Allusions
I
more or less try to tell the story of the Bible straight and almost
literal. However, I do have my fair share of cultural allusions
sprinkled throughout (usually subtly, sometimes not). And here they are. See if you can find them all!
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Douglas Adams:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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The Andy Griffith Show
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Amos 'n' Andy
- Japanese Anime
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Archie Comics
- Back to the Future
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Barbie
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The Beatles
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Ingmar Bergman
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Big Love
- Freddie Blassie
- Ruben Bolling: Tom the Dancing Bug
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Bonanza
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Brenda Starr
- Carol Burnett
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George Carlin: "The Seven Words
You Can't Say on Television"
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The Clapper
- Clueless
- E.L. Doctorow: Ragtime
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DUSKBUSTERS!
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The Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Enuma Elish
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Family Guy
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Fiddler on the Roof
- Friends
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Garfield
- "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
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Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
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The Grim Reaper
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Hagar the Horrible
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
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Zora Neale Hurston: Mules and
Men
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Jenga
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C.S. Lewis: The
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
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The Looney Tunes
- The Love Boat
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Bill Maher
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M*A*S*H
- Paul McCartney: Ram
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Herman Melville: Moby-Dick
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John Milton: Paradise Lost
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Morton's Salt Girl
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The Naked Gun
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Friedrich
Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
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Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince"
Billy): "I See a Darkness"
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Fred Phelps and the Westboro
Baptist Church
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Edgar Allan Poe: "The Raven"
- The Princess Bride
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Q*Bert
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Quantum Leap
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Raging Bull
- Rambo III
- The Rock
- Chris Rock
- Saturday Night Live: David Pumpkins
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Ferdinand de Saussure
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Charles M. Schulz:
Peanuts
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Willard Scott
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Rusty Spell: "The
Boy Who Couldn't Tell Jokes"
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Star Wars
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Superbook
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There's Something About Mary
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The Three Stooges
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Twin Peaks
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2001: A Space
Odyssey
- The Usual Suspects
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Kurt Vonnegut
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William Carlos
Williams: "This Is Just To Say"
- P.G. Wodehouse's Jeeves
- The Wonder Twins
- Frank Zappa: "Broken Hearts Are for Assholes"
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