The Gift of the Magi
- Episode aired Nov 9, 2015
- TV-MA
- 54m
Floyd takes action and Charlie tries to prove himself; Peggy and Ed disagree about what to do next; Lou finds himself sidelined during Ronald Reagan's campaign tour.Floyd takes action and Charlie tries to prove himself; Peggy and Ed disagree about what to do next; Lou finds himself sidelined during Ronald Reagan's campaign tour.Floyd takes action and Charlie tries to prove himself; Peggy and Ed disagree about what to do next; Lou finds himself sidelined during Ronald Reagan's campaign tour.
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- TriviaParts of the speech Ronald Reagan' is heard giving is taken from his famous "Rendezvous with Destiny" speech Reagan gave in 1964 in support of Sen. Barry Goldwater 's run for President. Conservative Republicans were so impressed by that speech that it led to Reagan's later election as Governor of California and then President of the U.S.
- GoofsThe banner on the side of Reagan's bus reads "Reagan '80" with a single quote in front of 80 rather than an apostrophe, revealing this mistake to be the result of the automatic "smart quote" feature of modern word processing programs.
- Quotes
Noreen Vanderslice: Personally not sure why you're makin' all this effort.
Ed Blumquist: Gonna buy the shop, be my own boss.
Noreen Vanderslice: And?
Ed Blumquist: And what? That's the American dream.
Noreen Vanderslice: What's the point? Just gonna die, anyway.
Ed Blumquist: What do you mean?
Noreen Vanderslice: Camus says knowing we're all gonna die makes life a joke.
Ed Blumquist: So what, you just you just give up?
Noreen Vanderslice: You could kill yourself, get it over with.
Ed Blumquist: Okay, that - that's not...
[Stammers]
Ed Blumquist: I-I mean, come on, you gotta... you gotta try.
Noreen Vanderslice: No.
Ed Blumquist: You go to school, you get a job, you start a family.
Noreen Vanderslice: Die.
Ed Blumquist: That's... would you please stop saying that? I'm gonna live a long, long life. My... my grandpa was 96.
Noreen Vanderslice: At which point he did what? Died.
- ConnectionsReferences Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
I can't leave out Bruce Campbell, who more than holds his own as Governor Reagan, and I'm pretty sure this is just a one-off. But it was a great performance, nonetheless. IT fit right in with the excellent episode.
10/10
- Mr-Fusion
- Mar 19, 2017
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- Runtime54 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1