Pop Culture
Albuquerque has featured in Hollywood movies such as Sunshine Cleaning, Little Miss Sunshine and Brothers and television shows including Breaking Bad and In Plain Sight. Songs about Albuquerque have been recorded by Neil Young, The Partridge Family and Atmosphere.
The humorous song "Albuquerque" by Weird Al Yankovic tells the epic tale of a man moving to the city, and his many absurd misadventures while living there. Albuquerque is also mentioned in the songs "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" by Glen Campbell, "Everywhere" by country music singer Tim McGraw, "Bring Em Out" by rapper T.I. and "The King of Rock 'n' Roll" by the British alternative rock band Prefab Sprout.
Many Bugs Bunny cartoon shorts have featured Bugs traveling around the world by burrowing underground. He often gets lost while traveling and remarks, while consulting a map, "I knew I should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque."
Vivian Vance's character, Ethel Mertz, from the 50's hit sitcom I Love Lucy often referred to Albuquerque as her hometown.
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