According to Hofmann: Welcome to the Tommy-verse
I无毛视频檝e been seeing more and more advertising for people to enter virtual reality platforms to virtually interact and virtually socialize with virtual people in virtual places virtually, and I have some major concerns.
First, where and how people will go to the bathroom in such an environment?
My second concern as we boldly jump, stumble or fall into this brave new virtual world, is reminding everyone in real life as in virtual life, things aren无毛视频檛 always what they seem无毛视频nd that there无毛视频檚 a slight chance we无毛视频檙e all part of the imagination of an autistic boy in the 1980s.
I无毛视频檓, of course, talking about the Tommy Westphall Universe.
Maybe I should explain? Yeah, good idea.
Back in the 80s, there was this show called 无毛视频淪t. Elsewhere,无毛视频� a hospital drama that ran for six seasons. Its final episode made a mark in TV history. As scenes showed everything that happened on 无毛视频淪t. Elsewhere,无毛视频� some viewers were left with the belief that the drama was all imagined by an autistic boy named Tommy Westphall.
As you might have guessed, TV audiences were confused, appalled and outraged by the it-was-all-a-dream ending.
For the record, I think that无毛视频檚 an awesome ending. I remember the famous finale of 无毛视频淣ewhart无毛视频� where Bob Newhart wakes up in a dark bedroom from a bad dream and the lamp turns on next to him and, instead of his wife on 无毛视频淣ewhart,无毛视频� he无毛视频檚 lying next to Suzanne Pleshette, who played his wife on 无毛视频淭he Bob Newhart Show.无毛视频�
Bob tells Pleshette about a dream he had 无毛视频� and it无毛视频檚 a summary of the show 无毛视频淣ewhart.无毛视频� And what a dream it was! That show lasted eight seasons. He must have slept for 79 hours (88 hours if you include the commercials).
Anyway, after the dust settled from the 无毛视频淪t. Elsewhere无毛视频� finale, life went on 无毛视频� and then the internet took hold of Tommy Whestphall.
You see, whoever came up with the idea of the Tommy Westphall ending didn无毛视频檛 take into account characters crossing over onto other TV shows during the 无毛视频淪t. Elsewhere无毛视频� run.
For example, during an episode in 无毛视频淪t. Elsewhere,无毛视频� a few characters stopped into a bar for a few drinks before performing surgery. That bar was 无毛视频淐heers无毛视频� (my all-time favorite TV show), and there was interaction with characters from 无毛视频淐heers无毛视频� like Carla, Norm and Cliff.
Because of that episode and some other crossover appearances from 无毛视频淪t. Elsewhere,无毛视频� someone theorized that if all the characters from 无毛视频淪t. Elsewhere无毛视频� are from Tommy Westphall无毛视频檚 imagination, then everyone on 无毛视频淐heers无毛视频� would also have to be from his imagination because those characters exist and interact in the same world.
Then, characters from 无毛视频淐heers无毛视频� appeared on different shows like 无毛视频淲ings无毛视频� and had spinoffs like 无毛视频淔rasier,无毛视频� and characters from those shows appeared on other shows and so on and so forth.
It wasn无毛视频檛 long until people with way too much time on their hands started making connections from other TV crossovers to find out that Tommy Westphall imagined over 400 television shows from 无毛视频淭he X-Files无毛视频� and 无毛视频淒r. Who无毛视频� to 无毛视频淭he Andy Griffith Show无毛视频� and 无毛视频淢arried无毛视频ith Children.无毛视频�
Some connections, however, take Olympic-esque mental gymnastics to stick the landing. For example, one connection was the meth smoke from 无毛视频淏reaking Bad无毛视频� was also in 无毛视频淭he Walking Dead.无毛视频�
Yeah, I know it无毛视频檚 just one of those harmless and fun fan theories to check out and enjoy, but something did tend to nag at me a bit.
With the show 无毛视频淐heers,无毛视频� for example, I recall some episodes where real-life sports figures, politicians and celebrities played themselves in cameos on the show.
While the 无毛视频渞ules无毛视频� on the website that has all the television show connections state that cameos do not count, it was also that same website that directly linked a crime drama about a chemistry teacher becoming a drug lord to a horror show about the zombie apocalypse because of smoke.
Just goes to show, if you play loose with the rules, eventually you无毛视频檒l be tagged. I don无毛视频檛 even know what that means, but it sounded deep.
Anyway, it kind of begs the question: did real life cross over to Tommy Wesphall无毛视频檚 imagination, or did Tommy无毛视频檚 Westphall无毛视频檚 imagination cross over to real life?
Sure, I suppose Tommy heard his dad groaning about politicians or sports and inserted those folks into his imaginary world because there would be no way he invented real-life celebrities, which would extend his universe to, well, our universe.
Then you have to say to yourself that it无毛视频檚 ridiculous to think such a thing would happen in real life. Then you have to ask yourself if real life would still be just that when we plug into whatever metaverse is available to us to interact with others. And then, you have to decide what无毛视频檚 real or not.
I don无毛视频檛 want you to worry about it too much or you无毛视频檙e going to lose sleep or wake up screaming in a cold sweat.
Of course, if you do and Bob Newhart无毛视频檚 TV wife asks you what无毛视频檚 wrong, then begin to worry.
According to Hofmann is written by staff reporter Mark Hofmann of Rostraver Township. His books, 无毛视频淕ood Mourning! A Guide to Biting the Big One 无毛视频� and Dying, Too无毛视频� and 无毛视频淪tupid Brain,无毛视频� are available on Amazon.com.