# Breaking the 4th wall by not breaking the 4th wall **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-4th-wall-by-not-breaking-the-4th-wall/834706 "2019-05-29T14:22:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 68
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> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > Wax on was a reference to The Karate Kid. There was a long thread about references to actors previous roles. In most cases, I don’t really consider that breaking the 4th wall. > [@Humorous Allusions to Actors' Previous Roles](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/humorous-allusions-to-actors-previous-roles/928191): > > On Frasier, Laurie Metcalf as a frustrated “Nanny G” asks the titular character if he has “any idea what it’s like to play the same character for 20 years,” an allusion to Kelsey Grammar’s role on Cheers! On The Beverly Hillbillies, Bank President Milburn Drysdale mistakenly addresses actor “Dash Riprock,” played by Larry Pennel, as “Ripcord.” Ripcord was a syndicated TV series of the early '60s, in which Pennel played skydiver “Ted McKeever.” Can you think of any others? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breaking-the-4th-wall-by-not-breaking-the-4th-wall/834706)._