Desperately Random ([info]crossoverman) wrote in [info]tommywestphall,
@ 2008-02-15 15:04:00
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What's Alan Watching?
Us.

At least he will be now, with the search on for 8,000 Degrees of John Munch...


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that's great
(Anonymous)
2008-02-15 09:09 pm UTC (link)
That's great I hope alan likes this site and I am glad that you finally made a new journal entry crossoverman

Thanks to that link to Brooklyn South my list now has 218 shows connected to Tommy's Mind ranging from The Adventures of Champion to Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

Combined with the 282 and the 100 that are currently in the journal this would bring the number of shows to an equal 600

By the way if your reading this JohnMunch could you help me find connections to 2 German shows thant have found there way onto the list Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei and Alarm für Cobra 11 - Einsatz für Team 2

Thank
RAF

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Uh, what kind of help?
[info]johnmunch
2008-02-19 10:25 pm UTC (link)
What are the supposed connections for the Cobra 11 shows?
How did they end up on your list?
What are those 218 shows you got? Care to post them?

And how could I overlook Brooklyn South?

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Re: Uh, what kind of help?
(Anonymous)
2008-02-20 10:52 pm UTC (link)
You know what kind of help I need, finding German shows that a that they crossed-over with, that they referenced as being in the same universe, that they reused the props or sets of, pretty much anything that would bring them into Tommy's mind

I would like to post my list, which is now up to 230, and was originally going to post it once the site was updated, but it's been 5 month since I started and the list is now 9 pages long, I would be willing to post it now if westphallian or crossoverman created a new journal entry for it, because of the site's current low traffic I am afraid of many people would look at it if it was posted in a post

However I will post parts of my list that show how shows from your home country ended up on it complete with my id numbers

The fictional local Los Angeles tv station KBEX which was shown regularly on Charley Angels 78 has also appeared on Starsky & Hutch 79, The Brady Bunch, $weepstake$ 80, Barnaby Jones 81, MacGyver 82, and What's Happening 83

The fictional country of San Marco, which The A-Team 182, regularly visited also, appeared on MacGyver, and the German show Alarm für Cobra 11 - Die Autobahnpolizei 183

don't fell bad I also overlooked Brooklyn South, but I did find room to include shows like The Duck Factory and Hypernauts.

Tell me what you think

RAF

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Re: Uh, what kind of help?
[info]crossoverman
2008-02-20 11:28 pm UTC (link)
Send the list through and I'll try to make a post out of it!

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Re: Uh, what kind of help?
(Anonymous)
2008-03-12 11:44 am UTC (link)
On the 3/6/08 episode of "Eli Stone" Douglas Brackman of "LA Law" was shown as one of the lawyers turning down Eli's disbarment defense case.

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Re: Uh, what kind of help?
[info]johnmunch
2008-02-21 11:37 am UTC (link)
You count props and sets?

Oh.

I do not watch the Cobra 11 shows. I know their statistics and little more.

In case you included Dallas/Knots Landing, the German show "Ein Schloss am Wörthersee" had a cameo appearance of both J.R. and Sue Ellen. Otherwise, I'm drawing blanks.

This is due to my working method which calls for examining the shows I have listed episode by episode 'in an ever-widening gyre' looking for character cameos. And thus far I have covered US shows and nothing much else.

Hypernauts? The mind boggles.

The posting of your list would help imnmensely - see below.

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Re: Uh, what kind of help?
[info]tele_toby
2008-02-23 02:31 am UTC (link)
RAF, I'd love to see your list as well. Can you send me a copy at TobyOB@gmail.com? I'd appreciate it.

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Knight Rider (2008 series)
(Anonymous)
2008-02-18 02:12 pm UTC (link)
Last night's 2 hour pilot for Knight Rider added yet another series for the grid. Not only is Mike (the main character) the son of Michael Knight, he gambled at Las Vegas' Montecito, which makes this series another grid buster.

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Re: Knight Rider (2008 series)
[info]crossoverman
2008-02-18 07:56 pm UTC (link)
Oh, excellent - thanks for the heads up!

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Munch On 'The Wire'
[info]tele_toby
2008-02-26 08:11 pm UTC (link)
Anybody out there have a screen grab of Munch on HBO's 'The Wire'? I've been searching all over for one and coming up empty.

Thanks!

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A couple of Doctor Who connections...
(Anonymous)
2008-03-05 04:00 am UTC (link)
A couple of quick Doctor Who connections:

The "British Rocket Group" is mentioned in episodes of both the old Doctor Who series ("Remembrance of the Daleks") as well as the new series ("The Christmas Invasion"). It is also mentioned that a certain "Bernard" is involved in this British Rocket Group in the first of those episodes. These are references to the classic Britsh sci-fi Quatermass serials - "The Quatermass Experiment" (1953), "Quatermass II" (1955), "Quatermass and the Pit" (1958) and "Quatermass" (1979) - as well as to the lead character Bernard Quatermass, who indeed is the head of the British Rocket Group. The Wikipedia articles on the two Doctor Who serials point out the connection...

The second (for the moment potential) connection is that Torchwood is apparently going to get a mention on the upcoming season of the British sci-fi series Primeval. If this does indeed happen, that will connect yet another British series...

(And I do think you should count the Doctor Who/Eastenders crossover, even though it was just a charity special. After all, actors from both series were acting *in character* for the program)

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Re: A couple of Doctor Who connections...
(Anonymous)
2008-03-06 12:01 am UTC (link)
Good find Anonymous

I also have a few Doctor Who connections on my list which I gave to crossoverman but he has yet to post it yet

Once he douse you will see how the Doctor is connected to shows like Blue Thunder, Sir Francis Drake, and Rome

Thank you

RAF

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Re: A couple of Doctor Who connections...
(Anonymous)
2008-03-07 01:19 pm UTC (link)
Could you send me your list? HughHDavis "at" hotmail "dot" com

thanks,
Hugh

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Re: A couple of Doctor Who connections...
(Anonymous)
2008-03-07 06:05 pm UTC (link)
Sure Hugh tell me if you have anything to add to it

RAF

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Re: A couple of Doctor Who connections...
[info]johnmunch
2008-03-08 01:43 pm UTC (link)
Me too, me too, please.

artresaux "at" gmx "dot" de

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Re: A couple of Doctor Who connections...
(Anonymous)
2008-03-08 11:56 pm UTC (link)
alright I will send you the curent 260 show list, any feedback on it is welcome.

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Re: A couple of Doctor Who connections...
[info]willam_black
2008-04-30 07:56 pm UTC (link)
I'd be interested in seeing it as well, and of course offering feedback. You can contact me at willam_black_snowball "at" yahoo "dot" com.

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Re: A couple of Doctor Who connections...
(Anonymous)
2008-05-02 07:03 pm UTC (link)
Ok you will also recieve the list now at 336 shows

RAF

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Re: A couple of Doctor Who connections...
(Anonymous)
2008-07-28 05:09 pm UTC (link)
If you don't mind, I would like to see this list as well. Send it to jjkreuzer "at" hotmail "dot" com.

Thanks a whole lot!

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The Wire -- Oz
(Anonymous)
2008-03-13 02:13 pm UTC (link)
Sorry if this is clutter, but in Season 3 of "The Wire" Omar watches a 6th-season episode of "Oz", as seen here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99uAAbMp7OQ

Love the site... great work!

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Cannon & Barnaby Jones
[info]johnmunch
2008-03-16 06:22 pm UTC (link)
Another point against 'Movies Don Not Count' ...

The beverly Hillbillies got a movie treatment in 1994, and while most agree that the feature compared badly to the original TV show some noticed a neat cameo by Buddy Ebsen (the original Jed Clampett).

Only - he played Banaby Jones, aging PI hero of the eponymous TV show which ran for seven and a half seasons from Jnauary 1973 to April 1980. Barnaby Jones can be considered a spin-off from 'Cannon' since the William Conrad-played PI appeared in Barnaby´s pilot episode.

Back to the movie: Since the Clampetts and company were played by new actors, Mr. Ebsen could not possibly resume his Jed part again (the original show started thirty years before the movie). To me, his Barnaby appearance in the movie serves as a nod to both his signature characters, and this is good enough for me to include Barnaby Jones and Cannon in my next Wanderers' update.

What do you think?

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wrestlers
(Anonymous)
2008-03-17 09:12 pm UTC (link)
I say go for it, but I also have Cannon & Barnaby Jones already on my list thanks to KBEX as I pointed out before

RAF

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St. Elsewhere intercom
(Anonymous)
2008-03-24 11:45 pm UTC (link)
Today my list reached 282 with addition of Twin Peaks and Northern Exposure, however it can still grow bigger.

I have read several places that St. Elsewhere would often page doctors from other medical shows over there PA system, however I could not find any more information on it, douse anybody know who was paged.

I still have work to do on the list, like adding characters named Robot played by Robby, and shows were Mayberry was seen, I hope one day Tommy's mind will have 1000 shows

RAF

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Re: St. Elsewhere intercom
[info]crossoverman
2008-03-25 12:38 am UTC (link)
How do you get Twin Peaks and Northern Exposure in? I know the link between the two - although it makes no sense. But how does it link to the Tommyverse.

I don't know if St E did the intercom thing, but other shows are in because they intercommed St E doctors.

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Re: St. Elsewhere intercom
(Anonymous)
2008-03-25 01:38 am UTC (link)
The X-Files had a picture of Laura Palmer’s corps hanging in the background in the episode Squeeze

I hope that helps, my list has shows from ranging from Korg 70,000 B.C. to Mystery Science Theater 3000

RAF

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What´s Happening!!
[info]johnmunch
2008-04-02 03:28 pm UTC (link)
Not sure whether The Brady Bunch Hour counts as a drama show with some bad music or as a variety show, but ...

... does anybody here remember a guy named Rerun and his buddies?

Apparently, they were the stars of 'What´s Happening!!' and its sequel show, 'Whats Happening Now?'.

And they appeared in ep.#7 of TBBH.

Another two notches for Tommy.

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Connecting Tommy´s Mind and the Warnerverse ...
[info]johnmunch
2008-04-03 10:44 am UTC (link)
... via the movie Back to the Beach (1987).

Yes, certain movies should count, and this Funicello/Avalon film which parodies the beach movies of the sixties has cameo appearances of Bob Denver (Gilligan), Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper), Edd Byrnes (Kookie), and Don Adams (Maxwell Smart) - to name just a few. They appear unnamed but in character. Hale asks his 'little buddy' Denver along for 'just another three-hour trip', Byrnes is a valet, and Adams behaves suspiciously.

So, this links Gilligan to Kookie of 77 Sunset Strip. The latter spun off Hawaiian Eye, Surfside Six, and Bourbon Street Beat. An ancestor of Kookie, also played by Byrnes and wielding a mean comb appeared in Maverick's ep.#88 "Hadley´s Hunters" which has cameos of the Lawman and his deputy, the loner Cheyenne, Bronco, and Sugarfoot.

The latter crossed over with Christopher Colt of Colt.45. Cheyenne spun-off 'The Dakotas' and later appeared in The Gambler: Luck of the Draw. That one had cameos of the Rifleman, the Westerner, Caine of Kung Fu fame, Wyatt Earp (who appeared later in 'Paradise'), and Bat Masterson.

If we want to take the movie connection two more steps further we have to take close looks at 'Alias Jesse James' and 'Maverick' (1994), both of which feature a plethora of cameos.

What do you think?

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I like it
(Anonymous)
2008-04-03 09:19 pm UTC (link)
Good job finding that movie JohnMunch I think that it should count

This is a better connection then they one I have on my list, now at 320, which involves The Incredible Hulk, Galactica 1980, and V all reusing footage from the movie Earthquake

When are we going to see a new Wanderers it's been almost a year since you updated it and you might be able to use some people from my list like Mr. French and J.R. Ewing

RAF

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New Wanderers this June
[info]johnmunch
2008-05-07 11:40 am UTC (link)
Reusing footage does also count? This is getting a bit off-kilter, my friend.

Re Wanderers: With my inclusion of the extended Warnerverse and numerous Gilligan appearances (dreaming and awake), a massive update with some 20 new entries is coming your way in 3-4 weeks. First I have a move to finish.
Yo Keith - who will update first? ;-)

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Re: New Wanderers this June
[info]crossoverman
2008-05-07 11:59 am UTC (link)
Something will happen. But you might still beat me.

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[info]muffinmanwoman
2008-04-21 11:29 pm UTC (link)
Sorry if this is the wrong way to do this, but last night's Brothers & Sisters mentioned NBS, the fictional TV network of "Studio 60..." and "Network." This means, of course, that there are two guys who look a lot like Steven Weber in Los Angeles.

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[info]tele_toby
2008-04-22 04:36 am UTC (link)
UBS was the network in "Network". But along with 'Studio 60', NBS could be a network in 'Odyssey 5'. They had a station that could have been an O&O by the call letters WNBS. Of course, that's just hypothetical....

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Cold Case and Buffy
(Anonymous)
2008-05-07 12:15 pm UTC (link)
The Cold Case episode "Family 8108" begins during World War II in Sunnydale, CA, not the real Sunnyvale. So the Japanese-American family that got sent to the Relocation Camp was living on the Hellmouth.

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New Playpen sighting
[info]tele_toby
2008-06-02 06:23 pm UTC (link)
Playpen magazine reared up again last night in the final minutes of "In Plain Sight". Marshal Mary Shannon brought a copy to her new Witness protection case so that she could pick out her new breasts. (And I may be wrong about this - but it looks to be the same issue that Sawyer had in his stash on "Lost"!)

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Re: New Playpen sighting
[info]tele_toby
2008-06-02 10:19 pm UTC (link)
Here's how I wrote it up for Inner Toob, with the pictures:

http://toobworld.blogspot.com/2008/06/lost-in-plain-sight.html

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Re: New Playpen sighting
(Anonymous)
2008-06-03 09:06 pm UTC (link)
Thanks for finding this tobey,

I wish wikipedia hadn't deletedthe articleon Playpen, becouse it is hard to find the information without the list but I think it is about the 26th or 27th show to feature the magazine

RAF

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NBC's "Chuck" needs to be in the chart
(Anonymous)
2008-06-03 08:37 pm UTC (link)
On the Season 1, Episode 2 episode of "Chuck" on NBC, entitled "Chuck versus the helicopter", the title character mentions that he has knowledge of what made Oceanic 815 crash. It is not a reference to the show "Lost", but is treated as if what happened in "Lost" is real in the "Chuck" universe, so it fits here.

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"In Plain Sight" & "Law & Order: CI"
[info]tele_toby
2008-06-09 01:29 am UTC (link)
Next Sunday (June 15), Mary McCormack's character of Mary Shannon from "In Plain Sight" will be making a cameo appearance on "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" just before her show airs.

So that'll make a tighter connection to the Westphallian TV Universe than the issue of Playpen magazine from the premiere.

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Re: "In Plain Sight" & "Law & Order: CI"
[info]tele_toby
2008-06-18 05:20 am UTC (link)
If you missed your chance to see Mary Shannon of 'In Plain Sight' show up on 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' this past Sunday, not a problem. Use an video search engine and type in both titles. Plenty of entries for the two minute scene.

If you want to see the whole episode, Amazon Unbox has it for 1.99....

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The Chronicle?
(Anonymous)
2008-06-19 01:46 am UTC (link)
Okay, are we even considering The Chronicle? It was a short-lived series on the Sci-Fi Channel that referenced SF's other show, The Invisible Man, had a crossover with Big Trouble in Little China (Yes, it's a feature film), and referenced Star Trek.
The Star Trek reference went like this: in the episode Pig Boy's Big Adventure, the villian was a Harcourt Fenton. This is clearly referring to Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd, the recurring character on ST. I, as well as Wold-Newton folks, would argue that this is a crossover.
From there, The Invisible Man referenced Doctor Who several times in its pilot, even to the point of featuring a card with the name I.M. Foreman on it, the first known alias of the Doctor.
IM also implicitly featured Tom from Prey in the episode Exposed.

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Re: The Chronicle?
(Anonymous)
2008-06-20 02:39 pm UTC (link)
Good finds

I have the Invisible man on my list because of an appearance of the National Inquisitor from The Naked Truth among others shows

What is the connection between Invisible Man and The Chronicle, I hope that we can add it to Tommy's mind soon

RAF

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The L.A. Tribune again!
[info]tele_toby
2008-07-08 08:25 am UTC (link)
I found another example of the L.A. Tribune, made most famous in 'Lou Grant'.

There's an episode of 'Matt Houston' in which Chuck McCann is seen reading a copy, with Matt Houston's face on the front page.

http://toobworld.blogspot.com/2008/07/todays-twd-trib-as-lead-story.html

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