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- CreatorJoan Ganz CooneyLloyd Morrisett Jr.StarsJim HensonFrank OzCaroll SpinneyOn a special inner city street, the inhabitants, human and muppet, teach preschool subjects with comedy, cartoons, games, and songs.Pilot - s1e1 Baby Elmo and Big Bird seen
Más - s3e5 mentioned in song lyrics - CreatorGabe KaplanAlan SacksPeter MeyersonStarsGabe KaplanRon PalilloJohn TravoltaA compassionate teacher returns to his inner city high school of his youth to teach a new generation of trouble making kids.Pilot - s1e1 Pinkman said to White "You're not welcome back, Kotter"
- DirectorFrancis Ford CoppolaStarsMartin SheenMarlon BrandoRobert DuvallA U.S. Army officer serving in Vietnam is tasked with assassinating a renegade Special Forces Colonel who sees himself as a god.Pilot - s1e1 When knocking down the Meth lab, Hank says "Watch this, makes them shit" and imitates Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries"
Better Call Saul - s2e8 mentioned by Hank - CreatorAnthony YerkovichStarsDon JohnsonPhilip Michael ThomasSaundra Santiago-Resplendent with authentic 1980s music, fashion, and vibe, "Miami Vice" follows two undercover detectives and their extended team through the mean streets of Miami, Florida.Pilot - s1e1 When White said to Pinkman that they will not take the drugs that are making, Pinkman said "You've seen too much Miami Vice"
- StarsChen KenichiHiroyuki SakaiWayne LeGetteChefs from all over the world come to fight a culinary battle against one of President Kaga's "Iron Chefs". They have one hour to prepare a meal where each dish must prominently feature the special ingredient of the day.Pilot - s1e1 mentioned in dialogue
- DirectorR.W. GoodwinStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonLindsey GinterDeep Throat tips Mulder to a critically important case involving a missing fugitive and the cloning of extraterrestrial viruses.Pilot - s1e1 When Walt is showing to Jesse the chemistry supplies he stole from the school, he mentions that he's got an "Erlenmeyer flask". Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad, was a writer and producer on several seasons of 'The X-Files'.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsBurt LancasterTony CurtisSusan HarrisonPowerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.Cat's in the Bag... - s1e2 Episode title is part of a quote from the film
...And the Bag's in the River - s1e3 Episode title is part of a quote from the film - DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. What they don't know is that Mary is only faking her disability to swindle the insurance company. When the boys witness a hypnotist, "The Great Svengarlic", doing his act on the street, they think he might be able to hypnotize Mary so she can walk. Instead, they become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament, they fall into a window, startling Mary, who jumps from her wheelchair just as the insurance adjuster is about to hand her a check.Cat's in the Bag... - s1e2 Jesse watches the short on TV.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance....And the Bag's in the River - s1e3 mentioned in dialogue
Phoenix - s2e12 mentioned by Saul
Kafkaesque - s3e9 Marie likens Walt's fictitious card counting technique to that of Rain Man. - DirectorCecil B. DeMilleStarsCharlton HestonYul BrynnerAnne BaxterMoses, raised as a prince of Egypt in the Pharaoh's household, learns of his true heritage as a Hebrew and his divine mission as the deliverer of his people from slavery.Cancer Man - s1e4 Charlton Heston as Moses mentioned
- CreatorNorman LearDon NichollMichael RossStarsIsabel SanfordSherman HemsleyRoxie RokerA nouveau riche, African-American family who move into a luxury apartment building develop close, if occasionally fractious, relationships with other tenants.Cancer Man - s1e4 mentioned in dialogue
- DirectorTony ScottStarsBruce WillisDamon WayansChelsea FieldA private detective's protected female witness is murdered, prompting him and the victim's boyfriend to investigate the crime that leads to a corrupt politician and a crooked football team owner.Cancer Man - s1e4 References the rolling wife in flour joke
- CreatorChris CarterStarsDavid DuchovnyGillian AndersonMitch PileggiTwo F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.Cancer Man - s1e4 Title is a reference to Cigarette-Smoking Man nicknamed the same. Series creator Vince Gilligan had previously served as a writer and producer that series.
- StarsEmeril LagasseTodd WarnerMalina MoyeEmeril Lagasse takes cooking to a whole new level preparing delicious food with a live band and special guests try the food. BAM!Cancer Man - s1e4 Emeril and "Bam!" mentioned together
- DirectorFred F. SearsStarsHugh MarloweJoan TaylorDonald CurtisExtraterrestrials traveling in high-tech flying saucers contact a scientist as part of a plan to enslave the inhabitants of Earth.Cancer Man - s1e4 Walt Jr. is watching this movie
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.Crazy Handful of Nothin' - s1e6 Tuco Salamanca is named after the protagonist of the classic 1966 Western, Tuco Ramírez.
A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal - s1e7 Tuco Salamanca is named after the protagonist of the classic 1966 Western, Tuco Ramírez.
I.F.T. - s3e3 Quote "There are two kinds of people: ..."
El Camino - Jesse and Neil have a duel for all of Todd's drug money. This is a reference to the infamous Mexican standoff scene in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" in which Blondie, Tuco and Angel Eyes have a duel for the entire bounty of gold found in the cemetery. - DirectorStuart RosenbergStarsPaul NewmanGeorge KennedyStrother MartinA laid-back Southern man is sentenced to two years in a rural prison, but refuses to conform.Crazy Handful of Nothin' - s1e6 The title as well as a spoken line by Marie during the card game are lifted from a line spoken by Dragline (George Kennedy) to Luke (Paul Newman).
- DirectorBrian De PalmaStarsAl PacinoMichelle PfeifferSteven BauerIn 1980 Miami, a determined Cuban immigrant takes over a drug cartel and succumbs to greed.Crazy Handful of Nothin' - s1e6 Jesse says he isn't Scarface in reference to drugs
Shotgun - s4e5 Mentioned in dialogue.
Hazard Pay - s5e3 watched on TV - DirectorJoel CoenEthan CoenStarsWilliam H. MacyFrances McDormandSteve BuscemiMinnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard's inept crime falls apart due to his and his henchmen's bungling and the persistent police work of the quite pregnant Marge Gunderson.A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal - s1e7 the episode's title is a reference to a quote from this movie
- StarsJay LenoKevin EubanksEdd HallJay Leno takes over the Tonight Show with interview, sketches, and plenty of laughs.Seven Thirty-Seven - s2e1 "World's Dumbest Criminals" mentioned
- DirectorMiguel M. DelgadoStarsCantinflasLeonora AmarJosé BavieraA slapstick fantasy of the amorous adventures of a magician a la Cantinflas.Grilled - s2e2 Hector is watching the movie
- DirectorHoward HawksStarsHumphrey BogartLauren BacallWalter BrennanDuring World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.Bit by a Dead Bee - s2e3 the episode's title is a reference to a quote from this movie
- DirectorMel StuartStarsGene WilderJack AlbertsonPeter OstrumA poor but hopeful boy seeks one of the five coveted golden tickets that will send him on a tour of Willy Wonka's mysterious chocolate factory.Bit by a Dead Bee - s2e3 Willy Wonka mentioned
Bullet Points - s4e4 Hank jokes that the initials W. W., which are written in Gale Boetticher's notebook, could stand for Willy Wonka. - StarsFred RogersBetty AberlinDavid NewellFred Rogers explores various topics for young viewers through presentations and music, both in his world and in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.Peekaboo - s2e6 mentioned by Jesse
Shotgun - s4e5 mentioned in dialogue
Rabid Dog - s5e12 Mentioned in dialogue - DirectorAnthony RizzoStarsGeorge WinslowLeo M. Langlois IIIRay J. MauerInstructional short aimed at school-aged children of the early 1950s that combines animation and live-action footage with voice-over narration to explain what to do to increase their chances of surviving the blast from an atomic bomb.Negro Y Azul - s2e7 "Bert the Turtle" from this film is played