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James Lee 
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 Posted: May 10 2005 at 21:50 |
^ the one I remember is the episode where wooden Bender leads a group of obsolete robots on a revolutionary crusade against technology "worthy of being chronicled in an anthem by Rush". That made me laugh, anyway.  
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Posted: May 10 2005 at 18:32 |
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their are constant Rush references on Futurama.
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Posted: May 10 2005 at 17:22 |
When Rick Wakeman appeared on Desert Island Disks (a British Radio 4 institution, hosted by Valerie Singleton, another national institution), we had a smattering of prog played in with the usual classical stuff.... even Tull would be ground breaking for Radio 4!
During the interview, as he relayed (no pun intended) to the nation how he got so bored during the solos on the 'Tales from the Topographic Oceans' tour, that each night, he would get a roadie to pop out for a curry for him to nibble at. By the end of the tour, first Jon Anderson, then everyone else ended up dipping their naan breads into his balti round his keyboard stack and dropping poppodom bits into the electrics for 10 minutes, leaving Chris Squire to hold the fort out in the front!!
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Posted: May 10 2005 at 12:03 |
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(Ozzy knows Rick Wakmeman) |
Hmm.. is Rick Wakeman the almost unknown guy that happened to play some synths and piano on Sabbra Cadabra? 
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Posted: May 10 2005 at 10:16 |
In the horrid comdey "Anchorman" Will Farrell does a "jazz-flute" solo and ends it with a Jethro Tull quote.
It's really a BAD film... don't see it. Horrible in every sense. 
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Posted: May 10 2005 at 03:07 |
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I read somewhere that Gentle Giant was mentioned in the Osbournes once. I should expect that of Yes (Ozzy knows Rick Wakmeman), but not Gentle Giant.
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 23:49 |
James Lee wrote:
Aqua Teen Hunger Force- one episode refers to Geddy Lee and Rush at various points, and shows him arriving in a bass guitar-shaped airplane with the good ol' owl painted on the nose.
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There is also an episode of Sea Lab 2021 that has Rush references.
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 23:04 |
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Also, the great scene in "School Of Rock" where Jack Black assigns homework by handing out CD's.
For instance, he gives the drummer 2112, the keyboardist Fragile (he tells him to listen to the solo on Roundabout), and one of the female singers Dark Side Of The Moon (tells her to listen to "Great Gig In The Sky").
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 22:16 |
Aqua Teen Hunger Force- one episode refers to Geddy Lee and Rush at various points, and shows him arriving in a bass guitar-shaped airplane with the good ol' owl painted on the nose.
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 19:18 |
Ben2112 wrote:
There was an unfortunately ill-fated show on a couple of years back called "Freaks And Geeks". It was set around 1980 and was full of references to some of the prog/art rock acts that were big at the time. For instance, one of the main characters was a drummer who idolized Neil Peart and only needed one more piece on his kit to equal Neil's 29-piece (or whatever the actual numbers were). Another scene has him struggling to play along with a recording of "Spirt Of Radio". Also, a great scene where the same character sings an awful but heartfelt version of "Lady" by Styx to his girlfriend. This was an excellent show and I was upset when it was cancelled, but that's par for the course with U.S. TV lately. |
I forgot that show!! There are a couple other references I can think of now that you mention it!
1) Some guy says to a girl in the show "Wanna go see 'Yes' at Cobo [arena] ?
2) Another guy says to the same girl "You should skip the dance...come over...we are gonna play some DSOTM"
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 19:13 |
And of course how can I forget Alex Lifeson's guest appearance on Trailer Park Boys
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Ben2112
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 18:57 |
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There was an unfortunately ill-fated show on a couple of years back called "Freaks And Geeks". It was set around 1980 and was full of references to some of the prog/art rock acts that were big at the time. For instance, one of the main characters was a drummer who idolized Neil Peart and only needed one more piece on his kit to equal Neil's 29-piece (or whatever the actual numbers were). Another scene has him struggling to play along with a recording of "Spirt Of Radio". Also, a great scene where the same character sings an awful but heartfelt version of "Lady" by Styx to his girlfriend. This was an excellent show and I was upset when it was cancelled, but that's par for the course with U.S. TV lately.
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 18:45 |
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I once saw a prog rock reference in Gilmore Girls, believe it or not. Not that I watch that show all to often. |
My sister watches that crap all the time.l The allusion is that some person said that she was Neil Peart or something. That show is utterly awful!
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Posted: May 09 2005 at 16:46 |
I once saw a prog rock reference in Gilmore Girls, believe it or not. Not that I watch that show all to often.
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Posted: May 08 2005 at 16:59 |
Discuss references to progressive rock that you have seen on TV, in movies, in books, etc.
My only one in this area right now is an SNL skit. It has Will Ferrell, John Goodman, and some other actor. The three men are sitting at a bar after work soaking it up pretty good. They are all pretty drunk, when they start talking about a coworker 'hero' of sorts: a Bill Brasky. Anyhoo, Will Ferrell randomly spouts off "the front cover of every YES album was a portrait of Bill Brasky's family" Very odd, but very much a reference to progressive rock.
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