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If you have any guesses on the first pop culture 'member berry, leave them in the comments! But pay attention to the video as far as what the criteria is!

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Picard 5, 6, and 7 Outtakes

This is "Picard 5, 6, and 7 Outtakes" by Red Letter Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

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QB

“Where do you think Old Spock comes from?”

AshesBoomstick

Alright, Rich I give major brownie points for that last comment. I'm on board, and I'll ride the pun to its inevietable end(bell). Good one. Well played.

Daniel A Taylor

There is a rare purely diagetic member berry in The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension; the watermelon gag. A reference to a in-universe event that the characters know about, but the audience hasn't been presented with.

Eileen Herbert

Okay so I don't think this counts because it's a 'member berry related to an actor and not a franchise, but William Powell plays a crime-solving lawyer in 'Star of Midnight' (1935). He makes a joke about how people think he's "a combination of Philo Vance and Charlie Chan" (famous fictional detectives - which he's claiming he's not) BUT William Powell actually did play Philo Vance in several films from the late '20s and early '30s. The joke is even more meta/'member berry-esque considering the fact that he's probably most well-known for playing fictional detective Nick Charles in the Thin Man movies.

Felicity Brown

I was thinking of George Lazenby saying, “This never happened to the other fellow,” at beginning of OHMSS.

Ty Jay

Maybe something like Doctor Who has done that?

Kate Gottli

A friend and I had a three-beers-deep conversation after the recent Picard review about whether Easter Egg, Memberberry, and Fan Service are interchangeable or not. This was our conclusion, if anyone is interested, lol. Easter Eggs are the least common and most discreet...like an attention to detail not expecting to be noticed by the majority of the audience. It's sort of the most purely artistic choice of the three in its intention. It's not trying to sell you anything or make you clap in the theatre, it's like a creative calling card. Memberberry is a much more obvious self-reference that doesn't further the plot but its existence makes sense without having to reach. It didn't "have" to be there, but it isn't in defiance of cannon or completely wrong... It feels almost like an inside joke and either intentionally/unintentionally gives you a sense of confidence that "don't worry, your beloved franchise is in good hands" Fan Service is the schlock end of the spectrum, absolute pandering...the stuff of exec notes and twitter speculation to cater to the "market" of people who go to midnight showings dressed in cosplay...y'know, the people who spend the most money. It's like a sleazy sales tactic.

Matt Sandwich

I think the first memberberry was when Edison was filming a bunch of naked men. It's supposed to be a reference to when Edison was a naked man.

Katy

If we're talking genre references (which would exclude Eileen's suggestion above [which, no shade BTW]) I vote for the scene in Superman (1978) where Clark Kent, running around looking for a place to change, runs past a modern half-stand phone booth, gives it a puzzled once over, and moves along.

Andrew Stickman

Alfred Hitchcock’s “rope.” Two characters are talking about a movie and can’t remember the films title, but the film they’re actually talking about is notorious by Hitchcock.

Eric Anderson

Don't think this counts because it's not the same franchise, but the first scenes in Temple of Doom take place in Club Obi Wan.

Bonorum Malorum

When will we see the LAST memberberries?

Patrick Martin

Not the earliest. But Dirk Benedict on the A-Team pointing at the Cylon.

Michael Nuccio

Does Kermit reprising Rainbow Connection in Muppets Take Manhattan count?

Daniel Frank

Another memberberry in Star Trek III is when Kirk finds McCoy in Spock’s room. It’s guarded by two Vulcans carrying the Amok Time fight-to-the-death weapon. Kirk slightly hesitates because that weapon “killed” him.

Glabo

1947, in a three stooges short Larry shemp and moe come across a sleeping man (Currly) doing currly noises, they have a small interaction one of the few times all 4 original stooges on screen

Ryan

"Everybody, get on board my giant D!" Jean Luc Picard, Picard S3 episode 9

Matthew

A lot of early animation would reference existing pop culture, especially popular characters and tag lines from radio shows.

George Efta

Does Indy reaching for his gun in Temple of Doom count? It's a callback to the Radiers moment where Indy just shoots the swordsman, but in ToD he doesn't have the run. Fun to think that technically, THAT happens before the moment in Raiders.

Jimmy Rode

Member berries have to be dumb.

John R

Rich is the only reason I love RLM. And Mike and Jay too. And the Canadian guy. And the comic book artist guy. Jack's ok too. Oh and that little fella who is very funny.