Vikki Carr - Cultural References

Cultural References

• In "Whither Canada?", the first episode of Monty Python's Flying Circus, there is a running gag about pigs being killed, usually by being accidentally sat upon. During the final credits for the episode, an announcer (John Cleese) says, "And here is the final score: Pigs 9, British bipeds 4. The Pigs go on to meet Vikki Carr in the final."

• In "The Nanny" episode "Strange Bedfellows", Fran (Fran Drescher) celebrates the retirement of a fellow nanny, played by Tyne Daly, by giving her the newest CD from Vikki Carr, who happens to be the retiring nanny's favorite singer.

• In "Moonstruck", starring Cher and Nicolas Cage, when Loretta Castorini comes home to tell her father (Vincent Gardenia) that she is engaged to Johnny Cammerieri, Cher's character and her father go up to tell her mother the news. The family has a heated exchange over who shall pay for the wedding. Loretta's father ends the fight by putting on a Vikki Carr record. The mother, Mrs. Castorini (Olympia Dukakis) alleges that "Now he's going to listen to that Vikki Carr record and when he comes to bed he won't touch me."

• In "Vanilla Sky", starring Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz, David Ames is given music options from Sofia Serrano: Jeff Buckley or Vikki Carr. He picked both, simultaneously.