Television Crossover Universe

What's a quickie?   See this blog. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I Love Lucy  is a landmark American television  sitcom  starring  Lucille Ball ,  Desi Arnaz ,  Vivian Vance , and  William Frawley . The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on  CBS . After the series ended in 1957, however, a modified version continued for three more seasons with 13 one-hour specials, running from 1957 to 1960, known first as  The Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show  and later in reruns as  The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour . I Love Lucy  was the most watched show in the United States in four of its six seasons, and was the first to end its run at the top of the  Nielsen ratings  (an accomplishment later matched by  The Andy Griffith Show  and  Seinfeld ).  I Love Lucy  is still  syndicated  in dozens of languages across the world. A colorized version of...

THE TELEVISION CROSSOVER CROSSOVER UNIVERSE  LAUNCHED JANUARY 10, 2011 CELEBRATING FOUR YEARS  My sitcom blog posts are not very popular, and yet, they are my favorite.  They are usually very short, simple, and uncomplicated, and yet, all have their place within a larger shared reality.  It was sitcoms that cross connected, like the All in the Family and Happy Days groups, that got me into this whole obsession. This one is pretty neat, because I had to create a theory based on a continuity glitch caused by crossover connections.  Newhart was supposed to be a dream of Dr. Hartley of the Bob Newhart Show, but if you connect the crossover dots, you'll find they coexist within the same shared reality.   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the final episode of Newhart, it was revealed that the entire series was a dream of Dr. Bob Hartley from the...

Finally, I'm blogging about Mayberry.  Sometimes when I get to a certain blog, I am baffled that it took so long to get there, but then, in my attempt to balance the types of shows and films I cover, and the rate in which I post, I suppose I shouldn't be too hard on myself for taking this long to get to this classic television franchise. So on to the chronology.... Spring 1878--RAWHIDE KID:  SLAP LEATHER--This crossover involves Laura Ingalls (LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE), the town of LONESOME DOVE, KID COLT, THE LONE RANGER, THE TWO-GUN KID, Kid Shaleen (CAT BALLOU), Bernard Phife the First (ancestor of Deputy Barney Phife of Mayberry), the Cartwrights (BONANZA), newspaperman Lew Grant (ancestor of LOU GRANT), and Will Kane (HIGH NOON). 1952 - 1958--ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN (TELEVISION SERIES)--Clark Kent moves to Los Angles (a great Metropolis) and becomes Superman.  NOTES:  THERE ARE A LOT OF HINTS LEADING THAT THIS SERIES IS IN CHICAGO, BUT AS TOBY O'BRIEN ...