7x12 Dead Air
originally posted April 18, 2015
SHAWN
Guests on shock jock radio show (2009)
Goes to Henry’s for cookout
Doesn’t come around much anymore
Wants to listen to the Crock Daniels Show
Drinking Dos Equis
Hears murder over the radio
Doesn’t use a nickname for Gus
Believes the killer is someone at the station
Gets a radio show “Spence-Air”
Prank calls Henry
Gets tired after 7 minutes into a 5-hour shift
Saw Prometheus opening night
Brings up Gus’ personal life on-air
Radio show gets cancelled
Relegated to sound effects during Shawn’s show
Fakes a call as a female and tries to ruin Gus’ on-air persona
Checks out Miranda’s computer
Tries to take jelly beans from Laura’s shrine to Crock
Jealous at the attention Gus is getting for his show
Wears fan-made shirt for Gus
Talks to Juliet like she’s brain damaged
Believes Laura is the killer because of her medication
Takes an unconscious Gus’ hand and fistbumps it
Gets sound effects panel as a thank you
GUS
Guests on shock jock radio show (2009)
Can tell you the time anywhere in the world - except the poles
Literally cries at the drop of a hat
Goes to Henry’s for cookout
Drinking Dos Equis
Hears murder over the radio
Knows radio
Worked overnight shift at college radio station and fell asleep during his own show and no one noticed
Believes the killer is someone at the station
Relegated to sound effects during Shawn’s show
Takes job as DJ
Makes love with socks on
Has a recurring Hunger Games nightmare
Lives in apartment 102
Asks Miranda out to dinner to get information - reservations at 8:00, they will arrive in separate cars, talk business only and then shake hands before leaving separately
Finally agrees to Miranda’s offer of jerk chicken cooked at his place, apron over dress with the option to bend over as needed
Believes in slow seduction, feeding each other poached eggs in bed and leaving love notes squeegeed on the shower door
Saw Prometheus opening night
Gets radio show “Smooth Storm” after dark
Burns incense, talks deep and low, wears a black turtleneck and sunglasses
When 5 would wet the bed at Camp Tikihama
Gets shot at in parking lot then runs around screaming before fainting
Wears footie pajamas
Gets gout three times a year
Believes Laura is the killer because of her medication
Wears bullet-proof vest during show
Tells Rachael he’ll be counting down the 6 months
Held at gunpoint in apartment and knocked out
Hits Bob on the head with a champagne bottle before falling unconscious
JULIET
Goes to Henry’s for cookout
Walks with Rachael on the beach
Comes to the station after Gus is shot at
Stays with Laura during Gus’ show
Makes Jiffy-Pop popcorn
Goes through the house and is knocked out in the bedroom
LASSITER
Doesn’t believe graffiti is an art form
Comes to the station after Gus is shot at
In the surveillance van keeping an eye on Laura
Traces phone call back to Laura’s
Has never been “clocked by a perp”
Tackles killer
HENRY
Doesn’t grill much since Shawn doesn’t come around as often
Grills venison
Serves Dos Equis
Hears murder over the radio
Swears on air after Shawn prank calls him
Likes the Redd Herring’s outdoors program
RACHAEL
Goes to Henry’s for cookout
Walks with Juliet on the beach
Is going to London for 6 months to straighten out immigration and hasn’t told Gus
Comes to the station to talk to Gus and sees the video of Miranda giving Gus “mouth-to-mouth”
Is jealous of Miranda and fights her in the hallway
Says goodbye to Gus at his apartment
Calls from the airport
MIRANDA
Says Gus is more than a pretty face and has a megawatt smile
Mocks Shawn for giving up on the nicknames
Lets Gus call her Miranda
Allows Shawn and Gus all-access to the station
Plans to shut down the station
Wanted to sell the station to Clear Channel
Gets turned on by Gus thinking she killed Crock
Cancels Shawn’s show and gives one to Gus
Gives Gus “mouth-to-mouth”
Fights Rachael in the hallway over Gus
Comes to Gus’ apartment with champagne because she knows Rachael is gone
LAURA
Was Crock’s number one fan and has a shrine set up in her home
President of Crock’s fan club
Freaks out when she hears someone tried to kill Gus
Made t-shirts for Gus’ show
Claims to have a stalker named Bob
Calls Gus’ show at a pre-arranged signal
Ran away to hide in the bushes 3 blocks away
Doing fine with her medication
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
On the towel on the back of the chair when they visit Dean
GUS NICKNAMES
Vijay Armitraj
Django Unchained
A Player Named Gus
Burton Goutster
SHAWN’S NICKNAMES
Gus calls him White Chocolate
Calls himself Jalinda calling Gus’ show
CATCHPRASES
“C’mon, son.” (episode: 2 Series: 24)
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 3
Series: 61
ALLUSIONS
Dead air - an unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which no sound (i.e. an unmodulated carrier wave) is transmitted. The term is most often used in cases where program material comes to an unexpected halt, either through operator error or for technical reasons. Among professional broadcasters, dead air is considered one of the worst things that can occur.
“I mean, basically, you're like Drew Barrymore in Firestarter, except you don't get older and then get naked in Doppelganger.” - Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction thriller film based on Stephen King's 1980 Firestarter. The plot concerns a young girl who develops pyrokinesis and the secret government agency known as The Shop which seeks to control her. The film was directed by Mark L. Lester, and stars David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen and George C. Scott. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjF674gZQps Doppleganger is a 1993 American supernatural thriller film starring Drew Barrymore. A woman moves from NYC to LA after a murder, in which she is implicated. She is followed by what is apparently her evil alter- ego. She moves into a room for rent by a writer, and he begins having an affair with her, but after some strange things happen, he's not so sure if the affair is with her or her doppelganger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W_FIvJpkTo
“Why don't you liven things up a little bit and read Dean-o's mind and tell us what Jonas brother he's daydreaming about right now?” - The Jonas Brothers were an American pop rock group. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers from Wyckoff, New Jersey: Paul Kevin Jonas II, Joseph Adam Jonas, and Nicholas Jerry Jonas. In the summer of 2008, they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and its sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. They also starred as Kevin, Joe, and Nick Lucas, the band JONAS, in their own Disney Channel series JONAS, which was later re-branded for its second season as Jonas L.A. The show was eventually cancelled after two seasons. The band released four albums: It's About Time (2006), Jonas Brothers (2007), A Little Bit Longer (2008), and Lines, Vines and Trying Times (2009). In 2008, the group was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 51st Grammy Awards and won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the American Music Awards. As of May 2009, before the release of Lines, Vines and Trying Times, they had sold over eight million albums worldwide. After a hiatus during 2010 and 2011 to pursue solo-projects, the group reconciled in 2012 to record a new album, which was cancelled following their break-up on October 29, 2013.
“He's like the Howard Stern of radio.” - Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, producer, author, actor, and photographer. He is best known as the host of The Howard Stern Show, his long-running radio show which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 before its move to Sirius XM Radio in 2006. Stern first wished to be on the radio at five years of age. He landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University-WTBU, the campus station, and WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts. From 1976 to 1982, Stern developed his on-air personality through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut, WWWW in Detroit, Michigan, and WWDC in Washington, D.C. Stern worked afternoons at WNBC in New York City from 1982 until his firing in 1985.
“It's my temporary visa, it's a nightmare situation.” - A visa (from the Latin charta visa, meaning "paper which has been seen") is a conditional authorization granted by a country (typically to a foreigner) to enter and temporarily remain within, or to leave that country. Visas typically include limits on the duration of the foreigner's stay, territory within the country they may enter, the dates they may enter, or the number of permitted visits. Visas are associated with the request for permission to enter a country and thus are, in some countries, distinct from actual formal permission for an alien to enter and remain in the country. In each instance, a visa is subject to entry permission by an immigration official at the time of actual entry and can be revoked at any time.
Henry drinks Dos Equis - Dos Equis is a lager that was originally brewed by the German-born Mexican brewer Wilhelm Hasse in 1897. The brand was named Siglo XX ("20th century") to commemorate the arrival of the new century, and the bottles were marked with the Roman numeral for 20 ("XX"), thus "Dos Equis" which is Spanish for "two X's". The main brand Dos Equis XX Special Lager is a 4.45% abv pale lager sold in green bottles. Dos Equis XX Amber is a 4.7% Vienna-style amber lager sold in brown bottles, and was first exported to the United States in 1973.
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon (Miranda) - Garcelle Beauvais (French pronunciation: [gaʁsɛl bovɛ]: born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her roles as Francesca "Fancy" Monroe on The WB television sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, which ran from 1996 to 2001, and as Valerie Heywood on the ABC crime drama, NYPD Blue.
“Well, I am psychic detective, Shawn Spencer, and this is my partner, Django Unchained.” - Django Unchained is a 2012 American western black comedy action film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in the Old West and Antebellum South, it is a highly stylized variation of the spaghetti Western. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdM9vrCbow
Crock-Os - a shout out to the fans of Psych (Psych-Os)
“Did he say it like a normal person, or like the Moviefone guy?” - Moviefone is an American-based movie listing and information service. Moviegoers can obtain local showtimes, theatre information, film reviews, or advance tickets. The service is owned by AOL. In 1989, Russ Leatherman, Rob Gukeisen, Andrew Jarecki, Pat Cardamone, and Adam Slutsky launched the interactive telephone service, with initial service in New York City and Los Angeles. Russ Leatherman provided the voice of "Mr. Moviefone" for the automated phone service. After gaining popularity, it later expanded across the United States and eventually adopted an online presence as Moviefone.com.
“Gooood Morning Santa Barbara” - Shawn is channeling Robin Williams from “Good Morning Vietnam”, a 1987 American war-comedy film written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robin Williams as a radio DJ on Armed Forces Radio Service, who proves hugely popular with the troops, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his "irreverent tendency". The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS radio DJ Adrian Cronauer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-O6nq92wY
“Whoa, hey, Redd Herring.”- A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences towards a false conclusion. A red herring might be intentionally used, such as in mystery fiction or as part of a rhetorical strategy (e.g. in politics), or it could be inadvertently used during argumentation.
“She just used Crock to boost her ratings till she could sell the station to Clear Channel and make her money back, but the deal fell through.” - Now known as iHeartMedia Inc., is an American mass media company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company founded by Lowry Mays and B. J. "Red" McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners through a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of this buyout, Clear Channel Communications began to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc., while Clear Channel Communications became iHeartCommunications, Inc.
“See you in my recurring Hunger Games nightmare.” - The Hunger Games is a series of three adventure novels written by the American author Suzanne Collins. The series is set in The Hunger Games universe, and follows young characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark as they battle through a deadly battle royal and face the results of their every action. The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in "Panem", a country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and twelve districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children are chosen to participate in a compulsory annual televised death match called The Hunger Games. It has been turned into a 4-film franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and josh Hutcherson as Peeta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfmrPu43DF8
“You're like a more agitated Blair Underwood, but I have a counteroffer.” - Blair Underwood is an American television, film, and stage actor and director. He played headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama L.A. Law for seven years. He has received two Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and one Grammy Award. In recent years, he has appeared on The New Adventures of Old Christine, Dirty Sexy Money and In Treatment and was in NBC's The Event.
The shot under Miranda’s leg is from the seduction scene in “The Graduate”, 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), and then proceeds to fall in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxJDOkr_UhE (the scene referenced in about 45 seconds in)
Gus’ “I believe” speech - to me could be referring to the same time of speech from “Bull Durham”, a 1988 American romantic comedy sports film. It is partly based upon the minor league experiences of writer/director Ron Shelton and depicts the players and fans of the Durham Bulls, a minor league baseball team in Durham, North Carolina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKO8pmzU1Lk
“I Believe I Can Fly” - a 1996 song written, produced and performed by R&B singer R. Kelly from the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam. It was originally released on November 26, 1996, but later appeared in Kelly's 1998 album R. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIQn8pab8Vc
“You know I'm bad news first ever since we saw Prometheus on opening night.” - 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron. It is set in the late 21st century and centers on the crew of the spaceship Prometheus as it follows a star map discovered among the artifacts of several ancient Earth cultures. Seeking the origins of humanity, the crew arrives on a distant world and discovers a threat that could cause the extinction of the human race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU
“Yeah, you, standing naked, posing like Captain Morgan.” - Captain Morgan is a brand of rum produced by alcohol conglomerate Diageo. It is named after the 17th-century Welsh privateer of the Caribbean, Sir Henry Morgan who died on 26 August 1688. Since 2011, the label has used the slogan "To Life, Love and Loot." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agk32dCl2lc
“Miranda's worth over $8 million in assets alone, and she owns three El Pollo Locos.” - El Pollo Loco is a restaurant chain based in the United States, specializing in Mexican-style grilled chicken. Restaurant service consists of: dine-in, take-out, with some locations offering drive through options. The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California and operates over 400 (as of March 2014) company-owned and franchised restaurants in the Southwestern United States. "El Pollo Loco" is Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9asS_mseAc
“No kidding, Bruce Wayne.” - Bruce Wayne, an American billionaire, industrialist, and philanthropist. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on criminals, an oath tempered with a sense of justice. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume to fight crime. In films, he is depicted wearing black turtlenecks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEPQ3imirBM
“By the way, his name is just ‘Gus’, and he wears footy pajamas, and he gets gout, like, three times a year.” - Gout (also known as podagra when it involves the big toe) is a medical condition usually characterized by recurrent attacks of acute inflammatory arthritis-a red, tender, hot, swollen joint. The metatarsal-phalangeal joint at the base of the big toe is the most commonly affected (approximately 50% of cases). It may also present as tophi, kidney stones, or urate nephropathy. It is caused by elevated levels of uric acid in the blood. The uric acid crystallizes, and the crystals deposit in joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues.
“Somebody call Con Edison and prepare for a blackout'cause A Player Named Gus and Laura are gonna make the lights go out in this city.” - Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison or Con Ed, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $13 billion in annual revenues as of 2010, and over $36 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through its subsidiaries.
Jiffy-Pop popcorn (Juliet making it at Laura’s) - Jiffy Pop is a popcorn brand of ConAgra Foods. The product combines popcorn kernels, oil, and flavoring agents with a heavy-gauge aluminum foil pan and expandable, light-gauge aluminum foil cover. As the pan is heated, the popping corn causes the cover foil to unfold and puff up. "Jiffy" in the name alludes to the short cooking time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgF8jVJf5nA
“That's what you two nimrods came up with in the crapper?” - In most English-speaking countries, Nimrod is used to denote a hunter or warrior, because the Biblical Nimrod is described as "a mighty hunter". In American English, however, the term assumed a derogatory meaning, probably because of Bugs Bunny's references to Elmer Fudd as a "poor little Nimrod". While this was most likely using the term's "hunter" sense, it contributed to the development of a sense "one who was easily confounded". An alternative explanation of this sense is that it derives from the John Steinbeck memoir Travels with Charley: In Search of America, in which Steinbeck used the term sarcastically while describing an inquest that was held after a hunter accidentally shot his partner: "The coroner questioning this nimrod...”
“Laura is Bob, and Bob is Laura, and who knows how many other personalities you have swimming around in your cute but crazy, Aimee Mann-looking face.” - Aimee Mann is an American rock singer, singer-songwriter, bassist and guitarist. In 1983, she co-founded the new wave band 'Til Tuesday with Berklee classmate and boyfriend Michael Hausman (who went on to manage her solo career). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejh-bHa4To
“Maybe Laura's in a good place, but Bob is an Eli Roth movie.” - Eli Roth is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is known for directing the horror film Hostel and its sequel, Hostel: Part II. He is also known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award (Best Acting Ensemble). Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films.
“He flipped and killed Crock, and he did it all on the cheap in Romania.” - Romania[a] (Listeni/roʊˈmeɪniə/ roh-may-nee-ə; Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a republic in Southeast Europe, bordering the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has an area of 238,391 square kilometres (92,043 sq mi) and a temperate-continental climate. With 19.94 million inhabitants, it is the seventh most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city, Bucharest, is the sixth largest city in the EU. The River Danube, Europe's second longest river, rises in Germany and flows southeastwards for a distance of 2,857 km, coursing through ten countries before emptying in Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, with their tallest peak Moldoveanu at 2,544 m (8,346 ft), cross Romania from the north to the southwest. Modern Romania emerged within the territories of the ancient Roman province of Dacia, and was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the sovereign Kingdom of Romania. In World War II, Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union, fighting side by side with the Wehrmacht until 1944, then joined the Allied powers after being occupied by the Red Army forces. Romania lost several territories, of which Northern Transylvania was regained after the war. Following the war, Romania became a socialist republic and member of the Warsaw Pact. After the 1989 Revolution, Romania began a transition back towards democracy and a capitalist market economy.
“Yeah, and pigs fly.” - The phrase "when pigs fly" is an adynaton-a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication of such a phrase is that the circumstances in question (the adynaton, and the circumstances to which the adynaton is being applied) will never occur.
CONTINUITY
Henry and Dos Equis - (3x13 "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central", 6x09 “Neil Simon’s Lover’s Retreat”)
“Not since the incident” - Shawn walked in on Henry and Maddie having sex (7x01 “Santabarbaratown 2”)
Gus does his cool thumb/nose move - (2x05 “And Down the Stretch Comes Murder”, 2x14 "Dis-Lodged", 2x15 "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion", 3x03 "Daredevils!", 3x06 "There Might Be Blood", 3x08 “Gus Walks into a Bank”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”, 5x07 “Ferry Tale”, 6x09 “Neil Simon’s Lover’s Retreat”)
Jerk Chicken - (1x07 "Who Ya Gonna Call?", 1x11 "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead!", 2x08 "Rob-a-Bye Baby", 2x10 "Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy", 3x04 “The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable, 4x05 “Shawn Gets the Yips”, 7x01 “Santabarbaratown 2”)
El Pollo Loco - Shawn based Chad’s accent on the El Pollo Loco guy (2x13 "Lights, Camera... Homicidio") Ironically, the “guy”, Christian de la Fuente, appeared as Zapato in 2x01 “American Duos”)
Camp Tikihama - (2x09 “Bounty Hunters”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”, 7x01 “Santabarbaratown 2”)
Lassiter calls Shawn and Gus nimrods - (7x03 “Lassie Jerky”, 7x11 “Office Space”)
Lassiter claims he was never clocked by a perp but he was knocked out in 3x11 “Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing”)
SHAWN
Guests on shock jock radio show (2009)
Goes to Henry’s for cookout
Doesn’t come around much anymore
Wants to listen to the Crock Daniels Show
Drinking Dos Equis
Hears murder over the radio
Doesn’t use a nickname for Gus
Believes the killer is someone at the station
Gets a radio show “Spence-Air”
Prank calls Henry
Gets tired after 7 minutes into a 5-hour shift
Saw Prometheus opening night
Brings up Gus’ personal life on-air
Radio show gets cancelled
Relegated to sound effects during Shawn’s show
Fakes a call as a female and tries to ruin Gus’ on-air persona
Checks out Miranda’s computer
Tries to take jelly beans from Laura’s shrine to Crock
Jealous at the attention Gus is getting for his show
Wears fan-made shirt for Gus
Talks to Juliet like she’s brain damaged
Believes Laura is the killer because of her medication
Takes an unconscious Gus’ hand and fistbumps it
Gets sound effects panel as a thank you
GUS
Guests on shock jock radio show (2009)
Can tell you the time anywhere in the world - except the poles
Literally cries at the drop of a hat
Goes to Henry’s for cookout
Drinking Dos Equis
Hears murder over the radio
Knows radio
Worked overnight shift at college radio station and fell asleep during his own show and no one noticed
Believes the killer is someone at the station
Relegated to sound effects during Shawn’s show
Takes job as DJ
Makes love with socks on
Has a recurring Hunger Games nightmare
Lives in apartment 102
Asks Miranda out to dinner to get information - reservations at 8:00, they will arrive in separate cars, talk business only and then shake hands before leaving separately
Finally agrees to Miranda’s offer of jerk chicken cooked at his place, apron over dress with the option to bend over as needed
Believes in slow seduction, feeding each other poached eggs in bed and leaving love notes squeegeed on the shower door
Saw Prometheus opening night
Gets radio show “Smooth Storm” after dark
Burns incense, talks deep and low, wears a black turtleneck and sunglasses
When 5 would wet the bed at Camp Tikihama
Gets shot at in parking lot then runs around screaming before fainting
Wears footie pajamas
Gets gout three times a year
Believes Laura is the killer because of her medication
Wears bullet-proof vest during show
Tells Rachael he’ll be counting down the 6 months
Held at gunpoint in apartment and knocked out
Hits Bob on the head with a champagne bottle before falling unconscious
JULIET
Goes to Henry’s for cookout
Walks with Rachael on the beach
Comes to the station after Gus is shot at
Stays with Laura during Gus’ show
Makes Jiffy-Pop popcorn
Goes through the house and is knocked out in the bedroom
LASSITER
Doesn’t believe graffiti is an art form
Comes to the station after Gus is shot at
In the surveillance van keeping an eye on Laura
Traces phone call back to Laura’s
Has never been “clocked by a perp”
Tackles killer
HENRY
Doesn’t grill much since Shawn doesn’t come around as often
Grills venison
Serves Dos Equis
Hears murder over the radio
Swears on air after Shawn prank calls him
Likes the Redd Herring’s outdoors program
RACHAEL
Goes to Henry’s for cookout
Walks with Juliet on the beach
Is going to London for 6 months to straighten out immigration and hasn’t told Gus
Comes to the station to talk to Gus and sees the video of Miranda giving Gus “mouth-to-mouth”
Is jealous of Miranda and fights her in the hallway
Says goodbye to Gus at his apartment
Calls from the airport
MIRANDA
Says Gus is more than a pretty face and has a megawatt smile
Mocks Shawn for giving up on the nicknames
Lets Gus call her Miranda
Allows Shawn and Gus all-access to the station
Plans to shut down the station
Wanted to sell the station to Clear Channel
Gets turned on by Gus thinking she killed Crock
Cancels Shawn’s show and gives one to Gus
Gives Gus “mouth-to-mouth”
Fights Rachael in the hallway over Gus
Comes to Gus’ apartment with champagne because she knows Rachael is gone
LAURA
Was Crock’s number one fan and has a shrine set up in her home
President of Crock’s fan club
Freaks out when she hears someone tried to kill Gus
Made t-shirts for Gus’ show
Claims to have a stalker named Bob
Calls Gus’ show at a pre-arranged signal
Ran away to hide in the bushes 3 blocks away
Doing fine with her medication
PINEAPPLE SIGHTING
On the towel on the back of the chair when they visit Dean
GUS NICKNAMES
Vijay Armitraj
Django Unchained
A Player Named Gus
Burton Goutster
SHAWN’S NICKNAMES
Gus calls him White Chocolate
Calls himself Jalinda calling Gus’ show
CATCHPRASES
“C’mon, son.” (episode: 2 Series: 24)
SHAWN & GUS FISTBUMP
Episode: 3
Series: 61
ALLUSIONS
Dead air - an unintended interruption in a radio broadcast during which no sound (i.e. an unmodulated carrier wave) is transmitted. The term is most often used in cases where program material comes to an unexpected halt, either through operator error or for technical reasons. Among professional broadcasters, dead air is considered one of the worst things that can occur.
“I mean, basically, you're like Drew Barrymore in Firestarter, except you don't get older and then get naked in Doppelganger.” - Firestarter is a 1984 American science fiction thriller film based on Stephen King's 1980 Firestarter. The plot concerns a young girl who develops pyrokinesis and the secret government agency known as The Shop which seeks to control her. The film was directed by Mark L. Lester, and stars David Keith, Drew Barrymore, Martin Sheen and George C. Scott. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjF674gZQps Doppleganger is a 1993 American supernatural thriller film starring Drew Barrymore. A woman moves from NYC to LA after a murder, in which she is implicated. She is followed by what is apparently her evil alter- ego. She moves into a room for rent by a writer, and he begins having an affair with her, but after some strange things happen, he's not so sure if the affair is with her or her doppelganger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-W_FIvJpkTo
“Why don't you liven things up a little bit and read Dean-o's mind and tell us what Jonas brother he's daydreaming about right now?” - The Jonas Brothers were an American pop rock group. Formed in 2005, they gained popularity from their appearances on the Disney Channel television network. They consist of three brothers from Wyckoff, New Jersey: Paul Kevin Jonas II, Joseph Adam Jonas, and Nicholas Jerry Jonas. In the summer of 2008, they starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and its sequel, Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam. They also starred as Kevin, Joe, and Nick Lucas, the band JONAS, in their own Disney Channel series JONAS, which was later re-branded for its second season as Jonas L.A. The show was eventually cancelled after two seasons. The band released four albums: It's About Time (2006), Jonas Brothers (2007), A Little Bit Longer (2008), and Lines, Vines and Trying Times (2009). In 2008, the group was nominated for the Best New Artist award at the 51st Grammy Awards and won the award for Breakthrough Artist at the American Music Awards. As of May 2009, before the release of Lines, Vines and Trying Times, they had sold over eight million albums worldwide. After a hiatus during 2010 and 2011 to pursue solo-projects, the group reconciled in 2012 to record a new album, which was cancelled following their break-up on October 29, 2013.
“He's like the Howard Stern of radio.” - Howard Allan Stern (born January 12, 1954) is an American radio and television personality, producer, author, actor, and photographer. He is best known as the host of The Howard Stern Show, his long-running radio show which gained popularity when it was nationally syndicated on terrestrial radio from 1986 to 2005 before its move to Sirius XM Radio in 2006. Stern first wished to be on the radio at five years of age. He landed his first radio jobs while at Boston University-WTBU, the campus station, and WNTN in Newton, Massachusetts. From 1976 to 1982, Stern developed his on-air personality through morning positions at WRNW in Briarcliff Manor, New York, WCCC in Hartford, Connecticut, WWWW in Detroit, Michigan, and WWDC in Washington, D.C. Stern worked afternoons at WNBC in New York City from 1982 until his firing in 1985.
“It's my temporary visa, it's a nightmare situation.” - A visa (from the Latin charta visa, meaning "paper which has been seen") is a conditional authorization granted by a country (typically to a foreigner) to enter and temporarily remain within, or to leave that country. Visas typically include limits on the duration of the foreigner's stay, territory within the country they may enter, the dates they may enter, or the number of permitted visits. Visas are associated with the request for permission to enter a country and thus are, in some countries, distinct from actual formal permission for an alien to enter and remain in the country. In each instance, a visa is subject to entry permission by an immigration official at the time of actual entry and can be revoked at any time.
Henry drinks Dos Equis - Dos Equis is a lager that was originally brewed by the German-born Mexican brewer Wilhelm Hasse in 1897. The brand was named Siglo XX ("20th century") to commemorate the arrival of the new century, and the bottles were marked with the Roman numeral for 20 ("XX"), thus "Dos Equis" which is Spanish for "two X's". The main brand Dos Equis XX Special Lager is a 4.45% abv pale lager sold in green bottles. Dos Equis XX Amber is a 4.7% Vienna-style amber lager sold in brown bottles, and was first exported to the United States in 1973.
Garcelle Beauvais-Nilon (Miranda) - Garcelle Beauvais (French pronunciation: [gaʁsɛl bovɛ]: born November 26, 1966) is a Haitian-American actress and former fashion model. She is best known for her roles as Francesca "Fancy" Monroe on The WB television sitcom, The Jamie Foxx Show, which ran from 1996 to 2001, and as Valerie Heywood on the ABC crime drama, NYPD Blue.
“Well, I am psychic detective, Shawn Spencer, and this is my partner, Django Unchained.” - Django Unchained is a 2012 American western black comedy action film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Set in the Old West and Antebellum South, it is a highly stylized variation of the spaghetti Western. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUdM9vrCbow
Crock-Os - a shout out to the fans of Psych (Psych-Os)
“Did he say it like a normal person, or like the Moviefone guy?” - Moviefone is an American-based movie listing and information service. Moviegoers can obtain local showtimes, theatre information, film reviews, or advance tickets. The service is owned by AOL. In 1989, Russ Leatherman, Rob Gukeisen, Andrew Jarecki, Pat Cardamone, and Adam Slutsky launched the interactive telephone service, with initial service in New York City and Los Angeles. Russ Leatherman provided the voice of "Mr. Moviefone" for the automated phone service. After gaining popularity, it later expanded across the United States and eventually adopted an online presence as Moviefone.com.
“Gooood Morning Santa Barbara” - Shawn is channeling Robin Williams from “Good Morning Vietnam”, a 1987 American war-comedy film written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. Set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War, the film stars Robin Williams as a radio DJ on Armed Forces Radio Service, who proves hugely popular with the troops, but infuriates his superiors with what they call his "irreverent tendency". The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS radio DJ Adrian Cronauer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V-O6nq92wY
“Whoa, hey, Redd Herring.”- A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important issue. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences towards a false conclusion. A red herring might be intentionally used, such as in mystery fiction or as part of a rhetorical strategy (e.g. in politics), or it could be inadvertently used during argumentation.
“She just used Crock to boost her ratings till she could sell the station to Clear Channel and make her money back, but the deal fell through.” - Now known as iHeartMedia Inc., is an American mass media company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It is the holding company of iHeartCommunications, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications, Inc.), a company founded by Lowry Mays and B. J. "Red" McCombs in 1972, and later taken private by Bain Capital, LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners through a leveraged buyout in 2008. As a result of this buyout, Clear Channel Communications began to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of CC Media Holdings. On September 16, 2014, CC Media Holdings was rebranded iHeartMedia, Inc., while Clear Channel Communications became iHeartCommunications, Inc.
“See you in my recurring Hunger Games nightmare.” - The Hunger Games is a series of three adventure novels written by the American author Suzanne Collins. The series is set in The Hunger Games universe, and follows young characters Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark as they battle through a deadly battle royal and face the results of their every action. The Hunger Games universe is a dystopia set in "Panem", a country consisting of the wealthy Capitol and twelve districts in varying states of poverty. Every year, children are chosen to participate in a compulsory annual televised death match called The Hunger Games. It has been turned into a 4-film franchise starring Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss and josh Hutcherson as Peeta. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfmrPu43DF8
“You're like a more agitated Blair Underwood, but I have a counteroffer.” - Blair Underwood is an American television, film, and stage actor and director. He played headstrong attorney Jonathan Rollins on the NBC legal drama L.A. Law for seven years. He has received two Golden Globe Award nominations, three NAACP Image Awards and one Grammy Award. In recent years, he has appeared on The New Adventures of Old Christine, Dirty Sexy Money and In Treatment and was in NBC's The Event.
The shot under Miranda’s leg is from the seduction scene in “The Graduate”, 1967 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. It is based on the 1963 novel The Graduate by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), and then proceeds to fall in love with her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxJDOkr_UhE (the scene referenced in about 45 seconds in)
Gus’ “I believe” speech - to me could be referring to the same time of speech from “Bull Durham”, a 1988 American romantic comedy sports film. It is partly based upon the minor league experiences of writer/director Ron Shelton and depicts the players and fans of the Durham Bulls, a minor league baseball team in Durham, North Carolina. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKO8pmzU1Lk
“I Believe I Can Fly” - a 1996 song written, produced and performed by R&B singer R. Kelly from the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam. It was originally released on November 26, 1996, but later appeared in Kelly's 1998 album R. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIQn8pab8Vc
“You know I'm bad news first ever since we saw Prometheus on opening night.” - 2012 science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, and starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron. It is set in the late 21st century and centers on the crew of the spaceship Prometheus as it follows a star map discovered among the artifacts of several ancient Earth cultures. Seeking the origins of humanity, the crew arrives on a distant world and discovers a threat that could cause the extinction of the human race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sftuxbvGwiU
“Yeah, you, standing naked, posing like Captain Morgan.” - Captain Morgan is a brand of rum produced by alcohol conglomerate Diageo. It is named after the 17th-century Welsh privateer of the Caribbean, Sir Henry Morgan who died on 26 August 1688. Since 2011, the label has used the slogan "To Life, Love and Loot." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Agk32dCl2lc
“Miranda's worth over $8 million in assets alone, and she owns three El Pollo Locos.” - El Pollo Loco is a restaurant chain based in the United States, specializing in Mexican-style grilled chicken. Restaurant service consists of: dine-in, take-out, with some locations offering drive through options. The company is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California and operates over 400 (as of March 2014) company-owned and franchised restaurants in the Southwestern United States. "El Pollo Loco" is Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9asS_mseAc
“No kidding, Bruce Wayne.” - Bruce Wayne, an American billionaire, industrialist, and philanthropist. Having witnessed the murder of his parents as a child, he swore revenge on criminals, an oath tempered with a sense of justice. Wayne trains himself both physically and intellectually and dons a bat-themed costume to fight crime. In films, he is depicted wearing black turtlenecks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEPQ3imirBM
“By the way, his name is just ‘Gus’, and he wears footy pajamas, and he gets gout, like, three times a year.” - Gout (also known as podagra when it involves the big toe) is a medical condition usually characterized by recurrent attacks of acute inflammatory arthritis-a red, tender, hot, swollen joint. The metatarsal-phalangeal joint at the base of the big toe is the most commonly affected (approximately 50% of cases). It may also present as tophi, kidney stones, or urate nephropathy. It is caused by elevated levels of uric acid in the blood. The uric acid crystallizes, and the crystals deposit in joints, tendons, and surrounding tissues.
“Somebody call Con Edison and prepare for a blackout'cause A Player Named Gus and Laura are gonna make the lights go out in this city.” - Consolidated Edison, Inc., commonly known as Con Edison or Con Ed, is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $13 billion in annual revenues as of 2010, and over $36 billion in assets. The company provides a wide range of energy-related products and services to its customers through its subsidiaries.
Jiffy-Pop popcorn (Juliet making it at Laura’s) - Jiffy Pop is a popcorn brand of ConAgra Foods. The product combines popcorn kernels, oil, and flavoring agents with a heavy-gauge aluminum foil pan and expandable, light-gauge aluminum foil cover. As the pan is heated, the popping corn causes the cover foil to unfold and puff up. "Jiffy" in the name alludes to the short cooking time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgF8jVJf5nA
“That's what you two nimrods came up with in the crapper?” - In most English-speaking countries, Nimrod is used to denote a hunter or warrior, because the Biblical Nimrod is described as "a mighty hunter". In American English, however, the term assumed a derogatory meaning, probably because of Bugs Bunny's references to Elmer Fudd as a "poor little Nimrod". While this was most likely using the term's "hunter" sense, it contributed to the development of a sense "one who was easily confounded". An alternative explanation of this sense is that it derives from the John Steinbeck memoir Travels with Charley: In Search of America, in which Steinbeck used the term sarcastically while describing an inquest that was held after a hunter accidentally shot his partner: "The coroner questioning this nimrod...”
“Laura is Bob, and Bob is Laura, and who knows how many other personalities you have swimming around in your cute but crazy, Aimee Mann-looking face.” - Aimee Mann is an American rock singer, singer-songwriter, bassist and guitarist. In 1983, she co-founded the new wave band 'Til Tuesday with Berklee classmate and boyfriend Michael Hausman (who went on to manage her solo career). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uejh-bHa4To
“Maybe Laura's in a good place, but Bob is an Eli Roth movie.” - Eli Roth is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is known for directing the horror film Hostel and its sequel, Hostel: Part II. He is also known for his role as Donny "The Bear Jew" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film Inglourious Basterds for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award (Best Acting Ensemble). Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their explicitly violent and bloody horror films.
“He flipped and killed Crock, and he did it all on the cheap in Romania.” - Romania[a] (Listeni/roʊˈmeɪniə/ roh-may-nee-ə; Romanian: România [romɨˈni.a] ( listen)) is a republic in Southeast Europe, bordering the Black Sea, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Hungary, Serbia, and Moldova. It has an area of 238,391 square kilometres (92,043 sq mi) and a temperate-continental climate. With 19.94 million inhabitants, it is the seventh most populous member state of the European Union. Its capital and largest city, Bucharest, is the sixth largest city in the EU. The River Danube, Europe's second longest river, rises in Germany and flows southeastwards for a distance of 2,857 km, coursing through ten countries before emptying in Romania's Danube Delta. The Carpathian Mountains, with their tallest peak Moldoveanu at 2,544 m (8,346 ft), cross Romania from the north to the southwest. Modern Romania emerged within the territories of the ancient Roman province of Dacia, and was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. At the end of World War I, Transylvania, Bukovina and Bessarabia united with the sovereign Kingdom of Romania. In World War II, Romania was an ally of Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union, fighting side by side with the Wehrmacht until 1944, then joined the Allied powers after being occupied by the Red Army forces. Romania lost several territories, of which Northern Transylvania was regained after the war. Following the war, Romania became a socialist republic and member of the Warsaw Pact. After the 1989 Revolution, Romania began a transition back towards democracy and a capitalist market economy.
“Yeah, and pigs fly.” - The phrase "when pigs fly" is an adynaton-a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication of such a phrase is that the circumstances in question (the adynaton, and the circumstances to which the adynaton is being applied) will never occur.
CONTINUITY
Henry and Dos Equis - (3x13 "Any Given Friday Night at 10pm, 9pm Central", 6x09 “Neil Simon’s Lover’s Retreat”)
“Not since the incident” - Shawn walked in on Henry and Maddie having sex (7x01 “Santabarbaratown 2”)
Gus does his cool thumb/nose move - (2x05 “And Down the Stretch Comes Murder”, 2x14 "Dis-Lodged", 2x15 "Black and Tan: A Crime of Fashion", 3x03 "Daredevils!", 3x06 "There Might Be Blood", 3x08 “Gus Walks into a Bank”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”, 5x07 “Ferry Tale”, 6x09 “Neil Simon’s Lover’s Retreat”)
Jerk Chicken - (1x07 "Who Ya Gonna Call?", 1x11 "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not, He Loves Me, Oops He's Dead!", 2x08 "Rob-a-Bye Baby", 2x10 "Gus' Dad May Have Killed an Old Guy", 3x04 “The Greatest Adventure in the History of Basic Cable, 4x05 “Shawn Gets the Yips”, 7x01 “Santabarbaratown 2”)
El Pollo Loco - Shawn based Chad’s accent on the El Pollo Loco guy (2x13 "Lights, Camera... Homicidio") Ironically, the “guy”, Christian de la Fuente, appeared as Zapato in 2x01 “American Duos”)
Camp Tikihama - (2x09 “Bounty Hunters”, 3x15 “Tuesday the 17th”, 7x01 “Santabarbaratown 2”)
Lassiter calls Shawn and Gus nimrods - (7x03 “Lassie Jerky”, 7x11 “Office Space”)
Lassiter claims he was never clocked by a perp but he was knocked out in 3x11 “Lassie Did a Bad, Bad Thing”)