Prog’ references in TV

One episode of Eastenders featured a bloke driving his neighbour insane by playing "Red" by KC at a ridiculous volume.

IN the Simpsons also...Mr Burns once said to someone "shine on you crazy diamond!"

On Reno 911, after Officer Dangle gets done playing a little ditty about the dangers of crystal meth on his acoustic guitar to  a highschool class he says "Does anybody have any questions? Well, I've got about an hour to kill.  Does anybody have any suggestions? I know a little bit of Rush and a whole lot of Floyd" That made me happy

 

In the last episode of Cheers ,Diane (the ex-barmaid) comes back to the bar and tries to impress the barman Sam (Ted Danson) by saying she has been working for a law firm.''Who's that?'' asks Sam.''Um Emerson,Lake and ......Palmer'' replies Diane.

In the British comedy film 'Once Upon A Time In The Midlands' the main character is a country and western fan.His wife laments that he used to be a lot less trouble when he was a progressive rock fan! If you watch the credits at the end ,their 2 sons are named Emerson and Lake!!

 

Ivan, in Peru are the Simpson spanish-spokers? They are in Venezuela, even in cable, and I allways want to hear them in english...

Yes Mirco because they are transmited by FOX for Latin America, but I always use the SAP (Second Audio Program) feature to watch the show in English, probably your TV has it and if Simpson are transmited by Fox I'm sure it will work.

For the ones who don't know, Mexican translators have the brilliant idea to change the name of the characters and the referenses, for example if someone talks about Pamela Anderson, they change the reference to Lucía Mendez or Thalia (Cheesy Mexican Soap artists).

In the King of the Hill, they call the kid Beto Reyes and the guy who's wife has an American Indian lover Benavides, this makes no sense at all, there's no redneck with a latin surname. I can't understand why Mexicans who always do the translations still continue with this crap.

But it's even worst, when somebody sings for example Singing in the Rain, they try to translate the lyrics, but they make a mess because you can't even recognize the tune (Literal translations are impossible in music), try to use the singing in the rain melody with something like "Estoy cantando bajo la lluvia".

I'ts even worst when the translation is done by Spanish people, because their accent is so repulsive, I've seen a James Bond movie where Sean Connery says: "Pues hombre, mi nombre es Bond, Jaime Bond"

This is something I can't stand, so I only watch stations that have SAP or those that have written subtitles.

Yes Useful he was Peter Frampton, I hoped you could check this because due to your Simpsons experience I was sure you would remember and as I mentioned I was not sure if it was BTO (Do they also appear in the show ?).

Hey Musical Box, do you remember the South Park episode about Phil Collins, they brainwashed the kids so they could like the boring Phil Collins, they insult the shorty at least 20 times during the half hour.

Iván

In A South Park episode, Cartman insults his teacher by saying "HA HA!! CHARADE YOU ARE!!!"

So the boys are Animals fans im guessing?

I saw an episode of The Simpsons where Bart changes the partiture of the church in cluding a song "In the Garden of Eden" with the music of In A Gadda da Vida (Not exactly prog but close) and it's very funny when the old lady of the organ does the 10 minutes solo, all the people in the church start to light their lighters and the poor lady fades., it washilarious.

On another Simpson episode, Homer acts as a freak for a Rock Festival, and casually opens a box from BTO (I believe)  and a pink pig rises into the air, Randy Bachman starts to cry saying, Homer, we bought this in a sale from Pink Floyd.

Iván

Alot of TV shows have referenced Rush, Mystery Science Theater being
one...and the latest being Aqua Teen Hunger Force that referenced
Geddy...with Meatwad doing his best impression of the synth part of Tom
Sawyer, quite funny


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Whan Yosh an' Stan - us Happy Wanderers frae Leutonia - wert on Toronto's SCTV, thar wert a skit whar Edna Boil be luikin' fer replacerment fer her organist hoosband.
She interviews a chap wiv a Wakey cap, an' ah remembers dem plays sum ELP "Fanfare For Common Man".
Wert ain o' mair prog reference in t'segerment , boot ah fergets em' juist t'now.

Ewan mair provincial -mebbe few remembers local Hamilton,Ontario station program, Hilarious House Of Frightenstein? Wiv Billy Van an' dems ewan hook'd t'Maister, Vincent Price in somehows.
Weel, thar wert the Wolfman DJ pairt on evray show -wiv t'psycherdeleric lightshow bit. Certes they musta did some prog there! Cannae remembers - me brainpan hoorts! Dem "leetle" grey cells...

The final episode of Friends started with a long clip of past moments synchonized to KE9-1-2. They acutally did a really good job of it.