Karen mentioned on "Battlestar Galactica?!!!

[Dave]

This week's ep, "Scar", had a curious reference in it.
While a group of fighter pilots reminisced about friends that had died in battle, in the quest to remember one of the pilot's girlfriends someone said "Karen? She was a Picon, right?" or something like that. It was completely unexpected, and caught me by surprise. The show will be repeated on Monday night if you want to watch for it. It was near the beginning.

[makapip]

That may mean the writers or someone who has influence on that show
wanted to make a subtle acknowledgement on Feb 4 for Karen Carpenter.

Maybe later we might see more Carpenter music in TV and
movies!

[BethMosior]

COOOOOOOOOL thanx Dave for the info, I juuuuuuust love it when others on TV mention Karen or Richard it always makes my day and today I really needed it Thanx again Dave

[Carps1000]

dave said:

This week's ep, "Scar", had a curious reference in it.
While a group of fighter pilots reminisced about friends that had died in battle, in the quest to remember one of the pilot's girlfriends someone said "Karen? She was a Picon, right?" or something like that. It was completely unexpected, and caught me by surprise. The show will be repeated on Monday night if you want to watch for it. It was near the beginning.

Sorry?? Dont understand??? Whassatt got to do with KC?? In the UK its a slang for Pikey which is a nasty term for a person. Ken carps10000

[Dave]

Hi, Ken;
The "Battlestar Galactica" show is set with a backdrop of twelve colonies whose names are basically those as the signs of the Zodiac. There are Capricans, Sagittarians, and...Picons. So, since her home planet was Picon, that's what her "nationality" would be. But you'd have to have sharp ears and a twisted mind (like mine!) to pick up on this.
I also posted on Sci-Fi's blog about this, and thanked whomever wrote the reference into the screenplay.