Television Crossover Universe

Every Christmas I post something holiday related.  This Christmas I intended to cover the Grinch, particularly since I'm also currently working on Cartoon Multiverse:  The Cartoon Crossover Encyclopedia, but my schedule has been so full that I just haven't had the time. So Merry Belated Christmas!   Earlier than somethings but later than others--HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (LIVE ACTION)-- In the live action film, the Grinch was delivered via storks dropping off kids via balloons. The Grinch was diverted from his original destination as a baby and raised by a Who couple.   His hatred of Whos came from being raised among people who didn't like him because he was different. He was the product of constant bigotry and bullying, but the final straw was when he was embarrassed in front of the Who girl that he had a crush on, which led him to leave Whoville and live in the cave in the mountain. 1954--SEUSSICAL--This musical adapts Horton Hears a Who but co...

What's a quickie?   See this blog. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Muppets  are a group of  puppet  characters known for an absurdist,  burlesque  and  self-referential  style of  variety - sketch   comedy . Created in 1955 by  Jim Henson , they are since 2004 the namesake for the  Disney   media franchise  that encompasses films, television series, music recordings, print publications, and other media associated with  The Muppet Show  characters. Henson once stated that the term "Muppet" had been created as a  portmanteau  of the words " marionette " and " puppet ", but also claimed that it was actually a word he had coined. [1]  The Muppets debuted on the television program  Sam and Friends , which aired locally on  WRC-TV  in Washington, D.C.  from 1955 to 1961. After appearing on skits in several late night talk shows and advertising commercials duri...