PEARL JAM IN POP CULTURE.

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Movies.

In this movie a blind women gets this surgery to regain her eye sight and she starts dating a cop after she witnessed a murder. She's shuffling through his cd's and asks which one is this. The cop replies Pearl Jam and plays a bit of air guitar.. Later about 50 minutes in the movie the two characters are sitting in a restaurant and I noticed in the background some music that sounded familiar, it wasn't PJ, but it was the intro to Betterman that Ed played on the 2000 tour.

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"That girl's harder to get into than a Pearl Jam concert."

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The group of guys that are breaking up with their girlfriends... two of them decide not to because the girls have tickets to Pearl Jam.

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Stickman shirt (white on black) is seen in background of the music store.

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After Jason Mewes rips on a kid for his music taste, the kid replies, "I like Pearl Jam"

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Ione Sky's character and some friends are sitting around talking about music. They have a whole conversion about Eddie, and Bono and Stipe, and how they are the "Holy Trinity" of rock vocalists.' Frankie: It's like a trinity. If Bono is God then Eddie Vedder would be Jesus.

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Dade, played by Johnny Lee Miller, refers to himself as "Eddie Vedder" at the beginning of the movie.

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Six minutes into the movie, Regina is listening to a tape with headphones, and you hear music for about 2 seconds that sounds very faintly like Alive unplugged 19 Min - Regina's dad gives her two tickets to Pearl Jam. (it says Monday, October 17, 1994 7:30 PM - Sinclair Washington) w/ special guests / Pres 93? - there was, of course, no such concert. 39 Minutes into the film - Pearl Jam shirt (Don't Give Up) is seen on Regina's Wall

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"There's a free ticket to the Pearl Jam concert inside each one of those books." **Side Note: My Grandpap's house was scouted for this movie -CircusFreak

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Joe's Apartment

0:10:04

One of the posters that Joe puts up is a Soundgarden/Pearl Jam poster. In the movie, all you see is that it's Thursday, April 30th, something about a Unicorn, and "OWELL A59." According to info from the Concert Chronology (thanks 5h) this poster is valid. PJ played 1992.04.30 at the Unicorn Club in Houston, Texas, opening for Soundgarden. MTV has news footage of PJ playing RITFW with Soundgarden. Check out the Concert Chronology; they have more info on it.

Lost and Found

David Spade gives a girl a tape, and says something about it having Pearl Jam on it. I've seen this movie and don't remember it.

*Mensaka

1998 5 seconds

A member of a band rock shows a Stickman t-shirt during a show.

*Say Anything

Cameron Crowe said in an interview, "Few people know this, but Stone Gossard is actually in Say Anything.... He plays a cab driver, and Ione Skye looks at him and kind of flirts with him a little bit as they're stuck in traffic on her way to graduation."

School of Rock - Jack Black

I saw a screening of School of Rock last night, and there is a part where Jack Black is going through the history of rock music and on the blackboard under GRUNGE you can see Nirvana and Pearl Jam listed.

Singles - Cameron Crowe

By popular demand, I'm adding movies that PJ members have appeared ON THE SCREEN in.

Sliver

Sharon Stone mentions a Pearl Jam concert at the office. Need to get the exact line On another note, Sliver was her new movie in 1992 and she hosted SNL (riding the wave of Basic Instinct) in which Pearl Jam first appeared.

Stepmom

"You want to take her to a Pearl Jam concert on a school night?"

Strange Frequency

In the short entitled "My Generation", Todd (played by Christopher Masterson) is in a diner, when asked by a waitress if all is to his liking, he says everythings good, but "Shame about the music, do you have any Pearl Jam?" In the short entitled "Room Service", a maid (played by Holland Taylor) is cleaning up a hotel room that was trashed by a rock star. A journalist asked her if it annoys her, she says, "They're not all bad, Mr Vedder was a perfect gentleman." Journalist: "You mean, Eddie Vedder?!" Maid: "Yes, Mr. Vedder."

The Butterfly Effect - Ashton Kutcher

2004

I'm pretty sure there is a glimpse of the Binaural Cover on the bedroom wall when the guy is working on the model airplanes....its a split second, but I think any PJ fan could spot it.

Wayne's World 2

"Wayne's World 2: When Wayne is asked what musicians will be playing at his music festival. A d.j. is flipping through a stack of C.D.'s and Wayne reads them. One of them is Pearl Jam and you see Ten."

Carolina

"some of these people have been camped out for days it's like a Pearl Jam Concert or something."

TV.

*Beavis and Buthead

"they said that all the bands from Seattle are coolest! They made fun of STP -Plush video by saying Scott makes "funny faces" just like Eddie Vedder.."

*Blossom

She was on the phone to Six, and Blossom asked her if she thought Eddie Vedder was cute. Six tries to change the subject, Blossom interupts her and says something along the lines of, "Look, I'm trying to have an intelligent conversation. Now, do you think Eddie Vedder is cute. I guess he is, but have you ever watched his clip with the sound turned off? He just looks like he's jumping around like a crazy person."

*Brotherly Love

Joey Lawrence's character mentions his PJ CD

*Celebrity Deathmatch

"Celebrity Deathmatch, that infamous claymation wrestling show. We have Eddie Vedder pitted against Creed's Scott Stapp in an argument over whose vocal chords are whose. Ironically, Scott Weiland (Mike says it was Tom Waits) shows up in the middle telling Stapp that he stole Eddie's voice FIRST. After a rather gruesome 5 minutes, it does end in a Vedder Victory. "

*Clarissa Explains it All

It was definitely a Pearl Jam concert they went to and not Nirvana. I can remember being all excited when I caught the rerun and heard them talk about PJ.

*Cybill

"In an episode of Cybill, her daughter pretends to be dating one guy and he mentions his father is a roadie for Pearl Jam."

*David Letterman - Top Ten Signs Dave is Getting Old

#4 - Told Pearl Jam if they're too loud, I'm calling the cops.

Dawson's Creek - 1x09 - Road Trip

1998-03-17

Pacey tries to hit on a girl in a noisy bar with the line "I'm the drummer for Pearl Jam, you?" and her response is "You're dumber than who?"

*ESPN

A game show on that network, the host sung a few words from Crazy Mary?

*Frasier

"I thought you were going to announce Pearl Jam's lastest hit."

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*Friends

2004-05-06

The intro to Yellow Ledbetter begins playing before the last commercial break.

*God, the Devil, and Bob

the mother was tutoring some college guy and her little daughter had a crush on him, but then he gave her mother an album to listen to. when the daughter saw it, she asked what it was, and the mother said "oh, its a tape ____? gave to me, it's soe god-awful band called pearl jam" and the daughter goes "eewwww, pearl jam, they are soooooo 1997." From this point on, she doesn't want to know the older guy and ignores him.

*Grounded for Life

I was watching Grounded For Life one time, and Sean and Claudia were fighting and she made a comment on him wearing too much flannel, and she said: ""Pearl Jam called....They want their flannel back..."

*Home and Away

An australian TV show. Some kids are trying to organize an event and one guy says something like "this isn't exactly a Pearl Jam concert we're trying to sell tickets to."

*Just Shoot Me

Rebecca Romain Stamos' character says she nver been on a bus except PJ's tour bus.

King of the Hill - KH105 - Hank's Got the Willies

1997 February 9

Bobby: "You play the guitar with a piece of cheese and you go 'Hey, look at me. I'm Eddie Cheddar'"
See a Flash clip of this

*Late Late Show - Dave Navarrow

2004 00:45

Craig Killborn asks his guest Dave Navarro if he ever got nominated for a grammy, than he says something like "yes ones in 1996. But Pearl Jam won and so Eddie Vedder gets on stage and started saying how stupid this award is and all, so i was pissed"

*Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn

2003-02-12

He was talkin about the new bin Laden audio tape and he said "No video? Who does he think he is, Pearl Jam?"

Mad TV

2002-03-16

The skit is called "Sound Like Me". It can be seen on the Mad TV website. Starts off with "The Calling" doing a video, then Scott Stapp from Creed comes in, and then Eddie and the boys come in, and then finally Ray Charles. The idea is that each ripped off his voice from the previous person. If the link doesn't work, you may try to download it from my website. Be warned: it is a 5 MB file, and I could lock it out at any time if the bandwidth becomes a problem.

*Nash Bridges

She asks him what song should they play at their wedding. The guy says how about Pearl Jam's "Better Man". He actually starts playing the riff...then she says "Better Man" is not a married song.

*Pepa y Pepe

1994

The daughter of the married protagonist dresses a t-shirt during a few episodes.

*Saturday Night Live

Operaman sings "Ohh, eyo zama zinga dama do, Nirvana can kiss my ass-o", with a picture of an angry Eddie.

*Saved By the Bell - The College Years

Zack asks a girl if she's seen his Pearl Jam CD.

*Seinfeld

something called the "Bubble Boy Episode" - you can see a TotD poster

*SNL

When Michael Jordan retired, they did a fake compilation, with Adam Sandler doing nonsense mumblingg like Eddie

*SNL - Musicians to Explain Whitewater

Another fake compilation, with Adam Sandler doing Eddie again.

Jan reports that Eddie is not played by Adam Sandler

*SNL - Operaman

Ohh, eyo zama dama do, Operaman's a big Pearl Jam fan-o.
Ohh, heyo, zeeba dooba da, Eddie Vedder's even better looking in person-o.
Ohh, aaaooo, zubba doba de, I wish he didn't have a girlfriend-o.
Ohh, I'm not sayin' I'm gay, I'm just sayin' there comes a time in every man's life when he questions his own sexuality, oh no!

*SNL

Spade, Farley, Slater, and someone else. Are in a band and trying to come up with a name.
farley: how about, pearl jam?
slater: there already is a pearl jam
farley: well then, how 'bout pearl jam 2?
slater: bands dont have sequals

This may be from "The State". Anyone know who said what?

*SNL - David Spade

"Spade in America" he says something along the lines of... "I heard Stone Temple Pilots...but I liked them better when they were called Pearl Jam"

*Spin City

MJFox's girlfriend says "Change it to MTV; oh I love Eddie Vedder, it's like he's just a man, and then he starts singing..."

*Televised Public Appearance - Pet Sampras

He left his US Open retirment ceremony holding his child while "Alive blasted in the stadium.

The Nanny - The Taxman Cometh - 4x07

1.      The kid gets a "Pearl Bailey CD, and he says he can trade it in for a Pearl Jam CD

2.      Taxman: I just did Pearl Jam's Kid: You know Pearl Jam

3.      Kid: So you've actually been to Eddie Vedder's house? Taxman: Well, when I'm finished with it, it will be Uncle Sam's House

4.      Kid: This guy knows Pearl Jam

The Simpsons - Episode 3G01 - The Springfield Files

Jimbo's sign: Alien Dude - Need 2 tickets to Pearl Jam

The Simpsons - GABF06 - Goo Goo Gai Pan

2005-03-13

"Now I will question everything. Why doesn't Pearl Jam ever come here?" Clip can be found here

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*The State

They did PJ vs Nirvana Skit, a war in seattle. Don't remember the details

*Trading Spaces - The Learning Channel

In a home in Seattle, a Pearl Jam poster can be seen in the area where Ty, the carpenter, works.

*When Secrets Kill

"When Secrets Kill, a made for TV movie on TBS and maybe some other stations. In Jenny Newhall's room there were two PJ posters. One of them was the Eddie and Mike back to back one and the other was Eddie with a mic."

*Wings

Tim Daly's character dates a 20 year old, and he talks about how awsome a Pearl Jam concert they went to was. They apparently even discuss what the name Pearl Jam means.

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Music

*Back from the Dead - House of Pain

Just like Pearl Jam I'm Still Alive. [sample of Pearl Jam, I think!]

Better Than Eddie Vedder - SNFU

Read the Lyrics The chorus is "She's looking for somebody better Much better than Eddie Vedder"

Devil Started Rock and Roll - Legends of Rodeo

2002-04-16

That's when I bought Pearl Jam 10 and my life never was the same again. I drove around and played the music loud."

*Eddie Vedder - Local H

"If I was Eddie Vedder, would you like me any better?"

*Jung Talent Time - Tism

According to a website with the lyrics, they list a long list of people who have had their 15 minutes of fame. Noteably, Pearl Jam is listed right before Jimmy Swaggart. ;)

Let's Go Smoke some Pot - Dash Riprock

"I saw Blind Melon and the new Red Hot Chili Peppers / And Pearl Jam and Widespread Panic"

*Life After Lisa - Bowling for Soup

"You stole my heart when Eddie Vedder was king"

Me and Eddie Vedder - Rugburns

"I wanna die wasted / in a room with Eddie Vedder. / We can both die together, / but he'll go first. / Ya Eddie'll go first / 'cause he's more famous / more famous than the Rugburns."

My Baby's in Love with Eddie Vedder - Weird Al Yankovich

The entire song is about Eddie. It's pretty funny.

No News - Lonestar

"Joined a cult, joined the Klan, on the road with Pearl Jam." Alternatively (probably because of the 'Klan' reference) "Playing guitar with The Band; on the road with Pearl Jam." This was the song that first made me think of making this list.

What if God Smoked Cannibis - Bob Rivers

1997-11-11 2:10

"Does he like Pearl Jam or the Stones." The album can be found here: http://www.bobrivers.com/store/store_detail.asp?ProductID=6

Books

Desperation - Stephen King

Page 433 (paperback)

"...and taped accompaniment by the noted rock ensemble Pearl Jam..."

Dreamcatcher - Stephen King

p 301 - As the gunships are going out, the team leader takes requests. Then "Pearl Jam started up in Owen's cans... He didn't care much for Pearl Jam, but in this bunch he was a minority."
p 305 - "Some other group, maybe Matchbox Twenty. Not great, but better than Pearl Jam."
p 307 They knew Eddie Vedder; Walter Cronkite was a different deal."

*Glamorama - Bret Easton

Chloe talks to Eddie Vedder once

*Natural Born Killers

1994

An "Eddy Vedder" is mentioned. Is there a relation?

*Nickel and Dimed - Barbara Ehrenreich

"On the pop station, it's Pearl Jam's hypnotic "Last Kiss," so beautifully sad, it makes bereavement seem like an enviable condition"

*The Regulators - Stephen King

There is a poster that gets obliterated.

*The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger

2003 September Page 204

Henry, the main character, is talking to what he describes as "baby punks." One of the young boys is described with a green mohawk the full ripped t-shirt/safety pin getup. After asking the young kid about what type of bands he listens to, including Blondie, Ramones and Iggy Pop, the young kid looks at Henry and says, "Pearl Jam." The Time Traveler's Wife was selected by Barnes & Noble for their December Pick of the Month, and by Oprah, in her Book of the Month Club.

Misc

*Boston Red Sox radio network

Before each inning starts, and before the announcers begin talking, the intro music that is played is always rock. Pearl Jam is featured more than any other band.

User Friendly

2002-05-23

Discussing downloading Pearl Jam's latest album.