CROSSING THEMSELVES OVER

KIRSTIE ALLEY
'THE KING OF QUEENS' <-----> 'FAT ACTRESS'

On this week's 'The King of Queens', Carrie Heffernan got a new, hig-profile client at the real estate business - actress Kirstie Alley, whose televersion was seeking a condo in the New York area. But as they worked together, Carrie found herself eating and even smoking for Kirstie, who was still fighting to lose all of the weight she had gained.

This ties right in with 'Fat Actress', the Showtime series in which Kirstie Alley dramatized her "Battle Of The Bulge" for the TV Universe.

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CONAN O'BRIEN
'THE OFFICE' <------> 'LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN'

Also in New York City, Michael Scott arrived with the documentary camera crew in tow to attend a Dunder-Mifflin regional managers meeting. While he was in Rockefeller Center, Michael thought he saw Tina Fey of 'Saturday Night Live' and pestered some poor woman, never noticing as talk show host Conan O'Brien strode past him.

This appearance by my semi-cousin is one of the best examples that celebrities appearing as themselves in TV shows are as fictional as the other characters in the show. (This has been a major sticking point for other crossover specialists like the "Westphallians".)

This episode had a specific time-frame; it was taking place on Valentine's Day, this coming Tuesday. But in the Real World, Conan O'Brien will be meeting the new Finnish Prime Minister in Helsinki on Tuesday. (He's taking credit for her election.)

Even if it was supposed to be a give-and-take over a few days, the TV Conan doesn't jibe with the True O'Brien - Conan landed in Finland on Saturday and will probably not be flying out until at least the next day.

Although truth to tell, Conan did look like he was suffering a major case of jet lag in that cameo on 'The Office'!

BCnU!
Tele-Toby