So far we've officially met members of three distinct groups in connection with the isldan - the original cast aka the "Lostaways" or "Losties"; the "Tailies" from the back section of the plane; and the "Others" - the jury's still out on exactly who they are.
But there's a fourth group in the cast of characters; a subset I call the Flashbackees. These are people in the lives of the Losties and the Tailies who are seen only in their flashbacks.
Some of them - as well as the Losties themselves - have crossed over to appear in the flashbacks of other characters.
These include:
Dr. Christian Shephard - Jack's Dad (Flashbacks for Jack, Sawyer, and Ana Lucia)
Randy - boss from hell (Flashbacks for Locke and Hurley)
Richard Malkin - the psychic (Flashbacks for Claire and Mr. Eko)
Sgt. Sam Austen - Kate's Dad (Flashbacks for Kate and Sayid)
Diane - Kate's Mom (Flashbacks for Kate and Sawyer)
Nadia - Sayid's former Iraqi love (Flashbacks for Sayid and Locke)
Mary Jo - the Lotto Girl (Flashbacks for Hurley and Sawyer)
Chrissie - Oceanic ticket agent (Flashbacks for Jack, Sun, and Ana Lucia)
We even had a mysterious car that's appeared in the flashbacks for Locke and Michael.
And it looks like Clancy Brown's operative, Ingram, from one of Sayid's flashbacks, will figure in Desmond's big flashback for the finale.... but under a different name we've already heard.....
Dr. Christian Shephard seems to be playing a role similar to that of Noah Cross ("Chinatown") in David Thomson's book "Suspects", in that he's touching on the lives of more and more of the Lostaways as the flashbacks continue.
Some of these Flashbackees seem quite specific to the Lostaways in whose flashbacks they appear:
Margo Shephard - Jack's Mom
Sarah - Jack's wife
Helen - Locke's girlfriend
Johnny - Hurley's former co-worker
Carmen Reyes - Hurley's Mom
Jae Lee - Sun's former boyfriend/English teacher
Liam Pace - Charlie's brother (as well as the other bandmates)
Hibbs
& - Sawyer's two con game partners
Gordy
I would have included Locke's father in this group, except that a popular rumor on the Internet has it that he is the true Sawyer, the con man whom James Ford (the "Sawyer" among the Lostaways) has vowed to kill.
Perhaps we may yet see some of these Flashbackees in some other flashbacks.
Here are a few suggestions:
Charlie and Liam consider the artwork of Claire's ex-boyfriend Thomas for the cover art on a Driveshaft album.
Michael's lawyer for the custody case might also represent Jack in his divorce proceedings against Sarah.
Sarah might have sex with Sawyer and end up getting fleeced by him.
Helen, the phone sex operator, might be standing by to help Hurley find a little "relief" during the night.
Some of the Flashbackees have died in their respective flashbacks. But as we've seen with Christian Shephard, that's no deterrent to appearing in the flashbacks of others.
Maybe Claire can stop by Frank Duckett's shrimp wagon on a whim to satisfy one of her pregnancy cravings. While going there, she could pass by Sawyer while he's casing out the owner (whom he mistakenly believed to be the real Sawyer).
Susan Lloyd, Walt's Mom, could have worked for the law firm that tried to broker the adoption of Claire's baby.
Kate's old boyfriend, Dr. Tom Brennan, might have gone to med school with Jack.
Kate's abusive step-dad turned out to be her biological father. Wayne might be the reason Libby ended up in the psyche ward in the first place.
There there are those Flashbackees who were specific to the flashbacks of Losties no longer with us - why should they no longer be seen just because their main sources of remembrance have passed away?
For instance:
Sabrina Carlyle Rutherford - the Martha Stewart of wedding planners, Boone's mother and the stepmother of Shannon.
L.A. Police Captain Teresa Cortez - Ana Lucia's mother
&
Danny, Ana Lucia's former boyfriend (whom we never saw anyway).
Working in Hawaii has to be a great gig. It seems a shame some of these actors have to lose that opportunity just because the flashbacks in which they appear are no longer being generated.....
I have more thoughts about the evolving nature of the flashbacks themselves, as we've been seeing this past season. But I'll save those for a later time....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
(Appearing in more nightmares than flashbacks)
Sunday, May 14, 2006
Saturday, May 13, 2006
AN IVY LEAGUE GUEST SPOT
Alan Sepinwall, TV critic and columnist for the "Star-Ledger" in New Jersey, had this to say about last week's episode of 'The West Wing':
"The Will subplot didn't do a lot for me. I never warmed to the character, since Aaron didn't get a chance to really define him before he got pushed out the door, and since Wells never knew what to do with him. (His stint as Bingo Bob's lackey was particularly hatable.) And I care even less about Kate. Might've been nice to give the B-story slot to Charlie, who's been around much longer and who's been badly neglected by the writers for far too long. I'm hoping there'll be some kind of tear-inducing scene with him and Jed next week."
This sparked the following exchange between me and Ivy, one of my bestest friends and, like me, an Iddiot:
TOBY:
Yeah - that was a lost opportunity to give Charlie his due. He'd been around for seven years and we've only seen him twice (barely - as a pall bearer and re: the many job offers for CJ) in the last three months!!!!
[ed. note: With this past episode, it was three times.]
IVY:
I agree. Will's character never seemed developed to me either. He's a bland cipher. And Kate/Will's relationship is equally bland. Would rather have seen a story with Charlie, or more Josh/Donna.
TOBY:
Ugh. I'm so sick of Josh. I understand that leading up to the election there had to be so much of him. But he was a mistake-making jerk for too long and he's such a constipated tight-ass.
He got his shiksa nookie; his story should be considered complete.
I would rather have seen Charlie take a job instead as former President Bartlet's aide in getting the library under way and even going on to become his son-in-law.
IVY:
Ooh, I like that idea, except for the son-in-law part. That relationship with Zoey expired many seasons ago. Kinda hard to dredge it up again.
TOBY:
For all we know, it got revived once she was rescued; we just never got to see it, which is a Toobworld staple.
IVY:
Ah. Yes, but for the non-Toobworld viewing audience, this would be really outta left field.
At that point, I cut her out of my will......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"The Will subplot didn't do a lot for me. I never warmed to the character, since Aaron didn't get a chance to really define him before he got pushed out the door, and since Wells never knew what to do with him. (His stint as Bingo Bob's lackey was particularly hatable.) And I care even less about Kate. Might've been nice to give the B-story slot to Charlie, who's been around much longer and who's been badly neglected by the writers for far too long. I'm hoping there'll be some kind of tear-inducing scene with him and Jed next week."
This sparked the following exchange between me and Ivy, one of my bestest friends and, like me, an Iddiot:
TOBY:
Yeah - that was a lost opportunity to give Charlie his due. He'd been around for seven years and we've only seen him twice (barely - as a pall bearer and re: the many job offers for CJ) in the last three months!!!!
[ed. note: With this past episode, it was three times.]
IVY:
I agree. Will's character never seemed developed to me either. He's a bland cipher. And Kate/Will's relationship is equally bland. Would rather have seen a story with Charlie, or more Josh/Donna.
TOBY:
Ugh. I'm so sick of Josh. I understand that leading up to the election there had to be so much of him. But he was a mistake-making jerk for too long and he's such a constipated tight-ass.
He got his shiksa nookie; his story should be considered complete.
I would rather have seen Charlie take a job instead as former President Bartlet's aide in getting the library under way and even going on to become his son-in-law.
IVY:
Ooh, I like that idea, except for the son-in-law part. That relationship with Zoey expired many seasons ago. Kinda hard to dredge it up again.
TOBY:
For all we know, it got revived once she was rescued; we just never got to see it, which is a Toobworld staple.
IVY:
Ah. Yes, but for the non-Toobworld viewing audience, this would be really outta left field.
At that point, I cut her out of my will......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
BATZONK!
On last week's episode of 'The Sopranos' ("Road Trip"?), Christopher Moltisante and his new bride Kelly went home-shopping and he fell in love with the first house they were shown.
"Now that's what I'm talking about," he said in awe as he gazed at the house. "Stately Wayne Manor!"
This was how Bruce Wayne's residence was described by the narrator of 'Batman' back in the mid-1960s. But I don't see a Zonk! in Christuphuh's use of the term.
The Wayne mansion was an architectural marvel, even if the general public didn't know about the Bat-pole which led to the Batcave below.
As such, the home shared by Bruce and his ward Dick Grayson more than likely appeared in several Toobworld-based architectural digests and magazines. And in the captions for the many pictures taken of the property at large, I would think "Stately Wayne Manor" would be a natural description of the property.
So it's possible that the phrase stuck in Chris' mind while his ex-fiancee, Adriana, forced him to look through those magazine in hopes of finding the type of home they should one day live in.
If she only knew......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"Now that's what I'm talking about," he said in awe as he gazed at the house. "Stately Wayne Manor!"
This was how Bruce Wayne's residence was described by the narrator of 'Batman' back in the mid-1960s. But I don't see a Zonk! in Christuphuh's use of the term.
The Wayne mansion was an architectural marvel, even if the general public didn't know about the Bat-pole which led to the Batcave below.
As such, the home shared by Bruce and his ward Dick Grayson more than likely appeared in several Toobworld-based architectural digests and magazines. And in the captions for the many pictures taken of the property at large, I would think "Stately Wayne Manor" would be a natural description of the property.
So it's possible that the phrase stuck in Chris' mind while his ex-fiancee, Adriana, forced him to look through those magazine in hopes of finding the type of home they should one day live in.
If she only knew......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
THE HAT SQUAD: SUSAN BROWNING
When I was in college, 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' was required viewing every single weekday. Luckily for me, as a drama department student I was able to adjust my schedule to watch it. (VCR? What's that? Video recorders were practically fantasy toys of the rich, as seen in the 'Columbo' episode, "Fade In To Murder".)
I've got the first four episodes plus the "chicken soup death" episode on a bootleg DVD, but if it came out on official boxed sets, I'd spring for all of the hundreds of episodes.
By the time I moved to NYC, the show was known as 'Forever Fernwood' and even without the participation of Louise Lasser, I was still a fervent fan. But then, WNYW-5 yanked it from their schedule where it was playing at 11 pm to replace it with 'Hogan's Heroes'.
'Hogan's Heroes'!!!!
I knew the show only had about two weeks tops to run anyway, but the MetroMedia station just couldn't wait to dump it. So I never saw it reached its natural end; the last image I saw was of Bob Truss about to inject my beloved Penny Major in the neck with some kind of syringe.
Someday I'll track down those final episodes of 'Forever Fernwood'.....
I bring all that up to show what a fan I was of the show. I used to follow the careers of any actors who appeared on it.
So it was a big shock as I rode the subway to work last night when I opened the collector's edition copy of the latest "Entertainment Weekly" (containing four covers of three cast members each from 'Lost'), to find a quick little blurb about the death of Susan Browning. She died of cancer at the age of 65.
On 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', Ms. Browning played nurse Pat Gimble, abused wife of Garth Gimble who used to beat her horribly. Follow this link to see a picture of her in the role, taking that staple of soap opera characters to the brink of caricature.
I liked the character. A lot. There was just something so cute in Susan Browning's performance which I could see beyond the pathetic treatment Mrs. Gimble was receiving at the hands of her husband.
But she wasn't on the show for more than a year, quickly leaving the town of Fernwood, Ohio, after her husband Garth died. Drunk as usual, Garth stumbled backward into the hall closet where he was impaled on the fake Christmas tree that was stored in there. It was the second most memorable death scene on the show. (The first was of Coach Leroy Fedders drowning in a bowl of chicken soup, as mentioned above.)
Like I said, I was so into the show that I would explore the careers of the actors involved. And so I found out that Susan Browning was on the soundtrack album for 'Company', a Stephen Sondheim musical of which I would work on a summerstock production in 1977.
Looking through her TV credits (as seen below) and her movie credits as well, I've seen a lot of her performances since the days of 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'. But Time moves on, I found new characters and actors of interest, and never even noticed that she had been in all these roles which I had been watching.
But that 'MH, MH' moment is caught forever in the amber of my memory, and it was with great sadness to learn that she passed away.
Rest in peace, Ms. Browning. You'll live forever in Toobworld.
TV SERIES
"One Life to Live" (1968) TV Series .... Sister Amelia (1989-1990)
"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1976) TV Series .... Pat Gimble (1976-1977)
"Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (1967) TV Series .... Nancy Garrison (1968-1969)
TV MOVIES
The Quinns (1977) (TV) .... Elizabeth Quinn
TELE-HISTORY
First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975) (TV) .... Martha Washington
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Law & Order"
- The Secret Sharers (1991) TV Episode .... Jury Forewoman
"The Monkees"
- Monkees on the Line (1967) TV Episode .... Ellen Farnsby
"The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."
- The Furnace Flats Affair (1967) TV Episode .... Ladybug Byrd
"Felony Squad"
- A Penny Game, a Two-Bit Murder (1966) TV Episode .... Mary Corso
"Occasional Wife"
- Marriage Counselor (1966) TV Episode .... Evie Finger
"The Iron Horse"
- No Wedding Bells for Tony (1966) TV Episode .... Laura Farrow
"The Wild Wild West"
- The Night of the Druid's Blood (1966) TV Episode .... Nurse
Toobworld possibilities:
The Nurse from 'The Wild, Wild West' could have been reincarnated as Pat Gimble in 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' as they shared the same passion in their chosen profession.
Since the Jury Forewoman in the 'Law & Order' episode was not named, she could have been any of the modern day characters Ms. Browning played in the other shows. Most likely it would be Evie Finger, the character she played in that episode of Manhattan-set 'Occasional Wife'. But she also could be Pat Gimble, who might have moved to NYC after the death of Garth Gimble to start a new life.
BCnU....
Tele-Toby
I've got the first four episodes plus the "chicken soup death" episode on a bootleg DVD, but if it came out on official boxed sets, I'd spring for all of the hundreds of episodes.
By the time I moved to NYC, the show was known as 'Forever Fernwood' and even without the participation of Louise Lasser, I was still a fervent fan. But then, WNYW-5 yanked it from their schedule where it was playing at 11 pm to replace it with 'Hogan's Heroes'.
'Hogan's Heroes'!!!!
I knew the show only had about two weeks tops to run anyway, but the MetroMedia station just couldn't wait to dump it. So I never saw it reached its natural end; the last image I saw was of Bob Truss about to inject my beloved Penny Major in the neck with some kind of syringe.
Someday I'll track down those final episodes of 'Forever Fernwood'.....
I bring all that up to show what a fan I was of the show. I used to follow the careers of any actors who appeared on it.
So it was a big shock as I rode the subway to work last night when I opened the collector's edition copy of the latest "Entertainment Weekly" (containing four covers of three cast members each from 'Lost'), to find a quick little blurb about the death of Susan Browning. She died of cancer at the age of 65.
On 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman', Ms. Browning played nurse Pat Gimble, abused wife of Garth Gimble who used to beat her horribly. Follow this link to see a picture of her in the role, taking that staple of soap opera characters to the brink of caricature.
I liked the character. A lot. There was just something so cute in Susan Browning's performance which I could see beyond the pathetic treatment Mrs. Gimble was receiving at the hands of her husband.
But she wasn't on the show for more than a year, quickly leaving the town of Fernwood, Ohio, after her husband Garth died. Drunk as usual, Garth stumbled backward into the hall closet where he was impaled on the fake Christmas tree that was stored in there. It was the second most memorable death scene on the show. (The first was of Coach Leroy Fedders drowning in a bowl of chicken soup, as mentioned above.)
Like I said, I was so into the show that I would explore the careers of the actors involved. And so I found out that Susan Browning was on the soundtrack album for 'Company', a Stephen Sondheim musical of which I would work on a summerstock production in 1977.
Looking through her TV credits (as seen below) and her movie credits as well, I've seen a lot of her performances since the days of 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman'. But Time moves on, I found new characters and actors of interest, and never even noticed that she had been in all these roles which I had been watching.
But that 'MH, MH' moment is caught forever in the amber of my memory, and it was with great sadness to learn that she passed away.
Rest in peace, Ms. Browning. You'll live forever in Toobworld.
TV SERIES
"One Life to Live" (1968) TV Series .... Sister Amelia (1989-1990)
"Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" (1976) TV Series .... Pat Gimble (1976-1977)
"Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" (1967) TV Series .... Nancy Garrison (1968-1969)
TV MOVIES
The Quinns (1977) (TV) .... Elizabeth Quinn
TELE-HISTORY
First Ladies Diaries: Martha Washington (1975) (TV) .... Martha Washington
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Law & Order"
- The Secret Sharers (1991) TV Episode .... Jury Forewoman
"The Monkees"
- Monkees on the Line (1967) TV Episode .... Ellen Farnsby
"The Girl from U.N.C.L.E."
- The Furnace Flats Affair (1967) TV Episode .... Ladybug Byrd
"Felony Squad"
- A Penny Game, a Two-Bit Murder (1966) TV Episode .... Mary Corso
"Occasional Wife"
- Marriage Counselor (1966) TV Episode .... Evie Finger
"The Iron Horse"
- No Wedding Bells for Tony (1966) TV Episode .... Laura Farrow
"The Wild Wild West"
- The Night of the Druid's Blood (1966) TV Episode .... Nurse
Toobworld possibilities:
The Nurse from 'The Wild, Wild West' could have been reincarnated as Pat Gimble in 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' as they shared the same passion in their chosen profession.
Since the Jury Forewoman in the 'Law & Order' episode was not named, she could have been any of the modern day characters Ms. Browning played in the other shows. Most likely it would be Evie Finger, the character she played in that episode of Manhattan-set 'Occasional Wife'. But she also could be Pat Gimble, who might have moved to NYC after the death of Garth Gimble to start a new life.
BCnU....
Tele-Toby
Friday, May 12, 2006
"SNL" & THE "SEINFELD" CURSE
If rumors are true, and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss really does have a biiiiiiig mouth, 'Seinfeld' fans will want to tune in tomorrow night when she hosts 'Saturday Night Live'.
Apparently she told a radio interviewer that she and three former amigos got together to tape a bit for the show, dealing with "The Curse".
Being 'Saturday Night Live', a show that once got Mary Tyler Moore to say the word "penis", I'd make sure somebody in that quartet finally uttered the word "masturbation". After all, they never said it during "The Contest"; time for them to finally say it loud and say it proud!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Apparently she told a radio interviewer that she and three former amigos got together to tape a bit for the show, dealing with "The Curse".
Being 'Saturday Night Live', a show that once got Mary Tyler Moore to say the word "penis", I'd make sure somebody in that quartet finally uttered the word "masturbation". After all, they never said it during "The Contest"; time for them to finally say it loud and say it proud!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"IDOL" THOUGHTS
My friend Ivy and I were discussing Ken Levine's (link at left) Barcelona dispatch about this week's ouster of Chris Daughtry from 'American Idol' when she observed:
Hard to believe that a modern day version of Ted Mack's Amateur Hour could be this popular.
Since about twenty years ago, I noticed that certain things from the fifties era have come back in style on TV.
Didn't think of that one.
Wrestling kicked it off, quickly followed by 'The People's Court' and its clones.
'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' launched the prime time game show revival.
The police procedurals are just updates on 'Racket Squad', 'M Squad', 'Naked City', etc.
John Edward cashes in on the TV psychic bit.
(On a similar note - and I could be struck by lightning for making that correlation - the religious programming never went away. But unlike Bishop Sheen, I don't think many of the televangelists are really working for "Sky Chief".)
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Hard to believe that a modern day version of Ted Mack's Amateur Hour could be this popular.
Since about twenty years ago, I noticed that certain things from the fifties era have come back in style on TV.
Didn't think of that one.
Wrestling kicked it off, quickly followed by 'The People's Court' and its clones.
'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' launched the prime time game show revival.
The police procedurals are just updates on 'Racket Squad', 'M Squad', 'Naked City', etc.
John Edward cashes in on the TV psychic bit.
(On a similar note - and I could be struck by lightning for making that correlation - the religious programming never went away. But unlike Bishop Sheen, I don't think many of the televangelists are really working for "Sky Chief".)
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
WOO WHO!
I'm all caught up!
Thanks to the Brokeback Boys, I got to see the first four episodes of the new 'Doctor Who' for this season, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor.
"New Earth" - In the year 5 Billion 23, the Doctor and Rose visit a mysterious hospital where they encounter an old acquaintance and one of their best foes from last season.
"Tooth & Claw" - On the Scottish moors of 1879, "Dr. James McKrimmon" and his "half-naked" ward protect Queen Victoria from a living legend/nightmare.
"School Reunion" - Working undercover at a school as "John Smith", the Doctor is reunited with former companion Sarah Jane Smith and that tinny Rin Tin Tin, K-9.
"The Girl In The Fireplace" - The Doctor finds love again with Reinette Poisson, better known by History as Madame de Pompadour.
I knew weeks in advance of seeing "New Earth" exactly what show I would link to it. And luckily there was nothing in the episode which contradicts my theory. (Watch this space on Monday to learn more!)
But I was surprised at how easily I was able to find links to the other three episodes. There was no need to jump through the hoops and twist the night away with some pretzel logic in order to find the right connection, as happened last year with a few episodes.
However, the main bugaboo from last year - how many dimensions do they visit via TARDIS? - rises up several times so far in this new season. And eventually I will have to address that again.
But for those of you reading this on the left side of the Atlantic, I can assure you that David Tennant makes for an excellent Time Lord and each episode improves on the one before it - which is saying something when "New Earth" started off the run better than expected for the usual sci-fi fare available in recent years.
But then, I'm easy to please.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Thanks to the Brokeback Boys, I got to see the first four episodes of the new 'Doctor Who' for this season, starring David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor.
"New Earth" - In the year 5 Billion 23, the Doctor and Rose visit a mysterious hospital where they encounter an old acquaintance and one of their best foes from last season.
"Tooth & Claw" - On the Scottish moors of 1879, "Dr. James McKrimmon" and his "half-naked" ward protect Queen Victoria from a living legend/nightmare.
"School Reunion" - Working undercover at a school as "John Smith", the Doctor is reunited with former companion Sarah Jane Smith and that tinny Rin Tin Tin, K-9.
"The Girl In The Fireplace" - The Doctor finds love again with Reinette Poisson, better known by History as Madame de Pompadour.
I knew weeks in advance of seeing "New Earth" exactly what show I would link to it. And luckily there was nothing in the episode which contradicts my theory. (Watch this space on Monday to learn more!)
But I was surprised at how easily I was able to find links to the other three episodes. There was no need to jump through the hoops and twist the night away with some pretzel logic in order to find the right connection, as happened last year with a few episodes.
However, the main bugaboo from last year - how many dimensions do they visit via TARDIS? - rises up several times so far in this new season. And eventually I will have to address that again.
But for those of you reading this on the left side of the Atlantic, I can assure you that David Tennant makes for an excellent Time Lord and each episode improves on the one before it - which is saying something when "New Earth" started off the run better than expected for the usual sci-fi fare available in recent years.
But then, I'm easy to please.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
DIRTY ROTTEN SCHEDULES
Speaking of taping skeds....
I'll have to wait to see tonight's 'Lost' until sometime after midnight. It's my night off, and one of my lovely Iddiette friends, RuthSings, has invited me to see "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels".
So I'll be taping 'Bones' & 'Lost'. But nothing afterwards as 'Lost' is running over the hour by at least five minutes. Keep that in mind while programming your VCRs and DVRs. If you're a fan of 'CSI:NY' or 'Law & Order' - Michael Imperioli returns this week as Detective Nick Falco - you'll have to sacrifice the first five minutes if you want to see the full 'Lost' episode. You'll have to do the channel change manually afterwards.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
I'll have to wait to see tonight's 'Lost' until sometime after midnight. It's my night off, and one of my lovely Iddiette friends, RuthSings, has invited me to see "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels".
So I'll be taping 'Bones' & 'Lost'. But nothing afterwards as 'Lost' is running over the hour by at least five minutes. Keep that in mind while programming your VCRs and DVRs. If you're a fan of 'CSI:NY' or 'Law & Order' - Michael Imperioli returns this week as Detective Nick Falco - you'll have to sacrifice the first five minutes if you want to see the full 'Lost' episode. You'll have to do the channel change manually afterwards.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
SKED JUGGLING
I'm probably one of the few people who's glad that NBC yanked the retrospective special for 'The West Wing' this Sunday night. Instead, they'll air the very first episode at 7 pm, (followed by the series finale at 8 pm), so that they'll have a set of book-ends with that two hour block.
The biggest benefit for me was that I'll be able to watch 'House' for this week.
Had they stuck with the plan to do a retrospective, I'd have had to sacrifice 'House' last night in order to tape the season finale for 'Veronica Mars'.
But now, I can skip the first 'West Wing' episode on Sunday and catch the UPN repeat for 'Veronica Mars'.
I never had the option to tape one and watch the other - working an overnight shift, I'm spending that 9 - 10 pm hour just waking up, showering, and getting ready to leave, and finally heading off to the subway.
And as for getting more than one VCR, or finally getting some kind of DVR.... when it comes to Television, I'm far from a technogeek. I deal more with the philosophy than the technology. The VCR is about all I can handle.
Although I may look into getting one of those VCR/DVD combos to finally copy off all of the TV crossover moments I've been saving over the years......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
The biggest benefit for me was that I'll be able to watch 'House' for this week.
Had they stuck with the plan to do a retrospective, I'd have had to sacrifice 'House' last night in order to tape the season finale for 'Veronica Mars'.
But now, I can skip the first 'West Wing' episode on Sunday and catch the UPN repeat for 'Veronica Mars'.
I never had the option to tape one and watch the other - working an overnight shift, I'm spending that 9 - 10 pm hour just waking up, showering, and getting ready to leave, and finally heading off to the subway.
And as for getting more than one VCR, or finally getting some kind of DVR.... when it comes to Television, I'm far from a technogeek. I deal more with the philosophy than the technology. The VCR is about all I can handle.
Although I may look into getting one of those VCR/DVD combos to finally copy off all of the TV crossover moments I've been saving over the years......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
FRANK SINATRA JR SINGS A NEW TOON
With the episode "Sibling Rivalry", 'Family Guy' helped bring 'The Sopranos' into the Tooniverse, thanks to an appearance by Christopher Moltisanti.
The connection became a little bit stronger (but only a little) the following week in the episode "Brian Sings And Swings", which featured the vocal talents of Frank Sinatra Jr. as himself.
The League of Themselves member and "Member Of The Board" also portrayed himself in an episode of 'The Sopranos', in which he joined a floating card game.
Not exactly a strong case for 'The Sopranos' in cartoons, but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting to see Tony Soprano muscle in on Skeletor's territory for the waste management contracts on Eternia.
What'll be up next for the Son of Ol' Blue Eyes in the Tooniverse?
How about Frank Sinatra Jr. Meets Frankenstein Junior and the Impossibles?
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
The connection became a little bit stronger (but only a little) the following week in the episode "Brian Sings And Swings", which featured the vocal talents of Frank Sinatra Jr. as himself.
The League of Themselves member and "Member Of The Board" also portrayed himself in an episode of 'The Sopranos', in which he joined a floating card game.
Not exactly a strong case for 'The Sopranos' in cartoons, but I'm not going to hold my breath waiting to see Tony Soprano muscle in on Skeletor's territory for the waste management contracts on Eternia.
What'll be up next for the Son of Ol' Blue Eyes in the Tooniverse?
How about Frank Sinatra Jr. Meets Frankenstein Junior and the Impossibles?
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
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