Foster Grant - Pop Culture

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  • referenced in the song "Tomorrow's Woman" in Grey Gardens (musical) which opened on Broadway in November 2006. Lyrics: "...with a scarf in our hair, Foster Grants for the glare..."
  • referenced in the title track of The New Pornographers' album Mass Romantic. "Mass romantic fool wears Foster Grants..."
  • featured in the song "Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)" by Tom Waits "...Dressed up in Purina Checkerboard slacks and Foster Grant wraparounds..."
  • referenced in the movie That Thing You Do!, when drummer Guy puts on a pair of sunglasses and calls himself "Percussionist Foster Grant."
  • referenced in movie Midnight Run, where Jack (Robert De Niro) makes fun of the FBI agents' sunglasses, at one point calling Mosely (Yaphet Kotto) "Agent Foster Grant."
  • referenced in the opening line of the song "Otis and Marlena" by Joni Mitchell on her album Don Juan's Reckless Daughter. "Marlena under Foster Grants, She's undercover from the dawn's advance..."

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