A TVXOHOF CENTENNIAL REMEMBERING JESSICA FLETCHER

 

I'm just taking this opportunity to remember one of the earliest members of the Television Crossover Hall of Fame....

JESSICA FLETCHER

I'm writing this and posting it on October 16, 2025.  Today would have been the 100th birthday of Angela Lansbury, the actress who played that amateur sleuth.

While her birth year was never mentioned in the show, it was established that she was a Pisces and it's possible her birthday was March 15.  As I usually do with TV characters, unless it's revealed to be otherwise, I think they were born the same year as the actor who played the role.

Jessica Fletcher was inducted in May of 2001, the third year of the TVXOHOF, and as the first official May Queen.  It was quite a year for inducting the Legends of Toobworld!  Others in her class were:

• Dr. Bob Hartley
• Sammy Davis, Jr.
• Archie Bunker
• (Willie) Gilligan
• Rowlf
• Suzie MacNamara
• Ernie Kovacs
• Dr. Miguelito Quixote Loveless
• Bart Maverick
• Norman Lear
• H.G. Wells
• Exigius 121/2
• Orson Welles
• Leonardo Da Vinci
• Walter Cronkite
• Mayor Rudy Giuliani
• The Twin Towers
• Walt Disney
• Bilbo Baggins

This was the first year in which I fully exercised my discretions in choice for the Birthday Honors List with Suzie McNamara (First crossover I'm aware of), Ernie Kovacs (the Wizard of early TV), Dr. Miguelito Loveless (My favorite TV character and the first example of Crossover Conflation on my part).

This was also the year I introduced the addition of Multiversals and Multidimensionals to the Hall for the Christmas Honors List. In this case: Bilbo Baggins represented by his Tooniverse and Skitlandia/Cineverse incarnations.

(As you can see, my focus in 2001 was on "The Lord of The Rings", "War of The Worlds" - and a certain Martian - and the overriding, tragic news story of the year....)

I am curious to not only see this movie "continuation" of 'Murder, She Wrote' (currently in production) and how it works for the Television Universe, but also for the reactions of others.

Thanks for providing a welcome diversion to end the weekends, Ms. Lansbury....

TVXOHOF PROGRAMMING NOTE - HOLIDAY SCHEDULE

 
The October 2025 induction into the Television Crossover Hall of Fame will take place on October 31.

The November induction into the TVXOHOF will occur on November 27.

And while there will (hopefully) be a December "ceremony" on the first of the Month, the Honors List will be posted December 25.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

TVXOHOF'S FRIDAY FAREWELL TRIBUTE - HYACINTH BUCKET

From The Guardian:

Patricia Routledge, the stage and screen actor best known for starring as Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances and Henrietta “Hetty” Wainthropp in the television series Hetty Wainthropp Investigates, has died at the age of 96.

“We are deeply saddened to confirm the passing of Dame Patricia Routledge, who died peacefully in her sleep this morning surrounded by love,” said her agent.

“Even at 96 years old, Dame Patricia’s passion for her work and for connecting with live audiences never waned, just as new generations of audiences have continued to find her through her beloved television roles.”

The statement added: “She will be dearly missed by those closest to her and by her devoted admirers around the world.”

HYACINTH BUCKET

O’Bservation:
Hyacinth was pre-deceased by her husband, Richard Bucket* and by her sister Rose.  They are survived by their son, Sheridan Bucket.  Her sisters Daisy and Violet are also still living.

From Wikipedia:
Hyacinth Bucket (née Walton; sometimes known as “The Bucket Woman”) is a fictional character in the BBC sitcom 'Keeping Up Appearances', portrayed by Patricia Routledge. Routledge won a British Comedy Award in 1991, and was nominated for two BAFTA awards in 1992 and 1993 for her portrayal.

Hyacinth is a social-climbing snob who constantly aims to impress people, particularly of the upper and upper-middle classes, and to give the impression that she is of high social standing, despite her modest status. This is epitomized in her insistence on pronouncing her surname as "Bouquet". She has an "acquired cultured accent which buckles under stress".

Hyacinth is married to Richard Bucket (who pronounces the name as "bucket"), and they live at 22 Blossom Avenue, in a bungalow which Hyacinth refers to as "The Residence" when sending letters. In an attempt to make callers think she is wealthy enough to employ domestic staff, she repeatedly answers the telephone with, "The Bouquet residence; the lady of the house speaking."

Hyacinth is the eldest of the four floral-named Walton sisters: in birth order, Hyacinth, Daisy, Violet, and Rose.

In 1991, Hyacinth appeared in a skit for Comic Relief, where Mr Blobby visits the Bucket Residence. Throughout 1993, Routledge also appeared as Hyacinth in a number of television advertisements for British Gas.

O'Bservation:
Based on what I've seen, the Comic Relief sketch dealt with the death of Daddy Walton.  Mr. Blobby appeared with the Buckets in an episode of 'Noel's House Party'.

Here are the appearances which gained the Lady of the House membership among her peers….

YOUNG HYACINTH (2016)

From Wikipedia:
'Young Hyacinth' is a prequel to the British sitcom 'Keeping Up Appearances', written by original writer Roy Clarke. The one-off special, set some forty years before the events of 'Keeping Up Appearances', follows the early life of Hyacinth Walton (later Bucket), as she desperately attempts to better her sisters and dad. The special premiered on 2 September 2016 on BBC One as part of the BBC Landmark Sitcom Season.

O’Bservation:

Aging inevitabilities – in either direction – are given a pass in my dislike of Recastaways.  Kerry Howard played Hyacinth Walton as she was 40 years prior to the series.

KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
44 Episodes (1990-1995)

NOEL’S HOUSE PARTY

Episode 3.2 (1993)

SECOND CHANCE UK INFOMERCIAL (1994)

KEEPING UP APPEARANCES TV LICENCE PROMO (1994)

COMIC RELIEF (1995)

BRITISH GAS COMMERCIAL (1995)

And while this would be in an alternate Toobworld from Earth Prime-Time, I thought you might find these interesting....

Welcome to the Television Crossover Hall of Fame, Mrs. Bucket.

As Red Skelton would say, “Good night and may God bless.”

* Clive Swift’s character of her husband Richard Bucket will eventually find his way into the TVXOHOF. 

SEPTEMBER, 2025 - DEPUTY DIRECTOR GORDON COLE

In order to complete the TVXOHOF tribute to David Lynch, who enriched Earth Prime-Time with the addition of the town of Twin Peaks, AND to complete the trifecta, we have one last induction to make into the Television Crossover Hall of Fame….

GORDON COLE

From the Twin Peaks Wiki:
Gordon Cole was a Regional Bureau Chief, and later Deputy Director, within the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Special Agent Dale Cooper's immediate superior, in a career that spanned more than four decades, and resulted in severe and permanent hearing loss. He was a part of the Blue Rose Task Force, and oversaw the murder investigations of Teresa Banks, Laura Palmer, and Maddy Ferguson, as well as the investigation into Cooper's doppelganger.

On February 28, 1989 - four days after Agent Cooper had been assigned to the murder investigation of Laura Palmer - Cole called Cooper at the Twin Peaks Sheriff's Department to update him on Laura's autopsy results. He also warned that Agent Albert Rosenfield intended to press assault charges against Sheriff Truman. Cooper vehemently insisted that he would fight against it, and implored Cole to intervene. Later in the day, Gordon faxed Cooper a reconstruction of a plastic fragment found in Laura's stomach, which was part of a One Eyed Jacks poker chip.

Cole arrived in Twin Peaks in person on March 8, following Cooper's shooting at the Great Northern Hotel. He interrupted Truman's questioning of Donna Hayward to introduce himself, and to share Rosenfield's lab report on the shooting incident and the syringe found on Phillip Gerard.

Later, Cole met Cooper at the sheriff's station, enthusiastically greeting him and remarking that Cooper reminded him of a "small Mexican chihuahua." In Truman's office, Cole conveyed Agent Rosenfield's concern that Cooper was getting in over his head, and shared a troubling message sent to the bureau from the escaped Windom Earle - the first move in a chess game.

That evening, along with Cooper, Truman, and Deputy Hawk, Cole withheld Gerard's haloperidol dose and watched as he was possessed by Mike, an inhabiting spirit from the Black Lodge. Mike explained his nature and his purpose: to stop BOB, his former partner in crime. He then revealed that BOB was, at that moment, somewhere at the Great Northern.

Early the next morning, Cole mentioned to Cooper and the others that pages from Laura Palmer's secret diary had been found a mile away from the crime scene; Cooper sent Deputy Hawk to search Harold Smith's home for the diary. Cole then took his leave, heading for Bend, Oregon on secret business, and wished them luck.

Dale Cooper's superior, Gordon Cole shared many of his quirks, including a love of donuts, coffee, and cherry pie. Due to his hearing loss, Cole would occasionally hear a mundane comment from another character then go off on a tangent about a phonetically-similar yet categorically different topic, though it would generally be impossible to tell what he heard that made him think such tangents were appropriate.

Combined with his loud voice, Cole had a habit of annoying people around him, including the Log Lady, Sheriff Harry S. Truman, and Albert Rosenfield, although it was generally unclear if he was aware of this.

Despite his generally care-free attitude, Cole was still very professional in his work. He admonished Cooper during a phone call for attacking Albert when the latter put out a complaint against Sheriff Truman, and made a point to be sure Denise Bryson's colleagues were supportive of her during her transition.

At some point between 1989 and the 2010s, he made a decision to hold more private conversations by increasing the volume on his hearing aid, which prevented him from having to shout all the time, at the cost of making some of the simplest noises excruciating to hear.

Here are the productions which qualified Cole for membership in the TVXOHOF:

TWIN PEAKS
7 Episodes  (1989 - 1991)

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992)

O’Bservation:
While this was a theatrically released movie, it served as a prequel to the television series and so it has been absorbed into Earth Prime-Time while it also exists in the Cineverse.

TWIN PEAKS: THE MISSING PIECES (2014)

TWIN PEAKS
11 Episodes (2017)

By the way….

This is not a memorial tribute induction for Director Cole.  

Unless circumstances dictate otherwise (character’s appearance took place in the distant past; character was killed off within the storyline), Toobworld Central sees no reason why Deputy Director Cole, like Special Agent Albert Rosenfield before him, should not be still alive in Toobworld.

Welcome to the Hall, Deputy Director.  

Live long and prosper.  

Enjoy every donut.... 

TVXOHOF TRIBUTE FRIDAY FAREWELL - REMEMBERING ROBERT REDFORD IN TOOBORLD

From The Hollywood Reporter:
(Stephen Galloway)

Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy and Sundance Film Festival founder who starred in such movies as "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Way We Were" and "All the President’s Men" — and who won an Academy Award for directing "Ordinary People" — died Tuesday September 16. He was 89.

Redford died in his sleep at his home outside Provo, Utah, his longtime publicist, Cindi Berger, confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.

The actor-producer-director, a four-time Academy Award nominee and honorary Oscar recipient, was one of the few truly iconic screen figures of the past half-century, the avatar of a certain kind of all-American ideal who nonetheless took a dyspeptic view of his country in several notable dramas including "Downhill Racer" (1969), "The Candidate" (1972), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), and "All the President’s Men" (1976).

He made his onscreen debut in a 1960 episode of ABC’s ‘Maverick’. Three years later, he earned an Emmy nomination for his work on an installment of the ABC anthology series ‘Alcoa Premiere’.

His final onscreen appearance came this year in an uncredited cameo on the AMC series ‘Dark Winds’, on which he was an executive producer.

He is survived by his daughters, Shauna and Amy; his second wife, Sibylle Szaggars, whom he married in 2009; and seven grandchildren.

O’Bservation:
Other TV series in which he appeared were ‘Perry Mason’, ‘Dr. Kildare’, ‘Naked City’, ‘Route 66’, ‘The Virginian’, ‘The Defenders’, ‘The Untouchables’, ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’, and perhaps the one guest star role for which he’ll be best remembered – in ‘The Twilight Zone’.

To qualify for membership in the Television Crossover Hall of Fame, one must have made appearances in three separate productions.  This could be in series, TV movies, even commercials and cartoons and sketch comedy (although those last two are relegated to other dimensions in the TV Multiverse.)

With technical loopholes, Redford qualified to be inducted as a member of the League of Themselves.  But a few years ago, I loosened the rules about the qualifications so that references would also count.  If a televersion of a real person gets mentioned, that signals that they have to exist on Earth Prime-Time.

And boy howdy!  There were plenty for him!

ROBERT REDFORD

Let’s see what we have for actual appearances and I begin with one of the technicalities….

THE OFFER
A SEAT AT THE TABLE (2022)
Al Ruddy produces a 1970 movie about dirt bikers – “Little Fauss and Big Halsey”.  Big Halsey is played by Robert Redford who is portrayed by Billy Magnussen.

O’Bservation:
I’m not a fan of recastaways, but I make allowances for the aging process.  So since there was no way for Redford himself to play himself in that scene for several reasons, Magnussen was cast in the role of the younger Redford.

‘The Offer’ is not a Zonk as far as “The Godfather” was concerned because it’s about the making of a movie which is acknowledged as a movie in so many TV shows.  (Note: The kickoff to the mini-series is about Ruddy getting his start with ‘Hogan’s Heroes.’  Now THAT would be a Zonk.  A splainin could be offered, but that’s not the focus today.)

So if the making of "The Godfather" is part of Toobworld", so is this representation of Redford.

LAURA LANSING SLEPT HERE (1988)
A picture of Robert Redford is in Laura Lansing's living room.  We don’t find out how, but apparently Redford was a friend of the famous novelist.  It could be that Redford’s televersion appeared in a movie adaptation of one of her books.

TANNER ON TANNER
DINNER AT ELAINE’S (2004)
Redford showed up at a rough cut film festival and castigated Alex for showing weakness by crying yet also gave her supportive suggestions as to the direction her film should take.

THE AWFUL TRUTH (2004)
Stuart’s footage of Redford from that rough cut showing was being reviewed by Alex and her team.

This will be the next technicality:

DARK WINDS
YE'IITSOH (2025)
A cameo appearance by Executive Producers George R.R. Martin and Robert Redford, Joe Leaphorn oversees chess players in the detention holding cell. Redford mentioned George by name. Redford tells Martin, "The whole world is waiting! Make your move!" (This is an inside joke, referencing the wide public anticipation of Martin's next literary release.

O’Bservation:
Redford and Martin are each listed as only “Chess Player.”  But I don’t see why they couldn’t be playing themselves.  I don’t know why they were in the area; I don’t know why they got arrested.  I’ll leave that to the fanfic community.

LARRY KING LIVE
Redford avoided the talk show circuit.  He didn’t like the idea of selling himself and he believed his work should stand on its own.  But he did appear on Larry King’s CNN show and Larry is a member of the TVXOHOF.

THREE'S COMPANY
HAIR TODAY, GONE TOMORROW (1983)
Jack:
Do you have anything that would, uh, be attractive to women?
Layne:
Well, Robert Redford, but he doesn't come in 'til Thursday.

O’Bservation:
It is just a reference, but it could be that the televersion of Redford does go to that shop.

This is a similar situation:
HOT IN CLEVELAND
I LOVE LUCCI PART ONE (2011)

Elke:
But this is my first trip to L.A., and this is Robert Redford's favorite restaurant.
Waiter:
And you want him to sign your autograph book?
Elke:
That would be my second choice.

I LOVE LUCCI PART TWO (2011)
Elke drags Melanie from one bad scene to another in her quest for Robert Redford.

Now let’s look at some other references.  These are not presented in chronological order.  Some of them will be just as screencaps.  And I’ll start with the one which I consider to be the most famous Robert Redford reference of all….

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
CHUCKLES BITES THE DUST (1975)

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
HAIL THE CONQUERING GORDY (1977)
Gordy Howard:
But I really couldn't believe it when I found myself two weeks ago... sitting on a mountaintop in Utah shootin' the breeze with Robert Redford.
Mary:
Huh? R-R... R-R-Robert Red... Redford?
[trying to recover her composure]
Good little actor. Good...
Gordy:
He's really a simple guy.  Likes skiing, the outdoors.  You two would probably hit it off pretty good.
Mary:
Well, I certainly wouldn't be adverse to meeting Redford... if the situation ever aroused.  Arose!

THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW
MORE THAN NEIGHBORS (1972)
Phyllis:
We can't let a great apartment like that go to just anyone.
Rhoda:
Maybe I oughtta call Robert Redford; see if he needs a place.

ALICE
A PIECE OF THE ROCK (1976)
Otis asks Flo to go see "All With The President's Men" with Robert Redford. Flo says she'll go with Redford, but not with Otis.

BIRDS OF A FEATHER
THE CHIGWELL CONNECTION (1992)
Tracey, Sharon, and a journalist discuss "All The President's Men"

3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN
SAME OLD SONG AND DICK (1997)
Sally:
Tonight's Wednesday. You go to her house. You watch "Jeopardy," then the "Wheel".
Robert Redford and Pauly Shore.  But which to watch first? Hmm.... Pauly Shore!
Dick:
But not always! (Pause) Okay, always.

ARE YOU BEING SERVED? (1975)
COLD STORE
"This is Mr. Lucas, the Robert Redford of ready-mades."

KINGDOM HOSPITAL
THY KINGDOM COME
Unknown:
For $10,000... who starred in the suspense thriller Three Days of the Condor?  Nine. Eight. Seven. Six.  Five. Four. Three. Two.
Ron:
Dustin Hoffman?
Unknown:
I'm sorry, Ron. Robert Redford.

WITHOUT A TRACE
GUNG-HO
Unknown:
I ever tell you about the first time I met her?
Who Knows:
- No.
Unknown:
- It was at the movies.  It was a Paul Newman/Robert Redford double feature.  This old revival theater in my town.  
The Sting and Butch Cassidy.

NCIS
CHIMERA (2007)
DiNozzo:
Definitely didn't picture my demise like this.  I always figured I'd go out like Cagney in "White Heat", fiery explosion. Or Redford and Newman in "Butch Cassidy", a hail of bullets.
Gibbs:
Or Charlie Chaplin in "The Gold Rush"?
DiNozzo
How'd he die?
Gibbs:
Silently.

FATHER TED
THINK FAST, FATHER TED (1996)
Dougal:
It's like "The Sting".  I'm Robert Redford and you're Paul Newman.

TALES FROM THE CRYPT
THE PIT (1994)
Felix Johnson:
Besides, l like buddy pictures.
Aaron Scott:
Hey, that makes two of us, Bro.  
Wink Barnum:
l can see it all now - The new Newman and Redford!

WHITE COLLAR
DENTIST OF DETROIT (2011)
Peter Burke:
Who knew the ball and chain cleaned up so nice?
Neal Caffrey:
Ah, you don't look so bad yourself.
Elizabeth Burke:
So, who's Newman and who's Redford?
Peter Burke:
I'm Newman. He's Redford.

TED LASSO
BIG WEEK (2023)
Ted Lasso:
Thank you for your help, Trent.  May a young Robert Redford portray you in a film some day.
Trent:
Probably Dustin Hoffman.

PSYCH
WE'D LIKE TO THANK THE ACADEMY (2010)
Henry Spencer:
He was setting up a sting, Shawn.  Do you have any idea what that involves?
Shawn Spencer:
Newman, Redford, the ladies, the ponies.

WATER RATS
NOT FADE AWAY (1998)
Rachel brings up "The Way We Were" when she is talking to Frank as they are on the grass outside at night.

SEX AND THE CITY
EX AND THE CITY (1999)
Miranda:
One word: Hubbell.
Charlotte:
Hubbell.
Carrie:
Oh, my god. Hubbell! It is so Hubbell.
Samantha:
Who's Hubbell?
Carrie
Hubbell! Robert ”Hubbell” Redford in "The Way We Were".
Charlotte:
Oh, I love that movie.
Carrie:
I love, love, love, that movie.
Samantha:
Never saw it.
The Other Three
OH MY GOD!
Miranda:
What are you, an alien? How could you have not seen it "The Way We Were"?
Samantha:
Chick film.
Miranda:
Robert Redford is madly in love with Barbara Streisand.

FRASIER
IT'S HARD TO SAY GOODBYE IF YOU WON'T LEAVE (1996)
Daphne:
Ooh — it's just like Redford and Streisand at the end of "The Way We Were."
Niles:
[throwing the second videotape away]
And that's another one down.

SOAP
Episode 1.12 (1977)
Burt Campbell:
Nobody knows!  Robert Redford doesn't know what "Tomorrow" is.  They could decide – what?  Tomorrow, nobody with moles works.  He's finished!

FRIENDS
THE ONE WITH JOEY'S DIRTY DAY (1998)
Charlton Heston:
(tosses Joey a towel, motions for him to get out of the shower and sits down on the couch)
Every actor at one time or another—opp!
(Joey tries to sit down next to him and Heston makes him sit somewhere else.)
Every actor thinks he stinks, even Lawrence Oliver sometimes thought he stank; Bob Redford won’t even watch himself.

REMINGTON STEELE
SCENE STEELERS (1983)
Heather:
Tell her who they're talking about for the picture, Stan.
Stan:
Newman, Redford, AND Hoffman!
Laura:
Sounds like a project worth killing for.

STARSKY AND HUTCH
GILLIAN (1976)
Hutch:
Where were you?
Gillian:
Out.
Hutch:
With who?
Gillian:
Robert Redford.
Hutch:
Don't you get smart with me, little girl.
Gillian:
Look, when I'm not working, it is my life.

STARSKY AND HUTCH
SAVAGE SUNDAY (1975)
Unknown:
Make out you're late for a date with Robert Redford.

STARSKY AND HUTCH
TARGETS WITHOUT A BADGE PART 1 (1979)
Unknown:
Well, if it isn't the ghetto's answer to Gadabout Gaddis.
Huggy Bear:
Hey, you ain't exactly Robert Redford, you know.

COMMUNITY
CONTEMPORARY IMPRESSIONISTS (2012)
Jewish Lady #1:
Would you look at this one.  He's like a Robert Redford!

CRISIS IN SIX SCENES
Episode 1.1
Unknown:
Oh, you should see our grandson.  He looks like Robert Redford, and he's brilliant.

KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER
THE YOUTH KILLER (1975)
Carl Kolchak:
Bella, I don't want a girl. I don't need your services.
Bella Sarkof:
You don't need my services?  Robert Redford you are, all of a sudden?

DESIGNING WOMEN
BACHELOR SUITE (1987)
Mary Jo:
What do you think, just because you look like Robert Redford, it's not rape?

THE CLEANER
THE TRANSACTION (2023)
Paul "Wick" Wickstead is asked, "Do you think this new girl who's stopping you drinking is in it for your good looks, Robert Redford?"

THREE'S COMPANY
HEARING IS BELIEVING (1983)
Terri:
He's no Robert Redford, huh?
Janet:
Terri, this guy had the IQ of a camel, the table manners of a pig, and the personality of a wet tent.

DRAGNET
THE BIGAMIST (1990)
Detective Carl Molina:
Actual quote: "You know, you're no Robert Redford."

O'Bservation:
The captions on the YouTube copy were horrible!  (A cop named Joe was listed as "Jill"!)

TAXI
BLIND DATE (1978)
Hey, come on.  I'm no Robert Redford, you know.

TAXI
A WOMAN BETWEEN FRIENDS (1979)
Elaine Nardo:
How attractive?  I mean, like, on a scale of one to ten, where Louie's one and Robert Redford's number ten.

THAT 70S SHOW
THE ACID QUEEN (2003)
Jackie:
Ooo wow, those male actors are gorgeous. Y'know I think that Robert Redford is so hot. He's hotter than the sun.
Hyde:
He's extremely handsome.

THAT 70S SHOW
WHO NEEDS YOU? (2006)
Fez:
Wow!  This place is spotless.  I can see my reflection.  Why, hello, Robert Redford.

BOSCH
HARD FEELINGS (2020)
Barrel:
As Ryan-o liked to say, you know, besides his drop-dead good looks, he had something else in common with Robert Redford, he was born and raised in the San Fernando Valley.

MAUDE
THE CABIN
Walter:
When Robert Redford wakes up and leans over and kisses Barbra Streisand before he's had his coffee, he's only doing it because they're paying him a million dollars.
Maude:
A million dollars for Robert Redford?  Money well spent.

MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN
Episode 1.4 (1976)
Tom Hartman:
Did you think I was sexy then?  Huh?
Mary Hartman:
Yeah.  You were.  You were just like Johnny Carson.  You were just all boyish and proud of yourself.
Tom:
He's a comedian.  How about Robert Redford?
Mary:
Huh?  Johnny Carson.
Tom:
Robert Redford has a wife named Lola.

PAN AM
SECRETS AND LIES (2012)
Dean:
What was his name?  Bedford... Bed... Bedford? I doubt he's even that handsome offstage.  But they wear makeup, you know?
Colette:
Redford. Robert Redford.
Dean:
Fine. See?  Even the name...  He just sounds like a prima donna.
Colette:
It might be worth it to wake up to that face.
Dean:
Aw. "Take me to go see 'Barefoot in the Park'," she says.  "It'll be romantic."
Dean:
I mean, I'm still not half as handsome as... Is it Bedford?
Colette:
It's Redford.

BARNABY JONES
FOCUS ON FEAR (1980)
Laurie:
When I’m posing, my mind’s on a cloud, or I’m in Robert Redford’s arms.

TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
A GIRL CAN'T ALWAYS HAVE EVERYTHING (1980)
[doorbell rings]
Suzy Starr:
Who’s that?
Patty Lewis:
Robert Redford.
Suzy:
Oh, we should be so lucky!

MID-CENTURY MODERN
WORKING GIRLS (2025)

AMERICAN WOMAN
THE PARTY (2018)
Kathleen:
"Robert Redford's publicist."
Bonnie:
"This party just got 60% more interesting!"

JANE THE VIRGIN
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR (2017)
Rogelio:
Oh, since you asked, they are screening a-a rough cut of my film, uh, tomorrow night for friends and family.
Michael:
Oh, I'm sorry.  I have my last LSAT prep class.  
I'll have to see it at Sundance.
Rogelio:
From your lips to Robert Redford's ears.

BULL
MAKE ME (2017)
Benny:
Bull bakes?
Dr. Levin:
He doesn't know about Better Than Robert Redford?
Benny:
I do not.
Dr. Levin:
It's this amazing dessert that Jason used to bring in on Fridays. Kind of half pie, half pudding.
*
Jason (to his therapist):
I think you just want my Better Than Robert Redford, don't you?

MARY HARTMAN, MARY HARTMAN
Season 1 Episode 7
Police Lieutenant:
Have you finished that portrait yet?
Police Sketch Artist:
I finished ten of them!  The kid keeps changing her mind!  I mean, take your choice! Elton John, Johnny Carson, Robert Redford….

TABITHA
THE PILOT (1977)
Paul:
I know we’ve had our differences, but all great relationships start that way – Gable and Lombard, Redford and Streisand….

SANFORD
CAL’S ILLEGAL ALIEN (1981)

ALTERNATE TIMELINES

DC'S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW
THE GETAWAY (2019)
Ray Palmer:
Without the release of All the President's Men, Robert Redford's career floundered.
Mick Rory:
WHAT? No Redford? No Sundance. No indie film. No artful nudity. We have to fix this!

WATCHMEN
LITTLE FEAR OF LIGHTNING (2019)
Adrian Veidt (recording):
Hello, Robert.
Adrian Veidt here.
Assuming my instructions have been followed to the letter, today is January 21st, 1993, and you were just inaugurated.  Allow me to be amongst the very first to say: Congratulations, President Redford.
Sir, I am recording this message on November 1st, 1985, seven years in your past.  How could I predict that you
would be elected president with such incredible accuracy?
Because I didn't predict it.  I planned it.

WATCHMEN
THIS EXTRAORDINARY BEING (2019)
Laurie Blake:
It was supposed to be for older folks, you know, dementia treatment, but that limited the market because, you know,
who wants to be in the present when you can live in the past?  Well, you know the rest.  People got hooked,  dependency, ODs.  So, Redford and the FDA outlawed it, and the company that made it had to stop.

WATCHMEN
SEE HOW THEY FLY (2019)
Adrian Veidt:
Redford won't even return my calls.  He said he would've won even without my help.  As if some cowboy actor...
could attain the presidency!
*
Veidt:
Good God!  Robert Redford is still president?
*
Wade Tillman:
This is your confession, explaining to Redford what you did and how you did it.
Veidt:
So, I suppose the FBI is gonna arrest the President, too?
Laurie Blake:
Sure. Why not?
Veidt:
Because the world... will end.

Well, it may not end – hopefully! – but the world is a sadder place without Redford in it.  And that means far more than just his career in show business.

Welcome to the Hall, Sir.

MONDAY MEMORIAL TVXOHOF TRIBUTE - BOYCE & HART

From the New York Daily News
Musician-songwriter Bobby Hart, half of a composer duo who penned the Monkees’ theme song and many of the group’s mega-hits, has died.

He was 86.

His friend and co-author, Glenn Ballantyne, said Hart died at home in Los Angeles, amid a health decline that began after he broke his hip last year.

Hart and collaborator Tommy Boyce each had numerous music credits to their name when they were tapped to help create a television show promoted by Don Kirchner....

And we all know what TV show that was....

TOMMY BOYCE & BOBBY HART

From Wikipedia:
Sidney Thomas "Tommy" Boyce (September 29, 1939 – November 23, 1994) and Bobby Hart (born Robert Luke Harshman; February 18, 1939 – September 10, 2025) were an American duo of singer-songwriters. In addition to three top-40 hits as artists, the duo is well known for its songwriting for the Monkees.

In late 1965, they wrote, produced and performed the soundtrack of the pilot for 'The Monkees', including singing lead vocals (which were later replaced, once the show was cast).

In 1966, despite some conflicts with Don Kirshner, who was the show's musical supervisor, they were retained in essentially the same role. It was Boyce and Hart who wrote, produced and recorded, accompanied by their backing band, the Candy Store Prophets, backing tracks for a large portion of the first season of 'The Monkees', and the band's accompanying debut album.

The duo also wrote the theme song of the daytime soap 'Days of Our Lives'.

The duo also performed "I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind" on the television show 'Bewitched', in one of several TV series appearances that included guest spots on 'The Flying Nun' and 'I Dream of Jeannie' ("Jeannie the Hip Hippie" performing "Girl, I'm Out To Get You").

All of these shows were produced by Screen Gems, the television subsidiary of Columbia Pictures. Each of the three sitcom guest appearances featured their music, including two unreleased covers they performed on 'The Flying Nun'.

The televersions of Boyce & Hart differ from their real lives.  Basically, Jeannie created their new lives as musicians.  (Pre-Jeannie Bobby was working in a record store, while Pre-Jeannie Tommy was a waiter in a coffee shop.)

Here are the credits which qualified Boyce & Hart for membership in the TVXOHOF as members of the League of Themselves:

I DREAM OF JEANNIE
JEANNIE, THE HIP HIPPIE (1967)

Jeannie blinks up a music group when Dr. Bellows' wife assigns the job to Tony.

Tony prepares to go on a camping trip with Jeannie.  Unfortunately, Doctor Bellows, who also was due to go on vacation, is forced to cancel because he must find a musical group to perform at a charity bazaar that Amanda is in charge of and because of this he forces Tony to cancel his vacation as well and orders him to help him find a group.

Not wanting Tony to miss his vacation, Jeannie helps him by getting four non-musicians, including a couple of guys named Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart, and turning them into musicians. In fact, Jeannie is so successful in turning them into a group that they wind up getting an audition with Phil Spector.

BEWITCHED
SERENA STOPS THE SHOW (1970)

Serena zaps away Boyce and Hart's popularity so that they will play the Cosmo Cotillion in the witchy realm. Unfortunately Darrin had just talked his client into using this 'hot' group in a television special.

Darrin, with Larry's enthusiastic approval, has managed in a lucrative verbal deal for a new client, Breeze Shampoo, to sponsor an upcoming television special featuring rock music duo Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart - Boyce & Hart.

With that connection, Serena, who is the Chair of the Entertainment Committee for the Cosmos Cotillion, wants Boyce & Hart not only to perform at the Cotillion, but sing a song she wrote, "I'll Blow You a Kiss in the Wind", at it.

Using her witchcraft, Serena is able to muscle her way in to see the duo and their manager, Chick Cashman. Because Serena doesn't get everything she wants in her negotiation with Cashman, Serena, again using witchcraft, thinks she has a way to get everything she wants in the deal, without a care that her plan will basically render Darrin's agreement with Breeze Shampoo worthless, (that attitude partly due to Darrin denigrating her song.)

Finding out what Serena did, Samantha has to try and convince Serena to reverse her spell to save Darrin's job and the deal with Breeze.

THE FLYING NUN
WHEN GENERATIONS GAP (1970)

Sister Bertrille gets into a fender bender, caused by her running a red light. She can't really remember what happened, and is willing to accept responsibility for the accident if it was her fault. However, Alfonso T. Gomez, a witness, states that it was not Sister Bertrille's fault. The occupants of the other car are hippies, namely Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart of the singing group, The Paper Balloon, who happen to be appearing at Carlos' casino.

Sister Bertrille just wants to forget the incident, but it becomes a big media story about subversive hippies against an innocent nun, a story which ruins business at the Paper Balloon's show at Carlos' casino. When Boyce and Hart jog the sister's memory, she does realize it was the station wagon's loose brakes that caused her to run the red light.

She goes to Gomez to double check what happened.   He admits it was her fault.  The reason for his false story being the fact that the convent could use the insurance money from that of rich, spoiled hippies; Gomez' negative feelings about hippies stem from the fact that his son is one.

Even after Sister Bertrille and Gomez go to the newspaper to recant his eyewitness account, the television news reports that the spoiled rich hippies bought off Gomez. Finally, Sister Bertrille sees only one way for the public opinion to sway in favor of Boyce and Hart: they need to do a benefit concert with proceeds going to the convent.

O'Bservation:
All episode summaries are from the IMDb.

THE SOUPY SALES SHOW (TV Special 1970)

"Good night and may God bless" to you both....