Television Crossover Universe

 When I was a kid I got in trouble for calling my mother a sucker.  I heard Esther say it.   Anyways, Sanford and Son is a show I recently rewatched a sampling of.  It's not crossover heavy, but has a ton of spin-offs.  It does have one unusual crossover that I almost thought I made up in a dream. Well, let's go, ya big dummy. This show is actually based on a british sitcom called Steptoe and Son, believe it or not.   1972 - 1978--Sanford and Son--Fred Sanford runs a junkyard with his son Lamont.  They love each other very much but also drive each other crazy.  Hilarity ensues.   1975 - 1976--Grady--Fred's best friend Grady moves out of Watts and in with his daughter in a more upscale and racially diverse neighborhood.   September 1976--Sandford and Son--"The Hawaiian Connection"--In this two parter, Fred and Lamont are lured to Hawaii as Fred is duped into being a mule for jewel thieves.  This episode crosses ov...

 I'm running out of crossovers.  I used to have a rule.  Only series that had three crossovers get covered.  But I'm running out of ideas.  So now I'm also going to cover series that had a franchise, meaning they spun off movies or such from the original concept.  (In doing my due dilligence, I found that this series actually does have the crossovers to make it following my three crossover rule.) So today we're going to talk about Gilligan's Island.  With Gilligan, the skipper too.  The Millionaire and his wife.  The movie star, and the rest... okay, fine, the professor and Mary Ann.   William Gilligan was a mighty sailor man, or so the story goes.  However, he seemed on the island to be dimwitted at best. CPT Jonahs Grumy was the skipper.  He was brave and sure.  If not for the courage of the fearless two, the S.S. Minnow would be lost.   Thurston Howell III is a former multi-billionaire until after the sto...

 This post is not about the Washington Generals but rather than famous nemesis, the Harlem Globetrotters. 1926 to 1954--Go Man Go--The Story of Abe Saperstein and the creation of the Harlem Globetrotters.   1951--The Harlem Globetrotters--A student drops out of college to chase fame and fortune with the Harlem Globetrotters. 1956 to 2024 -- Gameshows and Talkshows--The Globetrotters have made many appearances.  Since they are "real" I'm not going to talk about every time they appear with other "real" people, but only mention when they appear with fictional characters as fictional versions of themselves.   September 12, 1970 to October 16, 1971--HARLEM GLOBE TROTTERS--"The New Scooby-Doo Movies" aka "Scooby-Doo Meets the Harlem Globetrotters" was a Hanna-Barbera show that featured the animated Harlem Globetrotters September 9, 1972 - October 27, 1973 --THE NEW SCOOBY-DOO MOVIES (ANIMATED SERIES)--Mystery, Inc. continues to solve mysteries, but...