Robert E. Wronski Jr.'s Blog, page 10
November 4, 2016
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It’s been a while, and I thought I’d update my followers on what’s been going on.Working at Subway so I can pay the bills, and I hate to admit, but I’m starting to enjoy it there.I’m also on a path to take on a pastoral role. I’m not exactly sure where that path is going to end up, but I’m open to the journey.As for the world of entertainment and geek culture…The 2nd edition of the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia is coming out at some point.I’m also still working on the Cartoon Crossover Encyclopedia and Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume II, but very infrequently.However, I am more frequently posting new stuff on the TVCU website, and I’m in the process of cleaning up some of the older posts.I’m also actively posting in my various Facebook groups that I moderate, and I’m still keeping up on the latest television and tracking the crossovers.I lost the podcast, and the hope of doing the spin-off podcast. My primary income comes right now from my disability, and a paperwork complication caused me to lose my primary income for two months. Fortunately, my finances are back on track, but sadly I couldn’t keep up the fees for the show during that two month period and so Super Entertainment had to give up financing the show. Fortunately, 18thWall Productions picked up the sponsorship so that show is continuing on with James Bojaciuk as host.Sadly, my plans for the Random Fandom spin-off podcast with myself and Ivan Schablotski won’t happen. We were in talks with the Grand Guignol Network and it was looking good, but since I wasn’t able to keep up payments on the first show, the negotiations for the second show fell apart.So that’s what’s going on.
October 26, 2016
Judex
Ce poste sera couvrant l'un des grands héros de feuilletons français, qui peuvent avoir été un inpiration tant pour l'Ombre et Batman, et qui a beaucoup de croisements, particulièrement avec des personnages de pâte à papier.
November 1795--TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 6: GRAND GUIGNOL--"Is He in Hell?"--A crossover heavy tale of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Crossovers include: JUDEX (of course), FANTOMAS, PHILIP JOSE FARMER'S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE, TARZAN, BLACK COATS, MONSIEUR LECOQ, DOC SAVAGE, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, ORLANDO FURIOSO, DON QUIXOTE, THE MAGIC SWORD, LEONOX, and AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS.
December 11 to 13, 1795--THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSE FARMER 3: PORTRAITS OF A TRICKSTER--"The Wild Huntsman"--A mega crossover story written by Win Scott Eckert related to the Wold Newton meteor event. Crossovers include: PHILIP JOSE FARMER'S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE, TARZAN, DOC SAVAGE, SHERLOCK HOLMES, THE BLACK COATS, BULLDOG DRUMMOND, LORD PETER WIMSEY, A.J. RAFFLES, THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL, SEXTON BLAKE, AROUND THE WORLD IN EIGHTY DAYS, HAVE GUN-WILL TRAVEL, TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, PATRICIA WILDMAN, JAMES BOND, THREE MUSKETEERS, THE MYSTERIOUS DOCTOR CORNELIUS, THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS, PRIDE AND PREJUDICE, THE LESBIAN VAMPIRES, JUDEX (of course), CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE LOST WORLD, JULES DE GRANDIN, OPAR, TWENTY THOUSAND LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA, THE SUICIDE CLUB, IRONCASTLE, THE SEA WOLF, FU MANCHU, ARSENE LUPIN, THE GRAY MAN OF ICE.
1808 to 1810--TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 9: LA VIE EN NOIR--"Gods of the Underworld"--Rick Lai presents a crossover heavy story. Crossovers include: BLACK COATS, PHILIP JOSE FARMER'S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE, TARZAN, JAMES BOND, DOCTOR LEME, THE HUMAN COMEDY, JUDEX (of course), ARSENE LUPIN, SCARLET PIMPERNEL, THE MOHICANS OF PARIS, LES VAMPIRES (the subject of my next blog post), AVEROIGNLE, LE BOSSU, FU MANCHU, UNCLE BERNAC, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, LOVECRAFT'S CTHULHU MYTHOS.
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THE LEAGUE OF HEROES (NOVEL BY XAVIER MAUMEJEAN)Release Date: 2005 (Setting is late 19th century)Series: League of HeroesHorror Crosses: The Mummy (Universal); Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos; Island of Doctor Moreau; Sweeney ToddNon-Horror Crosses: Around the World in 80 Days; Sherlock Holmes; Tarzan; The First Men in the Moon; Peter Pan; Kid Colt; Le Baron Stromboli; Charlie Chan; Sinbad; Fantomas; Richard Hannay; Doc Ardan; The Coming Race; Lost Horizon; She; Wild Wild West; The Thinking Machine; Judex; Miss Mousqueterr; The Air Pirate and His Steerable Airship; At Bertram’s Hotel; The Mind of J.G. Reeder; The Nyctalope; Sexton Blake; The Lost World; James Bond; Poirot; Edgar Rice Burrough’s Moon series; From the Earth to the Moon; The PrisonerThe Story: Several heroes are gathered by Phileas Fogg to form the League of Heroes, protectors of Albion, against the evil forces of Peter Pan and others.
Notes: I could accept Peter Pan as a villain. I could accept England being called Albion. However, the appearance of Imhotep as one of the villains conflicts with the Universal film, so this must be a divergent timeline.
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August 1900--TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 4: LORDS OF TERROR--"The Mark of Kane"--Sequel to the story featuring Erik the Opera Ghost's original version of the later "CHARLIE'S ANGELS". Crossovers include: PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, JAMES BOND, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, CITIZEN KANE, GIGI, PYGMALION, RIMA THE JUNGLE GIRL, ARSENE LUPIN, JUDEX (of course), SPIONE, CRAIG KENNEDY, THE SORCERESS OF THE STRAND, THE AZRAEL OF ANARCHY, SIMON CARNE, DR. MATERIALISMUS, THE QUAKER CITY, NYCTALOPE, ROULETABILLE, SHERLOCK HOLMES, NICK CARTER, LOVECRAFT'S CTHULHU MYTHOS, THE GREAT RACE, MONTE CARLO OR BUST!, THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU LTD., THE BLACK COATS, THE PERILS OF PAULINE, THE WILD WILD WEST, IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, THE CONSPIRACY OF MILLIONAIRES, LE ROUGE'S L'AMERIQUE DES DOLLARS ET DU CRIME, FANTOMAS, PHILIP MARLOWE, MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON, CASTING THE RUNES, ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION, ADAM ADAMANT, THE LEGEND OF HELL HOUSE, THE MAN WHO BROKE THE BANK AT MONTE CARLO, SHOW BOAT, A RETRIEVED REFORMATION, MAVERICK, TRILBY, LOVEDAY BROOKE, THE WITCH OF PRAGUE, MARAHUNA, THE REPTILE, HAGAR OF THE PAWNSHOP, THE WORKS OF KIM NEWMAN, THE SHANGHAI GESTURE, and SHURAYUKIHIME.
TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 1: THE MODERN BABYLON “MASK OF THE MONSTER” (SHORT STORY BY MATTHEW BAUGH)Release Date: 2005 (Setting is 1912)Series: Tales of the ShadowmenHorror Crosses: Frankenstein (novel); Sar Dubnotal; Jules de Grandin
Non-Horror Crosses: Judex; Sherlock Holmes; Rouletabille; Jules Maigret; Dupin; Rocambole; Baloo; Dr. Cornelius Kramm; Doctor Lorde
April to June 1916--JUDEX--Events of the serial the introduced the title character.
TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 1: THE MODERN BABYLON “PENUMBRA” (SHORT STORY BY JEAN-MARC AND RANDY LOFFICIER)Release Date: 2005 (Setting is 1916, during the events of Les Vampires)Series: Tales of the ShadowmenHorror Crosses: The VampiresNon-Horror Crosses: Batman; Fantomas; Judex; Rouletabille; Nyctalope; the Shadow; Doctor Mystere; The Merry WidowThe Story: Dr. Thomas and Martha Wayne are on honeymoon in Paris where they become targets of the infamous Vampires gang, and are aided by the vigilante hero Judex.Notes: The Vampires are from the serial film Les Vampires. Batman’s inclusion here through his parents, based on the date of the setting, implies that this is the golden age version of Batman, and only his golden age tales, and other crossovers in this book, should be considered Horror Universe canon. Clearly there is a place for the Dark Knight Detective in this world, especially with some of his darker adventures. Fantomas is a pulp vigilante of the era, as is Rouletabille, the Nyctalope, the Shadow, and Doctor Mystere. Judex is a vigilante from the film serial of the same name. Interestingly, this story implies that the Shadow may be the true father of Batman. Though that wouldn’t fly as canon in the DC Comics Universe, it certainly may be true in the Horror Universe. The alias used by the Shadow of Col. Kentov is the same one used in Philip Jose Farmer’s Adventure of the Peerless Peer, thus I have an inclination to include that tale in Horror Universe canon as well despite its lack of horror crossovers. The Merry Widow is a film that is placed in canon due to references in this story.
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TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 2: GENTLEMEN OF THE NIGHT “LOST AND FOUND” (SHORT STORY BY JEAN-MARC LOFFICIER)Release Date: 2006 (Setting is 1916)Series: Tales of the ShadowmenHorror Crosses: The VampiresNon-Horror Crosses: Judex; Maltese FalconThe Story: Judex tips off the Vampires gang to an incoming shipment of a certain infamous Falcon statue.Notes: Thus bringing in the novel of the Maltese Falcon into the Horror Universe.
TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME III: DANSE MACABRE “TWO HUNTERS” (SHORT STORY BY ROBERT L. ROBINSON, JR.)Release Date: 2007 (Setting is 1917)Series: Tales of the ShadowmenHorror Crosses: The VampiresNon-Horror Crosses: Tarzan; Opar; JudexThe Story: One of Tarzan’s foes plots to kidnap Jane and their child, prompting Tarzan and Judex to work together.
Notes: Tarzan’s Horror Universe canon is his original stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs and crossover stories mentioned in this book. Opar is also a creation of Burroughs and the same rules apply. Judex is from a film serial, as are the Vampires. Originally, I had this set in 1915, in the Horror Crossover Encyclopedia, based on information from Win Scott Eckert, but the author of the story has informed me the story was set in 1917.
1917--JUDEX'S NEW MISSION--A sequel serial was released in 1917 titled Judex's New Mission (La Nouvelle Mission de Judex).
World War I circa 1917--NIGHT OF THE NYCTALOPE--"Justice and Power"--"Justice and Power" has a pain-maddened Leo Saint-Clair knocking heads with Judex during one of the closing battles of World War I circa 1917, which explains how the Nyctalope had his memories of the horrible tragedy that befell his family on Barsoom suppressed for so long.
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THE BLOODY RED BARON: ANNO DRACULA 1918 (NOVEL BY KIM NEWMAN)Release Date: November 1995 (Setting is 1918)Series: Anno DraculaAnimated Series Crosses: PeanutsOther Crosses: The Shadow; Biggles; Sherlock Holmes; The Vampyre; Ashenden; The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; Fantomas; Dr. Thorndyke; Bulldog Drummond; The Saint; The Island of Doctor Moreau; Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos; Batman (Silver Age); Harry Flashman; Doc Savage; Captain Midnight; Sidney Reilly; Lord Peter Wimsey; Lady Chatterley’s Lover; Arrowsmith; The Sun Also Rises; Averoigne; Enemy Ace; Grave of the Vampire; Hellraiser; Dawn Patrol; Robur the Conqueror; La Bete Humaine; Alraune; The Great Gatsby; A Rebours; The Black Cat; All Quiet on the Western Front; Sadie Thompson; Lemora; The Blue Angel; The Roaring Twenties; Gigi; Tarnished Angels; The Good Soldier Svejk; Jules et Jim; Le Roi de Coeur; The Last Flight; Billy Bunter; Judex; Dad’s Army; The Vampire Thrills; The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp; Faustine; Citizen Kane; The Bridge on the River Kwai; Oh! What a Lovely War; Paths of Glory; Metropolis; The Spy in Black; Near Dark; Forever Knight; Parade’s End; The Heap; Where Eagles Dare; Fright Night; Journey’s End; Dracula; The Big Parade; Anak Pontianak; The Blue Max; Necroscope; Revelations in Black; The Dragon Waiting; Paths of Glory; Under Two Flags; Doctor WhoThe Story: During World War I, 30 years after the events of Anno Dracula, the Diogenes Club tries to stop the Nazis from creating undead fighter pilots. Notes: The Anno Dracula Universe is a divergent timeline, where Dracula married Queen Victoria during the events of Bram Stoker’s novel. This led to a very different reality. Snoopy appears in this story, having been shot down by the Red Baron. In the main Cartoon Universe, Snoopy’s battles with the Red Baron didn’t really happen, and were merely part of Snoopy’s imagination. It seems that in this divergent timeline, Snoopy indeed existed as a pilot in World War I, placing those imaginary scenarios and two popular songs in this divergent timeline. Perhaps the Snoopy of the main reality gets visions of his alternate timeline counterpart, which inspire his playtime. Other crosses listed above are also divergent versions that exist in the Anno Dracula timeline.
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May 1925--BELPHEGOR--The Celeritas Detective Agency appears in this serial and also previously appeared in JUDEX.
1925--THE SHADOW OF JUDEX--"The Dreadful Conspiracy"--A young Doc Savage is suspected of murder. Crossovers include: JUDEX (of course), BELPHAGOR, DOC ARDAN, JULES DE GRANDIN, MAIGRET, SOLAR PONS, FU MANCHU, BOB MORANE, ANTON ZARNAK, TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN, AUGUSTE DUPIN, THE BRIGADES DU TIGRE, JOHN DEVIL, BLAKE AND MORTIMER. Some entries, such as this one, list the large number of crossovers without much detail because Sean Levin's website already covers them in much greater detail.
TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 10: ESPIRIT DE CORPS “THE PRIVILEGE OF ADONIS” (SHORT STORY BY CHRIS NIGRO)Release Date: November 30, 2013 (Setting is 1929)Series: Tales of the ShadowmenHorror Crosses: Werewolf of Paris; Hunchback of Notre Dame; Frankenstein (Skywald Comics)Non-Horror Crosses: Felifax the Tiger ManThe Story: Felifax battles the Werewolf of Paris while his surrogate sister is kidnapped by Quasimodo. Notes: Author Chris Nigro explains in this story the appearances of the Hunchback in such a late time frame as the late 19th and early 20th centuries, considering the setting of the original story. In particular, he references the meeting between the hunchback and the Frankenstein Monster in Skywald’s Psycho # 4. Felifax is an obscure French jungle hero whose original adventures have recently been reprinted by Black Coat Press. He has only appeared in two stories not by the original author. One is this story, and the other is “The Eye of the Tiger-Man” also by Chris Nigro and found in the Shadow of Judex anthology also published by Black Coat.
1929--THE SHADOW OF JUDEX--"The Judex Codex"--Raymond Mystère and Henrietta de Marigny explore a Mayan temple in Guatemala. Other crossovers include: JUDEX, MARTIN MYSTERE, D'ARTOIS, LOVECRAFT'S CTHULHU MYTHOS, TITUS CROW, INDIANA JONES, TOM SWIFT, THE SHIP OF ISHTAR, NOSTROMO, AGUIRE: THE WRATH OF GOD, DOCTOR MYSTERE, THE PINK PANTHER, LORD OF THE RINGS, MEN IN BLACK, PHILIP JOSE FARMER'S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE SHIP FROM ATLANTIS, IMARO, OPAR, CAPTAIN OWEN KETTLE, EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS' MOON SERIES, FU MANCHU, IRONCASTLE, THONGOR, L'OMBRE,
May 1934--THE NYCTALOPE STEPS IN--"The Nyctalope's New York Adventure"--Crossovers include: JUDEX (of course), THE SHADOW, THE WORKS OF P..G. WODEHOUSE, MR. MULLINER, JEEVES AND WOOSTER, THE CASEBOOK OF GREGORY HOOD, THE WORKS OF ANTHONY BOUCHER, SHERLOCK HOLMES, FERGUS O'BREEN, NICK NOBLE, ELLERY QUEEN, MR. AND MRS. NORTH, THE WORKS OF GEORGES SIMENON, MAIGRET, ZIGOMAR, NERO WOLFE, TECUMSEH FOX, THE SAINT, PROSPER LEPICQ, COLONOL DUBOIS, TAXI, THREE STOOGES, THE WORKS OF DAMON RUNYON, and THE BLACK BAT.
1940--THE SHADOW OF JUDEX--”Ilsa’s Crossing”--Judex helps a resistance members flee the Nazies while seeking out documents of Nazi scientists. The War Wheel is mentioned. The War Wheel was encountered by the Blackhawks, Batman, Captain America, Sgt. Rock, and Easy Company.
Early 20th Century--DEFENDERS # 2--In the 2012 revival of the series, Judex is revealed to have been a member of a European super-hero team in the early 20th century.
TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 7: FEMME FATALES “FACES OF FEAR “ (SHORT STORY BY MATTHEW DENNION)Release Date: November 27, 2010 (Setting is 1959 and contemporary) Series: Tales of the ShadowmenHorror Crosses: A NIghtmare on Elm StreetNon-Horror Crosses: Judex; BatmanThe Story: In 1959, Dr. Jonathan Crane tests his fear toxin on a little girl. Her fear is so strong that it pulls Freddy Krueger from his future time period, allowing Krueger to possess the girl. Notes: Dr. Jonathan Crane will go on to become Batman’s foe, the Scarecrow. In the comics, the Scarecrow first appeared in the 1940s. In the Horror Universe, there was a Batman in the 1940s, with his sidekick becoming the second Robin in the 1960s. Presumably, Crane was younger in the Horror Universe and went on to be an enemy of the second Batman. In Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash, Freddy dissipated at the end of the story, as he often does when he’s defeated. This time, he must have moved backward through time, being incorporeal within the timestream. This story isn’t the first instance of Freddy possessing someone. In the second Nightmare film, Freddy possesses Jesse, the boy who moves into Nancy’s house five years after Nancy defeated Freddy. His anxiety as the new kid allowed Freddy to slowly take over. The more control he gained, the more fear Jesse had of losing control. Thus, the fear of losing control gave Freddy more control. Then in Nightmare 5, Freddy tries to possess an unborn child still within the womb, this time by convincing the child in his dreams to willingly be a vessel. Judex is the hero of this story.
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February 16, 2016Television Crossover Universe
Returning guest host Chris Nigro joins the TVCU Crew to talk with Matthew Dennion about Tales of the Shadowmen, Sherlock Holmes, G-Fan, Judex, Batman, Freddy Krueger, the Invisible Man, Latitude Zero, Kaiju, Polar Yeti, Atomic Rex, French Pulps, Victorian literature, crossovers, and Black Coat Press.
April 1987--TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN VOLUME 11: FORCE MAJEURE--"A Fistful of Judexes"--An interview with a security company that carries on the legacy of Judex. Crossovers include: HOUSE OF CARDS, BERGERAC, TEDDY VERANO, THE BLACK COATS.
ALTERNATE REALITIES:
TVCU-2--A remake was made in 1934 under the same title, directed by Maurice Champreux, and starring René Ferté as Judex.
TVCU-3--Another remake was done in 1963 by director Georges Franju under the same title. The story was shortened and simplified but remained true to the original. American magician Channing Pollock was cast as the mysterious hero.
TVCU-4--The setting of a screenplay for Judex by Robert L. Robinson, Jr., which is available from Black Coat Press. The story places Judex in the modern era, circa 2007, and Mr. Robinson informs me he is trying to get a Judex television series created!!!
There were some Tales of the Shadowmen stories that I didn't have dates for, so I have left them off until I can find the dates. I have all the books, but they are buried right now unfortunately.
Thanks to Win Scott Eckert, Jess Nevins, and Jean-Marc Lofficier, for bringing Judex into my world.
And coming soon... Les Vampires!
October 19, 2016
The Man from Atlantis
Prince Namor has only been hinted at in the Marvel Cinematic Universe due to legal entanglements, and Aquaman is about to become the hottest super-hero on the big screen, after years of being the joke from the Super-Friends, and Waterworld.... Well, let's not go there.
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Once upon a time, there was a show starring an aquatic hero who had not originated from the comics.
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1977 to 1978--THE MAN FROM ATLANTIS--The adventures of a man with amphibious abilities.
1977--KENNER--A line of toys and action figures was in production but never got released as the show didn't fare as well as expected. I presume that some sort of commercials or tie-in stories would have been created.
1978--THE MAN FROM ATLANTIS (MARVEL COMICS)--More stories within the same canon.
1978--THE MAN FROM ATLANTIS (LOOK-IN)--A British comic strip within the same canon.
OTHER TVCU DIVERGENT TIMELINES
THE HAND THAT CREATES (NOVEL BY OCTAVIO ARAGAO)Release Date: 2006 (Setting is 19th century)Horror Crosses: Island of Doctor Moreau; Frankenstein (Octavio Aragao); Lovecraft’s Cthulhu MythosNon-Horror Crosses: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; A Woman of Thirty; Journey to the Centre of the Earth; Tarzan; From the Earth to the Moon; A Streetcar Named Desire; The Man From Atlantis; Conan the BarbarianThe Story: Jules Verne becomes the first president of France, and the city of Paris becomes a mecca for the greatest scientists.
Notes: This story takes place in an alternate universe, but because it does feature Moreau and the mythos, it must be in the Horror Multiverse. When it comes to worldview issues, it’s a fine line. But Verne as President of France would have a huge historical impact, as is demonstrated in this story, that would alter the present day Horror Universe.
TOOBWORLD--According to Toby O'Brien, the Aquaman of Earth-Prime Time was "Mark Harris", as seen in THE MAN FROM ATLANTIS. Read more here.
October 18, 2016
October 10, 2016
Hey Stella! STELLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! A Streetcar Named Desire
"In 1947, when Marlon Brando appeared on stage in a torn, sweaty T-shirt, there was an earthquake; and the male as sex object is still at our culture's center stage. In the age of Calvin Klein steaming hunks, it must be hard for [kids today] to realize that there was ever a time when a man was nothing but a suit of clothes, a shirt and tie, shined leather shoes, and a gray, felt hat."
—Gore Vidal
1947--A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE--Disturbed Blanche DuBois moves in with her sister in New Orleans and is tormented by her brutish brother-in-law while her reality crumbles around her. IMDB, ever conflating minor characters, seems to think that the sailor from A Streetcar Named Desire is the same sailor (played over the decades by different actors) from
1947--L.A. NOIRE--Elysian Fields is referenced in the 2011 video game L.A. Noire . It is a housing development for returning WWII veterans in 1947 Los Angeles. Poorly constructed from substandard materials, it is intended to be burned down as part of an insurance scheme by the builders.
OTHER TVCU DIVERGENT TIMELINES--Click here for many varied adaptations that exist throughout the multiverse because everything happens somewhere.
THE HAND THAT CREATES (NOVEL BY OCTAVIO ARAGAO)Release Date: 2006 (Setting is 19th century)Horror Crosses: Island of Doctor Moreau; Frankenstein (Octavio Aragao); Lovecraft’s Cthulhu MythosNon-Horror Crosses: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea; A Woman of Thirty; Journey to the Centre of the Earth; Tarzan; From the Earth to the Moon; A Streetcar Named Desire; The Man From Atlantis; Conan the BarbarianThe Story: Jules Verne becomes the first president of France, and the city of Paris becomes a mecca for the greatest scientists.
Notes: This story takes place in an alternate universe, but because it does feature Moreau and the mythos, it must be in the Horror Multiverse. When it comes to worldview issues, it’s a fine line. But Verne as President of France would have a huge historical impact, as is demonstrated in this story, that would alter the present day Horror Universe.
September 24, 2016
Pee-Wee's Big Blog!
Occasionally, the TVCU will discuss a character whose origins are a little askew of the norm. Pee-Wee Herman did not start off in some film or tv storyline, like most of our characters discussed. If anything, he falls in the ranks with such an assortment of characters as Father Guido Sarducci, Kermit the Frog, Jose Jiminez, Elvira and mostly, the Shadow.
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1912 to Present--Santa has appeared on screen since 1912, in over a thousand films and television shows. Not all are TVCU canon. Of those that are, some are of the “real” Santa and some are just a man in the suit, but it’s a TVCU concept that anyone wearing the suit can become possessed by the Christmas Spirit, a magical tulpa like aspect of Jesus. Some of those appearances from the TVCU (or Television Crossover Multiverse) are: BABES IN TOYLAND, ROAD TO UTOPIA, SANTA AND THE FAIRY SNOW QUEEN, I LOVE LUCY, THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM, RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, THE FLINTSTONES, THUNDERBIRDS, BATMAN, MISTEROGERS, THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, BEWITCHED, THE BRADY BUNCH, SANTA AND THE THREE BEARS, ADAM-12, MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD, THE FIRST EASTER RABBIT, RUDOLPH’S SHINY NEW YEAR, MCCLOUD, A FLINTSTONE CHRISTMAS, LOU GRANT, RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY IN THE GREAT SANTA CLAUS CAPER, ALL IN THE FAMILY, BENJI’S VERY OWN CHRISTMAS STORY, LAVERNE & SHIRLEY, RUDOLPH AND FROSTY’S CHRISTMAS IN JULY, BUGS BUNNY’S LOONEY CHRISTMAS TALES, THE LITTLE RASCALS’ CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, A FAMILY CIRCUS CHRISTMAS, CASPER’S FIRST CHRISTMAS, ALICE, YOGI’S FIRST CHRISTMAS, A CHIPMUNK CHRISTMAS, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, DIFF’RENT STROKES, GLORIA, A CHRISTMAS STORY, T.J. HOOKER, TRANCERS, WHO’S THE BOSS?, ST. ELSEWHERE, THE FALL GUY, BABAR AND FATHER CHRISTMAS, THE GOLDEN GIRLS, D.C. FOLLIES, JAKE AND THE FATMAN, THE FACTS OF LIFE, CHEERS, NIGHT COURT, THE CHARMINGS, 3-2-1, HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN, CHRISTMAS AT PEE WEE’S PLAYHOUSE, PUNKY BREWSTER, ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS, SCROOGED, A VERY BRADY CHRISTMAS, SANTA BARBERA, THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS, MACGYVER, HOME ALONE, A DIFFERENT WORLD, RED DWARF, KNOTS LANDING, INSPECTOR GADGET SAVES CHRISTMAS, MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BONKERS, PICKET FENCES, EEK! THE CAT, FAMILY MATTERS, MARTIN, THE NANNY, THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR, THE SANTA CLAUSE, LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, MURPHY BROWN, BEVERLY HILLS 90210, A.J.’S TIME TRAVELLERS, V.R. TROOPERS, MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, THE TICK, SISTER SISTER, FREAKAZOID!, NEWSRADIO, ELMO SAVES CHRISTMAS, SONIC CHRISTMAS BLAST, CAROLINE IN THE CITY, 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN, ROSEANNE, THE MUNSTERS’ SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, THE DREW CAREY SHOW, EARLY EDITION, MEEGO, STEP BY STEP, OPERATION BUGS BUNNY, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE MOVIE, SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, THE NEW ADDAMS FAMILY, RECESS, BARNEY’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, FUTURAMA, GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER, FRASIER, PROVIDENCE, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER & THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS, BIG WOLF ON CAMPUS, JOHNNY BRAVO, SPIN CITY, THE HUGHLEYS, THE PARKERS, ROSWELL, THE LOBO PARAMILITARY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, EASTENDERS, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT, RUGRATS, JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES, BECKER, THE HEBREW HAMMER, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS: ‘TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, CAILLOU'S HOLIDAY MOVIE, ELF, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: BERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS, THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, FELIX THE CAT SAVES CHRISTMAS, MICKEY’S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS, SEED OF CHUCKY, LAX, AMERICAN DRAGON: JAKE LONG, THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY & MANDY, THAT ‘70S SHOW, FOSTER’S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS, MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT, THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE, BLACK CHRISTMAS, HOGFATHER, CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND, MY FRIENDS TIGGER AND POOH - SUPER SLEUTH CHRISTMAS MOVIE, A DENNIS THE MENACE CHRISTMAS, SHREK THE HALLS, ER, ELMO’S CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN, SOUTH PARK, A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS: LETTERS TO SANTA, THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS, BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, A MISER BROTHERS’ CHRISTMAS, HANNAH MONTANA, FAIRY TALE POLICE, MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, SANTA BUDDIES, BACK AT THE BARNYARD, DORA THE EXPLORER, PHINEAS AND FERB, PREP & LANDING, THE MIDDLE, CSI: NY, 30 ROCK, PREP & LANDING STOCKING STUFFER: OPERATION SECRET SANTA, THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, CRAZY DRACULA SPRING BREAK WEEKEND, A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS, ICE AGE: A MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS, PREP & LANDING: NAUGHTY VS. NICE, DAN VS., RISE OF THE GUARDIANS, SANTA PAWS 2: THE SANTA PUPS, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, REGULAR SHOW, THE LOONEY TUNES SHOW, LES MISERABLES, THE SIMPSONS, SCARY MOVIE 5, INTO THE WOOD, CHASING FAIRY TAIL, MISTER SCROOGE TO SEE YOU, THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL, GLEE, THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC, GRUMPY CAT’S WORST CHRISTMAS EVER, ELF: BUDDY’S MUSICAL CHRISTMAS, TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE LIBRARIANS, DOCTOR WHO, FAMILY GUY, AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE, BOB’S BURGERS, POWER RANGERS DINO CHARGE, MARVEL SUPER HERO ADVENTURES: FROST FIGHT!, and CORONATION STREET. (And I’m sure I’ve forgotten some still.)
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February 1965--THE MAN FROM UNCLE--"The Bow Wow Affair"--Guido Panzini appears. Guido Panzini is a fictional character, the creation of comedian Pat Harrington Junior. He also appears on a lot of comedy-variety shows, but also appears on McHale's Navy and One Day at a time. This character fits in a certain category of fictional characters that are involved in crossovers, even though they might not have a series of their own. Others in this type of category include Jose Jiminez, Father Guido Sarducci, Elvira, and Pee Wee Herman.
1977--THE GROUNDLINGS--Pee-Wee's first appearance was when Paul Reubens was part of this improv group. The characters was actually co-created by Reubens and Phil Hartman.
1979--THE DATING GAME--Pee-Wee Herman was a contestant on the show THREE TIMES!!!
Around 1980?--WWWF GRUDGE MATCH--"Pee-Wee Herman vs. Gilligan"--Not canon, but here it is.
1980--CHEECH & CHONG'S NEXT MOVIE--One of Pee-Wee's earliest widely seen appearances.
1981--THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW--Having failed at his audition for Saturday Night Live's 1980 - 1981 season, Reubens gets a stage show featuring Pee-Wee Herman on L.A., which later aired on HBO. Characters and writers from this more adult show would later reappear on Pee-Wee's Playhouse.
1981--MORK & MINDY--Mork meets Pee-Wee!!!
1982--MADAME'S PLACE--Pee-Wee appears and meets Madame.
1982--TWILIGHT THEATER--Mr. T meets Pee-Wee Herman.
1982--LILY FOR PRESIDENT--I don't know what this is, but Pee-Wee appears. (It's not even a presidential election year.)
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1985--PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE--The next movie with a Tarzan is Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. This isn't a real Tarzan. Pee-Wee is a fictional character played by Paul Reubins, a lot. Pee-Wee is in the TVCU, and actually is one of those great characters that connects a lot of series together, and I will discuss him some time in the future in more detail. But just to make it clear, this appearance of a man posing as Tarzan in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure takes place in the TVCU. Reformatted to match the format I currently use but hadn't yet adapted when I wrote this blog.
1985--ROCK'N'WRESTLING SATURDAY SPECTACULAR--Pee-Wee crosses with the very fictionalized versions of the WWF wrestlers as they appear in the Saturday morning cartoon.
1985--42ND GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS--Pee-Wee appears.
1986 to 1991--PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE--A kid's show featuring Pee-Wee. Note that even though Pee-Wee Herman was raised in Florida (with his sister) and most of his adventures occur in the TVCU, the Playhouse exists in Puppetland, a pocket reality that apparently is easily accessible from the TVCU based on the guests that appear on the show.
Summer 1987--BACK TO THE BEACH--Pee-Wee has a cameo, crossing over with this sequel to the classic Frankie and Annette beach movies.
1987--IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME--This reunion show makes a crossover between Pee-Wee and Howdy Doody.
1987--SESAME STREET--Pee-Wee appears to recite the alphabet.
1987--227--"Toyland"--Pee-Wee appears.
1987--DOLLY--Dolly Parton tried to have a variety show at a time just a few years after variety shows had gone out of style. Not even Pee-Wee could save the show.
1988--BIG TOP PEE-WEE--Sequel to Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
1988--MOONWALKER--Pee-Wee appears in this Michael Jackson documentary.
1988--"REALITY"--Pee-Wee Herman, not Paul Reubens, gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
December 1988--CHRISTMAS AT PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE--Santa appears.
1989--TRAVELS WITH PEE-WEE--A BOOK.
1991--1991 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS--Pee-Wee Herman appears after his show was recently cancelled, and makes a sly joke regarding his friend Paul Reuben's recently embarrassing public incident....
1992--GRAND OLE OPRY--Pee-Wee appears to pay tribute to Minnie Pearl. After this, he disappears for some time.
July 2005--FAMILY GUY--"8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter"--The scene in which Stewie tests his “teleportation pods” and merges with Rupert is similar to one in the 1958 movie The Fly. While stopping at Goldman’s Pharmacy, Peter imitates an Excedrin commercial and buys several copies of the fashion magazine Marie Claire, only to be disappointed by the physical appearance of actress Kathleen Turner. In a cutaway, Peter buys a “breakfast machine,” which turns out to be a Rube Goldberg machine which shoots him. The breakfast machine itself is similar to the breakfast machine featured in the film Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. The Danny Elfman music used in the scene was adapted from said film. One of the people Lois interviews for the babysitter for Stewie is Gloop from the 1967 TV show The Herculoids
October 2006--CHILLER THEATRE EXPO--Pee-Wee Herman returns, appearing at this east coast fan convention.
2007--GUYS' CHOICE AWARDS--Pee-Wee's return to television!
August 5, 2007--HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY--Pee-Wee appears to introduce a screening of the documentary based on his infamous bicycle theft.
2010--FUNNY OR DIE!--"Pee-Wee Gets and iPad"--Part of Pee-Wee's return.
2010--PEE-WEE GOES TO STURGIS--I don't know anything else about this.
2010--THE PEE-WEE HERMAN STAGE SHOW: THE RETURN--Live stage show revival of the series that was adapted to HBO in the 1980s and featuring characters from the Playhouse.
January 2011--SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE--Pee-Wee and Andy Samberg hang out and attack Anderson Cooper.
2011--CYCLOPS # 1--Cyclops steals Pee-Wee Herman's bicycle in pursuit of a super-villain. See my upcoming article, Marvels in the Television Crossover Universe, in Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume II for my take on the X-Men's place in the Television Crossover Universe.
2011--AFTER THE FACT--Pee Wee is played by Philip Russell.
2011--THE HALLOWEEN PATIENT--Pee Wee appears, though played by Jon Rick.
February 2012--TOP CHEF--Pee-Wee is a guest judge at the Alamo!
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CABIN IN THE WOODS (FILM)Release Date: April 13, 2012 (Contemporary Setting)Series: Cabin in the WoodsHorror Crosses: Alien; Half-Life; Evil Dead; Poltergeist; Frankenstein (Universal); Child’s Play; Creature from the Black Lagoon; Corpse Bride; Killer Klowns from Outer Space; Stephen King Universe; Killjoy; Devil’s Rejects; Clownhouse; Drive Thru; Funhouse; Amusement; Circus of Fear; Clown Camp; Demonic Toys; Demons; Night of the Demons; Supernatural; Charmed; Gremlins; Ghoulies; Creeps; Troll; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Frankenstein (novel); Dr. Giggles; The Human Centipede; House on Haunted Hill; The Dead Pit; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Strangers; Underworld; Attack of the 50 Foot Woman; Troll Hunter; Anaconda; Python; Mega Snake; Snakes on a Plane; Resident Evil; Hellraiser; Cannibal Holocaust; Creepshow; Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns; Pumpkinhead; Frankenfish; The Mummy! Or a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century; The Mummy (Universal); The Hills Have Eyes; Wrong Turn; Chernobyl Diaries; 28 Days Later; Signal; the Works of Quentin Tarantino; Left 4 Dead; Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos; Re-Animator (film); Siren; The Exorcist; The Exorcism of Emily Rose; Reptilicus; Jurassic Park; Abominable Bigfoot; The Legend of Boggy Creek; Ape Canyon; Curse of Bigfoot; Night of the Bloody Apes; Wendigo; Night Beasts; Night of the Scarecrow; Scarecrows; Husk; Scarecrow Gone Wild; The Scarecrows Walk at Midnight; The Town that Dreaded Sundown; The Craft; Witches of Eastwick; Hocus Pocus; Jack Frost; Hellboy (film); Rumplestiltskin; Leprechaun; Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters; Gingerbread Man; The Vampyre; Dracula (novel); Nosferatu; The Wolf Man; An American Werewolf in London; The Howling; Wolf; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Friday the 13th; Night of the Living Dead; Return of the Living Dead; F.E.A.R.; The Blob; Feast; Horrors of the Wendigo; Frostbiter; Ghost; Bram Stoker’s Dracula (film); The Cyclops; Cyclops Giant; Nightbreed; Leeches!; Attack of the Giant Leeches; Rows of Teeth; The Birds; Killing Birds; Birdemic: Shock and Terror; Silent Hill; Attack of the Killer Lane Gnomes; Alligator; Lake Placid; Them!; Legion of Fire: Killer Ants!; Ants; Empire of the Ants; King Kong; Centipede Horror; The Giant Claw; The Ring; Attack of the Giant Gila Monster; The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms; Tarantula; Eight Legged Freaks; Jaws; Frogs; Lord of Darkness; House of the Dead; The Grudge; Chopping Mall; BlinkyTM; The Kraken; Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep; Octopus; The Beast; Deep Rising; It Came From Beneath the Sea; Tentacles; Eye of the Beast; Mega Shark; Giant Octopus; Castle Freak; Tokyo Gore Police; Septic; Mutants; Ogre; Blood Pool; Legend of the Ogre; Killing Floor; Little Shop of Horrors; The Breed; Hatchet; Phantasm; See No Evil; Thinner; Monster House; Attila; Dead Snow; Frankenstein’s Army; Manhunt; The Monster in the Closet; Killer Eyes; Demomata; CSP-682; Parasite Eve 2; Dead Space; Night of the Lepus; Creature from the Haunted Sea; Tremors; Hostel; The Collection; The Butcher; Dead Rising; My Bloody Valentine; The Exterminator; Willard; War of the Worlds; Signs; Lollipop Chainsaw; Ghost Ship; Curse of the Pirates; Jolly Roger; Lead Soldiers; Vampire Vikings; The Witch; Blair Witch Project; The Village; The Thing; Vampire Breath; Goosebumps; Angel; King CobraNon-Horror Crosses: Harry Potter; Wizard of Oz; Great Expectations; Batman; Labyrinth; Land of the Giants; The Wrath of Paul Bunyan; Dreamscape; Last of the Mohicans; Blood Meridian; Scalps; Savage Sam; Sin City; Kevin Spencer; We Need to Talk About Kevin; Jacob’s Ladder; Doctor Who; Black Swan; Pan’s Labyrinth; Nutcracker; Blade Hunter; The Chronicles of Narnia; Time Bandits; The Princess and the Frog; Pirates of the Caribbean; Futurama; The Incredible Shrinking Man; Pee-Wee’s Playhouse; Red Planet; Terminator; Zathura; Hardware; Robot Wars; Bacterial Contamination; Firefly; Clash of the Titans; Team Fortress; Man from Planet X; Starship Troopers; Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal; Twisted MetalThe Story: A group of teens head out for a weekend in a cabin in the woods, not knowing that they have been chosen as sacrifices to an ancient deity in order to save the world from his wrath.
Notes: This film exposes the secret truth behind modern horror. Behind it all is a secret organization, chosen to sacrifice youth to ancient gods. All of the above named crossovers have been linked in this film, and revealed to be part of this secret conspiracy. Most of the crossovers above come from the monsters and artifacts contained in the facility. While some of the monsters and artifacts are clearly from certain films above, many are based on certain types of horror films, in which case I included the more well-known of these film types. I recommend the well-researched Cabin in the Woods Wiki for a more detailed listing of the monsters and their inspirations. Note that I included in the above crossovers some monsters that only appeared in the official novelization and the official Universal Theme Park attraction tie-in. With this film, I break one of my major rules of crossover connecting. Though some of the crosses are direct crosses, like Evil Dead and Left 4 Dead, most of them are only connected because the films represent the more well-known films of the trope from which a certain monster comes. Normally, I would not count something that is “like something from”, but there is dialogue within the film that makes me break my rule. In one scene, referring to the monsters, security officer Daniel Truman says “They’re like something from a nightmare.” Lin, a head scientist, responds, “No, they’re something nightmares are from.” She goes on to explain that these monsters are the creations of the Ancient Ones, having been around since the beginning, and different cultures have told stories that interpret them in different ways. Thus, in the instance of this film, “like” is enough because of the author’s intent. And thus my love/hate relationship with Joss Whedon, for expanding the Horror Universe dramatically but making me do a lot of work to write this entry. Note that this film ends with the start of an apocalypse, so the end must veer into a divergent timeline. We must presume in the main Horror Universe, the virgin shot the fool. And if you haven’t seen the movie, that last sentence probably seems very bizarre. This film has been referenced as fictional in South Park, The Cinema Snob, Scary Movie 5, and Doc of the Dead. It is also paid homage to in Red Dawn when Chris Hemsworth and his friends once more wind up in a cabin in the woods. The film has also been spoofed in Robot Chicken and Scary Movie 5.
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2012--KNFR FROM 7:00 - 7:30--Pee Wee appears, though voiced by show regular Vincent Gargiulo.
2013--COMEDY BANG BANG--"Pee-Wee Herman Wears a Halloween Costume"--Pee Wee is the guest on this sort of fake talk show.
December 2015--PEE-WEE'S BIG HOLIDAY--Pee-Wee's real triumphant return in this highly watched Netflix film.
In the Not Too Distant Future--Pee-Wee's Playhouse: The Movie--Reubens has been planning this film for a while, in which someone from the Playhouse disappears, and the other characters venture off on a road trip throughout Puppetland to find him. Reubens has expressed his top choice to play Pee-Wee would be Johnny Depp (who is interested), but if he can't do it, then Reubens will reprise the role. Even if recast, it will still be in the same canon as the original series. Reubens also hopes to get Justin Bieber to appear.
Then--THE PEE-WEE HERMAN STORY--This is meant to be a Judd Apatow project that would be a documentary or reality show following Pee-Wee becoming a musical star.
ALTERNATE REALITIES--
ROBOT CHICKEN UNIVERSE--Pee-Wee has appeared three times on Robot Chicken. Voiced by Seth Green.
Skitlandia--Click here.
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1912 to Present--Santa has appeared on screen since 1912, in over a thousand films and television shows. Not all are TVCU canon. Of those that are, some are of the “real” Santa and some are just a man in the suit, but it’s a TVCU concept that anyone wearing the suit can become possessed by the Christmas Spirit, a magical tulpa like aspect of Jesus. Some of those appearances from the TVCU (or Television Crossover Multiverse) are: BABES IN TOYLAND, ROAD TO UTOPIA, SANTA AND THE FAIRY SNOW QUEEN, I LOVE LUCY, THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM, RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, THE FLINTSTONES, THUNDERBIRDS, BATMAN, MISTEROGERS, THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN, BEWITCHED, THE BRADY BUNCH, SANTA AND THE THREE BEARS, ADAM-12, MISTER ROGERS’ NEIGHBORHOOD, THE FIRST EASTER RABBIT, RUDOLPH’S SHINY NEW YEAR, MCCLOUD, A FLINTSTONE CHRISTMAS, LOU GRANT, RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY IN THE GREAT SANTA CLAUS CAPER, ALL IN THE FAMILY, BENJI’S VERY OWN CHRISTMAS STORY, LAVERNE & SHIRLEY, RUDOLPH AND FROSTY’S CHRISTMAS IN JULY, BUGS BUNNY’S LOONEY CHRISTMAS TALES, THE LITTLE RASCALS’ CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, A FAMILY CIRCUS CHRISTMAS, CASPER’S FIRST CHRISTMAS, ALICE, YOGI’S FIRST CHRISTMAS, A CHIPMUNK CHRISTMAS, LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE, FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH, DIFF’RENT STROKES, GLORIA, A CHRISTMAS STORY, T.J. HOOKER, TRANCERS, WHO’S THE BOSS?, ST. ELSEWHERE, THE FALL GUY, BABAR AND FATHER CHRISTMAS, THE GOLDEN GIRLS, D.C. FOLLIES, JAKE AND THE FATMAN, THE FACTS OF LIFE, CHEERS, NIGHT COURT, THE CHARMINGS, 3-2-1, HIGHWAY TO HEAVEN, CHRISTMAS AT PEE WEE’S PLAYHOUSE, PUNKY BREWSTER, ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS, SCROOGED, A VERY BRADY CHRISTMAS, SANTA BARBERA, THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS, MACGYVER, HOME ALONE, A DIFFERENT WORLD, RED DWARF, KNOTS LANDING, INSPECTOR GADGET SAVES CHRISTMAS, MARRIED WITH CHILDREN, HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET, THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BONKERS, PICKET FENCES, EEK! THE CAT, FAMILY MATTERS, MARTIN, THE NANNY, THE FRESH PRINCE OF BEL-AIR, THE SANTA CLAUSE, LOIS & CLARK: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN, MURPHY BROWN, BEVERLY HILLS 90210, A.J.’S TIME TRAVELLERS, V.R. TROOPERS, MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, THE TICK, SISTER SISTER, FREAKAZOID!, NEWSRADIO, ELMO SAVES CHRISTMAS, SONIC CHRISTMAS BLAST, CAROLINE IN THE CITY, 3RD ROCK FROM THE SUN, ROSEANNE, THE MUNSTERS’ SCARY LITTLE CHRISTMAS, THE DREW CAREY SHOW, EARLY EDITION, MEEGO, STEP BY STEP, OPERATION BUGS BUNNY, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER: THE MOVIE, SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH, THE NEW ADDAMS FAMILY, RECESS, BARNEY’S NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, FUTURAMA, GRANDMA GOT RUN OVER BY A REINDEER, FRASIER, PROVIDENCE, RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER & THE ISLAND OF MISFIT TOYS, BIG WOLF ON CAMPUS, JOHNNY BRAVO, SPIN CITY, THE HUGHLEYS, THE PARKERS, ROSWELL, THE LOBO PARAMILITARY CHRISTMAS SPECIAL, EASTENDERS, THE SANTA CLAUSE 2, THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES, FRIDAY AFTER NEXT, RUGRATS, JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES, BECKER, THE HEBREW HAMMER, THE POWERPUFF GIRLS: ‘TWAS THE FIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, CAILLOU'S HOLIDAY MOVIE, ELF, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE: BERRY MERRY CHRISTMAS, THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMY NEUTRON: BOY GENIUS, FELIX THE CAT SAVES CHRISTMAS, MICKEY’S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS, SEED OF CHUCKY, LAX, AMERICAN DRAGON: JAKE LONG, THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY & MANDY, THAT ‘70S SHOW, FOSTER’S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS, MY LIFE AS A TEENAGE ROBOT, THE SANTA CLAUSE 3: THE ESCAPE CLAUSE, BLACK CHRISTMAS, HOGFATHER, CHRISTMAS IN WONDERLAND, MY FRIENDS TIGGER AND POOH - SUPER SLEUTH CHRISTMAS MOVIE, A DENNIS THE MENACE CHRISTMAS, SHREK THE HALLS, ER, ELMO’S CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN, SOUTH PARK, A MUPPETS CHRISTMAS: LETTERS TO SANTA, THE FAIRLY ODDPARENTS, BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD, A MISER BROTHERS’ CHRISTMAS, HANNAH MONTANA, FAIRY TALE POLICE, MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, SANTA BUDDIES, BACK AT THE BARNYARD, DORA THE EXPLORER, PHINEAS AND FERB, PREP & LANDING, THE MIDDLE, CSI: NY, 30 ROCK, PREP & LANDING STOCKING STUFFER: OPERATION SECRET SANTA, THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, CRAZY DRACULA SPRING BREAK WEEKEND, A VERY HAROLD & KUMAR 3D CHRISTMAS, ICE AGE: A MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS, PREP & LANDING: NAUGHTY VS. NICE, DAN VS., RISE OF THE GUARDIANS, SANTA PAWS 2: THE SANTA PUPS, SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, REGULAR SHOW, THE LOONEY TUNES SHOW, LES MISERABLES, THE SIMPSONS, SCARY MOVIE 5, INTO THE WOOD, CHASING FAIRY TAIL, MISTER SCROOGE TO SEE YOU, THE AMAZING WORLD OF GUMBALL, GLEE, THE NOSTALGIA CRITIC, GRUMPY CAT’S WORST CHRISTMAS EVER, ELF: BUDDY’S MUSICAL CHRISTMAS, TWO AND A HALF MEN, THE LIBRARIANS, DOCTOR WHO, FAMILY GUY, AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE, BOB’S BURGERS, POWER RANGERS DINO CHARGE, MARVEL SUPER HERO ADVENTURES: FROST FIGHT!, and CORONATION STREET. (And I’m sure I’ve forgotten some still.)
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February 1965--THE MAN FROM UNCLE--"The Bow Wow Affair"--Guido Panzini appears. Guido Panzini is a fictional character, the creation of comedian Pat Harrington Junior. He also appears on a lot of comedy-variety shows, but also appears on McHale's Navy and One Day at a time. This character fits in a certain category of fictional characters that are involved in crossovers, even though they might not have a series of their own. Others in this type of category include Jose Jiminez, Father Guido Sarducci, Elvira, and Pee Wee Herman.
1977--THE GROUNDLINGS--Pee-Wee's first appearance was when Paul Reubens was part of this improv group. The characters was actually co-created by Reubens and Phil Hartman.
1979--THE DATING GAME--Pee-Wee Herman was a contestant on the show THREE TIMES!!!
Around 1980?--WWWF GRUDGE MATCH--"Pee-Wee Herman vs. Gilligan"--Not canon, but here it is.
1980--CHEECH & CHONG'S NEXT MOVIE--One of Pee-Wee's earliest widely seen appearances.
1981--THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW--Having failed at his audition for Saturday Night Live's 1980 - 1981 season, Reubens gets a stage show featuring Pee-Wee Herman on L.A., which later aired on HBO. Characters and writers from this more adult show would later reappear on Pee-Wee's Playhouse.
1981--MORK & MINDY--Mork meets Pee-Wee!!!
1982--MADAME'S PLACE--Pee-Wee appears and meets Madame.
1982--TWILIGHT THEATER--Mr. T meets Pee-Wee Herman.
1982--LILY FOR PRESIDENT--I don't know what this is, but Pee-Wee appears. (It's not even a presidential election year.)
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1985--PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE--The next movie with a Tarzan is Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. This isn't a real Tarzan. Pee-Wee is a fictional character played by Paul Reubins, a lot. Pee-Wee is in the TVCU, and actually is one of those great characters that connects a lot of series together, and I will discuss him some time in the future in more detail. But just to make it clear, this appearance of a man posing as Tarzan in Pee-Wee's Big Adventure takes place in the TVCU. Reformatted to match the format I currently use but hadn't yet adapted when I wrote this blog.
1985--ROCK'N'WRESTLING SATURDAY SPECTACULAR--Pee-Wee crosses with the very fictionalized versions of the WWF wrestlers as they appear in the Saturday morning cartoon.
1985--42ND GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS--Pee-Wee appears.
1986 to 1991--PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE--A kid's show featuring Pee-Wee. Note that even though Pee-Wee Herman was raised in Florida (with his sister) and most of his adventures occur in the TVCU, the Playhouse exists in Puppetland, a pocket reality that apparently is easily accessible from the TVCU based on the guests that appear on the show.
Summer 1987--BACK TO THE BEACH--Pee-Wee has a cameo, crossing over with this sequel to the classic Frankie and Annette beach movies.
1987--IT'S HOWDY DOODY TIME--This reunion show makes a crossover between Pee-Wee and Howdy Doody.
1987--SESAME STREET--Pee-Wee appears to recite the alphabet.
1987--227--"Toyland"--Pee-Wee appears.
1987--DOLLY--Dolly Parton tried to have a variety show at a time just a few years after variety shows had gone out of style. Not even Pee-Wee could save the show.
1988--BIG TOP PEE-WEE--Sequel to Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
1988--MOONWALKER--Pee-Wee appears in this Michael Jackson documentary.
1988--"REALITY"--Pee-Wee Herman, not Paul Reubens, gets a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame!
December 1988--CHRISTMAS AT PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE--Santa appears.
1989--TRAVELS WITH PEE-WEE--A BOOK.
1991--1991 MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS--Pee-Wee Herman appears after his show was recently cancelled, and makes a sly joke regarding his friend Paul Reuben's recently embarrassing public incident....
1992--GRAND OLE OPRY--Pee-Wee appears to pay tribute to Minnie Pearl. After this, he disappears for some time.
July 2005--FAMILY GUY--"8 Simple Rules for Buying My Teenage Daughter"--The scene in which Stewie tests his “teleportation pods” and merges with Rupert is similar to one in the 1958 movie The Fly. While stopping at Goldman’s Pharmacy, Peter imitates an Excedrin commercial and buys several copies of the fashion magazine Marie Claire, only to be disappointed by the physical appearance of actress Kathleen Turner. In a cutaway, Peter buys a “breakfast machine,” which turns out to be a Rube Goldberg machine which shoots him. The breakfast machine itself is similar to the breakfast machine featured in the film Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. The Danny Elfman music used in the scene was adapted from said film. One of the people Lois interviews for the babysitter for Stewie is Gloop from the 1967 TV show The Herculoids
October 2006--CHILLER THEATRE EXPO--Pee-Wee Herman returns, appearing at this east coast fan convention.
2007--GUYS' CHOICE AWARDS--Pee-Wee's return to television!
August 5, 2007--HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY--Pee-Wee appears to introduce a screening of the documentary based on his infamous bicycle theft.
2010--FUNNY OR DIE!--"Pee-Wee Gets and iPad"--Part of Pee-Wee's return.
2010--PEE-WEE GOES TO STURGIS--I don't know anything else about this.
2010--THE PEE-WEE HERMAN STAGE SHOW: THE RETURN--Live stage show revival of the series that was adapted to HBO in the 1980s and featuring characters from the Playhouse.
January 2011--SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE--Pee-Wee and Andy Samberg hang out and attack Anderson Cooper.
2011--CYCLOPS # 1--Cyclops steals Pee-Wee Herman's bicycle in pursuit of a super-villain. See my upcoming article, Marvels in the Television Crossover Universe, in Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume II for my take on the X-Men's place in the Television Crossover Universe.
2011--AFTER THE FACT--Pee Wee is played by Philip Russell.
2011--THE HALLOWEEN PATIENT--Pee Wee appears, though played by Jon Rick.
February 2012--TOP CHEF--Pee-Wee is a guest judge at the Alamo!
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CABIN IN THE WOODS (FILM)Release Date: April 13, 2012 (Contemporary Setting)Series: Cabin in the WoodsHorror Crosses: Alien; Half-Life; Evil Dead; Poltergeist; Frankenstein (Universal); Child’s Play; Creature from the Black Lagoon; Corpse Bride; Killer Klowns from Outer Space; Stephen King Universe; Killjoy; Devil’s Rejects; Clownhouse; Drive Thru; Funhouse; Amusement; Circus of Fear; Clown Camp; Demonic Toys; Demons; Night of the Demons; Supernatural; Charmed; Gremlins; Ghoulies; Creeps; Troll; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Frankenstein (novel); Dr. Giggles; The Human Centipede; House on Haunted Hill; The Dead Pit; Buffy the Vampire Slayer; The Strangers; Underworld; Attack of the 50 Foot Woman; Troll Hunter; Anaconda; Python; Mega Snake; Snakes on a Plane; Resident Evil; Hellraiser; Cannibal Holocaust; Creepshow; Legend of Sleepy Hollow; Attack of the Jack-O-Lanterns; Pumpkinhead; Frankenfish; The Mummy! Or a Tale of the Twenty-Second Century; The Mummy (Universal); The Hills Have Eyes; Wrong Turn; Chernobyl Diaries; 28 Days Later; Signal; the Works of Quentin Tarantino; Left 4 Dead; Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos; Re-Animator (film); Siren; The Exorcist; The Exorcism of Emily Rose; Reptilicus; Jurassic Park; Abominable Bigfoot; The Legend of Boggy Creek; Ape Canyon; Curse of Bigfoot; Night of the Bloody Apes; Wendigo; Night Beasts; Night of the Scarecrow; Scarecrows; Husk; Scarecrow Gone Wild; The Scarecrows Walk at Midnight; The Town that Dreaded Sundown; The Craft; Witches of Eastwick; Hocus Pocus; Jack Frost; Hellboy (film); Rumplestiltskin; Leprechaun; Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters; Gingerbread Man; The Vampyre; Dracula (novel); Nosferatu; The Wolf Man; An American Werewolf in London; The Howling; Wolf; Texas Chainsaw Massacre; Friday the 13th; Night of the Living Dead; Return of the Living Dead; F.E.A.R.; The Blob; Feast; Horrors of the Wendigo; Frostbiter; Ghost; Bram Stoker’s Dracula (film); The Cyclops; Cyclops Giant; Nightbreed; Leeches!; Attack of the Giant Leeches; Rows of Teeth; The Birds; Killing Birds; Birdemic: Shock and Terror; Silent Hill; Attack of the Killer Lane Gnomes; Alligator; Lake Placid; Them!; Legion of Fire: Killer Ants!; Ants; Empire of the Ants; King Kong; Centipede Horror; The Giant Claw; The Ring; Attack of the Giant Gila Monster; The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms; Tarantula; Eight Legged Freaks; Jaws; Frogs; Lord of Darkness; House of the Dead; The Grudge; Chopping Mall; BlinkyTM; The Kraken; Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep; Octopus; The Beast; Deep Rising; It Came From Beneath the Sea; Tentacles; Eye of the Beast; Mega Shark; Giant Octopus; Castle Freak; Tokyo Gore Police; Septic; Mutants; Ogre; Blood Pool; Legend of the Ogre; Killing Floor; Little Shop of Horrors; The Breed; Hatchet; Phantasm; See No Evil; Thinner; Monster House; Attila; Dead Snow; Frankenstein’s Army; Manhunt; The Monster in the Closet; Killer Eyes; Demomata; CSP-682; Parasite Eve 2; Dead Space; Night of the Lepus; Creature from the Haunted Sea; Tremors; Hostel; The Collection; The Butcher; Dead Rising; My Bloody Valentine; The Exterminator; Willard; War of the Worlds; Signs; Lollipop Chainsaw; Ghost Ship; Curse of the Pirates; Jolly Roger; Lead Soldiers; Vampire Vikings; The Witch; Blair Witch Project; The Village; The Thing; Vampire Breath; Goosebumps; Angel; King CobraNon-Horror Crosses: Harry Potter; Wizard of Oz; Great Expectations; Batman; Labyrinth; Land of the Giants; The Wrath of Paul Bunyan; Dreamscape; Last of the Mohicans; Blood Meridian; Scalps; Savage Sam; Sin City; Kevin Spencer; We Need to Talk About Kevin; Jacob’s Ladder; Doctor Who; Black Swan; Pan’s Labyrinth; Nutcracker; Blade Hunter; The Chronicles of Narnia; Time Bandits; The Princess and the Frog; Pirates of the Caribbean; Futurama; The Incredible Shrinking Man; Pee-Wee’s Playhouse; Red Planet; Terminator; Zathura; Hardware; Robot Wars; Bacterial Contamination; Firefly; Clash of the Titans; Team Fortress; Man from Planet X; Starship Troopers; Silence of the Lambs/Hannibal; Twisted MetalThe Story: A group of teens head out for a weekend in a cabin in the woods, not knowing that they have been chosen as sacrifices to an ancient deity in order to save the world from his wrath.
Notes: This film exposes the secret truth behind modern horror. Behind it all is a secret organization, chosen to sacrifice youth to ancient gods. All of the above named crossovers have been linked in this film, and revealed to be part of this secret conspiracy. Most of the crossovers above come from the monsters and artifacts contained in the facility. While some of the monsters and artifacts are clearly from certain films above, many are based on certain types of horror films, in which case I included the more well-known of these film types. I recommend the well-researched Cabin in the Woods Wiki for a more detailed listing of the monsters and their inspirations. Note that I included in the above crossovers some monsters that only appeared in the official novelization and the official Universal Theme Park attraction tie-in. With this film, I break one of my major rules of crossover connecting. Though some of the crosses are direct crosses, like Evil Dead and Left 4 Dead, most of them are only connected because the films represent the more well-known films of the trope from which a certain monster comes. Normally, I would not count something that is “like something from”, but there is dialogue within the film that makes me break my rule. In one scene, referring to the monsters, security officer Daniel Truman says “They’re like something from a nightmare.” Lin, a head scientist, responds, “No, they’re something nightmares are from.” She goes on to explain that these monsters are the creations of the Ancient Ones, having been around since the beginning, and different cultures have told stories that interpret them in different ways. Thus, in the instance of this film, “like” is enough because of the author’s intent. And thus my love/hate relationship with Joss Whedon, for expanding the Horror Universe dramatically but making me do a lot of work to write this entry. Note that this film ends with the start of an apocalypse, so the end must veer into a divergent timeline. We must presume in the main Horror Universe, the virgin shot the fool. And if you haven’t seen the movie, that last sentence probably seems very bizarre. This film has been referenced as fictional in South Park, The Cinema Snob, Scary Movie 5, and Doc of the Dead. It is also paid homage to in Red Dawn when Chris Hemsworth and his friends once more wind up in a cabin in the woods. The film has also been spoofed in Robot Chicken and Scary Movie 5.
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2012--KNFR FROM 7:00 - 7:30--Pee Wee appears, though voiced by show regular Vincent Gargiulo.
2013--COMEDY BANG BANG--"Pee-Wee Herman Wears a Halloween Costume"--Pee Wee is the guest on this sort of fake talk show.
December 2015--PEE-WEE'S BIG HOLIDAY--Pee-Wee's real triumphant return in this highly watched Netflix film.
In the Not Too Distant Future--Pee-Wee's Playhouse: The Movie--Reubens has been planning this film for a while, in which someone from the Playhouse disappears, and the other characters venture off on a road trip throughout Puppetland to find him. Reubens has expressed his top choice to play Pee-Wee would be Johnny Depp (who is interested), but if he can't do it, then Reubens will reprise the role. Even if recast, it will still be in the same canon as the original series. Reubens also hopes to get Justin Bieber to appear.
Then--THE PEE-WEE HERMAN STORY--This is meant to be a Judd Apatow project that would be a documentary or reality show following Pee-Wee becoming a musical star.
ALTERNATE REALITIES--
ROBOT CHICKEN UNIVERSE--Pee-Wee has appeared three times on Robot Chicken. Voiced by Seth Green.
Skitlandia--Click here.
Royalties are a great motivator!
My second book, Television Crossover Universe: Worlds and Mythology Volume I, yields royalty checks deposited into my account every month. Sure, they are small checks, but the fact that they come every month means I keep selling the book.Every time I get an e-mail notification of a royalty check, it reminds me that someone out there wants me to keep writing.And keep writing I shall.
September 23, 2016
More Old Time Radio with the Air Adventures of Jimmie Allen
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MONSTERS OF THE MOVIES MAGAZINE # 1 “THE LIFE STORY OF KING KONG” (STORY BY JIM HARMON)Release Date: June 1, 1974 (Setting is 1931)Series: King Kong (original)Non-Horror Crosses: G-8; Captain Midnight; The Spider; The Shadow; Smilin’ Jack Martin; Tailspin Tommy; Jimmie Allen; TarzanThe Story: In this essay, Jim Harmon speculates on the events of King Kong. Specifically, he believes that the bi-planes that attacked Kong were actually flown by Captain Midnight (also known as G-8), Smilin’ Jack Martin, Tailspin Tommy and Jimmie Allen.
Notes: Harmon speculates G-8 (the pulp hero) and Captain Midnight (the radio hero) are one and the same character, having used both identities at different times in his career. He also says he does not believe the rumor that G-8 did “hide in the shadows like some creeping spider.” This is a reference to Farmer’s assertion in Tarzan Alive that G-8, the Shadow, and the Spider were actually one person with multiple personalities, which he later altered in Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life to say they were brothers. Smilin’ Jack Martin and Tailspin Tommy were comic strip aviators. Jimmie Allen was a radio aviator hero.
1933 to 1937--THE AIR ADVENTURES OF JIMMIE ALLEN--concerning a 16-year-old pilot and his adventures flying around the world, primarily solving mysteries and crimes and participating in air show races. about Jimmie Allen, a young telegraph messenger at the Airways Station near Kansas City. A gruff man asks him to send a coded telegram. Later Allen is told that a plane carrying a million dollars to a bank is on its way. Allen figures out the plane is to be hijacked, so he joins his pilot friend, Speed Robertson, in a plan to thwart the hijacking. In following episodes, Speed and Jimmie, in their attempt to thwart the hijacking, are captured but escape in a small plane which crashes, and then are recaptured. Throughout this initial story arc, Robertson is Jimmie's mentor. He does all the flying and continually teaches Allen a trick or two that he learned in World War I. After an exciting aerial dogfight near the end of the story, Robertson reveals that the FBI has made him a G-Man. In subsequent episodes of the series, Jimmie expresses interest in becoming a pilot and enrolls in flying school. Numerous exciting adventures follow, full of danger and mystery.
1940s--IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN--"On the Trail of Professor Proteus"--Jimmie Allen meets Gene Autry.
ALTERNATE REALITIES:
TVCU-2: From 1946 to 1947, a new Jimmie Allen radio series came about that featured a reboot of the series, with some rewritten stories and some new adventures. This series still features a teen Jimmie Allen, and the retold stories are updated for modernized technology and contemporary references, making it a remake, and setting it in the TVCU-2.
September 17, 2016
Horror and Name Calling
The Horror Crossover Encyclopedia 2nd ed. is just weeks away from release. Once I have a more definite release date from the publisher, I’ll let you all know.Also, we’re having trouble naming our new upcoming spin-off podcast. Any suggestions would be welcome.
September 16, 2016
The rumors of my regeneration…
I thought I had to give up writing and entertaining in order to serve a higher calling, but then God told me that writing and entertaining is my higher calling.So my retirement/sabbatical was short lived.So let me tell you what’s coming now that I’m back.First, the Horror Crossover Universe 2nd ed. will be out from 18thWall Productions soon. It will feature a new introspective by me, a new foreword by Trick or Treat Radio’s Dynamo Marz, and a new matte cover.Next. The podcast. I didn’t leave the podcast. I’m just behind the scenes like an evil mastermind. I was going through a rough patch and hosting, directing and producing the show was tough on me. The Television Crossover Universe Podcast, with it’s weekly guests who all have books out that need to be read before conducting a proper interview was hard on me. I recently have had increased medical problems (though not too serious) and the taking on of a supplemental job that have made running that show properly too demanding.So I did step back. I am still executive producer, consultant, and a recurring guest co-host. I’ve handed the steering wheel over to James Bojaciuk, and he will do awesome.He has also handpicked a new cast for the new season, and if you’re a fan of the show, you’ll love the new yet familiar voices.As for myself, Ivan Schablotski, and Chris Nigro… If you miss us, don’t worry. One of the more used crossover types is the spin-off, where characters from one show get to star in a new series.We have a spin-off coming. The TVCU Podcast is going to dive more into the author interviews as it remains the intellectual show about trivial things.The new show is more about the three dimwits. We’ll have lots of discussions, lots of convention specials, and occasional interviews with stars of cult movies and comic book greats.And I’m back to work on finishing up TVCU: Worlds and Mythology Volume II, after which I will finish the Cartoon Crossover Encyclopedia.Oh, and I’m working on a Shadow crossover chronology for the TVCU website.So, thanks to all who let me know they weren’t happy that I was giving up. It’s why I’m back.And now, the Pussycats and I are about to take the TARDIS to vacation on Krypton. It should be fine.Remember, everything happens somewhere. Good night.
