Appearances in Other Media
- The song was used in the movie trailer for the 1989 comedy film Parenthood.
- In the 22nd episode of the 5th season of the American version of The Office entitled "Heavy Competition", Andy Bernard presents Jim and Pam a recording of his college a cappella group singing "You Can Call Me Al" as a possible processional for their wedding.
- In the video for his song "Manijaci", Serbian singer Zdravko Čolić pays tribute to the Chevy Chase version of the video alongside fellow musician Goran Bregović.
- In the 5th episode of Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere, Max is seen fleeing from a butcher shop called You Can Call Me Halal, when he tries to sell them a pig.
- A live performance of "You Can Call Me Al" by Paul Simon is included in the DVD release, The 25th Anniversary Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Concerts / Time Life presents, Ravin' Films, Tenth Planet ; directed by Joel Gallen. Imprint New York : Time Life, c2010/. This videodisc features live and previously unseen performances from two New York concerts at Madison Square Garden that aired originally on HBO.
- In the closing scene of Disney's 1992 film Aladdin, Aladdin tells Jasmine, "Call me Al."
- The song is used in the Season 10 Family Guy episode, "Grumpy Old Man". Peter and Lois engage in what Peter refers to as "Phone sax" (a play on the term phone sex), in which they both play the saxophone to each other over the telephone and Lois plays the famous trumpet ostinato from the song on her saxophone.
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