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TVCU CREW REVIEW MARCH 4, 2014

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I was doing a google search for an episode of Scooby-Doo, and on the first page of the search results was a TVCU Crew Review.  I'm pretty pleased by that.  So let's see what the Crew has been posting lately. For more Lost Issues, visit here. Twin Pines Mall Twin Pines Mall  is a mall in the  Invincible Universe . TVCU Trivia of the Day: What book provides a solid connection placing Charmed and Buffy in the same shared reality (as well as numerous other crossovers)? Ivan Ronald Schablotski Stumbled across a crossover this morning that I don't remember anyone mentioning before. Brendan Fraser's character Link (from ENCINO MAN, with Pauly Shore) also turns up in SON IN LAW (1993) and IN THE ARMY NOW (1994), still played by Brendan Fraser. At this time I don't know if any of these movies have connections to the TVCU, but it's interesting to see these awful Pauly Shore movies have a semblance of a shared reality.

Sketch Comedies: A TVCU Quickie

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What's a quickie?   See this blog. So, sketch comedies are bit tricky.  However, it can be simplified if we consider each segment of a show individually rather the the entire show as a whole. When talking about sketch comedy, I'm referring to a variety of programs with comedy sketch segments.  This not only includes your Saturday Night Live and Mad TV, but also talks shows like Jimmy Kimmel and Jay Leno. When it comes to comedy sketches, in regards to the TVCU, they fall into three categories.  One is a stand alone sketch with no recurring characters.  No recurring characters means no crossover.  I don't even have to consider it at all.  It's not in the TVCU. The second is when the sketches portray only real people in a parody.  Since the characteristics of those celebrities and politicians are so exaggerated (and since different sketch comedy shows will tend to portray the same figures in different ways), they couldn't possibly take pla...