I Work in Television
This NYC ad agency, named for its four main partners, features heavily as the backdrop for AMC's Mad Men.
What is Sterling Cooper Draper Price?
Kirkland Signature
What is Costco?
Amber D'Alessio made out with one of these, apparently, in Mean Girls.
What is a hot dog?
This Richard Curtis film from 2003 features nine intertwined stories, too many fat-shaming jokes for my taste, and the most villainous role in Alan Rickman's career.
What is Love Actually?
Vietnam: "Filling is typically meat, but can contain a wide range of foods, including sardines, tofu, pâté, or eggs. Served on an airy baguette with pickled carrots, cilantro and peppers."
What is a bánh mì?
Parks and Rec's Tom Haverford founds this teen clothing service in order to make money off his extensive wardrobe.
What is Rent-a-Swag?
Nice!
What is Walgreens?
One of the original three judges of American Idol, this bass guitarist was well known for telling singers, "it's a little pitchy, dawg."
Who is Randy Jackson?
This 2006 Nancy Meyers rom-com is really half a great movie and half a mediocre one: my preferred way of watching is to flip between this movie and something else on TV, so I can enjoy Kate Winslet's friendship with Eli Wallach without having to sit through Cameron Diaz and Jude Law's improbable romance.
What is The Holiday?
France: "Baked or fried ham and cheese (typically Emmental or Gruyère) brioche-sandwich, sometimes coated in a mornay or béchamel sauce."
What is a Croque-Monsieur?
This fictional superstore serves as the setting to NBC's Superstore, and also makes cameo appearances in other NBC series.
What is Cloud 9?
Market Pantry
What is Target?
Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs is set in Japan, but was inspired by a street sign Anderson saw in this city 5800 miles away.
What is London?
This absolutely bonkers rom-com from 2005 ends in Sarah Jessica Parker spilling a pan of uncooked eggs all over herself, breaking up with one guy to date his brother, and then being cool with her sister dating the first guy. Also, Diane Keaton's character's untimely death.
What is The Family Stone?
Mexico: "Mexican roll (either telera or bolillo) spread with mayo or refried beans and stuffed with various sliced meats, cheeses, vegetables (usually tomatoes, onions and avocado) and your choice of pickled jalapeños or chipotle peppers. It can either be made ahead and tightly wrapped for a packed lunch or (if made to order) grilled on both sides with some butter."
What is a torta?
Issa Dee works to help low-income LA school kids at this questionable non-profit in Issa Rae's Insecure.
What is We Got Y'all?
Signature
What is Jewel-Osco?
The Basenji, a breed of hunting dog that originates from central Africa, is the only dog breed that cannot do this, due to its unusually shaped anatomy.
What is bark?
This 2001 rom-com, starring Kate Beckinsale and John Cusack as two strangers who hit it off at Bloomingdales and find their way back to one another after years apart, led college-age me to a stomach ache at a New York restaurant by the same name; their overpriced frozen hot chocolate is legendary thanks to a scene from this movie.
What is Serendipity?
The Levant: "Flatbread with meat (traditionally lamb) cooked on a vertical spit. Additional fillings include vegetables such as tomato, cucumbers, onions, and pickles, and a sauce, often yogurt- or tahini-based."
What is a shawarma?
Ned, of Pushing Daisies, makes his living as a baker in this specialty diner, which is shaped like a giant dessert.
What is The Pie Hole?
No Name / sans nom
What is Loblaw's?
In Seinfeld episode "The Dog," Jerry agrees to take care of a man's annoying dog while he's in the hospital; when he discovers the man has checked himself out but not called to reclaim his pet, Jerry threatens to take the dog to the pound so that he can leave his apartment to do this.
What is go to the movies?
In this 1995 romcom, Sandra Bullock plays a lonely CTA token taker who saves a handsome commuter from being hit by an oncoming train. He falls into a coma, and Sandra Bullock is mistaken for his fiancée. While waiting for him to recover, she falls in love with his brother. My sister won't watch this movie with me because the lonely protagonist's name is Lucy.
What is While You Were Sleeping?
UK: "Sliced white bread (or a large, flat bread roll) filled with chips [ed. note - English chips, not American chips], usually sprinkled with salt and vinegar or tomato ketchup."
What is a chip butty?