MemeMachineGo!

In lieu of actual anesthesia, JetBlue provides little LCD TVs in their planes’ seat backs. On my recent flight, I watched more TV than I had in the previous year.

I saw a couple of episodes of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. Pocahontas happened to mention that a character on it had originally appeared on another show. I was curious about this, and did a web search, little suspecting what was in store.

Once upon a time, I watched a lot of TV. I could have told you that Mork & Mindy and Joanie Loves Chachi co-existed in the same fictional universe . I could have told you that Maude co-existed with the Jeffersons.

But then I visited the Crossovers and Spin-offs Master Page, and I learned of co-existences man was never meant to know.

Maude and the Jeffersons also share a world with Silver Spoons, the Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and E/R. Kung Fu with Maverick. Touched by an Angel with Mission: Impossible. Quantum Leap with Hawaii 50. Knight Rider with Star Trek. The horror, the horror!

My mind reeling, I desperately grasped at the tenuous threads anchoring my sanity. And then I saw that not only does Law and Order: SVU co-exist with Homicide, but also with M*A*S*H. Seinfeld. I Dream of Jeanie. Oz. The White Shadow. Friends. Hill Street Blues. Home Improvement. The X-Files. And dozens more!

And all of those ocurred only in the mind of an autistic child.

R’lyeh phtagn! Shub-Niggurath, Ia!