Richmond's elite society has also been portrayed in various popular culture references, such as in 1920s novels by Ellen Glasgow and James Branch Cabell, or the 1990s television sitcom A Different World, which featured the character Whitley Gilbert, an obnoxious and wealthy African American debutante.

Mantle also had multiple references in the sitcom Seinfeld, specifically the episodes " The Visa " where Kramer punches him while at a baseball fantasy camp and " Seven " where George Costanza wants to name his future baby as ' Seven ' based on Mickey Mantle's uniform number.

* The TV sitcom That's My Boy, starring Mollie Sugden and Christopher Blake, made frequent references to Muswell Hill, as the family lived in the area throughout the first four seasons.

The sitcom Two and a Half Men made references to it when the character Alan has a nervous breakdown in a bookstore.

In an episode of the popular sitcom Friends TOW the Butt, Joey, when offered a movie role to play Al Pacino's butt double, references this movie by saying the lines " I'm out of order?

* There are two references to the band in the sitcom Friends, one overt, the other implied.

* The animated sitcom series King of the Hill makes references to Whataburger.

* There are numerous references to Whitley Bay in the 1970s sitcom Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads ?.

* On the sitcom 30 Rock, Liz Lemon frequently references her dream man, " Astronaut Mike Dexter.

In Episode 5 of Series 1 of a BBC Sci-fi sitcom, Hyperdrive, a MacArthur-like character, Clare Winchester, a round-the-galaxy solo spacewoman played by Sally Phillips, is parodied with references to video diaries, a diminishing grip on reality and friendlessness.

Like most of Relient K's early work the songs make several references to pop-culture, including ; * " K Car " refers to the Plymouth Reliant K, based on the K Car platform, for which the band is named, " I'm Lion-O " refers to the main character of the, Lion-O, 1980s cartoon Thundercats, " My Good Friend Charles " references the 1980s sitcom Charles in Charge, and in the song " K Car " uses the line " And Brandon Ebel just gave us a call " referring to the founder of the Christian record label, Tooth & Nail Records.

John Lithgow's sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun made a couple of references to " Nightmare at 20, 000 Feet ".

The episodes contains references to the American sitcom All in the Family, and advises children to be accepting of their parents.

Several references are made to the sitcom Cheers.

When the producers of the popular American sitcom Cheers were auditioning for the role of Dr. Frasier Crane, Patinkin put Grammer's name forward.

The remaining Mouseketeers, consisting of the White or Blue Teams, were Don Agrati ( later known as Don Grady when starring as " Robbie " on the long running sitcom My Three Sons ), Sherry Alberoni, Billie Jean Beanblossom, Johnny Crawford, Jonathan A. Kahn ( a. k. a. Tio Juan ), Eileen Diamond, Dickie Dodd ( not related to Jimmie Dodd ), Mary Espinosa, Bonnie Lynn Fields, Judy Harriet, Linda Hughes, Dallas Johann, John Lee Johann, Bonni Lou Kern, Charlie Laney, Larry Larsen, Paul Petersen, Lynn Ready, Mickey Rooney Jr., Tim Rooney, Mary Lynn Sartori, Bronson Scott, Michael Smith, Margene Storey, Ronnie Steiner, Mark Sutherland and Don Underhill.

Most of the first five series of One Foot in the Grave were produced and directed by Susan Belbin, the exceptions being " Love and Death ," which was partly directed by veteran sitcom director Sydney Lotterby, and " Starbound ," for which Gareth Gwenlan ( who in fact had originally commissioned the series in 1989 ) stepped in to direct some sequences after Belbin was taken ill. Belbin retired due to ill health afterwards, and the final series was produced by Jonathan P. Llewellyn and directed by Christine Gernon.

Both a film ( 1940 ) and a short lived 1979 television sitcom starring Sharon Gless and John Schuck ( canceled after six episodes ) were based on Turnabout .< ref >

Warren Mitchell ( born Warren Misell ; 14 January 1926 ) is an English actor who rose to initial prominence in the role of bigoted cockney Alf Garnett in the BBC television sitcom Till Death Us Do Part ( 1965 – 75 ), and its sequels Till Death ... ( ATV, 1981 ) and In Sickness and in Health ( BBC, 1985 – 92 ), all of which were written by Johnny Speight.

Usage of " naff " increased in the 1970s when television sitcom Porridge employed it as an alternative to expletives which were not considered broadcastable at the time.

Other high profile television roles were as Granville in the sitcom Open All Hours, and Pop Larkin in the comedy drama The Darling Buds of May.

After the revue's run, Lynde co-starred in the short-lived 1956 sitcom Stanley opposite Buddy Hackett and Carol Burnett, both of whom were also starting out their careers in show business.

The only airings of the show were unannounced and used as a replacement after the sitcom Catherine went on hiatus during the holidays.

* Whereas the 1960s stories were basically 1950s sitcom plots in a futuristic setting, the 1980s stories delved into fantastic, sci-fi cartoon territory.

When the writers of the sitcom Friends were about to create their series finale, they watched several other sitcom finales.

Around the same time, the band were featured on the cover of Entertainment Weekly, and were referenced in an episode of the sitcom Roseanne as well as an episode of Absolutely Fabulous.

This debate was featured in an episode of the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle (" Traffic Jam "), in which Francis, insisting the " Quacks " ( as they were called ) would dissolve in his stomach rather than expand, takes up the dare to eat 100 of them, doing so, but getting very sick in the process.

In 1987, at the age of six months, the twins were cast in the role of Michelle Tanner on the ABC sitcom Full House.

* The BBC sitcom Steptoe and Son is completely intact, although approximately half of the colour episodes only exist in monochrome ; this was after copies of episodes thought to be lost were recovered in the late 1990s from early home video recordings made by writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson.

* The lyrics were heard on the British TV sitcom ' Allo ' Allo!

After a lengthy hiatus that saw the end of the Moesha sitcom, and a flurry of tabloid headlines discussing her long-term battle with dehydration, Norwood returned to music in 2001 when she and brother Ray-J were asked to record a cover version of Phil Collins ' 1980s hit " Another Day in Paradise " for the tribute album Urban Renewal: A Tribute to Phil Collins.

Also published in magazine form were adaptations of The Six Million Dollar Man spinoff The Bionic Woman, Space: 1999, and Emergency !, as well as a comic based on teen heartthrob David Cassidy, then starring in the musical sitcom The Partridge Family.

The series has much in common with the later BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, except that the central couple were unmistakably working class.

They were featured in an episode of the sitcom Roseanne, and later recorded the show's theme song for its final season.

TV networks were not interested, however, because they did not see war as comedy material, despite the fact that one of the most popular shows at the time was M * A * S * H. Cronauer then revamped his sitcom into a script for a movie of the week, which eventually got the attention of Robin Williams.

In 1987, he directed eight episodes of the satirical police sitcom Sledge Hammer !, including the episode, " Hammer Hits the Rock " in season two, where he made an uncredited appearance as " Zeke " ( prisoner in cell No. 76 ).

In 1996, Elwes made his first television appearance as David Lookner on the sitcom Seinfeld.

Flansburgh and Linnell made a guest appearance in " Camp ", the January 11, 2004 episode of the animated sitcom Home Movies.

On March 29, 2012, Nicks made a guest appearance as herself on the NBC sitcom Up All Night.

In 1994, Aykroyd made a guest appearance in an episode of the sitcom The Nanny as a refrigerator repairman.

Alan B ' Stard on the final episode of UK sitcom The New Statesman, seeking alternatives in case he was not made Prime Minister, suggested that he might proclaim himself Lord Protector of England.

Five years later in 1992, Julian Clary created Terry and Julian, a Channel 4 sitcom which spoofed the title of Terry and June, and Whitfield made an appearance in one episode.

The popular television sitcom Full House made child stars out of Jodie Sweetin and the Olsen twins.

During the tenth season of the sitcom Frasier, in the episode " Lilith Needs a Favor ", Spiner made two brief cameos as a fellow airline passenger with Frasier Crane's ex-wife, Lilith Sternin.

The story traces Kaufman's steps from childhood through the comedy clubs, and television appearances that made him famous, including his memorable appearances on Saturday Night Live, Late Night with David Letterman, Fridays, and his role as " Latka Gravas " on the Taxi sitcom, which was popular for viewers but disruptive for Kaufman's co-stars.

She made her breakthrough when she was cast as Ashley Banks for the television sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in 1990.

In 1955, Harpo made an appearance on the sitcom I Love Lucy, in which they re-enacted the famous mirror scene from the Marx Brothers movie Duck Soup ( 1933 ).

Over the next few years, Bailey made guest appearances on shows such as Have I Got News For You, World Cup Comedy, Room 101, Des O ' Connor Tonight, Coast to Coast and three episodes of off-beat Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, in which he played comic-shop manager Bilbo Bagshot.

Marley made guest appearances as himself on an episode of the sitcom Family Matters in 1995, and on the television series Charmed in season 6 ( episode 14, " The Legend of Sleepy Halliwell "), performing " Rainbow in the Sky ".

Between 1984 and 1986 he made a series of commercials for the Ford Sierra done in a sitcom style portraying the Sierra as " one of the family ".

Born in London, he made his first film appearance in 1944 but did not achieve lasting fame until the 1970s, when he took the starring role of Compo Simmonite in the long-running British sitcom Last of the Summer Wine.

He is best known for playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the popular 1970s British sitcom, Some Mothers Do ' Ave ' Em ( which made him a household name ), as well as for originating the title role in The Phantom of the Opera.

They made several cameo appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres sitcom " Ellen ".

In 2004, Locklear made a guest appearance on the sitcom Two and a Half Men, which starred her former Spin City co-star Charlie Sheen.

The Office is a popular mockumentary / sitcom that was first made in the United Kingdom and has now been remade in many other countries, with overall viewership in the hundreds of millions worldwide.

Davison has made television appearances in an episode of Midsomer Murders, in July 2009, and a guest appearance in Miranda Hart's sitcom, Miranda, on BBC 2 in autumn 2009.