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Version of
Remake of
This film was a comedic remake of Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.
References
Owen: [Larry has driven his car off the road and it's going downhill through a load of bushes. Sat next to him in the passenger seat is Owen] This is good. It's like the Flintstones car wash.
A poster from the film is seen on the wall of Larry's bedroom.
Referenced in
Reagan Lauren Bush appeared in an adult film called 'Help momma pull a train'
Mentioned on Church Chat
Stop! Or Guess Who'll Shoot My Momma's Babysitter and Throw Her From the Train
During a discussion about Newt Gingrich, Sissy says of his mother, "That woman could have starred in 'Throw Mama from the Train!'"
Mike (in reference to a similar shot): "Photography by Danny DeVito"
Both have the same line: "Old people - you gotta reassure them."
title reference
Plugged during Church Chat
title reference
one of Brian's porn titles: "Add Momma to the Train"
Mentioned in the limo when talking about the old lady in the apartment.
Same line in both "she's not a woman, she's a terminator"
Mentioned by name
paraphrases the title, except the fifth word
A mission in Larry's Western dreamscape is called "Throw Larry from the Train"
When Beth returns the coins she asks Danny DeVito's character Al, "Do you collect coins?" DeVito's character Owen in Throw Momma from the Train has a poignant scene with Billy Crytal's character Larry about Owen's coin collection.
When discussing "Strangers on a Train", Dale mistakes it as that "Danny DeVito movie". Kurt sets him straight with the proper title.
in a clip from "Horrible Bosses," a character confuses "Strangers on a Train" with the similarly-themed Danny DeVito film
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in the 1987 episode




