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{{quote|"Five-oh! Everybody, ''[[West Wing]]''!"<br />
{{quote|"Five-oh! Everybody, ''[[West Wing]]''!"
"[[Aaron Sorkin|West Wing]]?"<br />
"[[Aaron Sorkin|West Wing]]?"<br />
"[[Signature Style|Walk fast, talk fast]]."|''[[Runaways]]''}}
"[[Signature Style|Walk fast, talk fast]]."|''[[Runaways]]''}}
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* Parodied by [[The Rutles]] - in ''All You Need Is Cash'', a reporter is giving a walk and talk to a camera on the back of a van. However, the van slowly accelerates, until the reporter is breathlessly sprinting after the camera.
* Parodied by [[The Rutles]] - in ''All You Need Is Cash'', a reporter is giving a walk and talk to a camera on the back of a van. However, the van slowly accelerates, until the reporter is breathlessly sprinting after the camera.
* Parodied and lampshaded in ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]'' when Johnny and Lil go on a walk... and talk. After a very long time, they stop, look around and realize they must have left the city hours ago and are now out in the middle of a field in the middle of nowhere.
* Parodied and lampshaded in ''[[Johnny Dangerously]]'' when Johnny and Lil go on a walk... and talk. After a very long time, they stop, look around and realize they must have left the city hours ago and are now out in the middle of a field in the middle of nowhere.
{{quote| '''Johnny:''' "Where the hell ''are'' we?"}}
{{quote|'''Johnny:''' "Where the hell ''are'' we?"}}
* Used in the film ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'' when Sam Lowry is trying to catch up to his new superior after a promotion and gets lost in the crowd of people following him. His new boss's name, Mr Warrenn, is a reference to the network of corridors.
* Used in the film ''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'' when Sam Lowry is trying to catch up to his new superior after a promotion and gets lost in the crowd of people following him. His new boss's name, Mr Warrenn, is a reference to the network of corridors.
* ''[[Ghostbusters]] 2'' combines it with [[Suit-Up of Destiny]] on route to fight Vigo in at the New York Museum of Fine Art.
* ''[[Ghostbusters]] 2'' combines it with [[Suit-Up of Destiny]] on route to fight Vigo in at the New York Museum of Fine Art.
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* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' has also done the walk-and-talk-that-ends-up-back-where-they-started gag. May or may not have been a [[Take That]] to ''[[Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip]]''.
* ''[[30 Rock|Thirty Rock]]'' has also done the walk-and-talk-that-ends-up-back-where-they-started gag. May or may not have been a [[Take That]] to ''[[Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip]]''.
** They parodied it once, too.
** They parodied it once, too.
{{quote| '''Liz''': Can you walk and talk?<br />
{{quote|'''Liz''': Can you walk and talk?
'''Kenneth''': Usually, but now you've got me thinking about it. *walks awkwardly during the rest of the scene* }}
'''Kenneth''': Usually, but now you've got me thinking about it. *walks awkwardly during the rest of the scene* }}
** Openly parodied when [[Aaron Sorkin]] appeared as himself, advising Liz as she faced redundancy. The scene included an overt jab at ''Studio 60''.
** Openly parodied when [[Aaron Sorkin]] appeared as himself, advising Liz as she faced redundancy. The scene included an overt jab at ''Studio 60''.