That’s nothing like what he described in this episode though.

Sure, the nitty-gritty details of how the tech works aren’t important, but the overall nature of it is. The Pipers decided that using the compression algorithm for high-quality videoconferencing is a more viable product than Richard’s nebulous “platform” based on the same algorithm. That makes sense and it doesn’t…

Are the writers setting Richard up to go to prison? Because his “new Internet” scheme is straight-up malware.

"Hey, it's-a me, Claudius!"

Everyone knows about Roz Chast already. That would be like putting, I dunno, Martin Scorsese on a list of up-and-coming young filmmakers to check out.

The flying tiger one is definitely not meant to be a Garfield. That's a common type of hanging ornament found in Indian tchotchke stores. (They're not all tigers in suits though.)

Not true. Early on, members of the Wehrmacht were actually forbidden from joining any political party. Even during the war, there were non-Nazi generals.

AKA the Wacky Neighbor Entrance.

Anachronism: Green lasers weren't on the market for another fifteen years or so. "Violet" (actually blue) lasers are even more recent.

Seeing an actor on set isn't much evidence of the character's fate anyway. Could be shooting flashback scenes, could be a dream sequence, could be an evil twin.

Like that its abbreviation is PA?

Judging by the rusty undercarriage and the bald mismatched tires, that truck is anything but "brand new."

I thought it was an oblique reference to “the dingo’s got my baby!” from the A Cry In The Dark case.

The guy would have to yell at everyone who walked through the door. Even if you’re already wearing bowling shoes, you can’t use them on the lanes if you’ve been walking around outside in them.

The exterior of the rodeo bar that Haley and Andy go to is a well-known venue in San Francisco. That’s sort of like using an exterior of the Whisky to represent a Sacramento karaoke joint.

Offices mostly use “carbonless” forms if they need instant duplicates, but you can get sheets and big rolls of plain carbon paper at art supply stores. It’s useful for transferring drawings onto canvas, or cheating at photo reference.

If they’d shown a realistic turtle roadkill it would not have been funny at all. I’ve seen half-crushed turtles and for some reason it is uncommonly horrifying, way more so than mammalian roadkill. I’ve hit deer and rabbits but it’s the tortoise that haunts me.

Sorry to nitpick, but he was called Gérard de Nerval by then. Labrunie was his birth surname but he is most famous for Nerval’s Lobster.

I still see papers in the driveways of suburban neighborhoods all the time. Well, on the occasions I’m in suburban neighborhoods, which is admittedly not all that often.

The old lady might have had a wheelchair around. I’ve seen DPs use those even on productions where they could afford or even actually had a dolly.