Media References
In season 4, episode 19 of Boston Legal, Carl Sack, played by John Larroquette, stated, "Well, there goes my Humanitas Award," after a long rant against organized religion. This was an instance of breaking the Fourth Wall, as John Larroquette's short–lived eponymous sitcom won the award in 1995, as did Boston Legal creator David Kelley in 1996 and 2003.
The short lived Clerks: The Animated Series parodied the award in its first episode; main character Dante Hicks mentioned that it was "an award for shows that don't use words like retarded", to which friend Randal Graves replied, "That's retarded. And queer."
In the 2007 Sopranos episode "Stage 5," Tony Soprano's nephew, Christopher Moltisanti, asks a writer about his "Human-itis" award. The writer corrects Christopher, correctly pronouncing "Hu-ma-ni-tas", after which Christopher whacks him on the head with the award. The Sopranos creator David Chase is a previous recipient of an Humanitas award.
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Famous quotes containing the word media:
“Few white citizens are acquainted with blacks other than those projected by the media and the so—called educational system, which is nothing more than a system of rewards and punishments based upon one’s ability to pledge loyalty oaths to Anglo culture. The media and the “educational system” are the prime sources of racism in the United States.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)