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I just took your Hail Mary clue a bit literally. Not much into video games, I do remember playing Madden Football, Virtua Fighter, and GoldenEye with my stepson. No Final Fantasies in my repertoire. Go, Raf! George

It is, of course, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs "I'm not really bad. I'm just drawn that way." George

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No. There are a lot of giveaway lines for this movie, but I'll try to hold off on them until necessary. (And "An Officer and a Gentleman" was about the Navy, not the Army.) "Do you ever dream about who you're gonna be?" "Who I'm gonna be?" "Yeah." "Aren't-aren't I going to be me?" "What's your sole purpose in this army?" "To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!" "God damn it! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private. Listen up, people..." "Quiet, quiet! He's gonna say something! [pause] "I'm pretty tired... I think I'll go home now." "Dear God, make me a bird. So I could fly far. Far, far away from here." George

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"Do you ever dream about who you're gonna be?" "Who I'm gonna be?" "Yeah." "Aren't-aren't I going to be me?" "What's your sole purpose in this army?" "To do whatever you tell me, drill sergeant!" "God damn it! You're a god damn genius! This is the most outstanding answer I have ever heard. You must have a goddamn I.Q. of 160. You are goddamn gifted, Private. Listen up, people..." George

Video games started to become popular when I was in grad school. I remember playing a number of them in arcades, but the only one available for home use was Pong by Atari. That doesn't seem to meet any of the requirements in your post, though. George

Indeed. George

"The Martians had no resistance to the bacteria in our atmosphere to which we have long since become immune. Once they had breathed our air, germs, which no longer affect us, began to kill them. The end came swiftly. All over the world, their machines began to stop and fall. After all that men could do had failed, the Martians were destroyed and humanity was saved by the littlest things, which God, in His wisdom, had put upon this Earth." George

I can picture the actor from The Flash, but I don't know his name. George

I can only assume Dune (the original, if not the remake). George

You'd think I'd know a film with that female cast... George

Nowhere Man Beatles "To think that only yesterday I was cheerful, bright and gay Looking forward to who wouldn't do The role I was about to play" George

Hah. I knew it was the Beatles but couldn't remember the song. George

Kind of funny, because I'm a big fan of the Reds and Bengals (not to mention Loni Anderson). Hard to believe they don't have an NBA team. (The used to have an ABA team, the Royals, back in the day.) I was completely unfamiliar with the other shows. George

It was. Not "The Lucy Show" or "Here's Lucy." George

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I finally saw the remaining Picard episodes (third season only). The finale was delightful, with another enjoyable cameo at the very end. (A teaser, perhaps, for another spin-off?) If you're a fan of ST:TNG, I STRONGLY recommend this. George

Before he got famous with ST:TNG, Brent Spiner had a delightful, recurring role on Night Court. He played hillbilly Bob Wheeler in some of the show's funniest episodes, along with Annie O'Donnell, who played his wife, June. Both reprised those roles on this week's *new) Night Court. I don't know if that counts as an Easter Egg; maybe it's more of a clapback. But it was fun. George

I watched Time Cop, but it was a long time ago, and Elliott Ness was not the main character (might have been a guest star). George

Assuming I was wrong about Portlandia, I've got no problem with someone else (WW) moving this on. George

Never watched it, but I've heard of it: Portlandia? Portland is IN the title. George

One problem is, I don't watch any reality shows, so that eliminates several of the clues. Maybe it's one of those "Housewives of..." shows. The last clue reminds me of "Murphy Brown," but that wasn't a legal show and went several seasons. Just not getting it. Sorry. George

JWS did play a character by that name, but none of the others. George

Eh-guh-guh-guh-guh Popeye. "You got some 'splainin' to do!" George