Wiffle Ball in Popular Culture
Wiffle brand products play a central role in Wiffle Ball Summer: The Ride of the Elmoron. The nonfiction title was released in 2011 and details a bicycle journey taken by a man with a Wiffle Ball bat strapped to his bike frame. The final destination of his journey in the story is a large Wiffle Ball tournament in Lafayette, Ohio.
In his book The Complete Far Side, cartoonist Gary Larson reproduces a letter he received after including a "wiffle bat" in his cartoon. The letter contains language from Wiffle Ball Incorporated's attorneys: "In the future, when you use the brand name WIFFLE, the entire brand should be capitalized, and it should only be used in reference to a product currently manufactured by The Wiffle Ball, Inc."
The Beastie Boys' song Paul Revere contains a lyric about a Wiffle ball bat.
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