In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana has to walk to the Grail by stepping on only those tiles that spell “Jehovah” - and almost fails immediately because he steps on “J,” forgetting that “Jehovah” was spelled with an “I” in Latin.
I, J. Indiana Jones.
But his name is Henry.
Indiana was the dog’s name!
He’s got a lot of fond memories of that dog.
Similarly, “soy un perdedor” in Beck’s song “Loser” — though, when I lived in Mexico, this was not the word one would use for a “loser.” I’m pretty sure it’s a gringo’s literal attempt at translating (like saying “yo pienso que…” rather than “creo que…” for “I think that…).
(He made up for it with “Guero” several years later — that really does mean “white dude”).
Not intended, though, right? I think it is just a coincidence, not something they intended and certainly not an obvious thing you realized, no?
Slight hijack: do we ever meet Indiana the dog in the series?
Yeah, he’s in the first episode of the TV series.
See at 1m 17s, and a couple of minutes following.
Don’t recall if he was seen again. Been a while since I saw it.
Didn’t he also make a brief appearance at the beginning of Last Crusade?
Did he? I didn’t think so.
I just watched Hidden Figures for the 7th or 8th time. I’d been assuming that the songs on the soundtrack (at least, the sung ones, not the instrumental mood music in a few scenes) were period pieces they’d picked out, because they sound early-60s-ish. But after watching it a few times, I paid closer attention to the lyrics, and realized that they were a bit too apropos-- “When we slumber, I see numbers”? “They want the Moon, I’m on Mars”? “The women were often banned”? Yeah, of course that was written for the movie.
Today I saw a little pop-up article about the TV series St Elsewhere, which started forty years ago. It had a picture of the cast and I was thinking “Denzel Washington won some Oscars and Mark Harmon had another long-running series. But I wonder who else had a successful career after this show.” So I went to Wikipedia and began looking up the cast members to see what they did after the show. And I was reading the article about David Morse and I was surprised that it didn’t mention his role on the TV series Oz. So I did so more checking.
TLDR version: Today I learned that David Morse and Lee Tergesen are two different people.
He was on the floor when young Indy came in the house at the very beginning.
Thanks!
Could well be a coincidence - though Tom Stoppard contributed to the screenplay, and it seems like exactly the sort of “Easter egg” he’d throw in.
Yep. He raised his head and looked at Indy as he strode past the pooch.
While doing a crossword puzzle just now, I suddenly realized that “Duke” Ellington got his nickname because his surname resembles “Duke of Wellington.”
Duh!
How about Count Basie? One followed the other?
Nope. This from Wikipedia: Ellington credited his friend Edgar McEntee for the nickname: “I think he felt that in order for me to be eligible for his constant companionship, I should have a title. So he called me Duke.”
I stand corrected!
(Though, maybe Mr. McEntee was influenced by the connection I suggested — perhaps even subliminally.)