Television Crossover Universe

 Charo, a Latino immigrant, is an American television institution and icon from the 1970s.  She's appeared in a lot of shows as herself, though probably not the shows you're thinking of.   January 15, 1951--Charo is born.   1970--The Name of the Game--Charo appeared in two episodes as herself.  Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation. 1976--Charo and the Sergeant--A high-spirited entertainer, Charo Palmer, marries a U.S. Marine sergeant and tries to adapt to life as a military spouse.  Presumedly the marriage does not last considering her later appearances.   1977--The Brady Bunch Variety Show--Mike quits his job to let his family host a variety show.  Charo is one of the guest stars.  The Brady Bunch Variety Show is of course a spin-off of the Brady Bunch which has its ow...

November 1908--YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES--"Vienna, November 1908"--Young Indy meets Sigmund Freud.  Sigmund Freud has met Sherlock Holmes and also has appeared on BEWITCHED, I DREAM OF JEANNIE, STAR TREK:  THE NEXT GENERATION, FRASIER, and SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH. Before 1982--TOOBWORLD--Check out this blog by Toby O'Brien bringing up some interesting facts and speculation about the early life of Sam Malone before Cheers. 1982 to 1993--CHEERS--In one episode, Sam Malone directs his employees to send sick customers to St. Elegius Hospital. February 1982--CHEERS--"Superbowl Pre-Game Show"--The lost episode, the transcript of which you can read here. October 1983--CHEERS--"Little Sister, Don't Cha"--Carla Tortelli mentions having had her latest baby at St. Elegius Hospital. March 1985--ST. ELSEWHERE--"Cheers"--The staff of St. Elegius Hospital go have a few drinks at CHEERS. 1987--THE TORTELLIS--Carla's e...

This was  the 10 th blog pos t I wro te for  the  Television Crossover Universe, and i t was a  tribu te  to  the Wes tphalians, a group who have been  tracking  television crossovers for years under  the assump tion  tha t a shared reali ty of  television shows exis ts wi thin  the mind of  Tommy Wes tphall.   This was pos ted originally on February 7, 2011, less  than a mon th in to  the crea tion of  this blog, and was  the 10 th pos t, which means I was producing pos ts pre t ty quickly early on.  Of course,  tha t was before I was working on wri ting books and had o ther pos ts  to cons tan tly upda te.  Bu t i t's s till impressive considering a t  the  time I was in  the final semes ter of college, I was on an academic compe ti tive  team, I was a  teaching assis tan t, an in tern, and a ghos t hun ter.   ----------------------------...