Leading up to the last two episodes of 'Las Vegas', the show's creator (Gary Scott Thompson) said there would be a death which would be a "Rosalind Shays elevator" moment. He was referring to the death of a powerful shark of a lawyer who fell down an elevator shaft on 'L.A. Law' back in 1991.
And he was right! As already mentioned here in the Inner Toob, Monica Mancuso was up on the roof of the Montecito, gesturing wildly in her billowing dress as she argued with Danny. Suddenly a gust of wind "filled her sails" and scooped her up. For mroe than a mile she "flew" over Sin City until she finally plummeted to her death.
(Ironically, the Montecito was hosting a comic book convention where a couple of nerds thought Ms. Mancuso resembled a superhero named Mothwoman. Wearing that voluminous caftan and being such a physical light-weight, it's almost as if she was pre-destined to bring that image to life... so to speak.)
It was certainly one of the best death scenes in the history of Toobworld, worthy of the comparison to the macabre imaginations of Alfred Hitchcock as well as David E. Kelley (who came up with the elevator execution of Rosalind Shays in that 'L.A. Law' episode, "Good To The Last Drop".)
Maybe it lacked something in the technical details - the rear projection on the green screen, or the position of Lara Flynn Boyle's twiggish limbs due to the use of wires. But the actual premise can't be faulted for believability, because this is Toobworld; where all TV shows are connected, even if many of those links can't be proven just yet.
And this fantasy world established nearly forty years ago that a woman of a certain build and weight could be aerodynamically capable of flight, depending on clothing particulars.
If you don't believe me, ask Sister Bertrille at the Convent of San Tanco down in Puerto Rico. If she's still there, of course. She may have returned to California to be closer to her identical cousin, Gidget Lawrence.
('Las Vegas', 'The Flying Nun', 'Gidget')
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
THE END OF "MARS" - UPN OR AOL?
There's going to be an alternate ending to tonight's episode of 'Veronica Mars' available on AOL.com immediately following the show's broadcast on UPN. In a way, it's similar to last week's episode of 'CSI: Miami' which had an extended ending scene show up at the CBS.com site.
But this won't qualify for Crossover of the Week honors next week, because it's more of a showcase for one of the many alternate dimensions in the TV Universe. Depending on what happens in the online version of the ending, it could fit in nicely over in the evil mirror dimension.
The alternate ending, and the actual ending will both be available online for one week, where viewers can vote on which ending they liked best.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
But this won't qualify for Crossover of the Week honors next week, because it's more of a showcase for one of the many alternate dimensions in the TV Universe. Depending on what happens in the online version of the ending, it could fit in nicely over in the evil mirror dimension.
The alternate ending, and the actual ending will both be available online for one week, where viewers can vote on which ending they liked best.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
SKED MARKS: MAKING "BONES" ABOUT IT
AAAAAAAARGH!
What are you doing to me, FOX?
This was from TVWeek:
Medical drama 'House' will remain in its current 9 p.m. Tuesday time period, while 'Bones' will move to Wednesdays at 9 p.m. following the 'American Idol' audition shows beginning Jan. 25.
I'm sure it's probably going to do gangbusters following 'American Idol'. Look how that helped 'House' last season.
I like 'Bones' a lot. It's on my list as one of the best new shows from the 2005 season.
But I live and breathe 'Lost'. And that airs on Wednesdays at 9 pm on ABC.
Sometimes these choices are easy to make. I liked 'Commander In Chief', recognizing its faults but still finding it an entertaining and fast-moving hour. (I'm a big fan of backroom political intrigue "Fletcher Knebel" type of stories.)
But as soon as 'House' returned after the baseball break, it was time to put Geena Davis' presidency on the back-burner and return to TV's best curmudgeon.
And it's not like I can watch one and tape the other to watch later. Okay, fine. It's true I don't know how to work the equipment to do that anyway. But I work an overnight shift and so I'm sleeping during prime time. I have to make the Sophie's Choice on which shows to tape.
At least with 'Veronica Mars' - which also airs at 9 pm on Wednesdays, - I know I have a backup plan with UPN's re-airing on the weekends. 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' and 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' have the same kind of set-up with USA Network.
Here's an idea: Why not rerun 'Bones' a week later on FX on some other night - like Saturdays? It's an elephant's graveyard anyway when it comes to ratings, so what do you have to lose?
Like I said, I'm sure 'Bones' will benefit from this maneuver and may even guarantee it a second season. I'm just upset I can't come along for the ride.
I hope FOX will have a generous rerun policy this summer. If not, then FOX You, Murdochian Suits! May you be nibbled to death by ducks!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
What are you doing to me, FOX?
This was from TVWeek:
Medical drama 'House' will remain in its current 9 p.m. Tuesday time period, while 'Bones' will move to Wednesdays at 9 p.m. following the 'American Idol' audition shows beginning Jan. 25.
I'm sure it's probably going to do gangbusters following 'American Idol'. Look how that helped 'House' last season.
I like 'Bones' a lot. It's on my list as one of the best new shows from the 2005 season.
But I live and breathe 'Lost'. And that airs on Wednesdays at 9 pm on ABC.
Sometimes these choices are easy to make. I liked 'Commander In Chief', recognizing its faults but still finding it an entertaining and fast-moving hour. (I'm a big fan of backroom political intrigue "Fletcher Knebel" type of stories.)
But as soon as 'House' returned after the baseball break, it was time to put Geena Davis' presidency on the back-burner and return to TV's best curmudgeon.
And it's not like I can watch one and tape the other to watch later. Okay, fine. It's true I don't know how to work the equipment to do that anyway. But I work an overnight shift and so I'm sleeping during prime time. I have to make the Sophie's Choice on which shows to tape.
At least with 'Veronica Mars' - which also airs at 9 pm on Wednesdays, - I know I have a backup plan with UPN's re-airing on the weekends. 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent' and 'Law & Order: Special Victims Unit' have the same kind of set-up with USA Network.
Here's an idea: Why not rerun 'Bones' a week later on FX on some other night - like Saturdays? It's an elephant's graveyard anyway when it comes to ratings, so what do you have to lose?
Like I said, I'm sure 'Bones' will benefit from this maneuver and may even guarantee it a second season. I'm just upset I can't come along for the ride.
I hope FOX will have a generous rerun policy this summer. If not, then FOX You, Murdochian Suits! May you be nibbled to death by ducks!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
GET TRUMPED OR DIE TRYIN'
Got an e-mail from my dear friend Ivy:
There was an entertainment headline this morning that cracked me up:
"Next Apprentice To Be Shot in Los Angeles."
Guess they'll try anything to boost the ratings. :)
She's right!
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1357530
You know this misconception is the type of "ripped from the headlines" story that's going to inspire one of the 'Law & Order' shows to "rip it" off....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
There was an entertainment headline this morning that cracked me up:
"Next Apprentice To Be Shot in Los Angeles."
Guess they'll try anything to boost the ratings. :)
She's right!
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1357530
You know this misconception is the type of "ripped from the headlines" story that's going to inspire one of the 'Law & Order' shows to "rip it" off....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
COULD-A CASE: VEGAS MISSING LINKS
It's a shame that 'Las Vegas' is on NBC and 'CSI' is on CBS. I'd love to see Anthony Zuiker and the 'CSI' writers acknowledge the bizarre death of Montecito Casino owner Monica Mancuso in the last two episodes of 'Las Vegas'. (She was blown off the roof by a gust of wind which treated her dress like a billowing sail.)
They could make some sort of veiled reference to it as a case that was solved off-camera. After all, despite the intervention of Big Ed throwing around his FBI contacts with the cop who was hassling Danny as a suspect , only Gil Grissom and his CSI team could officially clear him of suspicion. One of the basic tenets for the 'CSI' shows is "Only the evidence tells the Truth", and that includes the security cameras on the Montecito's roof.
There was another Vegas death that would be in the CSI archives from forty years before - one Franklin Gibbs of Elgin, Kansas, on 'The Twilight Zone'. Caught up in "The Fever" of gambling, Gibbs was haunted by one particular slot machine which followed him back to his hotel room out of revenge for being tipped over.
Terrified, Gibbs was forced off the balcony of his hotel room and was probably written off as a suicide by the investigators who preceded Grissom's team.
Who was going to suspect a slot machine to be a murderer? It's not like one-arm bandits leave fingerprints......
I'd also like to see somebody mention the ghoulish bet made by "The Man From The South" involving the dependability of a cigarette lighter and the possible loss of fingers, as seen on 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'.
And maybe I've missed it over the years, - and I don't care if it happens on 'CSI' or on 'Las Vegas', although both of them should do this, - but there should be some mention of Dan Tanna. Played by the late, great TV stalwart Robert Urich, Tanna was a private eye nonpareil in 'Vega$' back in the '70s.
It wouldn't kill the current shows to tip their hat in some small way for the TV character who first made their locale popular in TV Land.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
They could make some sort of veiled reference to it as a case that was solved off-camera. After all, despite the intervention of Big Ed throwing around his FBI contacts with the cop who was hassling Danny as a suspect , only Gil Grissom and his CSI team could officially clear him of suspicion. One of the basic tenets for the 'CSI' shows is "Only the evidence tells the Truth", and that includes the security cameras on the Montecito's roof.
There was another Vegas death that would be in the CSI archives from forty years before - one Franklin Gibbs of Elgin, Kansas, on 'The Twilight Zone'. Caught up in "The Fever" of gambling, Gibbs was haunted by one particular slot machine which followed him back to his hotel room out of revenge for being tipped over.
Terrified, Gibbs was forced off the balcony of his hotel room and was probably written off as a suicide by the investigators who preceded Grissom's team.
Who was going to suspect a slot machine to be a murderer? It's not like one-arm bandits leave fingerprints......
I'd also like to see somebody mention the ghoulish bet made by "The Man From The South" involving the dependability of a cigarette lighter and the possible loss of fingers, as seen on 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents'.
And maybe I've missed it over the years, - and I don't care if it happens on 'CSI' or on 'Las Vegas', although both of them should do this, - but there should be some mention of Dan Tanna. Played by the late, great TV stalwart Robert Urich, Tanna was a private eye nonpareil in 'Vega$' back in the '70s.
It wouldn't kill the current shows to tip their hat in some small way for the TV character who first made their locale popular in TV Land.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"No such thing as a sure bet...
Unless the deal is fixed."
Perry Mason
'PERRY MASON'
Unless the deal is fixed."
Perry Mason
'PERRY MASON'
WOTSAMATTA U.
It must be nice to be able to watch a TV show, commercials included, and not have a thousand and one weird ideas pop into your head about the meaning of it all in some alternate dimension. Sometimes I wonder if I was ever able to watch a TV show like the so-called normal people do......
Basically, Toobworld is a fantasy universe in much the same way Middle-Earth is, or Narnia. And like them, Toobworld also has elves, and satyrs, and dwarves, and talking trees, and witch-queens. Plus lions and dragons and bears who use Charmin tissue.
Oh my.
But Toobworld is a far scarier place.
You probably find that hard to believe. You watch Mary Richards throw her hat up in the air and wish you had the courage to do the same thing. Maybe when you were younger, you were tempted to ask your grandmother if she could come back as a car when she died.
But let's say you're out in the woods, probably walking along the Appalachian Trail. And there's a guy out there by the side of the trail, sitting on a log near his tent.
And he looks at you as you pass by and just says,
"You know? I've got genital herpes."
It's the serlinguists, those people who talk to the camera, who would scare the crap out of me if I lived in the TV Universe......
I'm just sayin', is all. Just an o'bservation while watching my tape of 'Bones'.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Basically, Toobworld is a fantasy universe in much the same way Middle-Earth is, or Narnia. And like them, Toobworld also has elves, and satyrs, and dwarves, and talking trees, and witch-queens. Plus lions and dragons and bears who use Charmin tissue.
Oh my.
But Toobworld is a far scarier place.
You probably find that hard to believe. You watch Mary Richards throw her hat up in the air and wish you had the courage to do the same thing. Maybe when you were younger, you were tempted to ask your grandmother if she could come back as a car when she died.
But let's say you're out in the woods, probably walking along the Appalachian Trail. And there's a guy out there by the side of the trail, sitting on a log near his tent.
And he looks at you as you pass by and just says,
"You know? I've got genital herpes."
It's the serlinguists, those people who talk to the camera, who would scare the crap out of me if I lived in the TV Universe......
I'm just sayin', is all. Just an o'bservation while watching my tape of 'Bones'.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"You see what I mean, Mr. Grant?
It's a lousy, lousy world"
Mary Richards
'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'
It's a lousy, lousy world"
Mary Richards
'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
CROSSOVER OF THE WEEK! (PART TWO)
For the second "winner" of the Crossover of the Week, one just had to flip over to CBS and watch 'CSI: Miami'. But the crossover didn't happen during the episode; instead, it happened after the show ended.
AND it didn't even happen on TV at all!
Promoted as an extending ending to the episode, viewers were urged to visit CBS.com and click on the link to a scene between reporter Erica Sikes and new CSI team member Ryan Wolfe.
Granted, it was mainly a showcase for the new Hummer, (which got better close-ups than the actors!), but TV has always been about selling cars. That's why there's such a thing as the Fall TV season anyway - it was set in September to help usher in the new line of cars.
But the scene was vital to the forward motion of the plot. Erica clued Ryan in that somebody on the team was badmouthing the department to the press - and maybe even culpable for something worse.
We also learned that Horatio Caine was aware of her information... information... information...... So that would mean Ryan and Horatio weren't under suspicion. Doesn't it? Her wording was slightly vague, and she might have been leading Ryan on in order to trip him up or get him to relax his guard while she continued her investigative reporting.
Then again, there has been a simmering relationship building between the characters over three episodes of this season, so it could be she was genuinely concerned that he should know the truth.
At least as much as she could reveal.
It was an important scene that will have ramifications and reverberations right through to the end of the season, so it can't be shrugged off as just a publicity stunt.
It wasn't the first time that Toobworld interfaced with "Cyberia". That honor is held by 'Homicide: Life On The Street' which had a running storyline online about the second shift at that Baltimore precinct, starring character actor Joe Grifasi. Finally members of both teams met up during the episode "Homicide.com" with an appropriate case - a serial killer who streamed his murders online.
And in addition to happening during November Sweeps, this extended scene for 'CSI: Miami' occurred at a very propitious TV time. Just a week before, the news was full of stories about TV shows being available for sale on iPod and other MP3 devices. So the Eye was dipping its toe into exploring new frontiers of Television.
'Medium' looked back and 'CSI: Miami' looked forward with novel experiments, and that's why the duo have been chosen to share the "honors" of Crossover Of The Week.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
AND it didn't even happen on TV at all!
'CSI: MIAMI'
&
CBS.COM
&
CBS.COM
Promoted as an extending ending to the episode, viewers were urged to visit CBS.com and click on the link to a scene between reporter Erica Sikes and new CSI team member Ryan Wolfe.
Granted, it was mainly a showcase for the new Hummer, (which got better close-ups than the actors!), but TV has always been about selling cars. That's why there's such a thing as the Fall TV season anyway - it was set in September to help usher in the new line of cars.
But the scene was vital to the forward motion of the plot. Erica clued Ryan in that somebody on the team was badmouthing the department to the press - and maybe even culpable for something worse.
We also learned that Horatio Caine was aware of her information... information... information...... So that would mean Ryan and Horatio weren't under suspicion. Doesn't it? Her wording was slightly vague, and she might have been leading Ryan on in order to trip him up or get him to relax his guard while she continued her investigative reporting.
Then again, there has been a simmering relationship building between the characters over three episodes of this season, so it could be she was genuinely concerned that he should know the truth.
At least as much as she could reveal.
It was an important scene that will have ramifications and reverberations right through to the end of the season, so it can't be shrugged off as just a publicity stunt.
It wasn't the first time that Toobworld interfaced with "Cyberia". That honor is held by 'Homicide: Life On The Street' which had a running storyline online about the second shift at that Baltimore precinct, starring character actor Joe Grifasi. Finally members of both teams met up during the episode "Homicide.com" with an appropriate case - a serial killer who streamed his murders online.
And in addition to happening during November Sweeps, this extended scene for 'CSI: Miami' occurred at a very propitious TV time. Just a week before, the news was full of stories about TV shows being available for sale on iPod and other MP3 devices. So the Eye was dipping its toe into exploring new frontiers of Television.
'Medium' looked back and 'CSI: Miami' looked forward with novel experiments, and that's why the duo have been chosen to share the "honors" of Crossover Of The Week.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"Television is a passing fancy.
The last time I turned it on,
I was confronted by a singing, dancing seltzer pill named Speedy."
Major Charles Emerson Winchester
'M*A*S*H'
The last time I turned it on,
I was confronted by a singing, dancing seltzer pill named Speedy."
Major Charles Emerson Winchester
'M*A*S*H'
A PAIN IN THE ASCENSION
Let's just take a moment, before we continue with the salute to the Crossovers of the Week, to pay tribute to a TV character who passed away last night (even though she was blown away in 'Las Vegas' last week - literally!)
You wouldn't have guessed it to look at her, what with her small frame of little bird-bones, but Monica Mancuso was one tough-as-nails, hard-assed bitch. And I mean that in a good way.
"She must have slept her way to the top" would have been the kind of snarky comments cattily whispered behind her back; never once considering her ability to use her ambition and her determination to reach the top of the food chain in the business world.
But Monica really was more Trump than strumpet. You would expect to see such qualities in a male character who might have one day challenged The Donald for supremacy in the business world. But when it's displayed by a woman, then the knives come out in describing her.
It might have been because she was such a small, frail-looking wisp of a woman that led to her development of her Amazonian persona.
Or it could be that she was inspired by a family member.
It's possible - and we might never know now since her rise to the top came to an end so suddenly with a big letdown! - but it could be that Monica's uncle might have been a retired FBI agent named Nick Mancuso.
"Nico" had been dismissed by most of his superiors as "a lonely misanthrope with no respect for authority", but who bulled his way until he achieved his goals, no matter who got brought down in the process. (Mancuso probably retired from the FBI sometime after 1995.)
That type of attitude served Monica well as she ended up reaching her goal to acquire the Montecito, only to be brought down by the casino itself - and a good gust of wind.
Her uncle would probably tell ya she was quite a dame; one who made one hell of an exit.
Here's looking at you, kid. Up, up, and away!
('Las Vegas', 'Mancuso, FBI', & 'Favorite Son')
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
You wouldn't have guessed it to look at her, what with her small frame of little bird-bones, but Monica Mancuso was one tough-as-nails, hard-assed bitch. And I mean that in a good way.
"She must have slept her way to the top" would have been the kind of snarky comments cattily whispered behind her back; never once considering her ability to use her ambition and her determination to reach the top of the food chain in the business world.
But Monica really was more Trump than strumpet. You would expect to see such qualities in a male character who might have one day challenged The Donald for supremacy in the business world. But when it's displayed by a woman, then the knives come out in describing her.
It might have been because she was such a small, frail-looking wisp of a woman that led to her development of her Amazonian persona.
Or it could be that she was inspired by a family member.
It's possible - and we might never know now since her rise to the top came to an end so suddenly with a big letdown! - but it could be that Monica's uncle might have been a retired FBI agent named Nick Mancuso.
"Nico" had been dismissed by most of his superiors as "a lonely misanthrope with no respect for authority", but who bulled his way until he achieved his goals, no matter who got brought down in the process. (Mancuso probably retired from the FBI sometime after 1995.)
That type of attitude served Monica well as she ended up reaching her goal to acquire the Montecito, only to be brought down by the casino itself - and a good gust of wind.
Her uncle would probably tell ya she was quite a dame; one who made one hell of an exit.
Here's looking at you, kid. Up, up, and away!
('Las Vegas', 'Mancuso, FBI', & 'Favorite Son')
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"When this passion called aspiration becomes lust,
When its flame is fanned by greed and private hunger,
Then aspiration becomes ambition - by which sin the angels fell."
THE CONTROL VOICE
'THE OUTER LIMITS'
When its flame is fanned by greed and private hunger,
Then aspiration becomes ambition - by which sin the angels fell."
THE CONTROL VOICE
'THE OUTER LIMITS'
CROSSOVER OF THE WEEK! (PART ONE)
Still in the surge of November Sweeps, we have a tie for the Crossover of the Week! Both shows offered something different from the standard fare of crossovers. However, one explored the future of Television while the other took a retro-look back on its history.
Interestingly, both shows went head to head in the sked, but you could flip from one to the other wihtout missing the key crossover moment. (Just don't let Larry Sanders you were flipping!)
First up......
In the Real World, Rod Serling is a titan in the art of Television writing. Yes, 'The Twilight Zone' is legendary, but it's his work with original dramas like "Patterns", "Requiem For A Heavyweight", and "A Storm In Summer" that set him above nearly all others.
But in Toobworld's reality, Rod Serling is something more. He is an other-worldly commentator on the world around him (Earth Prime-Time) who addresses his observations to the audiences watching at home on Earth Prime. (In fact, I've appropriated his name to describe the art of talking to people through the camera lens - "serlinguism".)
We know that he existed as an actual TV character, because Perry Mason claimed that he knew Serling But his televersion may or may not have been created by playwright Gregory West. Whether he was "real" or a figment of the imagination or the manifestation of an under-done potato, Rod Serling proved to be above and beyond the reach of Death's limitations.
So many years after his passing in the Real World, he made another spectral visitation in a1998 episode of 'Early Edition' ("A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight").
Gary: Chuck, do you remember physics 201, the space-time continuum? Time, it's not a line. It's, uh, time is a--
Chuck: It's a magazine. What are you talking about?
Gary: What I'm talking about is time. Time - -
[Rod Serling materializes in the chair behind them.]
Rod Serling. Men talking about an improbable thing like going back in time.
Chuck: What is he talking about?
Gary: I have no idea.
Rod Serling: A friendly debate revolving around a simple issue. Could a human being change what has happened before?
Chuck: Do you know him?
Gary: Never saw him before in my life.
Rod Serling: Interesting and theoretical, because whoever heard of a man going back in time? Before tonight that is. Because this is.... the Twilight Zone.
[The scene dissolved to a field of stars similar to that seen in 'The Twilight Zone' as the classic theme song kicks in. And then the 'Early Edition' cat meows.]
Rod Serling was inserted into the episode as part of CBS's 50th anniversary week. Other shows that did the same thing that week included 'Murphy Brown' (Edward R. Murrow), 'Chicago Hope' ('Medical Center'), 'The Nanny' ('I Love Lucy'), and 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman' ('Gunsmoke'), among others.
His dialogue came from the 49th episode of the show, "Back There".:
"Witness a theoretical argument, Washington D.C., the present. Four intelligent men talking about an improbable thing like going back in time. A friendly debate revolving around a simple issue: could a human being change what has happened before? Interesting and theoretical because who ever heard of a man going back in time, before tonight, that is. Because this is the Twilight Zone."
And now here he was again, exhorting the audience to put on their special glasses to better enjoy the episode of 'Medium' which would be presented in 3-D.
Gregory West kept the manifestations of his imagination on snippets of audio tape which he stored in his safe. Although he "banished" Rod Serling by tossing his tape into the fire, West must have reconsiderd and brought him back to "life" (or is it Memorex?) just as he had done for the new version of his "wife".
More than likely, the playwright is now dead, since the actor who played him, Keenan Wynn, has also passed away. And if that's so, it could be that the spawn of his mind outlives him so long as Mrs. Mary West never destroyed those tapes.
Therefore, despite the fact that Rod Serling is dead in the Real World, he'll always live on in Toobworld, as seen on 'Early Edition' and 'Medium'.
And that's a good thing.
However, there's a caveat. Rod Serling's vocal style and job as the host and creator of 'The Twilight Zone' has made him a popular target for parody in other TV shows and commercials. These imitations have no connection to the real thing, though. But 'Medium' and 'Early Edition' do, even if the dialogue changed slighlty.
And that was the first of the two Crossovers of the Week......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Interestingly, both shows went head to head in the sked, but you could flip from one to the other wihtout missing the key crossover moment. (Just don't let Larry Sanders you were flipping!)
First up......
'MEDIUM' - "STILL LIFE"
&
'THE TWILIGHT ZONE' - "A WORLD OF HIS OWN"
&
'EARLY EDITION' - "A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT"
'Medium' harkened back to the days of 3-D movies, complete with the special glasses. And to introduce this unique presentation, Rod Serling was resurrected from a classic clip from 'The Twilight Zone'. But he was given new dialogue to "recite"... thirty years after his death.&
'THE TWILIGHT ZONE' - "A WORLD OF HIS OWN"
&
'EARLY EDITION' - "A HOT TIME IN THE OLD TOWN TONIGHT"
In the Real World, Rod Serling is a titan in the art of Television writing. Yes, 'The Twilight Zone' is legendary, but it's his work with original dramas like "Patterns", "Requiem For A Heavyweight", and "A Storm In Summer" that set him above nearly all others.
But in Toobworld's reality, Rod Serling is something more. He is an other-worldly commentator on the world around him (Earth Prime-Time) who addresses his observations to the audiences watching at home on Earth Prime. (In fact, I've appropriated his name to describe the art of talking to people through the camera lens - "serlinguism".)
We know that he existed as an actual TV character, because Perry Mason claimed that he knew Serling But his televersion may or may not have been created by playwright Gregory West. Whether he was "real" or a figment of the imagination or the manifestation of an under-done potato, Rod Serling proved to be above and beyond the reach of Death's limitations.
So many years after his passing in the Real World, he made another spectral visitation in a1998 episode of 'Early Edition' ("A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight").
Gary: Chuck, do you remember physics 201, the space-time continuum? Time, it's not a line. It's, uh, time is a--
Chuck: It's a magazine. What are you talking about?
Gary: What I'm talking about is time. Time - -
[Rod Serling materializes in the chair behind them.]
Rod Serling. Men talking about an improbable thing like going back in time.
Chuck: What is he talking about?
Gary: I have no idea.
Rod Serling: A friendly debate revolving around a simple issue. Could a human being change what has happened before?
Chuck: Do you know him?
Gary: Never saw him before in my life.
Rod Serling: Interesting and theoretical, because whoever heard of a man going back in time? Before tonight that is. Because this is.... the Twilight Zone.
[The scene dissolved to a field of stars similar to that seen in 'The Twilight Zone' as the classic theme song kicks in. And then the 'Early Edition' cat meows.]
Rod Serling was inserted into the episode as part of CBS's 50th anniversary week. Other shows that did the same thing that week included 'Murphy Brown' (Edward R. Murrow), 'Chicago Hope' ('Medical Center'), 'The Nanny' ('I Love Lucy'), and 'Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman' ('Gunsmoke'), among others.
His dialogue came from the 49th episode of the show, "Back There".:
"Witness a theoretical argument, Washington D.C., the present. Four intelligent men talking about an improbable thing like going back in time. A friendly debate revolving around a simple issue: could a human being change what has happened before? Interesting and theoretical because who ever heard of a man going back in time, before tonight, that is. Because this is the Twilight Zone."
And now here he was again, exhorting the audience to put on their special glasses to better enjoy the episode of 'Medium' which would be presented in 3-D.
Gregory West kept the manifestations of his imagination on snippets of audio tape which he stored in his safe. Although he "banished" Rod Serling by tossing his tape into the fire, West must have reconsiderd and brought him back to "life" (or is it Memorex?) just as he had done for the new version of his "wife".
More than likely, the playwright is now dead, since the actor who played him, Keenan Wynn, has also passed away. And if that's so, it could be that the spawn of his mind outlives him so long as Mrs. Mary West never destroyed those tapes.
Therefore, despite the fact that Rod Serling is dead in the Real World, he'll always live on in Toobworld, as seen on 'Early Edition' and 'Medium'.
And that's a good thing.
However, there's a caveat. Rod Serling's vocal style and job as the host and creator of 'The Twilight Zone' has made him a popular target for parody in other TV shows and commercials. These imitations have no connection to the real thing, though. But 'Medium' and 'Early Edition' do, even if the dialogue changed slighlty.
And that was the first of the two Crossovers of the Week......
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
"This is weird! It's like the Twilight Zone.
I kind of half expect Rod Steiger to just walk out here."
Jackie Thomas
'The JackIe Thomas Show'
Jackie Thomas
'The JackIe Thomas Show'
Monday, November 28, 2005
LACK OF THE L WORD
In Monday's New York Post, on the last page of today's TV highlights, there's a notice for the big December offering on the Sci-Fi Channel:
'TRIANGE'
It's a mini-series about a group of people who are exploring the mysteries of the Bermuda Triange.
I didn't make any spelling errors. The Post did. They spelled "triangle" without an L.... TWICE!
And that's not all. Like I said, it's listed in today's highlights, but it premieres NEXT Monday.
I hate that paper.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
'TRIANGE'
It's a mini-series about a group of people who are exploring the mysteries of the Bermuda Triange.
I didn't make any spelling errors. The Post did. They spelled "triangle" without an L.... TWICE!
And that's not all. Like I said, it's listed in today's highlights, but it premieres NEXT Monday.
I hate that paper.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Sunday, November 27, 2005
ALIEN NATAL
"This may be the first alien born on Earth."
Dr. Molly Caffrey
'Threshold'
Dr. Molly Caffrey
'Threshold'
'Threshold' as a series has been cancelled (and I'll have some ruminations on that sometime soon), but maybe it would have survived had Threshold the project within the TV Universe had somebody else in charge. Because obviously, Dr. Caffrey had not been doing her homework when it came to aliens on Earth.
Luckily it wasn't as bad as having Michael Brown in charge of FEMA or Maxwell Smart in charge of CONTROL, but still!
Granted, many of the aliens born on Earth escaped detection by the authorities and were kept secreted away by their families. Mainly, this was because those children were hybrids, results of human-alien fertilization. But there were others that had to have come to the attention of the authorities.
Those that would have been known to the government included:
"The Children Of Spider County" - who were five young scientists, born in the same county on the same day. They were the offspring of an alien and were taken by their "father" back to his planet. (from 'The Outer Limits', original series. There are probably several other cases of alien offspring to be found in the remake of the late 1990s.)
Vesna Francisco - When the Tenctonese landed on Earth back in 1995, there was no way to hide that fact from the whole world. After the Kanamit fiasco of the early 1960s ('The Twilight Zone' - "To Serve Man'), the government and the general populace were wary of strange visitors from another planet.
But the "slags" were integrated into society and records were kept. So when Susan Francisco conceived Vesna with her husband George (and with an assist from Albert Einstein who served as the Binnaum), and George carried the baby to term in his marsupial-like pouch, there was no way that was not going to go unnoticed. Especially since George was a detective in the LAPD, and his partner Matt Sykes helped deliver the baby. (from 'Alien Nation')
And then there were those alien/human hybrids that escaped notice because nobody knew the father (It never seems to be a mother.) was an alien.
Mearth - son of Mork from Ork and Mindy McConnell of Colorado. He was hatched from an egg looking like an old man. (Orkans age backwards) Because of this, Mindy had a hard time relating to him as her son. It didn't help matters that Mearth called her "shoe". (from 'Mork & Mindy')
Evie Garland - the daughter of Donna Froelich and an Anterian named Troy Ethel Garland, she began to manifest her powers upon reaching her 13th birthday. These powers included the ability to stop time, teleportation, and gleeping - which was the ability to rearrange molecular structure. (from 'Out Of This World')
Scott Hayden - son of Jenny Hayden and a galactic mapmaker who had taken the form of Jenny's late husband. Upon his return to Earth, the alien now assumed the form of a deceased photographer named Paul Forrester so that he could help his son locate his missing mom. (from 'Starman' - both the movie and the TV series)
Eric Travis (ET) Dubcek - son of Vicki Dubcek and the Big Giant Head (aka Stone Philips) who was the supreme commander of the alien race from which the "Solomons" came. Apparently, in their original forms the aliens look like gelatin molds, but ET Dubcek was human in form. This suggests that the human genome - while supremely adaptable to add in alien DNA, - is dominant when it comes to physical form. (from '3rd Rock From The Sun')
Ollie & Cassie Sunday - son and daughter of George Sunday and Janet Dawkins. She was a nurse from the UK who accidentally fell into the Grand Canyon and was rescued by the superhero Thermoman. AKA George Sunday, Thermoman was a thick-headed dolt from the planet Ultron. Janet fell in love with George and their children were "blessed" with powers of their own. (from 'My Hero')
A pure-blooded alien child born on Earth before Vesna Francisco was Connie Conehead, daughter of stranded Remulackians Beldarr and Prymaat Conehead. She sprang from the cranial cone of Prymaat in such a way as to suggest that perhaps the mythology surrounding the birth of Athena might have had its origins from an earlier visitation by Coneheads. ('Saturday Night Live', 'Coneheads' the cartoon special, and "The Coneheads" feature length movie)
There are two children I am not including in this list because there would have been no way for Dr. Caffrey to have known about them. It's my contention that the mini-series 'V' and 'V - The Series' took place on an alternate Earth Prime-Time, possibly the evil mirror dimension.
Had the Earthlings of the main Toobworld experienced their invasion, the 'Threshold' project would have been up and running long ago and the FBI agents working on 'The X-Files' would never have had so much trouble bringing their investigations to light for public scrutiny.
But as I mentioned earlier, after experiencing the Kanamit encounter, Earthlings were a bit more wary about dealing with aliens - especially those with a taste for human flesh.
So the children of Robin Maxwell and a young "Visitor" - the lizard-like creature that died at birth and its twin who grew up to be the human-like Elizabeth Maxwell (albeit with strange powers) - would have been known to the authorities. And thus Dr. Caffrey should have known about them.
Those are just a few examples, from the top of my head - but not in a Remulackian sense. If you think of any more, feel free to add them in the comments section.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
D-DAY FOR "CLOSE TO HOME"?
Relax. It's not what you think.....
One thing (among many) we insist on here at Toobworld Central is credibility in the family tree of a character. We've got to believe that the actors cast to play each other's family members must share some of the same DNA strands.
Currently, a great example is Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller of 'Prison Break'.
At least, I'm pretty sure it's not just because of the haircut.
A classic example? Leonard Nimoy and Mark Lenard as son and father on 'Star Trek'.
One of the worst transgressors? Jimmie Walker as JJ Evans in 'Good Times'. Why didn't James and Florida ever admit to stealing him for their own? Because there's no way he was a product of their union. (I think it's more likely his parental units could be found on 'Farscape'.)
I once threw out the idea that perhaps Dr. Gregory House could be the illegitimate son of Dr. Mark Sloan of 'Diagnosis Murder'. If they ever saw it, the producers of 'House' threw the idea out too, and instead cast Lee R. Ermey. But I still think any character played by Dick Van Dyke would have been a better choice genetically. (And I also think Van Dyke could have pulled off the personality part as written.)
Recently I suggested Dabney Coleman for the father of Earl Hickey on 'My Name Is Earl'.
Beau Bridges got the gig.
I can live with that, mainly because he does look like Randy Hickey's biological father. As for Earl? Maybe Bridges' character is his father on paper only, in much the same way Earl is for Joy's two kids.
So maybe Dabney Coleman can be brought in somewhere down the line to be the actual Earl's Daddy.
I've got another suggestion for a father and son reunion. (Actually I have two, but I just want to toss out this quickie and save the other for a more detailed post.)
Christian Kane plays Jack, Annabeth Chase's husband on 'Close To Home'. Watching him embrace his wife in the latest episode, tight close-up, I flashed on the perfect choice to play his dad - Bruce McGill. (D-Day in "Animal House", Jack Dalton on 'MacGyver')
McGill has that man-of-the-people feel as an actor; a trait he might have passed down to his construction worker son - if he was chose to portray Jack's father.
The show is called 'Close To Home' so that it can explore how Annabeth's family is affected by the cases she prosecutes. So that means there will be plenty of opportunities to see various aspects of her home life. And hopefully we can get a chance to meet a lot of the people on both sides of her family - including her in-laws.
So there's my suggestion for casting Annabeth's father-in-law. Once again, I'm throwing the idea out there freely so that the Powers That Be can ignore it as usual.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
One thing (among many) we insist on here at Toobworld Central is credibility in the family tree of a character. We've got to believe that the actors cast to play each other's family members must share some of the same DNA strands.
Currently, a great example is Dominic Purcell and Wentworth Miller of 'Prison Break'.
At least, I'm pretty sure it's not just because of the haircut.
A classic example? Leonard Nimoy and Mark Lenard as son and father on 'Star Trek'.
One of the worst transgressors? Jimmie Walker as JJ Evans in 'Good Times'. Why didn't James and Florida ever admit to stealing him for their own? Because there's no way he was a product of their union. (I think it's more likely his parental units could be found on 'Farscape'.)
I once threw out the idea that perhaps Dr. Gregory House could be the illegitimate son of Dr. Mark Sloan of 'Diagnosis Murder'. If they ever saw it, the producers of 'House' threw the idea out too, and instead cast Lee R. Ermey. But I still think any character played by Dick Van Dyke would have been a better choice genetically. (And I also think Van Dyke could have pulled off the personality part as written.)
Recently I suggested Dabney Coleman for the father of Earl Hickey on 'My Name Is Earl'.
Beau Bridges got the gig.
I can live with that, mainly because he does look like Randy Hickey's biological father. As for Earl? Maybe Bridges' character is his father on paper only, in much the same way Earl is for Joy's two kids.
So maybe Dabney Coleman can be brought in somewhere down the line to be the actual Earl's Daddy.
I've got another suggestion for a father and son reunion. (Actually I have two, but I just want to toss out this quickie and save the other for a more detailed post.)
Christian Kane plays Jack, Annabeth Chase's husband on 'Close To Home'. Watching him embrace his wife in the latest episode, tight close-up, I flashed on the perfect choice to play his dad - Bruce McGill. (D-Day in "Animal House", Jack Dalton on 'MacGyver')
McGill has that man-of-the-people feel as an actor; a trait he might have passed down to his construction worker son - if he was chose to portray Jack's father.
The show is called 'Close To Home' so that it can explore how Annabeth's family is affected by the cases she prosecutes. So that means there will be plenty of opportunities to see various aspects of her home life. And hopefully we can get a chance to meet a lot of the people on both sides of her family - including her in-laws.
So there's my suggestion for casting Annabeth's father-in-law. Once again, I'm throwing the idea out there freely so that the Powers That Be can ignore it as usual.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Men and their selfish rudeness!
June is back from Perth! Yay! :D
So anyway, before I commence on my writing the damn script (I've been procrastinating because I decided to read the book again before I embark on the task :D), I wanna complain!
That day, the whole group of us when to Mambo together. Actually, Birdy and I wanted to bring Junne (she added an N to her name in the hope of sounding a little more unique) to Mambo to reexperience Singapore, but Kelvin and the boys were going too, so we all went together.
Speaking of which, I got bounced out of members A-Fucking-Gain, for the 2nd time. I cannot take it!!!!!!
Bloody elitist BASTARDS (I'm elitist too, which is precisely why nobody should be elitist against me)!
I mean, obviously they cannot bounce me coz I'm a member, but they just refused to let Shuyin and Junne both go in, coz *roll eyes* one member can only bring one person in.
I don't see what's the muthafucking problem. Is Shuyin chio? Yes. Is Junne pretty? Yes. So? Isn't the whole POINT of members to have supposedly cool people inside, mingling with each other and making everyone's life more meaningful?
The whole theory about making a part of a club elitist is simple:
Allow in hot chicks. Hot chick get guys, and more guys want to come in. Among big group of men, pick out rich ones. Rich ones buy expensive alcohol = club earns big money. Club uses money to improve on DJs = more famous. More famous = more hot chicks. More hot chicks = more men come. Men= spend money. And so on and so forth.
Simple? I thought so too.
Who chooses the bloody bouncer ANYWAY? Eileen (Wee) and I were talking about this bouncing thing the other day, and we both came to the conclusion that most bouncers in Singapore have no idea the who's whos are.
She (Eileen) brought two friends with her some time ago, one of which is some big shot director in Hongkong and the other, a HK actor.
The bouncer doesn't know who they are, and well, he is not to be blamed, for he is Malay (and Malays don't watch HK TV I presume). He refused them entry into the VIP area (not Zouk, another club), opening his arms spread-eagle and rudely proclaiming they cannot go in.
Eileen tried to whisper to him who they are and the necessity of getting them inside, because obviously such people would prefer a little more privacy... But the bouncer refused to listen. Doesn't the words "actor", "director" and "rich" mean anything to him??!
In the end they went to another club I think, and splashed a great deal of money there. WTF.
Who's fault? The ignorant bouncer's.
The sad dilemma about such things, is that you cannot possibly open your mouth and tell the bouncer who you are. He is just supposed to know.
Back to the point. So whenever I get bounced, I will just walk inside, and get a friend inside to bring my friends in.
The bouncer will make a grimacing face, and grudgingly step aside to allow a more influential customer to bring my friends in, while I stand at their sides, trying to bore holes into his face by vicious staring.
It is awkward and embarrassing for everyone, so why not just let my friends in next time, asswipe?
Annoying.
*mumbles indistinctly about Ministry of Sound*
So yes.
Later on, Kelvin got a table near the dancefloor, so the 3 of us girls just sat down, swaying a little to the music.
Presently enough, this group of boys started to dance near to us. Typical boys, wearing striped/flowery shirts and that sort, and they weren't ugly (or so I can see in the dim light).
The one nearest to me was wearing a black Le Coq Sportif jacket, and he was possibly the best looker of the lot. :)
After a while, he smiled at me and asked, "You girls are not dancing! It is not because we are occupying your space, right?"
Or something to that effect lar.
I smiled and replied the truth, which was that we were "guarding the table", because Kel and Vyasa went out for some fresh air.
I cannot really remember what happened, but Mr Le Coq asked my name and told me his in return, and I guarantee that I was perfectly friendly.
He even put their group's drink on our table, and said that the empty table needed some drinks on it, and also offered Junne, Shuyin and I a bit of the alcohol. We shook our heads.
Time moved on and nothing further happened with Le Coq, and Kelvin and Vyasa seemed to have vanished into Zathura, so we girls decided to forgo the table and dance with the rest of our friends.
See, I even drew a picture for you to understand better. As you can clearly see from the picture, Shuyin is a bit siao.
So anyway, while we danced, Mr Le Coq decided to be a bastard and ....
started talking to Junne.
Yadda yadda small talk, and he asked her if she wanted to dance with him!!!! (Junne said no, orbi good). IN MY FACE OK??
I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMOREEEEEEEE!!!
GRRRRRRRRR!!!!
*snarls at Cloudy*
WHY THE FUCK EVERYTIME ALSO LIKE THAT! He purposedly one is it??! WHY??? Why do guys always do this to me?! Why??!
MEN! (I am so angry now) Don't you all know any MANNERS at all?
When you try to get to know one girl, you bloody STICK TO THAT GIRL THAT NIGHT! I mean, obviously if you failed you should move on, perferably to somewhere the first girl cannot see you, BUT YOU DO NOT, EVER, HIT ON THE GIRL'S FRIENDS!!!
KAN*INAB*CHAOBYEBYE I am so pissed!
Can somebody explain to me why guys I am even the slightest bit mildly interested in always ends up liking my friends? WHY??
It is so RUDE!!!!! I cannot understand why men are so bloody self-centered all of the time.
I kept complaining to Vyasa and Martin after that, when we had supper at Spize, and the boys were sprouting out rubbish reasons like...
OR MAYBE HE WAS JUST A JERK. I dunno lar.
And due to his lack of respect, he gets no girls that night - not from our group anyway.
Le Coq, if you are reading this maybe you can solve the "Maybe" mystery and tell me why you would do such an evil thing.
Coz I am so chio, ok? In case you have forgotten, here's one bigass photo:
Men are so irritating!
Ok, ok, I'll go write the damn script lar!
So anyway, before I commence on my writing the damn script (I've been procrastinating because I decided to read the book again before I embark on the task :D), I wanna complain!
That day, the whole group of us when to Mambo together. Actually, Birdy and I wanted to bring Junne (she added an N to her name in the hope of sounding a little more unique) to Mambo to reexperience Singapore, but Kelvin and the boys were going too, so we all went together.
Speaking of which, I got bounced out of members A-Fucking-Gain, for the 2nd time. I cannot take it!!!!!!
Bloody elitist BASTARDS (I'm elitist too, which is precisely why nobody should be elitist against me)!
I mean, obviously they cannot bounce me coz I'm a member, but they just refused to let Shuyin and Junne both go in, coz *roll eyes* one member can only bring one person in.
I don't see what's the muthafucking problem. Is Shuyin chio? Yes. Is Junne pretty? Yes. So? Isn't the whole POINT of members to have supposedly cool people inside, mingling with each other and making everyone's life more meaningful?
The whole theory about making a part of a club elitist is simple:
Allow in hot chicks. Hot chick get guys, and more guys want to come in. Among big group of men, pick out rich ones. Rich ones buy expensive alcohol = club earns big money. Club uses money to improve on DJs = more famous. More famous = more hot chicks. More hot chicks = more men come. Men= spend money. And so on and so forth.
Simple? I thought so too.
Who chooses the bloody bouncer ANYWAY? Eileen (Wee) and I were talking about this bouncing thing the other day, and we both came to the conclusion that most bouncers in Singapore have no idea the who's whos are.
She (Eileen) brought two friends with her some time ago, one of which is some big shot director in Hongkong and the other, a HK actor.
The bouncer doesn't know who they are, and well, he is not to be blamed, for he is Malay (and Malays don't watch HK TV I presume). He refused them entry into the VIP area (not Zouk, another club), opening his arms spread-eagle and rudely proclaiming they cannot go in.
Eileen tried to whisper to him who they are and the necessity of getting them inside, because obviously such people would prefer a little more privacy... But the bouncer refused to listen. Doesn't the words "actor", "director" and "rich" mean anything to him??!
In the end they went to another club I think, and splashed a great deal of money there. WTF.
Who's fault? The ignorant bouncer's.
The sad dilemma about such things, is that you cannot possibly open your mouth and tell the bouncer who you are. He is just supposed to know.
Back to the point. So whenever I get bounced, I will just walk inside, and get a friend inside to bring my friends in.
The bouncer will make a grimacing face, and grudgingly step aside to allow a more influential customer to bring my friends in, while I stand at their sides, trying to bore holes into his face by vicious staring.
It is awkward and embarrassing for everyone, so why not just let my friends in next time, asswipe?
Annoying.
*mumbles indistinctly about Ministry of Sound*
So yes.
Later on, Kelvin got a table near the dancefloor, so the 3 of us girls just sat down, swaying a little to the music.
Presently enough, this group of boys started to dance near to us. Typical boys, wearing striped/flowery shirts and that sort, and they weren't ugly (or so I can see in the dim light).
The one nearest to me was wearing a black Le Coq Sportif jacket, and he was possibly the best looker of the lot. :)
After a while, he smiled at me and asked, "You girls are not dancing! It is not because we are occupying your space, right?"
Or something to that effect lar.
I smiled and replied the truth, which was that we were "guarding the table", because Kel and Vyasa went out for some fresh air.
I cannot really remember what happened, but Mr Le Coq asked my name and told me his in return, and I guarantee that I was perfectly friendly.
He even put their group's drink on our table, and said that the empty table needed some drinks on it, and also offered Junne, Shuyin and I a bit of the alcohol. We shook our heads.
Time moved on and nothing further happened with Le Coq, and Kelvin and Vyasa seemed to have vanished into Zathura, so we girls decided to forgo the table and dance with the rest of our friends.
See, I even drew a picture for you to understand better. As you can clearly see from the picture, Shuyin is a bit siao.
So anyway, while we danced, Mr Le Coq decided to be a bastard and ....
started talking to Junne.
Yadda yadda small talk, and he asked her if she wanted to dance with him!!!! (Junne said no, orbi good). IN MY FACE OK??
I CANNOT TAKE IT ANYMOREEEEEEEE!!!
GRRRRRRRRR!!!!
*snarls at Cloudy*
WHY THE FUCK EVERYTIME ALSO LIKE THAT! He purposedly one is it??! WHY??? Why do guys always do this to me?! Why??!
MEN! (I am so angry now) Don't you all know any MANNERS at all?
When you try to get to know one girl, you bloody STICK TO THAT GIRL THAT NIGHT! I mean, obviously if you failed you should move on, perferably to somewhere the first girl cannot see you, BUT YOU DO NOT, EVER, HIT ON THE GIRL'S FRIENDS!!!
KAN*INAB*CHAOBYEBYE I am so pissed!
Can somebody explain to me why guys I am even the slightest bit mildly interested in always ends up liking my friends? WHY??
It is so RUDE!!!!! I cannot understand why men are so bloody self-centered all of the time.
I kept complaining to Vyasa and Martin after that, when we had supper at Spize, and the boys were sprouting out rubbish reasons like...
Maybe he thinks you are very kiasu coz you wanna guard the table, and nobody likes a kiasu girl;
Maybe he decided you are too short (because sitting down cannot see height);
(courtesy of Junne, to my fury) Maybe your dancing sucks;
Maybe he felt that he couldn't get you so he moved on (disagree: I was perfectly friendly);
Maybe he was talking to you to get to know Junne in the first place (KNNBCCB);
(Shuyin:) Maybe because he saw you dancing with Martin (oops)...
OR MAYBE HE WAS JUST A JERK. I dunno lar.
And due to his lack of respect, he gets no girls that night - not from our group anyway.
Le Coq, if you are reading this maybe you can solve the "Maybe" mystery and tell me why you would do such an evil thing.
Coz I am so chio, ok? In case you have forgotten, here's one bigass photo:
Men are so irritating!
Ok, ok, I'll go write the damn script lar!
post-note: Read why I am so paranoid/pissed about guys liking my girlfriends.
Saturday, November 26, 2005
THE HAT SQUAD: PAT MORITA
Pat Morita passed away at the age of 73 on Thanksgiving Day. Once again, here is proof that 2005 will be noted as a year in which so many great TV characters were forever lost to us because of the deaths of the actors who played them.
I think I could argue successfully for the inclusion of his 'Happy Days' character of Arnold in the TV Crossover Hall of Fame - on the Birthday Honors list at least. That would be taking into account the character he played in his own show, 'Mr. T. And Tina'.
TV SERIES
"Adventures with Kanga Roddy" (1998) TV Series .... Uncle Pat
"The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo" (1996) TV Series .... Mike 'Grandpa' Woo
"Ohara" (1987) TV Series .... Lt. Ohara (1987-1988)
[In the movie "Savannah Smiles" (1982), Morita played Father Ohara. A televisiologist could argue that Lt. Ohara and Father Ohara were the same man, but seen in two different universes - Earth Prime-Time and the Cineverse, respectively. Unseen circumstances (rather than the unforeseen kind) would have been the reason as to why he chose different career paths in each universe.]
"Blansky's Beauties" (1977) TV Series .... Arnold
"Mr. T and Tina" (1976) TV Series .... Taro Takahashi
"Happy Days" (1974) TV Series .... Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi (1975-1976, 1982-1983)
[I don't think this was officially established, but Matsuo and Taro were probably twin brothers, even with the difference in the time periods in which the shows were set. As "Arnold" proved once he showed up as a regular on 'Blansky's Beauties', they both were able to hang onto their "youthful" appearances. This is probably thanks to that pearl cream that used to be hawked in commercials by Nancy Kwan.]
"The Queen and I" (1969) TV Series .... Barney Cook
TV RECURRING ROLES
"Baywatch" playing "Hideki Tanaka"
in episode: "Rescue Me" (episode # 11.22) 14 May 2001
in episode: "Father Faust" (episode # 11.14) 12 February 2001
in episode: "The Ex-Files" (episode # 11.12) 29 January 2001
in episode: "Broken Promises" (episode # 11.6) 6 November 2000
in episode: "Dangerous Games" (episode # 11.4) 23 October 2000
"The Hughleys" playing "Mr. Park"
in episode: "His Park Is Worse Than His Bite" (episode # 3.10) 27 November 2000
in episode: "Guess Who's Coming Out for Dinner?" (episode # 3.2) 18 September 2000
in episode: "Seoul Brother Next Door" (episode # 2.12) 7 January 2000
"Sanford and Son" playing "Ah Chew"
in episode: "Sanford and Rising Son" (episode # 5.10) 21 November 1975
in episode: "The Over Hill Gag" (episode # 4.24) 14 March 1975
in episode: "The Masquerade Party" (episode # 4.18) 31 January 1975
in episode: "Strange Bedfellows" (episode # 4.17) 24 January 1975
in episode: "Going Out of Business" (episode # 4.6) 18 October 1974
in episode: "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (episode # 4.5) 11 October 1974
[After all those appearances, Morita then returned to the show one last time to play a new character.......
"Sanford and Son" playing "Colonel Hiakowa" in episode: "Sergeant Gork" (episode # 5.23) 12 March 1976
I'd have to investigate further, waiting to see it on TV Land or checking episode guides, but it could be that they were one and the same character. "Ah Chew" was just an obvious alias.]
"M*A*S*H" playing "Capt. Sam Pak"
in episode: "The Chosen People" (episode # 2.19) 26 January 1974
in episode: "Deal Me Out" (episode # 2.13) 8 December 1973
TV CROSSOVERS
"Blansky's Beauties" (1977) TV Series .... Arnold (1977)
&
"Happy Days" (1974) TV Series .... Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi (1975-1976, 1982-1983)
"Mr. T and Tina" (1976) TV Series .... Taro Takahashi
&
"Welcome Back, Kotter" playing "Mr. Takahashi" in episode: "Career Day" (episode # 2.1) 23 September 1976
TV MOVIES
Gone to Maui (1999) (TV) .... Mr Ono
Singapore Sling: Road to Mandalay (1995) (TV) .... Y.C. Kung
Greyhounds (1994) (TV) .... Akira Mochizuki
Extralarge: Ninja Shadow (1993) (TV)
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Case of the Silk King (1992) (TV)
Mastergate (1992) (TV) .... Kevin Naito
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) (TV) .... Yoodo Toda
Babes in Toyland (1986) (TV) .... The Toymaster
What Has Four Wheels and Flies (1986) (TV)
Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV) .... Horse
Amos (1985) (TV) .... Tommy Tanaka
Blind Alleys (1985) (TV) .... Kenji Sato
The Vegas Strip War (1984) (TV) .... Yip Tak
For the Love of It (1980) (TV) .... Ishihara
Human Feelings (1978) (TV) .... Waiter
Farewell to Manzanar (1976) (TV) .... Zenahiro
TV SPECIALS
Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005) (TV) .... Himself/Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's 'Mulan' (1998) (TV) .... Emperor/Narrator
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah (1995) (TV) .... Pat
[This marks the second death this year of an actor who appeared in this special; the first being Lloyd Bochner.]
Happy Days Reunion Special (1992) (TV) .... Himself
The Barbara Eden Show (1973) (TV)
TV NARRATION
Beyond Barbed Wire (1997) (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita) .... Narrator
Big Bird in Japan (1991) (TV) .... Narrator (Bamboo Princess story)
TV PILOTS
Punch and Jody (1974) (TV) .... Takahasi
[That name is not a mis-print; I found it spelled like that in two different sources. So I can't finagle a connection to either 'Happy Days' or 'Mr. T. And Tina'. Unless I argue for mis-spelling on immigration forms and/or birth certificates.]
Cops (1973) (TV) .... Captain Irving Ho
Brock's Last Case (1973) (TV) .... Sam Wong
A Very Missing Person (1972) (TV) .... Delmar Faulkenstein
Evil Roy Slade (1972) (TV) .... Turhan
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Robot Chicken" playing "Himself" (voice) in episode: "S&M Present" (episode # 1.9) 17 April 2005
"Yes, Dear" playing "Trainer" in episode: "When Jimmy Met Greggy" (episode # 3.24) 19 May 2003
"Body & Soul" in episode: "Yes Master" (episode # 1.6) 5 November 2002
"Spy TV" playing "Himself" (episode # 2.12) 23 July 2002
"Son of the Beach" playing "King Kumonya" in episode: "B.J. Blue Hawaii" (episode # 2.1) 13 March 2001
"First Years" (as Noriyuki Morita) in episode: "Touched by a Reindeer" (episode # 1.5)
"Caroline in the City" playing "Mr. Chu" in episode: "Caroline and the Ultimatum" (episode # 4.20) 5 April 1999
"Diagnosis Murder" playing "Martin Gaylord" in episode: "Food Fight" (episode # 5.23) 30 April 1998
"The Outer Limits" playing "Michael Chen" in episode: "In the Zone" (episode # 4.5) 20 February 1998
"Family Matters" playing "Mr. Tanaka" in episode: "Grill of My Dreams" (episode # 9.12) 9 January 1998
"Boy Meets World" playing "Wise Man" in episode: "I Was a Teenage Spy" (episode # 3.19) 26 April 1996
"Married... with Children" playing "Mr. Shimokawa" in episode: "Turning Japanese" (episode # 10.21) 17 March 1996
"One West Waikiki" playing "Judge" in episode: "Kingmare on Night Street" (episode # 2.11) 2 March 1996
"Murder, She Wrote" playing "Akira Hitaki" in episode: "Kendo Killing" (episode # 12.12) 4 January 1996
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995) (TV) .... Ling Goldberg
"Burke's Law" playing "Boots McKay" in episode: "Who Killed the Motor Car Maverick?" (episode # 2.2) 14 April 1995
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" playing "Mr. Yoshi" in episode: "Love Hurts" (episode # 5.9) 14 November 1994
"Dave's World" playing "Hardware Store Owner" in episode: "Exorcising with Dave Barry" (episode # 1.12) 29 November 1993
"Space Rangers" playing "Nazzer" in episode: "Fort Hope" (episode # 1.1) 27 January 1993
"Good Grief" playing "Chip" in episode: "Mooses, Masons, and the Secret Life of Trees" (episode # 1.5) 28 October 1990
"What a Dummy" in episode: "The Contractor From Hell" (episode # 1.3) 14 October 1990
"Pryor's Place" playing "Joe" in episode: "Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb" (episode # 1.4) 13 October 1984
"Lou Grant" playing "Ike Tatsumi" in episode: "Recovery" (episode # 5.15) 8 March 1982
"Magnum, P.I." playing "Jack Metro" in episode: "One More Summer" (episode # 2.16) 11 February 1982
"Laverne & Shirley" playing "Mr. Wong" in episode: "Separate Tables" (episode # 5.26) 13 May 1980
"The Incredible Hulk" playing "Fred" in episode: "Stop the Presses" (episode # 2.10) 24 November 1978
"The Love Boat" playing "Tycoon" in episode: "Gopher the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overture" (episode # 1.25) 20 May 1978
"The Love Boat" playing "Vincent" in episode: "The Old Man and the Runaway, The/Fine Romance, A/Painters" (episode # 1.12) 24 December 1977
"The Man from Atlantis" playing "Moby" in episode: "Imp" (episode # 1.15) 25 April 1978
"Starsky and Hutch" playing "Jewelry Store Owner" in episode: "The Trap" (episode # 3.15) 1 February 1978
"Chico and the Man" playing "Pat Yamaguchi" in episode: "Charo Takes Over" (episode # 4.9) 2 December 1977
"Kung Fu" playing "Arthur Chen" in episode: "Ambush" (episode # 3.23) 4 April 1975
"Cannon" playing "Chuck Yamagata" in episode: "The Avenger" (episode # 4.7) 30 October 1974
"Police Woman" playing "Mike Matsuto" in episode: "Anatomy of Two Rapes" (episode # 1.5) 11 October 1974
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "Phoebe" in episode: "Tricks Are Not Treats" (episode # 6.7) 23 October 1973
Columbo: Étude in Black (1972) (TV) .... The House Boy
"The Bob Newhart Show" playing "Bartender" in episode: "Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry" (episode # 1.12) 9 December 1972
"Love, American Style" in episode: "Love and the Woman in White" (episode # 4.11d) 24 November 1972
"Love, American Style" in episode: "Love and Lady Luck" (episode # 4.9b) 10 November 1972
"Love, American Style" in episode: "Love and the Love Potion" (episode # 2.22b) 26 February 1971
"The Odd Couple" playing "Mr. Wing" in episode: "You Saved My Life" (episode # 2.17) 21 January 1972
"Green Acres" playing "Charlie Lee" in episode: "Hawaiian Honeymoon" (episode # 6.25) 16 March 1971
"The Bill Cosby Show" playing "Tree Surgeon" in episode: "The Power of a Tree" (episode # 2.23) 28 February 1971
"Nanny and the Professor" playing "Jason Wong" in episode: "My Son, The Sitter" (episode # 2.11) 11 December 1970
[There could be some kind of familial relation to the character he played on the episode of 'Laverne & Shirley' listed above. But then again, the name is equivalent to Smith or Jones.....]
"The Courtship of Eddie's Father" playing "Duke" in episode: "The Littlest Kidnapper" (episode # 1.4) 8 October 1969
"The Outsider" playing "Toshi" in episode: "Love Is Under 'L'" (episode # 1.7) 6 November 1968
"Blondie" in episode: "Sayanora Dagwood" (episode # 1.1) 26 September 1968
"Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." playing "Chris Yamato" in episode: "The Recruiting Poster" (episode # 4.2) 15 September 1967
BCnU......
Tele-Toby
I think I could argue successfully for the inclusion of his 'Happy Days' character of Arnold in the TV Crossover Hall of Fame - on the Birthday Honors list at least. That would be taking into account the character he played in his own show, 'Mr. T. And Tina'.
TV SERIES
"Adventures with Kanga Roddy" (1998) TV Series .... Uncle Pat
"The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo" (1996) TV Series .... Mike 'Grandpa' Woo
"Ohara" (1987) TV Series .... Lt. Ohara (1987-1988)
[In the movie "Savannah Smiles" (1982), Morita played Father Ohara. A televisiologist could argue that Lt. Ohara and Father Ohara were the same man, but seen in two different universes - Earth Prime-Time and the Cineverse, respectively. Unseen circumstances (rather than the unforeseen kind) would have been the reason as to why he chose different career paths in each universe.]
"Blansky's Beauties" (1977) TV Series .... Arnold
"Mr. T and Tina" (1976) TV Series .... Taro Takahashi
"Happy Days" (1974) TV Series .... Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi (1975-1976, 1982-1983)
[I don't think this was officially established, but Matsuo and Taro were probably twin brothers, even with the difference in the time periods in which the shows were set. As "Arnold" proved once he showed up as a regular on 'Blansky's Beauties', they both were able to hang onto their "youthful" appearances. This is probably thanks to that pearl cream that used to be hawked in commercials by Nancy Kwan.]
"The Queen and I" (1969) TV Series .... Barney Cook
TV RECURRING ROLES
"Baywatch" playing "Hideki Tanaka"
in episode: "Rescue Me" (episode # 11.22) 14 May 2001
in episode: "Father Faust" (episode # 11.14) 12 February 2001
in episode: "The Ex-Files" (episode # 11.12) 29 January 2001
in episode: "Broken Promises" (episode # 11.6) 6 November 2000
in episode: "Dangerous Games" (episode # 11.4) 23 October 2000
"The Hughleys" playing "Mr. Park"
in episode: "His Park Is Worse Than His Bite" (episode # 3.10) 27 November 2000
in episode: "Guess Who's Coming Out for Dinner?" (episode # 3.2) 18 September 2000
in episode: "Seoul Brother Next Door" (episode # 2.12) 7 January 2000
"Sanford and Son" playing "Ah Chew"
in episode: "Sanford and Rising Son" (episode # 5.10) 21 November 1975
in episode: "The Over Hill Gag" (episode # 4.24) 14 March 1975
in episode: "The Masquerade Party" (episode # 4.18) 31 January 1975
in episode: "Strange Bedfellows" (episode # 4.17) 24 January 1975
in episode: "Going Out of Business" (episode # 4.6) 18 October 1974
in episode: "There'll Be Some Changes Made" (episode # 4.5) 11 October 1974
[After all those appearances, Morita then returned to the show one last time to play a new character.......
"Sanford and Son" playing "Colonel Hiakowa" in episode: "Sergeant Gork" (episode # 5.23) 12 March 1976
I'd have to investigate further, waiting to see it on TV Land or checking episode guides, but it could be that they were one and the same character. "Ah Chew" was just an obvious alias.]
"M*A*S*H" playing "Capt. Sam Pak"
in episode: "The Chosen People" (episode # 2.19) 26 January 1974
in episode: "Deal Me Out" (episode # 2.13) 8 December 1973
TV CROSSOVERS
"Blansky's Beauties" (1977) TV Series .... Arnold (1977)
&
"Happy Days" (1974) TV Series .... Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi (1975-1976, 1982-1983)
"Mr. T and Tina" (1976) TV Series .... Taro Takahashi
&
"Welcome Back, Kotter" playing "Mr. Takahashi" in episode: "Career Day" (episode # 2.1) 23 September 1976
TV MOVIES
Gone to Maui (1999) (TV) .... Mr Ono
Singapore Sling: Road to Mandalay (1995) (TV) .... Y.C. Kung
Greyhounds (1994) (TV) .... Akira Mochizuki
Extralarge: Ninja Shadow (1993) (TV)
Choose Your Own Adventure: The Case of the Silk King (1992) (TV)
Mastergate (1992) (TV) .... Kevin Naito
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) (TV) .... Yoodo Toda
Babes in Toyland (1986) (TV) .... The Toymaster
What Has Four Wheels and Flies (1986) (TV)
Alice in Wonderland (1985) (TV) .... Horse
Amos (1985) (TV) .... Tommy Tanaka
Blind Alleys (1985) (TV) .... Kenji Sato
The Vegas Strip War (1984) (TV) .... Yip Tak
For the Love of It (1980) (TV) .... Ishihara
Human Feelings (1978) (TV) .... Waiter
Farewell to Manzanar (1976) (TV) .... Zenahiro
TV SPECIALS
Happy Days: 30th Anniversary Reunion (2005) (TV) .... Himself/Matsuo 'Arnold' Takahashi
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's 'Mulan' (1998) (TV) .... Emperor/Narrator
Lamb Chop's Special Chanukah (1995) (TV) .... Pat
[This marks the second death this year of an actor who appeared in this special; the first being Lloyd Bochner.]
Happy Days Reunion Special (1992) (TV) .... Himself
The Barbara Eden Show (1973) (TV)
TV NARRATION
Beyond Barbed Wire (1997) (as Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita) .... Narrator
Big Bird in Japan (1991) (TV) .... Narrator (Bamboo Princess story)
TV PILOTS
Punch and Jody (1974) (TV) .... Takahasi
[That name is not a mis-print; I found it spelled like that in two different sources. So I can't finagle a connection to either 'Happy Days' or 'Mr. T. And Tina'. Unless I argue for mis-spelling on immigration forms and/or birth certificates.]
Cops (1973) (TV) .... Captain Irving Ho
Brock's Last Case (1973) (TV) .... Sam Wong
A Very Missing Person (1972) (TV) .... Delmar Faulkenstein
Evil Roy Slade (1972) (TV) .... Turhan
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Robot Chicken" playing "Himself" (voice) in episode: "S&M Present" (episode # 1.9) 17 April 2005
"Yes, Dear" playing "Trainer" in episode: "When Jimmy Met Greggy" (episode # 3.24) 19 May 2003
"Body & Soul" in episode: "Yes Master" (episode # 1.6) 5 November 2002
"Spy TV" playing "Himself" (episode # 2.12) 23 July 2002
"Son of the Beach" playing "King Kumonya" in episode: "B.J. Blue Hawaii" (episode # 2.1) 13 March 2001
"First Years" (as Noriyuki Morita) in episode: "Touched by a Reindeer" (episode # 1.5)
"Caroline in the City" playing "Mr. Chu" in episode: "Caroline and the Ultimatum" (episode # 4.20) 5 April 1999
"Diagnosis Murder" playing "Martin Gaylord" in episode: "Food Fight" (episode # 5.23) 30 April 1998
"The Outer Limits" playing "Michael Chen" in episode: "In the Zone" (episode # 4.5) 20 February 1998
"Family Matters" playing "Mr. Tanaka" in episode: "Grill of My Dreams" (episode # 9.12) 9 January 1998
"Boy Meets World" playing "Wise Man" in episode: "I Was a Teenage Spy" (episode # 3.19) 26 April 1996
"Married... with Children" playing "Mr. Shimokawa" in episode: "Turning Japanese" (episode # 10.21) 17 March 1996
"One West Waikiki" playing "Judge" in episode: "Kingmare on Night Street" (episode # 2.11) 2 March 1996
"Murder, She Wrote" playing "Akira Hitaki" in episode: "Kendo Killing" (episode # 12.12) 4 January 1996
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart (1995) (TV) .... Ling Goldberg
"Burke's Law" playing "Boots McKay" in episode: "Who Killed the Motor Car Maverick?" (episode # 2.2) 14 April 1995
"The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" playing "Mr. Yoshi" in episode: "Love Hurts" (episode # 5.9) 14 November 1994
"Dave's World" playing "Hardware Store Owner" in episode: "Exorcising with Dave Barry" (episode # 1.12) 29 November 1993
"Space Rangers" playing "Nazzer" in episode: "Fort Hope" (episode # 1.1) 27 January 1993
"Good Grief" playing "Chip" in episode: "Mooses, Masons, and the Secret Life of Trees" (episode # 1.5) 28 October 1990
"What a Dummy" in episode: "The Contractor From Hell" (episode # 1.3) 14 October 1990
"Pryor's Place" playing "Joe" in episode: "Voyage to the Planet of the Dumb" (episode # 1.4) 13 October 1984
"Lou Grant" playing "Ike Tatsumi" in episode: "Recovery" (episode # 5.15) 8 March 1982
"Magnum, P.I." playing "Jack Metro" in episode: "One More Summer" (episode # 2.16) 11 February 1982
"Laverne & Shirley" playing "Mr. Wong" in episode: "Separate Tables" (episode # 5.26) 13 May 1980
"The Incredible Hulk" playing "Fred" in episode: "Stop the Presses" (episode # 2.10) 24 November 1978
"The Love Boat" playing "Tycoon" in episode: "Gopher the Rebel/Cabin Fever/Pacific Princess Overture" (episode # 1.25) 20 May 1978
"The Love Boat" playing "Vincent" in episode: "The Old Man and the Runaway, The/Fine Romance, A/Painters" (episode # 1.12) 24 December 1977
"The Man from Atlantis" playing "Moby" in episode: "Imp" (episode # 1.15) 25 April 1978
"Starsky and Hutch" playing "Jewelry Store Owner" in episode: "The Trap" (episode # 3.15) 1 February 1978
"Chico and the Man" playing "Pat Yamaguchi" in episode: "Charo Takes Over" (episode # 4.9) 2 December 1977
"Kung Fu" playing "Arthur Chen" in episode: "Ambush" (episode # 3.23) 4 April 1975
"Cannon" playing "Chuck Yamagata" in episode: "The Avenger" (episode # 4.7) 30 October 1974
"Police Woman" playing "Mike Matsuto" in episode: "Anatomy of Two Rapes" (episode # 1.5) 11 October 1974
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "Phoebe" in episode: "Tricks Are Not Treats" (episode # 6.7) 23 October 1973
Columbo: Étude in Black (1972) (TV) .... The House Boy
"The Bob Newhart Show" playing "Bartender" in episode: "Bob and Emily and Howard and Carol and Jerry" (episode # 1.12) 9 December 1972
"Love, American Style" in episode: "Love and the Woman in White" (episode # 4.11d) 24 November 1972
"Love, American Style" in episode: "Love and Lady Luck" (episode # 4.9b) 10 November 1972
"Love, American Style" in episode: "Love and the Love Potion" (episode # 2.22b) 26 February 1971
"The Odd Couple" playing "Mr. Wing" in episode: "You Saved My Life" (episode # 2.17) 21 January 1972
"Green Acres" playing "Charlie Lee" in episode: "Hawaiian Honeymoon" (episode # 6.25) 16 March 1971
"The Bill Cosby Show" playing "Tree Surgeon" in episode: "The Power of a Tree" (episode # 2.23) 28 February 1971
"Nanny and the Professor" playing "Jason Wong" in episode: "My Son, The Sitter" (episode # 2.11) 11 December 1970
[There could be some kind of familial relation to the character he played on the episode of 'Laverne & Shirley' listed above. But then again, the name is equivalent to Smith or Jones.....]
"The Courtship of Eddie's Father" playing "Duke" in episode: "The Littlest Kidnapper" (episode # 1.4) 8 October 1969
"The Outsider" playing "Toshi" in episode: "Love Is Under 'L'" (episode # 1.7) 6 November 1968
"Blondie" in episode: "Sayanora Dagwood" (episode # 1.1) 26 September 1968
"Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." playing "Chris Yamato" in episode: "The Recruiting Poster" (episode # 4.2) 15 September 1967
BCnU......
Tele-Toby
"MEDIUM" ZONK!S - NEITHER RARE NOR WELL-DONE
"So who do you think's a hotter psychic?
Patricia Arquette, Jennifer Love Hewitt, or you?"
Dean, to Sam,
'Supernatural'
Patricia Arquette, Jennifer Love Hewitt, or you?"
Dean, to Sam,
'Supernatural'
Ooooh! Here's a challenge! A 2-in-1 Zonk! to splain away.
A good pop culture reference should only provide enough information... information... information so that the audience gets the joke. But it shouldn't beat the audience over the head to get the point across.
Tain't funny if you splain it.
So in their lack of specifics, such Zonk!s hopefully give me as a Televisiologist plenty of room to wiggle out a reason why a TV show should be mentioned within another TV show AS a TV show, instead of being accepted as part of the same universe.
In this case, Dean was referring to the two network series that deal with women who believe in spooks. (They do, they do, they do, they DO believe in spooks!)
Patricia Arquette stars in 'Medium' on NBC, and Jennifer Love Hewitt is 'The Ghost Whisperer' on CBS.
But to have added in that trivia would have killed the pace of the joke-insult Dean was lobbing at his brother Sam.
(Actually it's kind of disturbing that a guy would even consider the "hotness" of his own brother, even if it was funny to compare him with two women.)
So the lack of specifics is my salvation. It's for the audience's sake at home that we know Dean is referring to two TV shows. But within the framework of his own Reality, who knows what Dean was talking about? Perhaps there's a fictional movie which stars both women as psychics. One's a blonde. One's a brunette. They're both hot.
And they fight crime!
Maybe the televersions of Ms. Arquette and Ms. Love Hewitt operate rival tele-psychic hotlines.........
It's open to anybody's guess - er, interpretation. But so long as the actual TV shows of 'Medium' and 'The Ghost Whisperer' were not mentioned, I'd say we were free and clear to find any other splainin that feels comfortable.
And as a disciple of the Reclining Spud, I always go for what's comfortable.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Friday, November 25, 2005
Almost one year after this
Helping Clinton choose his secondary school:
Siao one, so fickle.
Me: "Ok, how about Fairfield? It's quite big I think... And it's a Christian school..."
*looks at my little brother*
"And you are a Christian right?"
Brother: "EEeeeeeee! Don't want."
Me: "Why don't want?! YOU SIAO AH! I thought you Christian?!"
Brother, indignant face, rolls eyes: "No..."
Siao one, so fickle.
Thursday, November 24, 2005
HAPPY THANKSGIVING
In keeping with the season, here is my favorite TV quote for Thanksgiving:
"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!"
Arthur Carlson
'WKRP In Cincinnatti'
All the best for you and yours today.
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
"LOST" IN THOUGHT: NATHAN
The seventh episode of 'Lost' this season, "The Other 48 Days", could easily have taken the easy road and thus be subtitled "Island Of The Parallel People" We were even led to believe that the vignette for each day would echo what happened to themain cast on the other side of the island.
The "Lostaways" caught boar. The tailies caught a chicken.
Jack treated a guy with a leg wound (and I think it was Leslie Arzt.) The tailie with a leg wound died after seven days.
Somebody in both groups had to give mouth-to-mouth to revive somebody.
Each group had somebody land in the forest.
And then there was Nathan.
He said he was from Canada. Ethan claimed to be from Ontario.
"Ethan Rom" is an anagram for "other man". If the audience assumed Nathan's last name was Rom, his anagram would be "another man".
But as we later learned, such speculation was meaningless....
But just because the character of Nathan is no longer on the show in island time, that doesn't mean Josh Randall, who played the role, won't be on again.
Like Ian Somerhalder before him, he could appear in a flashback for one of the other suvivors. And I've got one in mind.
First let's take a look at what little we know about Nathan:
Remember, he said that he was from Canada.
Nathan claimed that he was in Australia on a company retreat.
Goodwin told Ana-Lucia that Nathan was not a nice person.
Now here are a few facts about Hugo Reyes:
"Hurley" won about 114 million dollars in the jackpot lottery.
Some of the money was invested in a shoe company.
The shoe company was located in Canada.
The shoe company burned down.
It would appear the crash was pre-determined/pre-destined/pre-arranged. And "the Others" did their homework, because Goodwin knew something about Nathan, enough to judge him as being bad, and it's doubtful it would have come up on any flight manifest.
So I'm thinking.... maybe Nathan was responsible for the shoe company fire?
I think it's plausible, and as we all know, stranger things have happened with this show!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
The "Lostaways" caught boar. The tailies caught a chicken.
Jack treated a guy with a leg wound (and I think it was Leslie Arzt.) The tailie with a leg wound died after seven days.
Somebody in both groups had to give mouth-to-mouth to revive somebody.
Each group had somebody land in the forest.
And then there was Nathan.
He said he was from Canada. Ethan claimed to be from Ontario.
"Ethan Rom" is an anagram for "other man". If the audience assumed Nathan's last name was Rom, his anagram would be "another man".
But as we later learned, such speculation was meaningless....
But just because the character of Nathan is no longer on the show in island time, that doesn't mean Josh Randall, who played the role, won't be on again.
Like Ian Somerhalder before him, he could appear in a flashback for one of the other suvivors. And I've got one in mind.
First let's take a look at what little we know about Nathan:
Remember, he said that he was from Canada.
Nathan claimed that he was in Australia on a company retreat.
Goodwin told Ana-Lucia that Nathan was not a nice person.
Now here are a few facts about Hugo Reyes:
"Hurley" won about 114 million dollars in the jackpot lottery.
Some of the money was invested in a shoe company.
The shoe company was located in Canada.
The shoe company burned down.
It would appear the crash was pre-determined/pre-destined/pre-arranged. And "the Others" did their homework, because Goodwin knew something about Nathan, enough to judge him as being bad, and it's doubtful it would have come up on any flight manifest.
So I'm thinking.... maybe Nathan was responsible for the shoe company fire?
I think it's plausible, and as we all know, stranger things have happened with this show!
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
THE HAT SQUAD: HAROLD J. STONE
The first time Harold J. Stone came to my notice was in 1972, with his role in 'Bridget Loves Bernie'. But he proved to be such a powerhouse of a character actor - a true bull of a man, - that it was impossible to miss him in any of his other roles before or since.
Two other roles of note for me were in 'The Twilight Zone', in which he played sort of an FAA inspector on the verge of a psychotic breakdown; and in 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' - in the classic episode 'Lamb To The Slaughter' with Barbara Bel Geddes.
A few of his guest appearances will need further study, in order to see if they can be linked to other shows via family trees.
For instance:
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Roy Dorcas" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Sniper" (episode # 2.38) 26 May 1958
Roy Dorcas could have been the ancestor to a modern-day pirate known as Captain Dorcas in an episode of 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'
"The Defenders" playing "Charles Crewe" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Broken Barrelhead" (episode # 1.32) 26 May 1962
It could be that Charles Crewe might have been the grandfather of Jack Crewe, the Hollywood action hero who played Hamlet at the New Burbage Shakespeare Festival in 'Slings & Arrows'.
"The Name of the Game" playing "Harry Mudd" (as George E. Stone) in episode: "Keep the Doctor Away" (episode # 1.21) 14 February 1969
Ooooooh! This is an exciting one, kiddies! How can I resist making the claim that he was one of the ancestors of Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd, the character played by Roger C. Carmel in two episodes of the classic 'Star Trek'?
This tribute was made up with the help of the IMDb.com, but I do have to point out a redundancy in their list of Harold J. Stone's credits:
"Disneyland" playing "Chisholm" in episode: "The Slaughter Trail" (episode # 5.23) 20 March 1959
"Texas John Slaughter" playing "John Chisholm" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Slaughter Trail" (episode # 1.6) 20 March 1959
Obviously, these were the exact same shows.
BCnU....
Tele-Toby
TV SERIES
"Bridget Loves Bernie" (1972) TV Series .... Sam Steinberg (1972-73)
"My World and Welcome to It" (1969) TV Series .... Hamilton Greeley (1969-70)
"The Grand Jury" (1959) TV Series .... John Kennedy (1959)
"The Walter Winchell File" (1957) TV Series (as Harold J. Stone) .... Lt.
"The Goldbergs" (1949) TV Series .... Jake Goldberg (1952)
"The Hartmans" (1949) TV Series .... The handyman
TV MOVIES
The Legend of Valentino (1975) (TV) .... Sam Baldwin
The Werewolf of Woodstock (1975) (TV) .... Lt. Martino
Breakout (1970/I) (TV) (as Harold J. Stone) .... Phil Caprio
Ready and Willing (1967) (TV) (as Harold J. Stone)
Operation Razzle-Dazzle (1966) (TV) (as Harold J. Stone) .... Sergeant
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Highway to Heaven" playing "Harvey Milsap" in episode: "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind" (episode # 2.14) 15 January 1986
"Simon & Simon" playing "Ty Becker" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Dillinger Print" (episode # 3.21) 8 March 1984
"Lou Grant" playing "Fred Gruber" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Law" (episode # 5.18) 12 April 1982
"Charlie's Angels" playing "Joe Fenell" (as Harold J.Stone) in episode: "He Married an Angel" (episode # 5.9) 31 January 1981
"Trapper John, M.D." playing "Santori" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Straight and Narrow" (episode # 2.6) 11 January 1981
"Vega$" playing "Augie Brenner" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Black Cat Killer" (episode # 3.3) 11 November 1980
"Barney Miller" playing "Steven Haddad" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "Homicide: Part 2" (episode # 7.2) 6 November 1980
in episode: "Homicide: Part 1" (episode # 7.1) 30 October 1980
"Three's Company" playing "Bernie Bustamente" (as The Loan Shark) in episode: "The Loan Shark" (episode # 4.10) 20 November 1979
"Vega$" playing "Mr. Hunter" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Best Friends" (episode # 1.16) 7 February 1979
"Barney Miller" playing "Mr. Siegel" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Kidnapping" (episode # 5.1) 14 September 1978
"Charlie's Angels" playing "John Strauss" (as Harold J.Stone) in episode: "Angels at Sea" (episode # 1.21) 23 March 1977
"Welcome Back, Kotter" playing "Charlie Kotter" in episode: "Kotter and Son" (episode # 2.16) 20 January 1977
"Kojak" playing "Franco 'Six Bits' Donatello" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Grave Too Soon" (episode # 3.19) 1 February 1976
"Police Woman" playing "Rolf" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Pattern for Evil" (episode # 2.4) 3 October 1975
"Harry O" playing "Capt. Gunther" in episode: "Anatomy of a Frame" (episode # 2.1) 11 September 1975
"The Rookies" playing "Al Steinman" (as Harold J Stone) in episode: "Take Over" (episode # 3.14) 30 December 1974
"The Rockford Files" playing "Sorrell, underworld boss" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Countess" (episode # 1.3) 27 September 1974
"Hec Ramsey" in episode: "Only Birds and Fools" (episode # 2.5) 7 April 1974
"Griff" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Elephant in a Cage" (episode # 1.8) 24 November 1973
"Medical Center" playing "Ferretti" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Woman for Hire" (episode # 5.9) 19 November 1973
"Cade's County" playing "Tom Braddock" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Jessie" (episode # 1.21) 12 March 1972
"Longstreet" playing "Emory Taggart" in episode: "Anatomy of a Murder" (episode # 1.19) 3 February 1972
"Mission: Impossible" playing "John Lawton" in episode: "Blind" (episode # 6.1) 18 September 1971
"Hogan's Heroes" playing "General Strommberger" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Look at the Pretty Snowflakes" (episode # 6.23) 21 March 1971
"The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" playing "Harry Miller" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Matter of Priorities" (episode # 2.6) 3 January 1971
"The Name of the Game" playing "Lieutenant" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "So Long Baby, and Amen" (episode # 3.1) 18 September 1970
"The Virginian" playing "Adam Southcort" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Shiloh Years" (episode # 8.17) 28 January 1970
"Hogan's Heroes" playing "Field Marshall Rudolf Richter" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Defector" (episode # 5.10) 28 November 1969
"Medical Center" playing "Lombardi" (as Harold J Stone) in episode: "The Battle of Lily Wu" (episode # 1.5) 22 October 1969
"It Takes a Thief" in episode: "Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby" (episode # 2.22) 25 March 1969
"The F.B.I." playing "Ignatius Cober" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Cober List" (episode # 4.25) 23 March 1969
"The Name of the Game" playing "Harry Mudd" (as George E. Stone) in episode: "Keep the Doctor Away" (episode # 1.21) 14 February 1969
"The Virginian" playing "Grant Buchanan" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Death Wait" (episode # 7.15) 15 January 1969
"Hogan's Heroes" playing "Major Teppel" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Bad Day in Berlin" (episode # 4.11) 7 December 1968
"Mannix" playing "Judge Green" in episode: "Pressure Point" (episode # 2.3) 12 October 1968
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "D. J. Georgiade" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Tiger by the Tail" (episode # 1.3) 10 October 1968
"Ironside" playing "Jim Connolly" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Force of Arms" (episode # 1.16) 4 January 1968
"Felony Squad"
in episode: "An Arrangement with Death: Part 2" (episode # 2.14) 7 December 1967
in episode: "An Arrangement with Death: Part 1" (episode # 2.13) 1 December 1967
"The Iron Horse" playing "Josh Wyatt" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Steel Chain to a Music Box" (episode # 2.10) 18 November 1967
"I Spy" playing "Zarkas" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "The Seventh Captain" (episode # 3.9) 13 November 1967
in episode: "Philotimo" (episode # 3.5) 9 October 1967
in episode: "The Beautiful Children" (episode # 3.2) 18 September 1967
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." playing "Stavros" in episode: "The It's All Greek to Me Affair" (episode # 3.21) 3 February 1967
"Mr. Terrific" playing "Shenko" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Matchless" (episode # 1.1) 9 January 1967
"The Virginian" playing "Einar Carlson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Ride to Delphi" (episode # 5.2) 21 September 1966
"The Legend of Jesse James" playing "Sergeant Foy" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Field of Wild Flowers" (episode # 1.32) 25 April 1966
"The Virginian" playing "Jake" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Mark of a Man" (episode # 4.30) 20 April 1966
"A Man Called Shenandoah" playing "Jason Pruitt" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "An Unfamiliar Tune" (episode # 1.30) 11 April 1966
"Get Smart" playing "Captain Groman" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "Ship of Spies: Part 2" (episode # 1.28) 9 April 1966
in episode: "Ship of Spies: Part 1" (episode # 1.27) 2 April 1966
"The Big Valley" playing "Sam Beldon" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Teacher of Outlaws" (episode # 1.19) 2 February 1966
"The Virginian" playing "Ev Clinchy" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Laramie Road" (episode # 4.12) 8 December 1965
"The Trials of O'Brien" playing "Max Fabrikant" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Picture Me a Murder" (episode # 1.11) 27 November 1965
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Borginin" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Russian Roulette" (episode # 3.7) 17 November 1965
"Run for Your Life" playing "Angie Zeno" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Savage Season" (episode # 1.8) 8 November 1965
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Enrico" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Kicks" (episode # 3.4) 13 October 1965
"Gunsmoke" playing "Jeff Sutro" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "He Who Steals" (episode # 10.36) 29 May 1965
"Gilligan's Island" playing "Dubov" in episode: "Goodbye Old Paint" (episode # 1.34) 22 May 1965
"The Nurses" playing "Elihu Kaminsky" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "Where There's Smoke" (episode # 3.23) 9 March 1965
in episode: "Nurse Is a Feminine Noun" (episode # 2.21) 13 February 1964
"Mr. Novak" playing "Joe Garvin" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Beat the Plowshare, Edge the Sword" (episode # 2.17) 26 January 1965
"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" playing "Admiral Jiggs Starke" in episode: "Mutiny" (episode # 1.18) 11 January 1965
"Dr. Kildare" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Catch a Crooked Mouse" (episode # 4.12) 17 December 1964
"Gunsmoke" playing "Jim Downey" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Hung High" (episode # 10.8) 14 November 1964
"Daniel Boone" playing "Greenbriar" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Family Fluellen" (episode # 1.4) 15 October 1964
"Bonanza" playing "Chad" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Hostage" (episode # 6.2) 27 September 1964
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" playing "Osterman" in episode: "The Second Verdict" (episode # 2.30) 29 May 1964
"Gunsmoke" playing "Orval Bass" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Homecoming" (episode # 9.34) 23 May 1964
"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" playing "Colonel Dolan" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Day of the Dark Deeds" (episode # 1.25) 8 March 1964
"Kraft Suspense Theatre" playing "Dr. Nat Kaufman" in episode: "Leviathan Five" (episode # 1.14) 30 January 1964
"77 Sunset Strip" playing "Lieutenant John Frazier" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Deposit with Caution" (episode # 6.10) 29 November 1963
"The Defenders" playing "Sargeant Henry Olson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Loophole" (episode # 3.8) 16 November 1963
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Ernie Santee" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The House Next Door" (episode # 1.7) 15 November 1963
"Breaking Point" playing "Joseph Babcock" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "And James Was a Very Small Snail" (episode # 1.9) 11 November 1963
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Turin" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (episode # 1.6) 8 November 1963
"The Greatest Show on Earth" playing "Greenwood" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Garve" (episode # 1.5) 15 October 1963
"Arrest and Trial" playing "Gus Ortega" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Tears from a Silver Dipper" (episode # 1.3) 29 September 1963
"The Untouchables" playing "Julie Flack" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "One Last Killing" (episode # 4.24) 2 April 1963
"Dr. Kildare" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Place Among the Monuments" (episode # 2.21) 28 February 1963
"The Rifleman" playing "Marshall" in episode: "The Bullet" (episode # 5.21) 25 February 1963
"Ben Casey" playing "Reb Sholem Isaacs" (as Harold J Stone) in episode: "A Hundred More Pipers" (episode # 2.20) 18 February 1963
"Empire" playing "Gerald Wormser" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Tiger Inside" (episode # 1.20) 12 February 1963
"Rawhide" in episode: "Incident at the Trail's End" (episode # 5.15) 11 January 1963
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" playing "Taxi Driver" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Black Curtain" (episode # 1.9) 15 November 1962
"The Untouchables" playing "Louie Madikoff" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Pressure" (episode # 3.26) 14 June 1962
"The Defenders" playing "Charles Crewe" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Broken Barrelhead" (episode # 1.32) 26 May 1962
"Target: The Corruptors" playing "Allie Janowitz" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "License to Steal" (episode # 1.30) 4 May 1962
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Brian" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Royal Maroon" (episode # 6.30) 28 April 1962
"The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" playing "Fred Forrest" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "Three Blind Mice: Part 2" (episode # 3.25) 6 April 1962
in episode: "Three Blind Mice: Part 1" (episode # 3.24) 30 March 1962
"Cain's Hundred" playing "Marty Emson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Savage in Darkness" (episode # 1.24) 27 March 1962
"87th Precinct" playing "Gantry" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Bullet for Katie" (episode # 1.20) 12 February 1962
"Target: The Corruptors" playing "Al Deus" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Play It Blue" (episode # 1.17) 19 January 1962
"Cheyenne" playing "Perez" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Wedding Rings" (episode # 6.10) 8 January 1962
"The Untouchables" playing "Adam Stone" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Hammerlock" (episode # 3.10) 21 December 1961
"Target: The Corruptors" playing "Herman" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Silent Partner" (episode # 1.11) 8 December 1961
"Cain's Hundred" playing "Dave Braddock" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Dead Load" (episode # 1.9) 21 November 1961
"The New Breed" playing "George Sorens" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Compulsion to Confess" (episode # 1.5) 31 October 1961
"Gunsmoke" playing "Horace Kelk" in episode: "Miss Kitty" (episode # 7.3) 14 October 1961
"The Twilight Zone" playing "Grant Sheckly" in episode: "The Arrival" (episode # 3.2) 22 September 1961
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing "Mac Davis" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Ambition" (episode # 6.38) 4 July 1961
"Route 66" playing "Gus" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Skill for Hunting" (episode # 1.26) 12 May 1961
"The Barbara Stanwyck Show" playing "Jake Lytell" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Frightened Doll" (episode # 1.29) 24 April 1961
"Michael Shayne" playing "Ross Colby" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Trouble with Ernie" (episode # 1.29) 21 April 1961
"The Untouchables" playing "Barney Jarreau" (as Harold J Stone) in episode: "Ring of Terror" (episode # 2.24) 13 April 1961
"Surfside 6" playing "Harry Wilde" in episode: "The Impractical Joker" (episode # 1.24) 13 March 1961
"Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Judge Elmer Greenleaf" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Last Judgment" (episode # 4.25) 11 March 1961
"Route 66" playing "Lieutenant Mangano" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Play It Glissando" (episode # 1.14) 20 January 1961
"The Untouchables" playing "Tough Tommy Karpeles" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Tommy Karpeles Story" (episode # 2.11) 29 December 1960
"Hong Kong" playing "Judge Moisom" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Dragon Cup" (episode # 1.12) 14 December 1960
"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" playing "Hiram Grant" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Fanatic" (episode # 6.8) 22 November 1960
"Stagecoach West" playing "Tanner" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Red Sand" (episode # 1.7) 22 November 1960
"The Islanders" playing "Larr" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Phantom Captain" (episode # 1.7) 13 November 1960
"Rawhide" playing "Nick Mesa" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Incident of the Night Visitor" (episode # 3.4) 4 November 1960
"Laramie" playing "Sam Bronson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Dark Trail" (episode # 2.7) 1 November 1960
"The Tall Man" playing "Ben Myers" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Parson" (episode # 1.7) 29 October 1960
"The Untouchables" playing "Charles 'Pops' Felcher" in episode: "The Rusty Heller Story" (episode # 2.1) 13 October 1960
"Wanted: Dead or Alive" playing "Harry Simmons" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Cure" (episode # 3.2) 28 September 1960
"The Rifleman" playing "Benjamin Stark" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Trail of Hate" (episode # 3.1) 27 September 1960
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Phil" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Man for the Job" (episode # 4.37) 30 May 1960
"Overland Trail" playing "Cash" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Reckoning" (episode # 1.16) 29 May 1960
"The Alaskans" playing "Ed Bundy" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Long Pursuit" (episode # 1.17) 31 January 1960
"Naked City" playing "Simon Beecker" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Saw My Baby There" (episode # 1.37) 9 June 1959
"Gunsmoke" playing "Jim Gatluf" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Buffalo Hunter" (episode # 4.33) 2 May 1959
"Bat Masterson" playing "Jess Hobart" in episode: "Man of Action" (episode # 1.25) 22 April 1959
"Disneyland" playing "Chisholm" in episode: "The Slaughter Trail" (episode # 5.23) 20 March 1959
"Texas John Slaughter" playing "John Chisholm" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Slaughter Trail" (episode # 1.6) 20 March 1959
"Trackdown" playing "Ambrose Hacker" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Fear" (episode # 2.26) 18 March 1959
"Alcoa Theatre" playing "Tony Busso" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Goodbye Johnny" (episode # 2.10) 9 February 1959
"Zorro" playing "Salvio" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Iron Box" (episode # 2.15) 15 January 1959
"77 Sunset Strip" playing "Lou Catto" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Vicious Circle" (episode # 1.10) 12 December 1958
"Sugarfoot" playing "Galt Kimberly" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Yampa Crossing" (episode # 2.7) 9 December 1958
"Cimarron City" playing "Fred Barker" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Respectable Girl" (episode # 1.9) 6 December 1958
"Trackdown" playing "Quince Flanders" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Schoolteacher" (episode # 2.10) 7 November 1958
"Gunsmoke" playing "Judge Rambeau" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Letter of the Law" (episode # 4.5) 11 October 1958
"The Rifleman" playing "Oat Jackford" in episode: "Home Ranch" (episode # 1.2) 7 October 1958
"The Frank Sinatra Show" playing "Lt. Garrow" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Gun at His Back" 13 June 1958
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Roy Dorcas" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Sniper" (episode # 2.38) 26 May 1958
"Goodyear Theatre" playing "Captain Stemson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Giant Step" (episode # 1.15) 28 April 1958
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing "Lieutenant Jack Noonan" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Lamb to the Slaughter" (episode # 3.28) 13 April 1958
"Alcoa Theatre" playing "Lieutenant Nelson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Loudmouth" (episode # 1.13) 7 April 1958
"Suspicion" (as Harold J. Stones) in episode: "The Bull Skinner" (episode # 1.26) 7 April 1958
"The Restless Gun" playing "Ben Reed" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Sheriff Billy" (episode # 1.25) 10 March 1958
"The Court of Last Resort" playing "Captain Cunningham" in episode: "The Frank Clark Case" (episode # 1.18) 21 February 1958
"Trackdown" playing Yewci in episode: "The Witness" (episode # 1.16) 24 January 1958
"Cheyenne" playing "Rafe Larkin" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Last Comanchero" (episode # 3.9) 14 January 1958
"Zane Grey Theater" playing "Tuphill" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Trial by Fear" (episode # 2.14) 10 January 1958
"Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Samuel Abajinian" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Helen of Abajinian" (episode # 1.16) 28 December 1957
"Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Holgate" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Matter of Ethics" (episode # 1.5) 12 October 1957
Two other roles of note for me were in 'The Twilight Zone', in which he played sort of an FAA inspector on the verge of a psychotic breakdown; and in 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents' - in the classic episode 'Lamb To The Slaughter' with Barbara Bel Geddes.
A few of his guest appearances will need further study, in order to see if they can be linked to other shows via family trees.
For instance:
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Roy Dorcas" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Sniper" (episode # 2.38) 26 May 1958
Roy Dorcas could have been the ancestor to a modern-day pirate known as Captain Dorcas in an episode of 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'
"The Defenders" playing "Charles Crewe" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Broken Barrelhead" (episode # 1.32) 26 May 1962
It could be that Charles Crewe might have been the grandfather of Jack Crewe, the Hollywood action hero who played Hamlet at the New Burbage Shakespeare Festival in 'Slings & Arrows'.
"The Name of the Game" playing "Harry Mudd" (as George E. Stone) in episode: "Keep the Doctor Away" (episode # 1.21) 14 February 1969
Ooooooh! This is an exciting one, kiddies! How can I resist making the claim that he was one of the ancestors of Harcourt Fenton "Harry" Mudd, the character played by Roger C. Carmel in two episodes of the classic 'Star Trek'?
This tribute was made up with the help of the IMDb.com, but I do have to point out a redundancy in their list of Harold J. Stone's credits:
"Disneyland" playing "Chisholm" in episode: "The Slaughter Trail" (episode # 5.23) 20 March 1959
"Texas John Slaughter" playing "John Chisholm" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Slaughter Trail" (episode # 1.6) 20 March 1959
Obviously, these were the exact same shows.
BCnU....
Tele-Toby
TV SERIES
"Bridget Loves Bernie" (1972) TV Series .... Sam Steinberg (1972-73)
"My World and Welcome to It" (1969) TV Series .... Hamilton Greeley (1969-70)
"The Grand Jury" (1959) TV Series .... John Kennedy (1959)
"The Walter Winchell File" (1957) TV Series (as Harold J. Stone) .... Lt.
"The Goldbergs" (1949) TV Series .... Jake Goldberg (1952)
"The Hartmans" (1949) TV Series .... The handyman
TV MOVIES
The Legend of Valentino (1975) (TV) .... Sam Baldwin
The Werewolf of Woodstock (1975) (TV) .... Lt. Martino
Breakout (1970/I) (TV) (as Harold J. Stone) .... Phil Caprio
Ready and Willing (1967) (TV) (as Harold J. Stone)
Operation Razzle-Dazzle (1966) (TV) (as Harold J. Stone) .... Sergeant
TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Highway to Heaven" playing "Harvey Milsap" in episode: "Close Encounters of the Heavenly Kind" (episode # 2.14) 15 January 1986
"Simon & Simon" playing "Ty Becker" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Dillinger Print" (episode # 3.21) 8 March 1984
"Lou Grant" playing "Fred Gruber" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Law" (episode # 5.18) 12 April 1982
"Charlie's Angels" playing "Joe Fenell" (as Harold J.Stone) in episode: "He Married an Angel" (episode # 5.9) 31 January 1981
"Trapper John, M.D." playing "Santori" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Straight and Narrow" (episode # 2.6) 11 January 1981
"Vega$" playing "Augie Brenner" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Black Cat Killer" (episode # 3.3) 11 November 1980
"Barney Miller" playing "Steven Haddad" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "Homicide: Part 2" (episode # 7.2) 6 November 1980
in episode: "Homicide: Part 1" (episode # 7.1) 30 October 1980
"Three's Company" playing "Bernie Bustamente" (as The Loan Shark) in episode: "The Loan Shark" (episode # 4.10) 20 November 1979
"Vega$" playing "Mr. Hunter" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Best Friends" (episode # 1.16) 7 February 1979
"Barney Miller" playing "Mr. Siegel" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Kidnapping" (episode # 5.1) 14 September 1978
"Charlie's Angels" playing "John Strauss" (as Harold J.Stone) in episode: "Angels at Sea" (episode # 1.21) 23 March 1977
"Welcome Back, Kotter" playing "Charlie Kotter" in episode: "Kotter and Son" (episode # 2.16) 20 January 1977
"Kojak" playing "Franco 'Six Bits' Donatello" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Grave Too Soon" (episode # 3.19) 1 February 1976
"Police Woman" playing "Rolf" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Pattern for Evil" (episode # 2.4) 3 October 1975
"Harry O" playing "Capt. Gunther" in episode: "Anatomy of a Frame" (episode # 2.1) 11 September 1975
"The Rookies" playing "Al Steinman" (as Harold J Stone) in episode: "Take Over" (episode # 3.14) 30 December 1974
"The Rockford Files" playing "Sorrell, underworld boss" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Countess" (episode # 1.3) 27 September 1974
"Hec Ramsey" in episode: "Only Birds and Fools" (episode # 2.5) 7 April 1974
"Griff" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Elephant in a Cage" (episode # 1.8) 24 November 1973
"Medical Center" playing "Ferretti" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Woman for Hire" (episode # 5.9) 19 November 1973
"Cade's County" playing "Tom Braddock" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Jessie" (episode # 1.21) 12 March 1972
"Longstreet" playing "Emory Taggart" in episode: "Anatomy of a Murder" (episode # 1.19) 3 February 1972
"Mission: Impossible" playing "John Lawton" in episode: "Blind" (episode # 6.1) 18 September 1971
"Hogan's Heroes" playing "General Strommberger" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Look at the Pretty Snowflakes" (episode # 6.23) 21 March 1971
"The Bold Ones: The New Doctors" playing "Harry Miller" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Matter of Priorities" (episode # 2.6) 3 January 1971
"The Name of the Game" playing "Lieutenant" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "So Long Baby, and Amen" (episode # 3.1) 18 September 1970
"The Virginian" playing "Adam Southcort" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Shiloh Years" (episode # 8.17) 28 January 1970
"Hogan's Heroes" playing "Field Marshall Rudolf Richter" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Defector" (episode # 5.10) 28 November 1969
"Medical Center" playing "Lombardi" (as Harold J Stone) in episode: "The Battle of Lily Wu" (episode # 1.5) 22 October 1969
"It Takes a Thief" in episode: "Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby" (episode # 2.22) 25 March 1969
"The F.B.I." playing "Ignatius Cober" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Cober List" (episode # 4.25) 23 March 1969
"The Name of the Game" playing "Harry Mudd" (as George E. Stone) in episode: "Keep the Doctor Away" (episode # 1.21) 14 February 1969
"The Virginian" playing "Grant Buchanan" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Death Wait" (episode # 7.15) 15 January 1969
"Hogan's Heroes" playing "Major Teppel" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Bad Day in Berlin" (episode # 4.11) 7 December 1968
"Mannix" playing "Judge Green" in episode: "Pressure Point" (episode # 2.3) 12 October 1968
"Hawaii Five-O" playing "D. J. Georgiade" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Tiger by the Tail" (episode # 1.3) 10 October 1968
"Ironside" playing "Jim Connolly" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Force of Arms" (episode # 1.16) 4 January 1968
"Felony Squad"
in episode: "An Arrangement with Death: Part 2" (episode # 2.14) 7 December 1967
in episode: "An Arrangement with Death: Part 1" (episode # 2.13) 1 December 1967
"The Iron Horse" playing "Josh Wyatt" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Steel Chain to a Music Box" (episode # 2.10) 18 November 1967
"I Spy" playing "Zarkas" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "The Seventh Captain" (episode # 3.9) 13 November 1967
in episode: "Philotimo" (episode # 3.5) 9 October 1967
in episode: "The Beautiful Children" (episode # 3.2) 18 September 1967
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." playing "Stavros" in episode: "The It's All Greek to Me Affair" (episode # 3.21) 3 February 1967
"Mr. Terrific" playing "Shenko" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Matchless" (episode # 1.1) 9 January 1967
"The Virginian" playing "Einar Carlson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Ride to Delphi" (episode # 5.2) 21 September 1966
"The Legend of Jesse James" playing "Sergeant Foy" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Field of Wild Flowers" (episode # 1.32) 25 April 1966
"The Virginian" playing "Jake" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Mark of a Man" (episode # 4.30) 20 April 1966
"A Man Called Shenandoah" playing "Jason Pruitt" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "An Unfamiliar Tune" (episode # 1.30) 11 April 1966
"Get Smart" playing "Captain Groman" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "Ship of Spies: Part 2" (episode # 1.28) 9 April 1966
in episode: "Ship of Spies: Part 1" (episode # 1.27) 2 April 1966
"The Big Valley" playing "Sam Beldon" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Teacher of Outlaws" (episode # 1.19) 2 February 1966
"The Virginian" playing "Ev Clinchy" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Laramie Road" (episode # 4.12) 8 December 1965
"The Trials of O'Brien" playing "Max Fabrikant" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Picture Me a Murder" (episode # 1.11) 27 November 1965
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Borginin" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Russian Roulette" (episode # 3.7) 17 November 1965
"Run for Your Life" playing "Angie Zeno" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Savage Season" (episode # 1.8) 8 November 1965
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Enrico" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Kicks" (episode # 3.4) 13 October 1965
"Gunsmoke" playing "Jeff Sutro" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "He Who Steals" (episode # 10.36) 29 May 1965
"Gilligan's Island" playing "Dubov" in episode: "Goodbye Old Paint" (episode # 1.34) 22 May 1965
"The Nurses" playing "Elihu Kaminsky" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "Where There's Smoke" (episode # 3.23) 9 March 1965
in episode: "Nurse Is a Feminine Noun" (episode # 2.21) 13 February 1964
"Mr. Novak" playing "Joe Garvin" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Beat the Plowshare, Edge the Sword" (episode # 2.17) 26 January 1965
"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" playing "Admiral Jiggs Starke" in episode: "Mutiny" (episode # 1.18) 11 January 1965
"Dr. Kildare" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Catch a Crooked Mouse" (episode # 4.12) 17 December 1964
"Gunsmoke" playing "Jim Downey" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Hung High" (episode # 10.8) 14 November 1964
"Daniel Boone" playing "Greenbriar" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Family Fluellen" (episode # 1.4) 15 October 1964
"Bonanza" playing "Chad" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Hostage" (episode # 6.2) 27 September 1964
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" playing "Osterman" in episode: "The Second Verdict" (episode # 2.30) 29 May 1964
"Gunsmoke" playing "Orval Bass" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Homecoming" (episode # 9.34) 23 May 1964
"The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters" playing "Colonel Dolan" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Day of the Dark Deeds" (episode # 1.25) 8 March 1964
"Kraft Suspense Theatre" playing "Dr. Nat Kaufman" in episode: "Leviathan Five" (episode # 1.14) 30 January 1964
"77 Sunset Strip" playing "Lieutenant John Frazier" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Deposit with Caution" (episode # 6.10) 29 November 1963
"The Defenders" playing "Sargeant Henry Olson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Loophole" (episode # 3.8) 16 November 1963
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Ernie Santee" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The House Next Door" (episode # 1.7) 15 November 1963
"Breaking Point" playing "Joseph Babcock" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "And James Was a Very Small Snail" (episode # 1.9) 11 November 1963
"Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" playing "Turin" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" (episode # 1.6) 8 November 1963
"The Greatest Show on Earth" playing "Greenwood" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Garve" (episode # 1.5) 15 October 1963
"Arrest and Trial" playing "Gus Ortega" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Tears from a Silver Dipper" (episode # 1.3) 29 September 1963
"The Untouchables" playing "Julie Flack" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "One Last Killing" (episode # 4.24) 2 April 1963
"Dr. Kildare" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Place Among the Monuments" (episode # 2.21) 28 February 1963
"The Rifleman" playing "Marshall" in episode: "The Bullet" (episode # 5.21) 25 February 1963
"Ben Casey" playing "Reb Sholem Isaacs" (as Harold J Stone) in episode: "A Hundred More Pipers" (episode # 2.20) 18 February 1963
"Empire" playing "Gerald Wormser" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Tiger Inside" (episode # 1.20) 12 February 1963
"Rawhide" in episode: "Incident at the Trail's End" (episode # 5.15) 11 January 1963
"The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" playing "Taxi Driver" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Black Curtain" (episode # 1.9) 15 November 1962
"The Untouchables" playing "Louie Madikoff" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Pressure" (episode # 3.26) 14 June 1962
"The Defenders" playing "Charles Crewe" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Broken Barrelhead" (episode # 1.32) 26 May 1962
"Target: The Corruptors" playing "Allie Janowitz" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "License to Steal" (episode # 1.30) 4 May 1962
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Brian" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Royal Maroon" (episode # 6.30) 28 April 1962
"The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor" playing "Fred Forrest" (as Harold J. Stone)
in episode: "Three Blind Mice: Part 2" (episode # 3.25) 6 April 1962
in episode: "Three Blind Mice: Part 1" (episode # 3.24) 30 March 1962
"Cain's Hundred" playing "Marty Emson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Savage in Darkness" (episode # 1.24) 27 March 1962
"87th Precinct" playing "Gantry" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Bullet for Katie" (episode # 1.20) 12 February 1962
"Target: The Corruptors" playing "Al Deus" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Play It Blue" (episode # 1.17) 19 January 1962
"Cheyenne" playing "Perez" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Wedding Rings" (episode # 6.10) 8 January 1962
"The Untouchables" playing "Adam Stone" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Hammerlock" (episode # 3.10) 21 December 1961
"Target: The Corruptors" playing "Herman" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Silent Partner" (episode # 1.11) 8 December 1961
"Cain's Hundred" playing "Dave Braddock" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Dead Load" (episode # 1.9) 21 November 1961
"The New Breed" playing "George Sorens" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Compulsion to Confess" (episode # 1.5) 31 October 1961
"Gunsmoke" playing "Horace Kelk" in episode: "Miss Kitty" (episode # 7.3) 14 October 1961
"The Twilight Zone" playing "Grant Sheckly" in episode: "The Arrival" (episode # 3.2) 22 September 1961
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing "Mac Davis" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Ambition" (episode # 6.38) 4 July 1961
"Route 66" playing "Gus" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Skill for Hunting" (episode # 1.26) 12 May 1961
"The Barbara Stanwyck Show" playing "Jake Lytell" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Frightened Doll" (episode # 1.29) 24 April 1961
"Michael Shayne" playing "Ross Colby" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Trouble with Ernie" (episode # 1.29) 21 April 1961
"The Untouchables" playing "Barney Jarreau" (as Harold J Stone) in episode: "Ring of Terror" (episode # 2.24) 13 April 1961
"Surfside 6" playing "Harry Wilde" in episode: "The Impractical Joker" (episode # 1.24) 13 March 1961
"Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Judge Elmer Greenleaf" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Last Judgment" (episode # 4.25) 11 March 1961
"Route 66" playing "Lieutenant Mangano" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Play It Glissando" (episode # 1.14) 20 January 1961
"The Untouchables" playing "Tough Tommy Karpeles" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Tommy Karpeles Story" (episode # 2.11) 29 December 1960
"Hong Kong" playing "Judge Moisom" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Dragon Cup" (episode # 1.12) 14 December 1960
"The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" playing "Hiram Grant" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Fanatic" (episode # 6.8) 22 November 1960
"Stagecoach West" playing "Tanner" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Red Sand" (episode # 1.7) 22 November 1960
"The Islanders" playing "Larr" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Phantom Captain" (episode # 1.7) 13 November 1960
"Rawhide" playing "Nick Mesa" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Incident of the Night Visitor" (episode # 3.4) 4 November 1960
"Laramie" playing "Sam Bronson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Dark Trail" (episode # 2.7) 1 November 1960
"The Tall Man" playing "Ben Myers" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Parson" (episode # 1.7) 29 October 1960
"The Untouchables" playing "Charles 'Pops' Felcher" in episode: "The Rusty Heller Story" (episode # 2.1) 13 October 1960
"Wanted: Dead or Alive" playing "Harry Simmons" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Cure" (episode # 3.2) 28 September 1960
"The Rifleman" playing "Benjamin Stark" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Trail of Hate" (episode # 3.1) 27 September 1960
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Phil" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Man for the Job" (episode # 4.37) 30 May 1960
"Overland Trail" playing "Cash" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Reckoning" (episode # 1.16) 29 May 1960
"The Alaskans" playing "Ed Bundy" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Long Pursuit" (episode # 1.17) 31 January 1960
"Naked City" playing "Simon Beecker" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Saw My Baby There" (episode # 1.37) 9 June 1959
"Gunsmoke" playing "Jim Gatluf" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Buffalo Hunter" (episode # 4.33) 2 May 1959
"Bat Masterson" playing "Jess Hobart" in episode: "Man of Action" (episode # 1.25) 22 April 1959
"Disneyland" playing "Chisholm" in episode: "The Slaughter Trail" (episode # 5.23) 20 March 1959
"Texas John Slaughter" playing "John Chisholm" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Slaughter Trail" (episode # 1.6) 20 March 1959
"Trackdown" playing "Ambrose Hacker" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Fear" (episode # 2.26) 18 March 1959
"Alcoa Theatre" playing "Tony Busso" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Goodbye Johnny" (episode # 2.10) 9 February 1959
"Zorro" playing "Salvio" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Iron Box" (episode # 2.15) 15 January 1959
"77 Sunset Strip" playing "Lou Catto" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Vicious Circle" (episode # 1.10) 12 December 1958
"Sugarfoot" playing "Galt Kimberly" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Yampa Crossing" (episode # 2.7) 9 December 1958
"Cimarron City" playing "Fred Barker" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Respectable Girl" (episode # 1.9) 6 December 1958
"Trackdown" playing "Quince Flanders" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Schoolteacher" (episode # 2.10) 7 November 1958
"Gunsmoke" playing "Judge Rambeau" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Letter of the Law" (episode # 4.5) 11 October 1958
"The Rifleman" playing "Oat Jackford" in episode: "Home Ranch" (episode # 1.2) 7 October 1958
"The Frank Sinatra Show" playing "Lt. Garrow" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Gun at His Back" 13 June 1958
"Tales of Wells Fargo" playing "Roy Dorcas" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Sniper" (episode # 2.38) 26 May 1958
"Goodyear Theatre" playing "Captain Stemson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Giant Step" (episode # 1.15) 28 April 1958
"Alfred Hitchcock Presents" playing "Lieutenant Jack Noonan" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Lamb to the Slaughter" (episode # 3.28) 13 April 1958
"Alcoa Theatre" playing "Lieutenant Nelson" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Loudmouth" (episode # 1.13) 7 April 1958
"Suspicion" (as Harold J. Stones) in episode: "The Bull Skinner" (episode # 1.26) 7 April 1958
"The Restless Gun" playing "Ben Reed" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Sheriff Billy" (episode # 1.25) 10 March 1958
"The Court of Last Resort" playing "Captain Cunningham" in episode: "The Frank Clark Case" (episode # 1.18) 21 February 1958
"Trackdown" playing Yewci in episode: "The Witness" (episode # 1.16) 24 January 1958
"Cheyenne" playing "Rafe Larkin" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "The Last Comanchero" (episode # 3.9) 14 January 1958
"Zane Grey Theater" playing "Tuphill" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Trial by Fear" (episode # 2.14) 10 January 1958
"Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Samuel Abajinian" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "Helen of Abajinian" (episode # 1.16) 28 December 1957
"Have Gun - Will Travel" playing "Holgate" (as Harold J. Stone) in episode: "A Matter of Ethics" (episode # 1.5) 12 October 1957
A perfect nose
After discovering that Thailand does rhinoplasty for a freaking $300, I've been discussing what kinda nose I should get for myself.
Wahhaha machiam casual shopping... Button? Flared? BULBOUS? whahaha
Shuyin, June and I were singing KTV that day, and SY sang some Feng Fei Fei song called "Zhang sen xiang qi lai" or something... The MTV lady, some model, had a nice ying gou bi! (hooked nose)
I was mumbling to myself, "Maybe I should get an ying gou bi ah??"
And to my surprise June and Shuyin both said, "Yeah, nice!"
WHAHAHAHA
Of course, I'm only talking cock about getting my nose done lar, coz I doubt I have the courage to do it. But it is still fun to talk about! Ahem, so anyway...
Just now Shuyin and I were talking on MSN and I was reminded of the MTV model, so I told Shuyin I'm gonna try to photoshop a hooked nose on myself and see what happens!
My original nose. I mean, it's already photoshopped lar, my nose is bigger than this, but it is this flat! (Also check out my bleached eyebrows, they look great!)
This is Paris Hilton, famous for her extremely hooked nose.
NOT THE INDIAN GIRL SILLY, THE BLONDE CHICK.
And thus the photoshop starts...
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WAHAHAHA! Almost there
Shuyin says this photo looks like Ann Poh. Ann who? Never mind.
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Tadah!
WAHAHHA! Really look like shit!
Stop laughing at me!
Wahhaha machiam casual shopping... Button? Flared? BULBOUS? whahaha
Shuyin, June and I were singing KTV that day, and SY sang some Feng Fei Fei song called "Zhang sen xiang qi lai" or something... The MTV lady, some model, had a nice ying gou bi! (hooked nose)
I was mumbling to myself, "Maybe I should get an ying gou bi ah??"
And to my surprise June and Shuyin both said, "Yeah, nice!"
WHAHAHAHA
Of course, I'm only talking cock about getting my nose done lar, coz I doubt I have the courage to do it. But it is still fun to talk about! Ahem, so anyway...
Just now Shuyin and I were talking on MSN and I was reminded of the MTV model, so I told Shuyin I'm gonna try to photoshop a hooked nose on myself and see what happens!
BEHOLD:
My original nose. I mean, it's already photoshopped lar, my nose is bigger than this, but it is this flat! (Also check out my bleached eyebrows, they look great!)
This is Paris Hilton, famous for her extremely hooked nose.
NOT THE INDIAN GIRL SILLY, THE BLONDE CHICK.
And thus the photoshop starts...
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WAHAHAHA! Almost there
Shuyin says this photo looks like Ann Poh. Ann who? Never mind.
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Tadah!
WAHAHHA! Really look like shit!
Stop laughing at me!
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
HAPPY ZONK!SGIVING!
On my flights to California and back two weeks ago, Continental showed the same episode of 'Hope & Faith' from last season (as well as the movies, of course). Since today is Thanksgiving, they chose to show that particular episode.
Near the end of it, while admiring the fierce determination of their father's bride to be, Faith said to Hope, "Wow! Look at Wonder Woman!"
There's certainly no Zonk! inherent in this. There was no mention of Wonder Woman as a comic book nor as a TV series. Obviously Faith was referring to Wonder Woman as a real person; the super-hero exists in the same universe as the former star of 'The Sacred And The Profane' and her sister.
However, Wonder Woman was last active about twenty-five years ago, at least as far as the TV audience saw. She was probably still fighting for Truth, Justice, and the American Way (using her invisible plane and her magic lasso) all this time.
The Amazon Princess probably gets a lot of notoriety from the Press, and her picture may have been splashed across plenty of front pages - from the New York Ledger to the Los Angeles Tribune. (Maybe her picture was taken by Carl Kolchak and Peter "Spiderman" Parker?)
If so, Faith probably may have seen them and noticed the resemblance between Wonder Woman and Summer Kirkland. And seeing the gung-ho action taken by Summer to get them off the plane cemented that resemblance. (Good thing she wasn't wearing glasses or someone might have noticed Summer's resemblance to Diana Prince as well!)
And thus, "Wow! Look at Wonder Woman!" becomes a pop culture reference within the show, but an inside joke to us watching at home - since Lynda Carter played both Summer Kirkland and Wonder Woman in Toobworld.
I hope you and yours have a Wonder-filled Thanksgiving.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
Near the end of it, while admiring the fierce determination of their father's bride to be, Faith said to Hope, "Wow! Look at Wonder Woman!"
There's certainly no Zonk! inherent in this. There was no mention of Wonder Woman as a comic book nor as a TV series. Obviously Faith was referring to Wonder Woman as a real person; the super-hero exists in the same universe as the former star of 'The Sacred And The Profane' and her sister.
However, Wonder Woman was last active about twenty-five years ago, at least as far as the TV audience saw. She was probably still fighting for Truth, Justice, and the American Way (using her invisible plane and her magic lasso) all this time.
The Amazon Princess probably gets a lot of notoriety from the Press, and her picture may have been splashed across plenty of front pages - from the New York Ledger to the Los Angeles Tribune. (Maybe her picture was taken by Carl Kolchak and Peter "Spiderman" Parker?)
If so, Faith probably may have seen them and noticed the resemblance between Wonder Woman and Summer Kirkland. And seeing the gung-ho action taken by Summer to get them off the plane cemented that resemblance. (Good thing she wasn't wearing glasses or someone might have noticed Summer's resemblance to Diana Prince as well!)
And thus, "Wow! Look at Wonder Woman!" becomes a pop culture reference within the show, but an inside joke to us watching at home - since Lynda Carter played both Summer Kirkland and Wonder Woman in Toobworld.
I hope you and yours have a Wonder-filled Thanksgiving.....
BCnU!
Tele-Toby
MARY RICHARDS:
"Do you like Wonder Woman, Stevie?"
STEVIE:
"Nah. She's too butch."
'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'
STEVIE:
"Nah. She's too butch."
'The Mary Tyler Moore Show'
Monday, November 21, 2005
"THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE": THE ONES WHO GOT AWAY
As far as the Real World is concerned, the SS Poseidon sank beneath the waves last night on NBC. But within the realm of Toobworld, that event hasn't even taken place yet; it will capsize just moments into the New Year, due to a terrorist explosion.
(In the Cineverse, it happened over thirty years ago and will happen again next year. In the literary universe, it happens anew every time somebody reads the novel by Paul Gallico.)
Like the tagline for the TV movie put it, the only hope for survival was up. But not everyone who began the trek towards the hull at the bottom of the ship survived the journey. It wasn't because of how strong they were physically, but their strength of will and spirit. And even then some perished because they had the inner strength to make the ultimate sacrifice.
The TV movie focused on this small band of passengers and as the Poseidon sank deeper, it was assumed that almost everybody else would go down with the ship.
But this is Toobworld. And in the TV Universe, lots of things happen off-screen that we are never aware of. So it's my contention that there were other survivors who escaped... and many of them were probably not even on the passenger manifest.
For precedent, just take a look at the televersion of the Titanic. There are at least five examples of TV characters who were on board the doomed ocean liner and yet were able to escape without resorting to taking up precious space in the lifeboats.
What was their secret? Time travel. And I think they will all be drawn to the Poseidon come New Year's Eve.
THE DOCTOR (DAVID TENNANT) - 'DOCTOR WHO'
Ideally, it could be any one (or more!) of the ten incarnations of the Gallifreyan Time Lord who could have materialized the TARDIS on the ceiling below decks of the Poseidon. (The ship's upside down, remember.) However, three of the actors who played the Doctor have passed away, and Time in the Real World has not been kind to several of the others who assayed the role. For the most believable presence, it would have to be either Christopher Eccleston, who was Doctor Number Nine... Number Nine...... Or David Tennant, who currently wears the mantle of the Time Lord.
And since it's unlikely that Eccleston will be returning to the role any time soon, that practically leaves Tennant by default.
I've always believed that the TARDIS has some kind of precognitive intellect; it knows where to take the Doctor just in the nick of time to avert some kind of disaster. Obviously it didn't arrive before the explosion took place, or the Doctor might have saved the day. So perhaps it brought him there afterwards to counter an even greater threat - the Sea Devils!
Making their first known appearance in Toobworld in 1973 (1972 in the Real World), the Sea Devils had previously battled the Doctor during his third incarnation. There had been some suggestion that there were other colonies around the world and these Sea Devils might have come from one of these nearby the disaster.
The Sea Devils would have seen the capsized vessel as befitting them for a future home. It would also give them access to human technology which they could exploit for the eventual conquest of Earth. (And any human corpses they found would be stock for the larder.)
Swimming in through the blast-hole, the Sea Devils would have found the tenth Doctor waiting for them. And he would not have been without allies.....
JEFFREY JONES (MEENO PELUCE) - 'VOYAGERS!'
Jeffrey Jones first teamed up with time traveler Phineas Bogg on his adventures in 1982. Following the linear time line of Toobworld, he would now be 35 years old. He could have materialized on board the ship at any time in his biological life, but I always side with using the original actor whenever possible.
Now that he was grown up, Jeffrey was probably a Time Agent in his own right, with his own Omni device. But the explosion that sank the Poseidon might be used to splain away the loss of Jeffrey's former mentor Phineas Bogg.
The actor who played Bogg, Jon-Eric Hexum, perished in a bizarre gun mishap over 21 years ago.
TONY NEWMAN & DOUG PHILLIPS (JAMES DARREN & ROBERT COLBERT) - 'THE TIME TUNNEL'
I think Tony and Doug are still trapped in the Time-stream, even after thirty years have passed. The Time Tunnel was a government-sponsored project, so of course there would be a major screw-up.
'The Poseidon Adventure' took place decades after they first entered 'The Time Tunnel', so there would have been no way for them to be forearmed with knowledge that would have been ignored by Captain Gallico anyway (their standard method of operation).
Doug and Tony may not have been yanked out of harm's way in time either, since tech support wouldn't have known what was about to occur. So it is possible one or both of them could have perished.... something to consider for the eventual demise of either actor.
But unless the Time Tunnel was locked in to the spirit as well as the cellular structure for Tony and Doug, then it would send the corpse hurtling through the Time-stream along with the surviving partner. Blegch!
SAM BECKETT (SCOTT BAKULA) - 'QUANTUM LEAP'
The only reason we know Sam Beckett didn't leap into one of the core group of survivors in 'The Poseidon Adventure' is because we didn't see Scott Bakula among them, which is a given rule for the viewing audience.
But he could have leapt into the life of one of the people in the background; just after they went off-screen, around a corner, into the bathroom.
And once Sam Beckett showed up, his holographic companion, Admiral Al Calavicci (as played by Dean Stockwell) was sure to follow.
It wouldn't have been the first time Sam leaped into a situation involving the sinking of an ocean liner, nor would he have been new to the experience of living the life of someone doomed to die. Why he was dropped into this situation would need the computation skills of Ziggy and Gooshie to figure out, but it would all be part of the plan by the Great Bartender in the sky......
DOCTOR BOMBAY (BERNARD FOX) - 'BEWITCHED'
Every time the witch doctor was summoned for a medical emergency, he was always coming in from some wild, hedonistic event, like a safari or a masked ball. Being on board the Poseidon for New Year's Eve would have been plausible for his dance card.
And once they noticed that he was among the passengers, Bob and Wendy Fate would have succumbed to the temptation to sink the Poseidon.
Why? Because of his similarity to both a passenger and a crew member on board the Titanic in the Cineverse. (See 'Titanic' and 'A Night To Remember', respectively.)
ANDREW, THE ANGEL OF DEATH (JOHN DYE) - 'TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL'
Although Bishop Schmidt was struggling with his own inner conflicts, we didn't see angels Monica or Tess there to help him with his moral quandary. But more than likely Andrew was present to help ease the passage of all those about to perish.
And if we didn't see actor John Dye among the actors on board, it could be that he had assumed a different mortal form. Hey, he's an angel. He can do that sort of thing.
JONATHAN CHASE (SIMON McCORKINDALE) - 'MANIMAL'
Say what you will about the show. But as the 'Manimal', Jonathan Chase was a hero. If he had been on board the ocean liner, you know he would have stayed behind rather than save himself, in order to save as many people as he could before it was too late.
However, once the inevitable could no longer be denied, Chase would have had no alternative but to assume the form of some kind of sea creature and escape through the blast hole.
Probably passing the Sea Devils as they showed up......
MARK HARRIS (PATRICK DUFFY) - 'MAN FROM ATLANTIS'
The amphibious humanoid wouldn't have been on board the Poseidon originally. But he may yet show up once it was under the surface (and probably after its classification was changed from a rescue to a retrieval mission).
Working with his colleagues from the Foundation for Oceanic Research who were traveling on board the submersible named "Cetacean".
Also helping out with the investigation would be.....
LEE CRANE (DAVID HEDISON) - 'VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA'
Long retired from active service, Crane might still have been connected with the Nelson Institute for Marine Research.
(Based on the show taking place circa the "future" of 1973, Admiral Harriman Nelson more than likely passed away near the end of the 1990s.)
Or it could be that Crane was also working for FOR with Mark Harris.
For that matter, FOR and NIMR might have been consolidated into one research facility as a cost-cutting measure for both institutes.
So that concludes my look at 'The Poseidon Adventure' and the hypothetical place it might occupy in the Big Picture, the Great Link, of Toobworld. I hope you enjoyed the voyage with me as your captain.
BCnU!
Cap'n Toby
(Not to be confused with the Kiddie TV host seen on 'The Lone Gunmen')
(In the Cineverse, it happened over thirty years ago and will happen again next year. In the literary universe, it happens anew every time somebody reads the novel by Paul Gallico.)
Like the tagline for the TV movie put it, the only hope for survival was up. But not everyone who began the trek towards the hull at the bottom of the ship survived the journey. It wasn't because of how strong they were physically, but their strength of will and spirit. And even then some perished because they had the inner strength to make the ultimate sacrifice.
The TV movie focused on this small band of passengers and as the Poseidon sank deeper, it was assumed that almost everybody else would go down with the ship.
But this is Toobworld. And in the TV Universe, lots of things happen off-screen that we are never aware of. So it's my contention that there were other survivors who escaped... and many of them were probably not even on the passenger manifest.
For precedent, just take a look at the televersion of the Titanic. There are at least five examples of TV characters who were on board the doomed ocean liner and yet were able to escape without resorting to taking up precious space in the lifeboats.
What was their secret? Time travel. And I think they will all be drawn to the Poseidon come New Year's Eve.
THE DOCTOR (DAVID TENNANT) - 'DOCTOR WHO'
Ideally, it could be any one (or more!) of the ten incarnations of the Gallifreyan Time Lord who could have materialized the TARDIS on the ceiling below decks of the Poseidon. (The ship's upside down, remember.) However, three of the actors who played the Doctor have passed away, and Time in the Real World has not been kind to several of the others who assayed the role. For the most believable presence, it would have to be either Christopher Eccleston, who was Doctor Number Nine... Number Nine...... Or David Tennant, who currently wears the mantle of the Time Lord.
And since it's unlikely that Eccleston will be returning to the role any time soon, that practically leaves Tennant by default.
I've always believed that the TARDIS has some kind of precognitive intellect; it knows where to take the Doctor just in the nick of time to avert some kind of disaster. Obviously it didn't arrive before the explosion took place, or the Doctor might have saved the day. So perhaps it brought him there afterwards to counter an even greater threat - the Sea Devils!
Making their first known appearance in Toobworld in 1973 (1972 in the Real World), the Sea Devils had previously battled the Doctor during his third incarnation. There had been some suggestion that there were other colonies around the world and these Sea Devils might have come from one of these nearby the disaster.
The Sea Devils would have seen the capsized vessel as befitting them for a future home. It would also give them access to human technology which they could exploit for the eventual conquest of Earth. (And any human corpses they found would be stock for the larder.)
Swimming in through the blast-hole, the Sea Devils would have found the tenth Doctor waiting for them. And he would not have been without allies.....
JEFFREY JONES (MEENO PELUCE) - 'VOYAGERS!'
Jeffrey Jones first teamed up with time traveler Phineas Bogg on his adventures in 1982. Following the linear time line of Toobworld, he would now be 35 years old. He could have materialized on board the ship at any time in his biological life, but I always side with using the original actor whenever possible.
Now that he was grown up, Jeffrey was probably a Time Agent in his own right, with his own Omni device. But the explosion that sank the Poseidon might be used to splain away the loss of Jeffrey's former mentor Phineas Bogg.
The actor who played Bogg, Jon-Eric Hexum, perished in a bizarre gun mishap over 21 years ago.
TONY NEWMAN & DOUG PHILLIPS (JAMES DARREN & ROBERT COLBERT) - 'THE TIME TUNNEL'
I think Tony and Doug are still trapped in the Time-stream, even after thirty years have passed. The Time Tunnel was a government-sponsored project, so of course there would be a major screw-up.
'The Poseidon Adventure' took place decades after they first entered 'The Time Tunnel', so there would have been no way for them to be forearmed with knowledge that would have been ignored by Captain Gallico anyway (their standard method of operation).
Doug and Tony may not have been yanked out of harm's way in time either, since tech support wouldn't have known what was about to occur. So it is possible one or both of them could have perished.... something to consider for the eventual demise of either actor.
But unless the Time Tunnel was locked in to the spirit as well as the cellular structure for Tony and Doug, then it would send the corpse hurtling through the Time-stream along with the surviving partner. Blegch!
SAM BECKETT (SCOTT BAKULA) - 'QUANTUM LEAP'
The only reason we know Sam Beckett didn't leap into one of the core group of survivors in 'The Poseidon Adventure' is because we didn't see Scott Bakula among them, which is a given rule for the viewing audience.
But he could have leapt into the life of one of the people in the background; just after they went off-screen, around a corner, into the bathroom.
And once Sam Beckett showed up, his holographic companion, Admiral Al Calavicci (as played by Dean Stockwell) was sure to follow.
It wouldn't have been the first time Sam leaped into a situation involving the sinking of an ocean liner, nor would he have been new to the experience of living the life of someone doomed to die. Why he was dropped into this situation would need the computation skills of Ziggy and Gooshie to figure out, but it would all be part of the plan by the Great Bartender in the sky......
DOCTOR BOMBAY (BERNARD FOX) - 'BEWITCHED'
Every time the witch doctor was summoned for a medical emergency, he was always coming in from some wild, hedonistic event, like a safari or a masked ball. Being on board the Poseidon for New Year's Eve would have been plausible for his dance card.
And once they noticed that he was among the passengers, Bob and Wendy Fate would have succumbed to the temptation to sink the Poseidon.
Why? Because of his similarity to both a passenger and a crew member on board the Titanic in the Cineverse. (See 'Titanic' and 'A Night To Remember', respectively.)
ANDREW, THE ANGEL OF DEATH (JOHN DYE) - 'TOUCHED BY AN ANGEL'
Although Bishop Schmidt was struggling with his own inner conflicts, we didn't see angels Monica or Tess there to help him with his moral quandary. But more than likely Andrew was present to help ease the passage of all those about to perish.
And if we didn't see actor John Dye among the actors on board, it could be that he had assumed a different mortal form. Hey, he's an angel. He can do that sort of thing.
JONATHAN CHASE (SIMON McCORKINDALE) - 'MANIMAL'
Say what you will about the show. But as the 'Manimal', Jonathan Chase was a hero. If he had been on board the ocean liner, you know he would have stayed behind rather than save himself, in order to save as many people as he could before it was too late.
However, once the inevitable could no longer be denied, Chase would have had no alternative but to assume the form of some kind of sea creature and escape through the blast hole.
Probably passing the Sea Devils as they showed up......
MARK HARRIS (PATRICK DUFFY) - 'MAN FROM ATLANTIS'
The amphibious humanoid wouldn't have been on board the Poseidon originally. But he may yet show up once it was under the surface (and probably after its classification was changed from a rescue to a retrieval mission).
Working with his colleagues from the Foundation for Oceanic Research who were traveling on board the submersible named "Cetacean".
Also helping out with the investigation would be.....
LEE CRANE (DAVID HEDISON) - 'VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA'
Long retired from active service, Crane might still have been connected with the Nelson Institute for Marine Research.
(Based on the show taking place circa the "future" of 1973, Admiral Harriman Nelson more than likely passed away near the end of the 1990s.)
Or it could be that Crane was also working for FOR with Mark Harris.
For that matter, FOR and NIMR might have been consolidated into one research facility as a cost-cutting measure for both institutes.
So that concludes my look at 'The Poseidon Adventure' and the hypothetical place it might occupy in the Big Picture, the Great Link, of Toobworld. I hope you enjoyed the voyage with me as your captain.
BCnU!
Cap'n Toby
(Not to be confused with the Kiddie TV host seen on 'The Lone Gunmen')
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