7x11 Office Space
originally posted April 17, 2015
SHAWN
Sleeping with Juliet
Proud of Gus for standing up to his boss
Didn’t realize that Gus still worked there
Gets pissed because Gus won’t be able to pay his bills
Goes to investigate and tamper with the crime scene
Falls over the body, gets dirty and a bloody nose
Goes to Henry after the office
In the morning, goes back to office with Henry and Gus but the police are already there
Left a soda trail to the garage
Left his coffee mug
Doesn’t even like coffee
Tells Juliet what happened
Not back with Juliet, it was a one-time thing
Claims to be singles champion of hopscotch
Uses Axe body spray
Tied Woody to the couch to keep him from talking
Doesn’t like running
Will name firstborn “Starfish”
Figures it out and runs from Lassiter
Stands on a desk and interrupts Murray
Gets a hug from Helen
Forgot about Woody
GUS
Shows up in the middle of the night freaked out and covered in dirt
Stands up to nasty boss
Writes note to boss: “You’re an A-hole! I quit! Drop dead! Fondly, Burton Guster”
Finds boss’ dead body in the office when going to retrieve the note
Eats the note, chokes, takes water from pitcher, backs into plant, knocks it over, knocks body from the chair then makes an even bigger mess trying to clean it up
Goes to Shawn, waking him up
Goes to investigate with Shawn and tamper with the crime scene
Goes to Henry after the office
In the morning, goes back to office with Henry and Gus but the police are already there
Left a soda trail to the garage
Senior Vice President didn’t know he still worked there
Represents entire line of Alovaticine
Uses cocoa butter lotion
Tied Woody to the couch to keep him from talking
Appointed new VP of the branch
Finch thinks he has perfect teeth
Puts up a picture of Arthur Ashe in his office
Has a male co-worker in love with him
Wants to give himself up to Lassiter
Forgot about Woody
JULIET
Slept with Shawn
Received an anonymous tip about the body and then texted Shawn
Didn’t know Gus still worked there
Hasn’t had coffee in 28 hours
Not back with Shawn, it was a one-time thing
Her prints will be on the coffee mug too
Doesn’t like being looped-in - not good in these situations
Wants to untie Woody
Lies to Lassiter about where she is
Is called “J-Girl” by Woody
Feigns nausea and cramps to delay Lassiter
Would rather stay in the dark regarding how they solve cases
LASSITER
Pulls part of Gus’ note from the dead man’s hand
Believes Juliet is carrying Shawn’s “demon seed”
Doesn’t know the names of all the officers with him
Finds Shawn and Gus standing over Leslie’s dead body
Sees the handwriting results
HENRY
Can’t believe Shawn and Gus tampered with the crime scene
Goes with Shawn and Gus to the office in the morning but the police are already there
Wants Shawn and Gus to confess
Gets so angry at Shawn that an EMT gives him oxygen
WOODY
Once at a donut out of the garbage
Smells Shawn and Gus’ scents on the body
Afraid he would tell on Shawn and Gus so has them tie him up
Calls Juliet “J-Girl”
Wears Depends while tied up
LESLIE
Traces the trail of garbage to the parking garage
Is an avid camper
Taking handwriting samples from everyone to check against the note
Found the lost garbage bag
Knows who the killer is
Falls over dead
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
One of the scratch and sniff stickers that the VP had in his suitcase when he gave Gus the promotion.
CATCHPHRASES
“Suck it” (episode: 3 series: 27)
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 2
Series: 58
ALLUSIONS
“Office Space” - a 1999 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. The film satirizes the everyday work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company, it focuses on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs and stars Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Steven Root, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich Bader.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMIrlP61Z9s
“You look like Bruce Willis in Blind Date” - Blind Date is a 1987 romantic comedy film, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis in his first leading film role and Kim Basinger.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJbx-VgTmeo
“We're gonna go down there together, and we're gonna look at this, we're gonna make it kosher.” - Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, כַּשְׁרוּת) is the set of Jewish religious dietary laws. Food that may be consumed according to halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher in English, from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the Hebrew term kashér (כָּשֵׁר), meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption) Meat and milk (or derivatives) cannot be mixed (Deuteronomy 14:21) in the sense that meat and dairy products are not served at the same meal, served or cooked in the same utensils, or stored together.
David Koechner (Leslie Sally) - David Michael Koechner (/ˈkɛknər/ keck-ner; born August 24, 1962) is an American character actor and comedian best known for playing roles such as Champ Kind in the Anchorman films and Todd Packer on NBC's The Office. Koechner first became involved in performing when he began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest. After yearlong stints of doing sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the mid-1990s, Koechner began appearing with small roles in the films such as Wag the Dog, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Man on the Moon.
“Well, uh, Sally, this is sort of an Adult Swim type situation, so why don't you and your blazer run along and solve the mystery of, oh, I don't know, who stole Jenson's lunch.” - Adult Swim is an American cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network, both of which are owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner, Inc., every night from 8:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. ET/PT in the United States. The network is programmed by Williams Street Studios, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, which also developed two prior television programming blocks seen on Cartoon Network, Toonami (which later became a block on Adult Swim) and Miguzi. The name comes from a phrase used by public swimming pools to label designated times when children are restricted from using the facilities in favor of adults: "Adult Swim".
“Gosh, that is a... great tip, Junior G-Man.” - Junior G-Men was an American boys club and popular culture phenomenon during the late 1930s and early 1940s that began with a radio program and culminated with films featuring the Dead End Kids. As part of the radio program, listeners could join a "Junior G-Men" club and receive badges, manuals, and secret agent props. Junior G-Men clubs sprouted up throughout the United States and Canada as a "law and order" themed alternative to the Boy Scouts. Junior G-Men clubs found support from police departments and non-profit organizations that saw them as a means of combating juvenile delinquency. The clubs structured children's time with activities designed to instill law-abiding attitudes, as reflected in their slogan "It's easier to build boys than to mend men."
“I had a V8, which may account for how sharp I've been.” - V8 Vegetable Juice is a trademark name for beverage products sold worldwide and made from either eight vegetables or a mixture of vegetables and fruits. The brand is owned by the Campbell Soup Company. The original V8 got its name from the fact that it contained the juices of eight different vegetables, as well as being a reference to the V8 engine.
“Damn you, Cagney... and Lacey.”/ “Damn you, Tyne Daly... and Sharon Gless.” - Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982 to May 16, 1988. A police procedural, the show stars Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless as New York City police detectives who lead very different lives: Christine Cagney (Gless) was a single, career-minded woman, while Mary Beth Lacey (Daly) was a married working mother. The series was set in a fictionalized version of Manhattan's 14th Precinct (known as "Midtown South"). For six consecutive years, one of the two lead actresses won the Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama (four wins for Daly, two for Gless), a winning streak unmatched in any major category by a show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-RDj_50oI
Mike McGlone (Murray) - Michael "Mike" McGlone (born August 10, 1972 in White Plains, New York) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and comedian. He is perhaps best known as the film noiresque spokesman for GEICO insurance posing rhetorical questions in the vein of Robert Stack or Rod Serling, which are then acted out in humorous fashion. McGlone's best-known movie credits include two castings as writer/actor/director/producer Edward Burns's brother in the 1995 movie The Brothers McMullen and 1996's She's the One with Jennifer Aniston. He's also had large supporting roles in One Tough Cop and The Bone Collector.
“I am a singles champion of hopscotch.” - Hopscotch is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone. Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object into numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces to retrieve the object. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZzswQaICfM
“Time After Time” (Finch sings his own version at gathering) - "Time After Time" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper. It was recorded by Lauper for her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983), with Rob Hyman (co-writer), contributing backing vocals. The track was produced by Rick Chertoff and released as a single on January 27, 1984. It was the second single to be released from the album and became Lauper's first #1 hit in the U.S. The song was written in the album's final stages, after "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "She Bop" and "All Through the Night" had been written. The writing began with the title, which Lauper had seen in TV Guide magazine, referring to the 1979 science fiction film Time After Time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU
“Spencer for hire.” - Spenser: for Hire is a mystery television series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. The series, developed for TV by John Wilder, differs from the novels, mostly in its lesser degree of detail. Like many TV detective series, the show is voiced over in first person, just as the novels are written. The series ran on ABC from 1985 to 1988. The show garnered decent ratings, despite frequent time slot changes and occasional preemptions. In the end, all of the location shooting contributed to the show's demise, with cost being cited as one of the reasons why ABC canceled it. The location shooting, mostly Boston, was one of the show's strong points, showing all around town, even showing the harsh winters there (notably in the pilot). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY3xEJ4RxcA
“Never told you, but you look just like Chris Klein” - Chris Klein is an American actor who is best known for playing Chris 'Oz' Ostreicher in the American Pie comedy teen films.
“I also smelled a significant amount of Axe body spray.” - Axe Body Spray (also known as Lynx in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and People's Republic of China) is a brand of male grooming products, owned by the British-Dutch company Unilever and marketed towards the young male demographic.
“Mine is gigantor and soft to the touch, like a chia pet head.” - Gigantor is an American adaptation of the anime version of Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956. It debuted on U.S. television in 1964. As with Speed Racer, the characters' original names were altered and the original series' violence was toned down for American viewers. A new series was produced in Japan in 1980. Later it was shown as The New Adventures of Gigantor, on the Sci Fi Channel from 1993 to 1997. Chia pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair. Moistened seeds of chia (Salvia hispanica) are applied to the grooved terra cotta figurine body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY7qQFij_M
“Mahalo, Juliet.” - Mahalo is a Hawaiian word meaning thanks, gratitude, admiration, praise, esteem, regards, or respects. According to the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, it is derived from the Proto-Polynesian masalo.
“All covered, a little something I can depend on.” - Depends is a brand of absorbent, disposable adult diapers experiencing urinary or fecal incontinence. It is made by Kimberly-Clark. The product was first introduced in 1984. It is the dominant brand of disposable incontinence garments in the United States, with a 30.8 share of the market.
“I think Jack Bauer also wore adult diapers.” - Jack Bauer is a fictional character and the lead protagonist of the Fox television series 24. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a member of the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) based in Los Angeles, and working with the FBI in Washington, D.C. during season 7. As he is never seen onscreen using a bathroom, it became a major question.
“Rob Lowe's house.” - Rob Lowe is an American film and television actor. He garnered fame after appearing in such films as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, About Last Night..., St. Elmo's Fire, Wayne's World, Tommy Boy, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. On television, he played Sam Seaborn on The West Wing, Senator Robert McCallister on Brothers & Sisters and Chris Traeger in Parks and Recreation. Most recently, Lowe played the role of President John F. Kennedy in Killing Kennedy, a made-for-television movie that premiered November 10, 2013 on National Geographic Channel. In 2014, he began appearing in a series of DirecTV commercials. He lives in Montecito, California which is just over five miles from Santa Barbara.
“Color Me Mine.” - Color Me Mine is a do-it-yourself pottery studio. You pick out your piece and paint it. It’s fired-up in a kiln on the premises and you then take it home.
“You told him, and I quote, ‘Say hello to Beelzebub after you fly first class to the fire pits of hell, you black-hearted, baby girl bastard’." - Beelzebub or Beel-Zebub (/biːˈɛlzᵻbʌb/ bee-el-zə-bub or /ˈbiːlzᵻbʌb/ beel-zə-bub; Hebrew: בַּעַל זְבוּב, Baʿal Zəvûv; Arabic: بعل الذباب, Ba‘al adh-Dhubāb) is a contemporary name for the devil. In Christian and Biblical sources, Beelzebub is another name for the devil. In Christian demonology, he is one of the seven princes of Hell according to Catholic views on Hell. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a demonic fly who is also known as the "Lord of the Flies".
“That's a scratch-n-sniff sticker for you.” - Scratch and sniff technology generally refers to stickers or cardboard items that have been treated with a fragrant coating. When scratched, the coating releases an odor that is normally related to the image displayed under the coating. The technology has been used on a variety of surfaces from stickers to compact discs.
“Stupid Guster and his stupid, perfect, handsome face and his beautiful mochaccino skin, teeth that look like they came from Atlantis.” - Atlantis (Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, "island of Atlas") is a fictional island mentioned within an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias, where it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state (see The Republic). In the story, Athens was able to repel the Atlantean attack, unlike any other nation of the (western) known world, supposedly giving testament to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. At the end of the story, Atlantis eventually falls out of favor with the gods and famously submerges into the Atlantic Ocean.
Arthur Ashe (Gus has a framed photo) - Arthur Ashe was an American World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles, ranking him among the best tennis players from the United States. Ashe, an African American, was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, or the Australian Open. He retired in 1980.
“I did a hypothetical evidence disposal route based on the criminal profile I'd established for the perpetrators of the crime, which led me to T.J.Maxx, where I bought these boots.” - T.J.Maxx, sometimes referred to as TJ's, is an American department store chain. With more than 1,000 stores, T.J.Maxx is a major clothes retailer in the United States. Under the name T.K. Maxx, it operates stores throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Poland. At the end of 2012, there were 343 stores in Europe. The company is part of the TJX Companies, which also owns HomeGoods/HomeSense, and 'off-price' retail chains Sierra Trading Post in the United States, Marshalls in the U.S. and Canada, and Winners in Canada. It offers men's, women's and children's apparel and shoes, as well as other areas such as toys, bath and beauty, accessories, and home products ranging from furniture to kitchen utensils.
“Gus, remind me what déjà vu is.” - Déjà vu' , (Listeni/ˌdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/; French pronunciation: [de.ʒa.vy]) from French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has already been experienced in the past. Déjà vu is a feeling of familiarity, and déjà vécu (the feeling of having "already lived through" something) is a feeling of recollection.
“Hurricane Carter, I'm proud of you.” - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 - April 20, 2014) was an American/Canadian middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted of murder and later freed via a petition of habeas corpus after spending almost 20 years in prison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTzvLMUfwB8
“Probably in Mohab in front of a firing squad full of men that look like Patrick Wilson.” - Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor and singer. He spent his early career starring in Broadway musicals, beginning in 1995. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee for his roles in The Full Monty (2000-01) and Oklahoma! (2002). In 2003, he appeared in the HBO miniseries Angels in America for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Wilson has appeared in feature films such as The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Little Children (2006), Watchmen (2009), Insidious (2010), Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), and The Conjuring (2013). On television, he starred in the CBS drama series A Gifted Man (2011-12), and the second season of FX's anthology series Fargo (2015), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film.
“With regards to this month's sales contest, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado.” “Shawn, we do not have time for Baldwin.” - Shawn is channeling Alec Baldwin from “Glengarry Glen Ross”, a 1992 American drama, adapted by David Mamet from his 1984 Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning play of the same name, and directed by James Foley. The film depicts two days in the lives of four New York real estate salesmen and how they become desperate when the corporate office sends a trainer to "motivate" them by announcing that, in one week, all except the top two salesmen will be fired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVQPY4LlbJ4
“The police have a large bag of evidence on level 4F of the parking garage.” - 4F is a military classification under the United States' Selective Service System for candidates found to be unfit for military service after formal examination by the Entrance Processing Command (this may or may not be what was intended, but it’s the first thing I thought of)
“He wanted the sweet big-wig job you have in Sac Town.” - Sacramento (/ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ/; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California. Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area, and is the 27th largest in the United States. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for TIME magazine named Sacramento "America's Most Diverse City".
“I don't want your stupid job in San Antonio.” - San Antonio (/ˌsænænˈtoʊni.oʊ/ Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populated city in the United States of America and the second most populated city in the state of Texas, with a population of 1,409,019. It was the fastest growing of the top 10 largest cities in the United States from 2000 to 2010, and the second from 1990 to 2000. The city is located in the American Southwest, the south-central part of Texas, and the southwestern corner of an urban region known as the Texas Triangle.
CONTINUITY
Calling Henry “Papa Bear” - (6x11 “Heeeeere’s Lassie”, 7x03 “Lassie Jerky”)
Shawn uses Axe - (4x13 “Death is in the Air”)
Color Me Mine - (2x03 “Psy v. Psy”, 4x09 “Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark”, 6x11 “Heeeeere’s Lassie”)
Fearless Guster - (3x01 “Ghosts”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”)
Lassiter calls them nimrods - (7x03 “Lassie Jerky”)
SHAWN
Sleeping with Juliet
Proud of Gus for standing up to his boss
Didn’t realize that Gus still worked there
Gets pissed because Gus won’t be able to pay his bills
Goes to investigate and tamper with the crime scene
Falls over the body, gets dirty and a bloody nose
Goes to Henry after the office
In the morning, goes back to office with Henry and Gus but the police are already there
Left a soda trail to the garage
Left his coffee mug
Doesn’t even like coffee
Tells Juliet what happened
Not back with Juliet, it was a one-time thing
Claims to be singles champion of hopscotch
Uses Axe body spray
Tied Woody to the couch to keep him from talking
Doesn’t like running
Will name firstborn “Starfish”
Figures it out and runs from Lassiter
Stands on a desk and interrupts Murray
Gets a hug from Helen
Forgot about Woody
GUS
Shows up in the middle of the night freaked out and covered in dirt
Stands up to nasty boss
Writes note to boss: “You’re an A-hole! I quit! Drop dead! Fondly, Burton Guster”
Finds boss’ dead body in the office when going to retrieve the note
Eats the note, chokes, takes water from pitcher, backs into plant, knocks it over, knocks body from the chair then makes an even bigger mess trying to clean it up
Goes to Shawn, waking him up
Goes to investigate with Shawn and tamper with the crime scene
Goes to Henry after the office
In the morning, goes back to office with Henry and Gus but the police are already there
Left a soda trail to the garage
Senior Vice President didn’t know he still worked there
Represents entire line of Alovaticine
Uses cocoa butter lotion
Tied Woody to the couch to keep him from talking
Appointed new VP of the branch
Finch thinks he has perfect teeth
Puts up a picture of Arthur Ashe in his office
Has a male co-worker in love with him
Wants to give himself up to Lassiter
Forgot about Woody
JULIET
Slept with Shawn
Received an anonymous tip about the body and then texted Shawn
Didn’t know Gus still worked there
Hasn’t had coffee in 28 hours
Not back with Shawn, it was a one-time thing
Her prints will be on the coffee mug too
Doesn’t like being looped-in - not good in these situations
Wants to untie Woody
Lies to Lassiter about where she is
Is called “J-Girl” by Woody
Feigns nausea and cramps to delay Lassiter
Would rather stay in the dark regarding how they solve cases
LASSITER
Pulls part of Gus’ note from the dead man’s hand
Believes Juliet is carrying Shawn’s “demon seed”
Doesn’t know the names of all the officers with him
Finds Shawn and Gus standing over Leslie’s dead body
Sees the handwriting results
HENRY
Can’t believe Shawn and Gus tampered with the crime scene
Goes with Shawn and Gus to the office in the morning but the police are already there
Wants Shawn and Gus to confess
Gets so angry at Shawn that an EMT gives him oxygen
WOODY
Once at a donut out of the garbage
Smells Shawn and Gus’ scents on the body
Afraid he would tell on Shawn and Gus so has them tie him up
Calls Juliet “J-Girl”
Wears Depends while tied up
LESLIE
Traces the trail of garbage to the parking garage
Is an avid camper
Taking handwriting samples from everyone to check against the note
Found the lost garbage bag
Knows who the killer is
Falls over dead
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
One of the scratch and sniff stickers that the VP had in his suitcase when he gave Gus the promotion.
CATCHPHRASES
“Suck it” (episode: 3 series: 27)
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 2
Series: 58
ALLUSIONS
“Office Space” - a 1999 American comedy film written and directed by Mike Judge. The film satirizes the everyday work life of a typical mid-to-late-1990s software company, it focuses on a handful of individuals fed up with their jobs and stars Ron Livingston, Jennifer Aniston, Gary Cole, Steven Root, David Herman, Ajay Naidu, and Diedrich Bader.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMIrlP61Z9s
“You look like Bruce Willis in Blind Date” - Blind Date is a 1987 romantic comedy film, directed by Blake Edwards and starring Bruce Willis in his first leading film role and Kim Basinger.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJbx-VgTmeo
“We're gonna go down there together, and we're gonna look at this, we're gonna make it kosher.” - Kashrut (also kashruth or kashrus, כַּשְׁרוּת) is the set of Jewish religious dietary laws. Food that may be consumed according to halakha (Jewish law) is termed kosher in English, from the Ashkenazi pronunciation of the Hebrew term kashér (כָּשֵׁר), meaning "fit" (in this context, fit for consumption) Meat and milk (or derivatives) cannot be mixed (Deuteronomy 14:21) in the sense that meat and dairy products are not served at the same meal, served or cooked in the same utensils, or stored together.
David Koechner (Leslie Sally) - David Michael Koechner (/ˈkɛknər/ keck-ner; born August 24, 1962) is an American character actor and comedian best known for playing roles such as Champ Kind in the Anchorman films and Todd Packer on NBC's The Office. Koechner first became involved in performing when he began studying improvisational comedy in Chicago at ImprovOlympic, under the teachings of Del Close, before joining the Second City Northwest. After yearlong stints of doing sketch comedy on Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the mid-1990s, Koechner began appearing with small roles in the films such as Wag the Dog, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, and Man on the Moon.
“Well, uh, Sally, this is sort of an Adult Swim type situation, so why don't you and your blazer run along and solve the mystery of, oh, I don't know, who stole Jenson's lunch.” - Adult Swim is an American cable network that shares channel space with Cartoon Network, both of which are owned by Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time Warner, Inc., every night from 8:00 p.m. until 6:00 a.m. ET/PT in the United States. The network is programmed by Williams Street Studios, a division of Turner Broadcasting System, which also developed two prior television programming blocks seen on Cartoon Network, Toonami (which later became a block on Adult Swim) and Miguzi. The name comes from a phrase used by public swimming pools to label designated times when children are restricted from using the facilities in favor of adults: "Adult Swim".
“Gosh, that is a... great tip, Junior G-Man.” - Junior G-Men was an American boys club and popular culture phenomenon during the late 1930s and early 1940s that began with a radio program and culminated with films featuring the Dead End Kids. As part of the radio program, listeners could join a "Junior G-Men" club and receive badges, manuals, and secret agent props. Junior G-Men clubs sprouted up throughout the United States and Canada as a "law and order" themed alternative to the Boy Scouts. Junior G-Men clubs found support from police departments and non-profit organizations that saw them as a means of combating juvenile delinquency. The clubs structured children's time with activities designed to instill law-abiding attitudes, as reflected in their slogan "It's easier to build boys than to mend men."
“I had a V8, which may account for how sharp I've been.” - V8 Vegetable Juice is a trademark name for beverage products sold worldwide and made from either eight vegetables or a mixture of vegetables and fruits. The brand is owned by the Campbell Soup Company. The original V8 got its name from the fact that it contained the juices of eight different vegetables, as well as being a reference to the V8 engine.
“Damn you, Cagney... and Lacey.”/ “Damn you, Tyne Daly... and Sharon Gless.” - Cagney & Lacey is an American television series that originally aired on the CBS television network for seven seasons from March 25, 1982 to May 16, 1988. A police procedural, the show stars Tyne Daly and Sharon Gless as New York City police detectives who lead very different lives: Christine Cagney (Gless) was a single, career-minded woman, while Mary Beth Lacey (Daly) was a married working mother. The series was set in a fictionalized version of Manhattan's 14th Precinct (known as "Midtown South"). For six consecutive years, one of the two lead actresses won the Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Drama (four wins for Daly, two for Gless), a winning streak unmatched in any major category by a show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ-RDj_50oI
Mike McGlone (Murray) - Michael "Mike" McGlone (born August 10, 1972 in White Plains, New York) is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and comedian. He is perhaps best known as the film noiresque spokesman for GEICO insurance posing rhetorical questions in the vein of Robert Stack or Rod Serling, which are then acted out in humorous fashion. McGlone's best-known movie credits include two castings as writer/actor/director/producer Edward Burns's brother in the 1995 movie The Brothers McMullen and 1996's She's the One with Jennifer Aniston. He's also had large supporting roles in One Tough Cop and The Bone Collector.
“I am a singles champion of hopscotch.” - Hopscotch is a children's game that can be played with several players or alone. Hopscotch is a popular playground game in which players toss a small object into numbered spaces of a pattern of rectangles outlined on the ground and then hop or jump through the spaces to retrieve the object. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZzswQaICfM
“Time After Time” (Finch sings his own version at gathering) - "Time After Time" is a song by American singer-songwriter Cyndi Lauper. It was recorded by Lauper for her debut studio album, She's So Unusual (1983), with Rob Hyman (co-writer), contributing backing vocals. The track was produced by Rick Chertoff and released as a single on January 27, 1984. It was the second single to be released from the album and became Lauper's first #1 hit in the U.S. The song was written in the album's final stages, after "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", "She Bop" and "All Through the Night" had been written. The writing began with the title, which Lauper had seen in TV Guide magazine, referring to the 1979 science fiction film Time After Time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdQY7BusJNU
“Spencer for hire.” - Spenser: for Hire is a mystery television series based on Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels. The series, developed for TV by John Wilder, differs from the novels, mostly in its lesser degree of detail. Like many TV detective series, the show is voiced over in first person, just as the novels are written. The series ran on ABC from 1985 to 1988. The show garnered decent ratings, despite frequent time slot changes and occasional preemptions. In the end, all of the location shooting contributed to the show's demise, with cost being cited as one of the reasons why ABC canceled it. The location shooting, mostly Boston, was one of the show's strong points, showing all around town, even showing the harsh winters there (notably in the pilot). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY3xEJ4RxcA
“Never told you, but you look just like Chris Klein” - Chris Klein is an American actor who is best known for playing Chris 'Oz' Ostreicher in the American Pie comedy teen films.
“I also smelled a significant amount of Axe body spray.” - Axe Body Spray (also known as Lynx in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, and People's Republic of China) is a brand of male grooming products, owned by the British-Dutch company Unilever and marketed towards the young male demographic.
“Mine is gigantor and soft to the touch, like a chia pet head.” - Gigantor is an American adaptation of the anime version of Tetsujin 28-go, a manga by Mitsuteru Yokoyama released in 1956. It debuted on U.S. television in 1964. As with Speed Racer, the characters' original names were altered and the original series' violence was toned down for American viewers. A new series was produced in Japan in 1980. Later it was shown as The New Adventures of Gigantor, on the Sci Fi Channel from 1993 to 1997. Chia pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair. Moistened seeds of chia (Salvia hispanica) are applied to the grooved terra cotta figurine body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzY7qQFij_M
“Mahalo, Juliet.” - Mahalo is a Hawaiian word meaning thanks, gratitude, admiration, praise, esteem, regards, or respects. According to the Pukui and Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary, it is derived from the Proto-Polynesian masalo.
“All covered, a little something I can depend on.” - Depends is a brand of absorbent, disposable adult diapers experiencing urinary or fecal incontinence. It is made by Kimberly-Clark. The product was first introduced in 1984. It is the dominant brand of disposable incontinence garments in the United States, with a 30.8 share of the market.
“I think Jack Bauer also wore adult diapers.” - Jack Bauer is a fictional character and the lead protagonist of the Fox television series 24. His character has worked in various capacities on the show, often as a member of the Counter Terrorist Unit (CTU) based in Los Angeles, and working with the FBI in Washington, D.C. during season 7. As he is never seen onscreen using a bathroom, it became a major question.
“Rob Lowe's house.” - Rob Lowe is an American film and television actor. He garnered fame after appearing in such films as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, About Last Night..., St. Elmo's Fire, Wayne's World, Tommy Boy, and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. On television, he played Sam Seaborn on The West Wing, Senator Robert McCallister on Brothers & Sisters and Chris Traeger in Parks and Recreation. Most recently, Lowe played the role of President John F. Kennedy in Killing Kennedy, a made-for-television movie that premiered November 10, 2013 on National Geographic Channel. In 2014, he began appearing in a series of DirecTV commercials. He lives in Montecito, California which is just over five miles from Santa Barbara.
“Color Me Mine.” - Color Me Mine is a do-it-yourself pottery studio. You pick out your piece and paint it. It’s fired-up in a kiln on the premises and you then take it home.
“You told him, and I quote, ‘Say hello to Beelzebub after you fly first class to the fire pits of hell, you black-hearted, baby girl bastard’." - Beelzebub or Beel-Zebub (/biːˈɛlzᵻbʌb/ bee-el-zə-bub or /ˈbiːlzᵻbʌb/ beel-zə-bub; Hebrew: בַּעַל זְבוּב, Baʿal Zəvûv; Arabic: بعل الذباب, Ba‘al adh-Dhubāb) is a contemporary name for the devil. In Christian and Biblical sources, Beelzebub is another name for the devil. In Christian demonology, he is one of the seven princes of Hell according to Catholic views on Hell. The Dictionnaire Infernal describes Beelzebub as a demonic fly who is also known as the "Lord of the Flies".
“That's a scratch-n-sniff sticker for you.” - Scratch and sniff technology generally refers to stickers or cardboard items that have been treated with a fragrant coating. When scratched, the coating releases an odor that is normally related to the image displayed under the coating. The technology has been used on a variety of surfaces from stickers to compact discs.
“Stupid Guster and his stupid, perfect, handsome face and his beautiful mochaccino skin, teeth that look like they came from Atlantis.” - Atlantis (Ancient Greek: Ἀτλαντὶς νῆσος, "island of Atlas") is a fictional island mentioned within an allegory on the hubris of nations in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias, where it represents the antagonist naval power that besieges "Ancient Athens", the pseudo-historic embodiment of Plato's ideal state (see The Republic). In the story, Athens was able to repel the Atlantean attack, unlike any other nation of the (western) known world, supposedly giving testament to the superiority of Plato's concept of a state. At the end of the story, Atlantis eventually falls out of favor with the gods and famously submerges into the Atlantic Ocean.
Arthur Ashe (Gus has a framed photo) - Arthur Ashe was an American World No. 1 professional tennis player. He won three Grand Slam titles, ranking him among the best tennis players from the United States. Ashe, an African American, was the first black player selected to the United States Davis Cup team and the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, or the Australian Open. He retired in 1980.
“I did a hypothetical evidence disposal route based on the criminal profile I'd established for the perpetrators of the crime, which led me to T.J.Maxx, where I bought these boots.” - T.J.Maxx, sometimes referred to as TJ's, is an American department store chain. With more than 1,000 stores, T.J.Maxx is a major clothes retailer in the United States. Under the name T.K. Maxx, it operates stores throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Poland. At the end of 2012, there were 343 stores in Europe. The company is part of the TJX Companies, which also owns HomeGoods/HomeSense, and 'off-price' retail chains Sierra Trading Post in the United States, Marshalls in the U.S. and Canada, and Winners in Canada. It offers men's, women's and children's apparel and shoes, as well as other areas such as toys, bath and beauty, accessories, and home products ranging from furniture to kitchen utensils.
“Gus, remind me what déjà vu is.” - Déjà vu' , (Listeni/ˌdeɪʒɑː ˈvuː/; French pronunciation: [de.ʒa.vy]) from French, literally "already seen", is the phenomenon of having the strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has already been experienced in the past. Déjà vu is a feeling of familiarity, and déjà vécu (the feeling of having "already lived through" something) is a feeling of recollection.
“Hurricane Carter, I'm proud of you.” - Rubin "Hurricane" Carter (May 6, 1937 - April 20, 2014) was an American/Canadian middleweight boxer who was wrongfully convicted of murder and later freed via a petition of habeas corpus after spending almost 20 years in prison. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTzvLMUfwB8
“Probably in Mohab in front of a firing squad full of men that look like Patrick Wilson.” - Patrick Joseph Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an American actor and singer. He spent his early career starring in Broadway musicals, beginning in 1995. He is a two-time Tony Award nominee for his roles in The Full Monty (2000-01) and Oklahoma! (2002). In 2003, he appeared in the HBO miniseries Angels in America for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie. Wilson has appeared in feature films such as The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Little Children (2006), Watchmen (2009), Insidious (2010), Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013), and The Conjuring (2013). On television, he starred in the CBS drama series A Gifted Man (2011-12), and the second season of FX's anthology series Fargo (2015), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film.
“With regards to this month's sales contest, first prize is a Cadillac El Dorado.” “Shawn, we do not have time for Baldwin.” - Shawn is channeling Alec Baldwin from “Glengarry Glen Ross”, a 1992 American drama, adapted by David Mamet from his 1984 Pulitzer Prize- and Tony-winning play of the same name, and directed by James Foley. The film depicts two days in the lives of four New York real estate salesmen and how they become desperate when the corporate office sends a trainer to "motivate" them by announcing that, in one week, all except the top two salesmen will be fired. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVQPY4LlbJ4
“The police have a large bag of evidence on level 4F of the parking garage.” - 4F is a military classification under the United States' Selective Service System for candidates found to be unfit for military service after formal examination by the Entrance Processing Command (this may or may not be what was intended, but it’s the first thing I thought of)
“He wanted the sweet big-wig job you have in Sac Town.” - Sacramento (/ˌsækrəˈmɛntoʊ/; Spanish: [sakɾaˈmento]) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of government of Sacramento County. It is at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. Its estimated 2014 population of 485,199 made it the sixth-largest city in California. Sacramento is the cultural and economic core of the Sacramento metropolitan area, which includes seven counties with a 2010 population of 2,414,783. Its metropolitan area is the fourth largest in California after the Greater Los Angeles area, the San Francisco Bay Area, and the San Diego metropolitan area, and is the 27th largest in the United States. In 2002, the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University conducted for TIME magazine named Sacramento "America's Most Diverse City".
“I don't want your stupid job in San Antonio.” - San Antonio (/ˌsænænˈtoʊni.oʊ/ Spanish for "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh most populated city in the United States of America and the second most populated city in the state of Texas, with a population of 1,409,019. It was the fastest growing of the top 10 largest cities in the United States from 2000 to 2010, and the second from 1990 to 2000. The city is located in the American Southwest, the south-central part of Texas, and the southwestern corner of an urban region known as the Texas Triangle.
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Calling Henry “Papa Bear” - (6x11 “Heeeeere’s Lassie”, 7x03 “Lassie Jerky”)
Shawn uses Axe - (4x13 “Death is in the Air”)
Color Me Mine - (2x03 “Psy v. Psy”, 4x09 “Shawn Takes a Shot in the Dark”, 6x11 “Heeeeere’s Lassie”)
Fearless Guster - (3x01 “Ghosts”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”)
Lassiter calls them nimrods - (7x03 “Lassie Jerky”)