In Popular Culture
"Two Tickets to Paradise" was first used in a video game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, on the fictional radio station K-DST, and then on an episode of the TV show Unhitched.
The song appears in the episode "Homer Loves Flanders" of The Simpsons, in which Homer sings and plays the air guitar to the rock song.
Michael Scott of The Office sings a short, parodied version of the song in the episode "A Benihana Christmas."
It was also featured in an episode of The King of Queens where Doug Heffernan and Deacon Palmer attempt to spend $5,000 in one day, and they hire Eddie to play in Doug's living room.
The song can be heard as a background number in the film, Sideways. In one of the beginning scenes of Balls of Fury, Randy's co-performing counterpart can be seen (and heard) singing a karaoke version of the song with a parrot.
"Two Tickets to Paradise" makes an appearance in a 2012 GEICO commercial featuring Eddie Money himself. Money makes his cameo as a travel agent selling tickets to a family while waving the tickets in the air and singing the aforementioned song.
The song was made available for download on May 1, 2012 to play in Rock Band 3 Basic and PRO mode utilizing real guitar / bass guitar, and MIDI compatible electronic drum kits.
The song title is also referenced in various GTA IV gameplay/letsPlay videos (and on occasions other games) by the YouTube user DanzNewz in which he shouts 'I've got...TWO TICKETS TO PARADISE!' upon proceeding to blow up a particular gas station in the game. He also refers to the Algonquin Bridge from GTA IV as 'Two Tickets Bridge'.
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