TV Q & A: They are not related

Answer: This may be hard to believe, but chain e-mails rarely contain factual information. Except for the one about Microsoft giving you a million dollars to go to Disney World. That one is TOTALLY true — my friend's uncle's third cousin's daughter knows a guy who went to school with somebody who knows someone who lives down the street from someone who got it! The Phyllis Diller-Susan Lucci link is an old, dumb rumor that will not die. It is untrue.

Question: We have two questions about the CBS series "NCIS." Is the actor who plays Agent McGee the same actor who played a boy who turned into a black cat in the movie "Hocus Pocus"? Also, my husband would like to know if all of Abby's tattoos are real.

Answer: Sean Murray, who plays McGee, did indeed appear in that 1993 film. Pauley Perrette, who plays Abby, has several real tattoos of her own, but at least two — the spider web and an intricate cross —are fake and were added for the show.

Question: I know that Joely Fisher of "'Til Death" is the daughter of Eddie Fisher and Connie Stevens. I am not concerned about the whereabouts of Eddie, but whatever happened to the adorable Ms. Stevens?

Answer: So, no offense, but I can surmise two things from your question: (1) You're old. (2) You don't watch the Home Shopping Network. Stevens still does lots of infomercials for her own line of cosmetics on HSN and on other cable channels, usually at 3 a.m. And she recently showed up on an episode of "Fat Actress" as the mother of Kirstie Alley.

Question: In the 1950s there was a novelty song that included the lyrics "I said my pajamas and put on my prayers, turned off my bed and jumped into the light," etc. Can you tell me the title and the artist?

Answer: That's "I Said My Pajamas and Put on My Pray'rs," which was on the charts in early 1950. The best-known version was recorded by Tony Martin and Fran Warren.

Question: Who's the guitar-playing woman singer in the American Express commercial?

Answer: That is Nicole Atkins from the group Nicole Atkins and the Sea.

Question: Recently, I was watching the movie "Dangerous Minds." The character named Emilio bore a striking resemblance to Viggo Mortensen. I was curious to see if they were one in the same.