In article ,
Joseph DeMartino says...
>
>On Sep 28, 2:00=A0pm, "James A. Robbins"
 wrote:
>
>> Did you hear about the fan who asked Mira Furlan to say "Moose and
>> squirrel" at a con? =A0She did it be was very confused as to
why this was
>> a source of much humor among the fans.
>
>Well that was a meta-TV moment.  Whoever did that was recreating a
>classic moment from "St. Elsewhere", whether he or she meant to or
>not.  (I'm guessing "meant to".)
>
>At some point in the series, the commie-hating Dr. Craig (the always
>wonderful William Daniels) ended up with a Russian housekeeper.  In
>one episode he ordered her to say "moose and squirrel. Which she did.
>In a very deep, heavily-accented, and somewhat puzzled voice.  Craig
>then nodded slowly and said, "I thought so."  Part of the reaction at
>the con may have come from "St. Elsewhere" fans recognizing the
>exchange.
>
>Regards,
>
>Joe
>

Must be a running joke in some circles.  In the never-produced Peter David/Bill
Mumy Season 5 episode "Gut Reactions" Garibaldi coaxes Londo into
saying the
same thing.

Jan


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