The Fall Guy (TV Series 1981–1986)
George dangling from the train signal is in the series opening titles as one of Cole's stunts."The Fall Guy" Reluctant Traveling Companion (TV Episode 1982)
Train footage used.Heroes of Black Comedy (TV Mini Series 2002)
Richard Pryor: I Ain't Dead Yet, #*%$#@!! (TV Special 2003)
The N Word (2004)
clip used
- Richard Pryor introduces a clip from his movie
- Clips are shown for the review.
"Lørdagshjørnet" Gene Wilder (TV Episode 1978)
clip shown- Brief rereview for CBS broadcast premiere (November 15, 1979). Clip shown
"At the Movies" Pryor to Murphy (TV Episode 1983)
A clip is shown.
- Clips seen on Sheriff's TV set.
The Pyjama Girl Case (1978)
Advertised on a theater marquee."Supertrain" The Queen and the Improbable Knight (TV Episode 1979)
Plot elements.The 52nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special 1980)
Ultra Flesh (1980)
Title mentioned by actor John Seeman.Trading Places (1983)
The Jazz Singer (1927)
When Grover is disguising George to look black, he says "Al Jolson made a million bucks looking like that."The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Death of the main villain has the same cause - hanging out the side of a train with a look of recognition just before being hit by an oncoming train.The Narrow Margin (1952)
North by Northwest (1959)
Airplane! (1980)
The ground controller that accidentally directs a plane that crashes through the large windows inside the terminal, is a parody of the out-of-control train crashing through the terminal wall in Chicago.
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