Television Crossover Universe

Continuing where I left off in my reflections on the first fifty episodes.  The links were slowing down the page, so I cut it in half. TVCU #21 - Hannah Lackoff As James pointed out, her story made me cry.  It made me feel joy, and anger, and sadness, and surprise.  This was another of James' guest choices, and another award winner. TVCU #22 - Sam Gafford We lost him for a minute in the middle of the interview, and he was still one of our best guests.  This was perhaps the culmination of our Carnacki theme, as Sam Gafford is the authority on William Hope Hodgson.  He shares with us an amazing piece of history in this episode that could have led to very different lives for two historical figures.  And cool accent.  Another of James' picks.  By this point, James was more actively advocating for more guest picks, something I had been advocating for the co-hosts to do from the beginning, but Ivan and Chris were a little slower on jumping on board with giving me picks.

First, stop reading, go over to the right hand column, and listen to episode 50 of the podcast.  You can even hit play and read and listen at the same time if you have that skill. James, M.H. and Ben did a tribute to the first fifty episodes of the show.  It was a great tribute, but it was missing something.  Me!!! The show was a bit biased to the perspectives of the three current hosts, two of which weren't so much there for the first forty episodes, so I feel I must add this complimentary companion post to supplement the episode. So.  1978, driving cross country with my parents, Laff-A-Lympics comic.  You know all that stuff.  You know about the notebooks.  You know about the Wold Newton Group.  You know I met Ivan, James and Gordon there.  You know about the book club and Hannah Montana. And you know that I wrote a book.  It was the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia.  And that's where this story begins. My uncle Joe was helping to promote the book.  He had a friend.  H

      The underworld will now be run like a  Business .. and the  Chairman of the Board  will be .. The  Kingpin! --   Wilson Fisk July 1985--Secret Wars II #2/Web of Spider-man #6/ Amazing Spider-Man 268-- The cosmic being The Beyonder comes to earth to learn what it's like to be human. Over the crouse of his adventures, he turns a skyscraper into gold. Causing the U.S. Government to send in the G.I. Joe Team to dispose of the gold and the Kingpin to send his goons to steal it with Spiderman caught in the middle  September 1988 to September 1989--Police Academy: The Animated Series-- In Many Episodes Officer Carey Mahoney Battles the Kingpin and  His  Council of Crime May 1989--The Trail of the Incredible Hulk---Wilson Fisk  the Kingpin of Crime Battles Daredevil  and the I ncredible  Hulk. He also appears to have  grown a beard and his Hair out. 1991--RAMBO Y SUS TITANES(Rambo and his Titans)Fisk Teams up  with the Forces of Savage to Battle

" Macbeth The  Prince of Cumberland ! That is a step On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see." — Macbeth , Act I, Scene IV The TVCU most typically covers subjects regarding television and film series.  Occasionally, we have covered radio series.  Recently I expanded our range to cover the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire under the basis that it is still a story written for actors to perform.  And under that basis, I'm going really old school with this one.  Get ready to relive high school English, the TVCU way, as today we explore the crossovers around William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Probably around the 11th Century--LADY MACBETH OF THE MTSENSK--The same events from Macbeth, told from Lady Macbeth's perspective. Probably around the 11th Century--SHERLOCK HOLME