Me Madness 2023: Vote for your favorite Celebrity Guest Star!
It's the battle of the MeTV Guest Stars! But which star shines the brightest? Vote for your favorites and see who wins the gold!

In 2023, we're getting starstruck—by looking at the variety of celebrity guest stars who made appearances in MeTV shows!
Which celebrity guest star is the brightest? Me Madness is here to find out! Will it be Davy Jones charming on The Brady Bunch? Sammy Davis Jr. visiting the Bunkers on All in the Family? Maybe even Mel Blanc as a parrot in Perry Mason?
Come back each Wednesday and Saturday beginning at 8AM E | 7C to vote as we move from Round 1 on Saturday, March 11, through Round 6, the finals, starting on Wednesday, March 29.
Who is the the fan-favorite MeTV celebrity guest star? Let’s find out.
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Wow! Round 4 tommorow, Semi-finals, then the finals. Does anyone have a prediction, or a Celebrity Guest Star favorite that they would like to be the winner?
Should be interesting to see the next rounds results tomorrow. Wonder who is or has made it to the next round.
https://youtu.be/chHWwfzDEXg
Have you kept a count of how many times you've posted the " Guess Who's Coming to Visit" clip?
I can't imagine there's anyone who hasn't seen the image. Just curious.
I can't imagine there's anyone who hasn't seen the image. Just curious.
5 Times . I will take a break from that video and wait until the birthday of Barry Greenberg (Moose)who was born on May2 1956 before I use that video again.
Also I enjoyed the Stephen Sundstrom video whatever happened to Bag Neil J Schwartz on Happy Days.
Also I enjoyed the Stephen Sundstrom video whatever happened to Bag Neil J Schwartz on Happy Days.
Here's a question. I think a person can vote multiple times, though it is hard to imagine why one would.
Do you think there are any nutty people who would vote multiple times, especially as the field narrows, skewing the final outcome?
Do you think there are any nutty people who would vote multiple times, especially as the field narrows, skewing the final outcome?
I have seen a lot of division on animated appearances being acceptable or not, but I have a slightly different take.
I do not think appearances in anthology series truly makes for a guest starring appearance.
Example: Leonard Nimoy appearing on Perry Mason would be a guest starring experience, while William Shatner on The Twilight Zone would not.
In anthology, you are working with a completely new set of actors, and not adapting to an already existing cast. This would also apply to animated appearances, because the actor may not have even interacted with the regular cast of the show.
I do not think appearances in anthology series truly makes for a guest starring appearance.
Example: Leonard Nimoy appearing on Perry Mason would be a guest starring experience, while William Shatner on The Twilight Zone would not.
In anthology, you are working with a completely new set of actors, and not adapting to an already existing cast. This would also apply to animated appearances, because the actor may not have even interacted with the regular cast of the show.
Interesting Round 3 choices. Still don't see the animated characters (voice only or voice over), as a guest star, but we'll see where that goes. Good choice on the other guest stars though.
😉 Still don't see the animated characters (voice only or voice over), as a guest star, but we'll see where that goes.
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Good one!! I get it!
I'm not trying to lump your opinion with the rest of mine below, by default. But it seems to me like they're catering to the cartoon crowd. Which I think is because they're a fixed audience they can guarantee to the advertiser. Meaning, those viewers aren't going anywhere if they can't find cartoons (easily/free) in another place. Yet cartoons are illustrations/animation and not celebrity guest actors. By definition it's just not equal. I think the mechanics of the survey is about deciding one thing versus another, because the opposites are so disparate. I can't access the quiz again because I already voted. But they had Nimoy up against something improbable, and I thought - really, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆? Meaning I'd pick LN because he's an interesting actor, in lots of stuff. Not just "Spock." So I think that's what MeTV is trying to figure out. As in, what's the value of the Series itself. Like, viewers love Twilight Zone and Perry Mason because they get to see so many of their popular classic TV actors!
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Good one!! I get it!
I'm not trying to lump your opinion with the rest of mine below, by default. But it seems to me like they're catering to the cartoon crowd. Which I think is because they're a fixed audience they can guarantee to the advertiser. Meaning, those viewers aren't going anywhere if they can't find cartoons (easily/free) in another place. Yet cartoons are illustrations/animation and not celebrity guest actors. By definition it's just not equal. I think the mechanics of the survey is about deciding one thing versus another, because the opposites are so disparate. I can't access the quiz again because I already voted. But they had Nimoy up against something improbable, and I thought - really, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕'𝒔 𝒂 𝒄𝒉𝒐𝒊𝒄𝒆? Meaning I'd pick LN because he's an interesting actor, in lots of stuff. Not just "Spock." So I think that's what MeTV is trying to figure out. As in, what's the value of the Series itself. Like, viewers love Twilight Zone and Perry Mason because they get to see so many of their popular classic TV actors!
I save when I vote in notepad, with the % at the time, for just such occasions. It was:
Sammy Davis Jr. on All in the Family "Sammy's Visit" 65%
vs
Leonard Nimoy on Perry Mason "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe" 35%.
I chose LN as well, but it didn't look he was doing well, but that may change.
Sammy Davis Jr. on All in the Family "Sammy's Visit" 65%
vs
Leonard Nimoy on Perry Mason "The Case of the Shoplifter's Shoe" 35%.
I chose LN as well, but it didn't look he was doing well, but that may change.
Again, in a lot of cases it's a toss up between having a favorite actor between the two. And having a favorite performance because of the actor IN that role. Good Quiz, thoughtful choices and interesting to see the percentages. The way it was designed this year, IMO, will make the outcome even more meaningful!
I wonder. When the final result is decided, what they will do with that result. For instance let say
William Shatner was the Winner- Will they pre-empt a Sunday afternoon and run A Star Trek Block? It probably wouldn't work for each celebrity. Just curious.
William Shatner was the Winner- Will they pre-empt a Sunday afternoon and run A Star Trek Block? It probably wouldn't work for each celebrity. Just curious.
Although Lisa Whelchel didn't progress in the results. Glad to see a new season of "Collector's Call"
returning in a couple of weeks.
returning in a couple of weeks.
I wonder in the voting, the reason we vote, the actual star or by some more personal reason! I just saw a comment that the animated show Johnny Quest was considered " racism ". lol. Now that is stupid.
What most people have no idea of is that Star Trek: Space Seed guest stars Ricardo Montalban, who played Khan (the character upon which the entire plotlines of both ST II: "Wrath of Khan" and ST 2: "Into Darkness" were based) and his soon to be wife, Marla, played by actress Madlyn Rhue, both also starred in the famous 1960 Bonanza episode, "Day of Reckoning," as husband/wife Matsou and Hatoya.

😉 Nice contribution, thank you as always!
IMO, to some degree, familiarity or perhaps even memory, depends on the level of fandom. We're probably originals or close to it. So Space Seed made a marked impression among the original episodes, because both actors turned in stellar performances. We both know that a couple of ST:TOS episodes were considered as foundation for the movies. But Kahn projected a menacing villainy who was curiously relatable in "human" terms (rather than being an off the chart alien). They just took the popular relationships of the key characters and ratched them up several notches. I never tire of seeing the episode again, because there's always a little more to notice. I certainly didn't know about the Bonanza episode though, and will watch for it. Have been appreciating that Western more and more lately when I catch it accidentally.
Of course Montalban and Rhue put in wonderful performances (though separately) in another favorite Series of ours. Casting (in those days) had a unique knack for suggesting just the right actor for the specific role. To the point of where we (as classic TV fans) almost can't imagine anyone else.
Always fun sharing - 😉!
IMO, to some degree, familiarity or perhaps even memory, depends on the level of fandom. We're probably originals or close to it. So Space Seed made a marked impression among the original episodes, because both actors turned in stellar performances. We both know that a couple of ST:TOS episodes were considered as foundation for the movies. But Kahn projected a menacing villainy who was curiously relatable in "human" terms (rather than being an off the chart alien). They just took the popular relationships of the key characters and ratched them up several notches. I never tire of seeing the episode again, because there's always a little more to notice. I certainly didn't know about the Bonanza episode though, and will watch for it. Have been appreciating that Western more and more lately when I catch it accidentally.
Of course Montalban and Rhue put in wonderful performances (though separately) in another favorite Series of ours. Casting (in those days) had a unique knack for suggesting just the right actor for the specific role. To the point of where we (as classic TV fans) almost can't imagine anyone else.
Always fun sharing - 😉!
Another reason for doing that, which might seem coincidental to some. Is that the chemistry between those two actors has already been established. I don't know which series came first without looking it up. But it's another shorthand method casting agencies use to suggest the best of acting candidates for a producer's purpose (intention). I've read that casting is the last thing a Production wants to or expect to, worry about. They want proven talent, delivery and reliability. So the reason we see so many of our favored classic TV actors everywhere over time, is very purposeful. And for another reason that Production never dreamed these Series would keep on going for decades!!
"Working Actors" just looked from getting one job to the next!
"Working Actors" just looked from getting one job to the next!
Well, i played my version based on the first brackets, and on that basis my final 2 are Ricardo Monteblan vs. Sammy Davis Jr. Tough choice; Star Trek's best villian vs. Archie Bunker's biggest challenge! Mumy loses to Davis in the final 4! I struggled with that one, but I realized that I couldn't have 2 baddies in the final 2!
Interesting results from Round 1- sorry to see a few go. Surprised animated characters are being used, maybe they will be edged out with Round 2.
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Surprised animated characters are being used/ From Round 1 Results:

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Elizabeth Montgomery was an excellent actress, however from her bio it looks like she has had roles in other MeTV series aside from Bewitched . Oh well a vote is a vote.
Surprised animated characters are being used/ From Round 1 Results:

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Elizabeth Montgomery was an excellent actress, however from her bio it looks like she has had roles in other MeTV series aside from Bewitched . Oh well a vote is a vote.
Yes, Bewitched is on "other Networks", but The Flintstones are on MeTV! And where was the nomination for Stoney Curtis...LOL!
The same for Ann-Margret, well actually not quite the same, how many guest appearances did she make on MeTV aside from the voice only on the Flintstones. At least EM appeared on a few series outside of the (voice only) animated character they could have used those. They could save the animated characters or likenesses for a story or quiz.
Oh wow, I wonder if we're all getting the same choices? I don't remember a Takai versus a Bewitched. But because we can't go back in, I guess nobody will notice. Interesting.
Pretty sure we all are. You can see the results for round 1 & 2 here:
https://metv.com/me-madness/round1
https://www.metv.com/me-madness/round2#vote
You'll be able to see round 3 results, when Round 4 is posted on Wednesday.
https://metv.com/me-madness/round1
https://www.metv.com/me-madness/round2#vote
You'll be able to see round 3 results, when Round 4 is posted on Wednesday.
I’m so upset. I missed Round 2. Hopefully, I remember on Saturday to do Round 3. Ugh
I just played Round 2 while ago. My email with the link only came this afternoon (Wednesday 3-15). So maybe you still can.
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A lot of persons like my vifeos and comments even though ypu dont.
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One person liked the video by
Sammy Davis Jr. -The song Candyman. Persons liked the
Neil Sedaka videos and The
Connie Francis videos and The
Sam Drucker of Green Acres Video and.Newt Kiley talking about watching Gomer Pyle USMC video and the Bag Zombroski and
Wally fan videos and persons liked.the clip from Beetlejuice with
The Bananna Boat Dayo Harry
Belafonte song
Just because you dont like my
Comments.and videos doesn't
Mean that other persons dont
Like them . I wish that you would
Quit giving negative comments and try to get along with persons.
Theres an old expression : ",If you
Cant say anything nice about someone dont say anything at
All ". Life is too short to always.
Putting persons down and being
mean . We need to get along with each other.
https://youtu.be/Y3edk9xfoUI
What a pain! I was halfway through the voting and my screen refreshed, which knocked me out. I'm not going back. 😖