Funny where HP turns up!

justcarol67 justcarol67 at yahoo.com
Wed Mar 17 16:24:53 UTC 2010


Marianne wrote:
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> There have been a couple of actors have been in HP movies and Dr. Who.  I know of at least 2, and there might be more.
> 
> One situation stands out.  Dr. and Martha are in a Shakespear era, and they are having troubles.  Course when aren't they having troubles in that show.  :o)
> 
> For some reason Martha yells "Expelliarmus" and the Dr. yells "Thank you J.K."  There's also a reference to the DH in one of the Dr. Who. shows.  Dr. said "It made me cry."
> 
> Both references made me laugh.

Carol responds:
Even the educational TV show "Nova" had a Harry Potter reference. Last night I was watching an episode about the evolution of flowering plants. One of the scientists was excited to find mandragora fruit, which he had been looking for for a long time, and referred to the plant as "mandragora, made famous by the Harry Potter series" (or Harry Potter books, I forget his exact words).

I didn't laugh, of course, but I was pleasantly surprised.

Carol, who always associates mandragora (mandrake) with John Donne





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