Television Crossover Universe

November 1908--YOUNG INDIANA JONES CHRONICLES--"Vienna, November 1908"--Young Indy meets Sigmund Freud.  Sigmund Freud has met Sherlock Holmes and also has appeared on BEWITCHED, I DREAM OF JEANNIE, STAR TREK:  THE NEXT GENERATION, FRASIER, and SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH. Before 1982--TOOBWORLD--Check out this blog by Toby O'Brien bringing up some interesting facts and speculation about the early life of Sam Malone before Cheers. 1982 to 1993--CHEERS--In one episode, Sam Malone directs his employees to send sick customers to St. Elegius Hospital. February 1982--CHEERS--"Superbowl Pre-Game Show"--The lost episode, the transcript of which you can read here. October 1983--CHEERS--"Little Sister, Don't Cha"--Carla Tortelli mentions having had her latest baby at St. Elegius Hospital. March 1985--ST. ELSEWHERE--"Cheers"--The staff of St. Elegius Hospital go have a few drinks at CHEERS. 1987--THE TORTELLIS--Carla's e...

You might be wondering what a show about a quirky small town and a hospital drama have in common, and why they would be in the same blog, but the two shows are indeed interconnected, and it just makes good sense to cover them both together. 1972--PICKET FENCES--Sheriff Jimmy Brock and Dr. Jill Langston are wed by the Reverend Henry Novotny.  He has previously officiated the wedding of Mike and Carol Brady and before that been an Army Chaplain at  Camp Crowder, Missouri and married Rob Petrie and Laura Meehan. 1994 to 2000--CHICAGO HOPE--Dr. Kathryn Austin is shown to have won the Cushing Left Anterior Descending Artery Award.  Dr. Mark Craig of St. Elegius is a previous recipient.  Also, Dr. Austin mentions that her mentor is Dr. David Domedion, who had previously appeared on ST. ELSEWHERE. 1994 to 2000--CHICAGO HOPE--On this series, a reporter talks to Doctor Austin about being accepted into the space program, and mentions that another doc...

Unlike my last blog, where mostly everything came from second hand information, M*A*S*H is one of those series that I've watched since I was little, over and over, and obsessed over.  So this one should be more fun, I hope.  In keeping of the spirit of the show, I will cover three pages of material in 11 pages. Let me first address something which I'll readdress later on below.  The television series is in the TVCU.  This is a TV Crossover Universe, and clearly the crossover connections pulling M*A*S*H in are pulling in the show, not the books. Additionally, that means the movie is out too, or rather out there in the Cineverse. So let's talk about that hilarious Korean War. June 25, 1950--The war begins when the North Koreans cross the 38th Parallel. 1950--MAD MEN--"Nixon vs. Kennedy"--The real Don Draper and Dick Whitman (the Don Draper we're more familiar with) are digging trenches for a M*A*S*H unit when they come under fire.  OK, M*A*S*H unit...