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The Television Crossover Universe Celebrates JOHN D. LINDSEY JR!

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The forgotten Crewsie. At the same time that Matt Hickman had joined the Crew, I had also extended an invitation to John D. Lindsey Jr. John  has been one of my most valuable resources, not only for the Television Crossover Universe, but more specifically for the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia.  Those who are familiar with this website or our discussion forum are likely family with John's contributions. So when I invited him to become a website contributor, he accepted, but due to technical difficulties, he wasn't able to actually become a contributor to the site.  He did however continue to be one of my top research resources. Not many people know, but John was also invited to co-host the first episode of the Television Crossover Universe Podcast, when Ivan couldn't make it.  Our first guest was Simon R. Green, and if not for John, I wouldn't have known how cool Green's work was.  John is the man responsible for all the details in the entries for Green&#

Birdman, Harvey Birdman: A Scooby-Doo Multiverse Tie-In and Cartoon Crossover Encyclopedia Preview

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There are also parody appearances of Scooby-Doo in such shows as Drawn Together, Harvey Birdman, Family Guy and Robot Chicken, which draw from the original Saturday morning cartoons but include more adult themes. I don't consider those part of the original Scooby-Prime timeline. I do reference those crossovers in other blog posts on this website and in the upcoming Cartoon Crossover Encyclopedia. But since Harvey Birdman was the only one of those parodies listed above not to have a blog post... 1849--THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND HUCKLEBERRY HOUND-- It's the gold rush era in the Wild West. A mysterious stranger (Huckleberry Hound) arrives in a small desert town carrying a huge golden nugget. The notorious Dalton brothers steal it. The town asks "the stranger" to go after them.  I know I've placed western Looney Tunes stories and Quick Draw in the contemporary period even with an old west setting because evidence supports it, but in this case, it's clearly se