AS SEEN ON TV: MANSON

CHARLES MANSON

AS SEEN IN:
'The Ben Stiller Show'

AS PLAYED BY:
Bob Odenkirk

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A ZONED-OUT CHRISTMAS: "THE NIGHT OF THE MEEK"

I thought it might be nice to try out the remake of the 'Twilight Zone' Christmas episode from the 1980s for today's TV holiday video.

Besides... it was all in one segment and this week has been all about saving time since I'm away from Toobworld Central!

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AS SEEN ON TV: WILLIAM LAMB

WILLIAM LAMB

AS SEEN IN:
"Victoria & Albert"

AS PLAYED BY:
Nigel Hawthorne

From Wikipedia:
William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne, PC, FRS (15 March 1779 – 24 November 1848) was a British Whig statesman who served as Home Secretary (1830–1834) and Prime Minister (1834 and 1835–1841), and was a mentor of Queen Victoria.

The city of Melbourne, Australia, was named in his honour in March 1837, as he was the Prime Minister at the time.

Another lasting memorial is his favourite, and most famous, dictum in politics: "Why not leave it alone?", quoted by those who object to change for change's sake.

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"CANNONBALL CHRISTMAS"

Presenting "Cannonball Christmas" from 'Petticoat Junction', which features the best non-Scrooge Scrooge ever in Toobworld: Homer Bedloe!

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AS SEEN ON TV: DOCTOR RUTH

Why?

Because we all know how everybody gets at those office Christmas parties....

DR. RUTH WESTHEIMER

AS SEEN ON:
'Saturday Night Live'

AS PLAYED BY:
Mary Gross

From Wikipedia:
Ruth Westheimer (born June 4, 1928) is an American sex therapist, media personality, and author. Best known as Dr. Ruth, the New York Times described her as a "Sorbonne-trained psychologist who became a kind of cultural icon in the 1980s. The Sister Wendy of sexuality, she ushered in the new age of freer, franker talk about sex on radio and television—and was endlessly parodied for her limitless enthusiasm and for having an accent only a psychologist could have."

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HAVE A VERY "HAZEL" CHRISTMAS!

Here's a "maid to order" Christmas-themed episode of 'Hazel'. (Sorry about that, Chief.)

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AS SEEN ON TV: BRIAN PICCOLO

This past weekend was pretty interesting when it came to football... but that was mostly (for me, anyway) by the collapse of the Metrodome roof under all that snow.

But it put me in mind for a little football....

BRIAN PICCOLO

AS SEEN IN:
"Brian's Song"

AS PLAYED BY:
James Caan

From Wikipedia:

Louis Brian Piccolo (October 31, 1943 – June 16, 1970) was a professional football player for the Chicago Bears for 4 years. He died from embryonal cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of lung cancer, which was first diagnosed after it had spread to his chest cavity. He was the subject of the 1971 TV movie "Brian's Song". Piccolo was portrayed in the original film by James Caan and by Sean Maher in the 2001 remake.

We'll be honoring the televersion of Gale Sayers in February.....

A VERY MERRY TOBY-CHRISTMAS TO YOU!

I'll be away from Toobworld Central for the next few days celebrating the traditional Toby-Christmas with my family. I can't make it home either Christmas week or the week before New Year's (I just can't hack the idea of taking the train back into the City on either Christmas Eve or ESPECIALLY New Year's Eve!), so we're having it this early this year.

So activity will be light here at Inner Toob. There will, of course, be the daily "As Seen On TV" feature, as well as a full Christmas episode from classic TV shows each day.

I hope you all have a happy and merry - but most importantly, a safe! - Toby-Christmas!

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HOW I SPENT WOLD NEWTON DAY

Less than two hours into Wold Newton Day, and I was talking to the actor who'll be playing the Monster in an upcoming movie called "Frankenstein Rising". (His name is Randall Malone.) And then he phoned Jerry Maren - a member of the Lollipop Guild in "The Wizard Of Oz" - so that I could say hello. (I also got to speak with Mr. Maren's charming wife Elizabeth.)

Randy also promised to bring Margaret O'Brien, one of the most popular child actors in cinema history once upon a time, to meet her "cousin" on Monday night. But I don't think any of her movies have ever been accepted into the Wold Newton Universe......

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OHHHHH, WILMER.....

'MAGNUM, P.I.' - "A.A.P.I."

When Thomas Magnum had a dream in which he was a 1940's private eye, his sub-conscious cast loan shark Francis Hofstetler, AKA "Ice Pick", as a gangster named Wilmer.

Magnum must have picked up on the resemblance "Ice Pick" had with the movie actor Elisha Cook, Jr., especially in connection to his role as Wilmer the gunsel in the Humphrey Bogart movie "The Maltese Falcon".

"The Maltese Falcon" should not be absorbed into the TV Universe, as there are far too many reerences to it as a movie in many TV shows. (The latest was in 'Fringe' where Cary Grant played Sam Spade in that alternate TV dimension.)

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