Parks and Rec had a "silent" DA reference -- it came up in Leslie's "word bubble" of words she used in e-mails to her friends. :)
(Actually, to me, the best part of the "Office" reference was Jim's line before: "Not every glance means something! Life isn't Downton Abbey!" Hee!!! In that same episode, I believe -- or one really close to it, Andy had a girlfriend, whose friend was having a bachelorette party, and enumerating all her former boyfriends: "And then we come to Matthew, who was with his old girlfriend the entire time we were together!" ;p Not sure if that was intentional or not, but it was hilarious!!! :)
Gilmore Girls referenced DA about a year ago (or more) -- Dan Stevens actually tweeted it. It was the first U.S. show to mention it!!!
But my absolute FAVORITE reference, bar none, is Modern Family:
"No, it's Toontown -- not Toonton. You've been watching too much PBS." and "I've been running through Downton-- Downtown Disney!" :D
Oh thanks for sharing! I love finding out these connections. Joy everywhere it seems. I did see an article that mentioned that when TV Guide used M&M and the Christmas Special on their cover it was the first time they had used a PBS TV show since Carl Sagan's Cosmos series about thirty years ago! I'm over the moon that the show is so popular but still mad at PBS for the way they edit the show. Why do they do that? And its not just Downton they did it to Sherlock too. I saw the first episode of season two in London on my dream vacation and then was horrified to see it again in May on Pbs. Grr.
Oh do NOT get me started on PBS' editing. It makes me SO MAD (and drives me mad, hee! :p ) I didn't notice it with Sherlock S1, though I didn't watch S2 on PBS (just saw the original version). But S1 of DA is SO butchered, I can't EVEN. Especially episodes 6 and 7 (though 5 doesn't fare much better) -- entire subplots are cut out!!! And while they cut very little in S2, they cut M/M's "What's it been like? "The thing is...I just can't talk about it." exchange in 2x01, and a good half of Lavinia's second to last scene in 2x08. SO frustrating!!!
But nothing compares to ep 6 and ep 7 in S1: they cut out A PORTION OF THE PRE-KISS SCENE. Unforgivable!!! :p
Okay *fans herself* what???? I've never heard about these season one cuts before!! Oh those evil evil people. I've seen a cut scene from the fair in season one but nothing else. I've heard a legend that there is a scene with Sybil going to Crawley house to thank Matthew and Isobel but I've never seen it. Oh but would I ever, that is so perfect.
I've seen these cuts scenes from season two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZxB7MioII&feature=player_embedded as well as the talk between M&M in 2.04 where he says he is haunted. Oh god I just love that scene it is so delicately passionate, the way he just confesses what she suspects as a soldier in a WHEELCHAIR goes by. Why on earth would they cut this scene? Grrrr.
The fair? Ooh, haven't seen that one. I've seen Sybil, Matthew and Isobel -- that's a deleted scene, not a cut one. Carnival (the production company) cut down DA S1 to fit in the 90 minute increments allotted by PBS and Masterpiece Theater. So, nearly every ep except ep 1 has a scene missing
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Awww, cool!!! Heeee at Thomas knowing Shakespeare! And LOL at William for...not. Oh man, JF is so good: "It might not happen!" "It already has."
The Sybil scene was on the UK DVDs deleted scenes. :)
PBS were just morons who thought their Masterpiece Theater allotted timeframe was better than airing entire eps of DA. Then DA became a massive hit, and suddenly in S2, they (for the most part) "found" extra time... :/
UK dvds? Hmm I have the US since that is what Amazon sold and said UK dvds wouldn't play in an American format. *sigh* Hopefully they will keep their grubby hands off Season three. Grr.
(Actually, to me, the best part of the "Office" reference was Jim's line before: "Not every glance means something! Life isn't Downton Abbey!" Hee!!! In that same episode, I believe -- or one really close to it, Andy had a girlfriend, whose friend was having a bachelorette party, and enumerating all her former boyfriends: "And then we come to Matthew, who was with his old girlfriend the entire time we were together!" ;p Not sure if that was intentional or not, but it was hilarious!!! :)
Gilmore Girls referenced DA about a year ago (or more) -- Dan Stevens actually tweeted it. It was the first U.S. show to mention it!!!
But my absolute FAVORITE reference, bar none, is Modern Family:
"No, it's Toontown -- not Toonton. You've been watching too much PBS." and "I've been running through Downton-- Downtown Disney!" :D
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Anyway yeah for connections!
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But nothing compares to ep 6 and ep 7 in S1: they cut out A PORTION OF THE PRE-KISS SCENE. Unforgivable!!! :p
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I've seen a cut scene from the fair in season one but nothing else. I've heard a legend that there is a scene with Sybil going to Crawley house to thank Matthew and Isobel but I've never seen it. Oh but would I ever, that is so perfect.
I've seen these cuts scenes from season two - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ZxB7MioII&feature=player_embedded
as well as the talk between M&M in 2.04 where he says he is haunted. Oh god I just love that scene it is so delicately passionate, the way he just confesses what she suspects as a soldier in a WHEELCHAIR goes by. Why on earth would they cut this scene? Grrrr.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/video/2010/nov/05/downton-abbey
Where/How did you see the Sybil scene?
PBS must be on some kind of power trip because its ridiculous what they are up to. Like a James Bond villian or something along those lines. Grrr,
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The Sybil scene was on the UK DVDs deleted scenes. :)
PBS were just morons who thought their Masterpiece Theater allotted timeframe was better than airing entire eps of DA. Then DA became a massive hit, and suddenly in S2, they (for the most part) "found" extra time... :/
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Hopefully they will keep their grubby hands off Season three. Grr.
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