Reception
Darkroom Productions "Hamsterdam" mixtape series, a collection of work from Baltimore rap artists, takes its name from this episode.
The second soundtrack compilation Beyond Hamsterdam takes its name from this episode.
The term "Hamsterdam" (or sometimes "Hampsterdam") has since been used to characterize urban districts which are ignored by police.
The episode "The Foot of Canal Street" in the first season of the HBO series "Treme" contains an inside joke, when Sonny's friends refer to his hometown as "Hamsterdam" rather than "Amsterdam." George Pelecanos wrote this "Treme" episode and many of the Hamsterdam episodes of "The Wire."
A commercial for the 2010 Kia Soul features hamsters riding around in the car and "Hamsterdam" is referenced on a street sign for Hamsterdam Ave.
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Famous quotes containing the word reception:
“To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be made by the reception of beautiful sentiments.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“He’s leaving Germany by special request of the Nazi government. First he sends a dispatch about Danzig and how 10,000 German tourists are pouring into the city every day with butterfly nets in their hands and submachine guns in their knapsacks. They warn him right then. What does he do next? Goes to a reception at von Ribbentropf’s and keeps yelling for gefilte fish!”
—Billy Wilder (b. 1906)
“I gave a speech in Omaha. After the speech I went to a reception elsewhere in town. A sweet old lady came up to me, put her gloved hand in mine, and said, “I hear you spoke here tonight.” “Oh, it was nothing,” I replied modestly. “Yes,” the little old lady nodded, “that’s what I heard.””
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)