Lima in Film and Television
Pierce Brosnan makes a reference to Lima, Ohio in The Thomas Crown Affair, however, he mispronounces it.
The hit musical comedy-drama television series Glee is set in the fictional William McKinley High School (WMHS) in Lima, Ohio.
The fictional killer of Buckwheat in 1983 episodes of Saturday Night Live, John David Stutts, was reported to be from Lima, Ohio.
Seven Days which aired on the UPN Network from October 7, 1998 – May 29, 2001, & starred Jonathan LaPaglia as Lt. Frank B. Parker; aired an episode entitled "Vows" that aired on Wednesday October 28, 1998. John Allen Nelson's character Mike Clary in the episode (who is dating Parker's ex), is from Lima, Ohio.
In October 2009, Scott Van Pelt makes a reference about Ryen Russillo being given directions to a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Lima, Ohio instead of Kirk Herbstreit's home on the Scott Van Pelt Show on ESPN 2.
The Client in the Charlie's Angels episode "Angels in Springtime" mentions that she is from Lima, Ohio.
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Famous quotes containing the words lima, film and/or television:
“The next Augustan age will dawn on the other side of the Atlantic. There will, perhaps, be a Thucydides at Boston, a Xenophon at New York, and, in time, a Virgil at Mexico, and a Newton at Peru. At last, some curious traveller from Lima will visit England and give a description of the ruins of St Paul’s, like the editions of Balbec and Palmyra.”
—Horace Walpole (1717–1797)
“I’ll be right here.”
—Melissa Mathison, U.S. screenwriter, and Steven Spielberg. ET, ET The Extra-Terrestrial, saying goodbye to Elliot as he touches Elliot’s forehead—ET’s final words in the film (1982)
“We cannot spare our children the influence of harmful values by turning off the television any more than we can keep them home forever or revamp the world before they get there. Merely keeping them in the dark is no protection and, in fact, can make them vulnerable and immature.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)