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Friends: A TVCU Quickie

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What's a quickie?   See this blog. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Friends  is an American  sitcom  created by  David Crane  and  Marta Kauffman , which originally aired for ten seasons on  NBC  from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. It revolves around a circle of friends living in  Manhattan , a borough of  New York City . The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions , in association with  Warner Bros. Television . The original executive producers were  Kevin S. Bright ,  Marta Kauffman , and  David Crane , with numerous others being promoted in later seasons. Kauffman and Crane began developing  Friends  under the title  Insomnia Cafe  between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, with whom they had previously worked, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the series to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, incl...

Cheers (and the spawn of Cheers)

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November 1908--YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES--"Vienna, November 1908"--Young Indy meets Sigmund Freud.  Sigmund Freud has met Sherlock Holmes and also has appeared on BEWITCHED, I DREAM OF JEANNIE, STAR TREK:  THE NEXT GENERATION, FRASIER, and SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH. Before 1982--TOOBWORLD--Check out this blog by Toby O'Brien bringing up some interesting facts and speculation about the early life of Sam Malone before Cheers. 1982 to 1993--CHEERS--In one episode, Sam Malone directs his employees to send sick customers to St. Elegius Hospital. February 1982--CHEERS--"Superbowl Pre-Game Show"--The lost episode, the transcript of which you can read here. October 1983--CHEERS--"Little Sister, Don't Cha"--Carla Tortelli mentions having had her latest baby at St. Elegius Hospital. March 1985--ST. ELSEWHERE--"Cheers"--The staff of St. Elegius Hospital go have a few drinks at CHEERS. 1987--THE TORTELLIS--Carla's e...

El Zorro

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SECOND UPDATE OF 2014 GOES TO THE FIRST BLOG FROM 2012. This blog is going to be about Zorro.  Zorro is a character who originated in literature, and thus I am only going to be focusing in Zorro's television and film appearances, particularly the crossovers.  That doesn't mean his print works aren't in.  They indeed are.  But it's not the focus of this blog.   (Actually, I am going to add some literature related crossovers, particularly if they are horror related, because why not?  In 2014, I will be lightening up on my stance regarding literary inclusions.  Because why not?) Note some entries are lifted from my upcoming Horror Crossover Universe.  I did my best to convert the language, but if you see HCU or Horror Crossover Universe anywhere below, just assume I mean TVCU or Television Crossover Universe, ok? c. 1600--ZORRO CONTRO MACISTE--This is the first Zorro, named Ramon.  He encounters the hero MACISTE. 1771--Birth of Don...