In Popular Culture
- The 1971 All in the Family episode "Gloria Poses in the Nude" showed Archie and Edith Bunker returning home looking somewhat distraught after a night at the movies. As they enter the house, Archie says, "All I can tell you, Edith, is I'm surprised at you! Dragging me off to a moving picture like that! It was absolutely disgusting!" Edith explains that it was a mistake: "Well, I'm sorry, Archie, how was I to know? I thought it was a religious picture, Cardinal Knowledge!"
- The 1992 The Wonder Years episode "Carnal Knowledge" has Kevin and his friends attempting to sneak in to see the film despite being underage.
- In the 1992 Seinfeld episode "The Trip", George and Jerry ponder whether or not Candice Bergen showed her breasts in the film.
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