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England had a cameo appearance (via KWTV's archives) during the opening scene and served as one of three 'weather announcers' in the 1996 movie Twister. He also served as a consultant for the film.
After the 3 May 1999 tornado outbreak, he appeared in over fifty national and international weather specials. In 2007 Gary wrote and recorded part of the sound track for a weather oriented episode of the cable show Saving Grace. Gary has written several books on Oklahoma weather, including his 1996 autobiography, "Weathering The Storm". A new biography of Gary by Bob Burke was published in December 2006 titled, "Friday Night in the Big Town".
England is a believer in global warming but is a skeptic when it comes to the notion that its cause is totally human. A KWTV promo was featured in a Daily Show piece regarding global warming and scaring people on June 14, 2007. The piece starts with comments by global warming skeptic and Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe regarding The Weather Channel's chief meteorologist's statement that the American Meteorological Society should not certify anyone who does not believe in global warming. Inhofe argued that The Weather Channel needs global warming in order to scare viewers and boost ratings. The Daily Show followed up Inhofe's comments by playing the Gary England KWTV scary promo where a family is running from a massive tornado, cowering in the basement, the family hears England's voice on the television and the mother says to her son (clutched in her hands) "It's OK baby, listen to Gary England, he's going to tell us what's going on". The Daily Show connects England and Inhofe as both being from Oklahoma.
England is interviewed in an episode of Monster Quest entitled "Unidentified Flying Creatures" where he comments on tornado footage that captured a Rod flying through the sky. In the interview, he comments on the phenomena without going into any supposition regarding its cause.
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