NUMBERS RUNNING: BADGE 416

When the body of Dr. Mark Sloan's long-missing father was discovered in a Los Angeles tomb, his detective's badge had been placed inside the crypt as well. Back in 1947 (when he was last seen alive), Detective James Sloan held badge number "416".

This was all seen in the 'Diagnosis Murder' episode "Sins Of The Father Part Two".

"4" and "16" are two of the Numbers in the sequence from 'Lost'.....

[With the frame grab, it does sort of look like "418", but Dr. Sloan's son did say it was "416".]

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AS SEEN ON TV: SERGIO ARAGONES

Sergio Aragones' birthday was back in September, and I probably should have saved this for next year. But it's been awhile since I featured somebody from the Tooniverse, and there's never a bad time for saluting an artist like Mr. Aragones.

SERGIO ARAGONES

AS SEEN IN:
'Futurama'

AS PLAYED BY:
Himself

Here's a tip of the hat from comics scribe and cartoon director Mark Evanier, who counts Sergio Aragones as his best friend (at least with facial hair):

Sergio may well be the most-honored cartoonist ever. If there's an award you can get for drawing silly pictures, he's got at least one of 'em, maybe several. When we go places, I see folks line up to meet him. Many are wanna-be artists who think just being next to the guy is going to make them better in some way. I'm not sure it doesn't for some. I don't draw any better because of our association. In fact, if anything, it's caused me to practice less because...well, what's the point of drawing when he's around? It's not like you could possibly be as good or as fast or as funny. But others are so inspired by him that I'm sure it makes them better. And folks who don't aspire to cartooning careers like being around him because he's just a neat guy.

The secret of Sergio's creativity is all about attitude and in his outlook on the world, which is always fresh and funny and young. Remember what I wrote here recently about how writers should love writing? Well, Sergio loves drawing. Still does and always will. And doing something you love, day in and day out, turns out to be a great way to never get old.

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[I also chose Mr. Aragones because having a head in a jar as the subject made for a great way to cap off Halloween.... Who knows? In a thousand years, they may be the new Jack O' Lanterns!]

SCOOBY-DOO GOOGLE

In case you didn't visit Google's website today (and I find that unthinkable - for Toobworld concerns, I'm there several times a day!), apparently they teamed up with Hanna-Barbera to create a Halloween story for the Google logo, featuring Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Machine gang: I hope everybody had a safe and sane Halloween!

(Or as Mr. Crider would have it: Hallowe'en.....)

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PUMPKIN SURPRISE!

Since Jon Hamm was hosting the 'Saturday Night Live' Halloween episode last night, I was hoping that they'd do another Vincent Price Halloween Special. And they didn't disappoint!





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GOING POSTAL ON HALLOWEEN.....

I don't want to send you off to bed TOO scared.......

Sweet Dreams!

REMEMBER THE ZUNI FETISH DOLL?

For real scares, there was no better Halloween story in Toobworld than this one.......

TRILOGY OF TERROR
PART ONE

PART TWO

PART THREE

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REAL SCARY, KIDS! AROOOOO!

For the Halloween musical interlude, how about a little "Twilight Zone", Toobworld style......?

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IN A TOOBWORLD THEATRE NEAR YOU!

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QUOTH THE Q

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AS SEEN ON TV: MAYOR HARRY BACHARACH

We took a week off for the "Missiles Of October" theme, but we're back to showcasing historical figures from the new HBO series 'Boardwalk Empire'......

MAYOR HARRY BACHARACH

AS SEEN IN:
'Boardwalk Empire'

AS PLAYED BY:
John Rue

From Wikipedia:
Harry Bacharach (1873 – 1947) was an American politician and mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey in 1912 (6 months), 1916–1920, and 1930–1935. He also served as a city commissioner. His brother was United States Congressman Isaac Bacharach. In 1914, Bacharach was tried for election fraud in the 1910 mayoral election. The Bacharach Giants, a Negro League baseball team that played in Atlantic City, was named for him.

So, as seen in this episode, Harry Bacharach was nearing the end of his second term as the mayor of Atlantic City.....

The next episode of 'Boardwalk Empire' debuts tonight at 9 PM EST on HBO.....

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