14 – “Kreskin” – makes reference to The Amazing Kreskin. Click on the button to learn about him. Click on the video, and skip to about 10 minutes into the clip to watch him use his “power of suggestion”.
16 – “Animal” – makes reference to George Orwell and his famous book “Animal Farm” published in 1945. Click on the button to learn about him. Click on “Animal Farm” to learn about his book.
Chapter 2 – “The Ring and I” – makes reference to “The King and I” the famous 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Click on the image to watch the trailer.
50 -“NYSE” – makes reference to EF Hutton, an American stock brokerage firm founded in 1904. EF Hutton became one of the most respected financial firms in the United States and for several decades was the second largest brokerage firm in the United States. The firm was best known for its colorful TV commercials in the 1970s and 1980s based on the phrase, “When E. F. Hutton talks, people listen,” which usually involved a young professional remarking at a dinner party that his broker was EF Hutton, which caused the moderately loud party to stop all conversation to listen to him.
67 – “Answering” – makes reference to the 1974 disaster film called “The Towering Inferno”. Click on the image to watch the trailer.
80 – “Eye 7” – This makes reference to the famous Frank Sinatra song “My Way”. Click on the button to learn about Frank Sinatra. Click on the video to hear the song, and jump to the 0.42 second mark.
90 – “Booth 2” – makes reference to Dr. Who (specifically Tom Baker) who played the main character in the British TV show. Click on the image to watch a short clip.
93 – “Booth 5” – In the golden age of comics, a phone booth was sometimes used by Clark Kent to change into Superman
97 – “Fire3” – The native American’s long name makes reference to the 1994 film “Dances with Wolves” starring Kevin Costner. Click on the image to watch the trailer.
103 – “Battman 1” – The use of “dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner dinner batman” refers to the theme song of the 1966 Batman TV show. Click on the link to hear the theme.