Saturday, January 11, 2014

LITTLE BIG SCREEN: "CASABLANCA" ITSELF




As a movie, "Casablanca" exists in Toobworld and its many alternate dimensions.  Too many TV characters have cited it in their own shows.

Here are just a few of so many examples......

First off, let's start off with five of the more famous quotes from the movie:

"Round Up The Usual Suspects"
'Flash Forward'
'Mystery Science Theater 3000'
'The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air'
'Millennium'
'Ghost Whisperer'
'House, M.D.'
'White Collar'
'Grimm'
'Castle'
'Alphas'
'The Inbetweeners'

"We'll Always Have Paris"
'Pee-Wee's Playhouse'
'ALF'
'Full House'
'The Nanny'
'Gilmore Girls'
'The West Wing'
'NCIS'
'Rookie Blue'
'Gossip Girl'
'American Horror Story'

"Play it again"
(Technically not in the movie; famously misquoted)
'V'
'JAG'
'M*A*S*H'
'Remington Steele'
'The Cosby Show'
'Sledge Hammer!'
'Over The Top'
'Red Dwarf'
'Lovejoy'

"Here's looking at you, Kid"
'A Different World'
'No. 73'
'Voyagers!'
'Home And Away'
'Married... With Children'
'Frasier'
'EastEnders'
'As The World Turns'

Variations on "A beautiful friendship"
[start, beginning, etc.]
'Sanford And Son'
'B.J. And The Bear'
'The Incredible Hulk'
'Amazing Stories' - "Guilt Trip"
'Dempsey And Makepeace'
'Parker Lewis Can't Lose'
'Cracker'
'Wishbone'
'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'
'Stargate: SG-1'
'nip/tuck'
'Eureka'
'General Hospital'
'Hannah Montana'
'Common Law'
'Breaking Bad'

And there were so many others I could have chosen from!

Some characters had the movie poster on their wall, as seen in:
'Our Old Friends'
'Family Ties'
'Deke Wilson's Mini-Mysteries'
'Curb Your Enthusiasm'
'Sea Change'
'Sabrina The Teenage Witch'
'In Plain Sight'
'Pretty Little Liars'
'Inspector Lewis'

The movie is often mentioned by name, such as in:
'That Girl'
'Fame'
'T.J. Hooker'
'Poirot: Thirteen At Dinner'
(The Ustinov Poirot, from the Borderlands)
'Becker'
'Chuck'
'Mad Men'
'EastEnders'
'Suits'

Some characters even imagine they are in the movie:
'Sisters'
'Ottifanten'
'That 70's Show'
'Remington Steele'
'Two Guys, A Girl, And A Pizza Place'

As seen in 'Fringe' ("The Abducted")
And finally, the movie can be seen or heard playing (or the title seen on a marquee) during various scenes of:
'Fringe'
'Homicide: Life On The Street'
'Chuck'
'Gilmore Girls'
'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles'
'The Mentalist'

And that list never even took into account TV movies!

Here's lookin' at - well, you know the deal.......

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