers to those TV shows that have big-screen treatments starring the original casts, like the 'Star Trek' franchise, 'The X-Files: Fight The Future', and the new spin-off from 'Firefly', "Serenity".
But a bleeder could be in a different form. A record album by a character, for instance. Mary Kay Place released two albums back in the mid-70s, "Live At The Capri Lounge" and "Aimin' To Please" (one of the HOTTEST covers I've seen on a record!). Both are supposed to suggest that they are songs by Loretta Haggars, and the covers to the LPs do the same. But even though she played Loretta on 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', Mary Kay Place made sure it's her name that's most prominent on the covers.
The writers for ABC's "Lost" will soon be writing a subplot about a character named Gary Troup. Troup didn't survive the crash but left behind a manuscript he was working on.
Troup is fictional, of course, and so is his supposed novel. But ABC sister company Hyperion Books will publish the "found" manuscript, in the hope of turning a fictional product-placement into a real one.
Working with writers from the show, Hyperion has commissioned a novel by a "well-known" mystery writer -- it's not saying who -- that supposedly constitutes the book.
Some of the news reports that moved on this story thought that this might be the first to use made-up TV events and characters as the basis for a real-life campaign. The book will be marketed as the work of an author who "delivered (his book) to Hyperion just days before Troup boarded Oceanic Flight 815."
But Hyperion did engage in a similar but scaled-down project for a tie-in to TV mini-series, "Rose Red."
The "Lost" novel, titled "Bad Twin," is a P.I. procedural involving a wealthy heir's search for his nefarious brother. It will be released this spring in conjunction with related episodes.
"Fans of the show are obsessive," said the Hyperion head honcho, Bob Miller. "We think a lot of them will be buying the book just to look for clues."
I don't know about the specifics they're using to make that judgement about this being the first book by a fictional character of a TV series. Maybe there will be nothing on the cover to give it away as a tie-in?
Because that's the only thing I can see which disqualifies several books that were tie-ins to 'Twin Peaks'. "The Secret Diary Of Laura Palmer" and "The Autobiography Of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes" were purportedly written by their respective characters. But both of them have "A Twin Peaks Book" clearly labeled at the top of their covers.
There is also "Letters From Cicely" which is listed as being by Ellis Weiner and beng based on the TV series 'Northern Exposure'. It could be argued that Ellis Weiner, like Conan Doyle to the Sherlockians, was serving as the editor of the volume. But that sub-heading at the bottom of the cover blows the cover story.
One book that does work as being a "bleeder" is also tied in to 'Twin Peaks' - "Welcome To Twin Peaks", which is packaged as though it really was an "Access Guide To The Town". Getting back to Mary Hartman's hometown, there is "Fernwood, USA", which is supposed to be a similar guidebook. (And it was written by Ben Stein!)
But right there on the cover is the sub-title "An Illustrated Guide From The Folks Who Brought You 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'". And that blows the illusion right there.
If you can track the "Twin Peaks Access Guide" down on eBay or in the remainder bins at your local bookstores, pick it up. Even fifteen years after the show's gone off the air, it provides a lot of reading pleasure.
And as anyone in Toobworld could tell you, reading is FUNdamental!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
That's the term I use for those TV shows that also exist in some form in other creative universes. Usually it refers to those TV shows that have big-screen treatments starring the original casts, like the 'Star Trek' franchise, 'The X-Files: Fight The Future', and the new spin-off from 'Firefly', "Serenity".
But a bleeder could be in a different form. A record album by a character, for instance. Mary Kay Place released two albums back in the mid-70s, "Live At The Capri Lounge" and "Aimin' To Please" (one of the HOTTEST covers I've seen on a record!). Both are supposed to suggest that they are songs by Loretta Haggars, and the covers to the LPs do the same. But even though she played Loretta on 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', Mary Kay Place made sure it's her name that's most prominent on the covers.
The writers for ABC's "Lost" will soon be writing a subplot about a character named Gary Troup. Troup didn't survive the crash but left behind a manuscript he was working on.
Troup is fictional, of course, and so is his supposed novel. But ABC sister company Hyperion Books will publish the "found" manuscript, in the hope of turning a fictional product-placement into a real one.
Working with writers from the show, Hyperion has commissioned a novel by a "well-known" mystery writer -- it's not saying who -- that supposedly constitutes the book.
Some of the news reports that moved on this story thought that this might be the first to use made-up TV events and characters as the basis for a real-life campaign. The book will be marketed as the work of an author who "delivered (his book) to Hyperion just days before Troup boarded Oceanic Flight 815."
But Hyperion did engage in a similar but scaled-down project for a tie-in to TV mini-series, "Rose Red."
The "Lost" novel, titled "Bad Twin," is a P.I. procedural involving a wealthy heir's search for his nefarious brother. It will be released this spring in conjunction with related episodes.
"Fans of the show are obsessive," said the Hyperion head honcho, Bob Miller. "We think a lot of them will be buying the book just to look for clues."
I don't know about the specifics they're using to make that judgement about this being the first book by a fictional character of a TV series. Maybe there will be nothing on the cover to give it away as a tie-in?
Because that's the only thing I can see which disqualifies several books that were tie-ins to 'Twin Peaks'. "The Secret Diary Of Laura Palmer" and "The Autobiography Of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes" were purportedly written by their respective characters. But both of them have "A Twin Peaks Book" clearly labeled at the top of their covers.
There is also "Letters From Cicely" which is listed as being by Ellis Weiner and beng based on the TV series 'Northern Exposure'. It could be argued that Ellis Weiner, like Conan Doyle to the Sherlockians, was serving as the editor of the volume. But that sub-heading at the bottom of the cover blows the cover story.
One book that does work as being a "bleeder" is also tied in to 'Twin Peaks' - "Welcome To Twin Peaks", which is packaged as though it really was an "Access Guide To The Town". Getting back to Mary Hartman's hometown, there is "Fernwood, USA", which is supposed to be a similar guidebook. (And it was written by Ben Stein!)
But right there on the cover is the sub-title "An Illustrated Guide From The Folks Who Brought You 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'". And that blows the illusion right there.
If you can track the "Twin Peaks Access Guide" down on eBay or in the remainder bins at your local bookstores, pick it up. Even fifteen years after the show's gone off the air, it provides a lot of reading pleasure.
And as anyone in Toobworld could tell you, reading is FUNdamental!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
LLOYDS OF TOOBWORLD
The following registry is for most of the roles played by Lloyd Bochner on Television over the last fifty years.....
TV SERIES
"Dynasty" (1981) TV Series .... Cecil Baldwin Colby (1981-1982)
"The Richard Boone Show" (1963) TV Series .... Regular
"Hong Kong" (1960) TV Series .... Chief of Police Neil Campbell (1960-1961)
"On the Spot" (1953) TV Series .... Host
"One Man's Family" (1949) TV Series .... Capt. Nicholas Lacey (1952)
TV SPECIALS
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah (1995) (TV) .... Lloyd
THE TOONIVERSE
~Batman: Vengeance~ (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Mayor Hamilton Hill
"Batman: Gotham Knights" playing "Mayor Hamilton Hill" (voice) in episode: "Over the Edge" (episode # 1.11) 23 May 1998
in episode: "Cold Comfort" (episode # 1.3) 12 October 1997
in episode: "Lock-Up" (episode # 3.9) 19 November 1994
"Batman" playing "Mayor Hamilton Hill" (voice) in episode: "Time Out of Joint" (episode # 3.5) 8 October 1994
in episode: "Harlequinade" (episode # 2.10) 23 May 1994
in episode: "Trial" (episode # 2.9) 16 May 1994
in episode: "Blind as a Bat" (episode # 1.54) 22 February 1993
in episode: "The Clock King" (episode # 1.14) 21 September 1992
in episode: "Be a Clown" (episode # 1.11) 16 September 1992
in episode: "Pretty Poison" (episode # 1.9) 14 September 1992
in episode: "On Leather Wings" (episode # 1.2) 6 September 1992
TV-RELATED MOVIES
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) .... Terence Baggett
TV CLASSICS
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" playing "Critias" in episode: "Barefoot in Athens" 11 November 1966
King Lear (1953) (TV) .... Young gentleman
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" playing "Orsino" in episode: "Twelfth Night" 15 December 1957
TELE-VERSIONS
"Berlin Lady" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Wilhelm Speer
"Race for the Bomb" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Gen. Curtis LeMay
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (1979) (TV) .... Matthew
"Greatest Heroes of the Bible" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Imhotep
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976) (TV) .... Averell Harriman
"Death Valley Days" playing "Robert Louis Stevenson" in episode: "The Jolly Roger and Wells Fargo" (episode # 15.10) 23 December 1966
TV PILOTS
Manimal playing "Jordon" (episode # 1.1) 30 September 1983
Hotel (1983) (TV)
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976) (TV) .... Davenport
TV MOVIES
Before I Say Goodbye (2003) (TV) .... Mac MacDermott
Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (1998) (TV) .... President Hayden
Morning Glory (1993) (TV) .... Bob Collins
Caso Dozier, Il (1993) (TV) .... General Dozier
Dick Francis: Blood Sport (1989) (TV) .... James Culham Offen
Double Agent (1987) (TV) .... Special Agent Vaughn
Louisiana (1984) (TV) .... Adrien Damvillier
Mazes and Monsters (1982) (TV) .... Hal
The Golden Gate Murders (1979) (TV) .... Dr. Hamill
Riel (1979) (TV) .... Dr. Schultz
The Best Place to Be (1979) (TV) .... Bob Stockwood
A Fire in the Sky (1978) (TV) .... Paul Gilliam
The Immigrants (1978) (TV) .... Chris Noel
Terraces (1977) (TV) .... Dr. Roger Cabe
The Nurse Killer (1975) (TV) .... Dr. Holmquist
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974) (TV)
Satan's School for Girls (1973) (TV) .... Prof. Delacroix
They Call It Murder (1971) (TV) .... A.B. Carr
Crowhaven Farm (1970) (TV) .... Kevin Pierce
Braddock (1968) (TV) .... Lawrence
Stranger on the Run (1967) (TV) .... Mr. Gorman
Scalplock (1966) (TV) .... John Pendennis
The Citadel (1960/I) (TV) .... Freddie Parker
TV NARRATIONS
Attiuk (1963)
The Jean Richard (1963)
Whalehead (1963)
Winter Sealing at La Tabatière (1963)
Canadian Diamonds (1960)
Ka Ke Ki Ku (1960)
The Land of Jacques Cartier (1960)
On the Sea (1960)
Three Seasons (1960)
Turlutte (1960)
White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques (1960)
Aviation Medicine (1954)
The Doll Factory (1954)
Javanese Dancing (1954)
Story of a Newspaper (1954)
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" playing "Senator Moses" in episode: "The Washington Affair: Part 2" (episode # 3.8) 5 November 1994
in episode: "The Washington Affair: Part 1" (episode # 3.7) 5 November 1994
"Murder, She Wrote" playing "John Thurston" in episode: "Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief" (episode # 8.15) 1 March 1992
playing "Jason Richards" in episode: "Deadpan" (episode # 4.21) 1 May 1988
playing "Dr. Terence Mayhew" in episode: "Unfinished Business" (episode # 3.3) 12 October 1986
"The Young Riders" playing "Jack T. Devlin" in episode: "Daddy's Girl" (episode # 1.18) 15 February 1990
"Road to Avonlea" playing "Andrew Cameron" in episode: "Old Lady Lloyd" (episode # 1.5) 4 February 1990
"Who's the Boss?" playing "Walter" in episode: "Mona and Walter and Sam and Eric" (episode # 6.17) 23 January 1990
"Designing Women" playing "Ancel Pollard" in episode: "The Mistress" (episode # 4.15) 8 January 1990
"Superboy" playing "Old Vampire" in episode: "Young Dracula" (episode # 2.4) 28 October 1989
"Highway to Heaven" playing "Trevor Steele" in episode: "The Reunion" (episode # 5.5) 2 June 1989
"The Golden Girls" playing "Eduardo" in episode: "Rites of Spring" (episode # 4.23) 29 April 1989
playing "Patrick Vaughn" in episode: "The Actor" (episode # 2.14) 17 January 1987
"1st & Ten" in episode: "The Bulls Own Up" (episode # 5.1) 5 October 1988
"Hotel" playing "Louis Green" in episode: "Till Death Do Us Part" (episode # 5.13) 9 January 1988
playing "Cameron Wheeler" in episode: "Rallying Cry" (episode # 3.2) 2 October 1985
"The Fall Guy" playing "Charles Linney" in episode: "Lady in Green" (episode # 5.19) 28 March 1986
"Crazy Like a Fox" in episode: "If the Shoe Fits" (episode # 2.8) 15 December 1985
"The A-Team" playing "Steffan Shawn" in episode: "Beverly Hills Assault" (episode # 3.23) 9 April 1985
"Masquerade" playing "Lassae Bonarc" in episode: "Winnings" (episode # 1.9) 6 April 1984
"Matt Houston" playing "Elgin Cody" in episode: "On the Run" (episode # 2.22) 30 March 1984
in episode: "Heritage: Part 2" (episode # 2.2) 9 September 1983
in episode: "Heritage: Part 1" (episode # 2.1) 9 September 1983
playing "Scott Neville" in episode: "Shark Bait" (episode # 1.8) 21 November 1982
"Fantasy Island" in episode: "Lady's Choice/Skin Deep" (episode # 7.13) 28 January 1984
playing "Earl of Norfolk" in episode: "The Tallowed Image/Room and Bard" (episode # 6.12) 29 January 1983
playing "Marquis Phillippe de Sade" in episode: "Cyrano/The Magician" (episode # 5.3) 24 October 1981
playing "Maurice Benson" in episode: "Vampire/The Lady and the Longhorn" (episode # 2.13) 16 December 1978
"The Love Boat" playing "Larry Ellis" in episode: "Pal-I-Mony-O-Mine/Does Father Know Best?/An 'A' for Gopher" (episode # 5.26) 10 April 1982
"Darkroom" playing "Dr. John Michaelson" in episode: "Daisies" (episode # 1.10) 25 December 1981
"Vega$" playing "Alexander Waverly" in episode: "French Twist" (episode # 3.21) 6 May 1981
playing "Mel Blandon" in episode: "Consortium" (episode # 2.17) 27 February 1980
playing "Lyle Galen" in episode: "Yes, My Darling Daughter" (episode # 1.5) 25 October 1978
"Hart to Hart" playing "Frank March" in episode: "Too Many Cooks Are Murder" (episode # 1.21) 6 May 1980
"B.J. and the Bear" playing "Marty Franks" in episode: "The Girls of Hollywood High" (episode # 2.19) 23 February 1980
"Trapper John, M.D." playing "Tiegs" in episode: "Warning -- I May Be Hazardous to Your Health" (episode # 1.15) 3 February 1980
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "Colonel Avery" in episode: "School for Assassins" (episode # 12.13) 1 January 1980
"The Littlest Hobo" playing "Mr. Barton" in episode: "Boy on Wheels" (episode # 1.10) 20 December 1979
"Charlie's Angels" playing "Case" in episode: "Angel Hunt" (episode # 4.12) 5 December 1979
playing "Jellek" in episode: "Angels Belong in Heaven" (episode # 3.12) 6 December 1978
"Battlestar Galactica" playing "Commandant Leiter" in episode: "Baltar's Escape" (episode # 1.19) 11 March 1979
in episode: "Greetings From Earth" (episode # 1.19) 25 February 1979
"The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Doctor Mann" in episode: "The House on Possessed Hill" (episode # 2.15) 22 February 1979
"The Amazing Spider-Man" playing "Dr. Moon" in episode: "Night of the Clones" (episode # 1.4) 26 April 1978
"McMillan and Wife" playing "Gregg Patterson" in episode: "Phillip's Game" (episode # 6.3) 23 January 1977
"The Bionic Woman" playing "Ivan Karp" in episode: "Biofeedback" (episode # 2.14) 12 January 1977
"McCloud" playing "Alfred Donnelly" in episode: "Night of the Shark" (episode # 6.7) 21 March 1976
playing "Jerry Bristol" in episode: "The Park Avenue Rustlers" (episode # 3.3) 24 December 1972
"Bronk" in episode: "Long Time Dying" (episode # 1.18) 1 February 1976
"Barnaby Jones" playing "Ray Greenwald" in episode: "Double Vengeance" (episode # 4.8) 7 November 1975
"Ellery Queen" playing "Colonel Alec Niven" in episode: "The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs" (episode # 1.7) 23 October 1975
"Barbary Coast" playing "Ezra Hubbard" in episode: "Jesse Who?" (episode # 1.3) 22 September 1975
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "Captain Roger Newhouse" in episode: "Murder -- Eyes Only: Part 1" (episode # 8.1) 12 September 1975
"The Rookies" playing "Giraud" in episode: "S.W.A.T. (2hr Pilot)" (episode # 3.20) 17 February 1975
"Medical Center" playing "Todd" in episode: "Tainted Lady" (episode # 6.9) 11 November 1974
"Police Story" playing "Mayor Langdon" in episode: "Chief" (episode # 1.20) 19 March 1974
"Cannon" playing "Conrad Ackers" in episode: "Triangle of Terror" (episode # 3.23) 13 March 1974
playing "Ambrose" in episode: "Bitter Legion" (episode # 2.3) 27 September 1972
"Gunsmoke" playing "Colie Burdette" in episode: "The Iron Blood of Courage" (episode # 19.19) 18 February 1974
Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match (1973) (TV) .... Mazoor Berozski
"Hec Ramsey" playing "Myles Wingate" in episode: "The Green Feather Mystery" (episode # 1.3) 17 December 1973
"The Starlost" playing "Colonel M.P. Garoway" in episode: "The Pisces" (episode # 1.4) 13 October 1973
"Barnaby Jones" playing "John Stevens" in episode: "The Loose Connection" (episode # 1.6) 18 March 1973
"Mannix" playing "Sands" in episode: "To Quote a Dead Man" (episode # 6.22) 25 February 1973
playing "Alec Ryan" in episode: "The Girl Who Came in with the Tide" (episode # 2.17) 1 February 1969
"Ironside" playing "Supt. Faber" in episode: "Shadow Soldiers" (episode # 6.14) 21 December 1972
"Mission: Impossible" playing "General Oliver Benjamin Hammond" in episode: "The Deal" (episode # 7.3) 30 September 1972
playing "Mayor Steve Tallman" in episode: "Takeover" (episode # 5.14) 2 January 1971
playing "Major Nicholas Zelinko" in episode: "The Glass Cage" (episode # 3.16) 2 February 1969
"Emergency!" playing "Dr. Sutherland" in episode: "Decision" (episode # 2.1) 16 September 1972
"Insight" playing "David" in episode: "Why Sparrows Fall" 27 August 1972 in episode: "The Day God Died" 1970
"The Doris Day Show" playing "Stephen" in episode: "The Sorrows of Sangapur" (episode # 4.17) 10 January 1972
"The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" playing "Dr. Harkness" in episode: "Moment of Crisis" (episode # 3.8) 2 January 1972
"The Virginian" playing "Wilks" in episode: "The Town Killer" (episode # 9.22) 10 March 1971
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "Walter Gregson" in episode: "Beautiful Screamer" (episode # 3.12) 2 December 1970
"Storefront Lawyers" playing "Phil Kennedy" in episode: "This Is Jerry, See Jerry Run" (episode # 1.10) 18 November 1970
"The Silent Force" in episode: "Prosecutor" (episode # 1.1) 21 September 1970
"It Takes a Thief" playing "Dr. George Kingsford" in episode: "Project X" (episode # 3.24) 24 March 1970
"Daniel Boone" playing "Churchill James" in episode: "The Landlords" (episode # 6.20) 5 March 1970
playing "Colonel Chalmers" in episode: "The Imposter" (episode # 4.16) 18 January 1968
playing "Maksoana" in episode: "Secret Code" (episode # 4.13) 14 December 1967
playing "Rogan Morgan" in episode: "The Trap" (episode # 2.26) 17 March 1966
"The F.B.I." playing "Keenyn Gray" in episode: "The Inside Man" (episode # 5.12) 30 November 1969
"Medical Center" playing "Dean Wrightman" in episode: "Jeopardy" (episode # 1.9) 26 November 1969
"The Outsider" playing "George Jenkins" in episode: "All the Social Graces" (episode # 1.22) 12 March 1969
"Bewitched" playing "Franklyn Blodgett" in episode: "Marriage Witch's Style" (episode # 5.21) 20 February 1969
"It Takes a Thief" in episode: "Catspaw" (episode # 2.18) 18 February 1969
"The Name of the Game" playing "Tom Ramsey" in episode: "The Ordeal" (episode # 1.10) 22 November 1968
"Judd for the Defense" playing "Dr. Stalling" in episode: "Transplant" (episode # 2.2) 4 October 1968
"Custer" playing "James Stanhope" in episode: "Desperate Mission" (episode # 1.9) 8 November 1967
"The Virginian" playing "Luke Evers" in episode: "Ah Sing vs. Wyoming" (episode # 6.7) 25 October 1967
"Hogan's Heroes" playing "Captain Roberts/Lieutenant Baumann" in episode: "Funny Thing Happened on the Way to London" (episode # 3.5) 7 October 1967
"The Big Valley" playing "Joshua Cunningham" in episode: "Time After Midnight" (episode # 3.4) 2 October 1967
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." playing "Gerald Strothers" in episode: "The Summit Five Affair" (episode # 4.1) 11 September 1967
playing "Max Van Schreeten" in episode: "The See-Paris-And-Die Affair" (episode # 1.22) 1 March 1965
"Bonanza" playing "Peters" in episode: "The Prince" (episode # 8.28) 2 April 1967
"Tarzan" playing "Bergstrom" in episode: "Track of the Dinosaur" (episode # 1.17) 6 January 1967
"The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." playing "Sadvaricci" in episode: "The Romany Lie Affair" (episode # 1.12) 6 December 1966
playing "Ole Bergman" in episode: "The Danish Blue Affair" (episode # 1.7) 25 October 1966
"T.H.E. Cat" playing "Dario Marzoni/Wallace Lancaster" in episode: "Curtains for Miss Winslow" (episode # 1.11) 2 December 1966
"Occasional Wife" playing "Gordon" in episode: "Danger! Woman at Work" (episode # 1.8) 1 November 1966
"Twelve O'Clock High" playing "Maj. Mallory" in episode: "Fortress Weisbaden" (episode # 3.4) 30 September 1966
playing "Kirby Wyatt" in episode: "Show Me a Hero, I'll Show You a Bum" (episode # 2.7) 25 October 1965
playing "Capt. Evans" in episode: "Cry of Fallen Birds" (episode # 1.28) 9 April 1965
"The Green Hornet" playing "Dan Carley" in episode: "The Silent Gun" (episode # 1.1) 9 September 1966
"The Wackiest Ship in the Army" in episode: "And Two If by Sea" (episode # 1.22) 27 February 1966
"The Wild Wild West" playing "Zachariah Skull" in episode: "The Night of the Puppeteer" (episode # 1.21) 25 February 1966
"A Man Called Shenandoah" playing "Murray" in episode: "The Reward" (episode # 1.11) 29 November 1965
"Branded" playing "Frank Ross" in episode: "$10,000 for Durango" (episode # 2.12) 28 November 1965
"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" playing "General Hobson" in episode: "The Deadliest Game" (episode # 2.7) 31 October 1965
playing "Dr. Martin Davis" in episode: "The Fear-Makers" (episode # 1.3) 28 September 1964
"Combat!" playing "Major Thorne" in episode: "Evasion" (episode # 4.6) 19 October 1965
"Honey West" playing "Gus Patterson" in episode: "The Owl and the Eye" (episode # 1.2) 24 September 1965
"The Legend of Jesse James" playing "Charles Jennings" in episode: "The Dead Man's Hand" (episode # 1.2) 20 September 1965
"Kraft Suspense Theatre" playing "Wolfe Hastings" in episode: "The Trains of Silence" (episode # 2.28) 10 June 1965
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Commander Brand" in episode: "The War and Eric Kurtz" (episode # 2.17) 5 March 1965
playing "Michael Hartley" in episode: "Murder in the First" (episode # 2.2) 9 October 1964
"Perry Mason" playing "Eric Pollard" in episode: "The Case of the Latent Lover" (episode # 8.11) 3 December 1964
"G.E. True" in episode: "Commando" (episode # 1.32) 19 May 1963
in episode: "Code Name: Christopher: Part 2" (episode # 1.5) 28 October 1962 & in episode: "Code Name: Christopher: Part 1" (episode # 1.4) 21 October 1962
"The Dick Powell Show" playing "Colonel Juan Valera" in episode: "Days of Glory" (episode # 2.7) 13 November 1962
"Alcoa Premiere" playing "Victor Vass" in episode: "Guest in the House" (episode # 2.2) 11 October 1962
"The Eleventh Hour" playing "Captain Norman Hobler" in episode: "There Are Dragons in This Forest" (episode # 1.2) 10 October 1962
"Sam Benedict" playing "Judge Bentham" in episode: "Hannigan" (episode # 1.1) 15 September 1962
"The United States Steel Hour" in episode: "The Other Woman" (episode # 9.19) 16 May 1962
"Dr. Kildare" playing "Dr. Harry Nelson" in episode: "The Horn of Plenty" (episode # 1.28) 19 April 1962
"Cain's Hundred" playing "William Hillier" in episode: "Inside Track" (episode # 1.26) 10 April 1962
"The Twilight Zone" playing "Michael Chambers" in episode: "To Serve Man" (episode # 3.24) 2 March 1962
"The United States Steel Hour" playing "Philip" in episode: "The Bitter Sex" (episode # 9.9) 27 December 1961
"Thriller" playing "Harry Langton" in episode: "The Prisoner in the Mirror" (episode # 1.34) 23 May 1961
"The Americans" playing "Lt Brady" in episode: "The War Between the States" (episode # 1.15) 1 May 1961
"Hudson's Bay" playing "Bigood" in episode: "The Executioner" (episode # 1.9) 1959
"Star Tonight" in episode: "Visitation" (episode # 2.4) 22 September 1955
"Kraft Television Theatre" in episode: "The Oath of Hippocrates" (episode # 2.1) 30 September 1954
in episode: "Miss Mabel" (episode # 6.26) 25 March 1953
in episode: "Loyalties" (episode # 5.13) 5 December 1951
in episode: "Enraged" (episode # 4.21) 14 February 1951
BCnU.....
Tele-Toby
TV SERIES
"Dynasty" (1981) TV Series .... Cecil Baldwin Colby (1981-1982)
"The Richard Boone Show" (1963) TV Series .... Regular
"Hong Kong" (1960) TV Series .... Chief of Police Neil Campbell (1960-1961)
"On the Spot" (1953) TV Series .... Host
"One Man's Family" (1949) TV Series .... Capt. Nicholas Lacey (1952)
TV SPECIALS
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah (1995) (TV) .... Lloyd
THE TOONIVERSE
~Batman: Vengeance~ (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Mayor Hamilton Hill
"Batman: Gotham Knights" playing "Mayor Hamilton Hill" (voice) in episode: "Over the Edge" (episode # 1.11) 23 May 1998
in episode: "Cold Comfort" (episode # 1.3) 12 October 1997
in episode: "Lock-Up" (episode # 3.9) 19 November 1994
"Batman" playing "Mayor Hamilton Hill" (voice) in episode: "Time Out of Joint" (episode # 3.5) 8 October 1994
in episode: "Harlequinade" (episode # 2.10) 23 May 1994
in episode: "Trial" (episode # 2.9) 16 May 1994
in episode: "Blind as a Bat" (episode # 1.54) 22 February 1993
in episode: "The Clock King" (episode # 1.14) 21 September 1992
in episode: "Be a Clown" (episode # 1.11) 16 September 1992
in episode: "Pretty Poison" (episode # 1.9) 14 September 1992
in episode: "On Leather Wings" (episode # 1.2) 6 September 1992
TV-RELATED MOVIES
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) .... Terence Baggett
TV CLASSICS
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" playing "Critias" in episode: "Barefoot in Athens" 11 November 1966
King Lear (1953) (TV) .... Young gentleman
"Hallmark Hall of Fame" playing "Orsino" in episode: "Twelfth Night" 15 December 1957
TELE-VERSIONS
"Berlin Lady" (1991) (mini) TV Series .... Wilhelm Speer
"Race for the Bomb" (1987) (mini) TV Series .... Gen. Curtis LeMay
Mary and Joseph: A Story of Faith (1979) (TV) .... Matthew
"Greatest Heroes of the Bible" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Imhotep
Collision Course: Truman vs. MacArthur (1976) (TV) .... Averell Harriman
"Death Valley Days" playing "Robert Louis Stevenson" in episode: "The Jolly Roger and Wells Fargo" (episode # 15.10) 23 December 1966
TV PILOTS
Manimal playing "Jordon" (episode # 1.1) 30 September 1983
Hotel (1983) (TV)
Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976) (TV) .... Davenport
TV MOVIES
Before I Say Goodbye (2003) (TV) .... Mac MacDermott
Loyal Opposition: Terror in the White House (1998) (TV) .... President Hayden
Morning Glory (1993) (TV) .... Bob Collins
Caso Dozier, Il (1993) (TV) .... General Dozier
Dick Francis: Blood Sport (1989) (TV) .... James Culham Offen
Double Agent (1987) (TV) .... Special Agent Vaughn
Louisiana (1984) (TV) .... Adrien Damvillier
Mazes and Monsters (1982) (TV) .... Hal
The Golden Gate Murders (1979) (TV) .... Dr. Hamill
Riel (1979) (TV) .... Dr. Schultz
The Best Place to Be (1979) (TV) .... Bob Stockwood
A Fire in the Sky (1978) (TV) .... Paul Gilliam
The Immigrants (1978) (TV) .... Chris Noel
Terraces (1977) (TV) .... Dr. Roger Cabe
The Nurse Killer (1975) (TV) .... Dr. Holmquist
Rex Harrison Presents Stories of Love (1974) (TV)
Satan's School for Girls (1973) (TV) .... Prof. Delacroix
They Call It Murder (1971) (TV) .... A.B. Carr
Crowhaven Farm (1970) (TV) .... Kevin Pierce
Braddock (1968) (TV) .... Lawrence
Stranger on the Run (1967) (TV) .... Mr. Gorman
Scalplock (1966) (TV) .... John Pendennis
The Citadel (1960/I) (TV) .... Freddie Parker
TV NARRATIONS
Attiuk (1963)
The Jean Richard (1963)
Whalehead (1963)
Winter Sealing at La Tabatière (1963)
Canadian Diamonds (1960)
Ka Ke Ki Ku (1960)
The Land of Jacques Cartier (1960)
On the Sea (1960)
Three Seasons (1960)
Turlutte (1960)
White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques (1960)
Aviation Medicine (1954)
The Doll Factory (1954)
Javanese Dancing (1954)
Story of a Newspaper (1954)
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" playing "Senator Moses" in episode: "The Washington Affair: Part 2" (episode # 3.8) 5 November 1994
in episode: "The Washington Affair: Part 1" (episode # 3.7) 5 November 1994
"Murder, She Wrote" playing "John Thurston" in episode: "Tinker, Tailor, Liar, Thief" (episode # 8.15) 1 March 1992
playing "Jason Richards" in episode: "Deadpan" (episode # 4.21) 1 May 1988
playing "Dr. Terence Mayhew" in episode: "Unfinished Business" (episode # 3.3) 12 October 1986
"The Young Riders" playing "Jack T. Devlin" in episode: "Daddy's Girl" (episode # 1.18) 15 February 1990
"Road to Avonlea" playing "Andrew Cameron" in episode: "Old Lady Lloyd" (episode # 1.5) 4 February 1990
"Who's the Boss?" playing "Walter" in episode: "Mona and Walter and Sam and Eric" (episode # 6.17) 23 January 1990
"Designing Women" playing "Ancel Pollard" in episode: "The Mistress" (episode # 4.15) 8 January 1990
"Superboy" playing "Old Vampire" in episode: "Young Dracula" (episode # 2.4) 28 October 1989
"Highway to Heaven" playing "Trevor Steele" in episode: "The Reunion" (episode # 5.5) 2 June 1989
"The Golden Girls" playing "Eduardo" in episode: "Rites of Spring" (episode # 4.23) 29 April 1989
playing "Patrick Vaughn" in episode: "The Actor" (episode # 2.14) 17 January 1987
"1st & Ten" in episode: "The Bulls Own Up" (episode # 5.1) 5 October 1988
"Hotel" playing "Louis Green" in episode: "Till Death Do Us Part" (episode # 5.13) 9 January 1988
playing "Cameron Wheeler" in episode: "Rallying Cry" (episode # 3.2) 2 October 1985
"The Fall Guy" playing "Charles Linney" in episode: "Lady in Green" (episode # 5.19) 28 March 1986
"Crazy Like a Fox" in episode: "If the Shoe Fits" (episode # 2.8) 15 December 1985
"The A-Team" playing "Steffan Shawn" in episode: "Beverly Hills Assault" (episode # 3.23) 9 April 1985
"Masquerade" playing "Lassae Bonarc" in episode: "Winnings" (episode # 1.9) 6 April 1984
"Matt Houston" playing "Elgin Cody" in episode: "On the Run" (episode # 2.22) 30 March 1984
in episode: "Heritage: Part 2" (episode # 2.2) 9 September 1983
in episode: "Heritage: Part 1" (episode # 2.1) 9 September 1983
playing "Scott Neville" in episode: "Shark Bait" (episode # 1.8) 21 November 1982
"Fantasy Island" in episode: "Lady's Choice/Skin Deep" (episode # 7.13) 28 January 1984
playing "Earl of Norfolk" in episode: "The Tallowed Image/Room and Bard" (episode # 6.12) 29 January 1983
playing "Marquis Phillippe de Sade" in episode: "Cyrano/The Magician" (episode # 5.3) 24 October 1981
playing "Maurice Benson" in episode: "Vampire/The Lady and the Longhorn" (episode # 2.13) 16 December 1978
"The Love Boat" playing "Larry Ellis" in episode: "Pal-I-Mony-O-Mine/Does Father Know Best?/An 'A' for Gopher" (episode # 5.26) 10 April 1982
"Darkroom" playing "Dr. John Michaelson" in episode: "Daisies" (episode # 1.10) 25 December 1981
"Vega$" playing "Alexander Waverly" in episode: "French Twist" (episode # 3.21) 6 May 1981
playing "Mel Blandon" in episode: "Consortium" (episode # 2.17) 27 February 1980
playing "Lyle Galen" in episode: "Yes, My Darling Daughter" (episode # 1.5) 25 October 1978
"Hart to Hart" playing "Frank March" in episode: "Too Many Cooks Are Murder" (episode # 1.21) 6 May 1980
"B.J. and the Bear" playing "Marty Franks" in episode: "The Girls of Hollywood High" (episode # 2.19) 23 February 1980
"Trapper John, M.D." playing "Tiegs" in episode: "Warning -- I May Be Hazardous to Your Health" (episode # 1.15) 3 February 1980
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "Colonel Avery" in episode: "School for Assassins" (episode # 12.13) 1 January 1980
"The Littlest Hobo" playing "Mr. Barton" in episode: "Boy on Wheels" (episode # 1.10) 20 December 1979
"Charlie's Angels" playing "Case" in episode: "Angel Hunt" (episode # 4.12) 5 December 1979
playing "Jellek" in episode: "Angels Belong in Heaven" (episode # 3.12) 6 December 1978
"Battlestar Galactica" playing "Commandant Leiter" in episode: "Baltar's Escape" (episode # 1.19) 11 March 1979
in episode: "Greetings From Earth" (episode # 1.19) 25 February 1979
"The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" playing "Doctor Mann" in episode: "The House on Possessed Hill" (episode # 2.15) 22 February 1979
"The Amazing Spider-Man" playing "Dr. Moon" in episode: "Night of the Clones" (episode # 1.4) 26 April 1978
"McMillan and Wife" playing "Gregg Patterson" in episode: "Phillip's Game" (episode # 6.3) 23 January 1977
"The Bionic Woman" playing "Ivan Karp" in episode: "Biofeedback" (episode # 2.14) 12 January 1977
"McCloud" playing "Alfred Donnelly" in episode: "Night of the Shark" (episode # 6.7) 21 March 1976
playing "Jerry Bristol" in episode: "The Park Avenue Rustlers" (episode # 3.3) 24 December 1972
"Bronk" in episode: "Long Time Dying" (episode # 1.18) 1 February 1976
"Barnaby Jones" playing "Ray Greenwald" in episode: "Double Vengeance" (episode # 4.8) 7 November 1975
"Ellery Queen" playing "Colonel Alec Niven" in episode: "The Adventure of Colonel Niven's Memoirs" (episode # 1.7) 23 October 1975
"Barbary Coast" playing "Ezra Hubbard" in episode: "Jesse Who?" (episode # 1.3) 22 September 1975
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "Captain Roger Newhouse" in episode: "Murder -- Eyes Only: Part 1" (episode # 8.1) 12 September 1975
"The Rookies" playing "Giraud" in episode: "S.W.A.T. (2hr Pilot)" (episode # 3.20) 17 February 1975
"Medical Center" playing "Todd" in episode: "Tainted Lady" (episode # 6.9) 11 November 1974
"Police Story" playing "Mayor Langdon" in episode: "Chief" (episode # 1.20) 19 March 1974
"Cannon" playing "Conrad Ackers" in episode: "Triangle of Terror" (episode # 3.23) 13 March 1974
playing "Ambrose" in episode: "Bitter Legion" (episode # 2.3) 27 September 1972
"Gunsmoke" playing "Colie Burdette" in episode: "The Iron Blood of Courage" (episode # 19.19) 18 February 1974
Columbo: The Most Dangerous Match (1973) (TV) .... Mazoor Berozski
"Hec Ramsey" playing "Myles Wingate" in episode: "The Green Feather Mystery" (episode # 1.3) 17 December 1973
"The Starlost" playing "Colonel M.P. Garoway" in episode: "The Pisces" (episode # 1.4) 13 October 1973
"Barnaby Jones" playing "John Stevens" in episode: "The Loose Connection" (episode # 1.6) 18 March 1973
"Mannix" playing "Sands" in episode: "To Quote a Dead Man" (episode # 6.22) 25 February 1973
playing "Alec Ryan" in episode: "The Girl Who Came in with the Tide" (episode # 2.17) 1 February 1969
"Ironside" playing "Supt. Faber" in episode: "Shadow Soldiers" (episode # 6.14) 21 December 1972
"Mission: Impossible" playing "General Oliver Benjamin Hammond" in episode: "The Deal" (episode # 7.3) 30 September 1972
playing "Mayor Steve Tallman" in episode: "Takeover" (episode # 5.14) 2 January 1971
playing "Major Nicholas Zelinko" in episode: "The Glass Cage" (episode # 3.16) 2 February 1969
"Emergency!" playing "Dr. Sutherland" in episode: "Decision" (episode # 2.1) 16 September 1972
"Insight" playing "David" in episode: "Why Sparrows Fall" 27 August 1972 in episode: "The Day God Died" 1970
"The Doris Day Show" playing "Stephen" in episode: "The Sorrows of Sangapur" (episode # 4.17) 10 January 1972
"The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" playing "Dr. Harkness" in episode: "Moment of Crisis" (episode # 3.8) 2 January 1972
"The Virginian" playing "Wilks" in episode: "The Town Killer" (episode # 9.22) 10 March 1971
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "Walter Gregson" in episode: "Beautiful Screamer" (episode # 3.12) 2 December 1970
"Storefront Lawyers" playing "Phil Kennedy" in episode: "This Is Jerry, See Jerry Run" (episode # 1.10) 18 November 1970
"The Silent Force" in episode: "Prosecutor" (episode # 1.1) 21 September 1970
"It Takes a Thief" playing "Dr. George Kingsford" in episode: "Project X" (episode # 3.24) 24 March 1970
"Daniel Boone" playing "Churchill James" in episode: "The Landlords" (episode # 6.20) 5 March 1970
playing "Colonel Chalmers" in episode: "The Imposter" (episode # 4.16) 18 January 1968
playing "Maksoana" in episode: "Secret Code" (episode # 4.13) 14 December 1967
playing "Rogan Morgan" in episode: "The Trap" (episode # 2.26) 17 March 1966
"The F.B.I." playing "Keenyn Gray" in episode: "The Inside Man" (episode # 5.12) 30 November 1969
"Medical Center" playing "Dean Wrightman" in episode: "Jeopardy" (episode # 1.9) 26 November 1969
"The Outsider" playing "George Jenkins" in episode: "All the Social Graces" (episode # 1.22) 12 March 1969
"Bewitched" playing "Franklyn Blodgett" in episode: "Marriage Witch's Style" (episode # 5.21) 20 February 1969
"It Takes a Thief" in episode: "Catspaw" (episode # 2.18) 18 February 1969
"The Name of the Game" playing "Tom Ramsey" in episode: "The Ordeal" (episode # 1.10) 22 November 1968
"Judd for the Defense" playing "Dr. Stalling" in episode: "Transplant" (episode # 2.2) 4 October 1968
"Custer" playing "James Stanhope" in episode: "Desperate Mission" (episode # 1.9) 8 November 1967
"The Virginian" playing "Luke Evers" in episode: "Ah Sing vs. Wyoming" (episode # 6.7) 25 October 1967
"Hogan's Heroes" playing "Captain Roberts/Lieutenant Baumann" in episode: "Funny Thing Happened on the Way to London" (episode # 3.5) 7 October 1967
"The Big Valley" playing "Joshua Cunningham" in episode: "Time After Midnight" (episode # 3.4) 2 October 1967
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." playing "Gerald Strothers" in episode: "The Summit Five Affair" (episode # 4.1) 11 September 1967
playing "Max Van Schreeten" in episode: "The See-Paris-And-Die Affair" (episode # 1.22) 1 March 1965
"Bonanza" playing "Peters" in episode: "The Prince" (episode # 8.28) 2 April 1967
"Tarzan" playing "Bergstrom" in episode: "Track of the Dinosaur" (episode # 1.17) 6 January 1967
"The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." playing "Sadvaricci" in episode: "The Romany Lie Affair" (episode # 1.12) 6 December 1966
playing "Ole Bergman" in episode: "The Danish Blue Affair" (episode # 1.7) 25 October 1966
"T.H.E. Cat" playing "Dario Marzoni/Wallace Lancaster" in episode: "Curtains for Miss Winslow" (episode # 1.11) 2 December 1966
"Occasional Wife" playing "Gordon" in episode: "Danger! Woman at Work" (episode # 1.8) 1 November 1966
"Twelve O'Clock High" playing "Maj. Mallory" in episode: "Fortress Weisbaden" (episode # 3.4) 30 September 1966
playing "Kirby Wyatt" in episode: "Show Me a Hero, I'll Show You a Bum" (episode # 2.7) 25 October 1965
playing "Capt. Evans" in episode: "Cry of Fallen Birds" (episode # 1.28) 9 April 1965
"The Green Hornet" playing "Dan Carley" in episode: "The Silent Gun" (episode # 1.1) 9 September 1966
"The Wackiest Ship in the Army" in episode: "And Two If by Sea" (episode # 1.22) 27 February 1966
"The Wild Wild West" playing "Zachariah Skull" in episode: "The Night of the Puppeteer" (episode # 1.21) 25 February 1966
"A Man Called Shenandoah" playing "Murray" in episode: "The Reward" (episode # 1.11) 29 November 1965
"Branded" playing "Frank Ross" in episode: "$10,000 for Durango" (episode # 2.12) 28 November 1965
"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" playing "General Hobson" in episode: "The Deadliest Game" (episode # 2.7) 31 October 1965
playing "Dr. Martin Davis" in episode: "The Fear-Makers" (episode # 1.3) 28 September 1964
"Combat!" playing "Major Thorne" in episode: "Evasion" (episode # 4.6) 19 October 1965
"Honey West" playing "Gus Patterson" in episode: "The Owl and the Eye" (episode # 1.2) 24 September 1965
"The Legend of Jesse James" playing "Charles Jennings" in episode: "The Dead Man's Hand" (episode # 1.2) 20 September 1965
"Kraft Suspense Theatre" playing "Wolfe Hastings" in episode: "The Trains of Silence" (episode # 2.28) 10 June 1965
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Commander Brand" in episode: "The War and Eric Kurtz" (episode # 2.17) 5 March 1965
playing "Michael Hartley" in episode: "Murder in the First" (episode # 2.2) 9 October 1964
"Perry Mason" playing "Eric Pollard" in episode: "The Case of the Latent Lover" (episode # 8.11) 3 December 1964
"G.E. True" in episode: "Commando" (episode # 1.32) 19 May 1963
in episode: "Code Name: Christopher: Part 2" (episode # 1.5) 28 October 1962 & in episode: "Code Name: Christopher: Part 1" (episode # 1.4) 21 October 1962
"The Dick Powell Show" playing "Colonel Juan Valera" in episode: "Days of Glory" (episode # 2.7) 13 November 1962
"Alcoa Premiere" playing "Victor Vass" in episode: "Guest in the House" (episode # 2.2) 11 October 1962
"The Eleventh Hour" playing "Captain Norman Hobler" in episode: "There Are Dragons in This Forest" (episode # 1.2) 10 October 1962
"Sam Benedict" playing "Judge Bentham" in episode: "Hannigan" (episode # 1.1) 15 September 1962
"The United States Steel Hour" in episode: "The Other Woman" (episode # 9.19) 16 May 1962
"Dr. Kildare" playing "Dr. Harry Nelson" in episode: "The Horn of Plenty" (episode # 1.28) 19 April 1962
"Cain's Hundred" playing "William Hillier" in episode: "Inside Track" (episode # 1.26) 10 April 1962
"The Twilight Zone" playing "Michael Chambers" in episode: "To Serve Man" (episode # 3.24) 2 March 1962
"The United States Steel Hour" playing "Philip" in episode: "The Bitter Sex" (episode # 9.9) 27 December 1961
"Thriller" playing "Harry Langton" in episode: "The Prisoner in the Mirror" (episode # 1.34) 23 May 1961
"The Americans" playing "Lt Brady" in episode: "The War Between the States" (episode # 1.15) 1 May 1961
"Hudson's Bay" playing "Bigood" in episode: "The Executioner" (episode # 1.9) 1959
"Star Tonight" in episode: "Visitation" (episode # 2.4) 22 September 1955
"Kraft Television Theatre" in episode: "The Oath of Hippocrates" (episode # 2.1) 30 September 1954
in episode: "Miss Mabel" (episode # 6.26) 25 March 1953
in episode: "Loyalties" (episode # 5.13) 5 December 1951
in episode: "Enraged" (episode # 4.21) 14 February 1951
BCnU.....
Tele-Toby
THE ADDISON ADDENDUM
A few years after being fired from 'Saturday Night Live', Charles Rocket got another high profile role in Toobworld - as David Addison's brother Richard in an episode of 'Moonlighting'. At least for my part, I thought he did a pretty good job. I can even remember the quote by Bruce Willis as the two of them got down and dirty with some sibling rivalry rough-housing:
Since family ties can be one of the best ways to flesh out a regular character in a TV series, Richard Addison was brought back several times over the next four years:
in episode: 'Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?' (episode # 2.1) 24 September 1985
in episode: 'The Son Also Rises' (episode # 3.1) 23 September 1986
in episode: 'It's a Wonderful Job' (episode # 3.8) 16 December 1986
in episode: 'The Straight Poop' (episode # 3.9) 6 January 1987 [uncredited archival footage]
in episode: 'A Trip to the Moon' (episode # 4.1) 29 September 1987
in episode: 'Maddie Hayes Got Married' (episode # 4.12) 1 March 1988
in episode: 'Those Lips, Those Lies' (episode # 5.8) 2 April 1989
Richard appears to have been some kind of a scam artist. It's possible that he may have used an alias during his "career". And to keep things simple and easy to remember, perhaps he used a name similar to his own.....
'Cybill' playing 'Charlie' in episode: 'Cybill in the Morning' (episode # 4.23) 6 July 1998
When Cybill got a job hosting a popular morning talk show, she found herself both sexually attracted to and morally repulsed by her deceitful new producer.
Using this alias of "Charlie Addison, Richard was probably just as attracted to her - especially since she so "eerily" resembled his brother David's partner in the detective agency, Maddie Hayes.
'Cybill' playing 'Charlie Addison' in episode: 'Ka-Boom!' (episode # 4.24) 13 July 1998
But when Cybill and her new morning show producer finally revealed their mutual attraction for each other, that's when the show got cancelled.
[It's one of the unmutual laws of Toobworld - when characters become involved in relationships with each other, the show suffers. And that applies to TV shows within the reality of Toobworld as well.]
So if Richard Addison was also Charlie Addison, then why can't he have first used that alias in Providence, Rhode Island?
'Doctor Doctor' playing 'Charles' in episode: 'The Terminator' (episode # 3.5) 25 October 1990
"Charles" was Leona's assistant and everybody hated him. Sounds like Richard! Mike was supposed to fire him, but Charles got in on Richard's good side (as one Dick to another) to prevent that from happening.
A typical weasel move. Richard Addison probably first met Navarone the drug dealer there in Providence. It does have a reputation for its mob connections after all. And he was probably trying to ingratiate himself into the clinic to have easy access to their drug supply........
For me, the theory works. And as such, Richard Addison could one day gain entry into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame in the Birthday Honors.
And that would serve as my small memorial to Charles Rocket's contributions to Toobworld.
BCnU......
Tele-Toby
"I'm gonna make you eat dirt! I'm gonna make you eat worms!
Maddie! Go get me some dirt and worms!"
Since family ties can be one of the best ways to flesh out a regular character in a TV series, Richard Addison was brought back several times over the next four years:
in episode: 'Brother, Can You Spare a Blonde?' (episode # 2.1) 24 September 1985
in episode: 'The Son Also Rises' (episode # 3.1) 23 September 1986
in episode: 'It's a Wonderful Job' (episode # 3.8) 16 December 1986
in episode: 'The Straight Poop' (episode # 3.9) 6 January 1987 [uncredited archival footage]
in episode: 'A Trip to the Moon' (episode # 4.1) 29 September 1987
in episode: 'Maddie Hayes Got Married' (episode # 4.12) 1 March 1988
in episode: 'Those Lips, Those Lies' (episode # 5.8) 2 April 1989
Richard appears to have been some kind of a scam artist. It's possible that he may have used an alias during his "career". And to keep things simple and easy to remember, perhaps he used a name similar to his own.....
'Cybill' playing 'Charlie' in episode: 'Cybill in the Morning' (episode # 4.23) 6 July 1998
When Cybill got a job hosting a popular morning talk show, she found herself both sexually attracted to and morally repulsed by her deceitful new producer.
Using this alias of "Charlie Addison, Richard was probably just as attracted to her - especially since she so "eerily" resembled his brother David's partner in the detective agency, Maddie Hayes.
'Cybill' playing 'Charlie Addison' in episode: 'Ka-Boom!' (episode # 4.24) 13 July 1998
But when Cybill and her new morning show producer finally revealed their mutual attraction for each other, that's when the show got cancelled.
[It's one of the unmutual laws of Toobworld - when characters become involved in relationships with each other, the show suffers. And that applies to TV shows within the reality of Toobworld as well.]
So if Richard Addison was also Charlie Addison, then why can't he have first used that alias in Providence, Rhode Island?
'Doctor Doctor' playing 'Charles' in episode: 'The Terminator' (episode # 3.5) 25 October 1990
"Charles" was Leona's assistant and everybody hated him. Sounds like Richard! Mike was supposed to fire him, but Charles got in on Richard's good side (as one Dick to another) to prevent that from happening.
A typical weasel move. Richard Addison probably first met Navarone the drug dealer there in Providence. It does have a reputation for its mob connections after all. And he was probably trying to ingratiate himself into the clinic to have easy access to their drug supply........
For me, the theory works. And as such, Richard Addison could one day gain entry into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame in the Birthday Honors.
And that would serve as my small memorial to Charles Rocket's contributions to Toobworld.
BCnU......
Tele-Toby
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