Category: Continuity
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Don’t Wait Up
Don’t Wait Up occupies an unusual place in my sitcom life. Growing up, it felt like it was on all the time, and yet, after its run ended, it just sort of fell off the radar really. That surprises me in retrospect, what with its pedigree. The series was written by George Layton, who drew…
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2point4 Continuity
Let’s have a look at just how mis-promoted 2point4 Children was by the BBC, given that it was such a popular sitcom. Here’s a number of Christmas 1996 promos, featuring the voices (I think) of Tony Hawks and Kate Robbins. Here’s a junction from 1993, that still doesn’t really sell the tone of the show.…
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Win A Role On Buffy
Wanna win a walk on part in Buffy The Vampire Slayer? Well then, today’s your lucky day, because with just one phone call, and a trip in a time machine, you can be entered into the draw for just such an opportunity. And here’s a nice little curio. WB bumpers for the show, including some…
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America Is Watching ABC
I’m doing some research for the next episode of Comedy Is … and I came across this remarkable promo for the ABC fall schedule of 1990. Roseanne clearly refused to participate in the song. Not much of the new fare lasted it seems, judging from this.
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Health & 2point4 Children
It’s always fun to stumble across a shared universe, and finding a new one in a pair of British sitcoms is even better. I’m not talking about spin-offs here, which are overtly shared universes (think Man About The House, Robin’s Nest, and George & Mildred), but ones that are almost unspoken. And one such exists…
