In Popular Culture
- "Colonel Bogey" was whistled as an insult by Michael Redgrave in Alfred Hitchcock's 1938 film The Lady Vanishes, probably the first time it was heard in a film.
- It has been used in other films, including The Parent Trap, Caveman, The Breakfast Club, The Day of the Jackal, Short Circuit, The Bridge on the River Kwai (perhaps the most famous use), and The Card (1952).
- Actor John Candy used "Colonel Bogey" as a signature theme tune during his television and film career.
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“Like other secret lovers, many speak mockingly about popular culture to conceal their passion for it.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)
“Both cultures encourage innovation and experimentation, but are likely to reject the innovator if his innovation is not accepted by audiences. High culture experiments that are rejected by audiences in the creator’s lifetime may, however, become classics in another era, whereas popular culture experiments are forgotten if not immediately successful. Even so, in both cultures innovation is rare, although in high culture it is celebrated and in popular culture it is taken for granted.”
—Herbert J. Gans (b. 1927)