ZachTheZip 455 Report post Posted July 13, 2010 What's the most random or obscure reference to Akron you can find? We seem to pop up in the weirdest places with seemingly no rhyme or reason behind it. it's frequent enough that we could hold a competition to see who can find the most. Here's a completely random reference to the city at 8:22 into the clip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornbread 0 Report post Posted July 14, 2010 What's the most random or obscure reference to Akron you can find? We seem to pop up in the weirdest places with seemingly no rhyme or reason behind it. it's frequent enough that we could hold a competition to see who can find the most. Here's a completely random reference to the city at 8:22 into the clip. I love rifftrax Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spin 103 Report post Posted July 14, 2010 The "AKRON" pennant hanging on the wall at Arnold's in the TV show Happy Days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
johnnyzip84 146 Report post Posted July 14, 2010 The "AKRON" pennant hanging on the wall at Arnold's in the TV show Happy Days. In the movie "Best in Show", Cookie (Catherine O'Hara) gets her husband (Eugene Levy) to drive to Florida via Akron just so she can see her old flame who is now "chief hostage negotiator for the tri-county area surrounding Akron" OK, so there's really not a definitive "tri-county" area around here. Link Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDZip 343 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 My daughter just got back from Ireland where she went to a big festival called Oxegen outside of Dublin. The Black Keys were there and had their name displayed inside of a big tire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipmeister 100 Report post Posted July 15, 2010 The newlyweds the Griswalds meet in Paris in "European Vacation" are from Akron. and One of the sleeper agents in "Telephon" was in Akron. The original movie even gave a real Akron phone number that they called to set the guy off. I can't remember exactly what the guy was supposed to blow up, probably the Rubber Bowl, but I called the number and it was disconnected. Wonder how many crank calls the guy at that number got before he figured out what was going on and had it disconnected? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meatwad 0 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 Ok, it's not a direct reference to Akron, but in the movie Tommy Boy when they are buying a plane ticket from Sandusky to Cuyahoga Falls. I always find that one hilarious. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zipmeister 100 Report post Posted July 16, 2010 Ok, it's not a direct reference to Akron, but in the movie Tommy Boy when they are buying a plane ticket from Sandusky to Cuyahoga Falls. I always find that one hilarious. Well if we are opening the field up to nonAkron references, in Terminator II they do mention they are headed towards Mexico at one point. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZachTheZip 455 Report post Posted July 25, 2010 Apparently we're going to get the smack-down from USC's transgressions. These are the kind of refferences i hate. A convenient whipping-boy, existing only to get trashed as the butt of jokes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UA Fan 0 Report post Posted July 28, 2010 Nice to know they look and feel like plastic.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDZip 343 Report post Posted August 6, 2010 Last night on David Letterman they had a dog pool jumping contest. The first contestant was from Painesville, and Letterman asked where that was. She said by Cleveland. He then responded by saying wasn't every city in Ohio by Cleveland - or Columbus - or Cincinnati. Then he added "Or occasionally Akron". So Letterman thinks we are our own city. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
akzipper 81 Report post Posted August 7, 2010 How about in "The Comeback" episode of Seinfeld? "The Jerk Store called and their running out of you!" They mention akron at about the 4 minute spot. Also in the great 90s cartoon the Rugrats, Tommy Pickle's family moved from Akron, to their current home in California! btw 90's nickelodeon was the greatest! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cornbread 0 Report post Posted August 8, 2010 Found another one Jiminy Glick, the Martin Short character and Comedy Central series... seems to have been fictionally born in Akron, OH Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZachTheZip 455 Report post Posted August 9, 2010 Akron/Family is an inexplicably popular search term on both Youtube and Twitter. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZachTheZip 455 Report post Posted January 29, 2011 Some TV show I don't watch mentions Akron. Joan Name-Drops Akron. When the new WE reality series Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best? airs its second episode at 9 p.m. Tuesday, Joan Rivers offers up a memory of working in Akron. Not a fond one. Talking to daughter Melissa Rivers about regrets, Joan recalls that her late husband, Edgar Rosenberg, ”was invited to Monaco to meet Princess Grace and have lunch at the palace. And I worked instead. I stayed home and went to Akron, Ohio, and had a club date.” I’m not sure where or exactly when that would have been. I could not find a mention in the Beacon Journal files of a Rivers appearance in Akron before 1982, when the princess, formerly the actress known as Grace Kelly, died. Rivers did perform up in Cleveland on occasion before then, and has played Akron since, including at the Tangier. By the way, another Joan regret: ”Not having a big romance with Burt Lancaster. He really came after me when I was on The Tonight Show.” Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wally B 0 Report post Posted January 29, 2011 One of the ships in the que in Cedar Point's "Disaster Transport" crashes near Akron.... Eugene Levy and his wife visit a family in Akron, Ohio on their way to the competition in the movie "Best of Show". Working title for the Drew Carey show was "Akron Man" Theme song from Rugrats written by Mark Mothersbaugh, may explain pickles family reference. Movie "the Instrctor" was fimled in Akron. You-tube it for some great scenes of Downtown, South Akron/Waterloo and Portage Lakes n the early 80's.... Lesser known song by the Pretenders: Downtown Akron, voices the plight of the old Portage Hotel! Roughnecks: Mentions the demise of the Akron Pro's Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bobbyake 7 Report post Posted January 29, 2011 Dunder Mifflin from The Office has a branch in Akron, OH http://www.dundermifflin.com/about/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ZachTheZip 455 Report post Posted January 29, 2011 http://zipsnation.org/forums//index.php?sh...=14330&st=0 The Instructor. Well worth watching for a trip down memory lane in Akron with lots of local spots featured. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RootforRoo44 8 Report post Posted January 30, 2011 Dunder Mifflin from The Office has a branch in Akron, OH http://www.dundermifflin.com/about/ Why have they never visited there?! Maybe they will send Holly there now. Btw, their directory on the website doesn't mention Akron, just Canton. Well it also doesn't show Scranton i see...hmm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wally B 0 Report post Posted January 30, 2011 1 more! Alex p. Keaton ribs his fathers failed PBS documentary "Navigating the highways of Akron" - this was back when 76E, central, and 8 were known as the highways of death.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sergeant Zip 60 Report post Posted February 3, 2011 From "Parents Just Don't Understand" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince... "I asked her for Adidas and she bought me Zips!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aaron 18 Report post Posted February 3, 2011 From "Parents Just Don't Understand" by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince... "I asked her for Adidas and she bought me Zips!" Well if you count that... here's a link to the old 'zips' commericals Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue & Gold 1,032 Report post Posted February 3, 2011 An excellent satirical piece from a recent The Daily Show with Jon Stewart prominently featuring Akron! Specifically, the Akron Aeros, featuring the outrageous Canal Park food offerings set to debut this spring. The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MDZip 343 Report post Posted February 4, 2011 "Parks and Recreation" had a line tonight where one of their old town slogans was "Pawnee - the Akron of southwest Indiana". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
