<Li> Harry Turtledove's short fantasy story "Of Mice and Chicks", published in Turn the Other Chick, is a parody about two warrior women named Georgia and Lani, whose adventure broadly parallels Steinbeck's novel, although the setting and tone are reminiscent of a Monty Python film . </Li> <Ul> <Li> In the Cabin Pressure episode "Fitton", Douglas cites Of Mice and Men as an example of a book that sounds more interesting without the final letter of the title . </Li> <Li> In an episode of Cold Case, a 19 - year - old man kills a mentally challenged 17 - year - old boy out of sympathy, after circumstances rendered him unable to protect the teen from the harsh realities of the world . </Li> <Li> In a season 3 episode of Criminal Minds, Derek Morgan talks about those who are guilt - laden with crimes they committed and send gifts to the family of their victims . He says they are quite often large with a developmental disability, to which Emily Prentiss replies, "Like Lennie from Of Mice and Men?" </Li> <Li> In an episode of CSI: NY, a primary suspect (Tim Guinee) is auditioning for the part of George in the stage adaptation of Of Mice and Men . Gary Sinise, who stars in CSI: NY, played George in the 1992 film adaptation of the novel . </Li> <Li> In the Cyberchase episode "The Borg of the Ring", a character wishes for a rabbit to "love and call George". </Li> <Li> In an episode of Emergency!, Dr. Joe Early (Bobby Troup) says to Dr. Kelly Brackett (Robert Fuller), "Tell me about the rabbits, George!" Dr. Brackett responds, "You're too young!" To which Dr. Early replies, "You know, you're right!" </Li> <Li> In an episode of the game show Family Feud, the host asks a contestant whose team has already won (this information is withheld from the contestant), what the name of Curley's wife is, which is never mentioned in the novel . </Li> <Li> In the season 3 episode of the sitcom Friends titled "The One with a Chick and a Duck" (1997), Joey is playing with a little chicken . Chandler alludes to Of Mice and Men by saying, "Easy, Lennie", to Joey . This was written in the subtitles, "Easy Lenny", by misunderstanding . </Li> <Li> The opening quote of the Grimm episode titled "Of Mouse and Men" is, "I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and frightened mouse, but to roar ..." The episode features a mouse - like creature similar in may ways to Lennie: both characters are seemingly meek and mild - mannered, but turn out to be capable of horrific violence . </Li> <Li> In the How I Met Your Mother episode "Architect of Destruction" (6x05), Marshall imagines Robin comparing his style of love making to Lennie . </Li> <Li> In the third season premiere of the skit comedy show Key and Peele, a rapper (Keegan - Michael Key) kills his hype man (Jordan Peele) because he progressively interrupts him during a rap battle . </Li> <Li> In flashback in the Lost season 3 episode "Every Man for Himself" (3x04), Sawyer is reading the book in a prison . While on the island, Sawyer quotes the book to Ben, an Other . Later, Ben quotes a different passage to Sawyer . After the references, the character who quoted it asks, "Don't you read?", as the other character is staring at them, in confusion and disbelief, respectively . </Li> <Li> In the Lost season 6 episode "The Substitute" (6x04), Sawyer confronts the fake John Locke (the "Man in Black"), by retelling the story of Of Mice And Men in a nutshell and then pointing a gun at him . Sawyer admits the book is his favorite . </Li> <Li> In the 2005 show, My Name is Earl, Jason Lee and Ethan Suplee star as brothers: Suplee is a dim - witted gentle giant, and Lee is the cynical yet wiser one who makes all of the decisions and looks after his brother . </Li> <Li> In an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Observer has been deprived of his brain (which he keeps in a dish), and, due to a time warp, is stuck with Pearl Forrester and Professor Bobo in a dungeon in Ancient Rome . When Pearl is attempting to bring Mike Nelson down to the cell they are in to ease their escape, Observer says, among other things, "Tell me about the rabbits, Pearl!" </Li> <Li> On the radio / television show Our Miss Brooks, dimwitted school athlete "Stretch" Snodgrass is often compared to Lennie . In his first appearance, "Stretch the Basketball Star", he has Lennie's tendency to repeat comments made to him in a confused fashion and even uses Lennie's "She's purty" to describe series regular Harriet Conklin . His family owns a pet shop, and he is seen to like animals, although he does not kill them accidentally . In "The Grudge Match", Connie Brooks makes a direct comparison, stating that Snodgrass and Walter Denton remind her of Lennie and George from Of Mice and Men . Snodgrass doubts Denton could be Lennie, given his ability to manage the school paper and the basketball team . Brooks replies: "Walter isn't my candidate for Lennie". </Li> <Li> In an episode of Power Rangers In Space, Cassie is fast - talked into a date with a big guy named Lennie, with help from his smaller, smarter friend George . </Li> <Li> In the Psych episode "Sixty - Five Million Years Off", the character Shawn Spencer tells his partner Burton Guster about his Lennie impression and how it "would have brought tears". He does his impression when he and Gus go question a suspect in a murder case, after the suspect slams the door in their faces repeatedly . </Li> <Li> Season 19, episode 4, of Saturday Night Live hosted by John Malkovich, includes a sketch about creating a version of the story for a Disney film . The narrator (as Michael Eisner) informs the audience that the George character has been eliminated because he tested poorly . That character will be replaced by a second Lennie . The two Lennies are played by Malkovich and Chris Farley . Phil Hartman, Rob Schneider, Jan Hooks, and Lorne Michaels have notable parts in the sketch . </Li> <Li> The season 34 episode of Saturday Night Live hosted by James Franco includes a sketch about the alternate ending of Of Mice and Men, where Lennie (played by Bobby Moynihan) discovers that George (Franco) has been sugarcoating reality and lying to him about death (he also notices George's weapon and astutely points out, "I'm pretty sure that's a gun!"), leading Lennie to blame George for killing Curley's (Bill Hader) wife . </Li> <Li> In season 1, episode 11 of The Blacklist (titled "The Good Samaritan"), Red tells Newton Phillips (alias "Coogan"), who had betrayed him, "Look at the water . Just look at the water", before killing him . </Li> <Li> In season 2, episode 13 of The L Word, Alice tells Dana that she does not want to be "like the guy with the mouse". Dana replies: "So, don't be Lenny". </Li> <Li> In the season 3, episode 16 of "The Middle", entitled "The Sit Down", Axl did not read "Of Mice and Men" for his homework assignment . Brick then reads it and describes the story to Axl from the back seat of the car, while Axl, Sue, and Brick drive around town searching for Sue's lost jacket . </Li> <Li> In The Monkees episode "Monkees in a Ghost Town", the hoods' names are George and Lennie . Lennie is played by Lon Chaney, Jr., as he was in the earlier film . He even produces a mouse from his pocket . </Li> <Li> The season 5 episode of The Shield, "Of Mice and Lem", includes foreshadowing events similar to those in the book . In the conclusion of the episode, the main character is hoodwinked and robbed . </Li> <Li> In a Season 3 comedy sketch of Key and Peele titled Rap Battle Hype Man, there is a direct allusion to Lennie's death . Key's character, a rapper named Diller Killer, is disqualified from a rap battle after his hype man, played by Peele, disrupts it and pushes the audience and rappers and yells . They are sitting on a lake while Key's Character distracts the hype man . He then shoots him after telling him to yell one more time and the sketch ends with "Steinbeck y'all!" referring to the author, John Steinbeck . </Li> <Li> At the end of The Walking Dead episode, "The Grove" (March 16, 2014), Carol kills a child named Lizzie, because Lizzie was befriending and feeding walkers, and she had killed her own sister Mika and was planning to also kill baby Judith, thinking the two would "come back". Carol leads Lizzie outside to talk . Lizzie breaks down crying because she thinks Carol is' mad' at her and Carol comforts her . She tells Lizzie to' look at the flowers' and, as Lizzie's back is turned, Carol takes out her revolver and shoots her . This scene is reminiscent of the ending of Of Mice and Men, when George kills Lennie while telling him to look away as he tells him about the rabbits . </Li> </Ul> <Li> In the Cabin Pressure episode "Fitton", Douglas cites Of Mice and Men as an example of a book that sounds more interesting without the final letter of the title . </Li> <Li> In an episode of Cold Case, a 19 - year - old man kills a mentally challenged 17 - year - old boy out of sympathy, after circumstances rendered him unable to protect the teen from the harsh realities of the world . </Li>

I want to love him and hug him and call him george