# When TV shows "guest star" on other TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600 "2007-05-18T15:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/41 "2007-05-18T23:51:31Z")
Didn’t cast members from _Civil Wars_ later join the cast of _L.A. Law_ as the same characters? It was after _L.A. Law_ got really shitty so I wasn’t watching it at that point. ---
**Author:** ![NJ\_Kef\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b487fb/32.png) [@NJ\_Kef\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NJ_Kef_1)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/42 "2007-05-18T23:54:39Z")
In a novel by Barbara Hambly called [Ishmael](http://www.amazon.com/Ishmael-Star-Trek-No-23/dp/0671743554/ref=sr_1_15/002-0902850-0117659?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1179532075&sr=8-15) , Mr. Spock travels back through time to 19th century Seattle to foil a Klingon plot involving his human ancestor Aaron Stempel (played by Mark Lenard) and the cast of [Here Come the Brides](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Here_Come_the_Brides) . ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/43 "2007-05-19T01:23:11Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny Hildo] Didn’t cast members from _Civil Wars_ later join the cast of _L.A. Law_ as the same characters? It was after _L.A. Law_ got really shitty so I wasn’t watching it at that point. [/QUOTE] Yeah. Alan Rosenberg’s character moved to the other show, & he brought Debi Mazar’s character along for some episodes. I watched both, & liked Eli on both shows. > **[Civil Wars (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Wars_%28TV_series%29)** > > Civil Wars is an American legal drama that aired on ABC from November 20, 1991, to March 2, 1993. The series was created and executive produced by William M. Finkelstein and produced by Steven Bochco. The series focused on the lives and cases of New York City divorce attorneys. In the series, two of New York City's top divorce lawyers, Charlie Howell (Peter Onorati) and Sydney Guilford (Mariel Hemingway), form a partnership despite barely knowing each other, following the mental breakdown of Gui... ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/44 "2007-05-19T01:45:09Z")
There was an episode of **Johnny Bravo** guest starring the whole cast of **Scooby Doo Where Are You?** It was hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/45 "2007-05-19T02:11:47Z")
Way back in 1964, NBC tried a programming concept called _90 Bristol Court_ Three sitcoms which ran back-to-back (to back) all set in the same apartment complex, with three different families and three different storylines, but sharing some supporting characters. I seem to recall at the end of each episode the star of one show would bump into the star of the next and hand off a setup for the next half hour. The concept was a failure and only one of the shows lasted past mid-season. ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/46 "2007-05-19T02:48:39Z")
[QUOTE=cochrane] I knew you really meant to say Elliot Carlin appeared in **St. Elsewhere** , right? [/QUOTE] No. Elliott Carlin did appear on “Newhart” once. I remember because Melanie Chartoff played the shrink, and I used to love Melanie Chartoff. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/47 "2007-05-19T03:49:00Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Actually IIRC Jamie caused it while trying to disconnect an illegal cable hookup. [/QUOTE] Ah, that makes sense, since MAY was the lead off show, right? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/48 "2007-05-19T04:05:21Z")
[QUOTE=zamboniracer] No. Elliott Carlin did appear on “Newhart” once. I remember because Melanie Chartoff played the shrink, and I used to love Melanie Chartoff. 😃 [/QUOTE] I was not aware of that episode. Jack Riley also did a cameo in St. Elsewhere (also produced by MTM) as “Mr. Carlin”. He was a patient in the St. Eligius psych ward and did say his life had been ruined by “a quack psychologist in Chicago.” I guess the producers liked the in-joke so much they repeated it. [Mr. Carlin’s “St. Elsewhere” crossover](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elsewhere#In-jokes.2C_puns_and_crossovers) Also, to add one, “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law”, consists of nothing but cross-overs by other assorted Hanna-Barbera characters ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/49 "2007-05-19T04:19:26Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] What are some instances where a character – or entire cast – from one TV show guest starred on another? For instance, on The Single Guy, the main character became friends with Ross (from Friends). (They both suspected the other of being gay.) [/QUOTE] Which is funny, because a few seasons earlier, the actor who played “The Single Guy” had a one episode role on Friends as an OB/GYN. ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/50 "2007-05-19T05:48:52Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] There was an episode of **Johnny Bravo** guest starring the whole cast of **Scooby Doo Where Are You?** It was hilarious. [/QUOTE] “My glasses! I can’t see without my glasses.” “My glasses! I can’t be seen without my glasses.” My favorite part was that, even though it was a kids show, it was very obvious what Daphne and Fred were doing when the group split up. End Hijack ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/51 "2007-05-19T07:04:43Z")
[QUOTE=mobo85] “The last five minutes of _St. Elsewhere_ is the only television show, ever. Everything else is a daydream.”- [Dwayne McDuffie](http://www.slushfactory.com/columns/content/EpEyykukyZloMBeEdd.php) [/QUOTE] This fails to take into account TV shows made in- _Gasp_ _OTHER COUNTRIES!_ _Cue revelatory music_ that haven’t referenced or been referenced in American TV shows. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/52 "2007-05-19T11:01:26Z")
Didn’t **Simon And Simon** turn up on **Magnum P.I.**? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/53 "2007-05-19T12:45:26Z")
Suzanne Pleashett’s appear on the final “Newark.” On the soaps, the denizens of General Hospital and Port Charles use to go back and forth quite regularly (though PC didn’t have GH’s gansters and GH didn’t have PC’s vampires). And when Fiona Hendley went from playing Anne DeVein on General Hospital to another character on All My Children, they were later revealed to be long lost twins. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/54 "2007-05-19T12:53:03Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Suzanne Pleashett’s appear on the final “Newark.” [/QUOTE] Showing your Jersey there. 🙂 “Newark” it would be like NYPD Blue but grungier? ---
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[QUOTE=What Exit?] Showing your Jersey there. 🙂 “Newark” it would be like NYPD Blue but grungier? [/QUOTE] :smack: Coffee first, then posting. And no posting after going on airline sites. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/56 "2007-05-19T19:57:16Z")
[QUOTE=Scumpup] There was an episode of **Johnny Bravo** guest starring the whole cast of **Scooby Doo Where Are You?** It was hilarious. [/QUOTE] “Jinkies? Isn’t that some kind of breakfast cereal?” Many of the older Cartoon Network shows have references to the old Hanna-Barbera characters in them (this is back when CN/Time Warner was still using the “Hanna-Barbera” brand name). And _The Powerpuff Girls_ and _Dexter’s Laboratory_ obviously exist in the same universe, since the show _TV Puppet Pals_ appears in each. Hey, Puppet Pal Clem! “The monster is really…[gasp] **JOE BARBERA!** ” “Who the heck is that?” ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/57 "2007-05-19T22:49:14Z")
[QUOTE=mlees] _Laverne and Shirley_ spun off from _Happy Days_, with one or two visits from the Fonz. (And the short lived _Joany loves Chachi_… heh.) [/QUOTE] _Mork and Mindy_ was a (sort of?) spin off of _Happy Days_ as well, at least the Mork character was. I seem to recall Robin Williams guesting on HD as Mork after M&M had been on the air a while. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/58 "2007-05-20T19:58:35Z")
It wasn’t precisely a crossover, but on the 1978 Donna Prescow show “Angie”, her Saturday Night Fever costar John Travolta had a couple of guest appearances. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/59 "2007-05-20T19:58:41Z")
It wasn’t precisely a crossover, but on the 1978 Donna Prescow show “Angie”, her Saturday Night Fever costar John Travolta had a couple of guest appearances. ---
**Author:** ![phil417](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6bbea6/32.png) [@phil417](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phil417)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-tv-shows-guest-star-on-other-tv-shows/404600/60 "2007-05-20T20:00:57Z")
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