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613: The Sinister Urge

Skin flicks inspire a young man to commit murder.

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Beginning of the episode

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Narrator
There you are, Don, back in bed this morning.
Crow, as narrator
Now a giant cockroach.

Refers to Franz Kafka's 1915 story "The Metamorphosis," which is about a man who wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant bug.

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Crow
She's getting ready for her date with Jerry Seinfeld
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Tom
Goodnight Neely O'Hara
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Narrator
Before you put on your dress..
Mike
Caress

"Before you dress, Caress" was an advertising slogan for Caress brand soap.

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Tom
Tail 'n Mane really works!
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Narrator
And now, how do you look?
Tom
Kinda parochial
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Tom
The scantily-clad prey

(Most likely) a reference to the 1966 Oscar-nominated film "The Naked Prey"

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Crow
The Maidenform woman, you'll never know where she'll turn up

Slogan for the women's underwear brand Maidenform from 1968.

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Mike
And Rosie Ruiz takes the lead in the Boston Marathon.

Ruiz, thought to be the first woman to win the Boston Marathon, had actually cheated by jumping-in from the crowd during the last half-mile.

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Mike
Oh I love this game, "The Sinister Urge is a silly urge"
Tom
"The Sinister Urge is a stupid urge"
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Crow
Looks like a pump, feels like a pump, let me tell ya..

From the Easy Spirit Women's Walking Shoe slogan "Looks like a pump, feels like a sneaker"

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Mike
She must be one of Senator Packwood's aides.

US Senator Bob Packwood was accused of sexual misconduct by former staffers and lobbyists in 1992.

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Mike
[unintelligible] Lutheran picnic. (help?)
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Mike
Quickly, into the TARDIS!

The TARDIS is a time machine and spacecraft in the television programme Doctor Who. The name is an acronym of Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space.

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Girl in phonebooth
Operator, operator!
Mike
Get me Silvia's mother.

"Sylvia's Mother" was the first hit song for the band Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show. It was written by Shel Silverstein.

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Tom
Richard Diamond, operator.

"Richard Diamond, Private Detective" was a detective drama on radio from 1949 to 1953 and on television from 1957 to 1960.

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Man answers phone
Crow
Yeeeeesss?

Catchphrase for radio & TV actor Frank Nelson, first used on the Jack Benny Show and later reprised on sitcoms (I Love Lucy, Sanford and Son) and commercials (McDonalds)

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Tom
No, Jesus isn't on the line

Lyrics from the Manhattan Transfer song "Operator"

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Crow
Let's see here.. spectacles, testicles, wallet and watch.

Mnemomic for how to properly make the Catholic sign of the cross, originally from Eric Idle's character in film "Nuns on the Run"

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Mike
Yeah, Wingsong, I'd know it anywhere.

Wind Song is a women's perfume, popular during the 1970s.

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Crow
Oh man, Scavullo's tough to work with.

Francesco Scavullo was a fashion photographer known for his cover shots for Cosmopolitan magazine.

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Tom
It's Bizarre with John Byner! (Only better)

"Bizarre" was a weekly Canadian TV sketch comedy series, airing from 1980 to 1985, hosted by John Byner.