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The 1969 series is featured in the movie Frequency, a 2000 film starring Jim Caviezel and Dennis Quaid. When Caviezel's character discovers in 1999 that he can speak to his dead father (Quaid) thirty years in the past using a ham radio set, he proves that he is further ahead in time by correctly predicting the outcomes of each 1969 World Series game.
It was referenced in the 1977 movie Oh God! starring George Burns and John Denver, in which Burns, playing God, quips, "The last miracle I did was the 1969 Mets. Before that, I think you have to go back to the Red Sea." The 1969 series was also referenced in the television show The Wonder Years where lead character Kevin Arnold (played by Fred Savage) recalled his days of youth during that summer.
The 2012 movie Men in Black 3 depicts agent "J" played by Will Smith going back in time to watch the 1969 World Series.
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