The following is from 4.07 Apocalypse, Nowish:
Lorne: “Hey, uh, call me kooky-pants, but maybe we could save the three rounds until after the Chuck Heston Plague-A-Thon cools off.”
This is a reference to Charlton Heston and his role as Moses in The Ten Commandments. The film touches of four of the Plagues of Egypt: Blood, Hail, Darkness, and Death of the Firstborn.
Charlton Heston is also mentioned in 3.04 Carpe Noctem. Angel and Fred go on a “date” to a double-feature of his movies.
Angel: “Am I the only one who read this?”
Wes: “Read what?”
Angel: “Charlton Heston. Double feature! At the Nu-art. Soylent Green and The Omega Man.”
Gunn: “Wow.”
Angel: “It’s two for one. Did I mention, Charlton Heston? Who’s in?”
Fred: “That sounds great!”
Then, later:
Fred: “And he opened every door for me and he paid for the tickets. And even bought a giant popcorn. And every few minutes he’d go like this. Because he wanted me to know it was okay for me to have some. And he’s so lonely because he’s the last man on earth.”
Wes: “Angel?”
Fred: “No! Charlton Heston. The Omega Man? Omega being the last letter of the Greek alphabet so it’s a metaphor. And he walks on the street side and not the building side. It’s old-fashioned, but kind of chivalrous, you know?”
Wes: “We’re back to talking about Angel.”
Fred: “Right.
Related episodes: 3.04 Carpe Noctem, 4.07 Apocalypse, Nowish
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ormaybemidgets on July 2nd, 2007 at 8:38 am
Charlton Heston’s also mentioned in Carpe Noctem. Angel and Fred go on a “date” to a double-feature of his movies.
Angel: “Am I the only one who read this?”
Wes: “Read what?”
Angel: “Charlton Heston. Double feature! At the Nu-art. “Soylent Green” and - “The Omega Man.”
Gunn: “Wow.”
Angel: “It’s two for one. Did I mention, Charlton Heston? Who’s in?”
Fred: “That sounds great!”
Then, later:
Fred: “And he opened every door for me and he paid for the tickets. And even bought a giant popcorn. And every few minutes he’d go like this. Because he wanted me to know it was okay for me to have some. And he’s so lonely because he’s the last man on earth.”
Wes: “Angel?”
Fred: “No! Charlton Heston. The Omega Man? Omega being the last letter of the Greek alphabet so it’s a metaphor. And he walks on the street side and not the building side. It’s old-fashioned, but kind of chivalrous, you know?”
Wes: “We’re back to talking about Angel.”
Fred: “Right.