One of "The Numbers" from 'Lost' showed up in 1953 on the license plate of Colonel Melchett's car in "The Body In The Library", a Miss Marple mystery.....BCnU!
Sunday, March 14, 2010
NUMBERS RUNNING: LOST LICENSE
One of "The Numbers" from 'Lost' showed up in 1953 on the license plate of Colonel Melchett's car in "The Body In The Library", a Miss Marple mystery.....BCnU!
BOOKING A DATE WITH MISS MARPLE
I'm watching the 1984 adaptation of Agatha Christie's "The Body In The Library" starring Joan Hickson as Miss Jane Marple. And within the first few minutes, I was able to determine where in the Toobworld Timeline the mystery takes place..... 
"She Died Laughing" by Leonard Gribble was published in 1953. As this looks to be a first edition, or at least from the very first printings, I'm going to state that the mystery at Gossington Hall took place in that year....
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"She Died Laughing" by Leonard Gribble was published in 1953. As this looks to be a first edition, or at least from the very first printings, I'm going to state that the mystery at Gossington Hall took place in that year....BCnU!
HANDLING THE BAREFOOT TRUTH
I'm planning on seeing the group Barefoot Truth when I go on vacation this summer. I was checking out their videos on YouTube because I had never heard of them before, and this is the one that won me over into choosing them over the other options for those two weeks:
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AS SEEN ON TV: CASEY JONES
On this date in 1863, the legendary railroad engineer Casey Jones was born.
AS SEEN IN:
'Casey Jones'
AS PLAYED BY:
Alan Hale, Jr.
From Wikipedia:
John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). On April 30, 1900, he alone was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi on a foggy and rainy night. His dramatic death trying to stop his train and save lives made him a folk hero who became immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African American engine wiper for the IC. Due to the enduring popularity of this song, his life and legend have been celebrated for over a century.
There's a Tennessee museum dedicated to the man and myth.
So long for now we'll be seeing you when
I've used a lot more pictures than I usually do for an "As Seen On TV" profile, but I couldn't resist that big dopey grin on Alan Hale......
BCnU!
CASEY JONES
AS SEEN IN:'Casey Jones'
AS PLAYED BY:Alan Hale, Jr.
From Wikipedia:John Luther "Casey" Jones (March 14, 1863 – April 30, 1900) was an American railroad engineer from Jackson, Tennessee who worked for the Illinois Central Railroad (IC). On April 30, 1900, he alone was killed when his passenger train collided with a stalled freight train at Vaughan, Mississippi on a foggy and rainy night. His dramatic death trying to stop his train and save lives made him a folk hero who became immortalized in a popular ballad sung by his friend Wallace Saunders, an African American engine wiper for the IC. Due to the enduring popularity of this song, his life and legend have been celebrated for over a century.
There's a Tennessee museum dedicated to the man and myth.
So long for now we'll be seeing you when
Casey comes rollin' by again
With a steamin' boiler and a smokin' stack
And the wheel striking thunder of the railroad tracks
There'll be Casey Jr. and Old Red Rock, too
Fireman Wally and the rest of the crew
In a thrilling adventure that's a lot of fun
When Casey takes the throttle for another run
I've used a lot more pictures than I usually do for an "As Seen On TV" profile, but I couldn't resist that big dopey grin on Alan Hale......
BCnU!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
SATURDAY MATINEE: TRUE GRIT FOR PENGUINS
Just a little bit o' fun before I turn in for my nap......
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THEORY OF RELATEEVETY: SKOWRIN TO SKOWRON
Jack Skowron is a best-selling author who wrote "Freefall To Ecstasy", which was bought by many but which hardly anyone ever finished reading. He was an old friend of Jim Rockford, whom he asked for help on his second novel (as seen in an episode of 'The Rockford Files'.) 
It could be that Jack can trace his ancestry back to Henry Skowron, Esq., (played by Royal Dano), a ne'er-do-well roaming the wild, wild west with his three sons - George, Herman, and Perlee. At some point in the 1870's, the Skowrins encountered Kwai Chiang Caine and an Irishman named Sean Mulhare, with the intent of robbing them. 
The Skowrins are like the dark side of the Cartwright clan, with Perlee (played by Merlin Olson) as their version of Hoss - perhaps with more brawn, but less brain. 
If Jack can trace his ancestry to any of Henry Skowrin's sons, it would be most likely to George. Tele-genetic echoes are strong in Toobworld and it could be that all of the men in the Skowrin line from George to Jack were of a smaller build but of a higher intelligence (at least higher than others in the Skowrin family tree.) 
As for the slight difference in the family name, some Skowrin up the line decided to change it; perhaps even Jack himself, thinking it looked better on paper as his nom de plume.SHOWS CITED:
'The Rockford Files' - "The Gang at Don's Drive In"
'Kung Fu' - "Nine Lives"
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HOW MANY BEVANS IN A BEVY?
In March of 2003, the UCOS team was first assembled in the 'New Tricks' pilot. A year later, 'New Tricks' premiered as a series. As is usual with the launch of a TV show, there was some tinkering with the cast, but at least the core team of Amanda Redman, Alun Armstrong, James Bolam, and Dennis Waterman remained intact. It was the role of Deputy Assistant Commissioner Donald Bevan that was recast. In the pilot, DAC Bevan was played by Tim Woodward. For the first series (season to the Yanks), Nicholas Day had the role. After that, he was phased out, to be replaced by DAC Robert Strickland.
Here's how DAC Bevan is described in Wikipedia:
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Donald Bevan is the team's boss during the first series. He knows both Jack Halford and Gerry Standing, and strongly opposed Standing's inclusion in the team, mainly due to the history between them. (It is later revealed that Gerry punched Bevan in the face and broke his jaw).
I always wonder why the creators of a show are so married to a character's name at this juncture in a show's development. The audience has no attachment to the character yet, so if you're going to recast the role, why not just create a new name, a new character to fill the same purpose?
In the long view it just throws the audience out of the show's believability if they're watching the series on DVD. One episode you've got Tim Woodward in the role of Bevan, and the next it's Nicholas Day. And it's not like you can claim a quantum leap or some other sci-fi splainin for Bevan being a recastaway; the show is too realistic (considering). Woodward and Day aren't even the same height or build, so a more grounded splainin of plastic surgery won't fly.
There's only one way to go with this splainin: they were both Donald Bevan.
Here's how DAC Bevan is described in Wikipedia:
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Donald Bevan is the team's boss during the first series. He knows both Jack Halford and Gerry Standing, and strongly opposed Standing's inclusion in the team, mainly due to the history between them. (It is later revealed that Gerry punched Bevan in the face and broke his jaw).
I always wonder why the creators of a show are so married to a character's name at this juncture in a show's development. The audience has no attachment to the character yet, so if you're going to recast the role, why not just create a new name, a new character to fill the same purpose?
In the long view it just throws the audience out of the show's believability if they're watching the series on DVD. One episode you've got Tim Woodward in the role of Bevan, and the next it's Nicholas Day. And it's not like you can claim a quantum leap or some other sci-fi splainin for Bevan being a recastaway; the show is too realistic (considering). Woodward and Day aren't even the same height or build, so a more grounded splainin of plastic surgery won't fly.
There's only one way to go with this splainin: they were both Donald Bevan.
It's just one of those quirks in the world, either real or Toob, that there will always be people sharing the same name. I was born a Thomas O'Brien, and that's very common. In my hometown there were about six of them, one of them in my high school class. In fact, I'm Thomas O'Brien III, which is why they were calling me Toby (my initials sounded out) even before I was born - it would be less confusing than calling for Tom O'Brien and having more than one answer. Of course, if my grandfather replied, you better run screaming, as he passed away before my parents even met......
But enough about me.......
In the real world, Donald Bevan is a writer who co-wrote the 1951 play "Stalag 17" and he wrote an episode of 'Producer's Showcase' in 1955. He was also a caricaturist for Sardi's Restaurant in New York City's theatre district. It seems a pretty thin resume to become somebody who inspires the naming of a baby, but as he exists in Toobworld (thanks to several shows in which he was interviewed), it's a pozz'bility. But not one we're committed to......
So let's just say it was one of those flukes in which both were given the name Donald Bevan at birth. And in one of those "Believe It Or Not" twists of Fate, both of them joined the Metropolitan Police in London and eventually rose to the rank of Deputy Assistant Commissioner.
Another thing they both had in common - at some point in their careers, they pissed off Gerry Standing to the extent where the detective punched them in the jaw and broke it.
At some point between March of 2003 and April of 2004, DAC Bevan (as played by Tim Woodward), no longer was in charge of overseeing UCOS. Instead that duty fell to a fellow DAC, the other Donald Bevan.
From that point on, we know Donald Bevan II's history in Toobworld until he was phased out after six episodes. But as for Donald Bevan I, it's time for this televisiologist to go out on a limb.....
It's pozz'ble, just pozz'ble, that DAC Bevan got himself in some sort of trouble on the job which demanded disciplinary action. As a result he lost the position of Deputy Assistant Commissioner and was reduced to Detective Chief Inspector. For alls I know, he was happy with that, as being a DAC meant he was mostly chained to a desk with a sea of paperwork and public relations problems. As a DCI, Bevan could keep his hand in when it came to the reason why he became a copper in the first place - to solve crimes.
At the same time, Donald Bevan I may have wanted to sever all ties to whatever got him into trouble in the first place. And as he was probably fed up with being confused with the other DAC Donald Bevan for so long, he may have petitioned the courts to legally change his name.
And so by March of 2004, one year after creating the UCOS squad, former DAC Donald Bevan became DCI Sebastian Turner, who oversaw the operations of a homicide detective squad, as seen in 'Murder City'..........* 
This not only splains away the recastaway problem, but it also combines two Tim Woodward characters into one.
Tidy.
BCnU!
AS SEEN ON TV: THE PRINCE REGENT
"Alvenley, who's your fat friend?"
THE PRINCE REGENT
[FUTURE GEORGE IV]
AS SEEN IN:
"Beau Brummell: This Charming Man"
AS PLAYED BY:
Hugh Bonnevile
From Wikipedia:
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was the king of Hanover and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later. From 1811 until his accession, he served as Prince Regent during his father's relapse into insanity from an illness that is now suspected to have been porphyria.
George IV is remembered largely for his extravagant lifestyle that contributed to the fashions of the British Regency. By 1797 his weight had reached 17 stone 7 pounds (111 kg or 245 lb), and by 1824 his corset was made for a waist of 50 inches (127 cm).
He was a patron of new forms of leisure, style and taste. He commissioned John Nash to build the Royal Pavilion in Brighton and remodel Buckingham Palace, and Sir Jeffry Wyatville to rebuild Windsor Castle. He was largely instrumental in the foundation of the National Gallery, London and King's College London.
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THE PRINCE REGENT[FUTURE GEORGE IV]
AS SEEN IN:
"Beau Brummell: This Charming Man"
AS PLAYED BY:
Hugh Bonnevile
From Wikipedia:
George IV (George Augustus Frederick; 12 August 1762 – 26 June 1830) was the king of Hanover and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from the death of his father, George III, on 29 January 1820 until his own death ten years later. From 1811 until his accession, he served as Prince Regent during his father's relapse into insanity from an illness that is now suspected to have been porphyria.
George IV is remembered largely for his extravagant lifestyle that contributed to the fashions of the British Regency. By 1797 his weight had reached 17 stone 7 pounds (111 kg or 245 lb), and by 1824 his corset was made for a waist of 50 inches (127 cm).
He was a patron of new forms of leisure, style and taste. He commissioned John Nash to build the Royal Pavilion in Brighton and remodel Buckingham Palace, and Sir Jeffry Wyatville to rebuild Windsor Castle. He was largely instrumental in the foundation of the National Gallery, London and King's College London.
[after his sartorial transformation, courtesy of Beau Brummell]
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Friday, March 12, 2010
TRACKING REDJAC
Now that Toobworld Central has presented the theory that the use of the Wilhelm Scream on television is a signal that the evil entity known as Redjac is leaving a dying body, we can track its progress through Toobworld.
The last time we knew where it was, Redjac was fleeing the body of a criminal as he fell out of a cable car in Canada. We picked it up next in South America:
O'Bviously there's a pattern here: Christopher Chance just happened to be near by when a Redjac-possessed man met his maker. It could be that Redjac is using Chance as a carrier, like Typhoid Mary, without 'The Human Target' even knowing about it.
Otherwise we'd have to find some other reason. And since the Wilhelm Scream has been used in every episode of 'Human Target' so far, we can't chalk it up to Coincidence.
Eventually Redjac has to make its way to Kiev, but until then we can track it - but only after it abandons its last victim.....
BCnU!
The last time we knew where it was, Redjac was fleeing the body of a criminal as he fell out of a cable car in Canada. We picked it up next in South America:
O'Bviously there's a pattern here: Christopher Chance just happened to be near by when a Redjac-possessed man met his maker. It could be that Redjac is using Chance as a carrier, like Typhoid Mary, without 'The Human Target' even knowing about it.
Otherwise we'd have to find some other reason. And since the Wilhelm Scream has been used in every episode of 'Human Target' so far, we can't chalk it up to Coincidence.
Eventually Redjac has to make its way to Kiev, but until then we can track it - but only after it abandons its last victim.....
BCnU!
BAYNES & BAINES: PART TWO
Last month I wrote about the family relationship of Inspector Baynes ('Sherlock Holmes') and Jeremy Baines ('Doctor Who'). I'd now like to bring another member of the family into the fold.
DOCTOR BAINES
of
"THE NINE TAILORS"
As with the other two men, Dr. Baines lived in the Norfolk area; he was the general practitioner serving the community of Fenchurch St. Paul.
As he was seen in Toobworld around 1938, (Lord Peter Wimsey mentioned that a jewel robbery at the heart of the mystery occurred twenty years before, in 1918.), and being in his later years, I propose that he could be the son of Inspector Baynes. And like young Master Jeremy, he decided to change his name upon getting his license to practice medicine.
As for his relationship to Jeremy, I think he's better suited to being his uncle rather than this father.
BCnU!
DOCTOR BAINESof
"THE NINE TAILORS"
As with the other two men, Dr. Baines lived in the Norfolk area; he was the general practitioner serving the community of Fenchurch St. Paul.
As he was seen in Toobworld around 1938, (Lord Peter Wimsey mentioned that a jewel robbery at the heart of the mystery occurred twenty years before, in 1918.), and being in his later years, I propose that he could be the son of Inspector Baynes. And like young Master Jeremy, he decided to change his name upon getting his license to practice medicine.
As for his relationship to Jeremy, I think he's better suited to being his uncle rather than this father.
BCnU!
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