<Li> In the musical play and film West Side Story, the character Anybodys refers to the Jets, who are keeping Tony's whereabouts a secret after he has killed a man, as "a bunch of Ol' Man Rivers . They must know somethin' but don't say nothin"'. </Li> <Li> In the episode "Simpsons Tall Tales" on the television show The Simpsons, Doctor Hibbert sings a version of "Ol' Man River" in the part with Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn . </Li> <Li> In the episode "Fear of a Bot Planet" on the television show Futurama, after being asked to move a heavy box by the mutant captain Leela, the robot Bender responds, "Yes Miss Leela . Tote that space barge . Lift that space bale ." </Li> <Li> In the episode "Henny Penny--Straight, No Chaser" on the television show The Golden Girls, Dorothy mentions having performed in a high school production of Show Boat, to which Sophia encourages her to reprise a small verse of Ol' Man River . Dorothy obliges by singing "Git a little drunk, / An' you land in jail ..." </Li>

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