Did anyone enjoy it when Pepi says to Mrs. Matucheck over the phone about her husband Frank Morgan, "He's up in a balloon with two blondes. !!!!
shareI had never noticed that. I wonder if the line is in the original script, and if the script predates the movie "Wizard of Oz"?
shareI don't know. Wonder if anyone else will chime in on this.
shareI believe the wizard of OZ was in 1935 or 1937....
We can always check for accuracy.
I am sure it was an intentional joke.
Ticks Ticks thousands of ticks, and not one blessed TOCK among them!
It was 1939,the golden year of cinema! And this was after (I always thought Mr Smith was after, oh well!)
"Oh Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon. We have the stars."
To clear this up you would need to find a translation of the original play (1937). Although I think it is probably an in joke.
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What does that have to do with TWOO? (Aside from Frank Morgan.)
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In The Wizard of Oz, Morgan played the wizard. His character ended up flying away in a balloon.
"My name is Paikea Apirana, and I come from a long line of chiefs stretching all the way back to the Whale Rider."
I believe it was meant to be an inside joke since Frank Morgan had done The Wizard of Oz the year before The Shop Around The Corner. The joke may have been even more inside:
Shirley Temple (a blonde at the time) was the first choice for Dorothy but the studio who held her contract at the time didn't want to loan her out to MGM; and originally they were going to have Judy Garland wear a blonde wig for the role but after seeing a few test shots decided against it. Probably all a coincidence; but you never know.
Jesus is the Son of God and my Lord and savior. Pretty cool.
Odds are not. They just did not do stuff like that back then. I cannot think of any example of an irrelevant cross-reference until maybe the 80's. The possible exception to that might be the "Road To" series by Hope and Crosby, or Abbot & Costello ... they did a whole send-up of Frankenstein/Mummy, which is something like that. If you can think of one let me know.
That's one reason I like the older movies more, they were serious and not always trying to pander to tickle the audience.