the oc breaking the 4th wall / being a meta genius for 4 minutes straight

why this show is better than your regular teen shows.

0:05 - reference to Chris Carmack, who played Luke Ward, working as an Abercrombie model before The OC (ep 1x05)
0:11 - Adam Brody introduced everyone to Death Cab, his favorite band, which was mentioned on the show a lot and even played live once (ep 1x07)
0:13 - reference to Ben McKenzie being called the young Russel Crowe based on their resemblance (ep 1x14)
0:22 - Adam Brody made an appearance in the movie The Ring (ep 1x17)
0:25 - reference to one of Peter Gallagher's first acting gigs playing Danny in the original Broadway cast of Grease (ep 1x20)
0:34 - The Valley = The OC in The OC universe (ep 1x20 and 1x19)
0:42 - in the original script, the Cohens were called the Needlemans (ep 1x22)
0:48 - Grady Bridges = Adam Brody in the The OC universe, known for improvising his lines on The OC (ep 1x22)
0:55 - Rachel was dating Adam Brody at that point (ep 1x22)
0:59 - reference to the actors usually in their late 20s playing teenagers (ep 1x22)
1:09 - self burn by Adam Brody who was in a band (ep 1x22)
1:14 - reference to Adam and Rachel dating in real life (ep 1x22)
1:24 - Mischa Barton played the little girl in Sixth sense (ep 2x07)
1:30 - reference to Laguna Beach, a reality TV show which was inspired by The OC (ep 2x14)
1:42 - reference to fans' reaction saying season 2 was not as good as season 1 (ep 2x16)
2:04 - reference to guest stars being written out of shows, sometimes suddenly (ep 2x17)
2:09 - Amanda Righetti left the show to be on a show called North Shore (ep 2x24)
2:15 - Matt Ramsey was an editor of The OC (ep 3x06)
2:20 - Kevin Volchok was Adam Brody's talent agent (ep 3x06)
2:22 - reference to other teen shows having voiceovers and sounding more deep/meaningul then (*cough*OTH*cough*) (ep 3x16)
2:54 - reference to Adam Brody's band called Big Japan (ep 3x23)
3:00 - reference to Josh Schwartz admitting he checks message boards regularly and the ratings not being the highest for season 3 (ep 3x24)
3:20 - pretty self explanatory 😁 (ep 4x04)
3:38 - Dr. Roberts moved to hospital in Seattle, where Grey's Anatomy is situated, the "short bossy lady" is supposed to be Dr. Miranda Bailey, character from Grey's Anatomy (ep 4x04)
3:44 - reference to the show ending after this season (ep 4x15)
3:50 - a person holding a sign with (Josh) Schwartz name
3.54 - reference to Adam and Rachel breaking up in real life
3:34 - reference to teen shows running past its teen years and "running forever" (*cough*OTH*cough*)

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