4x07 High Top Fade Out
Originally posted by the_moogie on January 15, 2011
Edited on September 20, 2015
SHAWN
1989: young Shawn wanted a computer. He claims Mrs. Phillips says a computer would help prepare him for the future.
Claims that like The Joker, Colonel Sanders and Matthew Mcconaughey, he doesn’t own a black suit.
At Diddle's funeral he asks Gus if he could say amen if the reverend asks for one. Indicating an unfamiliarity with black culture, but a desire to participate in it
Says Hallelujah at an inappropriate time during the funeral
Knows the words to “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
Says he wishes he could have known Gus when he was black in response to seeing the video of his group performing.
Evidently wants to participate in the singing. Says it’s been one of his life-long dreams to be part of a four-piece singing group. 5-piece is his backup plan.
Says listening to Gus' group sing was like a New Edition reunion minus Bobby (Brown) and Ronnie (Devoe).
Gus’ estranged college friends hire him to find out what happened to Diddle
Sings “If Jesus were our manager”
Keeps auditioning for the singing group.
Wants Diddle’s band jacket
Called Lassiter “Old Penguin from Happy Feet.”
Makes Gus lie on a gurney and pretend to be dead so he could question the new coroner
Says he liked Woody.
Says he and Jules have a cone of confidentiality.
Says O’Hara is paying him back for the awkwardness and tension that he has allowed Abigail to bring between them.
Takes Tony and Joon to Henry’s for protection
Doesn’t know anything about encrypting data
Says he can make a straw wrapper crawl like a worm and make the inside of his elbow look like a butt.
Claims this was the third time this month Gus gave a woman his card with his cell number written on the back.
Leaves a BB gun with Tony and Joon to defend themselves
Is upset that O’Hara isn’t concerned about Gus’ safety
Thought that Lassiter and O'Hara saw them as part of the team and is disappointed to be excluded.
Tries to cheer up Gus by taking him to the beach for a cup of ice cream, possibly a Wendy’s Frostie
Claims the reason he took the case was because he was freaked that Gus could have such a falling out with friends he used to be so close to, and figured if it could happen to them it could happen to him and Gus.
Says there’s one hair on his knuckle that’s twice as long as all the other ones.
Accidentally calls Gus by putting his phone in his back pocket while staking out the warehouse drug deal.
Tells the drug dealer that they were sent by Mikhail Dudikoff (Actor from American Ninja)
Is upset that O’Hara and Lassiter left them in the dark. Shawn says they are members of this team, and Gus points out that they solve a murder a week.
Gest mixed up in biggest undercover sting for the SBPD
Gets invited into the group for Tony’s cousin’s wedding.
Wants to call the new singing group Quarterblack, because three of the four are black.
GUS
Is surprised Shawn doesn’t own a black suit.
Claims Matthew Mcconaugey doesn’t own a shirt.
Hadn’t told Shawn about his singing group, Blackapella
Says it’s been ten years since he saw the members of his a capella singing group
His nickname was G-Wiz.
Will only reunite with the group if Jesus were their manager
Says Tony is the most negative guys he knows
Said he never lost contact with Diddle. Called their relationship rock solid.
Like Joon, and Tony, Gus still knows the steps to Blackapella's dance routines.
Has fun with the group and forgets to be angry for a moment.
Put a parental lock on Shawn’s laptop for his own good.
His knees and calves lock up when he gets nervous.
Gets claustrophobic.
Takes Tony and Joon to Henry’s for protection
Introduces himself and Shawn to Mr. Tully at Cyber Vault as Gus Brown and Shawn White. Shawn is unimpressed by Gus’ lack of creativity.
Knows about data encryption.
Introduces himself to Chelsea as John Slade.
Gives Chelsea his business card with his personal cell number written on the back (he learned it from Tony)
Shows off is penmanship, claims ancient cultures saw it as a sign of virility.
A sister with green eyes is a special circumstance
Claims that Tony and Joon slept with his girlfriend.
Was embarrassed by the video at the funeral. Claims they were wearing Hammer pants five years behind the curve.
Says Blackapella played a few shows at the student centre and the Cinnamon Festival. They weren’t going anywhere.
Asks Shawn, "How many times have I told you not to mess with the nod?" Shawn claims never.
Gets angry when Lassiter says his friends have nobody to blame but themselves for their predicament. Gets up in Lassiter's face and neither one backs down.
Says he never wanted to punch Lassiter in the face before today.
Says double dipping is unsanitary
Assures Shawn that if none of the stupid, selfish and life-threatening stunts he's pulled haven't ended their friendship, it probably wasn’t going to happen.
Says the only reason Shawn took the case was because he was jealous and wanted to sing in their group.
Wishes he had a chance to tell Joon and Tony how he truly felt.
His cell phone ring is his own voice saying hello.
Is glad that Shawn will never be a cop.
Is officially canceling drinks with Chelsea in light of her arrest. Probably.
LASSITER
Calls Shawn and Gus babies for being frightened by Detective Johnson
Mentions there’s a new coroner, which requires an official police detail.
Says auf weidersehen.
Says Diddle was "one smart cookie" because "he got close enough to the rat to catch him making a deal with the bad guy on video."
Says Shawn and Gus have managed to stumble into the single biggest undercover sting operation in the department’s history.
Points out that Shawn is not a cop and never will be.
Says top brass has instituted a whole new layer of protocol. Claims Gus is in conflict of interest.
Suggests that Shawn and Gus take the bus so they don't get killed by a car bomb.
JULIET
Blows off Shawn’s boyish charm.
Says it isn’t always about Shawn. When she opens an investigation she has to answer to people above her.
Juliet offers her condolences to Gus over Leonard’s death. Says that he seemed like a stand-up guy.
Kept Shawn and Gus in an interrogation room all night without letting them know where they were. Claims they held them for their own protection.
Says they’re under direct orders from the Chief not to share information with Shawn or Gus.
Slams Shawn for using Abigail as a tactic to scam information from her.
Was about to explain their standoffishness to Gus and Shawn but Lassiter cut her off.
HENRY
Claims computers are a passing fad like rap music, Madonna, and L.A. Law.
Doesn’t understand Tony and Joon’s terms.
Suggests young Shawn buy a detective kit instead of a computer.
WOODY
Woody does an imitation of David Caruso from CSI: Miami.
Says he’s just transferred over, but had been playing with dead things since he was a kid.
Other Characters
Chelsea Patterson
Worked for Cyber Vault.
Assigned to investigate the problem Diddle reported. She used the leak to get information about the SBPD warehouses and sold it on to the drug dealers.
Says she didn’t mean for Leonard to get hurt.
Leonard “Diddle” Callaghan
One of the singers from Gus's college group, Blackapella.
Discovered a work around in an encrypted police database that compromised the information, took it to his supervisor and got blown off, so he investigated it himself.
Kept Blackapella's satin jackets.
Described as safety conscious. Kept his seatbelt on at a drive-in movie.
Used to send Gus emails about reuniting the group.
Was barely 5’10” and could dunk with two hands.
Worked for Cyber Vault. They protect credit card transactions, classified documents.
Diddle’s encryption was cracked by the group (including Shawn) singing "It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday."
Had patents on his encryptions.
Always held the door for Chelsea or offered to help carry her files. She claims he asked her out before the accident.
Chelsea says he was always humming.
Gus says Diddle was the smartest, most responsible member in their group.
Gus calls him a good friend and a saint.
Moses Johnson
A Detective from the SBPD narcotics squad, working undercover.
Initially described as creepy guy with a scar from the funeral.
Forced Shawn and Gus into his car at gunpoint to save them from the drug dealers at the warehouse.
Threatens Chelsea with a long sentence but offers to cut her a deal if she tells the names of her associates.
Mr. Tully
Leonard and Chelsea's boss at Cyber Vault.
Delegates all his work to his underlings.
Joon
Member of Gus' college music group, Blackapella.
Gus claims that Tony and Joon slept with his girlfriend. They say she was a groupie, and Gus shouldn’t have fallen for her.
Is impressed that Shawn hooked up with Joy Guster.
Likes the idea of the name Quarterblack, thinks it‘s like they’re all Randall Cunninghams (an NFL quarterback from Santa Barbara)
Tends to follow Tony in agreeing to things.
Calls Gus a Buster.
Doesn't think that Diddle died in a bicycle accident. He and Tony think he was murdered.
Called the cop a scary Sugar Hill dude (A 1993 film starring Wesley Snipes).
Says Gus will always sell out his boys for some girl.
His mother bought him the car that exploded.
Says his mother taught him from an early age that all you need in this world are basic morals, values and respect.
Tony
Member of Gus's college music group, Blackapella.
Read about Shawn and Gus’ detective agency in their college's alumni newsletter.
Gus claims that Tony makes up conspiracy theories.
Is impressed that Shawn hooked up with Joy Guster.
Pretended he didn’t get the email once Shawn told him they might be in danger.
Think Diddle came across some secret information.
Claims that Shawn’s nod told him not to leave something so important as investigating Diddle's murder to Gus.
Read A Purpose Driven Life.
Says Gus has never honoured the code.
Gus says Tony is the most negative guy he knows.
Taught Gus to write his number on the back of a business card to show women his good penmanship.
Was praying loud in the back of the car when he was abducted, according to Joon.
His cousin is getting married and wants his musical group to sing at the wedding.
CATCHPHRASES
“I’ve seen/heard it both ways” (episode: 1 series: 8)[A variation of Gus telling him he hasn’t heard it both ways]
GUS, DON’T BE…
Don't be the American adaptation of the British Gus.
GUS’ NICKNAMES
G-Whiz (college)
Gus Brown
John Slade
SHAWN’S ALIASES
Shawn White (Gus)
SHAWN’S PILLOW HUGS
Episode: 1
Series: 9
ALLUSIONS
“Those things are another passing fad like rap music, Madonna, and L.A. Law.” - Madonna Louise Ciccone (/tʃɪˈkoʊni/; Italian: [tʃikˈkoːne]; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Madonna is known for reinventing both her music and image, and for maintaining her autonomy within the recording industry. Music critics have acclaimed her musical productions, which have generated some controversy. Often referred to as the "Queen of Pop", she is cited as an influence by numerous other artists around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X7RyGBq2E8 L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including an ensemble cast, large number of parallel storylines, social drama, and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as capital punishment, abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGTumMG6CcM
“Besides me, The Joker, Colonel Sanders, Matthew McConaughey?” - The Joker is a fictional supervillain created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson that first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman (April 25, 1940) published by DC Comics. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design, while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. Although the Joker was planned to be killed off during his initial appearance, he was spared by editorial intervention, allowing the character to endure as the archenemy of the superhero Batman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C-Qmzuib5g Colonel Harland David Sanders[a] (September 9, 1890 - December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (now known as KFC) and later acting as the company's goodwill ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwURoueDzFo Matthew David McConaughey (/məˈkɑːnəheɪ/; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He first gained notice for his breakout role in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), and went on to appear in films such as the slasher Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), the legal thriller A Time to Kill (1996), Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997), the science fiction drama Contact (1997), the comedy EDtv (1999) and the war film U-571 (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiTaK3Fyj0k
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” - "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a 1909 historic American negro spiritual song. The earliest known recording was in 1909, by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University. It is also the anthem of the England national rugby union team. In 2002, the Library of Congress honored the song as one of 50 recordings chosen that year to be added to the National Recording Registry. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was written by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indian Territory in what is now Choctaw County, near the County seat of Hugo, Oklahoma sometime before 1862. He was inspired by the Red River, which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah's being taken to heaven by a chariot (2 Kings 2:11). Some sources claim that this song and "Steal Away" (also composed by Willis) had lyrics that referred to the Underground Railroad, the freedom movement that helped blacks escape from Southern Slavery to the North and Canada.
“When the Saints Go Marching In” - "When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn. Though it originated as a Christian hymn, it is often played by jazz bands. This song was famously recorded on May 13, 1938 by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra. The song is sometimes confused with a similarly titled composition "When the Saints are Marching In" from 1896 by Katharine Purvis (lyrics) and James Milton Black (music). In New Orleans, the song is traditionally used as a funeral march at "jazz funerals". While accompanying the coffin to the cemetery, a band plays the tune as a dirge. Returning from the interment, the band switches to the familiar upbeat "hot" or "Dixieland" style of play.
“That was like a New Edition reunion concert minus Bobby and Ronnie.” - New Edition is an R&B and pop group formed in Boston in 1982. The group reached its height of popularity during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like New Kids on the Block, The Boys, Boyz II Men, Hi-Five, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. The group recorded mostly as a quintet. During the group's first bout of fame in 1983, its members were Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, and Ralph Tresvant. Early hits included "Candy Girl," "Cool It Now" and "Mr. Telephone Man". Brown left in late 1985 to embark on a solo career. The group continued for a time with its remaining four members, but eventually recruited singer Johnny Gill, who would be introduced on their 1988 album Heart Break. The group went on hiatus in 1990, while its various members worked on side projects, such as the group Bell Biv DeVoe. Gill and Tresvant also recorded successful solo albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZUq6N7Gx1c
Jaleel White (Tony) - Jaleel Ahmad White (born November 27, 1976) is an American television and film actor, producer and screenwriter. In 1989, he was cast in the role of Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters. The character, which was originally intended to be a one-time guest appearance, was an instant hit with audiences and White became a regular cast member. The series aired for a total of nine seasons, from 1989 to 1997 on ABC, and from 1997 to 1998 on CBS. Aside from this character, White is also known as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the animated series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1lp7ZSkXA
Kenan Thompson (Joon) - Kenan Thompson (born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live. In his teenage years, he was an original cast member of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That. Thompson is also known for his roles as Kenan Rockmore in the sitcom Kenan & Kel, Dexter Reed in the film Good Burger and Fat Albert as the title character. In his early career he often collaborated with fellow comedian and All That cast member Kel Mitchell. He ranked at #88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Xv0GMcFkQ
“Yo, that's like Beyoncé and the first Destiny's Child cold.” - Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1990 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors as Girl's Tyme comprising, among others, Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett. After years of limited success, they were signed in 1996 to Columbia Records as Destiny's Child. Destiny's Child was launched into mainstream recognition following the 1999 release of their best-selling second album, The Writing's on the Wall, which contained the number-one singles "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name". Despite critical and commercial success, the group was plagued by internal conflict and legal turmoil, as Roberson and Luckett attempted to split from the group's manager Mathew Knowles, citing favoritism of Knowles and Rowland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiF6-0UTqtc
“I read ‘The Purpose Driven Life’!” - The Purpose Driven Life (2002) is a devotional book written by Christian author Rick Warren and published by Zondervan. The book has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for advice books for one of the longest periods in history,[citation needed] while also topping the Wall Street Journal best seller charts as well as Publishers Weekly charts with over 30 million copies sold by 2007. The book offers readers a 40-day personal spiritual journey, and presents what Warren says are God's five purposes for human life on Earth and describes itself as "a blueprint for Christian living in the 21st Century ... using about 350 references to the Bible, maybe this amounts to over 1200 Biblical verses and quotes to challenge the conventional definitions of Christian Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Christian Ministry and Evangelism."
“Those guys are running some serious Big Brother-type stuff over there.” - Big Brother is a fictional character or symbol in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is claimed to be the leader (either the actual enigmatic dictator or perhaps a symbolic figurehead) of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling Party wields total power "for its own sake" over the inhabitants. In the society that Orwell describes, every citizen is under constant surveillance by the authorities, mainly by telescreens (with the exception of the Proles). The people are constantly reminded of this by the slogan "Big Brother is watching you": a maxim which is ubiquitously on display. In modern culture the term "Big Brother" has entered the lexicon as a synonym for abuse of government power, particularly in respect to civil liberties, often specifically related to mass surveillance.
“Hi, old penguin from Happy feet.” - Happy Feet is a 2006 Australian-American computer-animated musical family film, directed, produced and co-written by George Miller. It stars Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, and Hugo Weaving. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released in North American theaters on November 17, 2006. It is the first animated film produced by Kennedy Miller in association with visual effects/design company Animal Logic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFUC5adf8FE
“We have to cover you because cadavers don't wear shirts from Abercrombie and Fletch.” - Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) is an upscale American retailer that focuses on upscale casual wear for young consumers, and is headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. It has over 400 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally. The company operates two offshoot brands: Abercrombie Kids and Hollister Co., in addition to two brands, Ruehl No.925 and Gilly Hicks, that closed in early 2010 and 2014, respectively. Abercrombie & Fitch is notable for using "brand representatives" (previously called "models") for store customer service. Its main competitors are Aéropostale and American Eagle Outfitters. Its younger subsidiary, Abercrombie Kids, competes with Aéropostale's P.S., and American Eagle Outfitters's 77kids. Abercrombie & Fitch has been the subject of controversies including allegations of discrimination, preadult sexualized ad campaigns, and promoting an elitist attitude on the basis of looks or social status. Fletch is a 1985 comic action-thriller spy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Andrew Bergman and is loosely based on Gregory Mcdonald's popular Fletch novels. Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Geena Davis and Joe Don Baker appear in supporting roles. The film revolves around Los Angeles Times reporter Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase), who is offered a large sum to kill a cancerous millionaire, to which Fletch is on the run, risking his job, and looking for clues when it turns out he is healthy as life itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMMt2M3RiU
“That was my Caruso.” - David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American actor and producer. His most prominent roles are his portrayals of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami and as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue. He also appeared in movies such as First Blood, Kiss of Death, Jade and Proof of Life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948
“I filled this out in Farsi by mistake.” - Persian (/ˈpɜrʒən/ or /ˈpɜrʃən/), also known by its endonym Farsi or Parsi (English: /ˈfɑrsiː/; Persian: فارسی fārsi [fɒːɾˈsiː] ( listen)), is the predominant modern descendant of Old Persian, a southwestern Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan (officially known as Dari since 1958 for political reasons), and Tajikistan (officially known as Tajiki since the Soviet era for political reasons), and some other regions which historically came under Persian influence. The Persian language is classified as a continuation of Middle Persian, the official religious and literary language of Sassanid Persia, itself a continuation of Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Persian is a pluricentric language and its grammar is similar to that of many contemporary European languages. Persian is so-called due to its origin from the capital of the Achaemenid empire, Persis (Fars or Pars) hence the name Persian (Farsi or Parsi)
“I've been using the Rosetta Stone to learn new languages in my down time.” - The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek. Because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts (with some minor differences among them), it provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Rosetta Stone Language Learning is proprietary computer-assisted language learning (CALL) software published by Rosetta Stone Inc. The software uses images, text, and sound to teach words and grammar by spaced repetition, without translation. Rosetta Stone calls its approach Dynamic Immersion (a term which it has trademarked). The software's title and logo allude to the Rosetta Stone, an ancient stone slab on which the Decree of Memphis is inscribed in three writing systems.
“Then somehow crashed again in Chile, only to be eaten by my soccer teammates.” - Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, also known as the Andes flight disaster and, in South America, as the Miracle in the Andes (El Milagro de los Andes) was a chartered flight carrying 45 people, including a rugby union team, their friends, family and associates, that crashed in the Andes on 13 October 1972. More than a quarter of the passengers died in the crash and several others quickly succumbed to cold and injury. Of the 27 who were alive a few days after the accident, another eight were killed by an avalanche that swept over their shelter in the wreckage. The last 16 survivors were rescued on 23 December 1972, more than two months after the crash. The survivors had little food and no source of heat in the harsh conditions at over 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) altitude. Faced with starvation and radio news reports that the search for them had been abandoned, the survivors fed on the dead passengers who had been preserved in the snow. Rescuers did not learn of the survivors until 72 days after the crash when passengers Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa, after a 10-day trek across the Andes, found Chilean arriero Sergio Catalán, who gave them food and then alerted the authorities to the existence of the other survivors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7DC2f8S6s
“Those other two brothers, they couldn't color-tab their way out of a Staples.” - Staples, Inc. is a large United States-based office supply chain store, with over 2,000 stores worldwide in 26 countries. Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company has retail stores serving customers under its original name in Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, while operating subsidiaries in Argentina as Officenet-Staples, in Netherlands as Staples Office Centre, in Canada as Staples Canada (Bureau en Gros in Quebec), and in Italy as Mondoffice. Staples also does business exclusively with enterprises in the United States, Canada and multiple European countries as Staples Advantage. Staples sells supplies, office machines, promotional products, furniture, technology, and business services both in stores and online. The company opened its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts on May 1, 1986.
“I'm like Mr. Wizard.” - Donald Jeffry Herbert (born Donald Herbert Kemske and better known as Mr. Wizard, July 10, 1917 - June 12, 2007) was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard (1951-65, 1971-72) and of Mr. Wizard's World (1983-90), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. He also produced many short video programs about science and authored several popular books about science for children. LaFollette notes that no fictional hero was able to rival the popularity and longevity of "the friendly, neighborly scientist". In Herbert's obituary, Bill Nye wrote, "Herbert's techniques and performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik. He sent us to the moon. He changed the world." Herbert is credited with turning "a generation of youth" in the 1950s and early 1960s onto "the promise and perils of science". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbROZYEeNl0
“Your boy liked big butts, and I cannot lie.” - "Baby Got Back" is an item song written and recorded by American artist Sir Mix-a-Lot, from his album Mack Daddy. The song samples the 1986 Detroit techno single "Technicolor" by Channel One. At the time of its original release, the song caused controversy with its outspoken and blatantly sexual lyrics about women, as well as specific references to the female buttocks which some people found objectionable. The video was briefly banned by MTV. "Baby Got Back" has remained popular and even anthemic since it was originally featured on the album Mack Daddy in 1992. It was the second best-selling song in the US in 1992, behind Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", with sales of 2,392,000 physical copies that year. In 2008, it was ranked number 17 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlItMpGYQTo
“Even Patrick Fugit knows that.” - Patrick Raymond Fugit (born October 27, 1982) is an American actor best known for his performance in the lead role of Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous. He also had a supporting role in the 2014 film Gone Girl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk0XnyrENrE
“Those were Hammer pants five years behind the curve.” - Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), known professionally as M.C. Hammer (and later, for a time, simply Hammer), is an American hip-hop recording artist, dancer, entrepreneur, spokesman and occasional actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the late 1990s. Remembered for his rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for hit records (such as "U Can't Touch This" and "2 Legit 2 Quit"), flashy dance movements, choreography and eponymous Hammer pants. Hammer's superstar-status and entertaining showmanship made him a household name and hip hop icon. He has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo
“It actually looks suspiciously like Steve Martin's office in The Spanish Prisoner.” - The Spanish Prisoner is a 1997 American suspense film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman and Ricky Jay. The film tells the story of an elaborate confidence game; the Spanish Prisoner scam is mentioned, though the actual plot has little if any resemblance to it. In 1999 the film was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay but lost out to Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPF-5KNmqq4
“We told you guys there was something rotten in Sweden, but you wouldn't listen.” - A line from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. An officer of the palace guard says this after the ghost of the dead king appears, walking over the palace walls. Note : “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is used to describe corruption or a situation in which something is wrong.
“That's from Lean on Me, and you know it.” - Lean on Me is a 1989 dramatized biographical film written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman. Lean on Me is loosely based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is at risk of being taken over by the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on the New Jersey Minimum Basics Test. This film's title refers to the 1972 Bill Withers song of the same name. Parts of the film, including the elementary school scenes, were filmed in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Duw2ZoyQAE
“Whatever Diddle was tracking, the second warehouse on his list is probably next, so we throw caution to the wind, dress up like American ninjas, and check it out.” - American Ninja is a 1985 American ninja action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role, with Steve James as his side-kick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMtvots232c
“This is straight out of To Live and Die in L.A.” - To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel by former U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin. The film features William Petersen, Willem Dafoe and John Pankow among others. Wang Chung composed and performed the original music soundtrack. The film tells the story of the lengths to which two Secret Service agents go to arrest a counterfeiter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5JI_RclmIg
Tony Todd (Det. Moses Johnson) - Anthony Tiran "Tony" Todd (born December 4, 1954) is an American actor, voice artist and film producer, known for portraying Ben in both the 1990 and 2015 remakes of Night of the Living Dead, Candyman in the horror movie franchise of the same name and William Bludworth in Final Destination franchise.
“Tony started praying out loud in the back of the car, so then the scary Sugar Hill dude with the scar was like, ‘shut the hell up back there’!" - Sugar Hill is a 1994 American crime film starring Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. The film focuses on the two brothers, who are major drug dealers in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2S9hJFXUBA
“It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye” - "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is an R&B song written by Motown husband-and-wife songwriting team Freddie Perren and Christine Yarian for the 1975 film Cooley High. In the film, the song is performed by Motown artist G.C. Cameron, whose rendition peaked at number 38 on the Billboard R&B singles chart that same year. Perren also composed the instrumental score for Cooley High, and the B-side to "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" features two of his score compositions from the film. The composition fared better when covered in an a cappella rendition by contemporary R&B Motown group Boyz II Men 16 years later. Boyz II Men's recording of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" peaked at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs on December 21, 1991. Over on non-genre specific charts the song reached number five on the Hot 100 Airplay on December 7, 1991 and number two on the Hot Singles Sales on November 23, 1991 and eventually went on to peak at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 14, 1991, blocked from the top spot for five weeks by Michael Jackson's single Black or White. "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" was included on Boyz II Men's first album, Cooleyhighharmony, its name a reference to the film from which the song originated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VastXQ_hPb0
CONTINUITY
Mrs. Philips is still Shawn’s teacher - (4x6 “Bollywood Homicide”)
Boyz II Men sing an acapella version of the theme song
Brings back his 8th grade Juliet voice (1x2 “Spellingg Bee”, 3x14 “Truer Lies”)
Shawn’s fling with Joy (3x9 “Christmas Joy”)
Return of the Cinnamon Festival - (1x01 “Pilot”, 3x01 “Ghosts”)
Gus reminds Lassiter and Juliet that he and Shawn solve a murder a week
Edited on September 20, 2015
SHAWN
1989: young Shawn wanted a computer. He claims Mrs. Phillips says a computer would help prepare him for the future.
Claims that like The Joker, Colonel Sanders and Matthew Mcconaughey, he doesn’t own a black suit.
At Diddle's funeral he asks Gus if he could say amen if the reverend asks for one. Indicating an unfamiliarity with black culture, but a desire to participate in it
Says Hallelujah at an inappropriate time during the funeral
Knows the words to “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
Says he wishes he could have known Gus when he was black in response to seeing the video of his group performing.
Evidently wants to participate in the singing. Says it’s been one of his life-long dreams to be part of a four-piece singing group. 5-piece is his backup plan.
Says listening to Gus' group sing was like a New Edition reunion minus Bobby (Brown) and Ronnie (Devoe).
Gus’ estranged college friends hire him to find out what happened to Diddle
Sings “If Jesus were our manager”
Keeps auditioning for the singing group.
Wants Diddle’s band jacket
Called Lassiter “Old Penguin from Happy Feet.”
Makes Gus lie on a gurney and pretend to be dead so he could question the new coroner
Says he liked Woody.
Says he and Jules have a cone of confidentiality.
Says O’Hara is paying him back for the awkwardness and tension that he has allowed Abigail to bring between them.
Takes Tony and Joon to Henry’s for protection
Doesn’t know anything about encrypting data
Says he can make a straw wrapper crawl like a worm and make the inside of his elbow look like a butt.
Claims this was the third time this month Gus gave a woman his card with his cell number written on the back.
Leaves a BB gun with Tony and Joon to defend themselves
Is upset that O’Hara isn’t concerned about Gus’ safety
Thought that Lassiter and O'Hara saw them as part of the team and is disappointed to be excluded.
Tries to cheer up Gus by taking him to the beach for a cup of ice cream, possibly a Wendy’s Frostie
Claims the reason he took the case was because he was freaked that Gus could have such a falling out with friends he used to be so close to, and figured if it could happen to them it could happen to him and Gus.
Says there’s one hair on his knuckle that’s twice as long as all the other ones.
Accidentally calls Gus by putting his phone in his back pocket while staking out the warehouse drug deal.
Tells the drug dealer that they were sent by Mikhail Dudikoff (Actor from American Ninja)
Is upset that O’Hara and Lassiter left them in the dark. Shawn says they are members of this team, and Gus points out that they solve a murder a week.
Gest mixed up in biggest undercover sting for the SBPD
Gets invited into the group for Tony’s cousin’s wedding.
Wants to call the new singing group Quarterblack, because three of the four are black.
GUS
Is surprised Shawn doesn’t own a black suit.
Claims Matthew Mcconaugey doesn’t own a shirt.
Hadn’t told Shawn about his singing group, Blackapella
Says it’s been ten years since he saw the members of his a capella singing group
His nickname was G-Wiz.
Will only reunite with the group if Jesus were their manager
Says Tony is the most negative guys he knows
Said he never lost contact with Diddle. Called their relationship rock solid.
Like Joon, and Tony, Gus still knows the steps to Blackapella's dance routines.
Has fun with the group and forgets to be angry for a moment.
Put a parental lock on Shawn’s laptop for his own good.
His knees and calves lock up when he gets nervous.
Gets claustrophobic.
Takes Tony and Joon to Henry’s for protection
Introduces himself and Shawn to Mr. Tully at Cyber Vault as Gus Brown and Shawn White. Shawn is unimpressed by Gus’ lack of creativity.
Knows about data encryption.
Introduces himself to Chelsea as John Slade.
Gives Chelsea his business card with his personal cell number written on the back (he learned it from Tony)
Shows off is penmanship, claims ancient cultures saw it as a sign of virility.
A sister with green eyes is a special circumstance
Claims that Tony and Joon slept with his girlfriend.
Was embarrassed by the video at the funeral. Claims they were wearing Hammer pants five years behind the curve.
Says Blackapella played a few shows at the student centre and the Cinnamon Festival. They weren’t going anywhere.
Asks Shawn, "How many times have I told you not to mess with the nod?" Shawn claims never.
Gets angry when Lassiter says his friends have nobody to blame but themselves for their predicament. Gets up in Lassiter's face and neither one backs down.
Says he never wanted to punch Lassiter in the face before today.
Says double dipping is unsanitary
Assures Shawn that if none of the stupid, selfish and life-threatening stunts he's pulled haven't ended their friendship, it probably wasn’t going to happen.
Says the only reason Shawn took the case was because he was jealous and wanted to sing in their group.
Wishes he had a chance to tell Joon and Tony how he truly felt.
His cell phone ring is his own voice saying hello.
Is glad that Shawn will never be a cop.
Is officially canceling drinks with Chelsea in light of her arrest. Probably.
LASSITER
Calls Shawn and Gus babies for being frightened by Detective Johnson
Mentions there’s a new coroner, which requires an official police detail.
Says auf weidersehen.
Says Diddle was "one smart cookie" because "he got close enough to the rat to catch him making a deal with the bad guy on video."
Says Shawn and Gus have managed to stumble into the single biggest undercover sting operation in the department’s history.
Points out that Shawn is not a cop and never will be.
Says top brass has instituted a whole new layer of protocol. Claims Gus is in conflict of interest.
Suggests that Shawn and Gus take the bus so they don't get killed by a car bomb.
JULIET
Blows off Shawn’s boyish charm.
Says it isn’t always about Shawn. When she opens an investigation she has to answer to people above her.
Juliet offers her condolences to Gus over Leonard’s death. Says that he seemed like a stand-up guy.
Kept Shawn and Gus in an interrogation room all night without letting them know where they were. Claims they held them for their own protection.
Says they’re under direct orders from the Chief not to share information with Shawn or Gus.
Slams Shawn for using Abigail as a tactic to scam information from her.
Was about to explain their standoffishness to Gus and Shawn but Lassiter cut her off.
HENRY
Claims computers are a passing fad like rap music, Madonna, and L.A. Law.
Doesn’t understand Tony and Joon’s terms.
Suggests young Shawn buy a detective kit instead of a computer.
WOODY
Woody does an imitation of David Caruso from CSI: Miami.
Says he’s just transferred over, but had been playing with dead things since he was a kid.
Other Characters
Chelsea Patterson
Worked for Cyber Vault.
Assigned to investigate the problem Diddle reported. She used the leak to get information about the SBPD warehouses and sold it on to the drug dealers.
Says she didn’t mean for Leonard to get hurt.
Leonard “Diddle” Callaghan
One of the singers from Gus's college group, Blackapella.
Discovered a work around in an encrypted police database that compromised the information, took it to his supervisor and got blown off, so he investigated it himself.
Kept Blackapella's satin jackets.
Described as safety conscious. Kept his seatbelt on at a drive-in movie.
Used to send Gus emails about reuniting the group.
Was barely 5’10” and could dunk with two hands.
Worked for Cyber Vault. They protect credit card transactions, classified documents.
Diddle’s encryption was cracked by the group (including Shawn) singing "It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday."
Had patents on his encryptions.
Always held the door for Chelsea or offered to help carry her files. She claims he asked her out before the accident.
Chelsea says he was always humming.
Gus says Diddle was the smartest, most responsible member in their group.
Gus calls him a good friend and a saint.
Moses Johnson
A Detective from the SBPD narcotics squad, working undercover.
Initially described as creepy guy with a scar from the funeral.
Forced Shawn and Gus into his car at gunpoint to save them from the drug dealers at the warehouse.
Threatens Chelsea with a long sentence but offers to cut her a deal if she tells the names of her associates.
Mr. Tully
Leonard and Chelsea's boss at Cyber Vault.
Delegates all his work to his underlings.
Joon
Member of Gus' college music group, Blackapella.
Gus claims that Tony and Joon slept with his girlfriend. They say she was a groupie, and Gus shouldn’t have fallen for her.
Is impressed that Shawn hooked up with Joy Guster.
Likes the idea of the name Quarterblack, thinks it‘s like they’re all Randall Cunninghams (an NFL quarterback from Santa Barbara)
Tends to follow Tony in agreeing to things.
Calls Gus a Buster.
Doesn't think that Diddle died in a bicycle accident. He and Tony think he was murdered.
Called the cop a scary Sugar Hill dude (A 1993 film starring Wesley Snipes).
Says Gus will always sell out his boys for some girl.
His mother bought him the car that exploded.
Says his mother taught him from an early age that all you need in this world are basic morals, values and respect.
Tony
Member of Gus's college music group, Blackapella.
Read about Shawn and Gus’ detective agency in their college's alumni newsletter.
Gus claims that Tony makes up conspiracy theories.
Is impressed that Shawn hooked up with Joy Guster.
Pretended he didn’t get the email once Shawn told him they might be in danger.
Think Diddle came across some secret information.
Claims that Shawn’s nod told him not to leave something so important as investigating Diddle's murder to Gus.
Read A Purpose Driven Life.
Says Gus has never honoured the code.
Gus says Tony is the most negative guy he knows.
Taught Gus to write his number on the back of a business card to show women his good penmanship.
Was praying loud in the back of the car when he was abducted, according to Joon.
His cousin is getting married and wants his musical group to sing at the wedding.
CATCHPHRASES
“I’ve seen/heard it both ways” (episode: 1 series: 8)[A variation of Gus telling him he hasn’t heard it both ways]
GUS, DON’T BE…
Don't be the American adaptation of the British Gus.
GUS’ NICKNAMES
G-Whiz (college)
Gus Brown
John Slade
SHAWN’S ALIASES
Shawn White (Gus)
SHAWN’S PILLOW HUGS
Episode: 1
Series: 9
ALLUSIONS
“Those things are another passing fad like rap music, Madonna, and L.A. Law.” - Madonna Louise Ciccone (/tʃɪˈkoʊni/; Italian: [tʃikˈkoːne]; born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and businesswoman. She achieved popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV. Madonna is known for reinventing both her music and image, and for maintaining her autonomy within the recording industry. Music critics have acclaimed her musical productions, which have generated some controversy. Often referred to as the "Queen of Pop", she is cited as an influence by numerous other artists around the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X7RyGBq2E8 L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986 to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including an ensemble cast, large number of parallel storylines, social drama, and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as capital punishment, abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGTumMG6CcM
“Besides me, The Joker, Colonel Sanders, Matthew McConaughey?” - The Joker is a fictional supervillain created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson that first appeared in the debut issue of the comic book Batman (April 25, 1940) published by DC Comics. Credit for the Joker's creation is disputed; Kane and Robinson claimed responsibility for the Joker's design, while acknowledging Finger's writing contribution. Although the Joker was planned to be killed off during his initial appearance, he was spared by editorial intervention, allowing the character to endure as the archenemy of the superhero Batman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5C-Qmzuib5g Colonel Harland David Sanders[a] (September 9, 1890 - December 16, 1980) was an American businessman, best known for founding fast food chicken restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (now known as KFC) and later acting as the company's goodwill ambassador and symbol. His name and image are still symbols of the company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwURoueDzFo Matthew David McConaughey (/məˈkɑːnəheɪ/; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He first gained notice for his breakout role in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993), and went on to appear in films such as the slasher Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation (1994), the legal thriller A Time to Kill (1996), Steven Spielberg's historical drama Amistad (1997), the science fiction drama Contact (1997), the comedy EDtv (1999) and the war film U-571 (2000). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiTaK3Fyj0k
“Swing Low, Sweet Chariot” - "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" is a 1909 historic American negro spiritual song. The earliest known recording was in 1909, by the Fisk Jubilee Singers of Fisk University. It is also the anthem of the England national rugby union team. In 2002, the Library of Congress honored the song as one of 50 recordings chosen that year to be added to the National Recording Registry. It was also included in the list of Songs of the Century, by the Recording Industry Association of America and the National Endowment for the Arts. "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" was written by Wallis Willis, a Choctaw freedman in the old Indian Territory in what is now Choctaw County, near the County seat of Hugo, Oklahoma sometime before 1862. He was inspired by the Red River, which reminded him of the Jordan River and of the Prophet Elijah's being taken to heaven by a chariot (2 Kings 2:11). Some sources claim that this song and "Steal Away" (also composed by Willis) had lyrics that referred to the Underground Railroad, the freedom movement that helped blacks escape from Southern Slavery to the North and Canada.
“When the Saints Go Marching In” - "When the Saints Go Marching In", often referred to as "The Saints", is an American gospel hymn. Though it originated as a Christian hymn, it is often played by jazz bands. This song was famously recorded on May 13, 1938 by Louis Armstrong and his Orchestra. The song is sometimes confused with a similarly titled composition "When the Saints are Marching In" from 1896 by Katharine Purvis (lyrics) and James Milton Black (music). In New Orleans, the song is traditionally used as a funeral march at "jazz funerals". While accompanying the coffin to the cemetery, a band plays the tune as a dirge. Returning from the interment, the band switches to the familiar upbeat "hot" or "Dixieland" style of play.
“That was like a New Edition reunion concert minus Bobby and Ronnie.” - New Edition is an R&B and pop group formed in Boston in 1982. The group reached its height of popularity during the 1980s. They were the progenitors of the boy band movement of the 1980s and 1990s and led the way for groups like New Kids on the Block, The Boys, Boyz II Men, Hi-Five, Backstreet Boys and NSYNC. The group recorded mostly as a quintet. During the group's first bout of fame in 1983, its members were Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ronnie DeVoe, and Ralph Tresvant. Early hits included "Candy Girl," "Cool It Now" and "Mr. Telephone Man". Brown left in late 1985 to embark on a solo career. The group continued for a time with its remaining four members, but eventually recruited singer Johnny Gill, who would be introduced on their 1988 album Heart Break. The group went on hiatus in 1990, while its various members worked on side projects, such as the group Bell Biv DeVoe. Gill and Tresvant also recorded successful solo albums. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZUq6N7Gx1c
Jaleel White (Tony) - Jaleel Ahmad White (born November 27, 1976) is an American television and film actor, producer and screenwriter. In 1989, he was cast in the role of Steve Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters. The character, which was originally intended to be a one-time guest appearance, was an instant hit with audiences and White became a regular cast member. The series aired for a total of nine seasons, from 1989 to 1997 on ABC, and from 1997 to 1998 on CBS. Aside from this character, White is also known as the voice of Sonic the Hedgehog in the animated series Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic Underground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G1lp7ZSkXA
Kenan Thompson (Joon) - Kenan Thompson (born May 10, 1978) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his work as a cast member of NBC's Saturday Night Live. In his teenage years, he was an original cast member of Nickelodeon's sketch comedy series All That. Thompson is also known for his roles as Kenan Rockmore in the sitcom Kenan & Kel, Dexter Reed in the film Good Burger and Fat Albert as the title character. In his early career he often collaborated with fellow comedian and All That cast member Kel Mitchell. He ranked at #88 on VH1's 100 Greatest Teen Stars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4Xv0GMcFkQ
“Yo, that's like Beyoncé and the first Destiny's Child cold.” - Destiny's Child was an American R&B girl group whose final and best-known line-up comprised Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Formed in 1990 in Houston, Texas, Destiny's Child members began their musical endeavors as Girl's Tyme comprising, among others, Knowles, Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett. After years of limited success, they were signed in 1996 to Columbia Records as Destiny's Child. Destiny's Child was launched into mainstream recognition following the 1999 release of their best-selling second album, The Writing's on the Wall, which contained the number-one singles "Bills, Bills, Bills" and "Say My Name". Despite critical and commercial success, the group was plagued by internal conflict and legal turmoil, as Roberson and Luckett attempted to split from the group's manager Mathew Knowles, citing favoritism of Knowles and Rowland. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiF6-0UTqtc
“I read ‘The Purpose Driven Life’!” - The Purpose Driven Life (2002) is a devotional book written by Christian author Rick Warren and published by Zondervan. The book has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for advice books for one of the longest periods in history,[citation needed] while also topping the Wall Street Journal best seller charts as well as Publishers Weekly charts with over 30 million copies sold by 2007. The book offers readers a 40-day personal spiritual journey, and presents what Warren says are God's five purposes for human life on Earth and describes itself as "a blueprint for Christian living in the 21st Century ... using about 350 references to the Bible, maybe this amounts to over 1200 Biblical verses and quotes to challenge the conventional definitions of Christian Worship, Fellowship, Discipleship, Christian Ministry and Evangelism."
“Those guys are running some serious Big Brother-type stuff over there.” - Big Brother is a fictional character or symbol in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. He is claimed to be the leader (either the actual enigmatic dictator or perhaps a symbolic figurehead) of Oceania, a totalitarian state wherein the ruling Party wields total power "for its own sake" over the inhabitants. In the society that Orwell describes, every citizen is under constant surveillance by the authorities, mainly by telescreens (with the exception of the Proles). The people are constantly reminded of this by the slogan "Big Brother is watching you": a maxim which is ubiquitously on display. In modern culture the term "Big Brother" has entered the lexicon as a synonym for abuse of government power, particularly in respect to civil liberties, often specifically related to mass surveillance.
“Hi, old penguin from Happy feet.” - Happy Feet is a 2006 Australian-American computer-animated musical family film, directed, produced and co-written by George Miller. It stars Elijah Wood, Robin Williams, Brittany Murphy, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, and Hugo Weaving. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released in North American theaters on November 17, 2006. It is the first animated film produced by Kennedy Miller in association with visual effects/design company Animal Logic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFUC5adf8FE
“We have to cover you because cadavers don't wear shirts from Abercrombie and Fletch.” - Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) is an upscale American retailer that focuses on upscale casual wear for young consumers, and is headquartered in New Albany, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus. It has over 400 locations in the United States, and is expanding internationally. The company operates two offshoot brands: Abercrombie Kids and Hollister Co., in addition to two brands, Ruehl No.925 and Gilly Hicks, that closed in early 2010 and 2014, respectively. Abercrombie & Fitch is notable for using "brand representatives" (previously called "models") for store customer service. Its main competitors are Aéropostale and American Eagle Outfitters. Its younger subsidiary, Abercrombie Kids, competes with Aéropostale's P.S., and American Eagle Outfitters's 77kids. Abercrombie & Fitch has been the subject of controversies including allegations of discrimination, preadult sexualized ad campaigns, and promoting an elitist attitude on the basis of looks or social status. Fletch is a 1985 comic action-thriller spy film directed by Michael Ritchie and written by Andrew Bergman and is loosely based on Gregory Mcdonald's popular Fletch novels. Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Geena Davis and Joe Don Baker appear in supporting roles. The film revolves around Los Angeles Times reporter Irwin M. "Fletch" Fletcher (Chevy Chase), who is offered a large sum to kill a cancerous millionaire, to which Fletch is on the run, risking his job, and looking for clues when it turns out he is healthy as life itself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sMMt2M3RiU
“That was my Caruso.” - David Stephen Caruso (born January 7, 1956) is an American actor and producer. His most prominent roles are his portrayals of Lieutenant Horatio Caine on the TV series CSI: Miami and as Detective John Kelly on the ABC crime drama NYPD Blue. He also appeared in movies such as First Blood, Kiss of Death, Jade and Proof of Life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948
“I filled this out in Farsi by mistake.” - Persian (/ˈpɜrʒən/ or /ˈpɜrʃən/), also known by its endonym Farsi or Parsi (English: /ˈfɑrsiː/; Persian: فارسی fārsi [fɒːɾˈsiː] ( listen)), is the predominant modern descendant of Old Persian, a southwestern Iranian language within the Indo-Iranian branch of the Indo-European languages. It is primarily spoken in Iran, Afghanistan (officially known as Dari since 1958 for political reasons), and Tajikistan (officially known as Tajiki since the Soviet era for political reasons), and some other regions which historically came under Persian influence. The Persian language is classified as a continuation of Middle Persian, the official religious and literary language of Sassanid Persia, itself a continuation of Old Persian, the language of the Achaemenid Persian Empire. Persian is a pluricentric language and its grammar is similar to that of many contemporary European languages. Persian is so-called due to its origin from the capital of the Achaemenid empire, Persis (Fars or Pars) hence the name Persian (Farsi or Parsi)
“I've been using the Rosetta Stone to learn new languages in my down time.” - The Rosetta Stone is a granodiorite stele inscribed with a decree issued at Memphis, Egypt, in 196 BC on behalf of King Ptolemy V. The decree appears in three scripts: the upper text is Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, the middle portion Demotic script, and the lowest Ancient Greek. Because it presents essentially the same text in all three scripts (with some minor differences among them), it provided the key to the modern understanding of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Rosetta Stone Language Learning is proprietary computer-assisted language learning (CALL) software published by Rosetta Stone Inc. The software uses images, text, and sound to teach words and grammar by spaced repetition, without translation. Rosetta Stone calls its approach Dynamic Immersion (a term which it has trademarked). The software's title and logo allude to the Rosetta Stone, an ancient stone slab on which the Decree of Memphis is inscribed in three writing systems.
“Then somehow crashed again in Chile, only to be eaten by my soccer teammates.” - Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, also known as the Andes flight disaster and, in South America, as the Miracle in the Andes (El Milagro de los Andes) was a chartered flight carrying 45 people, including a rugby union team, their friends, family and associates, that crashed in the Andes on 13 October 1972. More than a quarter of the passengers died in the crash and several others quickly succumbed to cold and injury. Of the 27 who were alive a few days after the accident, another eight were killed by an avalanche that swept over their shelter in the wreckage. The last 16 survivors were rescued on 23 December 1972, more than two months after the crash. The survivors had little food and no source of heat in the harsh conditions at over 3,600 metres (11,800 ft) altitude. Faced with starvation and radio news reports that the search for them had been abandoned, the survivors fed on the dead passengers who had been preserved in the snow. Rescuers did not learn of the survivors until 72 days after the crash when passengers Nando Parrado and Roberto Canessa, after a 10-day trek across the Andes, found Chilean arriero Sergio Catalán, who gave them food and then alerted the authorities to the existence of the other survivors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly7DC2f8S6s
“Those other two brothers, they couldn't color-tab their way out of a Staples.” - Staples, Inc. is a large United States-based office supply chain store, with over 2,000 stores worldwide in 26 countries. Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, the company has retail stores serving customers under its original name in Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Norway, Portugal, the United Kingdom, and the United States, while operating subsidiaries in Argentina as Officenet-Staples, in Netherlands as Staples Office Centre, in Canada as Staples Canada (Bureau en Gros in Quebec), and in Italy as Mondoffice. Staples also does business exclusively with enterprises in the United States, Canada and multiple European countries as Staples Advantage. Staples sells supplies, office machines, promotional products, furniture, technology, and business services both in stores and online. The company opened its first store in Brighton, Massachusetts on May 1, 1986.
“I'm like Mr. Wizard.” - Donald Jeffry Herbert (born Donald Herbert Kemske and better known as Mr. Wizard, July 10, 1917 - June 12, 2007) was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard (1951-65, 1971-72) and of Mr. Wizard's World (1983-90), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. He also produced many short video programs about science and authored several popular books about science for children. LaFollette notes that no fictional hero was able to rival the popularity and longevity of "the friendly, neighborly scientist". In Herbert's obituary, Bill Nye wrote, "Herbert's techniques and performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik. He sent us to the moon. He changed the world." Herbert is credited with turning "a generation of youth" in the 1950s and early 1960s onto "the promise and perils of science". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbROZYEeNl0
“Your boy liked big butts, and I cannot lie.” - "Baby Got Back" is an item song written and recorded by American artist Sir Mix-a-Lot, from his album Mack Daddy. The song samples the 1986 Detroit techno single "Technicolor" by Channel One. At the time of its original release, the song caused controversy with its outspoken and blatantly sexual lyrics about women, as well as specific references to the female buttocks which some people found objectionable. The video was briefly banned by MTV. "Baby Got Back" has remained popular and even anthemic since it was originally featured on the album Mack Daddy in 1992. It was the second best-selling song in the US in 1992, behind Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You", with sales of 2,392,000 physical copies that year. In 2008, it was ranked number 17 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlItMpGYQTo
“Even Patrick Fugit knows that.” - Patrick Raymond Fugit (born October 27, 1982) is an American actor best known for his performance in the lead role of Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous. He also had a supporting role in the 2014 film Gone Girl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk0XnyrENrE
“Those were Hammer pants five years behind the curve.” - Stanley Kirk Burrell (born March 30, 1962), known professionally as M.C. Hammer (and later, for a time, simply Hammer), is an American hip-hop recording artist, dancer, entrepreneur, spokesman and occasional actor. He had his greatest commercial success and popularity from the late 1980s until the late 1990s. Remembered for his rapid rise to fame, Hammer is known for hit records (such as "U Can't Touch This" and "2 Legit 2 Quit"), flashy dance movements, choreography and eponymous Hammer pants. Hammer's superstar-status and entertaining showmanship made him a household name and hip hop icon. He has sold more than 50 million records worldwide. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otCpCn0l4Wo
“It actually looks suspiciously like Steve Martin's office in The Spanish Prisoner.” - The Spanish Prisoner is a 1997 American suspense film, written and directed by David Mamet and starring Campbell Scott, Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Felicity Huffman and Ricky Jay. The film tells the story of an elaborate confidence game; the Spanish Prisoner scam is mentioned, though the actual plot has little if any resemblance to it. In 1999 the film was nominated by the Mystery Writers of America for the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay but lost out to Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPF-5KNmqq4
“We told you guys there was something rotten in Sweden, but you wouldn't listen.” - A line from the play Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. An officer of the palace guard says this after the ghost of the dead king appears, walking over the palace walls. Note : “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark” is used to describe corruption or a situation in which something is wrong.
“That's from Lean on Me, and you know it.” - Lean on Me is a 1989 dramatized biographical film written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman. Lean on Me is loosely based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is at risk of being taken over by the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on the New Jersey Minimum Basics Test. This film's title refers to the 1972 Bill Withers song of the same name. Parts of the film, including the elementary school scenes, were filmed in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Duw2ZoyQAE
“Whatever Diddle was tracking, the second warehouse on his list is probably next, so we throw caution to the wind, dress up like American ninjas, and check it out.” - American Ninja is a 1985 American ninja action film produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus's Cannon Films. Directed by Sam Firstenberg, who specialized in this genre in the 1980s, the film stars Michael Dudikoff in the title role, with Steve James as his side-kick. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMtvots232c
“This is straight out of To Live and Die in L.A.” - To Live and Die in L.A. is a 1985 American action thriller film directed by William Friedkin and based on the novel by former U.S. Secret Service agent Gerald Petievich, who co-wrote the screenplay with Friedkin. The film features William Petersen, Willem Dafoe and John Pankow among others. Wang Chung composed and performed the original music soundtrack. The film tells the story of the lengths to which two Secret Service agents go to arrest a counterfeiter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5JI_RclmIg
Tony Todd (Det. Moses Johnson) - Anthony Tiran "Tony" Todd (born December 4, 1954) is an American actor, voice artist and film producer, known for portraying Ben in both the 1990 and 2015 remakes of Night of the Living Dead, Candyman in the horror movie franchise of the same name and William Bludworth in Final Destination franchise.
“Tony started praying out loud in the back of the car, so then the scary Sugar Hill dude with the scar was like, ‘shut the hell up back there’!" - Sugar Hill is a 1994 American crime film starring Wesley Snipes and Michael Wright as brothers Roemello and Raynathan Skuggs. The film focuses on the two brothers, who are major drug dealers in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2S9hJFXUBA
“It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye” - "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" is an R&B song written by Motown husband-and-wife songwriting team Freddie Perren and Christine Yarian for the 1975 film Cooley High. In the film, the song is performed by Motown artist G.C. Cameron, whose rendition peaked at number 38 on the Billboard R&B singles chart that same year. Perren also composed the instrumental score for Cooley High, and the B-side to "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" features two of his score compositions from the film. The composition fared better when covered in an a cappella rendition by contemporary R&B Motown group Boyz II Men 16 years later. Boyz II Men's recording of "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" peaked at number one on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs on December 21, 1991. Over on non-genre specific charts the song reached number five on the Hot 100 Airplay on December 7, 1991 and number two on the Hot Singles Sales on November 23, 1991 and eventually went on to peak at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 14, 1991, blocked from the top spot for five weeks by Michael Jackson's single Black or White. "It's So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday" was included on Boyz II Men's first album, Cooleyhighharmony, its name a reference to the film from which the song originated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VastXQ_hPb0
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Mrs. Philips is still Shawn’s teacher - (4x6 “Bollywood Homicide”)
Boyz II Men sing an acapella version of the theme song
Brings back his 8th grade Juliet voice (1x2 “Spellingg Bee”, 3x14 “Truer Lies”)
Shawn’s fling with Joy (3x9 “Christmas Joy”)
Return of the Cinnamon Festival - (1x01 “Pilot”, 3x01 “Ghosts”)
Gus reminds Lassiter and Juliet that he and Shawn solve a murder a week