Unusually for episodic radio drama, several episodes were sequels of earlier broadcasts, or at least recycled the same ideas: A character and setting from the very first episode " Nothing Behind the Door " ( 8 June 1947 ) are referenced in one of the last episodes, " The Other Side of the Stars "; in " The Man Who Knew Everything " ( 6 March 1949 ) the titular character seems to die at the episode's end, only to return in " The Venetian Blind Man " ( 3 April 1949 ).

King Richard then decides to marry Edmund to the Infanta instead ( though as often happened, he had to be reminded of Edmund's existence ), setting the episode's plot in motion.

" Debbie Liebling, who served as a South Park producer at the time of the episode's broadcast, said the volcano erupting in South Park helped establish the setting as a place where " anything can happen ".

An episode is considered " First Run " if aired within two weeks of that episode's initial air date.

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The episode's significance is in his forced introspection about his life, and its meaning, while contemplating his impending death by formal execution ; only in formal trial and death does he acknowledge his mortality and responsibility for his own life.

In the episode's epilogue, Sam is shown to have returned to Beth, appearing to her as himself, assuring her that Al is safe and will return to her ; this results in Al and Beth remaining happily married in the future, while Sam never returns to the future.

Also in the episode " Flaming Moe's ," a person in the bar is shown to have that episode's provocative name ( Hugh Jass, or " Huge ass "), and when he takes the phone, Bart quickly explains about it being a prank call and they hang up with Hugh Jass saying " what a nice young man.

Every episode's name is meant to be a suffix to the word " bottom ".

A still photo from the episode's shoot scene with Mike Wallace is on page 68 of the book 60 Minutes ': 25 Years of Television's Finest Hour ( 1993 ) by Frank Coffey.

At the two-part episode's conclusion, Pike is reunited with Vina and given the illusion of perfect health.

Although it is implied that nuclear warfare has destroyed humanity, film critic Andrew Sarris notes that the episode's necessarily unrealistic format may have been what allowed its production to commence:

Logan St. Clair was created to be a recurring character, which is evident in the episode's dialogue, but only appeared once.

The fifth and final episode's status is unknown, but presumed to exist.

The daughter has taken to calling Jerry " Uncle Jerry ", but by the episode's end, it is said she now refers to him as " daddy "-to the clear discomfort of Elaine and Jerry.

The ship is shown ( by a postcard ) to have reached a planet named Siluria with its dinosaurs at the episode's conclusion.

*, an unnamed female voice that presents a short tale in the prologue before each episode that is often related to the theme of the episode's title.

The music during the episode's final scene, for example, is the same as that which played at the conclusion of the Fourth Doctor's regeneration into the Fifth in Logopolis.

The episode's story is similar to Guardian's first comics appearance ( as Weapon Alpha ) in Uncanny X-Men # 109.

The audience's first critical assumption — that this is a " musical episode " where the Buffy cast is presumably unaware that they are singing — is overturned when it becomes clear that the characters are all too aware of their musical interludes and that determining the supernatural causes for the singing will be the focus of the episode's story.

He demonstrates mastery of whatever field of science is convenient for a given episode's plot ; however, in the episode Mars University when asked what he is teaching, he responds: " The same thing I teach every semester, the mathematics of quantum neutrino fields.

The episode's name is the first usage of the phrase " Where No Man Has Gone Before " in Star Trek.

* The episode's title is a reference to the third line in the nursery rhyme " Rock-a-bye Baby ".

Shatner's voice-over introduction during each episode's opening credits stated the starship's purpose:

During the episode's stated date of January 2155, T ' Pol foreshadows future events, such as the fall of the Terran Empire after several centuries ( which would be chronicled in the Mirror Universe episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

During the episode's stated date of January 2155, Archer steals the USS Defiant, an Original Series-era Constitution-class starship which disappears and is presumed destroyed in the Original Series episode " The Tholian Web ", from the Tholians ( who are more aggressive than their non-Mirror counterparts ), but he is later poisoned by Hoshi Sato, who subsequently declares herself Empress of the Terran Empire ( though whether she succeeds in this gambit is not revealed ).

Michels stated that the parody was " very fun " to animate ; " Being from New Jersey, it was a labor of love ," he said in the episode's DVD commentary.

Kruse stated that, while animating the episode, she was worried that the animation department would be offended by the episode's content, as many of the crew members were " very religious.

" Dave Golder of SFX stated that there being " not enough Jacqui " was one of the episode's low points.

In John Ortved's book The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History, Lee stated that he attended the episode's table read, and was impressed with the size and quality of the creative staff, who all sat around the conference table.

" According to Selman, Hawking was very humble regarding the episode's jokes about him, and stated that he " took a lot of shots " at himself.

In the episode's epilogue, it is stated that Jackie is pregnant with his child.

Mike Scully, who worked as an executive producer and show runner for the episode, stated in the episode's DVD audio commentary that the first thing the writers tried to think of while writing the episode was how the Simpson family would fit into the story.

" A writer was then selected to create an outline of the episode's concept – occasionally with some dialogue and jokes – in one day.

The characters perform the Shakespearean dialogue in iambic pentameter, and the episode was wrapped by segments featuring a boy imagining the episode's proceedings because his mother forced him to do his Shakespeare homework instead of watching Moonlighting, which the mother described as " That show about two detectives?

An excerpt of that episode's dialogue was sampled on the Pink Floyd album The Wall, after " Hey You " and before the brief song " Is there anybody out there?

Along with the episode's social commentary on the AIDS pandemic, bits of dialogue do, albeit broadly, address the issue of sexuality-based discrimination.

The newspaper also credited Canadian The Simpsons staff writers Joel H. Cohen and Tim Long for pitching the episode, but this was refuted in the episode's DVD commentary.

While Selman was on vacation, executive producer and the episode's showrunner Mike Scully received a phone call from The Simpsons publicist Antonia Coffman, who reported that Selman's comment on East St Louis had been taken " very seriously " by the newspaper.

Part of the episode's notoriety stems from a popular standup routine by comedian Bill Cosby ( on his 1966 album Wonderfulness ), an account of his staying up late as a child to listen to scary radio shows against his parents ' wishes and being terrified by the chicken heart.

During the first two seasons, the series used a gimmick whereby Jordan and her retired police detective father Maximilian " Max " Cavanaugh ( Ken Howard ) role-play the events leading up to that episode's murder, which were depicted by showing Jordan playing the part of the victim or suspect in a recreation of the scene, the idea being that such role-playing would help Jordan to figure out the circumstances of the crime, like a criminal profiler.

After being given a containment suit by Batman, Jason and Ronnie use their abilities to stop Doctor Double X. Jason decides on the name Firestorm in the episode's final scene, despite Ronnie's protests that he likes the name " Flame Dude.

Many episodes began with a prologue of a person being killed by the episode's menace ; while nothing graphic is shown, it was more grown up than most shows aimed at children.

In an episode's commentary, this artistic contribution is discussed by Futurama co-creator Matt Groening, who describes Cohen as being very particular about how the animators used his design, and that Cohen's original drawing is still framed in his office.

* The second episode of the anime series Cowboy Bebop, " Stray Dog Strut ", further plays homage with the episode's main antagonist being named Abdul Hakim ( after Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's character ) and bearing a strikingly similar appearance.

* The episode's final scene, showing James Caan being ambushed by hillbillies at a toll booth, is a parody of a scene in the film The Godfather when Sonny Corleone, portrayed by Caan, is shot and killed at a toll booth.

In the episode's conclusion, the Doctor presents Sarah Jane with a new K-9 to encourage her to continue investigating alien activity ; the Doctor " rebuilt " him after the Mark III's sacrifice, implying that he had the same mind and memories as his predecessor while still being a " brand new model ".

Catharine Lumby of the University of Sydney cited the episode as an example of good satire as it " managed to explore a lot of issues in quite a deep way [...] without being overtly political " which she claimed, along with the episode's humor, made its anti-homophobia message more successful than that of other gay-themed shows like Queer as Folk.

Reviewing the episode for the Daily News of New York City before the episode's official broadcast, Eric Mink complimented it for being “ fitfully funny ”, however he added that the episode “ seem short on the pop-culture digs and celebrity skewering that used to put a high gloss on the show's gleaming reputation ”.

She is often the Damsel in Distress of the series, either being kidnapped or held hostage by the episode's antagonist, only for Tarzan to rescue her.

Despite the episode being a " leftover from last season ", The Washington Post still applauded the episode's humor, saying, " Who cares?

In his review, Haigh criticized the Simpsons writers for not making sense of the story, and denounced the episode's ending for being " abrupt.

'" Eric Goldman, Dan Iverson and Brian Zoromski of IGN marked Hamill's guest appearance second on a list of " Top 25 Simpsons Guest appearances " saying that much of the episode's humor came from Hamill being " a good sport about his past ".

As the first radio episode's writing progressed, the Guide became the central focus of his story, and he decided to base the whole series around it, with the initial destruction of Earth being the only hold-over from the " Ends of the Earth " proposal.

In 1996, Nicotero appeared as a contestant on Wink Martindale's Debt, winning the episode's grand prize of $ 14, 106, retiring his debt of $ 7, 053 and being awarded a corresponding cash prize.

Writer Russell T Davies, in the episode's commentary, called the implication of this scene " a theory " as to the Face of Boe's origins, prompting Executive Producer Julie Gardner to urge him to " stop back-pedaling " about the two characters being the same.

The episode's resolution was much discussed by the staff, with one proposed idea being that Springfield would be raised up and the excess rubbish swept underneath it.

") Another recurring gag involves rubber chickens being thrown at Svengoolie after a cornier-than-usual joke — usually at the end of each episode's closing sketch.

Various plotlines leaked before the episode's release, the most notable being the death of the Lone Gunmen.

)" DVD Verdict's Jennifer Malkowski gave the episode a B +, describing the episode's " highlight " as being " One of the reasons the Screamapillar is endangered, that it's ' sexually attracted to fire '.

According to the episode's staff writers, the primary emotion to be felt during this episode is " being alone ".