I was hoping for some of that Divine intervention while watching my tape from Friday of 'The Book of Daniel'. I was hoping to find something to link it to another show.
But the closest I got was mention of Bishop Congreve's resume - that she holds a chair in Divinity at Yale. Yale, in New Haven, Ct., is one of the most popular schools for Toobworld characters ever; most significantly on 'The Gilmore Girls' the last few years. There have been more than a dozen shows in which a major character had connections to Yale:
'St. Elsewhere'
'Mad About You'
'The Gilmore Girls'
'Stark Raving Mad'
'The Sopranos'
'Amen'
'Beggars and Choosers'
'For Love Or Money'
'My Favorite Martian'
'The Associates'
'Batman'
'Married People'
'Six Feet Under'
'Breaking News'
'Peacemakers'
'The Lyons' Den'
'Will & Grace'
'The West Wing'
'As the World Turns'
'Route 66'
'The Adventures Of Briscoe County Jr.' (Judge Gatt, not Briscoe)
What's great about Yale is that it's Ivy League, but not really so pretentious with that haughty stuck-up blue-blood attitude you get from Harvard characters (like Thurston Howell III).
But it's also a real school, and thus just that much fun as a link for Toobworld. It's like saying 'Taxi' and 'CSI:NY' are connected because they're both set in NYC. ('Taxi' is connected to 'Law & Order', though, since the Sunshine Cab Co. appeared in an 'L&O' episode.)
For most of 'The Book of Daniel', I felt there there far too many moments that had the air of being too scripted. Like when Grace found her gay brother Peter (And we were never allowed to forget he was gay!) trying to chat up a prospective boyfriend in church. She teased him with "Don't forget to show him your -#" just as their Grandfather (the Bishop!) shouted "Peter!"
Too scripted and over-acted was my complaint regarding the third sibling, the adopted son of Chinese descent. I just didn't find him as a character to be believable; I couldn't see past the actor acting. (I had no trouble believing his circumstances to be possible.)
I've heard that there are Episcopalian ministers who are embracing the show (It's about their faith.) and urging their congregations to watch it. The ones who should be upset are the Catholics, as the show suggested there's quite a close connection to the Church and the Mafia.
Here's a Toobworld puzzle: Why is it that when you see a Catholic priest on TV, he's always addressed by his first name? Father Tim ('Soap'), Father Brian ('The Mary Tyler Moore Show') and now Father Frank in this (played by Dan Hedaya).
I did enjoy the gimmick of ending each segment of the show by freezing the frame into a stained-glass window. It was reminiscent of how each quarter of 'The Wild, Wild West' ended. Only with the window, we'd get to see all of the panels in advance, so after a while I was amusing myself by trying to guess the situation and/or the characters involved in the glass depiction. (The easiest was Reverend Webster chasing the woman through a cemetary. I guessed Bishop Congreve when they showed a woman in a car; it turned out to be "Mrs. Darth Vader", a church leader.)
Reverend Don Wildmon can blow it out his ass. As a Catholic, I didn't find anything wrong with the portrayal of Jesus in the two-hour pilot. In fact, Jesus - and His camaraderie with Reverend Webster - was the only really interesting and believable part of the show. I could have done with less of the family histrionics and just spent more time hanging out with these two guys as they bantered.
I hope they take in a movie together. It would be really interesting to get His take on 'Brokeback Mountain'.....
It was obvious that His appearance to Daniel was a manifestation of Reverend Webster's inner turmoil and how his conversations with God played out. I'll bet a lot of people don't even "speak" to Jesus, and so the visualization of Webster's conversations must have seemed blasphemous - when in reality, they were just being envious.
And I think a lot of these holier than thou fruitcakes who claim to speak for God and want you to fear the Lord are really only interested in getting you to fear them instead.
By the end of the two hours, once I learned that it would be showing on Fridays at 10 pm, I was tempted to put it aside as 'Monk' will be returning this coming Friday. Sure, that's repeated several times during the week, and yeah, even the next morning usually; but I'd much rather watch a tape of 'Monk' while eating my Clusters cereal after my overnight shift than 'The Book of Daniel'.
Then again.... It is such a limited run, and 'Monk' does repeat...... I probably will stick it out with 'The Book of Daniel' for the next six weeks.
Just so I can stick it to the American Family Association in my own small way.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
ADDENDUM: THE "B&B"/"Y&R" CROSSOVER
from CBS.com:
John McCook brought his character Eric Forrester over from 'The Bold and the Beautiful' to wish Lauren good wishes.
“He's truly happy for her,” noted John. “He met Michael a few months ago and we had serious conversation about Sheila, filling him in on her. And [Michael] bought a dress from me for Lauren as they were courting. There's no residual stuff between Lauren and Eric but a lovely friendship and kind of a wink as she went down the aisle. I wish her well but it's not heavy hearted. He's very happy to wish her well.”
And from a fan site, this play-by-play recap:
The guests mingle and mill about. Put out at not being introduced to Eric Forrester, Vikki tells him she's running the company. He wishes his sons Thorne and Ridge could get along as amicably. "May the best Newman win". Vikki then quietly tells her Mom. Just keep in mind the word IS Newman, Nikki replies pointedly.
Lauren and Mike dance to a trumpet solo. JT looks put out as Mac and Kevin join in (as do John and Gloria, Scott and Joanna. Nikki and Victor - Eric and Jill - Ash and Paul. Phyllis and Jack. Chris and Nick)
Eric has to go due to an early morning meeting in LA. Lauren gives him a hug - great to see you so beautiful and happy, he says - talk to you after the honeymoon. Mike comes to tell Lauren it's time to go.
Also from that December 9th broadcast: the musical performer for the wedding reception was jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, who's worked with Paul Simon and Sting, and who scored the movie "Caught".
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
John McCook brought his character Eric Forrester over from 'The Bold and the Beautiful' to wish Lauren good wishes.
“He's truly happy for her,” noted John. “He met Michael a few months ago and we had serious conversation about Sheila, filling him in on her. And [Michael] bought a dress from me for Lauren as they were courting. There's no residual stuff between Lauren and Eric but a lovely friendship and kind of a wink as she went down the aisle. I wish her well but it's not heavy hearted. He's very happy to wish her well.”
And from a fan site, this play-by-play recap:
The guests mingle and mill about. Put out at not being introduced to Eric Forrester, Vikki tells him she's running the company. He wishes his sons Thorne and Ridge could get along as amicably. "May the best Newman win". Vikki then quietly tells her Mom. Just keep in mind the word IS Newman, Nikki replies pointedly.
Lauren and Mike dance to a trumpet solo. JT looks put out as Mac and Kevin join in (as do John and Gloria, Scott and Joanna. Nikki and Victor - Eric and Jill - Ash and Paul. Phyllis and Jack. Chris and Nick)
Eric has to go due to an early morning meeting in LA. Lauren gives him a hug - great to see you so beautiful and happy, he says - talk to you after the honeymoon. Mike comes to tell Lauren it's time to go.
Also from that December 9th broadcast: the musical performer for the wedding reception was jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, who's worked with Paul Simon and Sting, and who scored the movie "Caught".
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
UNDER THE RADAR
At least in this dimension, I only have the two eyes, and limited resources to view as much as I would like. So if it weren't for sites like TVTattle, TVSquad, TVgasm, and Zap2It.TV, a lot more might slip my notice.
But stuff does escape my detection, like the Crossover of the Week featuring 'Medium'. And now I find out I missed another crossover from near the end of 2005.
Eric Forrester, patriarch of the Forrester fashion dynasty in Los Angeles, flew to Genoa City, Wisconsin, to attend the wedding of old friend Lauren Fenmore to Michael Baldwin.
He not only traveled cross-country, but he also crossed over from 'The Bold & The Beautiful' to 'The Young & The Restless'.
If my Mom had been up to snuff, she might have been able to tell me about this, as 'Y&R' is her favorite "story". But with age, combined with her physical therapy schedules, she probably doesn't see as much of the show as she once did... and even then doesn't retain half of that in her memory.....
At any rate, it wasn't Earth Prime Time-shaking news, as 'B&B' and 'Y&R' have crossed over often. Lauren and her late husband Dr. Scott Grainger took up residence in both shows, as did their psycho bitch nemesis, Sheila Carter.
Tele-Toby
But stuff does escape my detection, like the Crossover of the Week featuring 'Medium'. And now I find out I missed another crossover from near the end of 2005.
Eric Forrester, patriarch of the Forrester fashion dynasty in Los Angeles, flew to Genoa City, Wisconsin, to attend the wedding of old friend Lauren Fenmore to Michael Baldwin.
He not only traveled cross-country, but he also crossed over from 'The Bold & The Beautiful' to 'The Young & The Restless'.
If my Mom had been up to snuff, she might have been able to tell me about this, as 'Y&R' is her favorite "story". But with age, combined with her physical therapy schedules, she probably doesn't see as much of the show as she once did... and even then doesn't retain half of that in her memory.....
At any rate, it wasn't Earth Prime Time-shaking news, as 'B&B' and 'Y&R' have crossed over often. Lauren and her late husband Dr. Scott Grainger took up residence in both shows, as did their psycho bitch nemesis, Sheila Carter.
Everybody knows how tightly knit LA is to Genoa City......
BCnU!Tele-Toby
Monday, January 9, 2006
CROSSOVER OF THE WEEK
I've written in the past about the Divine intervention that I believe I receive when it comes to flipping channels; that I always hpapen to land on something I could use for Toobworld at just the right moment.
The way I figger it, a lot of planning Upstairs went into the latest example, and it came at the right time because I had bupkis for this week's Crossover.
I took Saturday night off from work so that I could go to Connecticut. I had been invited to the surprise birthday and retirement party for my friend Maurice Steinberg in Torrington. The change in my natural sleep habits (I work overnight) and all the travel did me in; so I was back at my sister's house by 9 pm.
As she isn't living there year round, my sister pays for minimal cable service and I was severely limited in what to watch. So I chose 'Medium' over the Britcoms on PBS.
'Medium' was a repeat of the season premiere, but it was new to me as I've only seen three other episodes. And had it not been for all of that set-up, getting my cosmic ducks and drakes in a row, I never would have known about the crossover!
Mrs. DuBois kept having this interrupted dream about a sperm bank in 1983. And in one of the rooms where a donor made his deposit, there was a pile of magazines for "inspiration". And at the top of that pile?
Playpen Magazine.
Playpen is a member of the TV Crossover Hall Of Fame, inducted with other publications like the National Inquisitor, the NY Ledger, the LA Sun and the LA Tribune. But Playpen has the most appearances in other TV shows.
'Ally McBeal' - Like on 'Medium', it was a source of inspiration. Ally smuggled a copy into prison so that a client could smuggle out a deposit to impregnate his wife.
'Renegade' - Reno had to protect the grande dame who owned the company.
'That Girl' - Ann Marie found her head superimposed on a nude centerfold's body.
'The X-Files' - Fox Mulder had a big collection of the magazine.
'Millennium' - A murder victim had an even bigger collection; he had a copy of every issue published up to the point of his death.
'CSI' - An issue was found during the execution of a search warrant following the death of a baby.
'Homicide: Life On The Street' - Meldrick claimed that he only read it for the articles. Uh-huh....
And it even surfaced in the Tooniverse, on an episode of 'Family Guy'.
Now, if only another show would have a character eating Nutty Nuggets for breakfast, like the D.A. of 'Medium', then the addition of this show to the official TV Universe might be more secure.
But I've also got an historical missing link based on location, location, location.
This episode featured Captain Push...... I'm thinking one of his ancestors founded the town of 'Push, Nevada'.......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
The way I figger it, a lot of planning Upstairs went into the latest example, and it came at the right time because I had bupkis for this week's Crossover.
I took Saturday night off from work so that I could go to Connecticut. I had been invited to the surprise birthday and retirement party for my friend Maurice Steinberg in Torrington. The change in my natural sleep habits (I work overnight) and all the travel did me in; so I was back at my sister's house by 9 pm.
As she isn't living there year round, my sister pays for minimal cable service and I was severely limited in what to watch. So I chose 'Medium' over the Britcoms on PBS.
'Medium' was a repeat of the season premiere, but it was new to me as I've only seen three other episodes. And had it not been for all of that set-up, getting my cosmic ducks and drakes in a row, I never would have known about the crossover!
Mrs. DuBois kept having this interrupted dream about a sperm bank in 1983. And in one of the rooms where a donor made his deposit, there was a pile of magazines for "inspiration". And at the top of that pile?
Playpen Magazine.
Playpen is a member of the TV Crossover Hall Of Fame, inducted with other publications like the National Inquisitor, the NY Ledger, the LA Sun and the LA Tribune. But Playpen has the most appearances in other TV shows.
'Ally McBeal' - Like on 'Medium', it was a source of inspiration. Ally smuggled a copy into prison so that a client could smuggle out a deposit to impregnate his wife.
'Renegade' - Reno had to protect the grande dame who owned the company.
'That Girl' - Ann Marie found her head superimposed on a nude centerfold's body.
'The X-Files' - Fox Mulder had a big collection of the magazine.
'Millennium' - A murder victim had an even bigger collection; he had a copy of every issue published up to the point of his death.
'CSI' - An issue was found during the execution of a search warrant following the death of a baby.
'Homicide: Life On The Street' - Meldrick claimed that he only read it for the articles. Uh-huh....
And it even surfaced in the Tooniverse, on an episode of 'Family Guy'.
Now, if only another show would have a character eating Nutty Nuggets for breakfast, like the D.A. of 'Medium', then the addition of this show to the official TV Universe might be more secure.
But I've also got an historical missing link based on location, location, location.
This episode featured Captain Push...... I'm thinking one of his ancestors founded the town of 'Push, Nevada'.......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
TOOBWORLD: THE NEXT GENERATION
I am preparing the next generation of televisiologists.....
I received this email from Taiwan, where the "Kids Having Kids" (Sean & Gosia) are spending two years teaching. (They're the parents of my god-daughter, Rhiannon.)
Here's what Sean had to say about his oldest tyke, Eli.....
So, this morning, Eli explained to me about how, yesterday, he was watching the Lilo and Stitch tv show and it "connected" (in his words) with another show! Some characters from another disney show had come to Hawaii on vacation. I explained to Eli that this was known as a crossover. I thought you would be proud of him. he was intrigued by the concept. :)
Eli was referring to a Crossover of the Week - WHICH I JUST REALIZED I DIDN'T LIST IN THE 2005 RUNDOWN! - from last August. It was on 'Lilo & Stitch' as the boy says, and it featured characters crossing over from 'Kim Possible'.
I have big, I say, big plans for that boy!
HRMmmmmmm..... Suddenly I want to wack a guard dog on the butt with a two-by-four.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
I received this email from Taiwan, where the "Kids Having Kids" (Sean & Gosia) are spending two years teaching. (They're the parents of my god-daughter, Rhiannon.)
Here's what Sean had to say about his oldest tyke, Eli.....
So, this morning, Eli explained to me about how, yesterday, he was watching the Lilo and Stitch tv show and it "connected" (in his words) with another show! Some characters from another disney show had come to Hawaii on vacation. I explained to Eli that this was known as a crossover. I thought you would be proud of him. he was intrigued by the concept. :)
Eli was referring to a Crossover of the Week - WHICH I JUST REALIZED I DIDN'T LIST IN THE 2005 RUNDOWN! - from last August. It was on 'Lilo & Stitch' as the boy says, and it featured characters crossing over from 'Kim Possible'.
I have big, I say, big plans for that boy!
HRMmmmmmm..... Suddenly I want to wack a guard dog on the butt with a two-by-four.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Sunday, January 8, 2006
OUT OF CONTEXT MESSAGING
They were wrapping up the interview with Tamara Tunie on NBC's 'Sunday Today' this morning, and she was asked if she felt as though she had finally made it. After all, she's starring on both 'As The World Turns' and 'Law & Order: SVU', and she was on Broadway last year with Denzel Washington in "Julius Caesar".
And she was happy with her lot in life, but she would never stop reaching for more, saying:
"I'm still shooting up."
Welllll, doggies! I wonder what people thought when they flipped over to NBC at the exact moment to hear just that!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
And she was happy with her lot in life, but she would never stop reaching for more, saying:
"I'm still shooting up."
Welllll, doggies! I wonder what people thought when they flipped over to NBC at the exact moment to hear just that!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Saturday, January 7, 2006
THE HAT SQUAD: RAUL DAVILA
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) _ Raul Davila, who appeared with many A-list actors in feature films and on television, died Monday in a Belleville hospital of a heart attack. He was 74.
Davila's best-known big-screen role was in 1987's "The Believers," starring Martin Sheen, when he played a voodoo priest with designs on the soul of the son of Sheen's character. Through the 1990s, he played Hector Santos on the TV soap opera "All My Children," starring Susan Lucci.
Davila moved to New York in 1963, acting in theater as well as in TV and radio ads. In 1967, he moved to Newark and produced programs for the city's Spanish language television station Channel 47, including the long-running public-affairs program "Hispanic Forum."
Davila retired from acting about three years ago, his brother-in-law Vincent Perez said, but continued to work with student actors at a community center in Manhattan's Spanish Harlem.
"He loved to share his craft," Perez said.
TV SERIES
"All My Children" (1970) TV Series .... Hector Santos (1994-1996)
TV MOVIES
The Old Man and the Sea (1990) (TV)
The Trial of Bernhard Goetz (1988) (TV) .... Flores
Florida Straits (1986) (TV) .... Esteban
Private Sessions (1985/I) (TV) .... Mr. Fontana
A Doctor's Story (1984) (TV) .... Jack Angel
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"New York Undercover" in episode: "Missing" (episode # 1.8) 3 November 1994
"Law & Order" playing "Camacho" in episode: "Coma" (episode # 5.2) 28 September 1994
BCnU....
Tele-Toby
Davila's best-known big-screen role was in 1987's "The Believers," starring Martin Sheen, when he played a voodoo priest with designs on the soul of the son of Sheen's character. Through the 1990s, he played Hector Santos on the TV soap opera "All My Children," starring Susan Lucci.
Davila moved to New York in 1963, acting in theater as well as in TV and radio ads. In 1967, he moved to Newark and produced programs for the city's Spanish language television station Channel 47, including the long-running public-affairs program "Hispanic Forum."
Davila retired from acting about three years ago, his brother-in-law Vincent Perez said, but continued to work with student actors at a community center in Manhattan's Spanish Harlem.
"He loved to share his craft," Perez said.
TV SERIES
"All My Children" (1970) TV Series .... Hector Santos (1994-1996)
TV MOVIES
The Old Man and the Sea (1990) (TV)
The Trial of Bernhard Goetz (1988) (TV) .... Flores
Florida Straits (1986) (TV) .... Esteban
Private Sessions (1985/I) (TV) .... Mr. Fontana
A Doctor's Story (1984) (TV) .... Jack Angel
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"New York Undercover" in episode: "Missing" (episode # 1.8) 3 November 1994
"Law & Order" playing "Camacho" in episode: "Coma" (episode # 5.2) 28 September 1994
BCnU....
Tele-Toby
Friday, January 6, 2006
THE HAT SQUAD: LOU RAWLS
Singer Lou Rawls has passed away from cancer. His voice served him in good stead in the Tooniverse, and his talent made him a welcome guest on many sitcoms as himself. But he also showed he had dramatic chops in TV shows of all genres, from Westerns to private eye actioners.
TV SERIES
"Baywatch Nights" (1995) TV Series .... Lou Raymond (1995-1996)
TV MOVIES
Don King: Only in America (1997) (TV) .... Harold Logan
Saturday's (1991) (TV) .... Jack Saturday
THE TOONIVERSE
"The Proud Family" playing "Himself" (voice) in episode: "The Party" (episode # 1.11) 4 January 2002
"Hey Arnold!" (1996) TV Series (voice) .... Harvey (1996-1999)
"Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" (1995) TV Series (voice) .... Bat
"Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990) TV Series (voice) .... Dr. Rice
THE LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES
"My Wife and Kids" playing "Himself" in episode: "Michael's Garden" (episode # 2.7) 31 October 2001
"The Norm Show" playing "Himself" in episode: "Norm and Shelly in Love" (episode # 2.5) 20 October 1999
"The Good News" playing "Himself" in episode: "Gospelfest: Part 2" (episode # 1.20) 5 May 1998
"Martin" playing "Himself" in episode: "California, Here We Come: Part 2" (episode # 5.24) 1 May 1997
"Roc" playing "Himself" in episode: "The Concert" (episode # 3.18) 8 February 1994
"Lou Rawls Parade of Stars" (1984) TV Series .... Himself/Host
"The Muppet Show" playing "Himself" (episode # 2.15) 1 November 1977
Lou Rawls: Soul On Ice! (1975) (TV) .... Himself
"Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers" (1968) TV Series .... Himself (1969)
Jack Benny's Bag (1968) (TV) .... Himself
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Early Edition" playing "Hanratty" in episode: "The Wall: Part 2" (episode # 1.15) 8 February 1997
"Baywatch" playing "Ozzie Thompson" in episode: "Lifeguards Can't Jump" (episode # 3.10) 16 November 1992
"Fantasy Island" playing "Charles 'Diggs' Whelan" in episode: "Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends" (episode # 6.15) 26 February 1983
"The Fall Guy" playing "Country Joe Walker"
in episode: "The Fall Guy: Part 2" (episode # 1.2) 4 November 1981
in episode: "The Fall Guy: Part 1" (episode # 1.1) 4 November 1981
"The Big Valley" playing "Joshua Watson" in episode: "Joshua Watson" (episode # 4.14) 20 January 1969
"77 Sunset Strip" playing "Safari Attendant" (uncredited) in episode: "Safari" (episode # 2.22) 4 March 1960 TV
THEME SONGS
"This Is America, Charlie Brown" (1988) TV Series (singer) (episode "The Music and Heroes of America" 1989)
A Garfield Christmas Special (1987) (TV) (singer: title theme)
Garfield in Paradise (1986) (TV) (singer)
"New Love, American Style" (1985) TV Series (singer: title theme)
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985) (TV) (singer)
Garfield in the Rough (1984) (TV) (singer)
Garfield on the Town (1983) (TV) (singer)
Here Comes Garfield (1982) (TV) (singer)
TV SERIES
"Baywatch Nights" (1995) TV Series .... Lou Raymond (1995-1996)
TV MOVIES
Don King: Only in America (1997) (TV) .... Harold Logan
Saturday's (1991) (TV) .... Jack Saturday
THE TOONIVERSE
"The Proud Family" playing "Himself" (voice) in episode: "The Party" (episode # 1.11) 4 January 2002
"Hey Arnold!" (1996) TV Series (voice) .... Harvey (1996-1999)
"Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" (1995) TV Series (voice) .... Bat
"Captain Planet and the Planeteers" (1990) TV Series (voice) .... Dr. Rice
THE LEAGUE OF THEMSELVES
"My Wife and Kids" playing "Himself" in episode: "Michael's Garden" (episode # 2.7) 31 October 2001
"The Norm Show" playing "Himself" in episode: "Norm and Shelly in Love" (episode # 2.5) 20 October 1999
"The Good News" playing "Himself" in episode: "Gospelfest: Part 2" (episode # 1.20) 5 May 1998
"Martin" playing "Himself" in episode: "California, Here We Come: Part 2" (episode # 5.24) 1 May 1997
"Roc" playing "Himself" in episode: "The Concert" (episode # 3.18) 8 February 1994
"Lou Rawls Parade of Stars" (1984) TV Series .... Himself/Host
"The Muppet Show" playing "Himself" (episode # 2.15) 1 November 1977
Lou Rawls: Soul On Ice! (1975) (TV) .... Himself
"Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers" (1968) TV Series .... Himself (1969)
Jack Benny's Bag (1968) (TV) .... Himself
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Early Edition" playing "Hanratty" in episode: "The Wall: Part 2" (episode # 1.15) 8 February 1997
"Baywatch" playing "Ozzie Thompson" in episode: "Lifeguards Can't Jump" (episode # 3.10) 16 November 1992
"Fantasy Island" playing "Charles 'Diggs' Whelan" in episode: "Return to the Cotton Club/No Friends Like Old Friends" (episode # 6.15) 26 February 1983
"The Fall Guy" playing "Country Joe Walker"
in episode: "The Fall Guy: Part 2" (episode # 1.2) 4 November 1981
in episode: "The Fall Guy: Part 1" (episode # 1.1) 4 November 1981
"The Big Valley" playing "Joshua Watson" in episode: "Joshua Watson" (episode # 4.14) 20 January 1969
"77 Sunset Strip" playing "Safari Attendant" (uncredited) in episode: "Safari" (episode # 2.22) 4 March 1960 TV
THEME SONGS
"This Is America, Charlie Brown" (1988) TV Series (singer) (episode "The Music and Heroes of America" 1989)
A Garfield Christmas Special (1987) (TV) (singer: title theme)
Garfield in Paradise (1986) (TV) (singer)
"New Love, American Style" (1985) TV Series (singer: title theme)
Garfield's Halloween Adventure (1985) (TV) (singer)
Garfield in the Rough (1984) (TV) (singer)
Garfield on the Town (1983) (TV) (singer)
Here Comes Garfield (1982) (TV) (singer)
Apparently, Rawls must have found kinship with another hep cat.....
BCnU....
Tele-Toby
THE HAT SQUAD: NEIL STRAWSER
Neil Strawser, who spent 34 years as a correspondent for CBS News and anchored its four straight days of radio coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy, has died at the age of 78.
Strawser died at his home in Washington.
He appeared on radio and television for CBS News from 1952-86, including a stint as a Washington-based correspondent for the "CBS News With Douglas Edwards." This was the network's 15-minute newscast in the 1950s and early 1960s before Walter Cronkite replaced Edwards on the nightly newscast.
Before the Kennedy assassination, Strawser was on the job during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 as what the network described as one of the first reporters allowed to travel to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. As the television pool reporter, he saw Soviet freighters leave Cuban waters with nuclear missiles.
Strawser spent his entire career at CBS News in the Washington bureau. He moderated the CBS Radio coverage of NASA missions from the Gemini program through the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. He also moderated the CBS coverage of the 1973 Watergate hearings in the Senate and the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings the following year.
Strawser also appeared on "Face the Nation."
After leaving CBS News, he worked as a press officer for the House Budget Committee from 1987 until he retired in 1994.
"Neil was a true Washington expert, particularly on the legislative process," CBS News White House correspondent Bill Plante said. "He was a generous colleague with an enormous storehouse of knowledge he was always willing to share."
CBS TV newsmen have always played an important part in my family's living room while I was growing up. So that's why I'd like to tip my hat to Mr. Strawser for his contributions.
BCnU.....
Tele-Toby
Strawser died at his home in Washington.
He appeared on radio and television for CBS News from 1952-86, including a stint as a Washington-based correspondent for the "CBS News With Douglas Edwards." This was the network's 15-minute newscast in the 1950s and early 1960s before Walter Cronkite replaced Edwards on the nightly newscast.
Before the Kennedy assassination, Strawser was on the job during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 as what the network described as one of the first reporters allowed to travel to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba. As the television pool reporter, he saw Soviet freighters leave Cuban waters with nuclear missiles.
Strawser spent his entire career at CBS News in the Washington bureau. He moderated the CBS Radio coverage of NASA missions from the Gemini program through the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969. He also moderated the CBS coverage of the 1973 Watergate hearings in the Senate and the House Judiciary Committee's impeachment hearings the following year.
Strawser also appeared on "Face the Nation."
After leaving CBS News, he worked as a press officer for the House Budget Committee from 1987 until he retired in 1994.
"Neil was a true Washington expert, particularly on the legislative process," CBS News White House correspondent Bill Plante said. "He was a generous colleague with an enormous storehouse of knowledge he was always willing to share."
CBS TV newsmen have always played an important part in my family's living room while I was growing up. So that's why I'd like to tip my hat to Mr. Strawser for his contributions.
BCnU.....
Tele-Toby
SCORPIO RISING
Jaia may have been on to something the other day when she suggested a new category for next year's Toobits: Best Return Of A Character.
She thought that Dr. Noah Drake's return to 'General Hospital' after 22 years was a worthy contender for last year. And if the rumors I'm hearing are true, I have the candidate for 2006 locked up as well.
But my candidate may have competition, and it looks like Jaia's fave soap will be responsible for it again.
According to Carolyn Hinsey in the New York Daily News, Tristan Rogers is returning to 'General Hospital' next month as Robert Scorpio. The former spy, with one of the coolest TV names ever, was last seen 14 years ago when it was assumed he perished in a boat explosion.
Of course, as so often happens in soaps, no body was recovered.
Who's next to turn up in Port Charles, NY? If this trend continues, perhaps we might find out that the title character of 'Jake In Progress' was once known as Blackie Parrish!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
She thought that Dr. Noah Drake's return to 'General Hospital' after 22 years was a worthy contender for last year. And if the rumors I'm hearing are true, I have the candidate for 2006 locked up as well.
But my candidate may have competition, and it looks like Jaia's fave soap will be responsible for it again.
According to Carolyn Hinsey in the New York Daily News, Tristan Rogers is returning to 'General Hospital' next month as Robert Scorpio. The former spy, with one of the coolest TV names ever, was last seen 14 years ago when it was assumed he perished in a boat explosion.
Of course, as so often happens in soaps, no body was recovered.
Who's next to turn up in Port Charles, NY? If this trend continues, perhaps we might find out that the title character of 'Jake In Progress' was once known as Blackie Parrish!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
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