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From: okie@ihuxs.UUCP (B.K. Cobb)
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Subject: GREMLINS background jokes (spoiler?)
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Date: Fri, 15-Jun-84 09:29:18 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 15 09:29:18 1984
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George Otto noticed some background jokes in GREMLINS.
I'd like to point some of them out so you can watch for
'em next time around:

	-  Did you notice that Gizmo and Billy were
	   watching "It's a Wonderful Life," the
	   prototypical Christmas movie?

	-  At the inventor's convention, our friend
	   Robbie the Robot was spouting lines from
	   "Forbidden Planet."  Remember the scene
	   where Earl Holliman wants Robbie to make
	   him some "refreshment?"

	-  Anybody notice the "smiley face" on the
	   refrigerator door?  That's a trademark
	   from another Dante film, "The Howling."
	   Whenever you saw the smiley face, a
	   werewolf wasn't far behind.

I know there were some others--go see it and try to find
'em!

B.K. Cobb
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