Talk:Too Close for Comfort

Comment

I removed the stub to this article, although more could be written about it. It appears to be too long to be considered a stub. Rt66lt 23:40, 22 November 2005 (UTC)

Credits

I have put in this article several times that actor Jim J. Bullock's name appears as Jm J. Bullock in the credits of this show; there is no letter "i". I also put that it is not known if this misspelling was done on purpose or in error. For some reason this fact keeps being removed from the article. This is not speculation or guessing, IT IS A FACT. His name DOES appear as "Jm", not "Jim". Although his name may be Jim, it doesn't change the fact that the credits state Jm. You can Youtube it yourself and see his name clearly states Jm J. Bullock, not Jim. This is just a two line sentence in the entire article; I see no reason why it keeps being removed. I have read speculation in various other articles and those things seem to remain in the article, so why is something that you can blatantly SEE is the truth keep being removed from the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.146.55.202 (talk) 11:23, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

I've added "as Jm J. Bullock" to the info box (that much is verifiable). Speculation as to why he's credited as "Jm" is, well, speculation. Wikipedia is not for speculation, it is for verifiable information. If you see speculation is other articles, it is there because no one has removed it. Feel free to do so. If you do find a verifiable source for it being "unknown" whether this is accidental (in the credits of several major productions over a number of years?!?!) or on purpose, that information would likely belong in Jim J. Bullock. Better still, you might look for a reliable source as to why he is credited that way (you're unlikely to find a reliable source saying that something so simple is "unknown", clearly someone knows). FWIW, my quick search didn't find a reliable source with an answer, just an unreliable one giving an anecdote that it was initially a typo by a secretary and Bullock decided to use it as it was more memorable than "Jim". - SummerPhD (talk) 11:55, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for putting it in the info box. I think that is a fair compromise. I remember being very young when this show was running and wondering if his name was JM or Jim or what. What's more, as children we used to always read the names of actors out loud as different tv shows were coming on. I noticed that when this show came on, everyone else used to always say Jim when his name came up. I even played this game with adults and they would say Jim too. I would always quickly point out to everyone that it says Jm not Jim, and they all would say "oh" and laugh or smile. I noticed then that most people didn't recognize that there was not an "i" there; their eyes saw what they wanted to see. So it is good information to have this in the article, but you are correct, to state WHY would be speculation. Although the story about the secretary making a typo and Bullock deciding to keep it anyway because it's more memorable sounds like a likely reason. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.146.55.202 (talk) 19:57, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

Cosmic Cow Redirect

"Cosmic Cow" is now also the name of an astronomical phenomenon so this needs a disambiguation line and a link to the astronomical article, whatever it ends up being named. Fast Blue Ultraluminous Transients? 2601:441:4900:A6E0:A9CC:57B1:D384:2E4D (talk) 23:00, 20 July 2022 (UTC)

TBS picked up "Too Close for Comfort"

Originally re-aired on TBS from September to December 1991. 71.247.208.187 (talk) 21:01, 13 February 2024 (UTC)