References in Popular Culture
- Lorenz Hart wrote a song titled "How to Win Friends and Influence People" in 1938 for the Broadway Musical I Married an Angel.
- Lenny Bruce titled his 1965 autobiography How to Talk Dirty and Influence People.
- Fagin references the book in his song "Reviewing the Situation" in the 1960 musical Oliver!.
- David Letterman used the phrase "How to Shoot Friends and Influence People" as number ten in his Top 10 list of "Chapter Titles in Dick Cheney's Memoir", referring to the Dick Cheney hunting incident.
- Terrorvision's album, How to Make Friends and Influence People.
- Bob Dylan humorously referenced the book's title in his song "Tombstone Blues" with the lyrics "With a fantastic collection of stamps/To win friends and influence his uncle".
- Toby Young's memoir How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, later made into a film of the same name, is a titular parody of the book's title.
- Season 7, episode 9 of the TV series Supernatural is titled "How to Win Friends and Influence Monsters".
- In an episode of the television series Wind at My Back (season 5 – "For God and Country"), the character of Callie Cramp (played by Lynne Griffin) becomes obsessed with reading How to Win Friends and Influence People. She tries to follow the book's advice to gain political influence as her husband campaigns for mayor, but in the end, she fails to achieve the desired results and throws the book into a rubbish bin, where it is picked up by a lonely window cleaner.
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