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I got the joke!

There was a theatrical movie based on four episodes of The Twilight Zone in 1983. In the movie, John Lithgow played the same character that William Shatner had 10 years earlier.
 
skippercollector said:
There was a theatrical movie based on four episodes of The Twilight Zone in 1983. In the movie, John Lithgow played the same character that William Shatner had 10 years earlier.
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Actually 20.
 
firepoint525 said:
I never, and I mean almost NEVER, watched Welcome Back Kotter as a kid, even though I LOVED the theme song, and had it on a 45. I didn't dislike the show, I just never watched it. But I remember all the kids at school going around saying, "up your nose with a rubber hose." I probably said it myself a time or two. Fast forward about 25 years or so (2005-ish) and I am watching a Kotter rerun on TVLand, when I hear John Travolta, as Vinnie Barbarino, blurt out, "up your nose with a rubber hose." I remember saying to myself, "so THAT'S where they got that!" ;D
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The phrase, and in fact, the entire premise of Welcome Back, Kotter, including many of the characters, comes from Gabe Kaplan's stand-up act and his 1974 album "Holes and Mello Rolls". It's on YouTube, but don't play it at work or in front of kids:

http://youtu.be/NG6pE2ENdCo

The ABC censors had to work with Gabe quite a while to tame it into Welcome Back, Kotter.
 
In the mid-90's, while Christine Lahti was co-starring on Chicago Hope, she won an Academy Award for directing a short film entitled, "Lieberman in Love." Within the next year, there was a scene on "Hope" that had her dealing with a difficult patient who was challenging her. Can't remember what the patient said, but Lahti responded by saying, "Yeah, and I might win an Oscar."
 
"Chicago Hope" also had a character named Lisa Catera... she got her name when one of the writers saw a commercial for the Cadillac Catera, in which the announcer said "Lease a Catera for (however much it was) a month."
 
AUUGH!! Rnigma beat it to it!

BD Sullivan said:
In the mid-90's, while Christine Lahti was co-starring on Chicago Hope, she won an Academy Award for directing a short film entitled, "Lieberman in Love." Within the next year, there was a scene on "Hope" that had her dealing with a difficult patient who was challenging her. Can't remember what the patient said, but Lahti responded by saying, "Yeah, and I might win an Oscar."
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Chicago Hope worked in another joke - at least in my mind, thought it quite possibly unintentional. During the 97-98 season, they added a new character "Dr. Lisa Catera" (Stacey Edwards). Around the same time, Cadillac was running ads for their then-new "Cadillac Catera" sport-coupe and urging drivers to "Lease a Catera" today. Very few did, though, and the Catera died a slow, quiet death.
 
Peter & Gordon were guests on a Monkees episode. The storyline was silly as usual, something about that cat woman hijacking the duo's singing voices and demanding millions in ransom for their return. The scrip involved a panel of judges, one of whom bore more than a suspicious resemblence to Steve Allen. The name plaque at his seat identified him as "Allen Stevens".

Does anybody else remember this episode, and if so, did you get that joke? I confess-- the "joke" went right over my head on that first airing nearly 50-years ago. I didn't "get it" until a clip of it replayed on a PBS fundraiser a few weeks ago. Peter & Gordon were guests.
 
jfrancispastirchak said:
Peter & Gordon were guests on a Monkees episode. The storyline was silly as usual, something about that cat woman hijacking the duo's singing voices and demanding millions in ransom for their return. The scrip involved a panel of judges, one of whom bore more than a suspicious resemblence to Steve Allen. The name plaque at his seat identified him as "Allen Stevens".

Does anybody else remember this episode, and if so, did you get that joke? I confess-- the "joke" went right over my head on that first airing nearly 50-years ago. I didn't "get it" until a clip of it replayed on a PBS fundraiser a few weeks ago. Peter & Gordon were guests.
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I assume you're referring to Batman, and the singing group was Chad & Jeremy. Yes, it was Steve Allen--as the host of a show, not on a panel of judges.
 
BD Sullivan said:

I assume you're referring to Batman, and the singing group was Chad & Jeremy. Yes, it was Steve Allen--as the host of a show, not on a panel of judges.
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Had the correct show in mind, "Batman"; don't know what made me type "The Monkees"! And, as my wife will attest, I'm always confusing Peter & Gordon with Chad & Jeremy. So, on that subject, a little trivia: Which of the duos guest starred on The Dick Van Dyke Show?
 
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