Appearances in Popular Culture
The "TRENTON MAKES THE WORLD TAKES" sign can be seen in
- the movie Stealing Home when Mark Harmon's bus crosses the bridge
- the 1983 movie Baby, It's You as part of a road trip to the Jersey Shore
- the 2007 film Rocket Science
- the unaired pilot of House
- Trenton's Poor Righteous Teachers 1990 video of their song "Rock This Funky Joint"
- the 2012 comedy film One for the Money
- the 2012 Republican National Convention during Governor Chris Christie's Keynote Address
The Bridge is seen
- on the cover of The Cryptkeeper Five's 2004 album Trenton Makes.
- at the end of the film Human Desire (1954) starring Glenn Ford. He is a locomotive engineer who drives a train across the river, so that the sign is visible to viewers of the film.
- the beginning of the Gangland episode about Trenton
- in the logo of the Trenton Titans.
Local people sometimes refer to the bridge as the "Trenton Makes" bridge. Prior to the re-decking, the bridge was also referred to as the "Boom Boom" bridge due to the sound made by tires as the vehicle traveled over the expansion joints.
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Famous quotes containing the words appearances, popular and/or culture:
“It is doubtless wise, when a reform is introduced, to try to persuade the British public that it is not a reform at all; but appearances must be kept up to some extent at least.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
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—Malcolm McLaren (b. 1946)