Easter eggs/inside jokes in sitcoms

[opus]

Easter egg meaning: a hidden message, as a cryptic reference, iconic image, or inside joke, that fans are intended to discover in a television show or movie.


For example in one episode of One Day At Time, Barbara wears a Van Halen necklace. Later in the series, Alex has a Van Halen poster on his bedroom wall.

So in honor of Easter, name such types of references from some of your favorite shows.

[Alan Brady's Hair]

In the apartment of the new Frasier:

...Rovello and her team commissioned a ceramic artist to create the two pendant lights that hang near the staircase and feature a personalized touch: "They're a metallic glaze, and they're perforated — one says 'Frasier,' the other one says 'Kelsey,' in Morse code."

Myself, I would prefer that producers focus on developing and telling good stories, instead of sending out veiled messages.

https://ew.com/tv/frasier-boston-hom...ment-set-tour/

[howilu]

On The Dick Van Dyke Show, Sheldon Leonard played mobster Big Max Calvada. The character was based on the name of the production company Calvada Productions, a combination of Carl Reiner, Leonard, Dick Van Dyke and Danny Thomas.

[ThisLittlePiggy]

On Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Tara says "I'll be back before dawn" at the end of Season 4 and then in Season 5 Buffy gets a sister named Dawn.

[VTO6685]

I remember a "Bosom Buddies" episode with a high-school flashback sequence. One of the plaques had the names "T. Hanks" and "P. Scolari" on it, as a sort of homage to the show's co-stars.