ZONKING A FEW "FRIENDS"

I'm not sure which TV dimension this belongs in - Skitlandia?  the Behind the Scenes world from 'Hi Honey I'm Home'?  the Promoverse?  Or something else entirely?

The TVCU has the Bongoverse.  This could be the Zonkiverse......

LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES - MEL BROOKS & ANNE BANCROFT

MEL BROOKS & ANNE BANCROFT

AS SEEN IN:

'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

"Opening Night"

From Wikipedia:

MEL BROOKS

Mel Brooks (born Melvin James Kaminsky; June 28, 1926) is an American film director, screenwriter,composer, lyricist, comedian, actor and producer. He is best known as a creator of broad film farces and comic parodies. He began his career as a stand-up comic and as a writer for the early TV variety show 'Your Show of Shows'. He became well known as part of the comedy duo with Carl Reiner, The 2000 Year Old Man. In middle age he became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top ten money makers of the year that they were released. His most well known films include "The Producers","The Twelve Chairs", "Blazing Saddles", "Young Frankenstein", "Silent Movie", "High Anxiety", "History of the World, Part I" and "Spaceballs". More recently he has had a smash hit on Broadway with the musical adaptation of his first film, "The Producers". 

He was married to the actress Anne Bancroft from 1964 until her death in 2005.

ANNE BANCROFT

Anne Bancroft (September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress associated with the method acting school, which she had studied under Lee Strasberg. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft was often acknowledged for her work in film, theatre and television. She won one Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globes, two Tony Awards and two Emmy Awards, and several other awards and nominations.
She made her film debut in "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952) and, following a string of supporting film roles during the 1950s, won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Miracle Worker" (1962), receiving subsequent nominations for her roles in "The Pumpkin Eater" (1964), "The Graduate" (1967), "The Turning Point" (1977), and "Agnes of God" (1985). 

She also starred in seven television films, the last of which was "The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone" (2003) for which she received Emmy and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.

Bancroft died of uterine cancer, age 73, in 2005. Among her survivors were her mother Mildred, her husband of 40 years, Mel Brooks, and their son Max Brooks.

Tomorrow is the Tony Awards broadcast.....

BCnU!

"MYTHBUSTERS" MEETS "DEADLIEST CATCH"

Here's the crossover of the month:

LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES - SIDNEY POLLACK

SIDNEY POLLACK

AS SEEN IN:

'Just Shoot Me'

"A&E Biography: Nina Van Horn"

From Wikipedia:

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. Pollack directed more than 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films. Some of his best known works include "Jeremiah Johnson" (1972), "The Way We Were" (1973), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975) and "Absence of Malice" (1981). His 1985 film "Out of Africa" won him Academy Awards for directing and producing; he was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" and "Tootsie", in the latter of which he also appeared. His later films included "Havana" (1990), "The Firm" (1993), "Sabrina" (1995), "The Interpreter" (2005), and as producer for and actor in "Michael Clayton".

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TVXOHOF BIRTHDAY HONORS LIST 2 - MAUDIE FRICKERT

To memorialize the passing of my pop culture hero, Jonathan Winters, we're inducting his most famous character - Maudie Frickert - into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame.  

The old broad made quite a few appearances on talk shows and variety programs over the years, some of them in Skitlandia, others can be considered part of Toobworld proper.  But her qualifications for membership are cemented by three simple blipverts for three different products.  

But we're also including a couple of clips from Skitlandia as well

But she later changed her tune about Hefty...

And because one - at least this one - can't get enough of Maudie - here are some other videos of her presence in the overall TV Universe:

And finally....

Good night and may God bless.....

TVXOHOF BIRTHDAY HONORS LIST 1 - ECCE PROMO!

This year we have two entries on the Birthday Honors List for induction into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame.  Actually, since this first entry is a true Gemini with a duo, perhaps it should be said that we have three new members.

Shawn Spencer and Burton "Gus" Guster run the Psych detective agency in Santa Barbara, with Shawn passing off his finely honed observational skills as a psychic ability and Gus sometimes employing his "super-sniffer" power (although he's basically the best friend and trusty sidekick.)

Despite bombarding the airwaves with so many Zonks in each episode, 'Psych' takes place in the main Toobworld of Earth Prime-Time.  But Shawn & Gus also exist in the Promoverse, that tiny alternate dimension in which interstitials promote various TV shows.

And through several promos for 'Psych', Shawn and Gus have teamed up with characters from other TV shows.

And these have to be found only in the Promoverse because some of these shows - chiefly 'The Dead Zone' and 'Defiance' are not located in Earth Prime-Time.  (Or at least in the case of 'The Dead Zone', it started out as part of the main Toobworld, but then changed its focus to an alternate dimension where there was a different President of the United States.)

Here's the most recent one, in which Gus and Shawn finally teamed up together to meet characters from another series:

But for the most part, they have worked separately to make these links.  First up, we have Shawn, getting involved in a three-way:

But also:

Both Shawn and Gus contributed to the tributes to detective Adrian Monk:

Gus hasn't been too shabby in making the grade, with a few entries of his own:

And so that's why both Shawn Spencer and Burton "Gus" Guster have been inducted into the TV Crossover Hall Of Fame on my birthday.....

BCnU!

LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES - BUDDY HACKETT

BUDDY HACKETT

AS SEEN IN:

'Just Shoot Me'

"A&E Biography: Nina Van Horn"

From Wikipedia:

Buddy Hackett (born Leonard Hacker; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and actor.

Mr. Hackett was the March 2013 inductee into the TV Crossover Hall Of Fame.

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ANOTHER FINE NESS

'BANACEK'

"NO SIGN OF THE CROSS"

Thomas Banacek:

Places like this always remind me of 'The Untouchables'.

Paulie Andros:

Yeah.... that was a good show.

Since the exploits of Eliot Ness versus the Chicago mob happened decades before, this quote from a 1970s TV show is a lot easier to splain away than when a current show drops a reference to another current show.  (I can't think of any that are actually current, but off the top of my head there was a mention of 'Lost' as a TV show on an episode of 'Will & Grace' once.)

So 'The Untouchables' - even when it was produced back in the 1950s - was still an historical event.  And so a TV show about it, especially since it was such a thrilling topic, made sense.

And how lucky were they to find an actor like Robert Stack who looked exactly like the televersion of Eliot Ness?

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LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES - JAMIE FARR

JAMIE FARR

AS SEEN IN:

'Just Shoot Me'

"A&E Biography: Nina Van Horn"

From Wikipedia:

Jamie Farr (born Jameel Joseph Farah, July 1, 1934) is an American television, film, and theater actor. He is best known for having played the role of cross-dressing Corporal (later Sergeant) Maxwell Q. Klinger in theCBS television sitcom 'M*A*S*H'.

Farr began to carve out his niche in television when, in the late 1950s, he became a regular on 'The Red Skelton Show' before becoming a second banana with Harvey Korman on 'The Danny Kaye Show'. Farr also appeared on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' and was a regular on the gangster-comedy series 'The Chicago Teddy Bears' (featuring Huntz Hall). Farr also worked in TV commercials, including a memorable spot for Wonder Bread (as a vendor who says, “If it isn’t fresh, I’m outa business!”).

He was hired for one day’s work as “Corporal Klinger” on the 'M*A*S*H' episode “Chief Surgeon Who?”. His character wore dresses to try to convince the army that he was crazy and he deserved a Section 8 discharge. Comedy writer and playwright Larry Gelbart has said that comedian Lenny Bruce’s attempt to be released from military service inWorld War II by dressing in a WAVES uniform was the original inspiration for the character of Klinger on the sitcom. 

He was asked back for a dozen episodes in the second season and he became a regular in the third. Eventually, his character gave up wearing women’s clothing (after a lecture from Colonel Sherman Potter, explaining how a Section 8 Discharge would adversely affect his life). Like most of the characters on 'M*A*S*H', Corporal Klinger matured as the years passed. He gradually progressed from being a cross-dressing visual joke, and became a more sensitive and resourceful character.

His favorite episodes are "Officer of the Day" and "Big Mac".

Farr and co-stars Harry Morgan and William Christopher spent two years starring in 'AfterMASH', the sequel that explored how civilian life treated their characters.

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I AM NOT A NUMBERJACK!