In a 2002 essay, Dwayne McDuffie explored how depicting a hospital inside one of these locations suggested a shared universe of American television. For 10 points each:
[10m] In the infamous final scene of the NBC medical drama St. Elsewhere, the entirety of the show is heavily implied to have occurred within one of what objects belonging to the autistic child Tommy Westphall?
ANSWER: snowglobes
[10h] McDuffie’s shared universe theory starts at this character’s cameo on St. Elsewhere. Richard Belzer played this character, originally from Homicide: Life on the Street, on 11 different shows including The Wire and The X-Files.
ANSWER: Detective John Munch [prompt on Detective John]
[10e] McDuffie linked Munch’s role on The X-Files to suggest this sitcom also takes place in the snowglobe. In an episode of this animated show, Mulder and Scully go to Springfield investigating an alien who turns out to be Mr. Burns.
ANSWER: The Simpsons
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