References in Pop Culture
- In the movie "Master of Disguise" starring Dana Carvey, he says in a scene, "Am I not turtley enough for the turtle club?"
- In 1969, Dial Records released the 45 single "Are You A Turtle" by a rock/soul group fronted by Ben Thayer named The Brotherhood, which became a regional hit in the southeast. (Dial label number 4092.)
- In "Timequake", Kurt Vonnegut tells John Hickenlooper (son of one of Vonnegut's fraternity brothers) of their asking for the password during "solumn and sacred occasion, such as the swearing in of new fraternity brothers."
- On Dick Whittinghill's fast paced radio show on KMPC in Los Angeles, one of his recurring gags was a sound bite of someone asking, "Are you a turtle?"
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“There is no comparing the brutality and cynicism of today’s pop culture with that of forty years ago: from High Noon to Robocop is a long descent.”
—Charles Krauthammer (b. 1950)
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