# TV show scenes based on movie scenes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 22, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336 "2018-10-22T15:33:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/1 "2018-10-22T15:33:25Z")
Here are 2 from the Sopranos: In Goodfellas the spider character is shot in the foot. In the sopranos the same actor (Michael Imperioli) shoots a guy in the foot. Every season in the Sopranos starts with Tony picking up the paper from his driveway. Goodfellas ends with Henry Hill picking up the paper from his front door. anyone have others? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/2 "2018-10-22T16:11:41Z")
If you count parodies, this could go on forever. There’s a scene in _How I Met Your Mother_ where Ted questions Lily about sabotaging his relationships that rapidly turns into the courtroom scene from _A Few Good Men_. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/3 "2018-10-22T16:19:16Z")
I would prefer to leave out parodies since there are a lot of them and not what I thought of when I started this. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/4 "2018-10-22T16:51:39Z")
There was a scene in My Name is Earl that directly mimicked the scene in Rudy where everyone gave up their jersey so Rudy could play. Even had the same guy as the Manager/Coach and Sean Astin was in it. Not sure if that would be parody. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/5 "2018-10-22T16:58:03Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > I would prefer to leave out parodies since there are a lot of them and not what I thought of when I started this. Parody, homage, mere imitation, etc. … umm how are we supposed to know what’s what? ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/6 "2018-10-22T17:10:07Z")
if it’s played for a laugh (like on SNL for example) I would say it’s parody. But people can decide on their own. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/7 "2018-10-22T17:25:41Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Here are 2 from the Sopranos: > > In Goodfellas the spider character is shot in the foot. In the sopranos the same actor (Michael Imperioli) shoots a guy in the foot. > > Every season in the Sopranos starts with Tony picking up the paper from his driveway. Goodfellas ends with Henry Hill picking up the paper from his front door. > > anyone have others? Not exactly the recreation of a scene, but also from the _Sopranos_ is Silvio amusing the others with his imitations of Al Pacino in _The Godfather_ movies. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/8 "2018-10-22T17:25:41Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Here are 2 from the Sopranos: > > In Goodfellas the spider character is shot in the foot. In the sopranos the same actor (Michael Imperioli) shoots a guy in the foot. > > Every season in the Sopranos starts with Tony picking up the paper from his driveway. Goodfellas ends with Henry Hill picking up the paper from his front door. > > anyone have others? Not exactly the recreation of a scene, but also from the _Sopranos_ is Silvio amusing the others with his imitations of Al Pacino in _The Godfather_ movies. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/9 "2018-10-22T17:33:11Z")
and in the Sopranos Chris says he is late because “the road was packed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive” , lyrics from the Springsteen song Born to Run. and of course the actor who plays Silvio is in Springsteen’s band. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/10 "2018-10-22T17:35:46Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Not exactly the recreation of a scene, but also from the _Sopranos_ is Silvio amusing the others with his imitations of Al Pacino in _The Godfather_ movies. Also, in _Pine Barrens_ the scene where Chris and Paulie take the Russian out in the snowy woods to whack him is a reference to a similar execution scene in _Miller’s Crossing_. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/11 "2018-10-22T17:40:50Z")
Whether this counts as a parody or not is left as an exercise for the reader. It’s played for laughs, but then so was the original. Most people remember the “mirror scene” between Lucille Ball and Harpo Marx from [I Love Lucy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79EnDc-Ucv8). I wonder how many people realize that it’s a re-creation of a similar scene done by Groucho and Harpo in [Duck Soup](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKTT-sy0aLg). That’s Harpo, disguised as Groucho, “inside” the mirror. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/12 "2018-10-22T17:41:16Z")
I really wish we could include parodies because one of my favorites is the JFK deconstruction of Keith Hernandez spitting on Kramer. So, what’ll I’ll mention instead is that a ton of TV shows pay homage to The Godfather with oranges. Even in the Sopranos, Tony is shot while drinking…orange juice. Breaking Bad had a lot of shots with oranges, too. If oranges showed up in the Godfather, someone was going to die. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/13 "2018-10-22T17:46:35Z")
if you want to do parodies it does not bother me , go right ahead. as I said I forgot about that when I started the thread . ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/14 "2018-10-22T17:51:27Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Also, in _Pine Barrens_ the scene where Chris and Paulie take the Russian out in the snowy woods to whack him is a reference to a similar execution scene in _Miller’s Crossing_. also they thought the Russian was already dead, just like Henry and Tommy thought Billy Batts was dead in Goodfellas. Difference is the Russian got away while Batts was killed . ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/15 "2018-10-22T18:30:26Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > also they thought the Russian was already dead, just like Henry and Tommy thought Billy Batts was dead in Goodfellas. Difference is the Russian got away while Batts was killed . Although the Russian got away from Chris and Paulie, it’s ambiguous whether he survived since we never hear about him again. (He was after all severely injured and was inadequately clothed for subfreezing temperatures.) Whatever the resolution was, it was taken care of offscreen. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/16 "2018-10-22T18:44:52Z")
Although not exactly the same scene, Walter White’s taking out his enemies with a machine gun in the finale of _Breaking Bad_ is surely a reference to Tony Montana’s last stand in _Scarface_ (“Say hello to my leetle fren”!"), especially since [Walt watches the scene with his family earlier.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hokt2CMqxnM) (Walt: “Everybody dies!”) ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/17 "2018-10-22T18:47:10Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Although the Russian got away from Chris and Paulie, it’s ambiguous whether he survived since we never hear about him again. (He was after all severely injured and was inadequately clothed for subfreezing temperatures.) Whatever the resolution was, it was taken care of offscreen. Sopranos creator David Chase got lots of questions about the Russian. and his answer was always, "he is not coming back. " ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/18 "2018-10-22T18:57:51Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Sopranos creator David Chase got lots of questions about the Russian. and his answer was always, "he is not coming back. " I’ve also read interviews where he said it was just one of those things that is unresolved. We never find out the resolution of a lot of mysteries in real life, and this is one of those. Personally, I like to think the Russian survived and got together with Tony’s Russian former girlfriend Irena, and they were the ones who commissioned the (also ambiguous) hit on Tony in the finale.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/19 "2018-10-22T20:13:55Z")
ISTR Garry Shandling copying the ping pong scene from _Forrest Gump_, which segued into a parody of the bat-breaking scene from _The Natural_. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2018, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336/20 "2018-10-22T20:23:04Z")
There was an episode of _Magnum, P.I._ in which a retired detective is reunited with an old girlfriend who just got out of prison. The names were changed, but it was pretty obviously an homage to _The Maltese Falcon_. Elisha Cook, Jr., who played Wilmer in TMF, had a recurring role in M,PI as a mobster named “Icepick”. I don’t remember whether or not he appeared in that episode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-scenes-based-on-movie-scenes/823336.md?page=2)