1980s
Wall Street. Directed by Oliver Stone, American Entertainment Partners/American Films, 1987.
Sagan, Carl. Cosmos. Random House, 1980.
Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad. Directed by David Zucker, Paramount Pictures, 1988.
Caddyshack. Directed by Harold Ramis, Orion Pictures, 1980.
Williams, Shirley. Quoted in the Observer. 22 Mar. 1981.
Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Pan Books, 1980, introductory paragraph.
In response to Dan Quayle's claim to have "as much experience in the Congress as Jack Kennedy had when he sought the presidency."
Bentsen, Lloyd. Speech in Nebraska. Vice-Presidential Debate. 5 Oct. 1988, Civic Auditorium, Omaha, NE, USA.
Adams, Douglas. "Fit the Twelfth." The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Secondary Phase. BBC Radio 4, London, England, UK, 25 Jan. 1980.
Adams, Douglas. The Restaurant at the End of the Universe. Pan Books, 1980, ch. 28.
Coming To America. Directed by John Landis, Eddie Murphy Productions, 1988.
Updike, John. Self-Consciousness: Memoirs. Alfred A. Knopf, 1989, ch. 6.
Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad. Directed by David Zucker, Paramount Pictures, 1988.
Du Maurier, Daphne. The Rebecca Notebook: and Other Memories. Gollancz, 1981.
Toynbee, Polly. Guardian. 19 Jan. 1987.
Do the Right Thing. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and A Mule Filmworks, 1989.
Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad. Directed by David Zucker, Paramount Pictures, 1988.
Bellow, Saul. "Him with His Foot in His Mouth." Him with His Foot in His Mouth and Other Stories. Harper & Row, 1984.
McCarthy, Cormac. Blood Meridian; or The Evening Redness in the West. Random House, 1985, ch. 17.
Dahl, Roald. The Witches. Jonathan Cape, 1983.
"Just Between Me and You and Kirk and Paul and Carla and Becky." The Wonder Years, written by Neal Marlens and Carol Black and Matthew Carlson, directed by Peter Baldwin, season 2, episode 5, The Black/Marlens Company and New World Television, 1989.