Crossovers

[cfr1970]

Silver Spoons on Antenna TV today had Arnold Jackson cavorting with Ricky Stratton which puts this show in the same universe as FOL! I never knew Arnold was on this show. I had to have seen it as a kid but completely forgotten he made a crossover appearance there.

So since Kimberly is Arnold's sister and she went to Eastland with the girls, that makes FOL, Different Strokes and Silver Spoons all in the same reality. I had no idea! Am I the last one to realize this?!

Now i'm picturing all these scenarios where the FOL girls crossover to Silver Spoons!

Did Ricky go to Bates Academy?! I know he went to a private school but never knew the name. It would be hilarious is that was the school he went to! Now I wonder if he even lived in Peekskill too. I know the show was set in upstate NY.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

Silver Spoons on Antenna TV today had Arnold Jackson cavorting with Ricky Stratton which puts this show in the same universe as FOL! I never knew Arnold was on this show. I had to have seen it as a kid but completely forgotten he made a crossover appearance there.

So since Kimberly is Arnold's sister and she went to Eastland with the girls, that makes FOL, Different Strokes and Silver Spoons all in the same reality. I had no idea! Am I the last one to realize this?!

Now i'm picturing all these scenarios where the FOL girls crossover to Silver Spoons!

Did Ricky go to Bates Academy?! I know he went to a private school but never knew the name. It would be hilarious is that was the school he went to! Now I wonder if he even lived in Peekskill too. I know the show was set in upstate NY.

I never watched 'SILVER SPOONS', but i know the main character played in the movie THE CHAMP: i watched it as a kid, and it was the saddest film i'v seen it made me cry! (especially the end, when his father dies after the boxing)

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by valentina warner

I never watched 'SILVER SPOONS', but i know the main character played in the movie THE CHAMP: i watched it as a kid, and it was the saddest film i'v seen it made me cry! (especially the end, when his father dies after the boxing)

AH! You told me the ending and SPOILED it for me!! WHY! WHY!! WHY valentina?! The Dad DIES in the end?! You ruined the whole film for me now!!
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HA! Just kidding! I saw that film already and was just playing with you.

I always liked Ricky Schroder because he was born exactly 2 weeks after I was and he was born in Brooklyn, and me in the Bronx so I always felt a connection with him.

[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

AH! You told me the ending and SPOILED it for me!! WHY! WHY!! WHY valentina?! The Dad DIES in the end?! You ruined the whole film for me now!!
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HA! Just kidding! I saw that film already and was just playing with you.

I always liked Ricky Schroder because he was born exactly 2 weeks after I was and he was born in Brooklyn, and me in the Bronx so I always felt a connection with him.

You gave me a fright! For a minute i really believed i SPOILED it for you!!!

PS: you're from the Bronx like JO?

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by valentina warner

You gave me a fright! For a minute i really believed i SPOILED it for you!!!

PS: you're from the Bronx like JO?

Yep, but the good part of the Bronx and I never rode a motorcycle like Jo.

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[valentina warner]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

Yep, but the good part of the Bronx and I never rode a motorcycle like Jo.

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[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

Silver Spoons on Antenna TV today had Arnold Jackson cavorting with Ricky Stratton which puts this show in the same universe as FOL! I never knew Arnold was on this show. I had to have seen it as a kid but completely forgotten he made a crossover appearance there.

So since Kimberly is Arnold's sister and she went to Eastland with the girls, that makes FOL, Different Strokes and Silver Spoons all in the same reality. I had no idea! Am I the last one to realize this?!

I wasn't aware of the Silver Spoons connection, but of course most of us knew of the Facts of Life/Diff'rent Strokes/Hello Larry/Fresh Prince crossovers. Kinda cool that that adds a fifth show to the Diff'rent Strokes universe! Can you think of any others?

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

I wasn't aware of the Silver Spoons connection, but of course most of us knew of the Facts of Life/Diff'rent Strokes/Hello Larry/Fresh Prince crossovers. Kinda cool that that adds a fifth show to the Diff'rent Strokes universe! Can you think of any others?

Tell me about the Hello Larry & Fresh Prince! Who crossovered to those shows? Wow--5 different sitcoms connected to each other in the same universe. That's really cool.

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

Tell me about the Hello Larry & Fresh Prince! Who crossovered to those shows? Wow--5 different sitcoms connected to each other in the same universe. That's really cool.

Arnold and Mr. Drummond appear on Fresh Prince. It's a cool cameo.

There were several DS/HL crossovers. The first one was the two-part "The Trip" (March 30th, 1979). The second was the two-part "Fussin' and Feudin'" (September 28th, 1979), and the third was the two-part "Thanksgiving Crossover" (November 28th, 1979). Usually, all the characters crossed over onto the other show. So there are three sets of two-episode crossovers. However, the DS crossovers could not save HL, and the series was cancelled after its second season.

The HL crossover episodes were later repackaged as episodes of Diff'rent Strokes.

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Arnold and Mr. Drummond appear on Fresh Prince. It's a cool cameo.

There were several DS/HL crossovers. The first one was the two-part "The Trip" (March 30th, 1979). The second was the two-part "Fussin' and Feudin'" (September 28th, 1979), and the third was the two-part "Thanksgiving Crossover" (November 28th, 1979). Usually, all the characters crossed over onto the other show. So there are three sets of two-episode crossovers. However, the DS crossovers could not save HL, and the series was cancelled after its second season.

The HL crossover episodes were later repackaged as episodes of Diff'rent Strokes.

I have a vague recollection of Hello Larry, but don't think I ever watched it when it was on and i'll have to look for the Fresh Prince one online. It's probably on you tube...and I think The Jeffersons also did a cameo on Fresh Prince so I guess technically we can add them to the same sitcom universe too!

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

I have a vague recollection of Hello Larry, but don't think I ever watched it when it was on and i'll have to look for the Fresh Prince one online. It's probably on you tube...and I think The Jeffersons also did a cameo on Fresh Prince so I guess technically we can add them to the same sitcom universe too!

Oh, cool! But then, once we've included The Jeffersons, then we need to include All in the Family, Maude, and Archie Bunker's Place.

['80sSitcoms]

Not character crossovers, but actor crossovers, Julie Anne Haddock appeared on "Gimme a Break!", and GaB!'s Katie appeared on DS!

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Oh, cool! But then, once we've included The Jeffersons, then we need to include All in the Family, Maude, and Archie Bunker's Place.

Wow I didn't even think about that but it's true! All those sitcoms existed within the same realm together. But here's where things get wonky then....Charlotte Rae appeared in All in the Family as the Tupperware lady---but since it's now learned that they all technically share the same universe--it shouldn't have been possible! Unless it was Mrs. Garrett shilling Tupperware in the early 70's.

Oh and speaking of actors playing different characters in the same TV universe, I saw last week that the girl who played Blair's uppity friend in New York New York, also played Kimberly's apartment roommate on DS afterwards as a different character.

When I saw it, I thought it was Blair's same friend, but she was playing someone else. I was like "That's not possible! That's Blair's friend who tells people to "turn blue!".

[RetroGuy2000]

Originally Posted by cfr1970

Wow I didn't even think about that but it's true! All those sitcoms existed within the same realm together. But here's where things get wonky then....Charlotte Rae appeared in All in the Family as the Tupperware lady---but since it's now learned that they all technically share the same universe--it shouldn't have been possible! Unless it was Mrs. Garrett shilling Tupperware in the early 70's.

Oh, good point. That's quite a dilemma. Because if they're in the same universe, then Mrs. Garrett has a doppelganger!

Oh and speaking of actors playing different characters in the same TV universe, I saw last week that the girl who played Blair's uppity friend in New York New York, also played Kimberly's apartment roommate on DS afterwards as a different character.

When I saw it, I thought it was Blair's same friend, but she was playing someone else. I was like "That's not possible! That's Blair's friend who tells people to "turn blue!".

Another doppelganger!

[cfr1970]

Originally Posted by RetroGuy2000

Another doppelganger!

Perfect word for them and that's what i'm going to call them now!.

Doppelgangers!...It reminds me of a terrible early 90's Drew Barrymore film of the same name where she played dopplegangers.