Sean and Gus, the private eyes of the 'Psych' detective agency, will be featured in a new commercial which will run during the show from January 9 to February 20. It's for the Kia Optima and will be an actual "mini-sode" for 'Psych'.Here's how AdWeek described the 30 second plot:
"Characters Shawn and Gus (played by James Roday and Dule Hill) are being chased by a gunman, as they become mesmerized by Optima's beauty and accidentally give up their location to him. The gunman, in turn, sets off an alarm when he tries to steal the car, allowing the good guys to make a run for it. The spot ends with Shawn fantasizing about driving off in the car, Gus shaking him back to reality and a tune-in message for the TV series."
Add in their blipvert adventures in the Tooniverse, and it ooks like the Psych boys are on the fast track to membership in the TV Crossover Hall of Fame.
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It features Billie Piper as Hannah the morning after she picked up a young shop salesman played by Matt Smith.
That my choice would come from this show was never in doubt, as 'Z Rock' made me laugh out loud with each episode. (Try watching TV alone and see how hard that can be!) But trying to make a choice between Joey, Dave, and Paulie was impossible. And the sum is so much more than the parts anyway. (Although Kitty Braunstein might feel differently about David's parts.....)
I enjoyed the performance by Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, but it was more for what he brings to Toobworld that got him the nod in this category. As he's been around for 400 years, and - unlike vampires - able to sire children, John could be a link to other TV shows by the "theory of relateeveety". It's more than just that he could be the father of some established characters; he could be their grandfathers, great-grandfathers, going back who knows how many generations! Add to that all of the famous people and TV characters from the Past with whom he possibly came into contact, and you can see why he'd be an important figure in Toobworld, even if the show only lasted the one season.
At this point in his career, including his supporting turns in the "Harold & Kumar" movies and on stage in various musicals (like "Assassins"), but as far as Toobworld is concerned, for his creation of Barney Stinson on 'How I Met Your Mother', Neil Patrick Harris can do no wrong.
In her very first season, Mary has qualified for induction into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame! She made a guest appearance in a glorified cameo on 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' (I'm hoping to see her interact with Charlie Crewes of 'Life'!) and provided a copy of Playpen magazine to one of her cases which had been seen "previously... on 'Lost'".
Definitely a high point in the Tele-Folks Directory this year! From one minute to the next you never know what oddity might spill from his lips.
With his sardonic delivery of a line, I'd love to see Marshal Marshall Mann team up with Detective John Munch in a crossover with 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'. It seems like a natural.
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Bernard Cribbins is now officially incorporated into the Toobworld 'Who', after appearing in the movie version with Peter Cushing. And it was a brilliant stroke to bring him back from the one-shot "Voyage Of The Damned" special and to make Wilf the grandfather to Donna. What could have been comic relief turned maudlin by the end was instead handled with the skill of an old pro by Cribbins (seen here with the Doctor). Even though I'm loathe to see Donna ever return to the series, as I think it would violate such a heart-breakingly beautiful farewell with the Doctor, surely there must be some way to bring Wilf Mott back for a visit?
A lot of fans of the show hated her character by the time her story arc finished, but I blame that on the direction taken by the writers, and that was their call. But there's no denying her introduction in "Ten Sessions" (seen here with Ted) was such a breath of fresh air to shake up the ensemble. Based on that alone, I wanted so badly for her to turn out to be the "Mother".
Originally I had Scotty as the "most deserving to be made a regular" winner since early in the year, but then the producers went ahead and did so without my input. Scotty's such a sweet guy and helps modulate the acrimony that so often bubbles up at Walker gatherings. And as one of the top up-and-coming chefs in California, maybe he's met Jack Tripper.....?
I've been a fan of Laurie Holden since I first saw her as Marta Covarrubias on 'The X-Files'. And with the 'Primeval' tweak of the Toobworld timeline, and because both 'The X-Files' and 'The Shiled' are now finished, I'm going to suggest the idea that they are one and the same woman but now with different names and histories, a la Claudia Brown and Jenny Lewis.
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Stephen Root can do no wrong anyway, and Eddie was no exception. It was almost as if his character from "Office Space" had been embraced by the Kindred - it would have made him less pathetic, but not by much. There was just something that spoke to me in his "fanger", but not something I'd want to dwell on....
The fact that Greg Giraldo was also a welcome presence in Lewis Black's 'The Root Of All Evil' helped seal the deal for Harry. But at the same time he was such a welcome yet verbally abusive addition to the Tele-Folks Directory.
Ah, the lovely, aforementioned Georgia Moffett as "The Doctor's Daughter"! I'm sure we'll be seeing her again, especially since Steven Moffat requested that her character survive the episode. Blessed with the ability to regenerate without losing her original form, we could posit that certain guest star roles which she might play in the future could also be Jenny under an alias. (Although I'm not sure where she might find a time machine....)
Sweet, lovely and so sad. Perhaps in some future incarnation of the Sing-Along Blog, Dr. Horrible might invent a time machine and go back to save her, even if it does mean screwing up the time-space continuum.
It was certainly an interesting take on the scientist: practically immortal, vampiric, and best of all because of his accomplishments, he had powers based on bio-electrical energy. And there was just this attitude that put me in mind of the legendary movie villain Waldo Lydecker of "Laura".
Sure, the dialects were all over the map, but I could really accept that they all lived together in Bon Temps, Louisiana.
They blended together so well, sometimes I had a hard time figuring out exactly whose storyline I was following.
I bought into the whole dynamic of 'Gav and Stace', accepting that these people could all be related to each other; well-cast on that! As for 'Supernova', with each episode it was just so much fun to go back and hang out in the Outback with these Bruces and Sheilas.
A little something for everyone on the team, and now with an interesting adversary in Jim Sherman, Nate's former rival as insurance investigators.
She even has a great line delivery, punctuating certain conversations with a pitch-perfect "Moo"!
Nuff Said. And it looks like he's set himself on a road to salvation that will keep him stumbling along stupidly as well.
Later in that 'Chuck' episode, Morgan had another shot at a famous car; this time it was the "General Lee" of 'The Dukes Of Hazzard' fame.
Ryan Robbins was only listed as a guest star throughout the series, but he's a vital member of the team, made even more so with the revelation that he's a lycanthrope, a werewolf. Since the back-story of 'True Blood' includes werewolves, we could make a legitimate, if still theoretical crossover between both shows - if only they shared the same TV dimension. (Based on the first part of the 'Sanctuary' season finale, I've got to let it go and send it off to the Evil Mirror Dimension with my blessing. Hrmm... they wouldn't like blessings, would they?)
If I had "Best Comedic Villain" as a category, I think there's no question John Popper would win. He may never be considered a good actor, but you could tell he was having fun playing himself as a total sleazebag pig. And Joan Rivers upped her ante for consideration for membership in the TV Crossover Hall Of Fame, especially because her televersioin is now considered to be Dina's aunt. Toobworld Central LOVES when fictional characters are related to real people! (Megan and Tim Russert, Vera and Art Carney as examples) 
The action director spoofed his own image as a blow-em-up-real-good guy, and Brooke showed her dark side as she ridiculed pregnant women for the reason they wanted to own a piece of German engineering. She also supplied the best line of dialogue from all the commercials shown this year: "Please.... Don't be like Becky."
This is what Toobworld is all about - living, walking gas cans! Inanimate objects that come alive are a staple in blipverts; but even without CGI-added faces or cutesy voices, these gas cans had what the Tin Man was lacking - heart.
I will freely admit that I had major doubts about the return of Donna Noble's character to the series, and on a regular basis at that! Not after "The Christmas Invasion", even if there had been growth in her character by the end of that episode. But with Catherine Tate's talent and excellent scripts to showcase her further develoopment, Donna became one of the greatest of the Companions and the one with the most powerful story arc. (And that's Donna on the left, wiseguy!)
As with the departure of Detective Ed Green in the same episode ("Burn Card"), Bernard's first appearance was low-key and didn't trumpet the fact that Anthony Anderson would be coming on board as Detective Lupo's new partner. If you hadn't been reading the press releases, you might have accepted him as a one-off guest star, as he was from a different department and specifically introduced just for that case.
Never once while I was watching Bill Irwin's chilling "DJK" serial killer in the episode "19 Down" did I once think about Mr. Noodle of 'Sesame Street' or any number of other characters that he's played. He truly embodied this creepy monster and owned his scenes - and that was even after being twice removed from the viewer by being seen on a video screen.
Once the Toobworld timeline was tweaked by Nick Cutter's trip into the past at the end of Season One, the life of Claudia Brown was erased. But instead of being erased completely, she was still around - in almost the exact same circumstances (as a PR spokesperson) - but with a new name, Jenny Lewis.
