Television Crossover Universe

I wasn't sure what I wanted to talk about this Christmas. But then I remembered I had written the following for Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume II, a book that I started but then ran out of steam. The book is likely never to be published, but I put a lot of work into this essay which is complete so why not publish it here? THE TELEVISION CROSSOVER UNIVERSE TAKES A HOLIDAY: THE SANTA CLAUS MYTHOS Originally Presented in Ho Ho Ho! The Santa Blog and Easter Comes Late...The Bunny in the TVCU and inspired by Gordon Long’s Of Flying Reindeer, Talking Snowmen, and the World's Greatest Toymaker: The Rankin-Bass Universe Timeline "HO HO HO! Now, my friends, I will show you the way the real Santa Claus should look. Please! As if there was such a person as Santa Claus, which is of course absolutely ridiculous in a people's democracy!" Chairman Georgi Koz 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' When children believe that Santa Claus is real, he IS ...

Gordon Long is the final of the original Crew to discuss.  Gordon was a founding member of the TVCU Crew along with Ivan and James. Like the previous two Crewsies I discussed, I met Gordon Long also in the Wold Newton Family Yahoo group, where Gordon, among other things, was the master of linking fictional characters based on names. When I created the Crossovers Forum, Gordon was one of the earliest and most active participants, and when the TVCU website was launched, he became one who contributed a lot of ideas and discussion relevant to the TVCU.  He really got what the TVCU was about.  He gets crossovers and he happens to know a lot about classic TV, in such detail that makes him a great resource for me. So it was a no-brainer that he was also a founding member of the TVCU Crew when I created the idea.  And Gordon enthusiastically jumped on board and wrote some of the most excellent crossover chronologies on this website.  Sadly, after a while, Gordon h...

THE TELEVISION CROSSOVER CROSSOVER UNIVERSE  LAUNCHED JANUARY 10, 2011 CELEBRATING FOUR YEARS  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writers wanted for TVCU Crew: The Next Generation. As the TVCU enters its fourth year, many of us have moved onto other projects, while still trying to hold on dearly to our roots in the TVCU. I never want to stop doing the TVCU, despite the books, nor do I want it to become one of those stagnant, dead sites like has happened to so many of my other favorite fan sites. So as I put the call out in 2011 for guest writers and TVCU Crew members, I now do so again. If you are  a fan of the TVCU, and why are you reading this if you aren't, if you have any topic you'd like to tackle, please do so. For those who are already admins on the blog, you of course need no further permission to post, but for anyone else, feel free to submit to me if y...

Well, with less than one week until Christmas, I should remind folks of our Christmas themed blogs.  I've written blogs covering Santa, A Christmas Carol, and It's a Wonderful Life, and Gordon Long as covered the Rankin-Bass cartoons.  You can find links on the right hand side. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- So Matt Hickman has found us another crossover between the Power Rangers and NFL sports. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This past week's top five: TVCU Crew Review, Doctor Who, Scooby-Doo, Offspring of Zed, and One Ghost Need Apply. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This week I posed the question:   Anyone here have any theories regarding multiple Godzillas coexisting in the same reality, to explain variations on th...