Journey on TV and in movies......

[Saint John]

Pretty cool read. A lot of stuff lately I didn't know about.




Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the animated comedy South Park, have chosen to use references to the band Journey, Steve Perry, and their music as jokes in both their television shows and movies. In Episode 909 of South Park, entitled "Erection Day," a little girl playing piano in the talent competition begins to sing the opening to "Open Arms," beginning "Lying beside you, here in the dark...," before the show cuts onto another aspect of the plot.

In the movie BASEketball, a Stone and Parker movie, one of the competitors in the game of baseketball, in an attempt to "psyche out" his opponent, is heard singing "And I should've been gone", a line from the Steve Perry song, "Oh Sherrie." Upon his opponent missing his shot, he declares, "Dude, I thought we said no more Journey psyche-outs."

In the fourth season episode of Family Guy entitled "Don't Make Me Over," Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe sing "Don't Stop Believin'" with a karaoke machine, inspiring the quartet to form a rock band, "Fat, Horny, Black, and Joe." Incidentally, the airing of the episode coincided with a spike in iTunes online music sales for the song, placing it in the Top 10 most downloaded tracks for that week and the Top 25 for that month (August 2005). Since then it has remained highly downloaded and is still in the Top 5 most-bought for "Rock Music." The popularity and its resultant newsmaking further served to renew interest in the band and its recordings.

Further encouraging nationwide downloads of the song, MTV's Laguna Beach aired a segment featuring the teens singing to "Don't Stop Believin'" in 2005.

The Chicago White Sox baseball team adopted "Don't Stop Believin'" as their theme song for their playoff push towards the 2005 World Series [5], after players Joe Crede and A.J. Pierzynski went to a bar and screamed "Play some freakin' Journey!" to a bad lounge singer. On October 28, 2005, Steve Perry led the team and the crowd in an a capella rendition of the song, on the podium at the World Series Championship celebration in Chicago.

In the "The Shield" season three episode "Safe", Detective Ronnie Gardocki comments that he was planning to go see Journey in concert when asked by one character as to his evening plans.

In the third season episode of Scrubs entitled "My Journey," JD mentions to Carla that he knows a great Journey cover band called "The Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin's" and that she should book to play at her and Turk's wedding reception. He then begins to sing the first verse of "Don't Stop Believin'." The episode concluded with the song played in full.

"Don't Stop Believin'" was also featured in the 2003 film "Monster," starring Charlize Theron, who won an Academy Award for her performance.

Popular Fox Network television show The OC has featured Journey numerous times as character Ryan Atwood's favorite artist. A Journey poster can be seen on the wall of the character's "beach house" living space.

In the movie The Wedding Singer, the scene in which Adam Sandler's character, Robbie, is left at the altar features a string ensemble at the wedding playing "Don't Stop Believin'."

On the "Tsst" episode of South Park, Cartman sings a part from "Don't Stop Believin'."

On an episode of Saturday Night Live, "Don't Stop Believin'" is played by the studio band. The skit was about a man who loved himself so much, he re-recorded all of his favorite music with his own voice.

In the film Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle, the song "Anyway You Want It" is played at the end before the credits

The song "Wheel in the Sky" is played at the end of the second season episode "Bust Out" of the popular HBO drama "The Sopranos".

On an episode of tv-series Yes, Dear, "Don't Stop Believin'" is sang by actor Mike O'Malley when his little kid manages to use the toilet instead of diapers.

In the movie "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (2006), "Faithfully" is played in the bar when Susan (actress Amy Adams) convinces Ricky Bobby (actor Will Ferrell) in an impassioned speech to resume his NASCAR stock car racing career. His former assistant, Susan then professes her love for Ricky, and they start to kiss, with Ricky warning the other customers not to watch, "because we're gonna start making animal noises".

Randy Pearson,a fictional character from the 8th season of That '70s Show enjoys listening to Journey.He represented the change between 70s rock music (other characters from the show listened to Led Zepellin,Ted Nugent,etc) and 80s popular rock.He therefore represented the change between the '70s mindset to that of the '80s.In the opening credits to season 8,he was seen banging his head (something most people attribute to metal music,made mainstream in the '80s)

"Don't Stop Believin'" provided a touching plot device in Dave Eggars' novel, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

Steve Perry is portrayed in several episodes of the mockumentary series Yacht Rock

In the movie "A View From the Top" starring Mike Myers "Don't Stop Believin'" is played during the intro.

[ArnelRox]

I don't watch much of that stuff. But I always watch & LOVE The Shield & I totally don't remember that. Ronnie tho? Could it be a lamer character. Oh well. Better than nothing. It would have been cooler if Vic or Shane or even maybe Lem went to a Journey show.

[Granny]

I don't watch much of that stuff. But I always watch & LOVE The Shield & I totally don't remember that. Ronnie tho? Could it be a lamer character. Oh well. Better than nothing. It would have been cooler if Vic or Shane or even maybe Lem went to a Journey show.

OMG, I thought my husband and I were the only ones that watch The Shield..our favorite TV show...Can't wait til it starts again..have to wait til early Feb. and we only get 6 new episodes...That sucks...Can't believe they killed off Lem...again waiting patiently for next season..

[ArnelRox]

I don't watch much of that stuff. But I always watch & LOVE The Shield & I totally don't remember that. Ronnie tho? Could it be a lamer character. Oh well. Better than nothing. It would have been cooler if Vic or Shane or even maybe Lem went to a Journey show.

OMG, I thought my husband and I were the only ones that watch The Shield..our favorite TV show...Can't wait til it starts again..have to wait til early Feb. and we only get 6 new episodes...That sucks...Can't believe they killed off Lem...again waiting patiently for next season..

Wasn't that awful? Lem is now in Cold Case. Well he was. He might be out of that. He was Lily's bf.

We adore The Shield. I was so pissed they cut it short last yr. & then 6 episodes. Damn. My other favorite is Rescue Me. Love that show. & I hate to admit it but I watch Nip Tuck. It's worth it for the shots of Julian's butt every week. He does have a nice butt & u know me.

[BigBoobBlondie]

Ask The Lonely was in the movie Two Of A Kind...really old Travolta/ Newton John movie from when I was a kid. I think it is on in the opening credits even.

[Saint John]

Ask The Lonely was in the movie Two Of A Kind...really old Travolta/ Newton John movie from when I was a kid. I think it is on in the opening credits even.

Hey BBB, what burb are you from? And are you going to the Moline show tomorrow night?

[L~L~L]

Great stuff, I didn't know about The Sopranos one. Very cool.

[BigBoobBlondie]

Im West of Chicago. Moline is too far for me.
Personally I am getting sick of bands playing there. I miss a lot of shows.

[Saint John]

Im West of Chicago. Moline is too far for me.
Personally I am getting sick of bands playing there. I miss a lot of shows.

I'm IN Chicago. Leaving from Naperville tomorrow at 1 or 2. I'll let ya know what you missed!!!!

[BigBoobBlondie]

Have a great time!!

[whocares]

Where's the reference to Caddyshack? When Rodney Dangerfield is golfing and turns on his golf club bag's Stereo and it plays Anyway you want it...

[Saint John]

Where's the reference to Caddyshack? When Rodney Dangerfield is golfing and turns on his golf club bag's Stereo and it plays Anyway you want it...

That's actually my fault. I started the thread with only the more recent stuff. It was in there.

[whocares]

it's cool, I'm sure there's more we don't know about. gasp!

[junky]

it's cool, I'm sure there's more we don't know about. gasp!

Yep, Cold Case.

They used all of Open Arms two weeks ago. Also used Separate Ways, Only The Young and DSB.

[belar]

Any Way You Want It was featured in a recent episode of Supernatural, as well.

[r@y]

Pretty cool read. A lot of stuff lately I didn't know about.




Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the animated comedy South Park, have chosen to use references to the band Journey, Steve Perry, and their music as jokes in both their television shows and movies. In Episode 909 of South Park, entitled "Erection Day," a little girl playing piano in the talent competition begins to sing the opening to "Open Arms," beginning "Lying beside you, here in the dark...," before the show cuts onto another aspect of the plot.

In the movie BASEketball, a Stone and Parker movie, one of the competitors in the game of baseketball, in an attempt to "psyche out" his opponent, is heard singing "And I should've been gone", a line from the Steve Perry song, "Oh Sherrie." Upon his opponent missing his shot, he declares, "Dude, I thought we said no more Journey psyche-outs."

In the fourth season episode of Family Guy entitled "Don't Make Me Over," Peter, Quagmire, Cleveland, and Joe sing "Don't Stop Believin'" with a karaoke machine, inspiring the quartet to form a rock band, "Fat, Horny, Black, and Joe." Incidentally, the airing of the episode coincided with a spike in iTunes online music sales for the song, placing it in the Top 10 most downloaded tracks for that week and the Top 25 for that month (August 2005). Since then it has remained highly downloaded and is still in the Top 5 most-bought for "Rock Music." The popularity and its resultant newsmaking further served to renew interest in the band and its recordings.

Further encouraging nationwide downloads of the song, MTV's Laguna Beach aired a segment featuring the teens singing to "Don't Stop Believin'" in 2005.

The Chicago White Sox baseball team adopted "Don't Stop Believin'" as their theme song for their playoff push towards the 2005 World Series [5], after players Joe Crede and A.J. Pierzynski went to a bar and screamed "Play some freakin' Journey!" to a bad lounge singer. On October 28, 2005, Steve Perry led the team and the crowd in an a capella rendition of the song, on the podium at the World Series Championship celebration in Chicago.

In the "The Shield" season three episode "Safe", Detective Ronnie Gardocki comments that he was planning to go see Journey in concert when asked by one character as to his evening plans.

In the third season episode of Scrubs entitled "My Journey," JD mentions to Carla that he knows a great Journey cover band called "The Lovin', Touchin', Squeezin's" and that she should book to play at her and Turk's wedding reception. He then begins to sing the first verse of "Don't Stop Believin'." The episode concluded with the song played in full.

"Don't Stop Believin'" was also featured in the 2003 film "Monster," starring Charlize Theron, who won an Academy Award for her performance.

Popular Fox Network television show The OC has featured Journey numerous times as character Ryan Atwood's favorite artist. A Journey poster can be seen on the wall of the character's "beach house" living space.

In the movie The Wedding Singer, the scene in which Adam Sandler's character, Robbie, is left at the altar features a string ensemble at the wedding playing "Don't Stop Believin'."

On the "Tsst" episode of South Park, Cartman sings a part from "Don't Stop Believin'."

On an episode of Saturday Night Live, "Don't Stop Believin'" is played by the studio band. The skit was about a man who loved himself so much, he re-recorded all of his favorite music with his own voice.

In the film Charlie's Angels 2: Full Throttle, the song "Anyway You Want It" is played at the end before the credits

The song "Wheel in the Sky" is played at the end of the second season episode "Bust Out" of the popular HBO drama "The Sopranos".

On an episode of tv-series Yes, Dear, "Don't Stop Believin'" is sang by actor Mike O'Malley when his little kid manages to use the toilet instead of diapers.

In the movie "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" (2006), "Faithfully" is played in the bar when Susan (actress Amy Adams) convinces Ricky Bobby (actor Will Ferrell) in an impassioned speech to resume his NASCAR stock car racing career. His former assistant, Susan then professes her love for Ricky, and they start to kiss, with Ricky warning the other customers not to watch, "because we're gonna start making animal noises".

Randy Pearson,a fictional character from the 8th season of That '70s Show enjoys listening to Journey.He represented the change between 70s rock music (other characters from the show listened to Led Zepellin,Ted Nugent,etc) and 80s popular rock.He therefore represented the change between the '70s mindset to that of the '80s.In the opening credits to season 8,he was seen banging his head (something most people attribute to metal music,made mainstream in the '80s)

"Don't Stop Believin'" provided a touching plot device in Dave Eggars' novel, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.

Steve Perry is portrayed in several episodes of the mockumentary series Yacht Rock

In the movie "A View From the Top" starring Mike Myers "Don't Stop Believin'" is played during the intro.

Very interesting...

Just to add, BGTY is featured at the end credits of the Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin starrer, White Water Summer....other than BGTY, the movie had many cool tracks from Cutting Crew...

Cheers

Ray

[ProgRocker53]

I directed a movie for my high school a couple years ago called "Rocky Paper Scissors," a parody of the Rocky movies except with rock paper scissors as the sport, instead of boxing.

I used Survivor and Europe in the soundtrack, of course.... but spiced it up with quite a bit of Journey. The kids loved it.... I used Faithfully as part of my own original training montage.

I also threw in some Van Halen, Foreigner, Loverboy, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and last but not least....

....Toto.

[Monker]

In the movie BASEketball, a Stone and Parker movie, one of the competitors in the game of baseketball, in an attempt to "psyche out" his opponent, is heard singing "And I should've been gone", a line from the Steve Perry song, "Oh Sherrie." Upon his opponent missing his shot, he declares, "Dude, I thought we said no more Journey psyche-outs."

There is also the scene of visiting the kid in the hospital. It reminds me a LOT of the tale of Journey visiting that kid in the hospital...except for a lot more slapstick.

[Monker]

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of the animated comedy South Park, have chosen to use references to the band Journey, Steve Perry, and their music as jokes in both their television shows and movies. In Episode 909 of South Park, entitled "Erection Day," a little girl playing piano in the talent competition begins to sing the opening to "Open Arms," beginning "Lying beside you, here in the dark...," before the show cuts onto another aspect of the plot.

On the "Tsst" episode of South Park, Cartman sings a part from "Don't Stop Believin'."

Also on South Park's "Christian Rock Hard", Kyle (or Stan, can't remember) says, "We've gotta keep pushing through the hard times, just like Journey."