The bit featured Kurt Loder as the show's host, half-reluctantly and half-resigned, trying to teach the two characters the meaning of Thanksgiving as they report live from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City, where they take more interest in people's butts and porn-shops than anything else.

In 1983, antihero Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson ), one of the show's central male characters since 1961, was killed off, and in 1984, Stan Ogden ( Bernard Youens ) died.

" Writers drew on the show's many archetypes, with previously established characters stepping into the roles left by the original cast.

The Rovers Return Inn is the main meeting place for the show's characters.

Notably, from 1985 to 1988, author and television writer Hugh Miller wrote seventeen novels, detailing the lives of many of the show's original characters before 1985, when events on screen took place.

The characters and situations were often thinly-disguised parodies of recent real events and real people, giving the show's comedy a black edge.

In spite of the show's failure, Loewe displayed ... an uncanny ability to write scores indigenous to the time and locale of the characters and plots.

The series featured most of the original cast performing the voices for their characters, except for Pavel Chekov ( Walter Koenig ), who was omitted because the show's budget could not afford the complete cast.

* Two characters are given names related to cigarettes: Lucky Straeker, Bookman's director and Dora Belair, an assistant to a competing show's producer.

The show's version is often referred to by characters and fans as " Whatever Happened, Happened " ( also the title of an episode ).

As well, in real life, crime scene investigators are not responsible for the wide array of police duties that the show's characters typically carry out ( investigation, arrest, interrogation, etc.

However, " Repo Men " would turn out to be the character's only appearance in the entire show's run, leading to a legal dispute in the following years over the rights to characters and concepts between Rushing and Warner Brothers, although he remained on good terms with cast and crew and in recent years has made appearances at several fan conventions.

While several characters have asserted that transporters cannot transport through a ship's shields or planetary defense shields, there are instances of this " rule " being broken through a technobabble solution ( TNG: " The Wounded ", DS9: " Trials and Tribble-ations ") or disregarded by the show's writers ( VOY: " Caretaker ").

A comedy veteran, Shatner suggested making the show's characters as comfortable working in space as they would at sea, and having Kirk be a humorous " good-pal-the-captain, who in time of need would snap to and become the warrior ".

This structure allowed the producers to use a mixture of styles and characters, and to vary the show's pace.

Almost all of the show's major characters were killed or otherwise removed within a season or two of being introduced.

Veteran comedy actor Les Lye played numerous recurring characters and was initially the only adult to perform in the show's sketches, although actress Abby Hagyard later joined the show to become " the other grown-up " in the cast roster, and frequently played " Mom " opposite Lye's role as " Dad.

's True Hollywood Story, Marshall lauded the concept, but lamented that by the time each of the characters was introduced, very little of the show's half-hour format was left for actual gameplay.

The episode recast the show's main characters in a self-referential comedic parody of The Taming of the Shrew.

Lovejoy is the minister at The First Church of Springfield — the Protestant church in Springfield which most of the show's characters regularly attend.

" A television newsroom was chosen for the show's workplace because of the supporting characters often found there, stated co-creator James Brooks.

During the show's run, Marian Jordan voiced a total of 69 different characters in it.

She performed " Into the Nightlife " and dedicated a rendition of " True Colors " to one of the show's characters, Luke Snyder.

Most characters were voiced by Jean Roucas, who also acted as the show's host.

Between 1975 and 1980, she created such characters as Roseanne Roseannadanna, an obnoxious woman with wild black hair whose trademark complaint, " It's always something -- if it ain't one thing, it's another ", gave her autobiography its title, and who would tell stories about the gross habits of celebrities on the show's " Weekend Update " news segment, inspired in name and appearance by Rose Ann Scamardella, a news anchor at WABC-TV in New York City.

Also featured were two music videos (" Long Hard Road Out of Hell " by Marilyn Manson and " Criminal " by Fiona Apple ) not included in any of the show's regular episodes.

Segments of the pilot were recreated in the sixth episode of the show's first season.

Enrico Colantoni also stars as the leader of an alien race who ask the actors for help, believing the show's adventures were real.

* School Scenes: There were always school scenes during the show's run.

The show's additional legacy — probably its main one to most of the Southern and rural viewers in particular — was the hundreds of performances of country music, bluegrass, gospel music, and other traditional styles, that were featured on it during its run.

Producers argued for its cancellation because of its falling ratings, afraid that the show's legacy might be damaged if it were renewed for another season.

Early episodes of Dark Shadows were rerun on PBS stations in the early 1970s after the show's cancellation, and the entire series ( except the single missing episode ) was rerun on the SciFi Channel in the 1990s.

After The Edge of Nights 1984 cancellation, reruns of the show's final five years were shown on the USA Network's latenight schedule from 1985 to 1989.

Initial work on Star Trek: Voyager started in 1993, and seeds for the show's backstory, including the development of the Maquis, were placed in several Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes.

Also seen throughout the show's run were many different brands of cereal, e. g. Cheerios.

The show's creators claim that they were not engaging in a product placement strategy for commercial gain.

Thirteen animated Zelda shorts were featured within the show's 65-episode run.

Another 20 actresses were auditioned before the show's casting director suggested that producers Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell check out a televised drama featuring the relatively unknown Rigg.

Throughout the rehearsal period, the New York newspapers were filled with articles about gang warfare, keeping the show's plot timely.

Most of the show's 26 episodes from series 1-3 that were videotaped in black and white and broadcast 1965-68 no longer exist ; they were wiped by the BBC during the late 1960s and early ' 70s.

As the show's popularity rose, many celebrities were eager to perform with the Muppets on television and in film.

After the show's successful first season, consultants were brought in to make suggestions for the show, including changing Janine to a more maternal character, giving every character a particular " job " ( Peter is the funny one, Egon is the smart one, and Winston, the only black character, was to be the driver ), and to add kids into the show.

It was also the first time a show's educational effects on young children were studied, and the first time both summative and formative research were reflected in a television show's content.

In 2001 there were over 120 million viewers of various international versions of Sesame Street, and by the show's 40th anniversary in 2009, it was broadcast in more than 140 countries.

Many of the show's storylines were taken from the experiences of its writing staff, cast, and crew, most notably, the 1982 death of Will Lee — who played Mr. Hooper — and the marriage of Luis and Maria in 1988.