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It's actually two jokes: Marshall McLuhan was a theorist whose name any film student or semiotician (if they exist outside France) would recognize in a subversion of stereotypes, it was a humble nurse who made the reference, which went over the head of the doctor (and McLuhan himself)
One of the nurses in the hospital laughs at the U.S. Marshal sent to affix an electronic bracelet to Junior's ankle when he mentions his last name is McLuhan. His professional name is therefore Marshal McLuhan, similar to the name of Canadian philosopher Marshall McLuhan .
- March 26, 2000
- Tim Van Patten
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- Terence Winter
Marshal McLuhan. David Chase is such an oddball. This is a very odd inside joke, and one a nurse in 2001 is not likely to get. But in Season 2, Episode 11, the nurse asks a U.S. marshal if his name is really McLuhan. As in, "Marshal McLuhan?"
Sep 1, 2010 · The web page reviews two episodes of The Sopranos, focusing on the theme of audience complicity in Tony Soprano's crimes. It does not mention the famous Marshall McLuhan quote about the medium being the message, which is the query's main topic.
A federal Marshall comes to the hospital room to attach a surveillance bracelet to Uncle Junior's ankle. The nurse notes that the Marshall's last name is McLuhan, leading to a joke that he could be called after a Canadian philosopher named Marshall McLuhan.
We might remember the funny scene in 2.02 when Corrado tried—unsuccessfully—to avoid having an ankle bracelet be a condition of his house arrest. Michael McLuhan from the U.S. Marshal’s office now arrives in this episode to attach the bracelet.
Mar 26, 2000 · A woman in the hospital makes fun of a U.S. Marshall affixing an electronic bracelet to Junior when she hears his last name is McLuhan. This is a reference to Marshall McLuhan. When Corrado's doorbell rings and Bobby asks who it is, Junior replies, "Judge Crater. How should I know?"
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