tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post2941047081628196903..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Folklore: A Re-examinationKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-5909823400236648052010-01-17T02:45:14.784-05:002010-01-17T02:45:14.784-05:00My all-time favorite episode title is Psych's ...My all-time favorite episode title is Psych's season 2 episode, "Psy Vs. Psy," a play on Mad magazine's cartoon, Spy Vs. Spy.Carolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-9602219556060708492009-12-11T02:42:11.938-05:002009-12-11T02:42:11.938-05:00That's Harry Chapin.That's Harry Chapin.Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04450897654318345683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-3154829450762600182009-12-10T22:00:08.055-05:002009-12-10T22:00:08.055-05:00From Lois & Clark:
The Ides of Metropolis
Th...From <i>Lois & Clark</i>:<br /><br />The Ides of Metropolis<br /><br /><b>The Ides of March—made popular by Shakespeare's Julius Caesar</b><br /><br />Fly Hard<br /><br /><b>Die Hard</b><br /><br />Tempus Fugitive<br /><br /><b>A play on the term "tempus fugit" (time flies); "Tempus Fugit" is also the title of an <i>X-Files</i> episode.</b> <br /><br />From <i>House</i>:<br /><br />TB or Not TB<br /><br /><b>"To be or not to be"—from Hamlet </b><br /><br />Sleeping Dogs Lie<br /><br /><b>"Let sleeping dogs lie"—an idiom meaning "let it go" or don't make a fuss. There is a thematic--and literal!--connection between the title and the episode's plot.</b><br /><br />From <i>Stargate</i>:<br /><br />The Devil You Know<br /><br /><b>"Better the devil you know than the devil you don't"—also shows up as an album and book title!</b><br /><br />From <i>Due South</i>:<br /><br />They Eat Horses, Don't They<br /><br /><b>This is actually a play on the movie title They Shoot Horses, Don't They?</b><br /><br />Hawk and Handsaw<br /><br /><b>"When the wind is southerly, I know a hawk from a handsaw"—Hamlet (note: this is the second Hamlet reference; the third Shakespeare reference).</b><br /><br />You Must Remember This<br /><br /><b>Lyric from "As Time Goes By," the song sung in Casablanca</b><br /><br />The Man Who Knew Too Little<br /><br /><b>A play on Hitchcock movie title The Man Who Knew Too Much</b><br /><br />From <i>CSI</i>:<br /><br />Cats in the Cradle . . .<br /><br /><b>A reference to the song "Cat's in the Cradle" by Hugh Chapin (not Cat Stevens; yeah, I always thought he wrote it too).</b><br /><br />Scuba Doobie-Doo<br /><br /><b>A reference to Scooby-Doo</b><br /><br />And Then There Were None<br /><br /><b>A reference to the Agatha Christie novel Ten Little Indians or And Then There Were None about a bunch of people who go to an island and all end up dead</b><br /><br />Anatomy of a Lye<br /><br /><b>Reference to an interesting, and unusual, Jimmy Stewart movie, Anatomy of a Murder</b><br /><br />From <i>NCIS</i>:<br /><br />The Good Samaritan<br /><br /><b>Reference to the parable in the New Testament; Ducky summarizes the parable in the episode for all the religious philistines out there.</b><br /><br />The Truth is Out There<br /><br /><b>A term used often throughout The X-Files</b><br /><br />From <i>X-Files</i>:<br /><br />Ghost in the Machine<br /><br /><b>A reference to the "soul" of computers; similar to the title used for the anime series Ghost in the Shell.</b><br /><br />How the Ghosts Stole Christmas<br /><br /><b>A play on the title How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss</b>Kate Woodburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06276977170991272672noreply@blogger.com