Television Crossover Universe

You know Scooby-Doo and Mystery, Incorporated.  And you know Josie and the Pussycats.  But in the 1970s, there were several groups of teenagers with mascots running around the country solving mysteries.  Most can attribute Mystery, Inc. as the starter of the trend.  This blog has already covered Scooby and Josie in separate articles, and in fact, both are over on the right hand column in most most viewed blogs list.  If you enjoy reading this, I suggest you check those out too. So who were these other teams of teenage sleuths? Jeannie Speed Buggy Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels The Funky Phantom Jabberjaw Foxxy Love and the Foxxy Five ( Foxxy Love--Foxxy was in the 1980s the leader of a music group called the Foxxy Five for a few weeks, and is a mystery solving detective.  She is a grandmother, but never sees her kids or grandkids.) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

We're still here and we're still producing new posts.  Just not as rapidly as before.  We've got other projects going on as well. So, this blog post.  This post will be about I Spy.  I've already covered the Man from UNCLE, the Avengers, and the Prisoner.  After this, I'll still have a few more classic spy shows to do, including Mission: Impossible and Get Smart. So, let's get started... ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1965 to 1968--I SPY-- A pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach go on secret missions around the world.   1965 to 1967--BOOKS--There was a series of seven official tie-in books during this period. April 1982--SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE--"Robert Culp/The Charlie Daniels Band"--In a sketch, Robert Culp plays Kelly Robinson, his character from I Spy, but by the end of the sketch it's also revealed that Kelly Robinson is also Bi...

As a kid, I really liked the Girl from UNCLE, and years later I learned the show was actually a spin-off.  Who knew?  Well, apparently everyone else in the world but me. 1952--TALES OF THE SLAYER VOLUME FOUR--"Undeadsville"-- Zoe Kuryakin  is the slayer.  She mentions having a cousin named Ilya from the Ukraine.  Ukrainian Ilya Kuryakin will be an agent of UNCLE. November 1952--BEWITCHED--"Samantha's French Pastry"--Uncle Arthur accidentally pulls Napoleon from the past.  Napoleon has also appeared on THE AVENGERS, THE TIME TUNNEL, I DREAM OF JEANNIE, THE PRISONER, TIME BANDITS, THE NEVER SAY U.N.C.L.E. AFFAIR, MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, and BLACKADDER:  BACK AND FORTH.   1964 to 1968--THE MAN FROM UNCLE--Two spies do spy stuff. February 1965--THE MAN FROM UNCLE--"The Bow Wow Affair"--Guido Panzini appears.  Guido Panzini is a fictional character, the creation of comedian Pat Harrington Junior.  He also appears on a lot of co...