Pinky and Perky - Cultural References

Cultural References

Pinky and Perky are mentioned in Richard Thompson's song "Let It Blow" which is the first track of his 2005 album "Front Parlour Ballads".

Pinky and Perky are mentioned in The Bank Job, a 2008 British crime film, in reference to two supporting characters.

In BBC1's Red Dwarf episode "Better Than Life", Rimmer refers to the Skutters as "Pinky and smegging Perky".

In BBC1's The Good Life, the pigs adopted by Barbara and Tom Good are named Pinky and Perky.

In BBC2's "Top Gear", James May refers to co-presenters Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond as Pinky and Perky.

In Nick Hornby's 1998 novel About a Boy, the main character, Will, visits the record shop Championship Vinyl and sees an attractive woman asking for a Pinky and Perky record. She is met with contempt from the sales clerk. A few days later Will thinks he sees the woman again and, trying to make an impression, introduces himself with the line, "I like Pinky and Perky," only to suddenly realize that it's a different woman.