Bennie and The Jets - References in Popular Culture

References in Popular Culture

• The original Winnipeg Jets NHL team's mascot was named Benny, partially in reference to this song.
• The mascot of Australian association football (soccer) club Newcastle United Jets FC is named Benny, again, as a reference to the song.
• Kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez is nicknamed "Benny the Jet."
• In the movie 27 Dresses, the two main characters sing "Bennie and the Jets" at a bar, partially incorrectly in jest. They also continue to mention the song after that scene.
• On the show The Office, Andy Bernard sings "Andy and the Tuna" to the tune of "Bennie and the Jets".
• The title and slow, vamping style of the Ben Folds song "Hiroshima (B-B-B-Benny Hit His Head)" are a homage to "Bennie and the Jets".
• In an episode of The Simpsons, the character Lenny remarks that he thought their gang's name would be "Lenny and the Jets".
• The song also features in the movies Sliding Doors and Running with Scissors, both starring actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
• The song is in the film My Girl 2, when Anna Chlumsky (Vada) and Austin O'Brien (Nick) go out for a walk at night in Los Angeles. The scene occurs about 59 minutes into the movie.
• The song is also parodied in an episode of Futurama (as 'Pharaoh And His Pets') in which Bender becomes a pharaoh.
• The song was used in the opening credits of the 1975 film Aloha, Bobby and Rose, written and directed by Floyd Mutrux. It is reprised later in the film.
• In the film Mystery Team, a disguised Jason refers to his "sons" as "Benny" and "The Jets".
• In the film The Sandlot, the skilled young baseball player, later shown as a star player for the Los Angeles Dodgers, is named Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez.
• In the show Parks and Recreation, Leslie Knope mentions that her favourite song by the pasta-themed children's performer Freddie Spaghetti is "Penne and the Jets".
• In several broadcasts of NASCAR on TNT, there was a weekly segment call Benny in the Pits featuring Benny Parsons, a former NASCAR driver, interviewing multiple pit-road mechanics.
• In a season six episode of Desperate Housewives, Tom Scavo calls Lynette's "boob implants" Bennie and the Jets.