Re: Two More Suggestions
anonymous
July 2 2007, 12:04:28 UTC
Well, I am a bit of a Muppet fan, pain threshold/sick or not! ;)
I'll check on the Doc Bricker reference--I can't remember that episode right now, but Fresh Prince was "good" to include links to other shows.
My argument for Firefly is to get those other Westerns in, and if the gun "exists" within that fictional universe, then it's a tie. I remember that Walker episode, which, like most of the CBS@50 stuff, was done as a dream. I don't know if it works with the Tommy-style dream, since Walker had fallen asleep while watching TV. So far as I remember, there were three of those which were presented as being within the context of the shows: Rod Serling on Early Edition, Rob Petrie on Diagnosis: Murder, and Marshall Dillon on Dr. Quinn.
I really do think the Muppets are a good conduit for connections. I didn't know about the Electric Company cameo with The Jeffersons--what was it? EC used to have "blackout" gags with other programs, often used at the intro. Two major ones that I remember are the original Mission: Impossible and an appearance from Ben Cartwright from Bonanza (a play on the old, "Excuse me, I can't hear you--I've got a banana in my ear!").
Re: Two More SuggestionsjohnmunchJuly 3 2007, 12:41:33 UTC
The dream appearances are something my hosts and me disagree about. I say put them in if it's characters.
The possible Doc Bricker appearence is in 'Ill Will' (FPoB-A ep. #43).
And I screwed up. It's not the Jeffersons in The Electric Company, but the Bunkers (show #166).
And where is that Mission:Impossible cameo? Ben Cartwright is joined by Little Joe, by the way (EC #150), all according to the most semi-useful site on the net, tv.com.
I feel a Warner Western flood coming on - if Bonanza can join the Tommyverse then everything is possible.
Re: Two More Suggestions
anonymous
July 3 2007, 18:13:39 UTC
I had forgotten the Bunkers' appearance, but I had seen it along with the ones from Bonanza and M:I on a retrospective "Best of EC" special (that aired on Nick and then Noggin in the late 1990s). The M:I skit had Barney and Jim Phelps, and it was a gag leading to the titles. M:I is already on the list, as is All in the Family, but Bonanza would bring Ponderosa in with it, so the universe expands...
I'll check on the Doc Bricker reference--I can't remember that episode right now, but Fresh Prince was "good" to include links to other shows.
My argument for Firefly is to get those other Westerns in, and if the gun "exists" within that fictional universe, then it's a tie. I remember that Walker episode, which, like most of the CBS@50 stuff, was done as a dream. I don't know if it works with the Tommy-style dream, since Walker had fallen asleep while watching TV. So far as I remember, there were three of those which were presented as being within the context of the shows: Rod Serling on Early Edition, Rob Petrie on Diagnosis: Murder, and Marshall Dillon on Dr. Quinn.
I really do think the Muppets are a good conduit for connections. I didn't know about the Electric Company cameo with The Jeffersons--what was it? EC used to have "blackout" gags with other programs, often used at the intro. Two major ones that I remember are the original Mission: Impossible and an appearance from Ben Cartwright from Bonanza (a play on the old, "Excuse me, I can't hear you--I've got a banana in my ear!").
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The possible Doc Bricker appearence is in 'Ill Will' (FPoB-A ep. #43).
And I screwed up. It's not the Jeffersons in The Electric Company, but the Bunkers (show #166).
And where is that Mission:Impossible cameo? Ben Cartwright is joined by Little Joe, by the way (EC #150), all according to the most semi-useful site on the net, tv.com.
I feel a Warner Western flood coming on - if Bonanza can join the Tommyverse then everything is possible.
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