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Here's another entry for Thanksgiving, remembering that the Pilgrims were not the only ones to come to the table.... SQUANTO AS SEEN IN: 'Thanks' AS PLAYED BY: Michael Horse Tisquantum (better known as Squanto) (c. 1580s – November 1622) was a Patuxet Native American who assisted the ...
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Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, we're running late with our last induction into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame for November. (In fact, I've snuck upstairs at my cousins' house to post this, while they're all downstairs preparing the feast! And I've been celebrating the season, so excuse any ...
Drama
House
Here's how the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade looked back in the mid-1960's, during an episode of 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.'...... Enjoy the 2009 parade, and have a festive day, Toobworlders! BCnU!
News/Talk
Prime Time
The Box
MISTER MACY In the background: Illya Kuryakin [ Played by David McCallum ] AS SEEN IN: 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' AS PLAYED BY: Kent Smith As with the movie "Miracle On 34th Street", Macy is not supposed to be the founder of the famous department store chain (especially since Rowland ...
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William H. Macy
Thanksgiving is tomorrow, and by now everybody should be preparing their Thanksgiving turkey with their favorite type of stuffing. In the 1950's, Mrs. Emma Dunlighter appeared on KNXT-TV in Los Angeles to show her own method for preparing a turkey..... And who played the woman? JOHNNY ...
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Something a little different for Thanksgiving.... JOHN ALDEN AS SEEN IN: 'Wishbone' AS PLAYED BY: Wishbone ( played by Soccer ) John Alden (1599–September 22, 1687) is said to be the first person from the The Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620. He was a ship-carpenter by ...
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While I was on semi-hiatus, Art Ferrante passed away at the age of 88. He was half of the piano duo Ferrante & Teicher, whom I discovered after picking up the soundtrack CD for 'The Ernie Kovacs Show'. Here's a video for one of their songs, which was featured on that CD and which has become ...
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Ernie Kovacs
I never met a meta that I didn't like.... Expand your experience of seeing the year's biggest Zonk: the 'Seinfeld' reunion on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm', with Larry playing George playing Larry ...... BCnU!
Comedy
Jerry Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
George Clooney
For this week of Thanksgiving.... MILES STANDISH AS SEEN IN: "We Shall Remain" AS PLAYED BY: Duncan Putney Captain Myles Standish (c. 1584 – October 3, 1656), (sometimes spelled Miles Standish) was an English military officer hired by the Pilgrims as military advisor for Plymouth ...
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Today marks the anniversary of 'Doctor Who', which premiered on this date in 1963. (It's amazing that anybody in the world was watching anything but the news on that day!) So here's Toobworld Central's salute to the Doctor. All of them. And to Benny Hill, while we're at it...... BCnU!
Sci-Fi
Doctor Who
The Box
Somebody has taken scenes from 'True Blood' and transformed them into a sitcom, thanks to a laugh track to sweeten the deal...... BCnU!
Drama
True Blood
In the 'Daniel Boone' episode "Take The Southland Stage", President John Adams was kidnapped in Philadelphia and held for ransom. First Lady Abigail Adams asked Boone to handle the ransom demands, but he was able to rescue the President, subdue the kidnappers, and keep hold of the money. This ...
Drama
Prime Time
House
Recently, Joseph Wiseman, best known for playing "Dr. No", passed away. One of his major roles in Toobworld was that of Manny Weisbrod on 'Crime Story'. The character of Manny was based on Meyer Lansky..... MEYER LANSKY AS SEEN IN: "Lansky" AS PLAYED BY: Richard Dreyfuss Meyer ...
Drama
Richard Dreyfuss
Las Vegas
In Toobworld, everybody has a story not seen on screen - and that includes the extras. I thought of this while watching "Take The Southland Stage", an episode of 'Daniel Boone'. The clerk at the Hotel Adelphia in Philadelphia had a Germanic accent, which could be heard distinctly as he asked ...
News/Talk
Prime Time
Southland
There's no time limit on the use of "The Numbers" from 'Lost'; in Toobworld, they existed as portentous integers long before the series started and they are to be found outside of the series as well. In "Child's Play", one of 'The Murdoch Mysteries', Detective William Murdoch and Constable ...
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LEE HARVEY OSWALD AS SEEN IN: 'Red Dwarf' AS PLAYED BY: Toby Aspin We're not celebrating nor honoring him here. Just marking his involvement in one of the most polarizing events of the 20th Century...... BCnU!
Other
Jason Lee
When I inducted 'Rocky & Bullwinkle' into the TV Crossover Hall of Fame on the 16th, I had no clue that they would be celebrating their 50th anniversary three days later. And on Thursday, my copy of the book about June Foray arrived. All in a day's serendipiteevee! BCnU!
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ALICE LIDDELL HARGREAVES AS SEEN IN: " Riverworld " AS PLAYED BY: Emily Lloyd Alice Pleasance Liddell (4 May 1852 – 16 November 1934), known for most of her adult life by her married name, Alice Hargreaves, inspired the children's classic Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis ...
