TVXOHOF TRIBUTE - BOB UECKER DOESN'T MISS THE TAG

Bob Uecker:

“Remember, fans.

This exciting moment is brought to you by Month Old Franks.

The hot dogs with experience.”

From WTMJ4:
MILWAUKEE — Milwaukee Brewers and broadcasting legend Bob Uecker passed away Thursday at the age of 90, the Brewers announced.

“Today, we take on the heaviest of burdens. Today, we say goodbye to our beloved friend, Bob Uecker," a statement from the Brewers said.

“Ueck was the light of the Brewers, the soundtrack of our summers, the laughter in our hearts, and his passing is a profound loss. He was the heart and soul of Wisconsin and a dear friend. Bob loved people; his presence warmed every room and he had a way of welcoming all of us into his world as if we were lifelong friends.

“Saying goodbye to Bob shakes us all. He was so much more than a Milwaukee Brewers icon. He was a national treasure. Bob entertained us with his words and storytelling, so it is no surprise that his passing now leaves us at a loss for our own words.

“There is no describing the impact Ueck had on so many, and no words for how much he was loved. We are left with a giant void in our hearts, but also remember the laughter and joy he brought to our lives throughout the years.”

It would have been just a matter of time for “Ueck” to enter the Television Crossover Hall Of Fame; eventually he would have been a lock for an April berth.  I’m sorry it was spurred by his passing.

BOB UECKER

From Wikipedia:
Robert George Uecker (January 26, 1934 – January 16, 2025), better known as Bob Uecker, was an American professional baseball catcher and sportscaster who served as the primary broadcaster for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball (MLB) for 54 seasons.

Uecker signed with his hometown Milwaukee Braves in 1956, spending several years in the minor leagues with various affiliate clubs before making his major league debut in 1962.

As a backup catcher, he played for the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Atlanta Braves from 1962 to 1967. He won a World Series with the Cardinals in 1964.

After retiring, Uecker started a broadcasting career and served as a play-by-play announcer for Milwaukee Brewers radio broadcasts from 1971. Uecker became known for his self-deprecating wit and became a regular fixture on late night talk shows in the 1970s and 1980s, facetiously dubbed "Mr. Baseball" by TV talk show host Johnny Carson.

He hosted several sports blooper shows and had an acting career that included his role as George Owens on the television program 'Mr. Belvedere' and as play-by-play announcer Harry Doyle in the film "Major League" and its two sequels.

Uecker was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame with its 2003 Ford C. Frick Award in recognition of his broadcasting career.

After retiring as a player, Uecker became a broadcaster, starting with WSB-TV in Atlanta. In 1971, he began calling play-by-play for the Milwaukee Brewers' radio broadcasts. Uecker's tenure as a Brewers broadcaster (54 seasons) was the second-longest continuous tenure with one team among active Major League Baseball announcers prior to his death, trailing only Kansas City Royals broadcaster Denny Matthews (1969–present).

During his Brewers tenure, Uecker mentored Pat Hughes, Jim Powell, Cory Provus and Joe Block, all of whom became primary radio announcers for other MLB teams. For several years he also served as a color commentator for network television broadcasts of Major League Baseball, helping call games for ABC in the 1970s and early 1980s and NBC (teaming with Bob Costas and Joe Morgan) in the 1990s. During that time, he was a commentator for several League Championship Series and World Series. He also called the 1982 World Series locally for the Brewers on WISN in Milwaukee.

He made some 100 guest appearances on Johnny Carson's 'Tonight' Show. Most of his wisecracks poked fun at himself. He once quipped, "Sporting goods companies would pay me not to endorse their products."

Uecker hosted 'Saturday Night Live' on October 13, 1984. The episode also featured musical performances by Peter Wolf.

Uecker appeared in a series of Miller Lite commercials starting in the 1980s. In one commercial from that decade, Uecker was seen preparing to watch a baseball game when an usher informs him he is in the wrong seat. Uecker pompously remarks, "I must be in the front row", which became another of his catchphrases. The punch line was that Uecker's seat was actually in the nosebleed section.

Since then, the farthest seats from the action in some arenas and stadiums have been jokingly called "Uecker seats". There is a section of $1 seating called the "Uecker seats" at American Family Field, which is an obstructed-view area in the upper grandstand above home plate where the stadium's roof pivot comes together (in reference to one of his Miller Lite commercials).

Another of Uecker's catchphrases from the aforementioned Miller Lite 'front row' commercial is, "He missed the tag!" which he yells with confidence from his seat in the top row of the upper deck of the stadium, far away from the action.

He made cameo appearances as himself in episodes of the sitcoms 'Who's the Boss?', 'D.C. Follies', and 'LateLine'. He was the voice of the "head of Bob Uecker" in the 'Futurama' episode "A Leela of Her Own".

Here are the shows which qualify Mr. Baseball as a member of the TVXOHOF as a multidimensional League of Themselves member:

According to IMDb, Uecker made at least five appearances in Miller Lite blipverts, which rocketed him to prominence as a League of Themselves member.

MILLER LITE
[TASTES GREAT, LESS FILLING]

O'Bservation:
In one of these commercials, Bob got to work with an actor with whom I became friends late in his life, John Finnegan (appearing as the usher.  Mr. Finnegan certainly knew how to work those red jackets and caps, as seen in these screencaps from 'McCloud' and 'The Adventures of Ellery Queen' respectively.) 

That was more exciting for this Toobworld Curator than the fact that Uecker got to work with John Goodman in one of his earliest roles.

[Goodman's the guy in the red sweater]

• BOB UECKER (1982)
• SOFTBALL GAME (1983)
• FIRST LITE BEER CAMPING TRIP (1985)
• THE FIRST LITE BEER OPEN (1986)
• THE CASE OF THE MISSING CASE (1986)

O’Bservation:

In that last commercial, Rodney Dangerfield peels off his mask to reveal he is really Bob Uecker, who thought he was at a costume party.

VARIOUS WRESTLING EVENTS (1980S)

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE (October 13, 1984)
(Musical guest – Peter Wolf)

O’Bservation:
As with any episode of ‘Saturday Night Live’, any sketches in which Uecker appeared as fictional characters (The Little League Coach, The Police Officer) became part of Skitlandia.  But as himself, as the host of the episode, Uecker adds to his tally for membership.  

One thing which helped in that regard is that he was the anchor for Weekend News Update, rather than a cast member.

HOLLYWOOD SQUARES (1986)

WHO’S THE BOSS?
THE UNNATURAL (1986)

O’Bservation:
Uecker showed up to watch the game, but he got forced to sit at the top of the stands.  He looked for the silver lining though – he said if the field had been moved, he'd be in the front row.

D.C. FOLLIES
OLLIE NORTH RAISES MONEY WITH “ADOPT-A-CONTRA” SCHEME (1987)

Bob Uecker wanted to run for President.

O’Bservation:
This is not an alternate Toobworld.  Puppets are alive.  They are spirits which inhabit shells of various forms and they take on qualities of that puppet shell.

LATELINE
PEARCE’S NEW BUDDY (1998)

Ueker to Mike Dukakis:
“Mike, if you don’t want to be considered a loser, I’d 86 the shirt.”
“But hey!  What’s wrong with being a loser?  It got me a big house.”

Meanwhile, over in the Tooniverse….

FUTURAMA
A LEELA OF HER OWN (2002)

Trivia from IMDb:
When Bob Uecker is announcing the Red Sox / Mets game, he states "and that's with three E's". The Red Sox famously lost Game Six of the 1986 World Series to the NY Mets on an error when a ground ball went between first baseman Bill Buckner's legs. That play meant the game was concluded with the Red Sox having 3 errors (abbreviated 3 E).

Hank Aaron was reluctant to be in this episode, but agreed when he found out Bob Uecker had agreed.

Bob Uecker says "I've never seen anything this bizarre, and I've seen Mr. Belvedere naked! Woo!" Bob Uecker was an actor in a show called 'Mr. Belvedere'.

PUPPY DOG PALS
TAKE ME OUT TO THE PUG GAME (2017)

O’Bservation:
Uecker was the voice of the announcer at the local ball park who introduces the legendary Teddy Peppercorn to the crowd.  

The announcer wasn’t named, but why couldn’t it have been Uecker appearing as himself?  If Teddy Peppercorn was that much of a baseball legend, shouldn’t he be presented by somebody worthy of the job?

TEEN TITANS GO!
BBRBDAY (2017)

Robin isn't invited to Beast Boy's birthday party, so he decides to throw his own party with special guest Bob Uecker.

THE BORDERLANDS

SPRINGFIELD OF DREAMS:
THE LEGEND OF HOMER SIMPSON (2017)

O’Bservation:
In a dimension straddling the Tooniverse and some live-action Toobworld, this is chronicled.

Bob Uecker died on January 16th.  I could have posted this tribute to the Inner Toob at any point since then, even on that day.  But as his birthday was just ten days later, I decided to share it today.  Everybody deserves to get something for their birthday, even if it is just a little tip of the baseball cap like this “honorific.”

Welcome to the Hall, Mr. Uecker.  Feel free to sit in the front row.  The TVXOHOF is a concept of the mind, so every seat can be in the front row.

 

ADDENDUM - RICHARD SIMMONS

We've got two interesting additions to the tally for Richard Simmons, who was a memorial tribute last year in the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.

First up is an interesting frame-grab from an appearance on Rosie O'Donnell's talk show.  (She was trying to guess his identity.)

Talk shows, except for certain situations ('The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson', 'The Merv Griffin Show', 'The View'), carry no weight towards the qualifications of an inductee.  But they can add flavor, as this photo illustrates.

And then we have a reference to Mr. Simmons, not an actual appearance.  I've come to accept that a reference to a person, even if they are not seen, is proof that a television of that person does exist in Toobworld.

FRIENDS
THE ONE IN VEGAS PART 1

Phoebe:
What the hell took you so long?
Monica:
Okay, you can NOT tell Chandler. Okay? That I ran into Richard.
Phoebe:
Which Richard?
Monica:
THE Richard.
Phoebe:
Richard Simmons?! Oh my God!
Monica:
Noo! My ex-boyfriend Richard! Y'know the tall guy, moustache?
Phoebe:
Oh! Okay, that actually makes more sense. So how was it?
Monica:
It was, it was really nice. We started talking and I-I ended up having lunch with him.
Phoebe:
That is so weird! I had a dream that you'd have lunch with Richard.
Monica:
Really? Phoebe: But again, Simmons. Go on.

[LATER]

Chandler:
Ohh that's the worst thing that can happen on an anniversary ever!
Phoebe: (Just joining them)
Oh good! All right, so you decided to tell him about the Richard thing.
Chandler:
What-what Richard thing?
Phoebe:
Oh no.
Chandler:
What Richard thing?
Phoebe: (To Monica under her breath)
Simmons! Go with Simmons!

TVXOHOF REMEMBERS - DR. MONICA QUARTERMAINE

Something new which I hope won’t be utilized very often over the coming year in the Inner Toob blog – posts to mark the passing of the members of the Television Crossover Hall of Fame.

And unfortunately, with 2025 barely underway, we already have news to share.

From ABC News:
The "General Hospital" family has lost one of their own.

Leslie Charleson, who played Monica Quartermaine on the iconic soap opera for nearly five decades, from 1977 to 2023, died recently at the age of 79.

Frank Valentini, executive producer of "General Hospital," shared a statement about Charleson's death to the show's official Instagram account on Jan. 12.

"It is with a heavy heart that I announce the passing of my dear friend and colleague, Leslie Charleson," Valentini wrote. "Her enduring legacy has spanned nearly 50 years on General Hospital alone and, just as Monica was the heart of the Quartermaines, Leslie was a beloved matriarch of the entire cast and crew."

Dr. Monica Quartermaine was inducted in September of 2018 for the following appearances:

GENERAL HOSPITAL
2079 Episodes
(1977-2023)

PORT CHARLES
27 Episodes
(1997-2001)

GENERAL HOSPITAL: NIGHT SHIFT
2 Episodes
(2008)

DIAGNOSIS MURDER
PHYSICIAN, MURDER THYSELF
(1997)

In all but that last entry, Ms. Charleson portrayed Monica Quartermaine.  But for that ‘Diagnosis Murder’ episode, she was credited only as “New Doctor”.  So why couldn’t she have shown up at Community General as Dr. Quartermaine?

Even if some Crossover Powers That Be struck that off her credentials, she more than covers the basics to qualify with the other three series.  Three series is the minimum needed to be worthy of the “honor”.  But not many in the Hall now can lay claim to having played the role 2,108 times!

As Red Skelton would say, good night and may God bless, Ms. Charleson.  Thank you for sharing Monica with us all these years.

TVXOHOF - JANUARY 2025: THE FIRST CROSSOVER OF THE YEAR IS A DOG

 
WELCOME TO 2025!

Enjoy it while you can….

Each year, the Television Crossover Hall of Fame inducts at least a dozen TV characters, as well as members of the League of Themselves, one every month, who have connected at least three TV series and/or commercials and TV movies into a connected universe.  And each of those months has a theme which I, as a curator of Toobworld, try to follow.

We kick off each year’s class with the January theme of Classic TV.  For this year, I was having a tough time thinking of a person who was a great, splashy showcase to begin the tally.

And that’s when I realized that I needed to readjust the perspective of my thinking….

DOG

From Wikipedia:
Higgins (December 12, 1957 – November 11, 1975) was an American dog actor, one of the well-known animal actors during the 1960s and 1970s. He is most remembered for his roles in the original "Benji" film, and the uncredited dog from 'Petticoat Junction', two of the most popular roles he played during a 14-year career in show business.

In 1960, animal trainer Frank Inn found the dog at the Burbank Animal Shelter as a puppy. He was believed to be a mix of Miniature Poodle, Cocker Spaniel, and Schnauzer.

As an actor, Higgins first came to national attention as the uncredited dog who played the character of "Dog" on the television sitcom 'Petticoat Junction' for six of the show's seven seasons, from 1964 to 1970, appearing in 149 episodes. He guest-appeared on the television sitcom 'Green Acres' with Eva Gabor in 1965 and also made a guest appearance on the television sitcom 'The Beverly Hillbillies'.

Due to his work in 'Petticoat Junction', Higgins received a PATSY Award in 1966 in the television category, and he was cover-featured on an issue of TV Guide magazine.

Higgins was able to convey a broad range of emotions through his facial expressions. Inn, who trained thousands of animals of many species during his lifetime, told reporters that Higgins was the smartest dog he had ever worked with and noted that during his prime years in television, he learned one new trick or routine per week and retained these routines from year to year, making it possible for him to take on increasingly varied and complex roles. Higgins's tricks included yawning and sneezing on cue.

O'Bservation:

The IMDb says that Dog was in 174 episodes, not just 149.  I'm not going to bother counting them; I'll just make note of both totals.

“Higgins” was his actual name.  If he had a name in Hooterville, we never learned it.  Basically, he was just “Dog”.  (That’s right; Lt. Frank Columbo wasn’t the first to have a four-legged companion by that “name”.)

Here are the shows which justify Dog's membership in the Hall....

PETTICOAT JUNCTION
174 Episodes (1964-1970)

First Episode:
BETTY JO’S DOG (1964)
Last Episode:
BETTY JO’S BUSINESS (1970)

O’Bservations:
Some of the episodes actually centered around Dog, like when he ended up on trial as an accused chicken killer.  Many times he was the “partner-in-crime” to Uncle Joe Carson.  

‘Petticoat Junction’ had a deep bench to draw from for stories, so it’s nice to see that Higgins’ acting skills were recognized to carry a few plotlines.

GREEN ACRES
LISA THE HELPMATE (1965)

LISA HAS A CALF (1965)

O'Bservation:
In a later episode (UNCLE FEDOR), Higgins appears as a dog known as "Killer" but that could be a ploy by Fedor to convince Mr. Douglas that he really is in danger.  I have not been able to track down the episode to learn more.

"AMEN!"

THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES
THE THANKSGIVING SPIRIT (1968)
CHRISTMAS IN HOOTERVILLE (1968)

HEY!
Somebody is missing....

O’Bservation:

Higgins appeared in ten episodes of 'The Beverly Hillbillies', but he was only “Dog of Hooterville” in his last two appearances in Season Seven.  In the earlier episodes, he had names like JoJo or Wilbur or just was never addressed by name.  But he was playing a different dog on the other side of the country, in Beverly Hills.  (If anything, he could have been the same dog seen in two episodes of ‘Lassie’, which also took place in California.)

One final note from Wikipedia:

Higgins died at age 17, just a month short of his 18th birthday. Inn had the dog's body cremated and saved the ashes in an urn on his mantelpiece. He then wrote a Christian poem in memory of Higgins called “My Gift to Jesus”. Inn died in 2002 and requested that Higgins's ashes be buried in his coffin with him. Inn is buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.

Welcome to the TVXOHOF, Dog.  Maybe most humans will remember you for your last role of Benji, but for me, it’s your nameless mutt in Hooterville who stands tall.

You'll find Mr. Ed and Lassie here to keep you company.  I was going to say your old pal Uncle Joe Carson was here as well.  I thought for sure I had inducted him years ago!  Oh well....  At least I have somebody to include next January....

But in the meantime, maybe Sam Drucker can play fetch with you....

(I couldn't think of a better freeze frame to serve as the finale, since Dog was the last cast member to be seen each week during the credits as he chased the Cannonball down the tracks to the Junction... Petticoat Junction.)

THE HAT SQUAD 2024 - ACTORS & PERSONALITIES

ACTORS & PERSONALITIES

ACTORS
Mickey Cottrell ('Star Trek: The Next Generation', 'Star Trek: Voyager', 'The Practice')
Lillian Crombie ('Double Trouble', 'Faraway Downs', 'Heartland', 'Ring of Scorpio')
Glynis Johns ('Glynis', 'Coming of Age', 'The Crime of Ovide Plouffe', 'Batman')
Christian Oliver ('Alarm fur Cobra 11 - Die Autobahpolizei', 'Saved By The Bell')
David Soul ('Starsky & Hutch', 'Here Come The Brides',  'Salem's Lot', 'The Yellow Rose', 'Casablanca', 'Owen Marshall, Counsellor at Law')
Alec Musser ('All My Children', 'Desperate Housewives')
Adan Canto ('Designated Survivor', 'Cleaning Lady', 'Blood & Oil', 'Narcos')
Maria Pavan ('Ryan's Hope', 'The Money-Changers', 'Combat!', 'Naked City', 'The Rockford Files', 'Hawaii Five-0', 'Switch', 'Wonder Woman', '77 Sunset Strip'. Twin sister of Pier Angeli, Oscar nominee for "The Rose Tattoo")
Bill Hayes ('Days Of Our Lives', 'Matlock', 'Frasier', 'Cop Rock', 'Hooperman')
Amanda Davies ('One Life To Live' She played Young Vicki in flashbacks.  Victoria Lord was played by Erica Slezak... her mother.)
Joyce Randolph ('The Honeymooners', 'The Jackie Gleason Show' )
Peter Crombie ('Seinfeld', 'L.A. Firefighters', 'House of Frankenstein')
David Gail ('Port Charles', 'Savannah', 'Robin's Hoods', 'Beverly Hills 90210')
Dexter Scott King (Son of Martin Luther & Coretta Scott King, "The Rosa Parks Story", 'King', "Our Friend Martin", '1-800-MISSING')
Gary Graham ('Alien Nation', 'Star Trek: Enterprise', 'JAG', 'Star Trek: Renegades' TVXOHOF)
Chita Rivera ('The New Dick Van Dyke Show', 'Will & Grace', 'Dora the Explorer')
Sandra Milo ('Gigolo per Caso', 'Sabato sera dalle nove alle dieci') 
Don Murray ('Knots Landing', 'Twin Peaks', 'The Outcasts', 'Sons & Daughters') 
Carl Weathers ('The Mandalorian', 'Chicago' - 'Justice'/'Fire'/P.D.'&'L&O: SVU' TVXOHOF)
Hinton Battle ('Buffy The Vampire Slayer', 'Quantum Leap', 'Smash', 'Early Edition')
Ewen MacIntosh ('The Office' [UK], 'Navelgazng Presents', 'Lockdown Lifeline')
Pamela Salem ('Doctor Who', 'EastEnders', 'French Fields', 'The West Wing', 'Buccaneer', 'Into The Labyrinth') 
John Savident ('Coronation Street', '1990', 'Yes, Minister', 'Jane', 'Tightrope')
Micheline Presle ('Le Saintes Cherie', 'The Count of Monte Christo', 'Lulu')
Chris Gauthier ('Eureka', 'Once Upon A Time', 'Health Nutz', 'Harper's Island')
Richard Lewis ('Anything But Love', 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', 'Hiller and Diller', 'Rude Awakening', 'Daddy Dearest', '7th Heaven', 'Blunt Talk', ''Til Death')
Anne Whitfield ('Emergency!', 'Adam-12', 'Ironside', 'Perry Mason', 'Hawaiian Eye')
Kenneth Mitchell ('Jericho', 'Switched at Birth', 'Ghost Whisperer', 'Star Trek Discovery', 'Odyssey 5', 'The Astronaut Wives Club', 'Frequency', 'Nancy Drew')
Jean Allison ('Emergency!', 'The Whirlybirds', '77 Sunset Strip', 'Adam-12')
Malachy McCourt ('Search For Tomorrow', 'Ryan's Hope', 'The Dain Curse', 'Oz')
Michael Culver ('Cadfael', 'Game, Set, and Match', 'Squadron', 'Secret Army', 'The Adventures of Black Beauty', 'Befriender', "The Empire Strikes Back")
Mark Dodson ('Darkwing Duck', "Ewoks: The Battle For Endor", "Return of the Jedi")
Marcia Richwine ('a.k.a. Pablo'', 'Sin Verguenza', 'Three's Company')
Robyn Bernard ('General Hospital', 'Simon&Simon', 'Whiz Kids', 'The Facts of Life')
Ron Harper ('Generations', 'Planet of the Apes', 'Land of the Lost', 'Wendy and Me', 'Garrison's Guerillas', '87th Precinct', 'Another World', 'Capitol')
M. Emmett Walsh ('Pound Puppies','The Sandy Duncan Show', 'Sneaky Pete', 'The Civil War', 'Unsub', 'Nichols', 'Damages', 'East of Eden',  'Julia', 'The Flash(1)', 'Baretta', 'Mary Hartman2x', 'Starsky and Hutch' 'Rockford Files', 'Bob Newhart Show', 'Amazing Stories', 'AfterMASH', 'Tales From The Crypt')
Lou Gossett, Jr. ('Roots'+ "Roots: The Gift", 'Gideon Oliver', 'The Powers of Matthew Star', 'The Young Rebels', 'Watchmen', 'Hap & Leonard', 'Stargate SG-!', 'Return To Lonesome Dove', 'Sadat', 'The Lazarus Syndrome', 'Backstairs At The White House', "Don't Look Back" (Satchel Paige), 'Extant', 'The Rockford Files', 'Petrocelli', 'Cowboy In Africa', 'The Good Fight', 'Madam Secretary', 'Psych', 'ER', 'Family Guy', 'Picket Fences', 'Bonanza', 'Daktari', 'Longstreet', 'McCoud', 'Psych')
Christian Rodska ('Follyfoot', 'The Stars Look Down', 'This Year Next Year', 'Eagle Of The Ninth', '55 Degrees North', 'The Nesbitts Are Coming', 'Z Cars', 'Oliver Twist')
Daniel Balaji  ('Chithhi', 'Alaigal')
Chance Perdomo ('Gen V', 'The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina', 'The Cipher')
Barbara Rush ('Peyton Place', 'The New Dick Van Dyke Show', 'All My Children', 'Flamingo Road', '7th Heaven', 'Saints & Sinners', 'Fantasy Island', 'Batman')
Joe Flaherty ('SCTV, 'Freaks and Geeks', 'Maniac Mansion', 'Police Academy: The Series', 'The King of Queens', 'The Legend of Tarzan', 'Go Fish', 'Dinosaurs')
Cole Brings Plenty ('Yellowstone: 1923', 'Into The Wild Frontier')
OJ Simpson ('1st & Ten', 'Here's Lucy', 'Roots', 'Ironside', 'Dragnet' TVXOHOF)
Adrian Schiller ('The Last Kingdom', 'Victoria', 'Being Human', 'Silk', 'Genius')
Samantha Burroughs Davis ('Through The Dragon's Eye', Warwick Davis' wife)
Terry Carter ('McCloud', 'Battlestar Galactica', 'The Phil Silvers Show')
Marla Adams ('The Young & The Restless', 'Days Of Our Lives', 'Generations')
Brian McCardie ('Waterfront Beat', 'Lilies', 'M.I. High', 'Taggart', 'Moscow Noir')
Barbarao [Barbara O. Jones] ('Wonder Woman', 'Lou Grant', 'Laverne & Shirley')
Bernard Hill ('I, Claudius', 'Wolf Hall', 'Boys From The Blackstuff', "Titanic" & LOTR)
Susan Buckner ('When The Whistle Blows', 'The Brady Bunch Variety Hour')
Ian Gelder ('Game of Thrones', 'Torchwood', 'Snatch', 'I Thought You'd Gone')
Brian Wenzel ('A Country Practice', 'Certain Women', 'Division 4', 'Cop Shop')
Rochelle Oliver ('Law & Order', 'All My Children', 'Ryan's Hope')
Ron Thompson ('Baretta', 'Armstrong Circle Theatre', 'Ironside'/'Amy Prentiss') 
Jacques Lussier ('Cormoran', 'Le Negociateur', 'Toute la Verite', 'Monsieur le Ministre')
Mary Law ('Deadline Midnight', 'The Lost Planet', 'Emergency Ward-10')
Alex Hassilev ('Run For Your Life', 'Get Smart', member of the Limeliters)
Margaret Lee ('The Protectors')
Zack Norman ('The Nanny', 'The A-Team', 'Baywatch', 'The Flash')
Jeannie Epper (ACTRESS - 'Charmed', 'Monk', 'Medical Center', 'Tales From 
The Crypt', STUNTS - 'Big Valley', 'Dynasty', 'Charlie's Angels', 'Bionic Woman') 
Mark Damon ('Zorro', 'Hawaiian Eye', 'The Protectors', 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents')
David Sanborn ('Magnum P.I.', 'The Advocate', 'Saturday Night Live', 'The Sanborn Sessions', 'Late Night'/'Late Show with David Letterman', 'Wheel of Fortune')
Gloria Stroock ('McMillan & Wife', 'Studio One', 'Operation Petticoat', 'Baretta')
Dabney Coleman ('Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'/'Forever Fernwood'/'Fernwood 2Nite', 'Buffalo Bill', 'The Slap Maxwell Story', 'The Guardian', 'Drexell's Class', 'Madman Of The People', 'Boardwalk Empire', 'Recess', 'Fresno', 'Apple Pie', 'That Girl', 'Yellowstone', 'Columbo' TVXOHOF)
Richard Foronjy ('Under Suspicion', 'The Gangster Chronicles', 'Amen', 'Serpico')
Johnny Wactor ('It's Always Jan', 'General Hospital', 'Barbee Rehab', 'Siberia', 'Hollywood Girl')
Janis Paige ('Santa Barbara', 'General Hospital', 'Trapper John MD', 'Gun Shy', 'Baby Makes Five',  'Lanigan's Rabbi', 'Eight Is Enough', 'Bret Maverick', 'All In The Family', 'All's Fair', 'Columbo')
William Russell ('Doctor Who', 'The Adventures of Sir Lancelot', 'Harriet's Back In Town', 'Coronation Street', 'Nicholas Nickleby', 'St. Ives',  'Mackenzie', 'Breaking Point', 'Hamlet', 'Triton', 'This Man Craig', 'The Doll', 'Jane Eyre', 'Poirot', 'Blackadder' TVXOHOF)
Jeannette Charles (Professional Queen Elizabeth II impersonator)
Erich Anderson ('Felicity', 'NYPD Blue', 'THIRTYsomething', 'Bay City Blues', 'Bosch', 'Close To Home', 'Boomtown', 'Major Crimes') 
Seven ('The Walking Dead' a Belgian Malinois)
Tom Bower ('The Waltons', 'The Dain Curse', 'The Rockford Files', 'Lucky Hank')
Tony Lo Bianco ('Hidden Faces', 'Love of Life', 'Palace Guard', 'Jessie', 'Police Story', 'Jesus of Nazareth', 'Marco Polo', 'Murder, She Wrote', 'Law & Order')
Anouk Aimee ('Solomon', 'Cuckoo', 'Festival', 'Piazza Navona')
Donald Sutherland ('Crossing Lines', 'Dirty Sexy Money', 'Commander-in-Chief', 'Trust', 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves', 'The Pillars of the Earth', 'The Undoing', 'Swimming with Sharks', 'Ice', 'Moby Dick', 'Treasure Island', 'Frankenstein', 'Salem's Lot', 'The Simpsons', 'Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All', 'The Champions', 'The Saint', 'The Avengers', 'Man In A Suitcase', 'The Name of the Game')
Taylor Wiley ('Hawaii Five-0', 'Magnum P.I.' [BOTH], 'MacGyver', 'Marker' TVXOHOF)
Hiram Kasten ('Seinfeld', 'It's Like, You Know', '7th Heaven')
Spencer Milligan ('Land of the Lost', 'General Hospital', 'Quincy M.E., 'Gunsmoke')
Bill Cobb ('The Slap Maxwell Story', 'I'll Fly Away', 'Homeroom', 'The Gregory Hines Show', 'The Others', 'Go On', 'The Drew Carey Show', 'The Michael Richards Show', 'Dino Dana', 'Greenleaf', 'Rake', 'JAG')
Martin Mull ('Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'/'Fernwood Tonight'/'America 2-Night' [TVXOHOF], 'Sabrina The Teenage Witch', 'Roseanne', 'The Cool Kids', 'The Jackie Thomas Show', 'Dads', 'The Ranch', 'The Ellen Show', 'Til Death', 'American Dad!', 'Two and a Half Men', 'I'm Sorry', 'Arrested Development', 'Teamo Supremo', 'Veep', 'Life In Pieces', 'Family Dog', 'Danny Phantom', 'Domestic Life', 'The Simpsons', and for a second TVXOHOF induction: 'It's Garry Shandling's Show'/'The Nanny'/'The Drew Carey Show'/'The Larry Sanders Show'/'D.C. Follies' as Himself.)
Renauld White ('Guiding Light', "Gun Hill", 'Fashion')
Mike Heslin ('The Influencers', 'Lioness', "The Holiday Proposal Plan")
Doug Sheehan ('Knots Landing', 'Day By Day', 'General Hospital', 'Clueless')
Pat Colbert ('Dallas', 'Benson', 'The Fall Guy')

Benji Gregory ('Alf', 'Back To The Future', 'Fantastic Max', 'Punky Brewster')
Shannen Doherty ('Beverly Hills 90210'/'90210', 'Charmed', 'Our House', 'Little House On The Prairie', 'North Shore')
James B. Sikking ('Hill Street Blues', 'Doogie Howser, M.D.')
Bob Newhart ('The Bob Newhart Show', 'The Bob Newhart Show'/'Newhart', 'Bob!', TVXOHOF member)
Este TerBlanche ('All My Children', 'Spin City')
Whitney Rydbeck (Larry Crash-Test Dummy, 'Simon & Simon', 'Murder, She Wrote')
Pei-Pei Cheng ('The Sleeping Beauty', 'Far Away Love', 'Ice Fantasy')
Noriko Ohara('Doraemon', 'Yattaman', 'Time Bokan', 'Space Emperor God Sigma') 
Sally Bliss ('The Mickey Rooney Show', 'The Adventures of Fu Manchu', 'Lassie')
Yvonne Furneaux ('Hereward The Wake', Secret Agent', 'The Baron')
Ysanne Churchman ('Doctor Who', 'Planet Patrol', 'Sara and Hoppity')
Charles Cyphers ('Nick reno: Licensed Teacher', 'The Betty White Show', 'Six Million Dollar Man', 'The George Carlin Show', 'Murder One', 'Roc')
Patty Yasutake ('Star Trek: The Next Generation', 'Gung Ho', 'Beef', 'The Closer')
Connie Chiume ('Rhythm City', 'Housekeepers', 'Home Affairs', 'Yizo Yizo')
Erica Ash ('Survivor's Remorse', 'Mad TV', 'In Contempt', 'Legacies')
Angel Salazar ('On Our Own', 'The New $treetz Seriez', 'Heart Of The City')
Gena Rowlands ('Peyton Place', '87th Precinct', 'Columbo', "An Early Frost", "The Betty Ford Story", 'The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.', 'Burke's Law', 'Bonanza', 'The Virginian', 'Johnny Staccato', 'Studio One', 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents/Hour', '77 Sunset Strip', 'Dr. Kildare')
Alain Delon ('Frank Riva', 'Fabio Montale', 'Cinema')
Perry Kurtz ('Partners In Crime', 'Wait Crimes', 'Sketchers Comedy Special')
Mitzi McCall ('Alright Already', 'Silk Stalkings', 'Chuck', 'Port Charles', '7th Heaven')
James Earl Jones ('Gabriel's Fire', 'Paris', 'Jesus of Nazareth', 'Me and Mom', 'Under One Roof', 'Mathnet', 'Everwood', 'Signs and Wonders', 'Dr. Kildare', 'Faerie Tale Theatre', 'Roots: The Next Generation', 'Guiding Light', 'As The World Turns', 'Pros & Cons', 'The Simpsons', 'Square One Television', 'The Atlanta Child Murders', 'L.A. Law', 'Agent X', 'Homicide: Life On The Street', 'Law & Order', 'Picket Fences', 'Lois & Clark', 'The Defenders', 'Tarzan', N.Y.P.D.', 'East Side/West Side', 'Channing', 'Highway To Heaven', 'House' - Yeah, he deserved this.)
Chad McQueen ('Jesse Hawkes', 'V'. Son of Steve McQueen)
Kathryn Crosby ("The Initiation of Sarah", 'Ben Casey', 'The Bing Crosby Show')
Maggie Smith ('Downton Abbey', 'David Copperfield', 'Aggie', 'ITV Play of the Week', 'The Carol Burnett Show')
John Ashton ('Hardball', 'Dallas', 'Brookside', 'Columbo', 'EastEnders', 'Kojak')
Ken Page ('Adventures In Wonderland', 'South Central', 'Sable', 'Charmed')
Gavin Creel ('Rapunzel's Tangled Adventures', 'American Horror Show')
John Amos ('Roots', 'Good Times', 'The Mary Tyler Moore Show', 'The West Wing', 'Men In Trees', 'All About The Andersons', 'The District', 'In The House', '704 Hauser', 'Hunter', 'Future Cop', 'The Tim Conway Comedy Hour', 'Maude')
Jay J. Armes ('Hawaii Five-0' - Private eye who lost both his hands at age 13.)
Michel Blanc (Merci, Bernard', 'The Dominici Case', 'Palace', 'Piazza Navona')
Nicholas Pryor ('Port Charles', 'Beverly Hills 90210', 'The Bronx Zoo', 'Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing', 'The Nurses', 'Another World', 'The Secret Storm', 'Young Doctor Malone', 'The Brighter Day', 'Washington: Behind Closed Doors', 'Dallas')
Nobuyo Oyama ('Doraemon', 'Hustle Punch', 'Danganronpa: The Animation')
Bob Yerkes (Stunts - 'The Stand', 'Twin Peaks', 'Little House', 'Dukes of Hazzard')
Christine Boisson ('Reporters', 'A Swedish Woman In Paris', 'Black Sequence')
Ron Ely ('Tarzan', 'The Aquanauts', 'Sea Hunt', 'Face The Music', 'Fantasy Island')
Mimi Hines ('Frasier', 'Love, American Style', 'The Bobby Darin Show')
David Harris ('NYPD Blue', 'North & South: Book 1", 'Law & Order', 'Kojak')
Teri Garr ('Batman Beyond', 'Women of the House', 'Good Advice', 'Good & Evil', 'Fresno', 'Adventures In Wonderland', 'The Sonny & Cher Show', 'The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour', 'The Burns & Schreiber Show', 'The Ken Berry Wow Show', 'McCloud', 'Friends', 'The Girl With Something Extra', 'The Bob Newhart Show', 'It Takes A Thief', 'That Girl', 'M*A*S*H', 'Sesame Street', 'Star Trek', "Prime Suspect" - TV movie, not the series)
Alan Rachins ('L.A. Law', 'Dharma & Greg')
Jonathan Haze ('Dragnet', '77 Sunset Strip', 'Highway Patrol', 'Navy Log')
Elwood Edwards ('Arli$$', 'The Simpsons', THE Voice of AOL!)
Tony Todd ('The Young & The Restless', 'Chuck', 'Splatter', '24', 'ST: TNG')
Timothy West ('Edward the King', 'EastEnders', 'Brass', 'Gentleman Jack', 'Bedtime',  'The Big Knights', 'Bleak House', 'Coronation Street', 'Mop and Smiff')
Polly March ('Sinbad', 'Caesar', "Mystery of Britannic", 'Dispatches')
Jon Kenny ('The Fitz', 'Father Ted', "A Song For Europe", "Mrs. Brown's Boys: D'movie")
Earl Holliman ('Police Woman', 'Hotel de Paree', 'NightMan', 'Delta', 'P.S. I Luv U', 'Wide Country', 'Alias Smith and Jones', 'The Twilight Zone', "The Tribe") 
Miho Nakayama ('Love Story', 'Home & Away', 'Love 2000', 'Nemureru Mori')
Sylvia Pinal ('Mi Marida Tiene Familia', 'Soy Tu Duena', 'Mujer, Casos de la Vida Real')
Michael Cole ('The Mod Squad', 'General Hospital', 'It', 'Evening In Byzantium')
Wayne Northrup ('Days Of Our Lives', 'Port Charles', 'Dynasty', 'L.A, Law')
Maria Socas ('Mujere de Nadie', 'Grecia', 'El Precio del Poder', 'Husband To Go')
Jill Jacobson ('Falcon Crest', 'The New Gidget', 'Newhart', 'Days of Our Lives')
Marisa Paredes ('Novela', 'Estudio 1', 'El Olivar de Atocha', 'Cervantes')
Diane Delano ('Popular', 'Northern Exposure', 'Days Of Our Lives', 'L.A. Law')
Waymond Lee ('Workaholics', 'Pair of Kings', 'Kali Karate', 'Parks & Recreation') 
Geoffrey Deuel ('The FBI', 'Mannix', 'Streets of San Francisco', 'Insight', 'Ironside')
Dayle Haddon ('Max Headroom, 'The Hitchhiker', 'Coup de Foudre')
Olivia Hussey ('Jesus of Nazareth', 'It', 'The Bastard', 'Lonesome Dove: The Series')
Linda Lavin ('Alice', 'B Positive', '9JKL', 'Yvette Slosch, Agent', 'Sean Saves The World', 'Conrad Bloom', 'Courage The Cowardly Dog', 'Room For Two', 'Barney Miller')

PERSONALITIES

Brian Barczyk ('Venom Hunters')
Peter Schickele ('Evening at Pops', 'The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson', 'The Smothers Brothers Comedy Show', 'Captain & Tenille', 'ABC Comedy News')

Roni Stoneman ('Hee Haw', 'Tony Orlando and Dawn', "Johnny Cash and The Country Girls")
Robin Windsor ('Strictly Come Dancing')
Charlie Griffin ('Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks')
Larry H. Parker (LA injury lawyer known for his commercials.  "I'll fight for you!")
Jerry Grote ('Everybody Loves Raymond')
Lori & George Schappell, cojoined twins (Povich, Springer & other talk shows, plus fictional characters in an episode of 'Nip/Tuck')
Sean Garinger ('16 and Pregnant')
Garrison Brown ('Sister Wives')
Mandisa [Hundley] ('American Idol', 'GMA')
Roman Gabriel ('Perry Mason', 'Wonder Woman', 'Ironside', 'Laugh-In')
Sonja Christopher ('Survivor', 'Diagnosis Murder')
Bernard Pivot (French TV host 'Apostrophes', 'Boullion de culture', 'Double je')
Alf McCarthy (Irish presenter 'PM Live', 'Live at 3')
Stephanie Sparks ('The Big Break', 'Golf with Style', 'Playing Lessons from the Pros')
James Laurenson ('Boney', 'Jackanory', 'The Crown', 'Sharpe', 'Space: 1999')
Dolores "Roxanne" Rosedale ('Beat The Clock', 'Winner Take All', also 'Crime Photographer')
Dr. Ric Gordon ('Today')
Dr. Michael Moseley ('Just One Thing', 'The One Show',  'Trust Me, I'm A Doctor',  'Horizon', 'This Morning')
Nick Mavar ('The Deadliest Catch', 'The Deadliest Catch: The Bait')
Johnny Canales ('The Johnny Canales
Willie Mays ('Bewitched', 'The Donna Reed Show', 'Ironside', 'My Two Dads', 'What's My Line?')
Sarah Becker ('The Real World')
Shifty Shellshock [Seth Binzer] ('Celebrity Rehab', 'Sober House')
Lizzy Musi ('Street Outlaws: No Prep Kings') 
Keke Jabbar ('Love & Marriage: Huntsville')
Dawn Hollyoak ('Great British Baking Show')
Dr. Ruth Westheimer ('Quantum Leap', 'Ally McBeal', 'Love Boat: The Next Wave', TVXOHOF)
Richard Simmons ('General Hospital', 'Arrested Development', 'Fame' TVXOHOF)
Harry Savage ('Hunted')
Naomi Pomeroy ('Top Chef', 'Top Chef Masters', 'Iron Chef America')
Autumn Crittendon ('16 And Pregnant')
Kim Johnson ('Survivor', 'Hollywood Squares', 'Late Show with David Letterman')
Lorenza de' Medici ('The de' Medici Kitchen')
Hailey Merkt ('The Bachelor')
Silvio Santos ('Programa Silvio Santos' 2X, 'Carmem', 'Pigmaliao 70', 'Teleton')
Rudy Franchi ('Antiques Roadshow' appraiser)
Caterina Valente ('Bon Soir, Kathrin', 'The Entertainers', 'Die Katerina Valente Show', 'Music Hall', 'The Dean Martin Show', 'Hollywood Palace')
Frank Fritz ('American Pickers', 'American Dad!', 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire')
Pete Rose ('Good Sports', 'Arli$$', 'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air', 'Veronica's Closet')
Mitzi Gaynor ('Mitzi'... 'Zings Into Spring', '& 100 Guys', 'The First Time')
Chuck Woolery ('Love Connection', 'Wheel of Fortune', 'Chuck Woolery Show') 
Emily Gold ('America's Got Talent' dance contestant)
Nikki Giovanni ('Soul!', 'Muhammed Ali', 'Love Life', 'American Masters')
"The Amazing Kreskn" (George Kresge, Jr. mentalist 'The Mike Douglas Show', 'Tonight with Johnny Carson', 'The Merv Griffin Show', 'The Joey Bishop Show')
Dick Capri ('The Merv Griffin Show', 'The Ed Sullivan Show', 'The Mike Douglas Show', 'Talent Scouts', "Now That's Funny!", "Friars Club Roast of Drew Carey")
Anita Bryant (Singer, Florida Orange Juice Spokesperson, Anti-Gay firebrand)

NEWS & SPORTS

Ruth Ashton Taylor (First female TV newscaster on the West Coast, lifetime achievement Emmy winner, star on the Walk of Fame)

Charles Osgood ('CBS Sunday Morning', "Horton Hears A Who", 'CBS This Morning', 'A Science Odyssey', 'Universe')
David Culhane (CBS reporter, 'CBS Sunday Morning')
Chris Mortensen (ESPN, 'SportsCenter'. 'Sunday N.F.L. Countdown')
Bill Jorgenson (WNEW, WPIX)
Robert MacNeil ('The MacNeil-Lehrer Report' on PBS)
Peter Oosterhuis ('International Pro-Celebrity Golf', 'The Rolf Harris Show')
Rick Sallinger (CBS reporter, mostly in Colorado - Columbine, Aurora, JonBenet)
Sam Rubin (KTLA entertainment reporter)
Alice Stewart (CNN right wing political commentator)
Bill Walton (ESPN College Basketball, 'Less Than Perfect', 'The Sentinel', 'Inside Schwartz', 'One On One', 'Less Than Perfect', 'Pacific Blue', 'American Dad!') 
Ben White (CNBC financial reporter)
Howard Fineman ('Hardball with Chris Matthews', 'The Chris Matthews Show', 'The Beat with Ari Melber')
Lou Dobbs ('Lou Dobbs Tonight', 'Managing with Lou Dobbs', 'The Good Wife')
Tom Fenton (CBS News)
Peter Dykstra (CNN climate journalist)
Phil Jones (CBS reporter)
Warren Wilson (KTLA reporter, KNBC, NBC News, 'Arrest and Trial')
Tom Jarriel (ABC News - '20/20' correspondent, weekend anchor, 19 Emmys)
Ana Orsini (KOLD-13 anchor)
Greg Gumbel (CBS & NBC Sports, TVXOHOF - League of Themselves)
Aaron Brown (CNN)

THE HAT SQUAD 2024 - BEHIND THE SCENES

 

BEHIND THE SCENES

DIRECTORS
Norman Jewison ('The Chevy Showroom starring Andy Williams', 'The Big Party', 'Your Hit Parade', "An Hour with Danny Kaye", "Belafonte, NY19', MANY movies!)
Jerry Foley ('Late Show with David Letterman', 'The Alec Baldwin Show')
Laurent Cantet ('2000 vu par... Une collection internationale')
Jim Riswold (Creator of Nike ads [Air Jordan & "Bo Knows"])
Shyam Benegal ('Bharat Ek Khoj', 'Samvidhaan, 'Katha Sagar')
Mel Shapiro - 'The Doctors', 'Phyllis', 'Doc', 'On Our Own'

WRITERS
Tom Shales (Pulitzer Prize-winning TV critic, Books - "Live From New York" [SNL] & "Those Guys Have All The Fun" [ESPN])
Dan Wilcox ('M*A*S*H', 'America 2-Night', 'Sesame Street', 'Diagnosis Murder')
Douglas Snauffer (Books - "Crime Television", "The Show Must Go On")
Brian McConnachie ('Saturday Night Live', 'SCTV')
Edward Bond ("The Sea", "Identities: Derek", "Bingo: Scenes of Money And Death")
E.S. "Bud" Lamoreaux III ('CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite', 'CBS Sunday Morning')
Dan Wakefield (Creator, 'James at 15/16')
Trevor Griffiths ('Adam Smith', 'Bill Brand', 'The Fall of Eagles', 'Sons and Lovers')
Bob Ellison ('The Mary Tyler Moore Show', 'Dear John', 'Rhoda', 'The Corner Bar', 'The Julie Andrews Hour', 'Phyllis' Also script fixer for 'Cheers', 'Amen', 'Becker', 'Caroline In The City', 'Wings', 'It's All Relative', 'Kristin', 'Bob', 'Pearl', 'In-Laws')
Shirley Conran ('Lace', "Lace II')
Caleb Carr ('The Alienist')
Robert Towne ('The Lloyd Bridges Show', 'The Outer Limits', 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', 'Welcome To The Basement', plus it has to be mentioned - "Chinatown")
Howie Cohen (Alka-Selzer ads - "Try it, you'll like it.", "I can't believe I ate the whole thing.")
Barbara Taylor Bradford (Wrote the following novels which turned into TV productions - "A Woman of Substance", "Remember", "Her Own Rules", "A Secret Affair", "Love In Another Town", "Everything To Gain", "Act of Will", " To Be The Best", "Voice of the Heart", "Hold the Dream")
Marshall Brickman ('Candid Camera', 'Tonight Show', 'The Muppet Show', 'Julie')

PRODUCERS
Barry-John "Baz" Davies (FOX News Foreign Affairs producer)
Paula Weinstein ('Grace and Frankie', "Recount", "Truman", "Citizen Cohn")
Betty Cole Dukert ('Meet The Press')
James Houtrides ('CBS Sunday Morning')
Fred Roos ('The Outsiders', 'The Godfather Saga')
Jac Venza (Instrumental at the beginning of National Education Television, and especially its successor, PBS.  He created 'Great Perormances' and produced 'NET Playhouse', 'American Masters', 'American Playhouse', 'The Adams Chronicles' and "Between Time And Timbuktu")
Martin Starger ("Friendly Fire", "The Muppets Go Hollywood", "The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd", "Escape From Sobibor", "Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Afair")
Russell Morash ('The French Chef', 'This Old House', 'The Victory Garden')
Bob Booker ('Out Of This World', 'Hit Squad', 'NBC Follies', 'Foul-Ups, Bleeps, and Blunders', "Paul Lynde Halloween", "The Love Boat Fall Preview Special '83 & '84')
George Schenck ('NCIS' [also showrunner], 'Crazy Like A Fox', 'Cosby Mysteries', 'Bring 'em Back Alive', 'Soldier of Fortune, Inc.', 'Hack')
Bob Tischler ('Boy Meets World', 'Empty Nest', 'The People Next Door', 'Carol & Company', but especially 'Saturday Night Live' where he was also head writer)
Ofra Bikel ('Frontline', 'Frontline World', 'Enterprise')
Tom Bradford (CBS News)

Megan Marshack (CBS News)
Lynda Obst ('Hot In Cleveland', 'Helix', 'The Hot Zone', 'Good Girls Revolt', 'The Soul Man')
Woody Fraser ('The Mike Douglas Show', 'Good Morning, America')
Richard M. Cohen (CBS News [3 Emmy Awards], CNN

MUSIC
Richard Sherman ('Mini-Adventures of Winnie the Pooh', 'It's A Small World: The Animated Series', 'The Timberwood Tales', 'Welcome To Pooh Corner', 'The Magical World of Disney'
Doug Ingle (Member of Iron Butterfly who wrote and sang "In A Gadda Da Vida" which was used in 'Saturday Night Live', 'Seinfeld', 'That 70s Show', '3rd Rock From The Sun', 'House', 'Cheers', 'Quantum Leap', 'Criminal Minds', 'The A-Team', 'Supernatural', 'Mr. Belvedere', 'Home Improvement', 'La Femme Nikita', 'Hightown', 'The Gentlemen', 'Titans', 'The Last Ship', 'American Horror Story', 'Good Girls Revolt', 'An Unknown Enemy', 'The Mystery Science Theater 3000' + 'The Wonder Years' [2X each], but especially 'The Simpsons' (5X including being performed by the congregation at Reverend Lovejoy's church)


PUPPETRY

COSTUMES
Carrie Robbins ('SNL', "Macbeth", "Samson et Delilah", "The Seagull")

SET DESIGN

THE HAT SQUAD 2024 - HYPHENATES & OTHERS

 

HYPHENATES & OTHERS

ROGER CORMAN

PRODUCER - 'Splatter', 'The Phantom Eye', "Sharktopus" franchise, "Dinoshark" franchise, "Avalanche Alley", "Velocity", "Spacejacked" WRITER - 'Black Scorpion', 
ACTOR - "Sharktopus", 'The Practice', 'Rebel Highway', "The Second Civil War" 
SELF - 'Beverly Hills 90210'

HYPHENATES
Sarah Doole (Producer - 'The Young Pope', 'My Brilliant Friend', Executive with Anton, Fremantle Global, Red Production, Yorkshire Television)
Randy Sparks (ACTOR - 'The Outlaws', 'The Wonderful World of Disney', 'Colt .45', MUSICAL DIRECTOR - 'Ford Presents The New Christy Minstrels' [He founded the group], COMPOSER - 'Destry' theme music)
Janice Burgess (Nickelodeon executive, PRODUCER - 'Blue's Clues', CREATOR - 'The Backardigans')
Steve Lawrence (ACTOR - 'The Nanny', 'Diagnosis Murder', "Alice In Wonderland", SELF - 'Two And A Half Men', 'Sanford And Son', SINGER - various variety shows, PLAYED BY - Mike Myers, 'Saturday Night Live')
John B. Hobbs (PRODUCER - 'Just A Nimmo', 'Three Up Two Down', 'Bread', 'Brush Strokes' DIRECTOR - ''Allo! 'Allo!', 'Mulberry', 'Bread', 'Leaving', 'Butterflies')
Joe Camp (Producer, Director, + Writer of "Benji" franchise, including 'Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince')
Christopher Durang (ACTOR - 'Kristin', 'LateLine', 'Frasier', 'Ryan's Hope', 'Tales From The Crypt', WRITER - 'Comedy Zone', 'My America', 'Trying Times',
SELF - 'Saturday Night Live')
Lynne Reid Banks (WRITER - 'Jackanory', 'Armchair Theatre', 'On Camera', "It Never Rains...", REPORTER - ITN & BBC, One of the 1st two reporters on air in 1955.  Wrote "The L-Shaped Room" & "The Indian In The Cupboard")
Howie Schwab (RESEARCH - ESPN, PERSONALITY - 'Stump The Schwab', 'Sports Jeopardy!')
Edgar Lansbury (ART DIRECTOR - 'The Red Skelton Hour', 'The Defenders', PRODUCER - 'Coronet Blue', "Summer Girl", "A Stranger Waits", Angela's brother)
Lynn Loring (ACTRESS - 'Search For Tomorrow', 'The FBI', 'Fair Exchange', PRODUCER - 'Glitter', "The Return of the Mod Squad", "Sizzle", "Mr. Mom")
Meg Bennett (ACTRESS - 'The Young & The Restless', 'Santa Barbara', WRITER - 'General Hospital', The Bold & The Beautiful', 'Generations', 'Santa Barbara', 'Sunset Beach', SELF - 'Match Game', '10,000'/'25,000'/'100,000 Pyramid'
Darryl Hickman (ACTOR - 'The Americans' [1961], 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis' - the older brother to his younger brother Dwayne's character of Dobie, 'A Pup Named Scooby-Doo', 'The Magical World of Disney', 'The Bisketts', 'The Nanny' PRODUCER - 'Love Of Life', 'A Year At The Top', WRITER - 'The Loretta Young Show', 'Hawaiian Eye')
Morgan Spurlock (PRODUCER - 'Superheroes Decoded', 'True Life', PRODUCER & SELF - 'Morgan Spurlock Inside Man', SELF - 'Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia', 'Piers Morgan Live', 'The Colbert Report')
Albert S. Ruddy (WRITER - 'Hogan's Heroes', 'The Offer', 'Walker, Texas Ranger'/'Walker' PRODUCER - 'The Godfather Saga', 'Martial Law', 'Flatland' AS PLAYED BY Miles Teller in 'The Offer')
Chet Walker (PRODUCER - "A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story", "Freedom Road", SELF - 'The White Shadow' (1 episode)
Jerry West (PUNDIT - 'ESPN SportsCentury', 'Rome 1960: Games of the XVII Olympiad', 'Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers', 'ESPN 25 - Who's #1?', 'Sports Stories with Denny Lennon', ACTOR - 'Arli$$')
Judy Belushi Pisano (ACTRESS - 'All Downhill From Here', PRODUCER - 'The Blues Brothers', OTHER - John Belushi's widow)
Shelley Duvall (ACTRESS - 'Faerie Tale Theatre', 'Cannon', 'The Twilight Zone', 'Ray Bradbury Theatre', 'L.A. Law', 'Baretta', 'Frasier', 'Wishbone' PRODUCER - 'Faerie Tale Theatre', 'Tall Tales & Legends', 'Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories', 'Nightmare Classics', 'Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle', "Backfield In Motion")
Peter Marshall (SELF - 'Hollywood Squares', 'Storybook Squares', 'The Peter Marshall Variety Show', 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In', 'CHiPs', 'America 2-Night', 'The Bold and the Beautiful', 'Sabrina the Teenage Witch', 'The Mike Douglas Show' ACTOR - 'Harold Robbins' 79 Park Avenue', 'Burke's Law', 'Lou Grant', 'The Love Boat', 'CHiPs', 'Fantasy Island', ' WKRP In Cincinnati', 'The Lucy Show', '77 Sunset Strip', 'Love, American Style', 'Banacek', 'Hotel', 'Sledge Hammer!', 'Automan')
Eduardo Xol (SELF - 'Extreme Makeover: Home Edition', ACTOR - 'La Jaula de oro', 'Sentimientos ajenos', 'Acapulco, cuerpo y alma')
Kris Kristofferson (ACTOR - 'Amerika', 'Texas Rising', 'Dead Man's Gun', "Freedom Road", "Sodbusters", "Tad" SELF - 'The Larry Sanders Show', 'The Muppet Show', 'Saturday Night Live', "Big Dreams & Broken Hearts: The Dottie West Show", "The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico")
Jack Jones (SINGER - 'The Love Boat', 'Funny Face' ACTOR - 'Over The Garden Wall', 'Condominium', 'McMillan & Wife', 'Police Woman' BOTH - 'The Rat Patrol' SELF - 'Buddy Faro', 'Night Court', 'It's A Living', 'Get A Life', 'Cruise of the Gods', TVXOHOF)
Quincy Jones (MUSIC - 'In The Heat Of The Night', 'Sanford & Son'/'Sanford', 'Ironside', 'Now You See It', 'Wednesday Mystery Movie' PRODUCER - 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air'/'Bel-Air', 'MAD TV', 'In The House', 'Vibe', 'Lost On Earth')
Jim Abrahams (WRITER - 'Police Squad', 'Big John, Little John' DIRECTOR - "First Do No Harm", 'Police Squad')
Paul Maslansky (PRODUCER/WRITER/ACTOR - 'Police Academy: The Series', PRODUCER - 'Police Academy: The Animated Series', 'King', "My Dissident Mom")
Arnold Yarrow (ACTOR - 'EastEnders', 'The Man In The Mirror', 'Doctor Who'; WRITER - 'Softly, Softly: Task Force', 'EastEnders'; SCRIPT EDITOR - 'Softly, Softly', 'Barlow at Large', 'Softly, Softly: Task Force')
Britt Allcroft - (PRODUCER/WRITER - 'Shining Time Station', 'Thomas the Tank Engine'/'Thomas and Friends', 'Schemer Presents!', 'Magical Adventures of Mumfie', ACTRESS - 'Thomas and Friends', 'Magical Adventures of Mumfie'

OTHERS
Reggie Wells (MAKEUP - 'The Oprah Winfrey Show', 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta')
J.C. “Spike” Osorio (LIGHTING TECHNICIAN - 'Wonder Man')
Akira Toriyama (Creator of "Dragon Ball", inspiring many animated series)
Debra Byrd ('American Idol' & 'The Voice' vocal coach)
Gerald M. Levin (Time-Warner CEO)
Laurent de Brunhoff (Continued his father's creation of Babar the Elephant as the writer and illustrator of the stories which were later turned into a TV series) 
Ben Stern (Opposed a Neo-Nazi rally in Illinois; may have been the inspiration for Danny Kaye's character in the TV movie "Skokie")
Amy Coles (Personal Assistant to Stephen Colbert, 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert')
Richard Leibner (Agent for broadcast journalists like Dan Rather & Diane Sawyer)
Patrick Gottsch (Founder of RFD-TV and the Cowboy Channel)
Jamie Kellner (Started FOX and the WB)
Professor Helen Whitwell (Pathologist who inspired and advised 'Silent Witness')
Susan Wojcicki (Former chief of YouTube)
J. Richard Munro (president & CEO of Time Inc, oversaw Time-Warner merger)
Bob Weatherwax (Trainer of collies playing 'Lassie' and other dogs. Son of Rudd)
Tom McCarthy  (NBCUniversal Senior Vice President & Global Security Chief)
Donald J. Hall (Expanded family business Hallmark into TV production)
Virginia Carter (Feminist adviser to Norman Lear)
Béla Károlyi (Gymnastics coach who fell from grace, played by Mark McKinney and Darrell Hammond on 'Saturday Night Live')
Colin Petersen ("Cucumber Castle", Australian child actor who became original drummer for The BeeGees)
Alice Brock (Alice of "Alice's Restaurant", 'To Tell The Truth')
Bill Hennessy, Jr. (Courtroom sketch artist)
Martha Lutrell (Agent 4 Susan Sarandon, Tony Bill, Judy Davis, Stephen Rea, etc.)
Charles Dolan (Founded Cablevision and HBO)