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Wag the Dog (1997)

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Wag the Dog

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Featured in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Wag the Dog/Home Alone 3/For Richer or Poorer/Deconstructing Harry/Scream 2 (TV Episode 1997)

      Reviewed.

    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Best Films of 1997 (TV Episode 1998)

      Siskel's #3 pick; Ebert's #10 pick.

    • The 55th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special 1998)

      clips

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Blues Brothers 2000/Illtown/The Replacement Killers (TV Episode 1998)

      Re-reviewed.

    • Mystery Science Theater 3000: Academy of Robots' Choice Awards Special (TV Special 1998)

      Features clips from this film.

Features

    • Gigi (1958)

      "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" sung by Chevalier heard in satirical promo suggesting a sexual innuendo on the President

    • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series 1992–2014)

Referenced in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Tomorrow Never Dies/Mousehunt/As Good as it Gets/Kundun/Oscar and Lucinda (TV Episode 1997)

      Referenced in the "Tomorrow Never Dies" review.

    • "Saturday Night Live" Garth Brooks (TV Episode 1998)

      Title mentioned during cold open.

    • "Siskel & Ebert" Armageddon/Henry Fool/Gone with the Wind/Buffalo '66/Passion in the Desert/Nights in Cabiria (TV Episode 1998)

      A still is shown for the "New On Video" bumper. Two thumbs up.

    • Macy About Mamet (Video 1998)

      Short dvd extra relating to this film and included on the DVD

    • Wag the Dog: On the Set (Video 1998)

      B-roll behind-the-scenes film footage of the filming of this motion picture.

References

    • King Kong (1933)

      Dustin Hoffman referes to the Craig Nelson character by referring to Kong.

    • Citizen Kane (1941)

      Manipulation of the so-called "public opinion".

    • Song of the South (1946)

    • The Howdy Doody Show (TV Series 1947–1960)

      Craig Nelson is compared to Howdy Doody.

    • The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)

      Dustin Hoffman begins to tell an anecdote about DeMille and an elephant but doesn't finish his thought.

Spoofed in

    • "Disney's Doug" Doug: Night of the Living Dougs (TV Episode 1998)

      Title Reference

    • "Bob's Burgers" Wag the Hog (TV Episode 2016)

      Episode title

    • "Bob's Burgers" Wag the Song (TV Episode 2020)

      Title spoof

Spoofs

    • Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

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