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* The podcast ''[[Podcast/WeDidntStartTheFire We Didn't Start the Fire]]'' takes the song of that name and examines every person, place and event mentioned in it. They even got Joel himself to make a guest appearance in one episode.

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* The podcast ''[[Podcast/WeDidntStartTheFire We Didn't Start the Fire]]'' takes the song of that name and examines every person, place and event mentioned in it. They even got Joel Billy himself to make a guest appearance in one episode.
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* Someone realized that Creator/HPLovecraft's poem "Nemesis" can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKKTqB_Lzv0 be sung]] to the tune of "Piano Man".
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** "Boy Dog Meets Girl Dog" has a caricature of Joel shows up to sing parodies of "We Didn't Start the Fire" as a RunningGag.

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** "Boy Dog Meets Girl Dog" has a caricature of Joel who shows up to sing parodies of "We Didn't Start the Fire" as a RunningGag.
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* "Series/TheOfficeUS": Michael is mentioned as being a fan of Billy Joel.

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''[[Podcast/WeDidntStartTheFire We Didn't Start the Fire]]'' takes the song of that name and examines every person, place and event mentioned in it. They even got Joel himself to make a guest appearance in one episode.
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* In "Deja Vu", Music/OliviaRodrigo tells her former love "I'll bet that she knows Billy Joel / 'Cause you played her 'Uptown Girl'". Joel liked the shout-out enough to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmvQXHoCoDM&pp=ygUMam9lbCByb2RyaWdv invite her on stage]] at one of his MSG concerts to perform both songs.
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** "Gump Roast", the final Simpsons ClipShow, ends with "They'll Never Stop The Simpsons", a parody of "We Didn't Start The Fire".

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** "Gump Roast", the final Simpsons ClipShow, ends with "They'll Never Stop The Simpsons", a parody of "We Didn't Start The Fire".Fire".
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'': In "WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers", Timmy's mom attempts to sell a glass house to a man named Mr. Joel, playing off of the title and cover art of ''Music/GlassHouses''.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "D'oh-in' In The Wind", Homer tries to embrace the spirit of 1960s hippies... but uses "Uptown Girl", a song written in ''1983'', as his hippie theme.

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In "D'oh-in' In The Wind", Homer tries to embrace the spirit of 1960s hippies... but uses "Uptown Girl", a song written in ''1983'', as his hippie theme.theme.
** "Gump Roast", the final Simpsons ClipShow, ends with "They'll Never Stop The Simpsons", a parody of "We Didn't Start The Fire".
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* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': In the May 16, 2009 episode, there's a sketch where Creator/WillFerrell's character [[CrossesTheLineTwice pretends to have a Vietnam flashback and ends up singing (and maraca-ing) the entirety of "Goodnight Saigon"]].
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See also WeDidntStartTheBillyJoelParodies.
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* Hughie from ''Series/TheBoys2019'' is a Billy Joel fan, with the very first episode having him discuss the singer with his girlfriend before she's killed. Many of Joel's songs appear through the show.
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* "Ode to a Superhero" by Music/WeirdAlYankovic is a parody of "Piano Man."


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** In "Dial Meg for Murder," the montage of Peter preparing to compete an upcoming rodeo is set to "The Ballad of Billy the Kid."
** "The Fat Guy Strangler" has a cutaway joke in which a group of cavemen belt out an impromptu ACappella version of "The Longest Time."
** In "The Giggity Wife," Quagmire's wife goes on a shopping spree set to "Uptown Girl."
** In "Bigfat," Peter tries to sing "We Didn't Start the Fire" but messes up the lyrics.
** "Boy Dog Meets Girl Dog" has a caricature of Joel shows up to sing parodies of "We Didn't Start the Fire" as a RunningGag.
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'''Music/GeorgeFredericHandel:''' [-to self-] ''~Someday Handel, someday you will make it big~''

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': In "D'oh-in' In The Wind", Homer tries to embrace the spirit of 1960s hippies... but uses "Uptown Girl", a song written in ''1983'', as his hippie theme.
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* ''Series/{{ER}}'': In the season 6 episode "All in the Family", during the opening credits, Elizabeth and Mark are singing ([[HollywoodToneDeaf badly]]) "Piano Man", until they get the news about Carter and Lucy being stabbed.
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* In ''Fanfic/FrozenHeartsFinmonster'', Dodger sings "Only the Good Die Young" as an ActorAllusion.

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* In ''Fanfic/FrozenHeartsFinmonster'', Dodger [[WesternAnimation/OliverAndCompany Dodger]] sings "Only the Good Die Young" as an ActorAllusion.
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* In ''Fanfic/FrozenHeartsFinmonster'', Dodger sings "Only the Good Die Young" as an ActorAllusion.
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'''[Music/GeorgeFredericHandel Handel]]:''' [-to self-] ''~Someday Handel, someday you will make it big~''

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* The season 1 finale of ''Series/ZoeysExtraordinaryPlaylist'' has Mitch and David sing "Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)" to each other.

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* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant'': [[http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=212 Big Dreams":]]
-->'''Audience:''' Hey! '''HEY!''' Play Piano Man. I said play some god damn Billy Joel.\\
'''[Music/GeorgeFredericHandel Handel]]:''' [-to self-] ''~Someday Handel, someday you will make it big~''
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* Early in ''Film/TheEdgeOfSeventeen'', Nadine and her father listen to "You May Be Right" in the car, with the song continuing to play as he suffers a heart attack and dies in front of her.
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* In ''Literature/WickedGood'', Archer's alarm radio plays "Just the Way You Are."

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* In ''Literature/WickedGood'', Archer's alarm radio plays "Just the Way You Are.""

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* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' named an episode after Joel's song "Movin' Out" and covered the song in the same episode as well. An earlier episode also had the cast sing "Only the Good Die Young".
* The season 1 finale of ''Series/ZoeysExtraordinaryPlaylist'' has Mitch and David sing "Lullabye (Goodnight My Angel)" to each other.
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* In ''Literature/{{Sisterland}}'', the twins dance to "You May Be Right" during a talent contest in eighth grade, with Vi as a greaser with a borrowed motorcycle and Daisy as the girl trying to dump him.

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* In ''Literature/{{Sisterland}}'', the twins dance to "You May Be Right" during a talent contest in eighth grade, with Vi as a greaser with a borrowed motorcycle and Daisy as the girl trying to dump him.him.
* In ''Literature/WickedGood'', Archer's alarm radio plays "Just the Way You Are."
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* In ''Literature/{{Sisterland}}'', the twins dance to "You May Be Right" during a talent contest in eighth grade, with Vi as a greaser with a borrowed motorcycle and Daisy as the girl trying to dump him.

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