In the episode Anne, Buffy says, “I don’t want any trouble. I just want to be alone and quiet in a room with a chair and a fire place and a tea cozy. I don’t even know what a tea cozy is, but I want one.” This may be a reference to the 1964 musical My Fair Lady, based upon the play Pygmalion, by George Bernard Shaw. In the song “Wouldn’t it Be Loverly” Eliza Doolittle sings, “All I want is a room somewhere far away from the cold night air with one enormous chair. Oh, wouldn’t it be loverly? Lots of chocolate for me to eat. Lots of coal making lots of ‘eat. Warm ‘ands, warm face, warm feet. Oh wouldn’t it be loverly?”
In What’s My Line? (Part 1), Spike says, “By George, I think he’s got it!” which is a paraphrase of the line said by Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady.
June 9th, 2005 at 3:54 pm
Close. It’s a paraphase of the professor’s line. Higgins is referring to Eliza, whom he’s been coaching:
ELIZA
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.
HIGGINS
I think she’s got it, I think she’s got it.
ELIZA
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
HIGGINS
By George she’s got it!
By George she’s got it!
Now once again: where does it rain?
ELIZA
On the plain! On the plain!