Television Crossover Universe

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...

This was the trio of series that began my hobby of connecting the dots and piecing together shared realities by crossovers, so it's surprising I waited until 18 months after starting the TVCU blog to cover it. February 1955--LOVE, AMERICAN STYLE--"Love and the Happy Days"--Pilot for the TV series. 1957 to 1967--HAPPY DAYS--The story of the Cunningham family, and their adopted juvie, Arthur Fonzerelli, who has the super power of being cool (similar to Austin Powers' mojo). December 1957--HAPPY DAYS--"Guess Who's Coming to Christmas"--The final appearance of Chuck Cunningham. Note that following this, Fonzie and the Happy Days Gang will head off on a time travel adventure, and then return at the exact point that they left, though much time has passed for them.  Following this time adventure, Chuck seems to have ceased to exist, as in the finale of Happy Days, Howard Cunningham states he has only two children.  This is why time travel is bad....

Thanks.  It's really great to be here in New York, the greatest city in the world.  What a great week it's been.  The cast are great and a little bit crazy.... Ok, I'm actually writing this on a Sunday afternoon in a coffee shop in Northampton, MA.  But this blog will explore the recurring characters of SNL and sort out if any of them can fit in the TVCU or are they all stuck in Skitlandia. I'm going to abandon my normal timeline for this one, and cover each recurring character one at a time. So we have a great blog for you.  The  The Hong Kong Cavaliers are here.  So stick around.  We'll be right back. 1975–1976 SNL WEEKEND UPDATE--SNL Weekend Update is in.   Here is a list of all the Weekeend Update recurring characters.     Of those listed, note that Father Guido Sarducci is in the TVCU through appearances on other shows and movies.  One example is Casper, which also featured Ray Stanz of the Ghost...