Marilyn Monroe in Popular Culture - Television

Television

• Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps: "Angelina's Gift for Ms. Mimi", a gust of wind makes Angelina ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• The Beverly Hillbillies: "The Clampetts Go Hollywood", Elly May glams up as Monroe
• Cagney & Lacey: "Jane Doe #37", a girl Cagney and Lacey arrest gives her name as "Norma Jean Baker", the name Monroe was known by growing up
• Clone High: Monroe hangs out at The Grassy Knoll with Nostradamus
• The Critic: "Marathon Mensch", Jay imagines himself as a Monroe impersonator aping the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Desperate Housewives: "Excited and Scared", Renee dresses as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch for Halloween
• Dexter's Laboratory: "Blonde Leading the Blonde", Dexter apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
• Doctor Who: "A Christmas Carol", The Doctor gets engaged to Monroe
• The Ernie Kovacs Show: Edie Adams regularly impersonated Monroe
• Full House: "Mad Money", Jesse brings home a Monroe impersonator
• Futurama: "I Dated a Robot", a teenager makes out with "Marilyn Monrobot"
• Gilligan's Island: "The Producer", Ginger glams up as Monroe
• Gilmore Girls: "Red Light on the Wedding Night", a character impersonates Monroe
• Golden Girls: "Letters To Gorbachev", Blanche apes "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to Mikhail Gorbachev
• Growing Pains: "Happy Halloween: Part 2", a character dresses as Monroe
• Hart of Dixie: "Walkin' After Midnight", Lemon dresses as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch for Halloween
• I Love Lucy: "Ricky's Movie Offer", Lucy and Ethel think the script sent to Ricky has a "Marilyn Monroe-type" part in it, and ask Fred which one of them looks more like her; Lucy glams up as Monroe
• Last Man Standing: "Adrenaline", Mike references Monroe on his Webcast
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent: "Bombshell", a prescription found by Logan and Wheeler is made out to "Norma Mortensen", Monroe's birth name; Merritt references Monroe
• Mad Men:
  • "Maidenform", Monroe and Jackie Kennedy inspire the agency's campaign for Playtex
  • "Six Month Leave", Monroe's death affects Hollis, Joan, and the office girls
• Married... with Children: "It's a Bundyful Life", Al asks his guardian angel if Monroe is laughing at him because he caved to Peg's demand that he toss out his Playboys
• M*A*S*H: "Bombshells", Hawkeye and Charles start a rumor that Monroe is coming to the 4077 to thank the staff for caring for her cousin
• The Name's the Same:
  • "19 November 1952", a contestant's actual name is Marilyn Monroe
  • "12 January 1954", two contestants' actual names are Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio
  • "22 June 1954", Van Johnson's "secret wish" is for Marilyn to sit on his lap
  • "31 August 1954", Charles Coburn's "secret wish" is to dance the rumba with Monroe as he did in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
• NCIS:
  • "Kill Ari, Part 1", DiNozzo has Caitlin ape the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch in his fantasy
  • "Minimum Security", Ducky tells Abby his mother has worn nothing except Chanel No. 5 to bed ever since Monroe said it's the only thing she wears to bed
  • "Witch Hunt", Abby dresses as Monroe from The Seven Year Itch for Halloween
• Nip/Tuck: "Joyce & Sharon Monroe", two Look-alikes want to look more like Monroe
• One Tree Hill: "Pictures of You", Brooke impersonates Monroe for a class assignment
• The Real Ghostbusters: "Janine, You've Changed", Janine insinuates that she has claimed Monroe
• Roseanne: "Skeleton in the Closet", Nancy dresses as Monroe for the diner's Halloween party
• Saturday Night Live:
  • Teri Garr played Monroe with Joe Piscopo as John F. Kennedy (Season 9, Episode 5)
  • Mary Gross played Monroe as a recurring character (1981–1985)
  • Madonna played Monroe (Season 11, Episode 1)
    • aped "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" (Season 18, Episode 11)
  • Charlize Theron as Monroe with Jimmy Fallon as Joe DiMaggio (Season 26, Episode 4)
• The Simpsons:
  • "The Homer They Fall", a picture of Monroe is seen on a jacket
  • "Rosebud", Smithers imagines Mr. Burns singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. Smithers" à la "Happy Birthday, Mr. President"
    • a photo slide of Mr. Burns shows him aping the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch
  • "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo" features a Monroe robot
  • "Treehouse of Horror XIV", Professor Frink tells Bart and Lisa that his father "worked on the atom bomb by day, slept with Marilyn Monroe by night, and sold secrets to the Russians at lunch"
  • Moe apes the "subway grate" pose from The Seven Year Itch on Disk 4 of the Season 6 DVD set menu
  • Dr. Marvin Monroe's original first name was Marilyn
• Smash: Main plot concerns the planning of a Broadway musical about Monroe
• Sordid Lives: The Series: "The Fall and Rise of Brother Boy", Ty is shown Monroe's ukulele from Some Like It Hot
• Warehouse 13: "Love Sick", Monroe's hairbrush, an artifact in the warehouse, turns hair platinum blonde when used
• What's My Line?: "21 August 1960", mystery guest Buddy Hackett signs in as "Marilyn Monroe"
• Zoey 101: "Haunted House", Zoey dresses as Monroe for Halloween

Based on her:

• "Roberta Rhodes" in the Quincy, M.E. episode "A Star Is Dead" (Season 1, Episode 3) (Donna Mills)
• "Kelly Williams" in The Sex Symbol (1974) ABC (Connie Stevens)

See also: imdb.com Marilyn Monroe (Character) page