In Popular Culture
In the episode titled "The One with the 'Cuffs" of the sitcom Friends, Rachel promises Chandler that she will make him "This generation's Milton Berle", hinting that he had a large penis but "not compared to (Chandler)". In the Family Guy episode "Fifteen Minutes of Shame", Lois describes her perfect man as having (among other male celebrities' features) "Milton Berle's legendary genitals".
For the initial production of Robert Sherwood's Idiot's Delight starring Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in 1936, Lunt went to see Berle perform many times and took lessons from him in joke delivery and soft shoe for his characterization of tenth rate vaudeville performer Harry Van. After Lunt had seen Berle perform numerous times and went backstage to meet him, before any introductions could be made, Berle snapped, "Now look here, nobody steals from me. That's my line of work!" After finding out that his fan was none other than the American stage's most gifted and prestigious actor, Berle was flattered and showed Lunt everything he knew. — From Design for Living, Margot Peters' biography of the Lunts.
In the episode of "Archer" titled "Training Day," following a high speed car chase between Lana and Archer and Cyril, Lana is lecturing Cyril for lying to her as Archer listens off to the side. Having seemingly forgiven Cyril, they get into Lana's car to depart, leaving Archer incredulous and exclaiming, "Oh, so he just gets a pass! Like Milton Berle!"
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