There is a running joke throughout the film of The Killer's use of aliases. When he checks in at airports, the ticketing officials all greet him. All of the names he uses are characters from US sitcoms like Felix Unger, Lou Grant, Sam Malone and Archibald Bunker. It is remarkable that a country that is so literate about popular culture , no one comments on this. " Your name is Felix Unger? Just like the guy in The Odd Couple! Wow!". No one says it.
shareI am from the UK so they did not hit me as much but I knew something was going on there, Lou Grant rang a bell, and I definitely got that when I saw Sam Malone... Also Richie Cunningham in Happy Days was another,.that made me chuckle.
shareit took me awhile to catch on tp this.
shareI missed it. I have this site to thank. Finally there is something here.
Upon seeing it a second time and knowing this, I now see see the names. They are not obvious because they don’t say the full name. But on the screen you might see Bunker, Archibald. The same with - thank you, Mr. Madison. And then you see Oscar Madison. Thank you Mr. Cunningham. Right down the line. And I actually didn’t get Reuben Kincaid because I’ve never seen The Partridge Family. But if it were Sam Spade (Mr. Spade) or Atticus Finch or Auric Goldfinger (Mr. Goldfinger) it would be different. But then so obvious. The way they did it, it is a brilliant side joke.
I guarantee this generation of uneducated troglodytes would not know any of these iconic characters. Only people over the age of 60 would get it.
shareDon't forget George Jefferson
shareNot every country he went to was American. I'm not sure people in France would know who Archie Bunker is.
shareAlso Reuben Kincaid
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