In Popular Culture
- In an episode of the television series Mad Men (Season 3, Episode 2), the opening sequence of Bye Bye Birdie is shown (twice), and later the ad agency's Peggy Olsen sings the tune to herself in front of a mirror in an attempt to emulate Ann-Margret's appeal as somebody who can "be 25 and act 14". Later, in episode 4, the ad man Salvatore Romano directs a knock-off parody of the sequence for a commercial for Pepsi's new diet drink, Patio
- In the episode "The One with All the Poker" of the TV Show Friends, during a game of Pictionary, Monica tries to draw the movie title.
- "One Last Kiss" was featured on an actual episode of The Ed Sullivan Show from January 1967, featuring Gary Lewis & The Playboys. It was one of Lewis' last performances before going into the U.S. Army, so Sullivan chose a girl from the audience to come up to the stage and Lewis sang "One Last Kiss" to her and received that "one last kiss".
- The animated TV show Family Guy has made three references to this film. First in the episode "Petarded" (Season 4, episode 6) when Peter is first assessed as having learning difficulties this news is passed round in a song parodying The Telephone Hour in a number called "Peter is Slow". The second reference is made by the title of the episode "We Love You Conrad" (season 7, episode 14). Third is the episode "New Kidney in Town" (Season 9, Episode 8) when President Barack Obama, who is visiting Chris and Meg's school, appears in a gold jump suit and performs Honestly Sincere.
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