Asylum Allusions

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EPISODE 110: ASYLUM

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Magazine: Men's Health

Sam is reading this magazine in the Creekview medical centre waiting room. On the front cover is actor Sean William Scott, who like Jensen Ackles guest starred in the TV series Sweet Valley High.

Nigel Tufnel

Dean's alias is the name of the lead singer for Spinal Tap, played by Christopher Guest.

Dean: All work and no play makes Dr. Ellicott a very dull boy.

In The Shining, Jack (played by Jack Nicholson) turns psycho when caretaking at a Hotel over the winter. Jack was writing a novel on his spare time, but instead of a story, "All work and no play makes Jack a very dull boy" was repeated over and over

Dean: I love the guy but he writes like friggin' Yoda.

This is alluding to Yoda in the Star Wars movies who always spoke English in a round about way. It is known as Yoda-Speak, or Yodish

Dean: Don't ask don't tell.

"Don't ask don't tell" is the US military's policy on sexual orientation, starting during World War I and continuing to the present day

Dean: Who's the hotter psychic Patricia Arquette, Jennifer Love Hewitt, or you?

This is referring to the two television shows about psychics that can talk to ghosts. Patricia Arquette from the show Medium, and Jennifer Love Hewitt from the show Ghost whisperer.

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