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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] is a fan of Manilow, who [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking weirdly comes third after]] Creator/JohnWayne and UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush in Ruckus' list of favorite white men. One wonders what a homophobe like Ruckus would have thought of the musician after he came out as gay in 2017.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'': [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] is a fan of Manilow, who [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking weirdly comes third after]] Creator/JohnWayne and UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush in Ruckus' list of favorite white men. One wonders what a homophobe like Ruckus would have thought of the musician after he came out as gay in 2017.2017.
* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': The episode "Back to the Woods" opens with Peter and his friends admitting to being huge fans of Manilow and going to one of his concerts.
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* ''Series/MurphyBrown'': Murphy has a pathological hatred of Barry Manilow. Ironically, it's the only music that can get her infant son to sleep.
* ''Series/NightCourt'': Harry has a habit of slamming Barry. To the point where he fines a group burning 12000 copies of a biography on Manilow the whopping sum of $1. When Christine, who likes Manilow's work, gets fed up, she points out that Harry's favorite musician, Music/MelTorme, did an album with Manilow, leaving Harry inconsolable.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] is a fan of Manilow, who [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking weirdly comes third after]] Creator/JohnWayne and UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush in Ruckus' list of favorite white men. One wonders what a homophobe like him would have thought of the musician after he came out as gay in 2017.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] is a fan of Manilow, who [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking weirdly comes third after]] Creator/JohnWayne and UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush in Ruckus' list of favorite white men. One wonders what a homophobe like him Ruckus would have thought of the musician after he came out as gay in 2017.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] is a fan of Manilow, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking weirdly coming after]] Creator/JohnWayne and UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush. One wonders what a homophobe like him would have thought of the musician after he came out as gay in 2017.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] is a fan of Manilow, who [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking weirdly coming comes third after]] Creator/JohnWayne and UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush.UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush in Ruckus' list of favorite white men. One wonders what a homophobe like him would have thought of the musician after he came out as gay in 2017.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks'', [[BoomerangBigot Uncle Ruckus]] is a fan of Manilow, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking weirdly coming after]] Creator/JohnWayne and UsefulNotes/GeorgeHWBush. One wonders what a homophobe like him would have thought of the musician after he came out as gay in 2017.

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There's a nonzero chance that Barry Manilow is my biological father.

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* The Moneypenny played by Creator/CarolineBliss in the ''Film/JamesBond'' film ''Film/TheLivingDaylights'' is a fan of Manilow, and tries to lure Bond at her home to show him her collection.

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* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Achy Breaky Song" opens with the line, "You can torture me with ''[[Series/DonnyAndMarie Donny and Marie]]'' / You can play some Barry Manilow"

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* The string intro to [[Music/SongsFromTheBigChair "Mothers Talk"]] by Music/TearsForFears was taken from an unspecified Manilow song; to this day, nobody's been able to figure out which one it was.
* Music/WeirdAlYankovic's "Achy Breaky Song" opens with the line, "You can torture me with ''[[Series/DonnyAndMarie Donny and Marie]]'' / You can play some Barry Manilow"Manilow"
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* ''Film/TuffTurf'': While pretending to be a rich foreigner at a country club, Jimmy tells a girl, "We are working currently with Barry Manilow. You know him? I know Barry very well."

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* ''Film/TuffTurf'': While pretending to be a rich foreigner at a country club, Jimmy tells a girl, "We are working currently with Barry Manilow. You know him? I know Barry very well.""
* ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'': Bender asks Vice-Principal Vernon, "Does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?" Also repeated in ''Film/NotAnotherTeenMovie'''s spoof of the same scene.

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* ''Film/TheCommitments'': In the TerribleIntervieweesMontage, when Jimmy is asking prospective band members, "Who are your influences?", one of them answers, "Eh, Barry Manilow." Jimmy immediately shuts the door on them.

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* ''Film/TheCommitments'': In the TerribleIntervieweesMontage, when Jimmy is asking prospective band members, "Who are your influences?", one of them answers, "Eh, Barry Manilow." Jimmy immediately shuts the door on them.them.
* ''Film/TuffTurf'': While pretending to be a rich foreigner at a country club, Jimmy tells a girl, "We are working currently with Barry Manilow. You know him? I know Barry very well."
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* In ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Stacy describes her job at the bank as "[[BankToaster toaster giveaways]] and Barry Manilow on the speakers all day."

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* In ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Stacy describes her job at the bank as "[[BankToaster toaster giveaways]] and Barry Manilow on the speakers all day.""
* In ''Film/{{Sneakers}}'', the team is trying to sneak into a heavily guarded building, and they focus on one of the people working there, Werner. They describe him as the most boring man in the world, and discover a ticket stub from a Barry Manilow concert in his trash.
* ''Film/TheCommitments'': In the TerribleIntervieweesMontage, when Jimmy is asking prospective band members, "Who are your influences?", one of them answers, "Eh, Barry Manilow." Jimmy immediately shuts the door on them.
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* In ''Film/TheSilenceOfTheLambs'', Stacy describes her job at the bank as "[[BankToaster toaster giveaways]] and Barry Manilow on the speakers all day."

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