
Film and Television In-Jokes
In Only the Lonely (1991), Ally Sheedy appeases prospective mother-in-law Maureen O''Hara by going along to see the 1939 film How Green Was My Valley--starring Maureen O''Hara. Richard LaGravenese, slighted by critic Gene Siskel over his screenplay for The Fisher King (1991) wrote an unsavory character named Siskel into The Ref (1994).
Movies and television shows often feature inside jokes. So...
In Only the Lonely (1991), Ally Sheedy appeases prospective mother-in-law Maureen O''Hara by going along to see the 1939 film How Green Was My Valley--starring Maureen O''Hara. Richard LaGravenese, slighted by critic Gene Siskel over his screenplay for The Fisher King (1991) wrote an unsavory character named Siskel into The Ref (1994).
Movies and television shows often feature inside jokes. So...