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on Halloween, the sisters are dressed as witches, they lift their dresses up a little and they have red and white striped socks just like the ones seen when Dorothy's house lands on the Wicked Witch
camera spins as it goes down the stairs
"...damn Twilight Zone"
When young Gillian and Sally come to live with their aunts, Fran says, "In this home, we have chocolate cake for breakfast." This is a reference to a routine from "Bill Cosby: Himself."
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Siskel and Ebert's thumb verdicts shown during the "Now in Theatres" segment
On Marquee in "Praise You"
referenced among the then-current witch phase
Featured in
Clips are shown. Movie is reviewed. Thumbs up from Siskel; thumbs down from Ebert.
clips
Spoofed in
The part where the loser friend doesn't get hit by all the bikes going by, but then gets hit by the truck is totally a spoof of Practical Magic when in the beginning of the movie Sandra Bullock's husband doesn't get hit by the bikes, but then gets killed by the semi.
When the two sisters are under the covers together, the camera pulls out to show them giggling and playing around together