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Author Topic: Re: Universal Header.....Who was Babs? Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-22-2000 06:59 PM                     Years ago at the end of a Universal film the visit Universal Studios header said to ask for Babs. Who the heck was Babs? Mark  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-22-2000 07:04 PM                       That was a character in ANIMAL HOUSE who, it said in the wrap-up at the end of the picture, ended-up as a tour guide at Universal Studios. ------------------ Better Projection Pays!  |  IP: Logged Pete Lawrence Expert Film Handler Posts: 192 From: Middleburg, PA Registered: Aug 1999 posted 05-22-2000 10:06 PM                     Wow, that's got to be near a record. Five minutes from Mark posting a question till Tim posts the answer. And yes, Tim is correct. That's where the reference to Babs comes from. They took shots at everything else in ANIMAL HOUSE, why leave out Universal.  |  IP: Logged Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-23-2000 12:13 AM                        How many films actually carried the "Ask for Babs" tag? The only one I know which, for sure, carried that tag was The Blues Brothers. It seems that John Landis likes to pay tribute to his own, previous films in every film he makes.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 05-23-2000 05:26 AM                     You'd be surprised sometimes at how fast a question is answered by someone here. The only movie I know of is Blues Brothers that carried the tag.  |  IP: Logged John Walsh Film God Posts: 2490 From: Connecticut, USA, Earth, Milky Way Registered: Oct 1999 posted 05-23-2000 08:27 AM                     "Ask for Babs" was a promotion Universal had. If you really asked, you got a T-shirt or something. The promotion ended a few years ago. There were several films that had the, "Ask for Babs" tag at the end, while the promotion was active. I don't know which ones because Universal wouldn't give us any product for almost 20 years, after a previous administration did a 'double-selling' scam.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 05-23-2000 06:06 PM                     all John Landis films distributed via Universal from Animal House on have the 'Ask For Babs' on the Universal logo. all the way up to Blues Brothers 2000. I DID 'ask for Babs' back about 15 years ago at Universal, didnt get a t-shirt tho. (Nor did I get Babs <darn!> ) but the tram tour guy congratulated me on my sharp eye and then explained to the tram tour about Landis' little gag... Aaron  |  IP: Logged Michael Barry Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 584 From: Sydney, NSW, Australia Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-24-2000 01:18 AM                     I love stuff like that! The other Landis gag, of course, is 'See You Next Wednesday'. Does anyone know if and where it appears in each of his films? I'll start off. In 'Blues Brothers' it's the billboard that the 'Good ol' Boys' are parked behind prior to their flubbed attempt to chase the heroes... Tom Ferreira Expert Film Handler Posts: 203 From: Conway, NH, USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-24-2000 05:53 AM                     And of course, in Kentucky Fried Movie, it was the film playing in 'feel-a-round'. As I recall, in Thriller, it was on a marquee. Greg Anderson Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 766 From: Ogden Valley, Utah Registered: Nov 1999 posted 05-24-2000 06:56 AM                        Is it just me, or do others think it's kind of pathetic that he's paying tribute to his own work all the time? Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-24-2000 08:00 AM                     Well....isn't it fun to see Hitchcock in his films? Geez, So whats the big deal? Mark Jesse Skeen Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1517 From: Sacramento, CA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 09-14-2000 01:05 AM                     I watched "Beverly Hills Cop III" an entire SECOND time JUST to look for the "see you next Wednesday" and still couldn't find it! I didn't notice it in "Vampire in Brooklyn" either but that movie was so crappy you'd have to pay me to watch that again.  |  IP: Logged Wade Dupree Film Handler Posts: 6 From: Birminham, Alabama, USA Registered: Aug 2000 posted 09-14-2000 08:58 AM                     You'll also hear the "see you next wednesday" gag in "Michael Jackson's Thriller" ...remember when they're sitting in the theater at the beginning?  |  IP: Logged David Kilderry Master Film Handler Posts: 355 From: Melbourne Australia Registered: Sep 1999 posted 09-17-2000 05:19 AM                        What about Harrison Fords number plate in "American Graffiti" - THX 138 a take on George Lucas' fist major film "THX 1138" and it keeps going with the cell block number on the death star in "Star Wars" that houses Leia. Any others?  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 09-17-2000 05:53 AM                     THX 138 was the number plate on the car in 'Swingers' also.  |  IP: Logged

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