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Celeste Hughey, executive producer of 'The 'Burbs,' shares the joy and excitement the creative team felt after Tom Hanks approved the use of his likeness for the show, and talks about other homages to the 1989 classic.
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00:00In one episode, there's a poster from a Tom Hanks movie.
00:03How were those references decided upon?
00:05And does he actually know about these?
00:09We were so happy.
00:10He gave us permission to use his image for the Hinkley Hills founder, H. Horace Hinkley.
00:16It was just like we screamed when we found out that we could do that.
00:20We were hoping that he would say yes.
00:21No, we, like every opportunity we found to layer in something, whether it's Hanks the Bar or, you know, the
00:28opening shot of Coming in Above the Earth, which is reminiscent of the opening movie, to little details like the
00:34dog is named Darla, the dog who played Queenie in the movie was actually named Darla.
00:39So just little elements like that.
00:41I always wanted people to, you know, if you're paying attention and you know the movie inside and out, that
00:46you'll be like, ha, these people, these people know what it's about.
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