In Popular Culture
The characters of Old Time Radio shows from the 1940s, such as Fibber McGee and Molly, and Vic and Sade, for example, are frequently retiring, resting, sewing, and doing other activities, on the davenport.
The Warren Zevon song "Disorder in the House" features the line "I'm sprawled across the Davenport of despair."
The Boston chapter of the Robert Benchley Society is named "We've Come for the Davenport" from a reference to an incident in the life of Robert Benchley as recorded in his biography by Nathaniel Benchley.
In Wayne's World, Noah Vanderhoff describes Wayne's World as being "Two chimps on a davenport in a basement."
The American improvisational trio Happy Apple entitled a track "Mom got a new Davenport" on their album part of the solutionproblem. The track is sixteen minutes in length and may be interpreted to have no concrete reference to the Davenport, hide-a-bed style sofa.
In the "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag" episode of Family Guy, the Davenport is referenced by Brian's love interest, Rita. Rita breaks the relationship with Brian and asks him to leave her key on the Davenport. Brian is confused and continues to put the key on several different pieces of furniture—none of which was a sofa. Rita then frustratedly gasps, "The Chesterfield!" This is a second long outdated 'slang' term from the early 20th-century Northeastern United States and England. Brian then eventually gives up. This is most likely in reference to the historical use of the words and Rita being a woman of mature age.
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