Television Crossover Universe

I wasn't sure what I wanted to talk about this Christmas. But then I remembered I had written the following for Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume II, a book that I started but then ran out of steam. The book is likely never to be published, but I put a lot of work into this essay which is complete so why not publish it here? THE TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE TAKES A HOLIDAY: THE SANTA CLAUS MYTHOS Originally Presented in Ho Ho Ho! The Santa Blog and Easter Comes Late...The Bunny in the TVCU and inspired by Gordon Long’s Of Flying Reindeer, Talking Snowmen, and the World's Greatest Toymaker: The Rankin-Bass Universe Timeline "HO HO HO! Now, my friends, I will show you the way the real Santa Claus should look. Please! As if there was such a person as Santa Claus, which is of course absolutely ridiculous in a people's democracy!" Chairman Georgi Koz 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' When children believe that Santa Claus is real, he IS ...

What's a quickie?   See this blog. Today, I'm going to discuss the real world outside your window.  OK, Earth-Prime, also known by other names, isn't really the real world we live in, but rather a fictional representation of the real world commonly used in fiction. Earth-Prime was originally used and named by DC Comics back in the 1960s.  The Flash of Earth-1, who is known historically as the first to travel the multiverse, though that's not actually accurate, accidentally found himself in the world where he was a fictional character published by DC Comics, and even met the DC Comics staff. Earth-Prime would reoccur in DC stories, as part of their multiverse.  Later, Earth-Prime would be attacked by the Crime Syndicate of Earth-3 and later still would be the home of its own super-heroes Ultra and Superboy. Marvel Comics would later have its own real world concept.  Film and TV would use it as well, in such shows as Supernatural and films like Last Acti...