Film/Television References
The song was first used in the 1992 film Encino Man, but it does not appear on the film's soundtrack. The song has also been used to promote the NBC comedy series 30 Rock, starring Alec Baldwin and Saturday Night Live alumnus Tina Fey. It was also featured in the film Rock Star starring Mark Wahlberg. Professional darts player Dean Winstanley also uses the song as his walk-on music.
A line from the song was indirectly used by Stewie Griffin in the Family Guy episode "Road to the Multiverse" with both Stewie and Brian being in a Flinstones universe, In which Stewie quotes this song by saying, "Let's get the rock outta here".
Read more about this topic: Let's Get Rocked
Famous quotes containing the words film and/or television:
“The obvious parallels between Star Wars and The Wizard of Oz have frequently been noted: in both there is the orphan hero who is raised on a farm by an aunt and uncle and yearns to escape to adventure. Obi-wan Kenobi resembles the Wizard; the loyal, plucky little robot R2D2 is Toto; C3PO is the Tin Man; and Chewbacca is the Cowardly Lion. Darth Vader replaces the Wicked Witch: this is a patriarchy rather than a matriarchy.”
—Andrew Gordon, U.S. educator, critic. “The Inescapable Family in American Science Fiction and Fantasy Films,” Journal of Popular Film and Television (Summer 1992)
“Anyone afraid of what he thinks television does to the world is probably just afraid of the world.”
—Clive James (b. 1939)