Television Crossover Universe

THE TELEVISION CROSSOVER CROSSOVER UNIVERSE  LAUNCHED JANUARY 10, 2011 CELEBRATING FOUR YEARS Previously, in the TVCU... In our celebration of the TVCU's fourth anniversary, I have been sharing my thoughts on some of my favorite posts of the past four years.  So far I have talked about my Law & Order post, James Bojaciuk's Wonderland post, and Brad Mengel's Knight Rider post, and now, it's time to discuss Gordon Long's Rankin-Bass Timeline. This is one of my favorites.  I feel this to be one of the best posts on this website.  Sadly, it only seems to spike up in viewership in December.  (I wonder why.)  This post is planned to be reprinted in the upcoming TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE:  WORLDS AND MYTHOLOGY VOLUME II, which will likely be published in late 2015. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Rankin-Bass Universe Interconne...

After having spent some time talking about comics and cartoons, it's time to return to some core TV blogs, and Toby's recent blog has once again inspired my own blog topic, in the classic television series, LEAVE IT TO BEAVER. 1956 to 1957--THE BEAVER PAPERS--A book comprised of 23 "episodes" from a "lost season" of the series, written in the original style of the series.  Since there is no season gaps during the run of the series, and the series ends with Wally heading to college, this must occur the year before the series started. 1957--LEAVE IT TO BEAVER--The feature film, which though debuting in 1997, follows the classic formula and doesn't contradict the series, so as with other film remakes, I'm placing this before the series as an "untold pilot". 1957 to 1963--LEAVE IT TO BEAVER--The story of Ward and June Cleaver, and their children, Wally and Theodore (aka the Beaver, or just the Beav.)   Click here for a good description of...