My Tribute to Tom Hanks – On TV

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Tom Hanks is one of those actors no one can possibly not love. Why? Because he excels at everything. Acting in comedy movies? Yup. Acting in dramatic movies? Yup. Acting in Romantic Comedies? Yup! Voice over work in animated movies? Yup. Producing? Yup. Hosting Saturday Night Live? Yup!! Ok not every movie is great, for every “Apollo 13” there’s a “Joe versus the Volcano” (anyone remember that?), “Bonfire of the Vanities” or “Money Pit”. But he’s been in a ton of great movies and need I mention won two Best Actor Oscar’s? I’ve been a fan almost since the start, seeing “Splash” in theaters way back when. It was awesome. Then there was “Big”, which was also awesome. After that we had “A League of Our Own”, “Dragnet”, “Sleepless in Seattle”, “Toy Story”, “Castaway”, “Catch Me if You Can”, “Polar Express” and this is just to name a few! I even saw “Punchline”, anyone remember that either? It was awful, but I digress. Tom Hanks is great because you;d never guess how funny and/or good an actor he can be but he really is!

One thing that is often overlooked is his TV appearances. Oh yeah, Hanks started out on TV doing sitcoms and TV movies like most people do. The funny thing about these is that with almost all of them you can see that Hanks is a cut above the usual guest actors on these shows. It’s no shock he would soon launch into bigger and better things. Here is a look at them, and I am referring only to episodic TV not talk shows or SNL appearances.