McMansion - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

  • The family of the mob boss featured in the celebrated television series The Sopranos (1999–2007) lives in a North Caldwell, New Jersey, house bearing many of the hallmarks of the typical McMansion.
  • In the 13th season of the animated television series King of the Hill — in the episode entitled "Square-Footed Monster" (2008) — a McMansion is built in the local neighborhood to the dismay of the show's protagonist, Hank Hill. The structure has to be destroyed during a strong windstorm as it had been cheaply built and posed a risk to the local community.
  • In a scene during True Blood's 3rd season, the vampire antagonist Russell Edgington, after first murdering a fictional news anchor on live television in front of the broadcast's American audience, mocks mankind for what he sees as a multitude of actions. During this rant, Russell expresses disdain for many different types of behavior performed by a people that he sees as lesser beings than himself and his kind, at one point expresses hate for their "garish McMansions."
  • In The Cleveland Show episode "There Goes the Neighborhood", Donna mentions to Cleveland that if he had not spent so much money on their Super Bowl party he could afford to buy her a McMansion.
  • The hit television show MTV Cribs rose to prominence by presenting guided tours of what most would consider to be McMansions belonging to entertainers, professional athletes and other celebrities. Many of those houses may be observed as being in direct contrast to the display of some of the more informed or more tastefully executed residences presented by Robin Leach on Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.
  • In the song Jesusland by Ben Folds, he sings about "beautiful McMansions on a hill that overlook a highway."

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