Television Crossover Universe

 Charo, a Latino immigrant, is an American television institution and icon from the 1970s.  She's appeared in a lot of shows as herself, though probably not the shows you're thinking of.   January 15, 1951--Charo is born.   1970--The Name of the Game--Charo appeared in two episodes as herself.  Sandy, a young woman in the research dept of Howard Publications has wild romantic daydreams about her boss Glenn Howard that confuse her sense of reality, hampering Howard in an investigation. 1976--Charo and the Sergeant--A high-spirited entertainer, Charo Palmer, marries a U.S. Marine sergeant and tries to adapt to life as a military spouse.  Presumedly the marriage does not last considering her later appearances.   1977--The Brady Bunch Variety Show--Mike quits his job to let his family host a variety show.  Charo is one of the guest stars.  The Brady Bunch Variety Show is of course a spin-off of the Brady Bunch which has its ow...

"The Beverly Hillbillies?  They're pretend, Randy.  Just like Richie Rich and Donald Trump.  They're TV characters."--Early Hickey Let me begin by stating this, and I hope it's clear.  This is not a political post.  If you want to know my views on our president, come find me on social media.  This is an objective look at our 45th president's fictional counterpart that exists within the Television Crossover Universe. Whatever is going on in the real world is irrelevant.  From a TVCU perspective, this is a historic moment.  We've talked about U.S. Presidents before as they exist in the TVCU.  But usually, those presidents gain their fictional counterparts retroactively, years after their deaths in the case of pre-television age presidents like George Washington, or once they enter the political world, for those presidents who exist in our television age. Our current president, Donald J. Trump is a very different kind of president.  W...