Musical Adaptation and Parodies
The film has inspired a musical stage version, Ghost The Musical, which had its world premiere at the Opera House, Manchester in March 2011 before transferring to the Piccadilly Theatre in London's West End in June 2011. The show stars Richard Fleeshman as Sam, Caissie Levy as Molly and Sharon D. Clarke as Oda Mae Brown. Fleeshman and Levy will reprise their roles when the show transfers to Broadway's Lunt-Fontanne Theatre from March 2012.
The pottery wheel scene is very well known and often parodied, most notably in Saturday Night Live, Family Guy ("The Story on Page One and Baby Not on Board"), All's Well, Ends Well, Naked Gun 2½, Loaded Weapon 1, The Penguins of Madagascar, Futurama ("Bendless Love" and "Bender's Game"), Community ("Beginner Pottery"), Victorious ("Survival of the Hottest"), Wallace & Gromit ("A Matter of Loaf and Death"), 6teen ("Unhappy Anniversary"), Ellen ("Alone Again... Naturally"), and 30 Rock (Governor Dunston).
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