4x14 Think Tank
edited October 3, 2015
SHAWN
1989: Did book report on “Charlotte’s Web” without reading it
Has made a pizza before
DIdn’t read the whole case file
Wrote term paper on the fictitious President Mitchell
Has Gus do the math
Has an idea for the electric sponge
Wants to go up in Bonaventure’s hot-air balloon, ride on his Jet-Ski while he performs water donuts and wants him to leave the outgoing message on his answering machine
The contract rider included a regulation-size trampoline, Big-League Chew and an official NBA “Lets Blast It” air-horn
Ordered Skittles
Thinks the world needs a comb that works while you sleep
Called Henry for directions to the think tank
Not a planner, a detail man or a taxpayer
Feels they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel, asking Lassiter for help
Tells Vick that Henry showing up at the reveal was making up for missed baseball games as a kid
Realizes too late that the think tank was fake
Remembers all the ideas from the think tank as he escorts Bonaventure to his car
Is chosen by Bonaventure to run point on security detail
Reassembles the think tank
Calls Boyd “Big Bear” and Bonaventure “Bonny Boom Boom”
Added sound effects to the hand-to-head motion
Becomes Bonaventure’s “opening act” to stall
Realizes Boyd is the inside man
Uses the air-horn in the limo to escape
Bought a zebra-striped jacket when he thought they had money from Snowden
Gets a call from the Bulgarian consulate for a consulting gig
Speaks Spanish
GUS
Snowden knows his real name as well as past aliases
Wants to leave the think-tank because they’re making fools of themselves
Says Shawn has solved over 50 unsolvable cases
LASSITER
Tells Shawn and Gus he’s doing big boy work
Has been trying forever to get on a private security detail
As a kid, once wrote letter to Gerald Ford asking to protect him and that he loved him
Knows everything there is to know about Bonaventure
Has been coordinating crowd control
Plans to hold it over Shawn’s head forever that he fell for the fake think tank
Smiles when Shawn gets in trouble with Vick
Finds Snowden in an air vent
HENRY:
1989: Tells Shawn he’s working on incomplete information which is sloppy
1989: Tells Shawn that if he gets an “A” on the report, he’ll take him to Disneyland
Saves Shawn by pointing out a medical alert bracelet
Gave them directions to the think tank location
Retired young
Likes being involved in Shawn’s cases
Comments that Shawn’s made his life upside-down the last 30 years
Turns down Vick’s offer of a part time job at the station
VICK
Calls Henry to the station
Offers Henry a job as a liason with outside agencies including consultants
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
In the flashback scene, Shawn has a pineapple eraser on his pencil. He also asks about pineapple at the pizza parlor
CATCHPRASES
“C’mon, son.” (episode: 1 Series: 1)
SHAWN’S ACCENT WATCH LISTEN
Speaks Spanish
ALLUSIONS
“Wilbur's gonna win the pig ribbon, and he and Charlotte are gonna live happily ever after.” - Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published in October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as "Some Pig") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live. Let’s just say Shawn got the ending wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2vwaiEHRY
“If you get an "A" on that report, I'm gonna take you to Disneyland.” - Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. It was originally the only attraction on the property; its name was changed to Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the expanding complex in the 1990s.
“You're talkin' to a guy who wrote a term paper on President Mitchell.” - Dave is a 1993 comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, written by Gary Ross, and starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, and Ben Kingsley appear in supporting roles. Dave Kovic (Kline) runs a temporary employment agency in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and has a side job impersonating President Bill Mitchell (Kline). He is requested by Secret Service agent Duane Stevensen (Rhames) to make an appearance as the President at a hotel. Dave assumes it is a matter of security, but it is really to cover up Mitchell's extramarital affair with a White House staffer (Laura Linney). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkf4VQx2MHE
Bruce Davison (Walter Snowden) - Bruce Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. Davison is well known for his Academy Award nominated performance in Longtime Companion (1989), which also awarded him a Golden Globe. Davison has also appeared in the first two films of the X-Men film franchise - X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003) - portraying antagonist Senator Robert Kelly. In more recent times, Davison has appeared in films such as Titanic II (2010), Return of the Killer Shrews (2012), and Saving Lincoln (2013).
Chris Sarandon (Ashton Bonaventure) - Christopher "Chris" Sarandon, Jr. (/səˈrændən/; born July 24, 1942) is an American actor and voice actor who is best known for playing Prince Humperdinck in the film The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child's Play series, and for providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon.
“Can I ride on the back of his Jet-Ski while he performs water doughnuts?” - Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft manufactured by Kawasaki. It was the "first commercially successful" personal watercraft in America, having been released in 1972. The term is sometimes used to refer to any type of personal watercraft.
“We have people looking for your regulation-size trampoline, the packs of Big League Chew, and, of course, Mr. Guster's official NBA "Let's Blast It" air horn.” - Big League Chew is a brand of bubble gum that is shredded and packaged in an aluminum foil pouch. It was created by Portland Mavericks left-handed pitcher Rob Nelson, and pitched to the Wrigley Company (longtime owners of the Chicago Cubs) by former New York Yankee All-Star Jim Bouton, a Maverick teammate of Nelson's, as a fun alternative to the unhealthy tobacco-chewing habit common among ballplayers in the 1970s. Over 600 million pouches of Big League Chew have been sold since 1980. Big League Chew was introduced in May 1980, in the traditional pink color already seen in established brands of bubble gum. The cartoony packaging, originally designed by artist Bill Mayer, comes in flashy colors such as neon green and bright purple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GyEkvqtHPs The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 franchised member clubs (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues. NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.
“Gus! Look at all the Skittles!” - Skittles is a brand of fruit-flavoured sweets, currently produced and marketed by the Wrigley Company, a division of Mars, Inc.. They have hard sugar shells which carry the letter S. The inside is mainly sugar, corn syrup, and hydrogenated palm kernel oil along with fruit juice, citric acid, and natural and artificial flavors. The confectionery has been sold in a variety of flavor collections, such as Tropical and Wild Berry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Zy4dI-0PI
Miguel Ferrer (Boyd) - Miguel José Ferrer (born February 7, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor mostly known for villainous roles, notably Bob Morton, the designer of the titular character in RoboCop. He also voiced the antagonistic Hun leader Shan Yu in Mulan (1998) and Big Boss in Rio 2. Ferrer's other notable roles include Dr. Garret Macy on Crossing Jordan, NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles, Vice President Rodriguez in Iron Man 3, and FBI forensic pathologist Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks.
“He was hand-picked by President Reagan.” - Ronald Wilson Reagan (/ˈrɒnəld ˈwɪlsən ˈreɪɡən/; February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004) was an American politician, commentator, and actor, who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as an actor and union leader in Hollywood.
“And Svetlana Progoyovic, formerly an independent contractor working with various government agencies, including the KGB.” - The KGB, an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (Russian: Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (КГБ); IPA: [kəmʲɪˈtʲɛt ɡəsʊˈdarstʲvʲɪnnəj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ] ( listen), translated in English as Committee for State Security), was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991. Formed in 1954, as a direct successor of such preceding agencies as the Cheka, NKGB, and MGB, the committee was attached to the Council of Ministers. It was the chief government agency of "union-republican jurisdiction", acting as internal security, intelligence, and secret police. Similar agencies were instated in each of the republics of the Soviet Union aside from Russia and consisted of many ministries, state committees, and state commissions.
‘And rounding out our team is Alan Zenuk, who graduated from MIT and is now a leading crime statistician, dealing with odds and probabilities.” - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. Researchers worked on computers, radar, and inertial guidance during World War II and the Cold War. Post-war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus under James Killian. The current 168-acre (68.0 ha) campus opened in 1916 and extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.
“I see. But didn't Winnie from The Wonder Years also do that, and wouldn't it have been way cooler to have her instead?” - The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 until 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII. The show achieved a spot in the Nielsen Top 30 for four of its six seasons. TV Guide named the show one of the 20 best of the 1980s. After only six episodes aired, The Wonder Years won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1988. In addition, at age 13, Fred Savage became the youngest actor ever nominated as Outstanding Lead Actor for a Comedy Series. The show was also awarded a Peabody Award in 1989, for "pushing the boundaries of the sitcom format and using new modes of storytelling." In total, the series won 22 awards and was nominated for 54 more. In 1997, "My Father's Office" was ranked #29 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time, and in the 2009 revised list the pilot episode was ranked #43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csVaRY1ptZ0 Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975) is an American actor, author, mathematician, and education advocate. She played Kevin Arnold's on-off girlfriend Winnie Cooper in the television series The Wonder Years, and later wrote four non-fiction books: Math Doesn't Suck, Kiss My Math, Hot X: Algebra Exposed and Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape, which encourage middle-school and high-school girls to have confidence and succeed in mathematics. McKellar studied at UCLA and earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with highest honors (summa cum laude) in 1998. As an undergraduate, she coauthored a scientific paper with Professor Lincoln Chayes and fellow student Brandy Winn entitled "Percolation and Gibbs states multiplicity for ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller models on \mathbb{Z}^2." Their results are termed the 'Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem'
“I saw on Cribs that he has a soda fountain in his bedroom.” - MTV Cribs and CMT Cribs, depending on which channel it airs, is a franchise reality television program that originated on the MTV Networks' MTV. It later aired on its CMT channel that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities. The first show aired September 2000. By 2005, Cribs had featured tours of the homes of over 185 celebrities, musicians, actors, and athletes over the course of 13 seasons.
“Yes, I have a question for the statistician formerly known as Kenneth Branagh.” - Sir Kenneth Charles "Ken" Branagh (/ˈbrænə/ bran-ə; born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter from Belfast, United Kingdom. He has directed or starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V (1989) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), and As You Like It (2006). He has also starred in numerous other films and television series including Fortunes of War (1987), Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Conspiracy (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Warm Springs (2005), Valkyrie (2008), Wallander (2008-present), and My Week with Marilyn (2011) as Sir Laurence Olivier (Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor). He has directed such notable films as Dead Again (1991) in which he also starred, Swan Song (1992) (Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) in which he also starred, The Magic Flute (2006), Sleuth (2007), the blockbuster superhero film Thor (2011), the action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) in which he also co-stars, and Cinderella (2015).
“He went Scrooge on me.” - Ebenezer Scrooge (/ˌɛbɨˈniːzər ˈskruːdʒ/) is the focal character of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. Dickens describes him thus: "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice...". His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy. The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday in the English-speaking world. Ebenezer Scrooge is arguably both one of the most famous characters created by Charles Dickens and in English literature.
“Now, look, it's like part giraffe, part Loch Ness Monster.” - The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that reputedly inhabits Loch Ness, a lake in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next, with most describing it as large. Popular interest and belief in the creature's existence has varied since it was first brought to the world's attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with minimal and much-disputed photographic material and sonar readings.
“It's like acid reflux, but instead of acid, it's psychic-ness.” - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), gastric reflux disease, acid reflux disease, or reflux (in babies and young children) is a chronic symptom of mucosal damage caused by stomach acid coming up from the stomach into the esophagus.
“Under Siege. Seagal used a spatula to deflect bullets.” - Under Siege is a 1992 American action film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Steven Seagal as a former Navy SEAL who must stop a group of mercenaries, led by Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey, on a U.S. Navy battleship. It is Seagal's most successful film in critical and financial terms, including two Academy Award nominations for sound production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl8pTF4f3Jg
“Look, I admit we're having some early trouble, but that room is like kryptonite to my skills.” - Kryptonite is a material from the Superman mythos, specifically the ore form of a radioactive element from Superman's home planet of Krypton. First mentioned in The Adventures of Superman radio show in June 1943, the material has been featured in a variety of forms and colors (each with its own effect) in DC Comics publications and other media, including feature films, television series, and novelty items such as toys and trading card sets. The established premise is that Superman and other Kryptonian characters are susceptible to its radiation, which created usage of the term in popular culture as a reference to an individual's perceived weakness, irrespective of its nature.
“Do not do Ed Lover on me, Shawn.” - James Roberts (born February 12, 1963), better known as Ed Lover, is a rapper, actor, musician, radio personality, and former MTV VJ. He currently hosts "The Ed Lover Show" on SiriusXM's Old School hip-hop station, BackSpin. In 2009, Ed Lover created a series on YouTube titled "C'mon, Son!" in which he criticized the errant acts of celebrities. The intro music produced by American producer Raphael RJ2 of Beats How U Want Em contains a sample of Ed Lover's voice saying "C'mon, Son!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O02Lf9GghHw
“Scanners” - Scanners is a 1981 American science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jennifer O'Neill, Steven Lack, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are people with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems searches out scanners to use them for its own purposes. The film's plot concerns the attempt by Darryl Revok, a renegade scanner, to wage a war against ConSec. Another scanner, Cameron Vale, is dispatched by ConSec to stop Revok. In one scene, a scanner’s head explodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdAh1qDmJng
“And don't just spout out everything Tom Cruise did in Valkyrie,'cause I already pitched that.” - Valkyrie is a 2008 American-German historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country. Valkyrie was directed by Bryan Singer for the American studio United Artists, and the film stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. The cast included Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp and Tom Wilkinson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtCaVtryiE
"I once wrote a letter to Gerald Ford when I was a kid, telling him I wanted to protect him, and that I loved him." - Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 - December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. Prior to this he was the 40th Vice President of the United States, serving from 1973 until President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew on October 10, 1973. Becoming president upon Richard Nixon's departure on August 9, 1974, he claimed the distinction as the first and to date the only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States without being elected to either office.
“All you've told us is the plot to Die Hard 3.” - Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action film and the third in the Die Hard film series. It was produced and directed by John McTiernan (who directed Die Hard), written by Jonathan Hensleigh, and stars Bruce Willis as New York City Police Department Lieutenant John McClane, Samuel L. Jackson as McClane's reluctant partner Zeus Carver, and Jeremy Irons as Simon Peter Gruber. It was released on May 19, 1995, five years after Die Hard 2, and was followed by Live Free or Die Hard and A Good Day to Die Hard in 2007 and 2013, respectively. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6XrgzGRT4
“Means you, too, Stoltz.” - Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, and has appeared in a wide variety of films from mainstream fare like Some Kind of Wonderful to independent films like Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe, and Kicking and Screaming. In 2010, he portrayed Daniel Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica, and became a regular director on the television series Glee.
“You are Kevin Costner in this plan.” - The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic thriller film directed by Mick Jackson, written by Lawrence Kasdan, and starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Costner stars as a former Secret Service agent-turned-bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker. Kasdan wrote the film in the mid 1970s, originally as a vehicle for Ryan O'Neal and Diana Ross. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JFRdJTszRM
“He called you ‘Lazenby’." - George Robert Lazenby /ˈleɪzənbi/ (born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service when he was 29. He remains the only actor to have played the role in only one Eon Productions Bond film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOLq5Rg9N-c
“Raise your hand if you vacuum topless to Carly Simon.” - Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "You Belong To Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse" (No. 11), "Mockingbird" (No. 5), a duet with James Taylor, "You're So Vain" (No. 1), and "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy-c8aAntWA
“Greed is good” - Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone, which stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah and Martin Sheen. The film tells the story of Bud Fox (Sheen), a young stockbroker who becomes involved with Gordon Gekko (Douglas), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider. The famous "Greed is good" line was based on a speech by Boesky where he said, "Greed is right". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCctqbRrsBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8y6DJAeolo
“Greed for life, for money, for love, for flan.” - Flan is an open pastry or sponge cake containing a sweet or savoury filling. A typical flan of this sort is round, with shortcrust pastry, usually coated with sweet syrup. It is similar to a custard tart or a South African melktert. British savoury flans may have diverged from the Spanish and French custard flans (also known as crème caramel) in the Middle Ages.
“And if the stock don't split, you must acquit.” - The O. J. Simpson murder case (officially the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson) was a criminal trial held at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. The trial spanned from the jury's swearing-in on November 2, 1994, to opening statements on January 24, 1995, to a verdict on October 3, 1995. The former professional football star and actor O. J. Simpson was tried on two counts of murder after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman, in June 1994. The case has been described as the most publicized criminal trial in American history. Simpson was acquitted after a trial that lasted more than eight months. One dark leather glove was found at the crime scene, its match found near Kato Kaelin's guest house behind Simpson's Rockingham Drive estate. The leather glove seemed too tight for Simpson to put on easily, especially over gloves he wore underneath. Uelmen came up with and Cochran repeated a quip he had used several times in relation to other points in his closing arguments, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit".
“And where, I ask you, is the hoverboard technology that we all saw in Back to the Future II” - Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 American comic science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Bob Gale. It is the sequel to the 1985 film Back to the Future and the second installment in the Back to the Future trilogy. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson and continues immediately following the original film. After repairing the damage to history done by his previous time travel adventures, Marty McFly (Fox) and his friend Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown (Lloyd) travel to 2015 to prevent McFly's future son from ending up imprisoned. However, their presence allows Biff Tannen (Wilson) to steal Doc's DeLorean time machine and travel to 1955, where he alters history by making his younger self wealthy. The concept of the hoverboard-a skateboard that can float off the ground-has been explored by various groups since the release of the film. Attempts similar to hoverboats, which blast air at the ground, have been shown possible. The closest in concept to the film is considered the MagBoard, developed by researchers at the Paris Diderot University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdENmefJRpw
“And that's not even counting the treadmill that we all saw so beautifully realized in the opening credits of The Jetsons.” - The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in primetime from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963, then later in syndication, with new episodes in 1985 to 1987 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera block. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyinD6ZDqeg
CONTINUITY
Snowden refers to past names for Gus: Ghee Buttersnaps (4x10 “You Can’t Handle This Episode”), Lavender Gooms (2x13 “Lights, Camera, Homicido”) and Clementine Wooliesocks (unknown)
“Mi llamo es Shawnito Rodriguez.” - Rodriguez is James Roday’s real last name
SHAWN
1989: Did book report on “Charlotte’s Web” without reading it
Has made a pizza before
DIdn’t read the whole case file
Wrote term paper on the fictitious President Mitchell
Has Gus do the math
Has an idea for the electric sponge
Wants to go up in Bonaventure’s hot-air balloon, ride on his Jet-Ski while he performs water donuts and wants him to leave the outgoing message on his answering machine
The contract rider included a regulation-size trampoline, Big-League Chew and an official NBA “Lets Blast It” air-horn
Ordered Skittles
Thinks the world needs a comb that works while you sleep
Called Henry for directions to the think tank
Not a planner, a detail man or a taxpayer
Feels they’re scraping the bottom of the barrel, asking Lassiter for help
Tells Vick that Henry showing up at the reveal was making up for missed baseball games as a kid
Realizes too late that the think tank was fake
Remembers all the ideas from the think tank as he escorts Bonaventure to his car
Is chosen by Bonaventure to run point on security detail
Reassembles the think tank
Calls Boyd “Big Bear” and Bonaventure “Bonny Boom Boom”
Added sound effects to the hand-to-head motion
Becomes Bonaventure’s “opening act” to stall
Realizes Boyd is the inside man
Uses the air-horn in the limo to escape
Bought a zebra-striped jacket when he thought they had money from Snowden
Gets a call from the Bulgarian consulate for a consulting gig
Speaks Spanish
GUS
Snowden knows his real name as well as past aliases
Wants to leave the think-tank because they’re making fools of themselves
Says Shawn has solved over 50 unsolvable cases
LASSITER
Tells Shawn and Gus he’s doing big boy work
Has been trying forever to get on a private security detail
As a kid, once wrote letter to Gerald Ford asking to protect him and that he loved him
Knows everything there is to know about Bonaventure
Has been coordinating crowd control
Plans to hold it over Shawn’s head forever that he fell for the fake think tank
Smiles when Shawn gets in trouble with Vick
Finds Snowden in an air vent
HENRY:
1989: Tells Shawn he’s working on incomplete information which is sloppy
1989: Tells Shawn that if he gets an “A” on the report, he’ll take him to Disneyland
Saves Shawn by pointing out a medical alert bracelet
Gave them directions to the think tank location
Retired young
Likes being involved in Shawn’s cases
Comments that Shawn’s made his life upside-down the last 30 years
Turns down Vick’s offer of a part time job at the station
VICK
Calls Henry to the station
Offers Henry a job as a liason with outside agencies including consultants
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
In the flashback scene, Shawn has a pineapple eraser on his pencil. He also asks about pineapple at the pizza parlor
CATCHPRASES
“C’mon, son.” (episode: 1 Series: 1)
SHAWN’S ACCENT WATCH LISTEN
Speaks Spanish
ALLUSIONS
“Wilbur's gonna win the pig ribbon, and he and Charlotte are gonna live happily ever after.” - Charlotte's Web is a children's novel by American author E. B. White and illustrated by Garth Williams; it was published in October 15, 1952, by Harper & Brothers. The novel tells the story of a pig named Wilbur and his friendship with a barn spider named Charlotte. When Wilbur is in danger of being slaughtered by the farmer, Charlotte writes messages praising Wilbur (such as "Some Pig") in her web in order to persuade the farmer to let him live. Let’s just say Shawn got the ending wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH2vwaiEHRY
“If you get an "A" on that report, I'm gonna take you to Disneyland.” - Disneyland Park, originally Disneyland, is the first of two theme parks built at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, opened on July 17, 1955. It is the only theme park designed and built under the direct supervision of Walt Disney. It was originally the only attraction on the property; its name was changed to Disneyland Park to distinguish it from the expanding complex in the 1990s.
“You're talkin' to a guy who wrote a term paper on President Mitchell.” - Dave is a 1993 comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, written by Gary Ross, and starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, and Ben Kingsley appear in supporting roles. Dave Kovic (Kline) runs a temporary employment agency in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and has a side job impersonating President Bill Mitchell (Kline). He is requested by Secret Service agent Duane Stevensen (Rhames) to make an appearance as the President at a hotel. Dave assumes it is a matter of security, but it is really to cover up Mitchell's extramarital affair with a White House staffer (Laura Linney). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkf4VQx2MHE
Bruce Davison (Walter Snowden) - Bruce Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. Davison is well known for his Academy Award nominated performance in Longtime Companion (1989), which also awarded him a Golden Globe. Davison has also appeared in the first two films of the X-Men film franchise - X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003) - portraying antagonist Senator Robert Kelly. In more recent times, Davison has appeared in films such as Titanic II (2010), Return of the Killer Shrews (2012), and Saving Lincoln (2013).
Chris Sarandon (Ashton Bonaventure) - Christopher "Chris" Sarandon, Jr. (/səˈrændən/; born July 24, 1942) is an American actor and voice actor who is best known for playing Prince Humperdinck in the film The Princess Bride, the vampire Jerry Dandrige in Fright Night and Detective Mike Norris in the first entry of the Child's Play series, and for providing the speaking voice of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas. He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Leon Shermer in Dog Day Afternoon.
“Can I ride on the back of his Jet-Ski while he performs water doughnuts?” - Jet Ski is the brand name of a personal watercraft manufactured by Kawasaki. It was the "first commercially successful" personal watercraft in America, having been released in 1972. The term is sometimes used to refer to any type of personal watercraft.
“We have people looking for your regulation-size trampoline, the packs of Big League Chew, and, of course, Mr. Guster's official NBA "Let's Blast It" air horn.” - Big League Chew is a brand of bubble gum that is shredded and packaged in an aluminum foil pouch. It was created by Portland Mavericks left-handed pitcher Rob Nelson, and pitched to the Wrigley Company (longtime owners of the Chicago Cubs) by former New York Yankee All-Star Jim Bouton, a Maverick teammate of Nelson's, as a fun alternative to the unhealthy tobacco-chewing habit common among ballplayers in the 1970s. Over 600 million pouches of Big League Chew have been sold since 1980. Big League Chew was introduced in May 1980, in the traditional pink color already seen in established brands of bubble gum. The cartoony packaging, originally designed by artist Bill Mayer, comes in flashy colors such as neon green and bright purple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GyEkvqtHPs The National Basketball Association (NBA) is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America, and is widely considered to be the premier men's professional basketball league in the world. It has 30 franchised member clubs (29 in the United States and 1 in Canada), and is an active member of USA Basketball (USAB), which is recognized by FIBA (also known as the International Basketball Federation) as the national governing body for basketball in the United States. The NBA is one of the four major North American professional sports leagues. NBA players are the world's best paid sportsmen, by average annual salary per player.
“Gus! Look at all the Skittles!” - Skittles is a brand of fruit-flavoured sweets, currently produced and marketed by the Wrigley Company, a division of Mars, Inc.. They have hard sugar shells which carry the letter S. The inside is mainly sugar, corn syrup, and hydrogenated palm kernel oil along with fruit juice, citric acid, and natural and artificial flavors. The confectionery has been sold in a variety of flavor collections, such as Tropical and Wild Berry. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Zy4dI-0PI
Miguel Ferrer (Boyd) - Miguel José Ferrer (born February 7, 1955) is an American actor and voice actor mostly known for villainous roles, notably Bob Morton, the designer of the titular character in RoboCop. He also voiced the antagonistic Hun leader Shan Yu in Mulan (1998) and Big Boss in Rio 2. Ferrer's other notable roles include Dr. Garret Macy on Crossing Jordan, NCIS Assistant Director Owen Granger on NCIS: Los Angeles, Vice President Rodriguez in Iron Man 3, and FBI forensic pathologist Albert Rosenfield in Twin Peaks.
“He was hand-picked by President Reagan.” - Ronald Wilson Reagan (/ˈrɒnəld ˈwɪlsən ˈreɪɡən/; February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004) was an American politician, commentator, and actor, who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as an actor and union leader in Hollywood.
“And Svetlana Progoyovic, formerly an independent contractor working with various government agencies, including the KGB.” - The KGB, an initialism for Komitet gosudarstvennoy bezopasnosti (Russian: Комите́т госуда́рственной безопа́сности (КГБ); IPA: [kəmʲɪˈtʲɛt ɡəsʊˈdarstʲvʲɪnnəj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ] ( listen), translated in English as Committee for State Security), was the main security agency for the Soviet Union from 1954 until its break-up in 1991. Formed in 1954, as a direct successor of such preceding agencies as the Cheka, NKGB, and MGB, the committee was attached to the Council of Ministers. It was the chief government agency of "union-republican jurisdiction", acting as internal security, intelligence, and secret police. Similar agencies were instated in each of the republics of the Soviet Union aside from Russia and consisted of many ministries, state committees, and state commissions.
‘And rounding out our team is Alan Zenuk, who graduated from MIT and is now a leading crime statistician, dealing with odds and probabilities.” - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1861 in response to the increasing industrialization of the United States, MIT adopted a European polytechnic university model and stressed laboratory instruction in applied science and engineering. Researchers worked on computers, radar, and inertial guidance during World War II and the Cold War. Post-war defense research contributed to the rapid expansion of the faculty and campus under James Killian. The current 168-acre (68.0 ha) campus opened in 1916 and extends over 1 mile (1.6 km) along the northern bank of the Charles River basin.
“I see. But didn't Winnie from The Wonder Years also do that, and wouldn't it have been way cooler to have her instead?” - The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 until 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII. The show achieved a spot in the Nielsen Top 30 for four of its six seasons. TV Guide named the show one of the 20 best of the 1980s. After only six episodes aired, The Wonder Years won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in 1988. In addition, at age 13, Fred Savage became the youngest actor ever nominated as Outstanding Lead Actor for a Comedy Series. The show was also awarded a Peabody Award in 1989, for "pushing the boundaries of the sitcom format and using new modes of storytelling." In total, the series won 22 awards and was nominated for 54 more. In 1997, "My Father's Office" was ranked #29 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time, and in the 2009 revised list the pilot episode was ranked #43. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csVaRY1ptZ0 Danica Mae McKellar (born January 3, 1975) is an American actor, author, mathematician, and education advocate. She played Kevin Arnold's on-off girlfriend Winnie Cooper in the television series The Wonder Years, and later wrote four non-fiction books: Math Doesn't Suck, Kiss My Math, Hot X: Algebra Exposed and Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape, which encourage middle-school and high-school girls to have confidence and succeed in mathematics. McKellar studied at UCLA and earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with highest honors (summa cum laude) in 1998. As an undergraduate, she coauthored a scientific paper with Professor Lincoln Chayes and fellow student Brandy Winn entitled "Percolation and Gibbs states multiplicity for ferromagnetic Ashkin-Teller models on \mathbb{Z}^2." Their results are termed the 'Chayes-McKellar-Winn theorem'
“I saw on Cribs that he has a soda fountain in his bedroom.” - MTV Cribs and CMT Cribs, depending on which channel it airs, is a franchise reality television program that originated on the MTV Networks' MTV. It later aired on its CMT channel that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities. The first show aired September 2000. By 2005, Cribs had featured tours of the homes of over 185 celebrities, musicians, actors, and athletes over the course of 13 seasons.
“Yes, I have a question for the statistician formerly known as Kenneth Branagh.” - Sir Kenneth Charles "Ken" Branagh (/ˈbrænə/ bran-ə; born 10 December 1960) is a Northern Irish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter from Belfast, United Kingdom. He has directed or starred in several film adaptations of William Shakespeare's plays, including Henry V (1989) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Actor and Best Director), Much Ado About Nothing (1993), Othello (1995), Hamlet (1996) (for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), and As You Like It (2006). He has also starred in numerous other films and television series including Fortunes of War (1987), Woody Allen's Celebrity (1998), Wild Wild West (1999), The Road to El Dorado (2000), Conspiracy (2001), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), Warm Springs (2005), Valkyrie (2008), Wallander (2008-present), and My Week with Marilyn (2011) as Sir Laurence Olivier (Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor). He has directed such notable films as Dead Again (1991) in which he also starred, Swan Song (1992) (Academy Award nominated for Best Live Action Short Film), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) in which he also starred, The Magic Flute (2006), Sleuth (2007), the blockbuster superhero film Thor (2011), the action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) in which he also co-stars, and Cinderella (2015).
“He went Scrooge on me.” - Ebenezer Scrooge (/ˌɛbɨˈniːzər ˈskruːdʒ/) is the focal character of Charles Dickens' 1843 novella, A Christmas Carol. At the beginning of the novella, Scrooge is a cold-hearted miser who despises Christmas. Dickens describes him thus: "The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice...". His last name has come into the English language as a byword for miserliness and misanthropy. The tale of his redemption by the three Ghosts of Christmas (Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, and Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come) has become a defining tale of the Christmas holiday in the English-speaking world. Ebenezer Scrooge is arguably both one of the most famous characters created by Charles Dickens and in English literature.
“Now, look, it's like part giraffe, part Loch Ness Monster.” - The Loch Ness Monster is a cryptid that reputedly inhabits Loch Ness, a lake in the Scottish Highlands. It is similar to other supposed lake monsters in Scotland and elsewhere, though its description varies from one account to the next, with most describing it as large. Popular interest and belief in the creature's existence has varied since it was first brought to the world's attention in 1933. Evidence of its existence is anecdotal, with minimal and much-disputed photographic material and sonar readings.
“It's like acid reflux, but instead of acid, it's psychic-ness.” - Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD), gastric reflux disease, acid reflux disease, or reflux (in babies and young children) is a chronic symptom of mucosal damage caused by stomach acid coming up from the stomach into the esophagus.
“Under Siege. Seagal used a spatula to deflect bullets.” - Under Siege is a 1992 American action film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Steven Seagal as a former Navy SEAL who must stop a group of mercenaries, led by Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey, on a U.S. Navy battleship. It is Seagal's most successful film in critical and financial terms, including two Academy Award nominations for sound production. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rl8pTF4f3Jg
“Look, I admit we're having some early trouble, but that room is like kryptonite to my skills.” - Kryptonite is a material from the Superman mythos, specifically the ore form of a radioactive element from Superman's home planet of Krypton. First mentioned in The Adventures of Superman radio show in June 1943, the material has been featured in a variety of forms and colors (each with its own effect) in DC Comics publications and other media, including feature films, television series, and novelty items such as toys and trading card sets. The established premise is that Superman and other Kryptonian characters are susceptible to its radiation, which created usage of the term in popular culture as a reference to an individual's perceived weakness, irrespective of its nature.
“Do not do Ed Lover on me, Shawn.” - James Roberts (born February 12, 1963), better known as Ed Lover, is a rapper, actor, musician, radio personality, and former MTV VJ. He currently hosts "The Ed Lover Show" on SiriusXM's Old School hip-hop station, BackSpin. In 2009, Ed Lover created a series on YouTube titled "C'mon, Son!" in which he criticized the errant acts of celebrities. The intro music produced by American producer Raphael RJ2 of Beats How U Want Em contains a sample of Ed Lover's voice saying "C'mon, Son!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O02Lf9GghHw
“Scanners” - Scanners is a 1981 American science-fiction horror film written and directed by David Cronenberg and starring Jennifer O'Neill, Steven Lack, Michael Ironside, and Patrick McGoohan. In the film, "scanners" are people with unusual telepathic and telekinetic powers. ConSec, a purveyor of weaponry and security systems searches out scanners to use them for its own purposes. The film's plot concerns the attempt by Darryl Revok, a renegade scanner, to wage a war against ConSec. Another scanner, Cameron Vale, is dispatched by ConSec to stop Revok. In one scene, a scanner’s head explodes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdAh1qDmJng
“And don't just spout out everything Tom Cruise did in Valkyrie,'cause I already pitched that.” - Valkyrie is a 2008 American-German historical thriller film set in Nazi Germany during World War II. The film depicts the 20 July plot in 1944 by German army officers to assassinate Adolf Hitler and to use the Operation Valkyrie national emergency plan to take control of the country. Valkyrie was directed by Bryan Singer for the American studio United Artists, and the film stars Tom Cruise as Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, one of the key plotters. The cast included Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Eddie Izzard, Terence Stamp and Tom Wilkinson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHtCaVtryiE
"I once wrote a letter to Gerald Ford when I was a kid, telling him I wanted to protect him, and that I loved him." - Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 - December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. Prior to this he was the 40th Vice President of the United States, serving from 1973 until President Richard Nixon's resignation in 1974. He was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, following the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew on October 10, 1973. Becoming president upon Richard Nixon's departure on August 9, 1974, he claimed the distinction as the first and to date the only person to have served as both Vice President and President of the United States without being elected to either office.
“All you've told us is the plot to Die Hard 3.” - Die Hard with a Vengeance is a 1995 American action film and the third in the Die Hard film series. It was produced and directed by John McTiernan (who directed Die Hard), written by Jonathan Hensleigh, and stars Bruce Willis as New York City Police Department Lieutenant John McClane, Samuel L. Jackson as McClane's reluctant partner Zeus Carver, and Jeremy Irons as Simon Peter Gruber. It was released on May 19, 1995, five years after Die Hard 2, and was followed by Live Free or Die Hard and A Good Day to Die Hard in 2007 and 2013, respectively. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE6XrgzGRT4
“Means you, too, Stoltz.” - Eric Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for playing the role of Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask, which earned him the nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture, and has appeared in a wide variety of films from mainstream fare like Some Kind of Wonderful to independent films like Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe, and Kicking and Screaming. In 2010, he portrayed Daniel Graystone in the science fiction television series Caprica, and became a regular director on the television series Glee.
“You are Kevin Costner in this plan.” - The Bodyguard is a 1992 American romantic thriller film directed by Mick Jackson, written by Lawrence Kasdan, and starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. Costner stars as a former Secret Service agent-turned-bodyguard who is hired to protect Houston's character, a music star, from an unknown stalker. Kasdan wrote the film in the mid 1970s, originally as a vehicle for Ryan O'Neal and Diana Ross. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JFRdJTszRM
“He called you ‘Lazenby’." - George Robert Lazenby /ˈleɪzənbi/ (born 5 September 1939) is an Australian actor and former model, best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 film On Her Majesty's Secret Service when he was 29. He remains the only actor to have played the role in only one Eon Productions Bond film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOLq5Rg9N-c
“Raise your hand if you vacuum topless to Carly Simon.” - Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, musician and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "You Belong To Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse" (No. 11), "Mockingbird" (No. 5), a duet with James Taylor, "You're So Vain" (No. 1), and "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wy-c8aAntWA
“Greed is good” - Wall Street is a 1987 American drama film, directed and co-written by Oliver Stone, which stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah and Martin Sheen. The film tells the story of Bud Fox (Sheen), a young stockbroker who becomes involved with Gordon Gekko (Douglas), a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider. The famous "Greed is good" line was based on a speech by Boesky where he said, "Greed is right". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCctqbRrsBQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8y6DJAeolo
“Greed for life, for money, for love, for flan.” - Flan is an open pastry or sponge cake containing a sweet or savoury filling. A typical flan of this sort is round, with shortcrust pastry, usually coated with sweet syrup. It is similar to a custard tart or a South African melktert. British savoury flans may have diverged from the Spanish and French custard flans (also known as crème caramel) in the Middle Ages.
“And if the stock don't split, you must acquit.” - The O. J. Simpson murder case (officially the People of the State of California v. Orenthal James Simpson) was a criminal trial held at the Los Angeles County Superior Court in California. The trial spanned from the jury's swearing-in on November 2, 1994, to opening statements on January 24, 1995, to a verdict on October 3, 1995. The former professional football star and actor O. J. Simpson was tried on two counts of murder after the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and waiter Ronald Lyle Goldman, in June 1994. The case has been described as the most publicized criminal trial in American history. Simpson was acquitted after a trial that lasted more than eight months. One dark leather glove was found at the crime scene, its match found near Kato Kaelin's guest house behind Simpson's Rockingham Drive estate. The leather glove seemed too tight for Simpson to put on easily, especially over gloves he wore underneath. Uelmen came up with and Cochran repeated a quip he had used several times in relation to other points in his closing arguments, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit".
“And where, I ask you, is the hoverboard technology that we all saw in Back to the Future II” - Back to the Future Part II is a 1989 American comic science fiction film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Bob Gale. It is the sequel to the 1985 film Back to the Future and the second installment in the Back to the Future trilogy. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Thomas F. Wilson and Lea Thompson and continues immediately following the original film. After repairing the damage to history done by his previous time travel adventures, Marty McFly (Fox) and his friend Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown (Lloyd) travel to 2015 to prevent McFly's future son from ending up imprisoned. However, their presence allows Biff Tannen (Wilson) to steal Doc's DeLorean time machine and travel to 1955, where he alters history by making his younger self wealthy. The concept of the hoverboard-a skateboard that can float off the ground-has been explored by various groups since the release of the film. Attempts similar to hoverboats, which blast air at the ground, have been shown possible. The closest in concept to the film is considered the MagBoard, developed by researchers at the Paris Diderot University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdENmefJRpw
“And that's not even counting the treadmill that we all saw so beautifully realized in the opening credits of The Jetsons.” - The Jetsons is an American animated sitcom produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in primetime from September 23, 1962, to March 17, 1963, then later in syndication, with new episodes in 1985 to 1987 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera block. It was Hanna-Barbera's Space Age counterpart to The Flintstones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyinD6ZDqeg
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Snowden refers to past names for Gus: Ghee Buttersnaps (4x10 “You Can’t Handle This Episode”), Lavender Gooms (2x13 “Lights, Camera, Homicido”) and Clementine Wooliesocks (unknown)
“Mi llamo es Shawnito Rodriguez.” - Rodriguez is James Roday’s real last name