Jasper Johns - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • In “Mom and Pop Art”, a 1999 episode of the animated television series The Simpsons, Johns guest stars as himself.
  • In the Undergrads episode “Drunks”, Gimpy complains that the students he creates fake ids for do not appreciate his art. One of his “customers” rebuffs him, calling him Jasper Johns and stating that he only cares about getting a drink.

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