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Tommy Westphall's Mind: A Multiverse Explored
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| Fringe to X-Files |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|08:42 am] |
1) In the Fringe episode, "A New Day In The Old Town", Boyle is questioned by a Congressional board. The chairman talks about "The old X-designation"and the "Fringe investigation".
2) In the same episode "The X-Files" can also be seen playing on the TV in the background in the episode where the shape-shifter is shown to kill his first victim. |
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| A New St. Elsewhere Connection? Also more Kelley and some Homicide. |
[Dec. 16th, 2009|11:46 am] |
Months go by without a find, then they start falling in your lap while you were not even looking - anyway, here goes ...
The Practice episode, "The Firm" (#165) has a belated guest appearance by Gina Gershon playing Glenn Hall from Snoops which was a David E. Kelley show in 1999 (10 broadcast, 3 unaired).
And according to imdb, episode #18 of Throb (48 episodes, 1985-1987) has an appearance by Stephen Furst, playing Dr. Axelrod of St. Elsewhere fame (caveat: no first name is given, but the timeframe fits, so this is good enough for me so far).
Also, if anybody is interested I´ll throw in the live appearances of the Second Shift characters on HLOTS:
Grifasi, Joe (Lt. Walter Neal) : Homicide: Life on the Street: „Closet Cases” (#86/ 2-Jan-1998)
Guyer, Murphy (Det. L.Z. Austin) : Homicide: Life on the Street: „Homicide.com” (#113/ 5-Feb-1999)
Ornstein, Michael (Det. Tony Bonaventura) : Homicide: Life on the Street: „Abduction” (#94/ 27-Mar-1998), „Homicide.com” (#113/ 5-Feb-1999)
Thomas, Raymond Anthony (Det. Layton ‘Lee’ Johnson) : Homicide: Life on the Street: „Abduction” (#94/ 27-Mar-1998)
Now if someone could provide me with a Second Shift webisode and guest cast list ... |
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| French L&O cancellation ? |
[Dec. 15th, 2009|09:58 am] |
It appears that the French version of L&O:CI, Parie Enquêtes Criminelle has been cancelled.
Vincent Perez has left the show. There were three seasons produced with a total of 20 episodes (8, 8, and 4, respectively); the final episode was broadcast in 2008.
And Richard Belzer did not appear as You-Know-Who.
Since my French is almost non-existent, can anybody confirm this? |
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[Dec. 11th, 2009|08:47 pm] |
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On March 5, 1976, the TV movie, JOYS, was broadcast. The plot concerns numerous comedians, starring as themselves, found floating face-down in Bob Hope´s swimming pool (don´t ask). It was Groucho Marx´ final screen appearance, and he was reportedly not happy about it.
However, several then-famous TV detectives investigated (in vain, one might add) and thhus contributed vastly to the ever-growing Westphall MIndscape:
"Mannix" (already in),
"Police Woman" Pepper Anderson (adding her "Police Story" pilot and something called "Ringo" to the mix),
Theo "Kojak" (with his 70s show and seven more feature-long episodes in the eighties),
Detective "Fish" (of "Barney Miller" fame and also starring in his own show),
world-weary "Harry O",
and, in an impossible timeframe, "Ellery Queen".
... reminding us of "Alias Jesse James" with a similart plethora of Western characters, another Bob Hope vehicle. |
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| Another Homicide Crossover |
[May. 27th, 2009|10:01 am] |
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According to Tom Myers' LO:SVU site, the season finale will guest star Carol Kane reprising her role of Gwen Munch, one of John´s ex-wives who appeared previously in H:LOTS ep. #85 ("All is Bright"), way back in 1997.
This is what makes that whole crossover business so interesting. |
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| What about the Pope? |
[Oct. 8th, 2008|02:51 pm] |
This may be a moot point since the ascension of Joseph Kardinal Ratzinger to the Holy Seat as Pope Benedict XVI since he bears no resemblance at all to Pope John Paul II. And I know that I have stated differently in a previous thread. But ...
Gene Greytak played Pope John Paul II on - at least - ALF, Ally McBeal, Golden Girls, Picket Fences, SISTER ACT, The Wayans Brothers and numerous others, no doubt. Sometimes credited, sometimes un.
Would he count as a crossover link?
And which shows are missing from the above list? |
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| Community Notice |
[Jul. 11th, 2008|08:42 pm] |
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) tommywestphall is now open to posts by all members of the community.
New Community Information is available on the community's profile page and copied below.
New Members are welcome, but will need to be accepted by the moderator.
Posting by your maintainers has dried up in the last twelve months, while discussion continued in old threads. Any information posted there may be transfered into new community posts, allowing all members an opportunity to discuss these crossover connections.
This new policy is designed to encourage up-to-date discussion.
Community Information: (11/07/08)
The old versions of the Westphall Universe PDFs will remain accessible for downloading, but will not be updated in the near future.
I do plan on continuing to update this spreadsheet list of Tommy Westphall shows, though even now it is almost twelve months out-of-date. Future posts by all community members should seek to flesh out this list.
Thanks for your attention.
ETA: The Law & Order spreadsheet has been updated for the upcoming 19th season, scheduled to air in 2009. |
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| What's Alan Watching? |
[Feb. 15th, 2008|03:04 pm] |
Us.
At least he will be now, with the search on for 8,000 Degrees of John Munch... |
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| Upholding LAW & Keeping ORDER |
[Aug. 6th, 2007|07:59 pm] |
The Law & Order franchise just keeps on ticking. The mothership will launch its 18th Season in January 2008. Special Victims Unit is entering its ninth season. And Criminal Intent will be back for season seven - airing on the USA Network before getting a run on NBC.
The Law & Order Cast Spreadsheet has been my little baby for a long time now - after finding an embryonic version of it online way back when.
Over its eighteen seasons, the original series has had twenty-six different cast members. Eleven in the last four seasons alone - including two new recruits for the coming year: Jeremy Sisto as Detective Cyrus Lupo to partner Detective Green and Linus Roache to play EADA Michael Cutter, taking Sam Waterson's position in the series paradigm... while Waterston's Jack McCoy fills the role of District Attorney.
Law & Order is the longest running series still on air in the Tommy Westphall Universe. The original twenty-six year run of Doctor Who takes the longest-running drama title... at least until we fold in those recent daytime soap opera additions. |
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| Hang on to your snowglobes... |
[Aug. 4th, 2007|04:29 pm] |
Okay.
I'm finally sifting through old emails, LJ notifications and tommywestphall to make sense of all the suggestions and queries since our last major update... six months ago!
Here we go...
Thanks to Thom Holbrook's site - details to a fully-fledged crossover between CSI: New York and Cold Case
Morley Cigarettes grabs four more series:
- Nash Bridges
- Prison Break
- Space Above and Beyond
- That 70s Show
The fictional Los Angeles Tribune brings in (via Lou Grant, which is already on the grid):
- Columbo
- Moonlighting
- 24
- Matt Huston
- Wonder Woman
- Remington Steele
- City of Angels
- Burke's Law (1994)
Columbo then brings in Mrs Columbo (and the various series she morphed into)
Moonlighting crossed over with Hart to Hart
Burke's Law (1994) brings in its predecessors Burke's Law and Amos Burke - Secret Agent
The fictional Hudson University (originating with Law & Order) brings in:
- Tru Calling
- Without a Trace
(To answer a recent question, Hudson University also connects to the DC Universe series devised by Bruce Timm, as well as the DC comic universe itself)
The fictional Trans-Global Airlines (which actually originated in the Airport film series but got a mention on Matlock) brings in:
- Young and the Restless
- All My Children
- Emergency
and possibly Quincy ME
Thanks to ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) tele_toby and his research, we find...
The Young and the Restless brings in The Bold and the Beautiful and As the World Turns
All My Children brings in General Hospital, One Life to Live, Port Charles and Loving
Emergency brings in Sierra and Adam 12
Adam 12 brings in Dragnet and Dragnet 67 (anyone know if Dragnet 67 is connected to the two revivals in the 80s and 90s?)
Also...
The Double Meat Corporation links Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the short-lived Andy Barker P.I.
The planet Gallifrey links Doctor Who with The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers which brings in the live action series Ninja Turtles the Next Mutation
And, finally, things that don't count...
Bernie Kopell did not appear as his Love Boat character on Fresh Prince of Bel Air, even though his character name was Doc
Columbo is not connected to Magnum P.I.
And the fictional magazine The National Inquisitor is currently being left out of the Westphall-verse to allow for more research on the subject.
That's an additional 35 series. The Grid and Key have not been updated yet. Let's discuss this compiled list and see if they have unearthed any further connections to expand the Tommy Westphall Universe. |
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| Tommy in Melbourne... |
[Aug. 2nd, 2007|03:40 pm] |
The Green Guide in Melbourne's The Age newspaper today discusses a crossover between Crossing Jordan and Las Vegas. It discusses crossovers in general - why they happen, when they work best - and then discusses the Tommy Westphall theory and the site.
The writer's conclusion: "So [Crossing Jordan and Las Vegas] don't really exist. And thank God for that because they are awful."
Read the full article under the cut. Thanks to paulbot for transcribing it...
Critic's View
Lucy Beaumont
This was going to be a simple discussion about crossover appearances.
About how networks and producers stuck for ideas regularly pluck one
or two characters from one show and temporarily insert them into
another.
In other news, if The Simpsons counted, then 24 would be part of the Westphall Universe madness - with Keifer Sutherland appearing as Jack Bauer on a recent episode, "24 Minutes".
But animated series don't count. I wonder if Prime Time animated series should... |
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| Finally... |
[Aug. 1st, 2007|07:31 pm] |
You know what? I've never actually seen this before...
For your enjoyment, the final five minutes of St Elsewhere and the birth of the Tommy Westphall Universe. |
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| More Wanderers... |
[May. 31st, 2007|06:18 pm] |
Well, time flies when... well, time just flies.
Our good friend johnmunch sent us an update to his Westphall's Wanderers project months and months ago and I never got around to uploading it onto the site. So now that the 2006-07 season has come to an end, I waited until the project was further updated and now I've uploaded the entire thing here.
The Wanderers list keeps track of actual character crossovers between series, specifically listing the when and where - while our Key explains the whys and hows.
Additions to this update include Blossom, Civil Wars, Day by Day, I Dream of Jeannie, the very short-lived Public Morals and the very long-lived and still-running ER.
Enjoy! And one day, we'll update the Grid and the Key, too. |
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| More West Wing/Studio 60 |
[Feb. 20th, 2007|12:32 pm] |
I noticed, and truthbealiar did too, in tonight's episode of Studio 60 the name of a familiar legal firm.
The blonde lawyer on tonight's 60 works for Gage Whitney, the same firm Sam Seaborn worked for on The West Wing before working with the President.
This is more proof that Sorkin loves to recycle names and dialogue. Again on 60 tonight, Matt's assistant said "I go home when you go home." Which is just as lovely a sentiment now as when Margaret said it to Leo on The West Wing.
Now, it's impossible to reconcile President Bush with President Bartlett - but Munch dealing with alien conspiracies on The X Files doesn't exactly fit in neatly with Homicide either...
Still not connected to Tommy, though.
ETA: The OC/Grey's Anatomy connection in thread... (also Non-Tommy so far...) |
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| Hudson University |
[Feb. 14th, 2007|09:49 pm] |
We've got fictional hospitals, fictional churches and now a fictional University.
Hudson University - mostly seen on Law & Order - also brings in Tru Calling and Without a Trace?
Anyone got more info on this Tommy-verse college? |
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| Non-Tommy Crossover: The West Wing/Studio 60 |
[Feb. 1st, 2007|12:44 pm] |
I always loved the fact that The West Wing took place in its own hermetically sealed universe - even though I would have loved the characters on ER to have left work to vote in the fictional 2006 election between Matt Santos and Arnold Vinnick.
And, so far, Studio 60 has avoided actual crossovers - though it looks like Sorkin might be pushed into marketing crossovers, with Masi Oka of Heroes appearing this week.
But now we have proof that Sorkin's two babies connect to each other.
Note the "Bartlet for America" poster on the wall in this screencap of a Studio 60 office.
Now if only we can connect to Sorkin's third series, Sports Night... then Tommy will have some new friends to play with!
ETA: Maybe it doesn't count? Discussion of Bush and 9/11 references in the comments... |
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| Update at last... |
[Jan. 14th, 2007|12:02 pm] |
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The Tommy Westphall Universe has expanded. By 46 shows!
It's been four and a half months since our last update and the community has worked overtime digging up new connections to the Tommyverse.
The new TV season has already introduced Heroes and The Game.
The Doctor Who canon flies in... bringing along K9 and Company, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.
The CSI franchise finds itself connected to The X-Files through the fictional Morley cigarettes.
ABC's TGIF sitcoms wander in to send us mods crazy... Seriously, no one should know this much about Sabrina, Boy Meets World, Family Matters, etc, etc. And etc... there's a lot of those suckers!
Although the most bizarre connection is this, a show called Out of the Blue:
Out of the Blue was a spin-off of Happy Days in which Chachi’s guardian angel Random got his own show set in the (then) present day where Random tried to live as a human. (note: due to oddities of scheduling Out of the Blue actually started airing before the episode of Happy Days meant to introduce Random aired. By the time the episode of Happy Days with Random aired Out of the Blue was already on the air and the character was not new. So Random’s appearance on Happy Days is both a crossover episode and a backdoor pilot for a show that was already on the air.)Mork of Mork and Mindy visited Random on Out of the Blue. The two were old friends, Mork’s home planet of Ork was right next to Heaven (where Random was from) </random>
Yes, Ork was right next to Heaven! Figure that out, television theologians!
Well, here it is... a full list of forty-six additions:
Thanks to everyone who contributed to lots and lots of threads over the last few months. The tommywestphall hive mind works wonders! |
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| The Wire joins the Tommyverse |
[Dec. 4th, 2006|08:40 pm] |
In the episode of The Wire that aired last night on HBO ("That's Got His Own") there was a crossover with Homicide. In the episode last night ( spoilers for the episode and S6 of Homicide )
So, The Wire will be added to the grid on the next update (which is coming soon I promise (blame me not crossoverman, I'm the hold up)). Making this the first time in at least a year that a show has been added right to the core of the grid instead of out on the fringes. |
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| Please welcome... the CSI franchise! |
[Oct. 28th, 2006|07:00 pm] |
The anonymous tipper who suggested someone smoked a Morley cigarette in the fifth season premiere of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was only one season out, it was in the sixth season premiere, "Bodies in Motion" - as backed-up by a discussion of the episode.
Obviously, one CSI brings in the other two CSI: Miami and CSI: New York. Anybody know if these shows connect beyond their franchise? |
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