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Tom Hanks in The 'Burbs (1989)

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The 'Burbs

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Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Oscar Surprises for 1988 (TV Episode 1989)

      Clips appear in the teaser for the next episode.

    • "Camp Midnite" Show 108 (TV Episode 1989)

      A clip is shown.

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Chances Are/Paperhouse/The 'Burbs/Bert Rigby, You're a Fool/High Hopes (TV Episode 1989)

      Reviewed.

    • "Scene by Scene" Tom Hanks (TV Episode 2001)

      A clip is shown.

    • "The Cinema Snob" Gums (TV Episode 2012)

      Snob recognizes Brother Theodore in Gums and then recalls him as Ruben Klopek.

Features

    • The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg (Short 1936)

      This is the cartoon playing on TV early in the movie

    • Little Boy Blue (Short 1936)

      Seen on the tv near the beginning.

    • Shadow of Chinatown (1936)

      Seen on Walter's TV after the cast break into his house.

    • Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (TV Series 1968–2001)

      Is on the T.V. when Ray wakes up in the morning.

    • Here's Lucy (TV Series 1968–1974)

      Promotional photos featuring Gale Gordon and Lucille Ball are used as family photos in Walter's living room.

Referenced in

    • "Camp Midnite" Show 108 (TV Episode 1989)

      Rick Ducommun discusses the movie.

    • She-Devil (1989)

      Listed under "Soon To Be Released" in People magazine.

    • "One Foot in the Grave" Who's Listening (TV Episode 1990)

      VHS in video shop.

    • Clerks (1994)

      Video case is shown in a video store.

    • Paper Thin (1999)

References

    • Citizen Kane (1941)

      In the Klopek basement there is a sled with the name "Rosebud".

    • Rear Window (1954)

    • Curse of the Demon (1957)

      'Ray Peterson' reads a book entitled 'The Theory and Practice of Demonology' by 'Julian Karswell'. In the film 'Night of the Demon', the demonologist character is called 'Julian Karswell'.

    • "The Twilight Zone" The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street (TV Episode 1960)

      A plot involving neighborhood suspicion and judgment.

    • The Lucy Show (TV Series 1962–1968)

Spoofed in

    • "Friends" The One Where Everybody Finds Out (TV Episode 1999)

      Art's "Now they know that we know that they know that we know!" line is parodied numerous times

Spoofs

    • Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

    • Patton (1970)

    • Gremlins (1984)

      same TV station in both movies

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