And while the writers had thought they had used nine, they forgot one. So now there are 10 references:
1. “All around the mulberry bush” — from an English nursery rhyme
2. “Thank you sir, may I have another” — from the 1978 film Animal House
3. “It’s a fair wind that bloweth no man any ill” — a take on an old proverb by English writer John Heywood: “An ill winde that bloweth no man to good.”
4. “The walls, the walls, push [move] back the walls” — from Joseph Heller’s 1961 novel Catch-22
5. Sioux City Sarsaparilla — a root-beer-like soft drink, made famous in the 1998 film The Big Lebowski
6. The Fisher King – a mythological figure who guarded the Holy Grail; also, the title of a 1991 Terry Gilliam film
7. “A tisket a tasket” – from an English nursery rhyme
8. “Back to where I [you] once belonged” — from the Beatle’s 1969 song “Get Back”
9. “Kenneth, what’s the frequency?” — a question posed to Dan Rather by a deranged man in 1986; also, a 1994 song by REM
10. “Turn the page” — a reference to the 1973 Bob Seger song
Big props to Pam who not only found most of them but even spotted some more references!
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I had most of them, but I didn’t notice the Bob Seger reference.
Cool beans, I love things like this.
Especially fond of the movie references from such classics.
FRINGE rocks!
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