Post by James Fabiano on Feb 18, 2021 14:35:32 GMT -5
We all know the TWU, based off the ending to St. Elsewhere, yes? Basically, where the show being an autistic boy's dream cancels out 90 percent or so of the television universe in general because of all the connections to different shows that St. Elsewhere has.
Well get ready...because REAL LIFE might have been Westphalled.
The key is the show Hello Larry, a short-lived NBC sitcom from 1980 or so. Apparently it was mentioned on Hi Honey, I'm Home (remember that?) which had connections to St. Elsewhere. Because of this, it took along Diff'rent Strokes (and thus The Facts of Life) into the TWU with it.
BUT! McLean Stevenson and Joanna Gleason appeared in their HL characters on Password Plus, the game show. And in fact these episodes aired on Buzzr this week. So if HL is part of the TWU, that must mean PW+ is too! Aside from meaning any show referenced on it is Westphalled (including celebrities from said shows), as well as the host(s) and announcer....well, of course Password is usually played with civilian contestants. As in, contestants from the real world as it were.
Tommy Westphall has swallowed us up finally!
(and don't get me started on the multiple other Goodson-Todman connections that can result, celebrities and otherwise)
Well get ready...because REAL LIFE might have been Westphalled.
The key is the show Hello Larry, a short-lived NBC sitcom from 1980 or so. Apparently it was mentioned on Hi Honey, I'm Home (remember that?) which had connections to St. Elsewhere. Because of this, it took along Diff'rent Strokes (and thus The Facts of Life) into the TWU with it.
BUT! McLean Stevenson and Joanna Gleason appeared in their HL characters on Password Plus, the game show. And in fact these episodes aired on Buzzr this week. So if HL is part of the TWU, that must mean PW+ is too! Aside from meaning any show referenced on it is Westphalled (including celebrities from said shows), as well as the host(s) and announcer....well, of course Password is usually played with civilian contestants. As in, contestants from the real world as it were.
Tommy Westphall has swallowed us up finally!
(and don't get me started on the multiple other Goodson-Todman connections that can result, celebrities and otherwise)
