CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a television series which debuted in 2000. The series has sparked two spin-offs, CSI: Miami and CSI: NY. All of the series center on a team of forensic scientists who investigate mysterious crimes.

References

• A Ready to Learn insert featured Ernie as a CSI-style investigator, alongside a girl and Ord (Dragon Tales). Though the format of the sketch explicitly parodied CSI, the background music was the theme to the 1960s series Peter Gunn.

• Muppets TV featured "Muppet Experts," a spoof of the series (known in France as Le Experts), and used the CSI theme song. The team consisted of Kermit the Frog (as "Kermit Grisomme," referencing series lead Carl Grissom), Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Denise.

• Sesame Street spoofed the franchise in Episode 4135 as "RSI: Rhyme Scene Investigation." The segment features June Moon and Joe Doe (a caricature of CSI: Miami star David Caruso) as two members of the RSI team who try and help a Fat Blue Anything Muppet find the thing he lost that ends in "at."

• Sesame Tree episode 8 was titled "CSI Sesame Tree".

• Waldorf said he acted on CSI when appearing on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.

Connections

CSI:Crime Scene Investigation

• Stephen Baldwin appeared as Jesse Acheson in "Compulsion" (2005)
• Ned Beatty played Dr. David Lowry in "Sweet Jane" (2007)
• Alexis Cruz played PFC Phillip Riley in "No Humans Involved" (2004)
• Faye Dunaway played Lois O'Neill in "Kiss-Kiss, Bye-Bye" (2006)
• Laurence Fishburne played Doctor Raymond "Ray" Langston
• Dakota Fanning played Brenda Collins in "Blood Drops" (2000)
• Michael Gilden played Lawrence Ames in "A Little Murder" (2002)
• Tippi Hedren played Karen Rosenthal in "Young Man with a Horn" (2008)
• Joanna Krupa played a waitress in "Kiss Kiss, Bye Bye" (2006)
• Jenny O'Hara played Sandra Walkey in "Secrets & Flies" (2005)
• Jeff Ross played Dougie Max in "Last Laugh" (2003)
• Reni Santoni played Frank Mejia in "4x4" (2005)
• Raphael Sbarge played Aaron Laner in " Ch-Ch-Changes" (2004)
• Allison Smith played Nancy Linden in "Got Murder?" (2003)
• Hal Sparks played Digger James in "Dog Eat Dog" (2005)
• Nicole Sullivan played Nancy Twicker in "Bull" (2008)
• Quentin Tarantino directed the 2004–2005 season finale "Grave Danger"
• Wil Wheaton played Walter in "Compulsion" (2005)

CSI: Miami

• María Conchita Alonso played Marisela Gonzalez in "Blood Moon" (2004)
• Julie Dretzin played Christina Maria Colucci in "Golden Parachute" (2002)
• Panchito Gómez played Manny Ocola in "Extreme" (2003)
• Chaim Jeraffi played Avi Golan in "Wannabe" (2004)
• Virginia Madsen played Krista Walker in "Death Grip" (2003)
• Debi Mazar played Rebecca Briggs in "Speed Kills" (2004)
• Nolan North played Ken Walker in "Cyber-Lebrity" (2007)
• Francesco Quinn played Fidel in "Murder in a Flash" (2004)
• Raphael Sbarge played Larry Fremont in the episode "Backstabbers" (2006)
• Jessica Stone played Krystal Sneed in the episode "Vengeance" (2005)
• Lisa Waltz played Brenda Hall in the episode "Nailed" (2005)

CSI: NY

• Ed Asner played Abraham Klein in "Yahrzeit" (2009)
• Nelly Furtado played Ava Brandt in "Some Buried Bones" (2007)
• Stephanie Denise Griffin played Lily Becker in "Oedipus Hex" (2006)
• Melina Kanakaredes plays Detective Stella Bonasera
• Joey Lawrence played Clay Dobson in three episodes (2007)
• Marlee Matlin played Gina Mitchum in "Silent Night" (2006)
• Raphael Sbarge played District Attorney Latham in two episodes (2005)