Trivia: In Walker's Drugstore, among all the magazines by the wall there's a TV Guide magazine (from Oct 9, 1954) on the shelf, and on its cover is Lucille Ball the co-owner of Desilu Productions - which produced TAGS, and also filmed at Desilu Studios.
Super Grover
2nd Nov 2015
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)
Trivia: In Ben's taxi there's a rubber shark snout with teeth hanging from the rearview mirror. Ben is also the name of the fisherman in Jaws, whose decapitated head pops out underwater. Taxi driver Ben is even dressed similarly to the fisherman character in Jaws. In this movie taxi driver Ben is played by Judd Hirsch, who starred on the 70s-80s TV show Taxi, along with Christopher Lloyd and Danny DeVito.
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
Trivia: When Lucas shows Fin the "amazing things" that can be found in a shark's gut, it cuts to two license plates on the RV's wall, both of which are homages. On the 90s TV show 'Beverly Hills 90210', Ian Zeiring (Fin) played Steve Sanders who drove a Corvette with plate "I8A 4RE." In the film Jaws, when Hooper cuts open the tiger shark he finds a license plate with "007 o 981."
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
28th Sep 2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
Trivia: After the shark attacks the lifeguard in the pool it cuts to Nova's RV, and while Nova and Fin are watching Matt Lauer and Al Roker, notice the two Archie comics lying beside the laptop. Sharknado's director Anthony C. Ferrante collaborated with Archie Comics artist Dan Parent, and created a comic book titled "Archie vs Sharknado." It was released on the same day as this movie.
11th Sep 2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
Trivia: In this movie Lou Ferrigno's name is Banner. In the 70s, Ferrigno starred in the TV show 'The Incredible Hulk' as the muscular green character who morphs from the character Dr. Banner when he's angered. Note that when the sharks are dropping in Secret Service agent Banner, who's protecting the VP, says, "Don't make me angry."
11th Sep 2015
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015)
28th Jul 2015
Cougar Town (2009)
Trivia: While Jules and Travis discuss his graduation and Jules' popularity in school, Travis looks through his mom's yearbook and comments that there's a picture of Jules "dancing onstage with Bruce Springsteen." Courteney Cox, who plays Jules, appears in Bruce Springsteen's 'Dancing in the Dark' music video from 1984, as the girl in the audience who's pulled onstage by Springsteen to dance with him, towards the end of the video. This was Courtney's first acting job.
7th Jul 2015
Steel (1997)
Trivia: When Uncle Joe gives John the hammer he made, after Joe comments on the hammer's special shaft, Susan and John kind of roll their eyes at Uncle Joe. Richard Roundtree, who plays Uncle Joe, played John Shaft in the 1970s.
21st Jun 2015
Spy (2015)
Trivia: When Susan shows up at De Luca's villa and talks about her love for Fine, after she promises to shave Rayna's head De Luca calls Susan "Miss Havisham," who is a main character in Great Expectations, a Charles Dickens novel.
21st Jun 2015
Spy (2015)
Trivia: When Susan is walking in the hallway of Hotel Modiere, admiring the environment, behind her a drunk man walks straight into the wall and falls flat on his back. He is played by Paul Feig, the film's director, writer, and producer.
21st Jun 2015
Spy (2015)
Trivia: A few moments after Susan rides the moped over the ramp, the American tourist who asks Susan, "Excuse me, do you know if there's a Popeye's Chicken around here?" is Melissa McCarthy's husband, Ben Falcone.
19th Apr 2015
Hogan's Heroes (1965)
Trivia: During WW2 Robert Clary, who played Louis LeBeau, had been imprisoned at Drancy internment camp in France, and at Buchenwald Nazi concentration camp where he was tattooed with the number "A5714." He was the youngest of 14 children. Twelve members of his immediate family were sent to Auschwitz, and perished.
18th Apr 2015
Farscape (1999)
...Different Destinations - S3-E5
Trivia: While they're waiting for the Venek Horde to attack again, when John is chained to the statue, Harvey/Scorpius is playing the harmonica with his feet up on John's lap. Notice that both soles of Harvey's red boots have the name "Andy" written on them. In "Toy Story" Woody's boot has "Andy" written on its sole, and here in John's mind it's to signify John's ownership of the neural clone.
13th Apr 2015
Farscape (1999)
The Hidden Memory (2) - S1-E20
Trivia: While John's in the Aurora Chair, with the images on its screen showing the fake memories that Gilina manipulated, John comments that it "Kinda looks like an episode of Melrose Place." Ben Browder had guested on Melrose Place prior to Farscape.
29th Mar 2015
Farscape (1999)
Won't Get Fooled Again - S2-E15
Trivia: The following can be seen in this episode, though they only occur in John's head due to being in a Scarran induced delusional state. After John kisses Logan-Rygel on the lips, he runs up the stairs carrying Logan-Rygel while shouting, "Let me show you how I crash landed the Farscape module!" and when John swings Logan-Rygel around imitating Farscape 1's flight, the left hand/wrist is pulled from the sleeve and we can see the puppet's non-existent arm. Later, when John's mother comes to see him at the hospital the boom mic dips into view above her. Then when John walks into Logan-Rygel's office while everyone is there, we can see the puppeteer's movement on the floor in front of Rygel.
9th Mar 2015
Criminal Minds (2005)
Trivia: Rick Dunkle, a Criminal Minds producer, writer, and script coordinator, has a cameo as Jonathan, the dead driver in the car that was hit by the tractor trailer, at the start of the episode. *Spoiler* Dunkle, who is a fan of Star Trek: The Next Generation, thought it would be cool to be killed by 'Wesley Crusher' who's played by Wil Wheaton, and who guest stars in this episode.
9th Mar 2015
Criminal Minds (2005)
Tabula Rasa - S3-E19
Trivia: When Rossi's on the telephone in his office, the camera pans around and on the desk we see the real-life photograph of the actor Joe Mantegna with friend Ringo Starr.
9th Mar 2015
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
Trivia: The director, Tommy Wirkola, has an uncredited cameo of sorts (seen on screen longer than a usual cameo) as one of Sheriff Berringer's four deputies. Stuntman Wolfgang Lindner portrayed one of the deputies, and is uncredited as well.
6th Feb 2015
Downton Abbey (2010)
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