Television Crossover Universe

 So once a month, probably most times the first Sunday of the month, I will be doing a new blog post. I know I said I wasn't going to do timelines anymore, but in some cases that format still makes sense, so this month is a timeline.   I've been meaning to do a Father Guido Sarducci timeline for years, but never got around to it.  But recently I have watched every episode of the 70s SNL, and so it sparked in me not only the need to do this timeline, but to come back to writing the blog altogether.   So here we go.   Introduction by TVCU Crewsie Hugh H. Davis:   Father Guido Sarducci (Don Novello) Overview: Don Novello created the irreverent priest character, who also was featured in cartoons by Dave Sheridan and Fred Schrier, in the 1970s, launching him on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In . He brought the character to a variety of variety/sketch shows, making his strongest mark through appearances on Saturday Night Live . Father Guido has h...

"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...