Cubs Fan

20th Feb 2009

Angel (1999)

Supersymmetry - S4-E5

Trivia: To illustrate where her speech is placed on the itinerary, Fred compares it to a baseball player batting between Nomar Garciappara and Sammy Sosa, who both played with the Chicago Cubs. While Garciappara wouldn't join that team until well after the episode aired, and nobody could have known what would happen two years in the future, it's not a mistake; but as a Cubs fan, I find it an interesting choice of comparison.

Cubs Fan

17th Feb 2009

Firefly (2002)

Trivia: The show's theme song, "The Ballad of Serenity", was written by Joss Whedon.

Cubs Fan

14th Feb 2009

Angel (1999)

11th Feb 2009

Angel (1999)

7th Feb 2009

61* (2001)

Trivia: The apartment building in New York City where Mickey and Roger live also appears in the pilot of "Without a Trace", which was created by writer Hank Steinberg.

Cubs Fan

7th Feb 2009

24 (2001)

Trivia: In the season seven premiere, Carlos Bernard is credited as Tony Almeida, even though his return was meant to be a surprise. This was because Tony's return was leaked in a press release almost a year before the episode aired.

Cubs Fan

4th Feb 2009

Valkyrie (2008)

Trivia: Col. von Stauffenberg is inspired to use Operation Valkyrie to assassinate Hitler while listening to Richard Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries". Stauffenberg actually disliked Wagner's music.

Cubs Fan

4th Feb 2009

Valkyrie (2008)

Trivia: One of von Tresckow's aides is played by Philipp von Schulthess, the grandson of Claus von Stauffenberg. In the film, Stauffenberg's wife is pregnant with Philipp's mother.

Cubs Fan

31st Jan 2009

The Dark Knight (2008)

31st Jan 2009

The Dark Knight (2008)

Trivia: The opening bank heist was partly inspired by the climactic bank heist in Michael Mann's thriller Heat. Coincidentally, the Gotham bank manager is played by William Fitchner, who had a supporting role in Heat as an accountant.

Cubs Fan

31st Jan 2009

Angel (1999)

30th Jan 2009

Home Improvement (1991)

30th Jan 2009

The Simpsons (1989)

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