Talk:Dead Like Me/Archive 3

Orange frogs

Could somebody explain the orange frogs? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.137.102.73 (talk • contribs) 23:39, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

Its georges pet and now its Reggies. Matthew Fenton (contribs) 15:52, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

• On the pilot episode George does a voice over talkinga bout how God(with a lower case "g") gave a frog a jar that contained Death, however, the frog gave a toad the jar, and the toad broke it. The frog George gave to Reggie after JD died is a reference to this story. Pinkfloydfan 14:24, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

• • Didn't she acquire that frog from the little girl who died in a train crash? I may be wrong, I watched that so long ago. Kowloonese 23:59, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

• • • Couple minor notes: to answer Kowloonese, yes George got the toad from the little girl. And I re-watched the Pilot last night, in my last reply, I mixed up the two amphibians; toad had the jar, frog broke it(George quips: "Makes you wish frog had stuck to hawking beer") Pinkfloydfan 02:05, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

• • • • Specifically, a few episodes in (don't recall which one, but it's not the second and I don't think it's the third), George finds that she has the toad (someone--I think maybe Betty?--asks her about it), and George speculates that it followed her all the way back from the train wreck, so George assumes that the toad is the same one that the little girl in the train wreck had, though we're given to believe that she's right.192.128.134.68 21:38, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

• • • • All-time preferred citation: "Frog... Was an asshole".--SidiLemine 12:03, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

The orange frog was in the pilot and then appeared briefly in each episode after that until George buys the terrarium for the frog. I thought the frog wasn't really visible by anyone until she mentioned she wanted the terrarium. She didn't get the frog from the girl. -Jennifer 216.27.13.231 22:10, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Please use proper order and sign talk page postings

I've just untangled some chronological problems with this talk page, due to (A) failure to use the new-topic (+) tab to start new discussions, and (B) failure to sign talk page postings with four tildes (----), which automatically add a timestamp (as well as a username/IP) to a posting. The main purpose of talk pages is to review and discuss article content as it is developed. It is very important that these discussions follow a chronological flow, as they often refer to one another or deal with the consequences of previous discussions. Furthermore, many editors assume that discussions only matter to the individuals involved, but for every active participant, there are many more who will be reading this months or even years from now to understand the reasons for existing content and avoid duplicating earlier discussions.

Editors should not change the content of others' talk-page postings, of course, but they can serve the community well by ensuring the discussions (A) follow proper talk-page order, (B) have headings when the topics change, and (C) have timestamped signatures to make it easier not only to follow the discussion in time, but also to know who to have offline discussions with if desired. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 15:57, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

P.S. I've added a {{talkheader}} to the top of this discussion page to help avoid future problems. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 16:02, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

Trivia: Reference to 42

I may be mistaken but Rube's room number is 41 and as him being the head of the group and the one receiving the ETD it puts him pretty close to the next step or in other words: he just one step short of The Answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything, meaning 42. It was just a random thought that occured to me and I'm still not done watching the show so it could be nonsense altogether. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Edao (talk • contribs) 21:21, 6 August 2006

I dont remember any refs to 42! Matthew Fenton (contribs) 21:23, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Edao, your speculation is what's known as original research, and it's a no-no at Wikipedia. That's a serious problem with much of the "Trivia" items in any article, especially for TV shows. Many editors have the mistaken idea that anything they notice that's even peripherally connected to the show is acceptable for inclusion. But at best, trivia sections should include information specifically about the show that doesn't fit well into the main flow of the article, and should always have a cited source. It's a challenge, I know, but we must keep working at it. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 21:52, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

Date Confusion

According to the article, Betty died in 1926 and Rube died in 1927. However, Rube was there and already undead when Betty died, so this can't be correct... Michaelritchie200 12:16, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I cant remember Rube's death actually ever being mentioned.. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 12:24, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Watching series one on DVD again. Betty got her ring in 1927 as well. I haven't seen anything about Rube's death at all, but it's apparently over eighty years. Michaelritchie200 14:33, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

Mason tells George of a bet between Penny, himself, and other reapers to guess when Rube died, and George answers "1927" very confidently, then declares that Mason owes her money for winning the bet.EdenMaster 05:36, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Category:Dead Like Me characters

Do we really need this cat.? I decided against creating one when I created some of the articles due to there not being a lot - Someone has just created the category however, opinions? Matthew Fenton (talk) 17:38, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

im not quite sure of this, but i think mason is mason's last name. in the episode forget me not in season two when mason is boxing, he says ken mason.

just wondering

its not for improving the article, i really dont care either, to many are for that compared to the fact other wiki's dont do that. whats the name of the song thats played when rube gets the list with George's name on it, and the 1 in the bank scene after the explosion., both these are from episode 1.--Cody6 22:04, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

The trivia section...

Okay' per WP:AVTRIV & WP:TRIVIA we need to work to have no trivia section. thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 20:47, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Trivia

Trivia

• As of 27 November 2006, Dead Like Me has moved to #51 on the Top 100 TV shows listed at TV.com (the number fluctuates day to day).

• The series includes numerous pop culture references; see List of references in Dead Like Me.

• The setting is in Washington State but the show is filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia. While license plates, telephone area codes, and other references are consistent with the show's setting, those familiar with Vancouver landmarks will recognize the Harbour Centre Tower, the Sun Tower, and the Sky Train in the background of some scenes. In addition, a scene where George and Daisy are driving in George's car, a sign for Shopper's Drug Mart, a chain of stores found only in Canada, can be seen. Most of the street names referred to in the show are also names of well-known streets in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana (Oak, Prytania, Elysian Fields, et al.). The supermarket referred to in the show, Langenstein's, is a small New Orleans-based business, (although the real Langenstein's does not deliver groceries).

• Dead Like Me was created by Bryan Fuller, who also co-created Wonderfalls. Both series begin their pilot episodes with the heroine of the series narrating a mythical tale about life and death.

• Dead Like Me's last episode aired on October 31 2004. This is also apparently the day it took place on, since their Halloween was on a Sunday, and the moon was in full phase, as depicted in the episode.

• Mir's de-orbiting, which plays a role in the pilot episode, actually took place in 2001, two years earlier than the show's setting.

• According to series creator Bryan Fuller, Clancy had a story arc that included George realizing her father is gay, and because of this, she shouldn't exist [1]. After Fuller left, Clancy was rewritten to be heterosexual, and has an affair with Charlotte, which results in Joy suing for divorce as the second season began. This rewrite upset Fuller. [2].

• "Der Waffle Haus" is inaccurate German; the correct gender and spelling would be "Das Waffelhaus." This is generally considered as a deliberate joke by the writers. The original script refers to it as "Das Waffle Haus." The name is most likely a play on a chain of restaurants in the southern U.S. called Waffle House.

• The set of Der Waffle Haus later appeared in the television show Stargate SG-1 (another series produced by MGM Television), when character Daniel Jackson contemplated ascending to a higher existence for a second time.[3][4]

• The show is said to be inspired by On a Pale Horse, the first volume of Piers Anthony's Incarnations of Immortality series, in which a personification of death is physically sent to collect souls from the newly dead.

• The show also has a resemblance to The Twilight Zone episodes One for the Angels and Nothing in the Dark, which similarly featured a manifestation of Death calling to collect someone at the time of their passing.

• There were several inconsistencies in the series: We are told gravelings can vaguely be seen "out of the corner of the eye", yet several episodes suggest otherwise. We are told reapers can only reap souls assigned to them; some episodes follow this rule (and found the plot on it) while other episodes prove the opposite. Reapers cannot be recognized by the living (except on Halloween), but in one episode, Rube is recognized from an old Wanted poster, however it is mentioned that after everyone from a reaper's time period has died that reapers revert to their normal appearance. Reapers have no special powers except fast healing, yet in the first episode, a reaper stands on a virtually unclimbable tower in the middle of the city without being noticed in broad daylight.

• At the end of the final episode of the first season, the camera zooms out above the Earth and is actually panning out from the Portland, Oregon area rather than Seattle.

• In the pilot episode the camera zooms in towards the Earth (showing us the fall of the toilet seat that kills George), but instead of the Seattle area we see it approaching downtown Vancouver, BC.

• Throughout the course of the show many actors from the Stargate SG1 series have played minor roles, this is mainly due to both Dead Like Me and Stargate SG1 having links to MGM studios

Theme music

First I thought the theme music was specifically written for the series, but recently I've heard it in use elsewhere as well. Could of course be that they simply used it from Dead like me, but if it isn't, I'd like to know who wrote it and what its title is! -- MiG 13:38, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

The title sequence music is, as far as I know, original by Stewart Copeland. Some of the songs in the soundtrack are "Que Sera Sera" by Pink Martini (pilot, toward the end and through the credits); "Hell" by Squirrel Nut Zippers (pilot, funeral and bank); "Boom Boom Ba" by Metisse ("Reaping Havoc" as George goes through her "Mysterious and Reassuring" scrapbook). --Christopherlin 17:42, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

hey, you may have answerd this, but whats the name of the song that plays through the series, it first plays when rube gets goerges post it note in episode one. --Cody6 20:54, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Moved from page

The reapers' regular hangout, Der Waffle Haus, is said in one episode to be at 782 Oak St., which is not an address in Seattle but there is such an address in both Victoria and Vancouver, BC. [This is not correct; Oak Street in Vancouver starts in the 2100 block.] Moved an IP user's edit to this page Dmanning 04:56, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

sci fi no longer shows the episodes

they stopped in late january, so i think we should change it.--Cody6 20:50, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

I'm watching the show right now on the Sci-Fi channel Jaylectricity 17:21, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Int. air

I've removed the section as it was mostly unsourced (nearly all of it). Also Wikipedia isn't a TV guide, not that it means much as the show itself is over. I'm open to discussion if there's disagreement. Matthew 00:40, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Above the heading "Grim Reaper" there is a box complaining that the following text reads as non-fiction. Instead of changing the way it reads (because it is clear concise and interesting) I think changing the heading will alleviate all problems. A heading such as "Dead Like Me's interpretation of grim reapers" would probably be all you needed. It's a simple solution. I'd edit it right now but I have put no work into this article so I won't presume I can just walk in and change things. Jaylectricity 17:23, 10 July 2007 (UTC)