Chu Chin Chow - in Popular Culture

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  • The character Mame Dennis mentions in the novel Auntie Mame that she adored her time as a chorus girl in Chu Chin Chow with her bosom buddy Vera Charles and tries to recreate the experience.
  • In the UK television series Upstairs, Downstairs Virginia Hamilton tells Hazel Bellamy that she is taking her Naval officer son to see Chu Chin Chow for the third time. She then asks Richard Bellamy, "Have you seen Chu Chin Chow?" implying that he is too stuffy and strait-laced to have done so.
  • The name of American comic character Fin Fang Foom is based on the title of Chu Chin Chow, according to creator Stan Lee.

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