Kilroy Was Here - in Popular Culture

In Popular Culture

“Clap my hands and jump for joy;
I was here before Kilroy.”

“Sorry to spoil your little joke;
I was here, but my pencil broke.”
— Kilroy

In September 1946, Enterprise Records released a song by NBC singer Paul Page titled "Kilroy Was Here."

Peter Viereck wrote a poem, published in 1948, about the ubiquitous Kilroy, writing that "God is like Kilroy. He, too, Sees it all."

Isaac Asimov's 1955 short story The Message depicts a time-travelling George Kilroy from the thirtieth century as the writer of the graffiti.

Thomas Pynchon's 1963 novel V. includes the proposal that the Kilroy doodle originated from a band-pass filter diagram.

• Kilroy at the MCV Tunnel System in Richmond.

• A blue drawing of Kilroy.

• Kilroy at the Foxx Equipment Mural.

• A chalk drawing of Kilroy.

• A drawing of Kilroy.

• A drawing of Kilroy. Note that he is thinking, "Kirby".