Season 1 · Episode 5 · 1993
Here's Looking At You
14 cultural references across 8 categories.
Art
1Film
1Historical Figure
3George Stephanopoulos
George Stephanopoulos is a political commentator and former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton who became a TV journalist and anchor.
“You know who speaks it all the time? G'George G'Step-gan-ogp-ogu-logs.”— Patrice
Strom Thurmond
Strom Thurmond was a longtime U.S. Senator from South Carolina, known for his conservative politics and record-setting filibuster.
“I promise you, Senator Thurmond is not in your closet.”— Frasier
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
The 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), who was paralyzed from the waist down due to polio and used a wheelchair.
“history is full of sexy limpers. For instance, Franklin Delano Roosevelt.”— Daphne
Other
1Philosophy/Psychology
1Theatre/Opera
2Kismet
Kismet is a 1953 musical based on the play by Edward Knoblock, featuring music adapted from Alexander Borodin. The word also means 'fate' or 'destiny' in Turkis…
“It's Kismet!”— Frasier
La Cage aux Folles
A 1983 Broadway musical by Jerry Herman and Harvey Fierstein, based on the 1973 French play by Jean Poiret, about a gay couple and their nightclub.
“a matinée of "La Cage Aux Folles"”— Niles
Travel
2Space Needle
An iconic observation tower in Seattle, Washington, built for the 1962 World's Fair, standing 605 feet tall.
“we even spat off the top of the Space Needle”— Niles
Columbia Tower
The Columbia Center (also known as Columbia Tower) is the tallest building in Seattle, Washington, standing at 937 feet.
“I saw in the news there's a bunch of falcons nesting in the eaves of the Columbia Tower.”— Martin
Wine/Alcohol
3Chateau Petrus
Château Pétrus is one of the most expensive and prestigious wines in the world, produced in the Pomerol appellation of Bordeaux, France.
“When he thought he was tasting the Chateau Petrus, he was in fact sipping a Forcas Dupres.”— Niles
Forcas Dupres
Likely a reference to a lesser Bordeaux wine, possibly Château Fourcas Dupré from the Listrac-Médoc appellation, a much more modest wine compared to Pétrus.
“he was in fact sipping a Forcas Dupres. You see, we'd switched the labels.”— Niles
Piechoné Logeavie
Likely a humorous mispronunciation or reference to a Bordeaux wine, possibly Château Pichon Longueville, a prestigious Second Growth Bordeaux estate.
“His face must have turned redder than a "Piechoné Logeavie."”— Frasier