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Chevrolet Corvette References in Pop Culture
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The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet production line in mid-1953. Earlier in the year, the Corvette was first shown to the public at the General Motors Motorama auto show in New York. The car had instant appeal with the viewing public. Gradually, the Corvette entered "Pop Culture", generally meaning that artists began making references to the Corvette in popular arts, such as television, music, and film. This Web site is an attempt to document all pop culture references to the Corvette.
Defining what constitutes a pop culture reference to Corvette is not entirely straightforward. My general guidelines when considering a Corvette appearance are:
* the medium itself is considered a popular part of past or current culture (TV show, movie, book, magazine article, toy, coin, postage stamp, etc.) * the artist (creator, writer, etc.) specifically chose a Corvette when any type of car could have been used * the artist specifically chose a Corvette because of something special about Corvettes (fast, expensive, limited seating, lifestyle, etc.) * the product is targeted at the general public, not Corvette enthusiasts primarily * the Corvette is a minor or secondary part of the product, not the main focus
I feel that a pop culture reference is not something where Corvette is the main focus of the medium, such as a news article, a documentary film about Corvettes, etc. The marketing strategy of "product placement" interferes with the motive for the appearance or mention of a Corvette, but the end result is a reference to the Corvette.
In the case of regular appearances of a Corvette (such as the Route 66 TV show), only the first appearance of a particular Corvette is noted. If a different Corvette appears in the same series, the new appearance is noted. Common toy and hobby models (plastic or metal die-cast, kit or complete) are generally not included in this list. See my Chronology of Chevrolet Corvettes for a more complete list of all things Corvette.
Your contributions to this list will be gladly accepted and credited. Images of Corvette references should include any appropriate photo credits. Send me email at kpolsson@islandnet.com.
October 7, 1960
The CBS television network debuts the Route 66 show in the USA. The show features two young men driving a Horizon Blue 1960 Corvette around the USA in search of adventure.
1961
The second season of the Route 66 televison show features a Fawn Beige 1961 Corvette.
1963
Beach Boys song "Shut Down" includes references to "Sting Ray".
October 18, 1967
United Artists premieres the film Clambake, starring Elvis Presley, in the USA. The red sports car driven by Presley's character is the 1959 Sting Ray racer.
1969
Crew of the Apollo 12 space rocket (Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon, Al Bean) each receive a gold Corvette coupe with 427-ci engine.
1972
Parker Brothers begins selling the "Dealer's Choice" board game in the USA. The box features an orange 1971 Corvette.
June 27, 1973
The film Live and Let Die is released to theaters in the USA. A recent Corvette appears, with fenders like those of an Eldorado car.
April 1975
The film Death Race 2000 is released in theaters in the USA. The lead car appears to be a modified current model Corvette.
1976
Warner Bros. releases the film The Gumball Rally to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Team Member".
November 1976
Twentieth Century Fox Film releases the film Kenny & Company to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Passenger Corvette".
August 4, 1977
The film High Rolling in a Hot Corvette is released to theaters in Australia.
February 1, 1978
CBS Television airs the film See How She Runs on television in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Boy with Corvette".
February 10, 1978
A two-hour film airs on television about the life story of pop rockers Jan & Dean. Corvette scenes include a 1958 Corvette racing through a corn field, and a mid-60s Corvette crashing into the back of a truck.
May 20, 1978
The MGM feature film Corvette Summer premieres at the Showcase Cinema Theatre in Maumee, a suburb of Toledo, Ohio. The film is about a 1973 Corvette that is customized at a high school, then stolen.
May 28, 1978
In Indianapolis, Indiana, the 62nd Indianapolis 500 race is held. A 1978 Corvette is the official pace car, driven by Jim Rathmann. This is the first Indianapolis 500 pace car with a stock drivetrain. Pace Car with VIN 1 is sent to the Detroit Museum. Pace Cars with VIN 2 and 3 are used at the Indy 500 race. The Pace Car that is driven is given to race winner Al Unser.
June 2, 1978
United Artists releases the MGM film Corvette Summer in the USA and Canada.
1980
Matchbox Models releases the #62 Chevrolet Corvette toy car, in the SuperFast series. The Corvette is a 1974-77 style T-Top.
July 24, 1981
Paramount Pictures releases the film Gas to theaters in Canada. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Queen".
1981
Classic Plates of Philadelphia releases the 1953 Corvette Plate wall hanging. The porcelain plate has a diameter of 8.5 inches. Limit on manufacture is 2500 pieces. Price is US$27.50.
May 4, 1983
Grenada Grenadines issues a postage stamp depicting a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray.
1983
Pop music artist Prince releases the song, "Little Red Corvette".
November 23, 1983
The film Terms of Endearment is releases to theaters in the USA. Actor Jack Nicholson's character drives a 1978 Silver Anniversary T-Top Corvette into the ocean with his feet.
1980s
The televion show Cheers features a red 1967 Corvette Sting Ray owned by character Sam Malone.
1984
The television show The A-Team debuts, in which a white 1984 Corvette with red stripe is sometimes driven by character Dirk "Face" Benedict.
July 14, 1985
The NBC television network airs the two-hour movie Stingray in the USA, a crime drama about a man called Stingray who travels in a Corvette Stingray.
March 4, 1986
The NBC television network begins airing the series Stingray in the USA.
May 25, 1986
In Indianapolis, Indiana, the 70th Indianapolis 500 race is held. An unmodified production yellow 1986 Corvette convertible is the official pace car, driven by retired Air Force General Chuck Yeager. The car is given to the race winner, Bobby Rahal.
November 20, 1986
Grenada issues a postage stamp depicting a 1966 Corvette Sting Ray.
1988
The film Made in USA is released in theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Guy in Corvette".
July 13, 1988
Warner Bros. Pictures releases the film The Dead Pool is released to theaters in the USA. A remote-controlled toy black mid-1960s Corvette is used as a bomb, to be detonated under a target car. (Copyright 1988 Warner Bros. Pictures)
January 13, 1989
Twentieth Century Fox Film releases the film Gleaming the Cube to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Driver".
April 14, 1989
Columbia Pictures releases the film She's Out of Control to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Kid".
June 2, 1989
Universal Pictures releases the film Renegades to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Yuppie with Corvette".
October 16, 1989
A lottery drawing is held by music video station VH-1 in the USA, giving away 36 Corvettes, one from each model year. Dennis Amodeo is the winner.
1990
Capital Records releases the Beach Boys album Still Cruisin'. The record cover features a close-up of the hood of a 1967 427-ci Corvette. Lyrics to the song "In My Car" include "Fantasy car, shiny Corvette; let's take a ride you can't forget".
July 14, 1990
The film Solar Crisis is released to theaters in Japan. Included is a character credited as "'Corvette' driver".
October 4, 1990
The Fox Network airs the Beverly Hills 90210 TV show in the USA. A current model purple Corvette convertible is driven in this and many episodes by one of the lead characters. (Copyright 1990 Spelling Television)
May 31, 1991
Miramax Films releases the film Ambition to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Man in Corvette".
July 31, 1992
The Corvette Americana Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
1992
Electronic Arts releases the Car and Driver game for personal computers in the USA. Included is the Corvette ZR1.
December 12, 1992
The National Broadcasting Company airs the Cheers TV show in the USA. The main story line is about the main character buying back his Corvette from the widow of the previous owner.
January 17, 1993
The US Tobacco Sales and Marketing Company makes a draw for the winner of a 1963 Corvette coupe and a 1993 Corvette ZR-1, in the Skoal "American Classics" sweepstakes.
1993
The Zippo Manufacturing Company releases a series of eight cigarette lighters in honor of the 40th anniversary of Corvette. Seven lighters feature different Corvette models, with the 40th anniversary emblem on the eighth lighter.
1993
Dean Basinger receives the keys to a 1963 Corvette coupe and a 1993 Corvette ZR-1, both won in a contest he entered at a BP gas station.
June 1993
The NBC television network airs the first episode of a new Route 66 show in the USA, produced by Columbia Pictures Television. The show features a red 1961 Corvette with red interior and white coves, owned by Stephen Speck. Four shows are aired, but ratings are not high enough for CBS to continue with a full season in the fall.
August 13, 1993
St. Vincent issues twelve postage stamps marking the 40th anniversary of Corvette, depicting various year models.
December 3, 1993
Cannon Pictures releases the film Rescue Me to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Driver".
September 9, 1994
Buena Vista Pictures releases the film Terminal Velocity to theaters in Canada. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Owner".
May 28, 1995
In Indianapolis, Indiana, the 79th Indianapolis 500 race is held. A 1995 Corvette performs the role of Official Pace Car.
June 30, 1995
The film Apollo 13 is released to theaters in the US and Canada. One scene shows a red 1970 Corvette and a War Bonnet Yellow 1971 Corvette.
February 4, 1996
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A car resembling a red convertible C4-style Corvette appears.
June 5, 1997
The film Con Air is released to theatres in various countries. A 1967 Elkhart Blue convertible Corvette is dragged into the sky behind a C-123 cargo plane.
November 1997
Accolade releases the Test Drive 4 game for personal computers and the PlayStation video game system. Included are the 1997 Corvette and 1967 Corvette 427.
December 13, 1997
Home Box Office releases the film Breast Men in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Drug Dealer in Corvette".
March 6, 1998
Gramercy Pictures releases the film The Big Lebowski to theaters in the USA and Canada. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Owner".
May 4, 1998
Netherlands Antilles issues a postage stamp depicting a 1963 Corvette Sting Ray.
May 13, 1998
Sony releases the Gran Turismo video game for the PlayStation in the USA. Players can race a Corvette car.
May 24, 1998
In Indianapolis, Indiana, the Indianapolis 500 race is held. A 1998 Corvette is official pace car, driven by Parnelli Jones.
September 1, 1998
The Marshall Islands issues a postage stamp depicting a 1957 Corvette.
September 8, 1998
American baseball team St. Louis Cardinals president Mark Lamping presents team member Mark McGwire with a red 1962 Corvette, after McGwire hits his 62nd home-run of the season.
October 2, 1998
Paramount Pictures releases the film A Night at the Roxbury to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Guy in Corvette".
October 7, 1998
Bac Films releases the film Le Poulpe to theaters in France. Included is a character credited as "Jeune a la Corvette".
December 24, 1998
Liberia issues a postage stamp depicting a 1963-67 Corvette Sting Ray.
January 10, 1999
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A 1956-57 Corvette appears for a raffle in a Las Vegas casino. (Copyright 1999 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)
February 7, 1999
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A car used by undercover police appears to be a red 1991-96 Corvette coupe. (Copyright 1999 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)
February 14, 1999
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A picture of a car on a calendar appears to be a red 1991-96 Corvette convertible. (Copyright 1999 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation)
February 19, 1999
MCA/Universal Pictures releases the film October Sky to theaters in the USA. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Guy".
June 11, 1999
The film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me is released to theaters in the USA and Canada. The main character drives a 1965 convertible Corvette painted read/white/blue like an American flag.
1999
Activision releases the Interstate '82 video game in the USA. Among the modelled cars is a 1982 Corvette.
October 6, 1999
United Paramount Network airs the Seven Days TV show in the USA. At an exotic car rental shop, a poster of 15 Corvette models appears. (Copyright 1999 United Paramount Network)
December 8, 1999
Sony releases the video game Gran Turismo 2 for the PlayStation in the USA. Included is a 1969 Corvette 427ci.
March 13, 2000
Guyana issues a postage stamp depicting a 1968 Corvette Stingray.
April 20, 2000
Constantin Film releases the film Erkan & Stefan to theaters in Germany. Included is a character credited as "Corvette Branko".
June 8, 2000
Buena Vista International releases the film Gone in Sixty Secondsto theaters in New Zealand.
* A person mentions that Bill Bixby drove a Corvette in The Magician.
* A 1967 Corvette appears briefly.
(Copyright 2000 Buena Vista Pictures)
2000
Eighty-one 1984 and newer red, white, black, and silver Corvettes form a guitar shape on a parking lot, part of The Walt Disney Company's celebration of the first year of the Rock 'N' Roll Roller Coaster at the Disney-MGM Studios in Florida.
March 30, 2001
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. A sports car resembles the styling of 1963-67 and 1968-82 Corvettes. (Copyright 2001 Nickelodeon)
June 18, 2001
Ghana issues a postage stamp depicting a 1966 Corvette Sting Ray.
May 26, 2002
The Indianapolis 500 race is held. A 50th Anniversary Corvette is the official pace car, driven by Jim Caviezel.
August 9, 2002
Columbia Pictures releases the xXx film in the USA and Canada. A current model Corvette is driven off a bridge, a 730-foot drop.
2003
Consumer Reports magazine names Corvette as one of the ten most influential vehicles of the past fifty years. Corvette is the only General Motors product on the list.
June 5, 2003
Universal Pictures releases the film 2 Fast 2 Furious in the USA and Australia. A current model Corvette convertible hits wreckage of a Saleen Mustang and rolls over.
June 27, 2003
The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the USA. In a scene in 1972, a car looking very much like a 1968-69 Corvette appears.
September 2003
TDK Mediactive releases the Corvette video game for the Game Boy Advance in the USA. Players can drive eight Corvette models from 1953 to 1997.
January 5, 2004
Global Star releases the Corvette video game for the PlayStation 2 video game system in the USA.
February 2004
At the Daytona 500 race, a Corvette is the official pace car.
June 22, 2005
Buena Vista Pictures releases the film Herbie Fully Loaded to theaters in the USA.
* A silver C5 Corvette appears.
* A black C6 Corvette races neck-and-neck against Herbie, a 1963 Volkswagen, barely beating it.
(Copyright 2005 Buena Vista Pictures)
2005
The television show Fox & Friends features a 2005 Corvette.
August 20, 2005
A 1953 model Corvette is made honorary mail-delivery vehicle in Detroit, Michigan, to publicize the next day's USPS release of a postage stamp depicting a Corvette.
August 21, 2005
The United States Postal Service releases the "America on the Move: '50s Sporty Cars" five-panel series of postage stamps in the USA. One stamp depicts the 1953 Corvette.
November 22, 2005
Microsoft releases the Project Gotham Racing 3 video game for the Xbox 360 video game system in the USA. Included are C5 and C6 Corvettes.
April 10, 2006
CBS Television airs the CSI: Miami TV show in the USA. A current-model red convertible Corvette appears.
More to find/verify:
* 1950s/60s Elvis Presley movies; one has the 1959 Stingray * 1963 movie: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World, a gold 1955? Corvette * 1960s movie: The Love Bug, various 1960s Corvettes in some car race scenes * 1960s? TV series: Perry Mason, with a 1965 convertible * 1967 movie: Hotrods to Hell, with a 1958 and 1963 red hardtop * 1967-72 TV series: Bewitched, Darrin's boss, Larry Tate, had 1967, 1968 Corvettes * 1968 TV show: The Second Hundred Years * 1969 movie: Billy Jack, with a gold 1968 convertible driven into a lake * 1972 movie: American Graffiti * 1972 movie: Two Lane Blacktop * 1973-74 TV series: The Magician, with a white 1973 and 1974 Corvette coupe * 1975 TV mini-series: Rich Man, Poor Man, with a 1958 Corvette * 1976 movie: The Gumball Rally * 1977 movie: Dead Man's Curve * 1977 movie: Stingray, 1964 Corvette * 1978 movie: Animal House, 1959/60 red Corvette * 1978? movie: King of the Mountain, with a 1967 Corvette * 1983-86 TV series: Hardcastle & McCormick, with a 1964 Daytona Blue 1964 convertible * 1984-89 TV series: Miami Vice, a Corvette looking like a Ferrari Spyder * 1990 movie: Fire Birds * 1990s movie: Poison Ivy, red 1966 Corvette convertible * 1996 movie: Apollo 13, a still shot of two Corvettes as we see the rocket launched into space * 1996-? TV series: Jag * 1996 TV movie: Once You Meet a Stranger, with a Nassau Blue 1965 Corvette * 1998 TV mini-series: From Earth to the Moon * 2005? movie: One True Thing, includes 1967 Marlboro Maroon coupe
from http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/news/nation/15552451.htm [1] Al-Qaida in Iraq warned the pope Monday that its war against Christianity and the West will go on until Islam takes over the world, and Iran’s supreme leader called for more protests over the pontiff’s remarks on Islam.
Protests broke out in South Asia and Indonesia, with angry Muslims saying Benedict’s statement of regret a day earlier did not go far enough. In southern Iraq, demonstrators carrying black flags burned an effigy of the pope.
Islamic leaders around the world issued more condemnations of the pope’s comments, but some moderates in the Middle East appeared to be trying to put a damper on the outrage, fearing it could spiral into attacks on Christians in the region.
On Sunday, Benedict said he was “deeply sorry” over any hurt caused by his comments made in a speech last week, in which he quoted a medieval text characterizing some of the Prophet Muhammad’s teachings as “evil and inhuman” and calling Islam a religion spread by the sword.
Benedict said the remarks came from a text that didn’t reflect his own opinion, but he did not retract what he said or say he was sorry he uttered what proved to be explosive words.
The Vatican on Monday sought to defuse the anger, ordering papal representatives around the world to meet with leaders of Muslim countries to explain the pope’s point of view and full context of his speech.
Roman Catholic leaders stepped forward to defend the pontiff. At an Italian bishops’ conference, Cardinal Camillo Ruini underlined the bishops’ “total closeness and solidarity to the pope” and said they deplored interpretations of the pope’s comments “which attribute to the Holy Father ... errors that he has not committed and aim at attacking his person and his ministry.”
Few in the Islamic world were satisfied by Benedict’s statement of regret.
“The pope’s words have caused a deep wound in the hearts of Muslims that won’t heal for a long time, and then only after a clear apology to Muslims,” Egypt’s religious affairs minister, Mahmoud Hamdi Zaqzouq, wrote in a column in the government daily Al-Ahram on Monday.
An influential Egyptian cleric, Sheik Youssef al-Qaradawi, called for protests after weekly prayers on Friday, but maintained they should be peaceful.
Extremists said the pope’s comments proved the West was in a war against Islam.
Al-Qaida in Iraq and its allies said Muslims would be victorious and addressed the pope as “the worshipper of the cross,” saying “you and the West are doomed as you can see from the defeat in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya and elsewhere. ... We will break up the cross, spill the liquor and impose the ‘jizya’ tax, then the only thing acceptable is a conversion (to Islam) or (being killed by) the sword.”
Islam forbids drinking alcohol and requires non-Muslims to pay the “jizya” tax, though those who convert are exempt. The tax, sometimes called a head tax, has not been imposed in Muslim nations in about 100 years, though Islamic militant groups have tried to force non-Muslims to pay it on a local level in some countries.
“You infidels and despots, we will continue our jihad (holy war) and never stop until God avails us to chop your necks and raise the fluttering banner of monotheism, when God’s rule is established governing all people and nations,” said the statement by the Mujahedeen Shura Council, an umbrella organization of Sunni Arab extremist groups in Iraq.
In Iran, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used the comments to call for protests against the United States. He argued that while the pope might have been deceived into making his remarks, the words give the West an “excuse for suppressing Muslims” by depicting them as terrorists.
“Those who benefit from the pope’s comments and drive their own arrogant policies should be targeted with attacks and protests,” he said, referring to the United States.
So far, protests over the pope’s comments have been smaller. However, there has been some violence: Attackers hurled firebombs at seven churches in the West Bank and Gaza Strip over the weekend, and a nun was shot to death in Somalia.
Some 200 Khamenei loyalists in the Syrian capital, Damascus, held a protest Monday at an Islamic shrine, dismissing the pope’s apology. “The pope’s sorrow was equivocal,” read one banner.
Dozens protested outside the Vatican embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, and schools and shops in the Indian-controlled section of Kashmir shut their doors in protest.
“His comments really hurt Muslims all over the world,” Umar Nawawi of the radical Islamic Defenders’ Front said in Jakarta. “We should remind him not to say such things, which can only fuel a holy war.”
Islamic countries also asked the U.N. Human Rights Council to examine the question of religious tolerance. Malaysia’s foreign minister, Syed Hamid Albar, said Benedict’s apology was “inadequate to calm the anger.”
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