It
would be very easy to list every movie and television show that every former
Classic Nickelodeon star have been on, a simple trip to the Internet Movie
Database website could tell you that however these sightings are different.
These are the everyday little sightings that are just happened upon without
ever trying to find them and that’s what makes them so special. So…listed here
are those everyday sightings that I have personally stumbled upon.
The section listed as “Crossover Actors” is for guests who have appeared on more than one Classic Nick program.
Episode – "The Dreaded
Return of Russell Buckins"
Guest – Joseph Campanella
– “Hunt Samperton”
When an unflattering magazine article
about the Jump Street program is published Hanson tracks down his old high
school buddy Russell Buckins for a little revenge. When he finds him he is in
another state trying to land the daughter of a rich man. Hanson decides that
his revenge will be very simple; him makes a move on Russell’s new girlfriend!
· Joseph
Campanella – former host of “What Will They Think Of Next?” aka “Science
International”
2022 Dallas Holiday Parade
- Curious George & the Man with the Yellow Hat
- Curious George & the Man with the Yellow Hat
Anne
of Green Gables Movie Series
Megan
Follows as the title character “Anne Shirley”
· Megan
played “Jenny Tanner” on Matt and Jenny On The Wilderness Trail 1890.
Are
You Being Served? – 1975
Episode
– “The Hand of Fate”
Guest
– Eric (Ric) Young – “Mr. Kato”
Mr. Humphries' palm reading skills are put to
the test when Mr. Rumbold's position becomes available. Captain Peacock, Mrs.
Slocomb and Mr. Grainger compete over his position. Believing he can foretell
their futures in their hands, Mr. Humphries makes surprising predictions on
behalf of each member of the staff.
·Eric
(Ric) made a guest appearance as “Lee Wan” in three episodes of the original
1970’s version of The Tomorrow People entitled “The Doomsday Men” – (1974)
· Mr.
Humphries also frequently mentions his Paddington Bear
which was a cartoon that aired during “Pinwheel,” frequently noted as a “Pinwheel
Cartoon.”
Are You Being Served? – 1975
Trevor Bannister played "Mr. Lucas" from 1972 to 1979.
John Inman & Trevor
Bannister (Colonel Masters)
Program – Are You Being
Served?
Season 4, Episode 7 – “Father
Christmas Affair"
As
Time Goes By – 1993
Episode – “Visiting Rocky”
Jean and Lionel are sitting down for
tea after an unsuccessful afternoon of rowing on the lake. Lionel is grouchy
and complaining about all of the things he can’t do now that he’s older. He
brings up running, jumping, etc then Jean mentions that he, “could spring like
Zebadee.”
Lionel asks who that is and Jean
says, “Oh you know, Zebadee from “The Magic Roundabout”, it use to be Judy’s
favorite when she was a child.” (Judy is her now grown daughter.) Then she goes
on to explain how Zebadee springs around everywhere he goes.
· Zebadee
is one of the characters from The Magic Roundabout which was a stop-motion
puppet show that aired during Pinwheel, aka “Pinwheel Cartoons”.
**INTERESTING
NOTE**
– Dame Judy Dench, who played Jean in As Time Goes By, later became the
narrator for the movie “Doogle” which was based on the characters from “The
Magic Roundabout”.
Crown for Christmas –
2015
Starring: Danica McKeller
& Rupert Penny-Jones
A
fired New York City maid reluctantly becomes the governess to a poorly behaved
little girl who turns out to be European royalty. Before long the two form a
strong bond, and the governess also grows close to the young princess’ engaged
father. (Drama, 120 Minutes)
· In
less than ten minutes in as the New York City maid and her sister are leaving
for work she gets into a snowball fight with a boy who is one of their
neighbors. She throws a snow ball at him, runs off and yells out, “GOT YOU
LAST!”
· Later
as she is leaving her home in New York that same boy picks up a snowball and
throws it at the car and yells, “GOT YOU LAST!”
· Why
is that important? Because Plus & Minus, who were puppets on Pinwheel, use
to play a game of tag and when they would tag each other they would say, “Got
you last!”
Cupcake
Wars – Food Network
Episode – “Tony Awards”
Flash at the end of James Earl Jones
at the Tony Awards Party
· Mr.
Jones was a character voice on “Vegetable Soup”.
Facts Of Life
Season – 3
Episode – "Jo's Cousin"
Original Air Date – April 14, 1982 324
Jo
visits her relatives in New Jersey, where she helps her 14-year-old tomboy
cousin Terry (Megan Follows) transform from a little girl to a young lady.
· Megan
Follows played JennyTanner on “Matt & Jenny”
Doctor
Who
Bernard Cribbins as "Wilfred "Wilf" Mott"
He
is the grandfather of the Tenth Doctor's companion Donna Noble, and father
of character Sylvia Noble.
Mr.
Cribbins also appeared in two Classic Nickelodeon programs:
·1976
– Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings as the Narrator
· 1978
– The Water Babies – as “Masterman” and the Voice of Eel
Fawlty Towers
·1975
– Bernard Cribbins in an episode called
“The Hotel Inspectors"
Mr. Cribbins also appeared in two Classic Nickelodeon programs:
· 1976
– Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings as the Narrator
· 1978
– The Water Babies – as “Masterman” and the Voice of Eel
Forrest
Gump
In
the movie Forrest Gump a Curious George book (one with a yellow cover but no
other title than Curious George) is used as Forrest's favorite book, which his
mother reads to him. In the opening scene, a feather comes floating down to
Forrest's feet and he stores it in this book. At the end of the film it falls
out of the book and rises floating through the air again.
· Curious
George was a cartoon, which aired during Pinwheel, aka “Pinwheel Cartoons”.
Food
Network Challenge – Food Network
Episode – Cartoon Cakes –
2006
Episode – Extreme Cakes
Both
episodes featured bakers making Curious George cakes.
· Curious
George was a cartoon, which aired during Pinwheel, aka “Pinwheel Cartoons”.
“Going Down To Liverpool” – Music video by The
Bangles
Music
video, (C) 1984 Sony BMG Music Entertainment features Leonard Nimoy as the cab
driver.
· Leonard
Nimoy was the host of “Standby…Lights! Camera! Action!”
The Goodies
Giant
Dougal & Zebedee in Episodes:
"The
Goodies Rule – O.K.?"
"It
Might as Well Be String”
·Giant versions of Dougal and Zebedee, both the size of a small house, are featured in The Goodies episode "The Goodies Rule – O.K.?" Dougal also makes a brief appearance in another Goodies episode, "It Might as Well Be String".
The
Goodies & Giant Dougal
Also, the music video:
The
Goodies: Spring Spring Spring.
Episode No. – Series 5 – Episode
42 (Of 76)
Title – "Scatty
Safari"
Original
Air Date
– 17 March 1975
Produced
By & Starring
– Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie
The Goodies are tour guides to their new
"Goodies *Star* Safari Park" in which customers pay to see stars in
their “natural habitat,” much like a theme park with wild animals. When their
star attraction, Tony Blackburn, (who appeared as himself in the episode) seems
under the weather they decide to ‘let him go.’ They take him out into the
country and set him free. He is seen running for freedom to the theme from “Black
Beauty”.
The Goodies and Bananaman
· Graeme Garden (incorrectly
credited as Greame Garden on some episodes) voiced the characters of Bananaman,
General Blight and Maurice of The Heavy Mob.
· Bill Oddie voiced the
characters of Crow, Chief O'Reilly, Doctor Gloom and the Weatherman
· Tim Brooke-Taylor voiced the
characters of Eric, King Zorg of the Nerks, Eddie the Gent, Auntie and
Appleman, as well as narrating the episodes.
Marc Summers is a frequent guest and
on November 11, 2016 the Home & Family cast participated in “physical
challenges” to celebrate Double Dare’s 30th Anniversary. Here is the video of
this I taped on my cell phone.
Home
& Family Double Dare Physical Challenge 11-22-16
Italian Job, The – 1969
Michael Standing as “Arthur”
· Michael
played “Ginge Harding” on the original 1970’s version of “The Tomorrow People”.
I Love the
80’s – VH1
1981
– You Can’t Do That On Television
1982 – Mr. Wizard’s World
Jack
& the Beanstalk – 2010
Stars –
Christopher Lloyd, Colin Ford
Modern-day reworking of the fairy tale charts the
misadventures of a young student (Colin Ford) who trades his computer for a
handful of magic beans that sprout a stalk, which he ascends to a wondrous
world ruled by a giant (voiced by James Earl Jones)
· Mr. Jones was a character voice on “Vegetable Soup”.
Jem (and the Holograms) – Animated Series
№ – 42
Title – "Trick or
Techrat"
Writer – Misty
Stewart-Taggart
Airdate –October 30, 1987
The
Holograms prepare for a Halloween concert by renovating an old opera house that
soon becomes the site of mysterious happenings, including the disappearance of
one of the foster girls. Featured Songs: "It's Fun to be Scared" -
Jem and the Holograms, "Don't Look Now" - The Misfits, "We Can
Change It" - Jem and the Holograms
·
One
of the Starlight girls (foster girls) dresses up like Raggedy Ann for
Halloween. “Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure” was a Nickelodeon
Special Delivery.
Jingle
All The Way – 1996
Arnold
Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, Phil Hartman & Rita Wilson
·
In
the toy parade are people dressed up like Gumby and Paddington Bear; both were
part of the “Pinwheel Cartoons.”
Law &
Order Criminal Intent
Episode – “D.A.W” – 2004
C.C.
Lovehart – Dr. Edwin Lindgard’s secretary
While investigate the mysterious death of a
hit-and-run incident Detectives Goren and Eames they learn the victim was
searching for the whereabouts of her recently deceased mother's antique ring.
As the clues come together their attention shifts to the victim’s mother's
physician, Dr. Edwin Lindgard.
· Ms.
Loveheart was the first Coco the Mime on Pinwheel from 1979-1981
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade - 1982
Carriage filled with Nickelodeon performers which included:
- George James - Jake from Pinwheel
Aurialia, Ebeneaser and Plus & Minus also from Pinwheel
- Fred Newman - Host of Livewire
- Christine "Moose" McGlade from You Can't Do That On Television
Macy’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade
In
2014 Paddington Bear got an update with a new movie simply titled "Paddington".
To tie-in with the film a new balloon was commissioned and on November 27, 2014
the new Paddington balloon debuted in Macy’s 88th Thanksgiving Day
Parade. Since then he has continued to appear in the 89th (November 26, 2015) and
90th (November 24, 2016) parades. Word is that his balloon may be retired in
2017 however this is not the first time he has appeared in the parade. He
stared live as a falloon, a combination cold-air balloon and parade float, and appeared
in 1990,1991,1992, and 1997.
· Paddington
Bear was a cartoon that aired during “Pinwheel,” frequently noted as a
“Pinwheel Cartoon.”
McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Parade – Annual
Parade
Balloons
and costumed characters: Curious George & Paddington Bear
· Both
of these characters were cartoon, which aired during Pinwheel, aka “Pinwheel
Cartoons”.
Murder, She Wrote
Joseph
Campanella – "Sticks and Stones" (1985), "The Cemetery
Vote" (1987)
· Joseph
Campanella – former host of “What Will They Think Of Next?” aka “Science
International”
Megan
Follows – "Home Care" (1995)
· Megan
played “Jenny Tanner” on Matt and Jenny On The Wilderness Trail 1890.
Mystery
Woman: Oh Baby – 2006 – Hallmark Channel
Alex
Piez – “Agent Ortiz”
Samantha
Kinsey puts her sleuthing skills to work looking for the missing parents of a
baby left at her bookstore, and her snooping leads to an unsolved high-society
murder. (Mystery & Suspense, 120 Mins.)
· Mr.
Piez appeared in three Classic Nickelodeon Special Deliveries:
–
Alex and the Wonderful “Doo Wah” Lamp
–
Big Apple Birthday
– Stowaway, The
The Pretender
Jarrod,
the titular character and protagonist from the NBC series "The
Pretender", reads Curious George books in Season One and developed a
fascination with them. He likened himself to George and Sydney Green, the
psychiatrist whom he saw as a surrogate father, to the Man in the Yellow Hat.
· Curious
George was a cartoon, which aired during Pinwheel, aka “Pinwheel Cartoons”.
Sesame
Street – 2011
Episode – "The Cookie
Touch"
Segment – Elmo’s World:
Mouths
Guest – Fred Newman –
former host of “Livewire”
·
Cookie
Monster’s Fairy Cookie Person gives him the “Cookie Touch”. So that everything
he touches turns into a cookie. (Educational)
**INTERESTING
NOTE**
– George James, who played “Jake” on Pinwheel, is now a writer for Sesame
Street.
There’s
Something About Ben Stiller – 2001 – Biography Channel
A
profile of comedian, writer and director Ben Stiller includes comments by
parents Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara. (Biography, 60 Mins.)
· Ben
Stiller played “The Giant” on the Classic Nickelodeon Special Delivery – Clever
Jack.
Tomorrow People, The
– 2013 / 2014 – CW Network
An
American science fiction television series developed by Greg Berlanti, Phil
Klemmer, and Julie Plec which aired on The CW during the 2013–14 American
television season.[3][4][5] It was a remake of the original British television
series of the same name, created by Roger Price, which ran from 1973–79. The
series follows a group of young people who possess psionic powers as the result
of human evolution.
· Nicholas
Young as Aldus Crick, a scientist who worked with Roger Price on researching
the abilities of homo superior. He was killed by Ultra. Nicholas Young played
John in the original 1973–1979 series.
To
Sir With Love – 1967
Starring: Sidney Poitier
& Judy Geeson
Christopher
Chittell – “Potter”
Nicholas
Young – Random Student – very last scene
Sidney Poitier plays a teacher of
slum kinds in an inner city London high school who must deal with both social
and racial issues in school.
· Both
Christopher Chittell and Nicholas Young later stared in the original 1970’s
version of The Tomorrow People. Nick as “John Dixon” leader of the TP and
Christopher as “Chris Harding”, brother of “Ginge Harding”.
Nick
also reprised his role of “John Dixon” for a series of audio dramas for Big
Finish Productions, which was the third incarnation of The Tomorrow People
series. This format returned to the original concept and characters from the
1970’s version and ran from 2001 to 2007.
Crossover Actors
Graham
Crowden
1972
– Special Delivery – The Amazing Mr. Blunden as “Mr. Clutterbug”
1973
– The Adventures of Black Beauty
– Episode – “Goodbye
Beauty” as “Mr. Crevace”
Stephen
Garlick
Adventures
of Black Beauty – “Ned Lewis” (11 episodes, 1973-1974)
The
Tomorrow People – January 7–28,1976 –Story Arc – "Into the Unknown"
as “Kwaan”
Barry
Linehan
The
Adventures of Black Beauty – 1972 –Episode – The Horsemen as “Mr. Oldfield”
The
Tomorrow People – March 26 – April 9, 1975 – Story Arc – "Worlds Away” as
“The Veshtaker”
Reg
Lye (1912 - March 23, 1988 (age 76)
1972
– Special Delivery – The Amazing Mr. Blunden as “Sexton”
1974
– The Adventures of Black Beauty – Episode – "A Ribbon For Beauty” as
“George”
March
26 – April 9, 1975 – The Tomorrow People
– Story Arc –
"Worlds Away” as as “Vanyon”
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