Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?: Difference between revisions

** When [[The Colbert Report|Colbert]] discussed Burger King advertising Windows 7, he said that Apple had to get in on this and they would need something "McDonalds Big... for Mac...". He decides on Carl Jr's.

* In the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Rose", the Doctor speculates as to where the Nestene Consciousness could have concealed a huge, metal, wheel-shaped transmitter in the middle of London. As he talks, his head is framed by the London Eye (a massive Ferris wheel). Rose notices it and smiles, and he says "What?" She gestures, and he turns round, then turns back "''What??''" He gets it eventually.

{{quote|'''The Doctor''': Valley of {{spoiler|1=half-eaten TARDISs}}. You thinking what I'm thinking?

'''Idris''': I'm thinking all of my sisters are dead. That they were devoured. And that we are looking at their corpses.

** The other variation on the gag would be a non-sequitur from Pinky, which actually distracts Brain because he ends up agreeing with it.

{{quote|'''Brain:''' Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Sancho Pinky?

'''Brain:''' (nearly hits Pinky, stops at the last moment as it sinks in) A worthy enigma, Sancho Pinky. }}

** ''[[Pinky and The Brain|Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain]]'' featured a variation on this running gag in the form of Brain asking if Pinky has "Any questions?", with Pinky responding by asking a completely irrelevant question. Then, at the end of the episode, Brain gives Pinky the answer to his question. Example: