Another Authenticity note: It's hard to be absolutely certain, but when Rick gives Sanchez a pound, it looks like he actually gives him a pound coin. If so, then in Garth Marenghi's universe this episode must have been made after June 1983, since that's when pound coins were introduced.
Garth: When I impregnated my wife, Pam, she dutifully gave birth to twins; a huge relief. Though for years I couldn't shake off the fear that one of them might eat the other.
Thornton Reed: Dag! Any thoughts? Rick Dagless: I... don't know anything about it. Besides, i think there are more important matters at present. Thornton Reed: Could you give me an example? Rick Dagless: Like hospital bloody hygiene, I went into the gents and there was a big pube stuck to the pipe so i had to use the one in 'E' wing. Lucien Sanchez: It's true! I went there two month-back and there was a piece of shit stuck to the seat! Rick Dagless: Well someones gonna have to pick that pube off the pipe and it ain't gonna be me! Liz Asher: Come on, surely we can talk about something more sanitary! Rick Dagless: As if your fanny never graced a pan! Lucien Sanchez: Whats crawled up your crack? Rick Dagless: She has! Shes so up herself! Lucien Sanchez: You shut your mouth, or so help me god i'll punch your lights out! Lucien Sanchez: Dunno what the hell's gotten into him! Come on Liz, i'll help you apply some more make-up.
Thornton Reed: (After Rick goes mad trying to save Skipper and in a completely monotonous tone) Look out, he's got a stick!
Dr. Rick Dagless: What I couldn't work out was how he'd managed to make another man pregnant. I guess we'll never know. So, just to restate, that is something we'll never know, you're not going to find out later.
Rick Dagless: When you're different, people fear you. Look at Michael Jackson.
Liz Asher: What are you reading? Rick Dagless:Oh nothing just some horror novel by this guy, Garath Marungi.
Rick Dagless: At least he would be at peace now, on account of being dead.
Garth Marenghi: Other times I copied the storylines from dead authors whose copyright had expired. Bite me.
Garth Marenghi: She knew babies were meant to kick. But were they meant to scratch? No, they weren't.
Rick: He has born half boy, half grasshopper. He never had a chance. Rick: He was different too, and when you're different, people fear you. Just look at Michael Jackson - or The Krankies, although I think they're quite shrewd. Sanchez: She's a good girl. You're too hard on her, Dag. Rick: I know. I just don't find her physically attractive. Rick picks up a Garth Marenghi paperback and starts reading. Rick: "Romford is the cruelest of cities." Good start. "Beneath its skyline's tattered shards lay a million broken dreams." This is good. I've misjudged the genre like so many. Rick: Nothing could take the place of my son. Not even a pet, though I would like a Jack Russell - they're very clever dogs.
Lots of back-story in this episode: we learn that Garth is married to Pam and has four daughters, the eldest of which are twins. And in the show-within-the-show, we learn that Rick fought in Vietnam, and is (was?) married and had a son named Skipper.
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