gradjake2011

Just a thread where you can talk about all the different references to other movies/tv shows/etc. I know there are a lot that people don't spot and it's always interesting to find new ones. to kind of see some new 'background jokes' you might have missed.

Here's one:

The Wizard of Oz-In Circus Circus, in the morgue with all the clowns, just before Ned touches Jacky Johnny, it shows a clowns legs. The clown is wearing striped black and white socks with red jeweled shoes.

funky_chick

This may not be a reference, but it is a visual similarity to Little Shop of Horrors

gradjake2011

It might be!

Have you ever seen Groundhog day? They mimicked that opening shot in "Corpsicle"

funky_chick

I grew up watching Groundhog Day and I never noticed that

gradjake2011

Here it is


Groundhog day:


Pushing Daisies:


The only difference is the person walking in the distance in the Daisies one.

funky_chick

Wow, that's great



Here are all the references that I can remember in The Legend of Merle McQuoddy from the movie Pete's Dragon:

The name McQuoddy is a reference to the town's name, Passamaquoddy, from the movie.
Both have a lighthouse keeper named Nora.
Both Nora's lost a guy in a storm (husband in Pushing Daisies and fiancé in Pete's Dragon)
The kid's name is named Elliot, as is the dragon in the movie.
Merle is the name of Nora's husband in this show, and is the name of Pete's abusive, adoptive father in the movie.
Candle On the Water sung in both (by Olive and other guys in this and by Nora (Helen Reddy) in the movie)
The murder weapon was a harpoon gun, which is what the evil doctor (played by Daisies' narrator, Jim Dale) was planning to use to kill the dragon.
Merle McQuoddy hid in sea caves, which is where the dragon Elliot also hid in the movie.
Some characters in both shows wore yellow raincoats

strawberrypie

Thanks for the new thread!

The shot from Corpiscle and the one from Groundhog day are so similar. Maybe they used the same shot?

funky_chick

Oh! And Vivian's drawing of Dwight Dixon was almost identical to the picture in Titanic.

strawberrypie

^

There were also many Hitchcock references, like The Birds and Vertigo.

funky_chick

Okay, you're gonna have to be more specific with that one 'cause the only Hitchcock movie I've ever seen was Psycho and that was a few years ago, so I don't remember it very clearly

strawberrypie

I haven't seen any actually . But I know that the sequence with Dilly Balsam in a boat being attacked by seagulls is a reference to The Birds (basically birds go crazy and attack everyone). And Emerson's dream in Bitches was a reference to Vertigo (don't know more than that, sorry).

There might have been other Hitchcock references, I'm not sure .

funky_chick

Ah okay-dokay

strawberrypie

Bryan talks about The Birds sequence in the S1 DVDs

funky_chick

I forgot about that

bfishes

I am really enjoying this thread. There are a lot of references that I did not see myself!
There's another episode that reminded me about Hitchcock's Vertigo- Bad Habits' bell tower scene reminded me of the bell tower that Jimmy Stewart was afraid to climb and keep the leading lady from jumping off the tower.