Sorry if someone did this before but I don't recall seeing it here.

Anyway- I'm talking about Easter Eggs....you know those treats and tidbits hidden into shows for the fans.

for example.

I have recently been introduced to House MD.  in season two Dr Wilson moves in with House. In one episode House is scrolling down the shows he's recorded on his DVR (House records  a lot of Yankee Workshop and Spongebob  ;D )  He has also recorded BlackAdder. . . a show that starred House himself Hugh Laurie.


In the movie the Client (or was it the TV show- I forget) in the office there is a framed picture that reads The Chamber.  "The Chamber" was the title of the next book that was being released by John Grisham.

In a TV movie starring Jacklyn Smith there is a reference made to two charcters Kelly and Garrett... put them together and you have the name of her character she played on Charlie's Angels.

In an episode of 90210 they refer to Donna's Doc Martins... her last name was  Martin and her father was a dr or a dentist or something.... okay it's not really an easter egg but it totally made me laugh at the time.

♦ In the recent movie "Hitman", when The Hitman jumps off the balcony of the hotel and smashes into the lower room, you can see two kids playing the "Hitman" video game


♦ In an episode of the 90s sitcom "Step By Step", Frank Lambert (Patrick Duffy) is doing a crossword.  The clue is a city in Texas, and he doesn't know the answer, so his wife Carol (Suzanne Somers) yells out "D-A-L-L-A-S"

In another episode, he remarks that someone said he looked like that Bobby Ewing Clown from "Dallas"

In another episode of "Step by Step", J.T. (Brandon Call) is talking to his dad, and makes a remark about how he watches "Baywatch" with his wife.  Brandon Call played the original Hobie Buchanan in the first season of Baywatch


♦ In the movie "Stay Tuned", Roy Knable (John Ritter) zaps himself into "Three's Company".  This was an obvious reference, but when this movie came out in 1992, there were people who didn't get it cause they'd never seen Three's Company


♦ In an episode of the 90s sitcom "Spin City", Mike (Michael J. Fox) remarks how he bumped into some loser on the street named Alex P. Keaton who has big dreams of making it in Washington ;D


♦ In the 1993 movie "The Beverly Hillbillies", Buddy Ebsen makes a cameo appearance as Barnaby Jones


♦ In a Season 1 episode of "Newhart", Dick (Bob Newhart) is watching TV in his den with his earphones on.  When Joanna (Mary Frann) comes in and asks what he's doing, he says he's watching classic TV.  When she unplugs the earphones, you can hear the theme from "The Bob Newhart Show" playing


♦ In an episode of "Married ... With Children", Peg and Kelly walk into a video store, and visible on a shelf by the exit are free copies of the movie "Dutch" that the store obviously cannot even give away.  "Dutch" was a 1991 box office bomb starring Ed O'Neil

Also in an episode or two of Different World you can hear Jasmine Guy's single Try Me playing in at the Pit.  This was an obvious promo for the album she released.

In the Charlie's Angels movie weren't the kids Drew Barrymore "dropped in on" watching ET?

The Simpsons always throw in this stuff there was an episode this last season where they kept mentioning Tress Macneil

In Bones they make light of Booth wearing bright/loud socks; this is actually a character trait of David Boreanez

more ...

♦ In the movie "A Night at the Roxbury", Doug and Steve's dad (played by Dan Hedaya) is sitting around the piano singing the theme to "Cheers" with his family.  Dan Hedaya played Nick Tortelli, Carla's sleazy ex-husband on "Cheers"


♦ In an episode of "The Nanny", Grandma Yetta gets confused and thinks she's on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", mistaking members of the house as members of the Petrie family.  At one point, she looks in the mirror and points out Millie Helper.  Ann Guilbert, who played Grandma Yetta, also played Millie Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"


♦ In an episode of "According to Jim", Jim (Belushi) tells Cheryl that he bought the Special Edition DVD of "Red Heat" and remarks how it should have won an Oscar LOL

In the Charlie's Angels movie weren't the kids Drew Barrymore "dropped in on" watching ET?


I believe they were yes ;D

Also in the movie "Charlie's Angels", in the opening scene, the in flight film is "T.J. Hooker: The Movie" and L.L. Cool J groans "Another movie based on a television series?"

In the Charlie's Angels movie weren't the kids Drew Barrymore "dropped in on" watching ET?


I think so...but I'm not totally sure. What I am sure about, however, is that they were watching it in the exact same home that ET was filmed in! So Drew Barrymore was making a return visit there ;D

♦ In the 1989 movie "Tango and Cash", Tango (Sylvester Stallone) is upon a drug bust, and shoots a tanker that everyone thinks is full of gasoline, but is actually filled with cocaine.  Suddenly, one of his fellow cops makes a remark saying "Geez, the guy thinks he's Rambo or something"


♦ On the 80s series "Moonlighting", David and Maddie always made reference that they were in fact a TV show.  examples ...

- David solves the crime, and when Maddie asks him when he had time to do that, he says "during the commercial break"

- Maddie angrily calls David Eye Crust, then Navel Lint, to which David remarks "Don't go much lower, or they'll take us off the air"

- Miss DiPesto's mother visits, and asks where David and Maddie are.  Miss DiPesto replies "They're not in this episode"

In the Season 2 finale, the crew is seen dismantelling the set, to which David and Maddie part ways by saying "See you next season"

more ...


♦ In an episode of "The Nanny", Grandma Yetta gets confused and thinks she's on "The Dick Van Dyke Show", mistaking members of the house as members of the Petrie family.  At one point, she looks in the mirror and points out Millie Helper.  Ann Guilbert, who played Grandma Yetta, also played Millie Helper on "The Dick Van Dyke Show"



I remember that one.

♦ In the 1989 movie "Tango and Cash", Tango (Sylvester Stallone) is upon a drug bust, and shoots a tanker that everyone thinks is full of gasoline, but is actually filled with cocaine.  Suddenly, one of his fellow cops makes a remark saying "Geez, the guy thinks he's Rambo or something"


♦ On the 80s series "Moonlighting", David and Maddie always made reference that they were in fact a TV show.  examples ...

- David solves the crime, and when Maddie asks him when he had time to do that, he says "during the commercial break"

- Maddie angrily calls David Eye Crust, then Navel Lint, to which David remarks "Don't go much lower, or they'll take us off the air"

- Miss DiPesto's mother visits, and asks where David and Maddie are.  Miss DiPesto replies "They're not in this episode"

In the Season 2 finale, the crew is seen dismantelling the set, to which David and Maddie part ways by saying "See you next season"



That moonlighting stuff is funny.... I've only seen one episode but I remember it vividly.

they were in the office talking about a guy who was blown up while sitting in his car. One of them wondered what the last thing was that went through the man's mind. The receptionist played by Alyce Beasley said.... "The dashboard"  ;D    Everything that's wrong about that is also very very right. . .  I'm gonna watch those right after I finish up house.

Oh yeah in the pilot episode of Living Single the girls have a dinner to which one of their ex boyfriends brings a date.  In talking to the girl they ask her where she's from.  she talks about attending Eastland, a private school in Peekskill NY... Regine (holds for a beat) and then replies..."Never heard of it.  Regine of course is played by Kim Fields who was Tootie on Facts of Life.  ;D

On "The Mighty B!", I've noticed that when Bessie went to the taffy factory she becomes a square that resembles a certain cartoon character. Wouldn't be suprised since co-creator Eric Wiess was one of the writers of that overrated cartoon.

On  many  Looney Tunes cartoons there's referances to  their animators, writers, etc. like seeing "Fritz" on a billboard to caricatures in "Russian Rhapsody".

Oh yeah in the pilot episode of Living Single the girls have a dinner to which one of their ex boyfriends brings a date.  In talking to the girl they ask her where she's from.  she talks about attending Eastland, a private school in Peekskill NY... Regine (holds for a beat) and then replies..."Never heard of it.  Regine of course is played by Kim Fields who was Tootie on Facts of Life.  ;D


LOL that's awesome ;D


Here's some more ...

♦ In the movie "Lethal Weapon", there is a scene in which you can see the marquee of a movie theatre in the background that reads "The Lost Boys".  Richard Donner, who directed Lethal Weapon, also produced The Lost Boys


♦ In the Eddie Murphy/Robert DeNiro film "Showtime", William Shatner appears as himself, but when he's advising Murphy on how to be a good TV cop, he breaks out into a T.J. Hooker styled lecture


♦ On an episode of the 90s cartoon "Bobby's World", Bobby's dad (as voiced by Howie Mandel) tells his family to come and watch the Howie Mandel comedy special on TV


♦ On an episode of "Family Guy", Peter mentions the fact that they were brought back after being cancelled, and begins to list off FOX shows that have been cancelled over the years


♦ On an episode of "According to Jim", Jim tries to convince Cheryl that he once gave Erik Estrada directions to the mall, so he jumps on Erik's car at a fan convention, and winds up in the hospital.  When Estrada shows up at the hospital to offer his apoligies for hitting Jim, the two reminisce and point at each other in a freeze frame while the "CHiPs" theme plays


♦ In the movie "National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1", when Emilio Estevez and Samual L. Jackson go to the second floor of a hotel to find an informant, Ponch (Erik Estrada) and Jon (Larry Wilcox) are seen with their motorcycles in the middle of a shootout

Music videos even have them  (though perhaps this could be a spin-off topic) ...


In the 1987 video "Faith" by George Michael, you can initially hear "I Want Your Sex" playing on the jukebox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viPWb3ieH6o


In opening scene for the 2002 hit "Forever" by N-Trance, as Kevin O'Toole and Kelly Llorenna pull up in their car, you can hear N-Trance's signature 1995 hit "Set You Free" playing on the car stereo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeVIxyUitz8


In the opening scene of FM's 1985 hit "Just Like You", the chauffer turns on the radio and you can hear FM's 1978 song "Phasors on Stun" playing, to which the snobby record exec claims he hates rock and roll
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWqFFbmbQqY

Oh yeah in the pilot episode of Living Single the girls have a dinner to which one of their ex boyfriends brings a date.  In talking to the girl they ask her where she's from.  she talks about attending Eastland, a private school in Peekskill NY... Regine (holds for a beat) and then replies..."Never heard of it.  Regine of course is played by Kim Fields who was Tootie on Facts of Life.  ;D


It wasn't the pilot episode.  ;)

It was a Thanksgiving episode.

It wasn't the pilot episode.  ;)

It was a Thanksgiving episode.


oh yeah...that's why they were having dinner

In the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom:

The club at the beginning is called "Club Obi Wan", a reference to a Star Wars (1977) character.

The sound effect heard in the opening sequence on the plane is the same failing-engine sound effect used when Han Solo's Millennium Falcon fails to crank up in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.

I remember one inside joke.

On the TV show "Living Single" Kin Field's character Regine is pitching a pure fit and one of the other character's say, "The world doesn't revolve around her? Who des she think she is? Tootie?"

(In reference to Kin Field's role as Tootie on the Facts of Life)

I remember one inside joke.

On the TV show "Living Single" Kin Field's character Regine is pitching a pure fit and one of the other character's say, "The world doesn't revolve around her? Who des she think she is? Tootie?"

(In reference to Kin Field's role as Tootie on the Facts of Life)


Nice I don't remember that episode...

Wow, are so many of them out there:

*  In 2001, the computer was named HAL.  If you go up one letter from each, you end up with IBM (some say this was an accident, but I contend that Mr. Clarke was to intelligent for it to have been an accident).

*  In "Back To The Future", the 2 movies playing in the 1955 theater were "A Boy's Life" and "Watch The Skyies".  These were the working titles for ET and Close Encounters (both made by executive producer Steven Spielberg.

*  In "Toy Story", the brand of toolbox that Buzz drops on Woody is Binford.  That is the same company that sponsored Tim Allan's TV program in "Home Improvemet".

*  In "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", the registry of the sea plane at the begenning is "OB-CPO", references to Obie Wan and C3PO.

*  In "James & The Giant Peach", the pirate was Jack Skellington from "A Nightmare Before Christmas" with a pirate hat".

*  In "Airplane II", the doors are opened by the actor making a "Shhhsh" noise (like the doors from Star trek), and when James Shatner looks through the telescope, he sees the USS Enterprise bass by.

*  In "Heavy mtal", during the "So Beautiful - So Dangerous" segment, the space ship passes by a destroyed shell of the USS Enterprise.

*  In "Hithhikers Guide To The Galaxy", the car that Ford Prefect stops barely before being run over is an actual Ford Prefect.

*  "Toy Story II" is full of them.  When the "New Buzz" pushes "Real Buzz" into the retail package, the image in the plastic is the same one that Han Solo leaves when he is frozen in The Empire Strikes Back.  When they look in the rearview mirror when Dinosaur is chasing the car, it is the same as from Jurrasic park.  When Buzz walks down the Buzz Lightyear isle of the toy store, it is the same angle and similar music to when Neo wakes up in The Matrix.  And when Mr. Potatoe Head throws his hat to keep the doors to the toy tore open, it is just like Odd Job in Goldfinger.

These are all I could remember on short notice.

^  good ones.... I would say that almost everything in a Pixar film is an inside joke... .they seem to live for those little nods in their films.

In Hancock, there is a Ronald W. Howard that plays the man in the street, I wonder is that the film director Ron Howard, for his full name is Ronald William Howard.

Curb Your Enthusiasm, guest starring Jason Alexander.

Forget which season this was in. 

Anyway, George is the Seinfeld character most based on Larry David.  Throughout the episode, Jason Alexander, Julia Luis Dreyfuss and others dump on the "George" character, only to have Larry take it personally!
8)

Of course, everybody who was a fan of Monty Python's Flying Circus heard a lot of poking of the BBC news and sports. 

It's getting harder to find people who get Monty Python because, though the humor is timeless, the topics are often completely obscure to American kids these days. 

Virgin boss Richard Branson can been seen in the metal detector in the airport in the Bond movie Casino Royale.

In the NBC sitcom "Working", Fred Savage's character says that guest star Danica McKellar reminds him of a girl he used to know back home. McKellar previously played Savage's girlfriend, Winnie Cooper, on ABC's "The Wonder Years".

 

On Who's the Boss, there was one episode where Tony said to Angela, "Don't make this into One Life to Live" in reference to Judith Light playing Karen on OLTL (and earned a couple of Emmys for it, too).



Cat

The movie "Across The Universe" has way too many to mention them all, in fact there is a thread on the subject.
Anyway my favorite inside tidbit of the movie is this.

In the movie Sadie and Jojo play in a band called "Sadie The Po' Boys" in reference to "Willie And The Poor Boys," a
CCR song. Sadie's character is taken from Janis Joplin and Jojo is Jimi Hendrix. They play in a club called "Cafe Huh?"
a reference to Cafe Wha?. A Greenwich village club that an unknown Jimi Hendrix, going by the name, "Jimmy James
and the Blue Flames," often played.

In the NBC sitcom "Working", Fred Savage's character says that guest star Danica McKellar reminds him of a girl he used to know back home. McKellar previously played Savage's girlfriend, Winnie Cooper, on ABC's "The Wonder Years".

  


I remember that episode.  I used to love "Working" :)

In that "Cheers" episode they're all talking at the drive-in while watching a Godzilla fest why a certain actress in question would just up and quit in the middle of a succesful series.  This is, of course, taking a poke at Shelly Long who played "Diane" and how she left in '86 to do movies, such as "The Money Trap."

;D

In an episode of Roseanne.... one of the ones after they won the lottery.... Roseanne had fixed up the house while Dan was in California.

When she talked about the kitchen remodel she referred to it as a Garvin Eddy design. Garvin Eddy set designer for the show.


I also believe there was an episode of Full House that showed the girls... Either Kimmie and DJ  or Steph and her friends.....attended Don Van Atta School (I don't remember if it was an elementary, jr high or high school) but  I remember hearing it and going "Isn't Don Van Atta a producer or something?"  He is (or was at the time)

Of course there was the movie OJ did where he recreated running through the airport like he did in the Hertz commercials when people knew him.

♦ How I Met Your Mother:  Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) sits down to write his blog as the theme to 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' plays.  The screen he is typing on also looks similar to the one he typed on back in his Doogie days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8ucJRyGMc

♦ Smallville:  Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) is driving his truck, and on the radio is "Good Ol' Boys", the Theme to the Dukes of Hazzard by Waylon Jennings

♦ Boston Legal:  The ringtone on Denny Crane's (William Shatner) cellphone sounds just like a communicator on 'Star Trek'

♦ Supernatural:  Linda Blair made a guest appearance and quoted the phrase "I could really go for some pea soup".  In the 1973 classic 'The Exorcist', there is a scene in which Linda Blair's character vomits pea soup

♦ Home Improvement:  Tim (Tim Allen) is playing with a Simba doll and Randy (Jonathan Taylor-Thomas, who voiced Simba in 'The Lion King') says "Hey, being a lion king is no easy work".  At the end of that episode, Tim is playing with a Buzz Lightyear doll.  Tim pulls the string, and the doll says "I am Buzz Lightyear" to which Tim replies "No, I am Buzz Lightyear"

♦ Mad About You:  Ira asks Paul (Paul Reiser) if he ever saw the movie 'Alien' and Paul replies "only the first one".  Paul Reiser was in the sequel 'Aliens' in 1986

♦ Beverly Hills 90210:  The gang is at their High School reunion.  Donna (Tori Spelling) and Valerie (Tiffani Thiessen) are arguing, and when the doorbell rings, Donna says "Ah, saved by the Bell".  Both Spelling and Thiessen starred on 'Saved by the Bell'

♦ ER:  Abby is teasing Dr. Romano about his prosthetic arm, and calls him Robo Doc.  Recognize that actor who plays Dr. Romano?  His name is Paul McCrane, and he played one of the killers in the 1987 Robocop, famous for saying the line "I remember you.  We killed you!"

♦ Las Vegas:  Danny (Josh Duhamel) notices posters of Fergie on a kids bedroom wall, and after asking the kid if he was a fan, he replies "So am I".  In real life, Josh Duhamel and Fergie are engaged

♦ The A-Team:  The team is in a hollywood studio.  At one point, Face (Dirk Benedict) walks past a man in a Cylon costume, and turns his head, almost as if to say "Hey, I know you", then shakes his head in disbelief.  The Cylons were a civilization of cybernetics on 'Battlestar Galactica', the classic Sci-Fi series where Dirk Benedit played the role of Lieutenant Starbuck

♦ Roseanne:  The episode after Sarah Chalke replaced Lecy Goranson as Becky Connor, Roseanne remarks "Your kid goes off to college, and comes back a totally different person"

Whistledog is the man! He's a pop culture czar!  If I had to hire a pop culture attorney, it would be WD!
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♦ How I Met Your Mother:  Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) sits down to write his blog as the theme to 'Doogie Howser, M.D.' plays.  The screen he is typing on also looks similar to the one he typed on back in his Doogie days
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vl8ucJRyGMc

♦ Smallville:  Jonathan Kent (John Schneider) is driving his truck, and on the radio is "Good Ol' Boys", the Theme to the Dukes of Hazzard by Waylon Jennings

♦ Boston Legal:  The ringtone on Denny Crane's (William Shatner) cellphone sounds just like a communicator on 'Star Trek'

♦ Supernatural:  Linda Blair made a guest appearance and quoted the phrase "I could really go for some pea soup".  In the 1973 classic 'The Exorcist', there is a scene in which Linda Blair's character vomits pea soup

♦ Home Improvement:  Tim (Tim Allen) is playing with a Simba doll and Randy (Jonathan Taylor-Thomas, who voiced Simba in 'The Lion King') says "Hey, being a lion king is no easy work".  At the end of that episode, Tim is playing with a Buzz Lightyear doll.  Tim pulls the string, and the doll says "I am Buzz Lightyear" to which Tim replies "No, I am Buzz Lightyear"

♦ Mad About You:  Ira asks Paul (Paul Reiser) if he ever saw the movie 'Alien' and Paul replies "only the first one".  Paul Reiser was in the sequel 'Aliens' in 1986

♦ Beverly Hills 90210:  The gang is at their High School reunion.  Donna (Tori Spelling) and Valerie (Tiffani Thiessen) are arguing, and when the doorbell rings, Donna says "Ah, saved by the Bell".  Both Spelling and Thiessen starred on 'Saved by the Bell'

♦ ER:  Abby is teasing Dr. Romano about his prosthetic arm, and calls him Robo Doc.  Recognize that actor who plays Dr. Romano?  His name is Paul McCrane, and he played one of the killers in the 1987 Robocop, famous for saying the line "I remember you.  We killed you!"

♦ Las Vegas:  Danny (Josh Duhamel) notices posters of Fergie on a kids bedroom wall, and after asking the kid if he was a fan, he replies "So am I".  In real life, Josh Duhamel and Fergie are engaged

♦ The A-Team:  The team is in a hollywood studio.  At one point, Face (Dirk Benedict) walks past a man in a Cylon costume, and turns his head, almost as if to say "Hey, I know you", then shakes his head in disbelief.  The Cylons were a civilization of cybernetics on 'Battlestar Galactica', the classic Sci-Fi series where Dirk Benedit played the role of Lieutenant Starbuck

♦ Roseanne:  The episode after Sarah Chalke replaced Lecy Goranson as Becky Connor, Roseanne remarks "Your kid goes off to college, and comes back a totally different person"



great ones WD....  also in a two part episode of Roseanne set in the future John Goodman plays an adult DJ.    Throughout the episode he keeps repeating the phrase "They say she's the same but she's not the same." It's later revealed that he's talking about the substitution of Sarah Chalke for Leci G.

Also... when Leci reprises her role as Becky during a Halloween episode Sarah Chalke is seen at the door with young tricker treaters and Roseanne makes a remark about it.

In the movie Maverick, the bank is being held up by Danny Glover. Mel Gibson pulls his mask down and the two of them stare at each other as if they know each other. And then as Danny is riding away on his horse, he says, "I'm getting too old for this sh!t" in reference to the Lethal Weapon movies.



Cat

Whistledog is the man! He's a pop culture czar!  If I had to hire a pop culture attorney, it would be WD!
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Why thank you Max.  I have more up my sleeve, I just have to remember what they are.  I know there's many that I missed LOL



Here is one ...

♦ On an episode of 'Monk', the character of Sharona Fleming spots actor Tim Daly on an airplane, and mentions how much she loved him on 'Wings'.  'Monk' star Tony Shaloub was a cast member on 'Wings'

I forgot one of my all-time favourites:

On an episode of Married ... With Children, Jefferson (Ted McGinley) is mauled by kids at a TV World convention who ask him what it was like working on Happy Days.  He tells them he was not on Happy Days, that his name is Jefferson Darcy, to which one of the kids replies "Was that your name on Love Boat"?

In the 1987 movie 'Dragnet', Friday (Dan Aykroyd) remarks how a millionaire can successfully run a porn empire "in the same city where they recorded We Are the World".  Aykroyd was one of the performers on 'We Are the World'

♦ Roseanne:  The episode after Sarah Chalke replaced Lecy Goranson as Becky Connor, Roseanne remarks "Your kid goes off to college, and comes back a totally different person"


I remember a similar thing in Neighbours (Aussie soap).  One character (Lucy?) supposedly goes to Europe for a while and comes back played by a different actress.  Several times people remarked how Europe had 'changed' her.

I remember a similar thing in Neighbours (Aussie soap).  One character (Lucy?) supposedly goes to Europe for a while and comes back played by a different actress.  Several times people remarked how Europe had 'changed' her.


Sort of makes you wonder about other shows that has cast changes in characters


In the 1987 movie 'Dragnet', Friday (Dan Aykroyd) remarks how a millionaire can successfully run a porn empire "in the same city where they recorded We Are the World".  Aykroyd was one of the performers on 'We Are the World'


Also in the movie 'Dragnet', when Streebeck (Tom Hanks) calls Capt. Gannon (Harry Morgan) at home, the original TV series 'Dragnet' can be seen on Gannon's TV

On Herman's Head, Yardley Smith (who is the voice of Lisa Simpson) is on the phone. She says (into the phone), "I do NOT sound like Lisa Simpson!" She hangs up the phone and ask the people in the office, "Do I sound like Lisa Simpson?"



Cat

I saw a good one a few nights ago.

Murder She Wrote: Angela Landsbury's charactedr is teaching a writing workshop at a women's prison and one of the actresses playing a prisoner is Eve Plumb (Jan Brady from the Brady Bunch) Eve's character gets into a fight with another inmate and the name of the officer breaking them up is named BRADY.  ;D I thought it was funny and immediately thought of this thread.

I thought I had added this one already but apparently not.

On General Hospital Felicia is talking to someone (Luke?) about how much she likes the Sound of Music especially the nun who looks like Lila Quartermaine.  The nun she refers to is played by Anna Lee who played GH's Lila Quartermaine from 1978 until her death in 2004

I thought I had added this one already but apparently not.

On General Hospital Felicia is talking to someone (Luke?) about how much she likes the Sound of Music especially the nun who looks like Lila Quartermaine.  The nun she refers to is played by Anna Lee who played GH's Lila Quartermaine from 1978 until her death in 2004



Lucy also made a reference once about that saying something about "the pretty nun" on the Sound of Music.



Cat

Lucy also made a reference once about that saying something about "the pretty nun" on the Sound of Music.



Cat



actually now that you mention it....it probably was Lucy and not Felicia.  ;D  I stand corrected.... and good timing too.

Also in the movie 'Dragnet', when Streebeck (Tom Hanks) calls Capt. Gannon (Harry Morgan) at home, the original TV series 'Dragnet' can be seen on Gannon's TV


Don't forget, Harry Morgan was in "Dragnet" in its later years.  8)

I don't know if this one is up already or not, but I caught another insider in a rerun of "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". Will's cousin is dating a guy played by Malcolm Jamal-Warner, who visits while the family is playing Monopoly. Noticing this, he makes a remark about how families playing board games together "only happen on 'The Cosby Show' ". Aside from being a free plug for a fellow NBC show, I find it interesting that Warner would say that since he was still on Cosby at the time. 

♦ In the short-lived sitcom 'The Ladies Man' starring Alfred Molina and Sharon Lawrence, Betty White had a co-starring role as Alfred's mother.  In one episode, both Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty appeared.  I remember when that episode aired, but I can't quite recall if they made any remarks about The Golden Girls


♦ In a 1986 episode of 'The Facts of Life', original Season 1 characters Cindy (Julie Anne Haddock), Sue Ann (Julie Piekarski) and Nancy (Felice Schachter) visit the girls.  At one point, the girls mentioned that Molly couldn't attend because she was so busy.  This was a nod to Molly Ringwald's successful (at the time) movie career

♦ In a 1986 episode of 'The Facts of Life', original Season 1 characters Cindy (Julie Anne Haddock), Sue Ann (Julie Piekarski) and Nancy (Felice Schachter) visit the girls.  At one point, the girls mentioned that Molly couldn't attend because she was so busy.  This was a nod to Molly Ringwald's successful (at the time) movie career



In the Facts of Life reunion movie they mention that Jo couldn't come because of her work as police detective (I looked all over for my VHS copy to see if they say she's in San Francisco but couldn't find the tape)  anyway... at the time Nancy McKeon was playing an investigator with SFPD on the Lifetime series The Division. 

St. Elsewhere has a whole bunch in several episodes ...

♦ Dr. Craig is reminiscing about his days in Korea and mentions he had a drinking buddy named B.J. Hunnicutt (a character on M*A*S*H)

♦ The episode that guest starred Jack Riley, he makes reference how a psychiatrist from Chicago ruined his life (confirming that it was infact a reference to 'The Bob Newhart Show').  In that same episode, Betty White appears as a patient who is refered to as Sue Ann by a psychiatric patient who believes he is Mary Richards.  Sue Ann was the character that White played on the Mary Tyler Moore show (Mary Richards was the name of Mary Tyler Moore's character on said show).  St. Elsewhere, The Bob Newhart Show and the Mary Tyler Moore Show were all MTM Productions

♦ Jack Dodson, who is best remembered as Floyd the Barber on 'The Andy Griffith Show' appeared as a patient.  Before his character passed away, his final word was "Floyd"

♦ The creators of St. Elsewhere were also the creators of 'Northern Exposure'.  In the pilot episode of Exposure, Ed Chigliak tells Dr. Fleishman how he became fascinated with doctors after watching St. Elsewhere

♦ In a Season 2 episode of 'Cheers', Carla tells how she once gave birth at St. Eligius Hospital

♦ Byron Stewart, who played Orderly Warren Coolidge, also played a high school basketball player on 'The White Shadow', the same character of Warren Coolidge in fact.  In an Elsewhere episode, Coolidge is seen wearing a T-Shirt that reads "Carver High School", which was the name of the school on 'The White Shadow'.  Both Elsewhere and Shadow were created by Bruce Paltrow

♦ Before Elsewhere, William Daniels played the role of John Adams in the movie and musical version of '1776'.  In an episode of Elsewhere, Dr. Craig (Daniels) visits Philidelphia, and at one point, sings a line from a song from the 1776 musical

♦ At the end of most MTM shows, Mimsie the Cat is seen meowing, often in disguise in reference to each show (She was seen in scrubs and a surgical mask at the end of each Elsewhere episode).  At the time Elsewhere was near the end of it's final season, Mimsie had died in real life, so in the final episode of Elsewhere, as the end credits roll, Mimsie (as she looked in 1988) is seen hooked up to life support, and as the credits roll out, she flatlines

♦ In an episode of 'Scrubs', William Daniels, Ed Begley Jr., Eric Laneuville and Stephen Furst played 4 unnamed doctors who all shared a hospital room.  All 4 actors were stars on Elsewhere




In the Facts of Life reunion movie they mention that Jo couldn't come because of her work as police detective (I looked all over for my VHS copy to see if they say she's in San Francisco but couldn't find the tape)   anyway... at the time Nancy McKeon was playing an investigator with SFPD on the Lifetime series The Division. 


I remember The Division.  That was a neat reference

I got a real good one.  Anyone remember the short-lived 90s sitcom 'Hope and Gloria'?  Hope (Cynthia Stevenson) was the hairdresser and Gloria (the very nasaly Jessica Lundy) was the producer of a local TV Talk show hosted by Dennis Dupree (played by Alan Thicke).  In one episode, the new station manager arranges a 'Growing Pains' reunion, and Hope pushes for it, but Dennis doesn't want to do it because he can't stand Alan Thicke ;D

Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron and Jeremy Miller appear as themselves along side Alan Thicke (in a dual role) as himself as well

I got a real good one.  Anyone remember the short-lived 90s sitcom 'Hope and Gloria'?  Hope (Cynthia Stevenson) was the hairdresser and Gloria (the very nasaly Jessica Lundy) was the producer of a local TV Talk show hosted by Dennis Dupree (played by Alan Thicke).  In one episode, the new station manager arranges a 'Growing Pains' reunion, and Hope pushes for it, but Dennis doesn't want to do it because he can't stand Alan Thicke ;D

Joanna Kerns, Kirk Cameron and Jeremy Miller appear as themselves along side Alan Thicke (in a dual role) as himself as well


That is good.



I just watched an episode of Roseanne where Roseanne Connor gets an gig on an early morning talk show.  Jackie appoints herself as Rosey's manager. At one point Roseanne looks at her sister and says "You're fired!  Hey that felt good."  By this point in the Roseanne had a  reputation for firing a lot of people.  ;D 

^ LOL

♦ Here's one that never made it to air.  In the Season 3 blooper reel of 'Family Ties', Alex comes downstairs, and as the front door opens, you hear a wolf howling.  At the time, Michael J. Fox was starring in 'Teen Wolf'

♦ In a 1997 episode of 'Nash Bridges' titled "Wild Card", both Philip Michael Thomas and Tommy Chong guest starred.  This episode made reference to the character of Dave from Cheech and Chong's 1972 self-titled album, and in one scene, the theme from Miami Vice can be heard in the background. 

Thomas also appeared on a 2001 episode of 'Nash Bridges' titled "Out of Miami" which also co-guest starred Steven Bauer as a drug lord, which was a spoof reference to the character that Bauer played in the movie 'Scarface'.  Hmmm .. Don Johnson and Philip Michael-Thomas teaming up to catch a drug lord?  Where did I see that before? LOL

Here's one I was waiting for ...

In a (syndicated) Season 1 episode of 'Baywatch', the episode involves a thief who used a ambiguous van that could travel on the water as his getaway vehicle.  Eventually he is caught, and at the end of the episode, Harvey is seen taking it for a drive around the beach.  He then asks Mitch why they couldn't use one in their lifeguard duties and goes on to mention all the things it can do.  He then says "The only thing it can't do is talk" to which Mitch replies "It can't talk?  Well then forget about it"

;D

♦ Before Elsewhere, William Daniels played the role of John Adams in the movie and musical version of '1776'.  In an episode of Elsewhere, Dr. Craig (Daniels) visits Philidelphia, and at one point, sings a line from a song from the 1776 musical




I would have LOVED to seen that because 1776 is one of my all-time favorite movies. I have seen it so many times I know it almost line per line. (FYI, William Daniels also originated the part in the play on Broadway-as most of the actors in the movie did.)



Cat

In a season 1 episode of 'Evening Shade', Wood (Burt Reynolds) and Herman (Michael Jeter) ask the football players to try and recuit freshmen to try out for next season, to which Herman replies "They don't even have to be interested in football.  Maybe if they've just seen a movie about football, something like The Longest Yard"

In a season 1 episode of 'Evening Shade', Wood (Burt Reynolds) and Herman (Michael Jeter) ask the football players to try and recuit freshmen to try out for next season, to which Herman replies "They don't even have to be interested in football.  Maybe if they've just seen a movie about football, something like The Longest Yard"


nice... I've never actually watched an episode of Evening Shade... any shows you can compare it too to give me an idea if I'd like it?

nice... I've never actually watched an episode of Evening Shade... any shows you can compare it too to give me an idea if I'd like it?


It's kind of like 'Newhart' in a way; A small town with a local cast of characters.

Burt Reynolds plays Wood Newton, an former pro football player for the Pittsburg Steelers who returns home to Evening Shade, Arkansas to coach the high school football team.  His wife Ava (Marilu Henner) is pregnant with their 4th child and his father-in-law Evan (Hal Holbrook) is in love with a stripper who's more than half his age.  And to top it all off, his high school football team is on a long losing streak with little help from Assistant Coach Herman Stiles (Michael Jeter), the High school math teacher who knows almost nothing about football

Everyday, they gather at Blue's Barbecue Villa, the local restaurant owned by their longtime friend Ponder Blue (Ossie Davis) where they meet up with Ava's Aunt Frieda (Elizabeth Ashley) and their good friends Harlan (Charles Durning) and his wife Murleen (The ever annoying Ann Wedgeworth, whom you may remember as Lana on Three's Company)

In a 1998 episode of the TV show "Felicity," there is a Halloween party where someone is dressed as the pink power ranger. Some of the characters even mention a few times that the pink power ranger is at the Halloween party.

At the time, one of the regular cast members of "Felicity" was Amy-Jo Johnson, who had earlier played the pink power ranger on "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" when that show debuted in 1993.

Speaking of times that one actor replaced another as the same character on a TV show, when Daphne Reid replaced Janet Hubert as the mom on "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" in 1993, in her first episode, Jazz says to her, "I don't what it is, but there's something different about you."

In Men IN Black II, when J & K are watching the Light of Zartha video in Newton's room, J comments on the corny video, saying "Looks like Spielberg's work". The film's executive producer is Steven Spielberg.

In the Growing Pains reunion movie from 2000, Leonardo DiCaprio gets mentioned a few times. Leonardo DiCaprio, of course, briefly had a regular part on the original "Growing Pains" TV series in 1991 and 1992 when he was 16 years old, before his movie career had taken off, playing a teenage orphan named Luke Brower.

'Amazing Stories' had a great inside joke to characters on other TV Shows ...

In a 1985 episode, a man is given a magical remote control that brings TV characters to life.  Those which we see are ...

♦ Dirk Benedict as Face from 'The A-Team'
♦ Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver from 'Leave it to Beaver'
♦ Clara Peller as the "Where's the Beef?" lady from the Wendy's commercials
♦ Shawn Weatherly as herself from the Miss America Pageant
♦ Richard Simmons as himself
♦ Lyle Alzado of the Oakland Raiders
♦ Jake Steinfeld as himself
♦ Leann Hunley as Anna DiMera from 'Days of Our Lives'
♦ Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson from 'Diff'rent Strokes'
♦ Lou Ferrigno as The Incredible Hulk
♦ KITT (with voice by William Daniels) from 'Knight Rider'
♦ LaWanda Page as Aunt Esther from 'Sanford and Son'
♦ Jim Lange as host of 'Name That Tune'
♦ Ed McMahon as himself from 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'

'Amazing Stories' had a great inside joke to characters on other TV Shows ...

In a 1985 episode, a man is given a magical remote control that brings TV characters to life.  Those which we see are ...

♦ Dirk Benedict as Face from 'The A-Team'
♦ Barbara Billingsley as June Cleaver from 'Leave it to Beaver'
♦ Clara Peller as the "Where's the Beef?" lady from the Wendy's commercials
♦ Shawn Weatherly as herself from the Miss America Pageant
♦ Richard Simmons as himself
♦ Lyle Alzado of the Oakland Raiders
♦ Jake Steinfeld as himself
♦ Leann Hunley as Anna DiMera from 'Days of Our Lives'
♦ Gary Coleman as Arnold Jackson from 'Diff'rent Strokes'
♦ Lou Ferrigno as The Incredible Hulk
♦ KITT (with voice by William Daniels) from 'Knight Rider'
♦ LaWanda Page as Aunt Esther from 'Sanford and Son'
♦ Jim Lange as host of 'Name That Tune'
♦ Ed McMahon as himself from 'The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'


That would be my dream remote.

Towards the end of the fourth season of the TV show "Angel," when there's chaos in the streets and it seems as if the world is about to end, a church is shown with the phrase "God is Now Here" printed on the billboard outside.

The phrase "God is Now Here" is used prominently in the TV show "Miracles," which was created by "Angel" producer David Greenwalt.

Towards the end of the fourth season of the TV show "Angel," when there's chaos in the streets and it seems as if the world is about to end, a church is shown with the phrase "God is Now Here" printed on the billboard outside.

The phrase "God is Now Here" is used prominently in the TV show "Miracles," which was created by "Angel" producer David Greenwalt.


Nice one.  In 2005 Fox had a series Inside that was created by people who worked on both Buffy and Angel.

I remember in one episode the Agents were conducting surveillance out side a theater.  The title board read "Once More With Feeling" which was the title of the popular Buffy Musical Episode. 

On the FOX animated series 'American Dad!', Patrick Stewart has a recurring role as CIA Deputy Director Avery Bullock, making several references to TNG including calling his right hand man "Number 1"

So I just remembered on an episode of The Unit (I don't know if it was season 2 or 3)

The guys from the unit were in a bunker- a place where they hang out and drink beers between missions. Anyway- on the wall behind them in some of the scenes was a plaque with the names of "former" unit guys.... the names on the plaque were the names of the actors and (if I remember correctly- the creator and producers.)

^ That's cool

Here's a real good one:  Remember the sitcom 'Just the 10 of Us'? ...

Heather Langenkamp played the oldest daughter Marie Lubbock.  In one episode, a poster for 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' was seen on her bedroom wall

In the premiere episode when the Lubbocks move into their new country home, Marie remarks how it looks like something out of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'

Before he was famous, Matthew Perry guest starred in an episode which might have thrown fans off becuase on the show's parent series 'Growing Pains', Perry had aoppeared in a 2 episode story arc as Carol's boyfriend who gets killed in a drunk driving accident

Matt LeBlanc also appeared on 'Just the 10 of Us' in a recurring role as a player of Coach Lubbock's football team.  In an episode of the Friends spin-off 'Joey', Joey's agent Bobbie claims she accidentally burned down the 'Just the 10 of Us' set

On an episode of 'Family Matters', Carl (Reginald VelJohnson) is laying on the couch watching TV, and on the TV an announcer can be heard saying the movie 'Hudson Hawk' is coming up next, to which Carl scoffs and changes the channel.  This was a nod to the fact that Hudson Hawk was another in a series of box office bombs that couldn't recapture the success Willis had in Die Hard and Die Hard 2 (both movies which also co-starred VelJohnson).  Also that VelJohnson was not in 'Hudson Hawk' and perhaps that's why it was a bomb.  VelJohnson = box office success LOL

^ That's cool

Here's a real good one:  Remember the sitcom 'Just the 10 of Us'? ...

Heather Langenkamp played the oldest daughter Marie Lubbock.  In one episode, a poster for 'A Nightmare on Elm Street' was seen on her bedroom wall

In the premiere episode when the Lubbocks move into their new country home, Marie remarks how it looks like something out of 'A Nightmare on Elm Street'

Before he was famous, Matthew Perry guest starred in an episode which might have thrown fans off becuase on the show's parent series 'Growing Pains', Perry had aoppeared in a 2 episode story arc as Carol's boyfriend who gets killed in a drunk driving accident

Matt LeBlanc also appeared on 'Just the 10 of Us' in a recurring role as a player of Coach Lubbock's football team.  In an episode of the Friends spin-off 'Joey', Joey's agent Bobbie claims she accidentally burned down the 'Just the 10 of Us' set



these are also good.

I got another real good one ...

At the end of the 1983 movie 'Trading Places', The Duke Brothers: Randolph (Ralph Bellamy) and Mortimer (Don Ameche) are taken for all they're worth.  In the 1988 movie 'Coming to America', both make a cameo appearance as The Duke Brothers, now living as bums on the street.  The scene in which they appear, Eddie Murphy's character approaches them and gives them a large sum of money to get them off the street

I got another real good one ...

At the end of the 1983 movie 'Trading Places', The Duke Brothers: Randolph (Ralph Bellamy) and Mortimer (Don Ameche) are taken for all they're worth.  In the 1988 movie 'Coming to America', both make a cameo appearance as The Duke Brothers, now living as bums on the street.  The scene in which they appear, Eddie Murphy's character approaches them and gives them a large sum of money to get them off the street


that's right! I'd forgotten about this

I got another real good one ...

At the end of the 1983 movie 'Trading Places', The Duke Brothers: Randolph (Ralph Bellamy) and Mortimer (Don Ameche) are taken for all they're worth.  In the 1988 movie 'Coming to America', both make a cameo appearance as The Duke Brothers, now living as bums on the street.  The scene in which they appear, Eddie Murphy's character approaches them and gives them a large sum of money to get them off the street



that's right! I'd forgotten about this



Me, too. "Mortimer, we're back".  :D ;D ;D ;D


Another one. Third Rock from the Sun: John Lithgow & Jane Curtin go to a Halloween party and there are some people are dressed like coneheads and of course Jane Curtin was one of the original coneheads on SNL (as well as in the movie).



Cat

so I watched the new Incredible Hulk movie the one that stars Ed Norton.


Of Course Lou Ferrigno played a security guard and at one point Ed Norton looks at him and says "You're the man."  Of course he's the man...he was the original Hulk from the Bill Bixby tv series.


Speaking of Bill Bixby- Ed Norton is watching TV and they show a clip from Courtship of Eddie's Father (another Bixby show)  in the clip Bixby was punched in the face by Eddie (he was teaching Eddie to fight) what is notable about the clip is that after Eddie hits his father Bill Bixby holds for a beat before reacting.  this is notable- because had it been David Banner who had been struck like that he would have turned into the hulk but this was Mister Eddie's Father so no hulkiness.

^ Now that's too awesome 8)


Here's a cool one ...

In an episode of 'Beverly Hills, 90210', Brandon and Dylan are sitting down watching a classic TV marathon, and among the shows they mention are 'Vega$' and 'The Love Boat', both of which were Aaron Spelling productions LOL

In the early 1980s, Jack Klugman appeared in commercials for Cannon's new Personal Copier.  Rival company Minolta countered by hiring Tony Randall to appear in commercials for their Personal Copier. 

In one Minolta commercial (not the one posted), Randall was noted for saying "I can change copy colors without getting that disgusting black powder all over my hands!.  But that doesn't mean I'm a neat freak. Of course, I'm not a slob, either, like, uh... " to which he would wave his hand, suggesting an hommage to Oscar Madison

Jack Klugman - Cannon Personal Copier:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAELVZvkYg4
Tony Randall - Minolta Personal Copier:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5X59xDQDtg



In the 90s, Randall and Klugman also appeared together in a series of commercials for Eagle Nacho Chips (remember those?).  One commercial in particular, they actually spoofed their Odd Couple characters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JByyU-Z_k9I

watching this weeks episode of Criminal Minds- Derrick Morgan and Rossi (Shemar Moore and Joe Mantenga) were sitting in a hotel room watching soaps. 
A character walks in and says they're watching Days of Our Lives. 
The character is corrected and advised that they are actually watching Young & the Restless...
not only is Y&R a CBS show like Criminal Minds. Shemar Moore used to be on Y&R before joining the cast of Criminal Minds  :)

In the movie 'Fred Claus', there is a scene where Fred (Vince Vaughn) visits a brothers support group, and among the people in this group are Roger Clinton, Stephen Baldwin and Frank Stallone who all resent their more successful brothers

Also, in one scene, Santa (Paul Giamatti) confronts Clyde (Kevin Spacey) and mentions he's bitter becuase he never got a Superman cape as a kid.  Funny, why would Spacey (who played Lex Luthor in 'Superman Returns') want a Superman cape? :D

In the movie 'Fred Claus', there is a scene where Fred (Vince Vaughn) visits a brothers support group, and among the people in this group are Roger Clinton, Stephen Baldwin and Frank Stallone who all resent their more successful brothers

Also, in one scene, Santa (Paul Giamatti) confronts Clyde (Kevin Spacey) and mentions he's bitter becuase he never got a Superman cape as a kid.  Funny, why would Spacey (who played Lex Luthor in 'Superman Returns') want a Superman cape? :D


haven't seen the movie yet but those are good ones!

There was an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger where Walker & Trivette were sitting in a truck & Trivette was reading an article about Chuck Norris. Walker said, "Who?" Trivette said something about how could he not know who Chuck Norris is and said that he won 6 marshal arts awards and Walker corrected him and said 7.  :D ;D ;D ;D


For those of you who do not know, Chuck Norris PLAYED Walker.  :D ;D ;D



Cat

There was an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger where Walker & Trivette were sitting in a truck & Trivette was reading an article about Chuck Norris. Walker said, "Who?" Trivette said something about how could he not know who Chuck Norris is and said that he won 6 marshal arts awards and Walker corrected him and said 7.  :D ;D ;D ;D


For those of you who do not know, Chuck Norris PLAYED Walker.  :D ;D ;D



Cat


;D


That's right up there with Lucy Ricardo reading the Life Magazine with Desi Arnaz Jr on the cover.

;D


That's right up there with Lucy Ricardo reading the Life Magazine with Desi Arnaz Jr on the cover.





I don't remember that one. I'm assuming Desi Jr. was a baby when he was on the cover? He was born the same day that "Little Ricky" was.


Cat

I don't remember that one. I'm assuming Desi Jr. was a baby when he was on the cover? He was born the same day that "Little Ricky" was.


Cat



well I got it half right....

It wasn't a pic of little ricky it was a magazine that contained a feature article on the show I love Lucy

Episode #54 "Ricky Has Labor Pains," Lucy is sitting in a big comfy chair reading a magazine which if you look closely you can see she is reading an article about the show she's in. The front cover clearly says: "I Love Lucy"

Near the end of the movie 'Spaceballs', as Lonestar (Bill Pullman) and Barf (John Candy) are in the space café, John Hurt is seen at the end of the counter.  Suddenly he falls over in pain, and as an alien crawls out of his stomach, he screams "Oh no, not again!"

Also in Spaceballs, the part where they watch the Spaceballs video tape, seen in their video library is every Mel Brooks movie on VHS tape LOL

Mel Brooks often mentions his movies in his movies.  In 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights', when Atchoo (Dave Chappelle) is honoured by Robin (Cary Elwes) as the new Sheriff, the crowd simultamously questions "A black Sheriff?" to which Atchoo replies: "Why not?  It worked in 'Blazing Saddles'!"

Near the end of the movie 'Spacebells', as Lonestar (Bill Pullman) and Barf (John Candy) are in the space café, John Hurt is seen at the end of the counter.  Suddenly he falls over in pain, and as an alien crawls out of his stomach, he screams "Oh no, not again!"






that's awesome! For some reason I've never seen spaceballs.

Mel Brooks often mentions his movies in his movies.  In 'Robin Hood: Men in Tights', when Atchoo (Dave Chappelle) is honoured by Robin (Cary Elwes) as the new Sheriff, the crowd simultamously questions "A black Sheriff?" to which Atchoo replies: "Why not?  It worked in 'Blazing Saddles'!"



Also in "Men in Tights" they used the line "It's good be the king" which is from "History of the World".



Cat

This one is great!


In Monday's episode of Chuck  (Chuck vs Santa Claus)  there are two noticeable  pop culture nods...


1) Before the store where Chuck works (its like a Best Buy) opens a freeway pursuit comes to an end after the suspect crashes into the Buy More. The suspect takes Chuck and everyone in the store hostage. He introduces himself with as Nathan Edward Rhyerson... but says everyone calls him Ned...  one other tv show features characters Chuck and Ned and that show is Pushing Daisies.  I've met the writers for Chuck and they are a clever bunch and love their pop culture references... you'll find references to Lost in the pilot episode...no way they did this as an accident.


anyway- number two is far more exciting.


The manager of the Buy More is a character called Big Mike. And Big Mike has a cousin who works for Burbank PD.
That cousin is a police officer named Al Powell and he is played by Reginald Vel Johnson.

Reginald Vel Johnson played a cop named Al Powell in the first Die Hard movie. There are a ton of homages like Al eating twinkies,  talking to his cousin on the phone and calling him "partner" like he did with John McClaine in Die Hard and they used at least one musical overture from the film.  8)


It was great! O0

This is from a Christmas Classic. Henry Travers plays Guardian Angel Clarence in the movie, It's a Wonderful Life.
Henry Travers also played the Scrooge like character Horace P. Bogardus in the movie, The Bells Of St. Mary's,
the film listed on the marquee of the Bedford Falls movie theater.

^ That one is cool!


Here's one:  In the 1950s, the late Richard Crenna played Walter Denton on the TV series 'Our Miss Brooks', but you may also remember him from the 80s as Colonel Trautman in the Rambo films

In the 1993 spoof film 'Hot Shots: Part Deux', not only does Crenna spoof his Rambo character, but his name in the film is Denton Walters

On the show M*A*S*H, BJ (played by Mike Farrell) had a daughter named Erin and Mike Farrell had a son named Aaron.


Edited to add: (which I almost forgot), in the movie Maverick, when Mel Gibson is leaving the bank that was just robbed, he pulled down the mask of robber and it was Danny Glover. They both looked at each other as if in recognition and then Danny Glover rides off and says, "I'm getting too old for this sh!t"-which is a reference to the Lethal Weapon movies which they both starred together in.



Cat

My favorite of all time....

From Hot Shots! Part Deux....

Topper Harley: Somebody once wrote, "Hell is the impossibility of reason." Well, that's what this place feels like - hell. I hate it already and it's only been a few hours. I'm so tired. We get up at four in the morning...

Capt. Benjamin L. Willard: At first I thought they handed me the wrong dossier. I couldn't believe they wanted this man dead. Third Generation West Point, top of his class, Airbourne, Korea, about a thousand decorations, etc, etc...

Topper Harley, Capt. Benjamin L. Willard: I loved you in Wall Street!