Mr. Coffee - Popular Culture

Popular Culture

There have been several cultural references to the easily-parodied name. It has been parodied in the Back to the Future trilogy as Mr. Fusion (which was actually made for the movie from a Krups coffee maker), and in Spaceballs as Mr. Radar and Mr. Coffee itself. It was also mentioned in The Bloodhound Gang's song "The Bad Touch", in the full version of the Cheers theme song, the Marah song "Christian St." and in the title of Raymond Carver's short story "Mr. Coffee and Mr. Fixit." A Mr. Coffee branded appliance also appeared in a scene in the film Apollo 13. (However, a number of critics pointed out that this was technically inaccurate, since the film took place in 1970, and the Mr. Coffee branded appliance wouldn't be introduced until 1972.) In the Futurama movie, The Beast With A Billion Backs, one character can be seen using a "Mr. Wino" machine to make wine directly from grapes. In Hoyle Card Games 2011, Rhett said "That's worse than Mr. Coffee". Mr. Coffee was mentioned in the American TV show Seinfeld.