My So-Called Life

Patty: Exactly when did I turn into Auntie Em? Auntie Em, a fictional character from the Oz books by L. Frank Baum, looks after her niece Dorothy.

Patty: The night we watched The Nutty Professor on cable? The Nutty Professor, a 1962 film starring Jerry Lewis, is about a nerd who invents a serum that makes him cool.

Camille: I plan on looking like Tina Turner when I'm fifty. Tina Turner, one of the world's best-selling singers of all time, is known for her energy and long legs.

Patty: We end up looking like Germaine Greer on the back of that book. Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and feminist. Her most famous book The Female Eunuch focuses on how women are taught to hate themselves.

Brian: So Chase, you still have my Malcolm X, right? Brian was referring to his book, The Autobiography of Malcolm X written by Alex Haley, that he lent to Angela.

Angela: I mean, what if Amelia Earhart had stayed with the group? Rickie: Or Diana Ross. Amelia Earhart, an American pilot, author, and women's rights activist, was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. However she disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean and was never found. Diana Ross became famous while headlining the female singing group The Supremes. After a decade Diana left the group and established an even more successful solo career.