Film & TV cameos
Ed Sheeran referred to King's Landing as the "worst place in the world" in his 2017 cameo on this TV series
Game of Thrones
Box & 1 & 1-1-3 zone (an 8'6" wingspan also helps)
basketball
For Valentine's Day 2026, an exclusive alien one of these candy dispensers was introduced
a PEZ dispenser
Judy Garland's body double was painted in sepia tones to help achieve the iconic 1-shot transition to color in this film
the Wizard of Oz
From a closet far, far away: hooded white robe, silver belt, flat white boots, & don't forget the hair buns
Princess Leia
On the declaration of independence he had the largest signature
John Hancock
This movie holds an infamous baseball game every 4th of July "your killin me Smalls"
The Sandlot
Michelle Obama shouted out military families in a cameo on this Nickelodeon series starring Miranda Cosgrove as an Air Force brat
iCarly
Nickel & dime packages, which are totally legal, man
football
Wynton Marsalis describes this style of music as "freedom of expression with a groove"
jazz
In a 1964 film Disney pioneered a sodium vapor process that allowed this title nanny & her sooty boo to dance with penguins
Mary Poppins
From 1977, in the actress' signature style: a wide-brimmed hat, khaki pants & menswear vest with a necktie poking out
Annie Hall
This is the number of colonies that declared independence
13
The actual Ron Kovic, whom Tom Cruise portrayed, makes a cameo in the first five minutes of this movie as a veteran in a wheelchair during the 1956 parade.
Born on The Fourth of July
This legendary comic creator became a cinematic staple, appearing in almost every Marvel film before his passing
Stan Lee
Stuff block, digging & pancake, a flat hand sliding palm-down on the floor in a last-ditch effort to make a play
Amethyst is a purple variety of this
quartz
For a scene in this 2007 film where a Decepticon wrecks a bus, Michael Bay used a real vehicle cut in half & then rejoined with wires
Transformers
Slacker chic, in a Coen brothers film: Pendleton patterned cardigan, unclean V-neck T-shirt, drawstring pants, PVC jelly sandals
The Dude
She designed the first American Flag
Betsy Ross
This film version of the boffo Broadway triumph has it all: show stopping songs, killer performances, and a gripping storyline about one of the country's lesser-known Founding Fathers
Hamilton
In the film version of "21 Jump Street", Peter DeLuise & this other star of the TV series make brief cameos & are promptly killed off
Johnny Depp
Flat back four & park the bus, as directed by Nick Mohammed on a certain TV show
soccer
a sudden, intense, or overwhelming attack, effort, or campaign, widely used across history, gaming, sports, and media
Blitz
In 1956's "The Ten Commandments", this major flex by Moses was achieved in part via footage of falling water played in reverse
parting of the Red Sea
In 2001, a pre-Goop Gwyneth Paltrow: long mink overcoat, brown Birkin bag, omnipresent cigarette, little red barrette
Margot Tenenbaum
In 1780 this animal was picked as the national bird.
the Bald Eagle
stealing the Declaration of Independence, Nicolas Cage scans it, revealing a cipher on the back that is based on the Playfair Cipher, a real cryptographic technique from 1854
National Treasure
Martin Scorsese directed this De Niro film & makes a creepy cameo as a disturbed passenger plotting to harm his wife
Taxi Driver
Total chances & the wheel play, which is a chancy move but looks amazing when executed correctly
baseball
a classic, elegant ballroom dance performed in 3/4 time with a strong accent on the first beat
Waltz
For his nuanced turn as the CGI character Gollum, The New York Times called this actor "the Laurence Olivier of motion-capture"
Andy Serkis
John Travolta, on a strange night out: black jacket, white dress shirt, bolo tie, gold-toed socks (for shoeless dancing)
Vincent Vega
this was the city where the first celebration of independence was in
Philadelphia
James Cagney snared an Oscar for his vibrant performance in this charmer from 1942. He plays vaudeville song and dance man George M. Cohan,
Yankee Doodle Dandy