CROSSOVER OF THE WEEK (5/22/06)

My thanks to Adam Finley of TVSquad.com whose review last night of the 'Family Guy' finale led me to this week's big Crossover.

'THE FAMILY GUY'
&
'THE SIMPSONS'
&
'MISSION HILL'
&
'DARIA'

During the season finale for 'Family Guy', (which was the "movie" DVD broken down into three episodes), reference was made to Lackluster Video, which is a spoof of Blockbuster Video, the national chain of video rental stores. The spoof was made more obvious by the design of the store's logo and the layout of the store's inside.

And it is a national chain, because Lackluster Video does not just have just the one store there in Quahog, Rhode Island. Outlets of the chain have been visited by the Simpsons in Springfield, by Daria Morgendorffer in Lawndale, and by Andy French in Cosmopolis.

So Lackluster Video connects those shows within the Tooniverse, aka Earth Prime-Time Toon. And those shows just lead to further expansion and connections with their own links through crossovers and spinoffs.

'Family Guy' - 'The Flintstones', among others.
'The Simpsons' - 'The Critic', 'King Of The Hill', 'The Archies', 'Huckleberry Hound', among several others.
'Daria' - 'Beavis And Butthead'
'Mission Hill' - well, you can't have everything.....

BCnU!
Tele-Toby