Princeton in pop culture

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<p>In the television series** 24**, President Charles Logan graduated from Princeton University.</p>

<p>In Doogie Howser, M.D., the namesake is a child prodigy who graduated from Princeton at the age of 10 in 1983 and received his medical license at age 14.</p>

<p>In Charles in Charge, Charles gets accepted as a graduate student in Princeton.</p>

<p>In an episode of **The Flintstones **entitled “Flintstone of Princestone”, which originally aired on November 3, 1961, Fred briefly attends “Princestone” and becomes the star quarterback in the big football game against arch-rival, Shale. In another episode entitled “Cinderellastone”, which originally aired on October 22, 1964, Fred’s dream character also attended “Princestone”.</p>

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<p>In Leatherheads, the character of Carter Rutherford is a star Princeton quarterback.</p>

<p>In Mad Men, Paul Kinsey is a Princeton Graduate (class of '55), and in “My Old Kentucky Home” (Season 3, Episode 3), Kinsey’s classmate Jeffrey, a drug dealer, reminisces about the Tigertones a cappella group.</p>

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<p>In Salt, Angelina Jolie’s character Evelyn Salt went to Princeton.</p>

<p>In South Park, Mayor McDaniels.</p>

<p>Sondra Huxtable and her future husband Elvin Tibideaux of The Cosby Show graduated from Princeton.</p>

<p>In Family Ties, “Young Republican” Alex P. Keaton (Michael J. Fox) spends the first two seasons of the series preparing to attend Princeton. While visiting for an on-campus interview, Mallory has an emotional crisis. Ultimately, Alex chooses to tend to her rather than complete his interview, thus destroying any possibility of attending Princeton.</p>

<p>In The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Princeton is Philip’s alma mater. Phillip’s son Carlton enrolls in Princeton by the final episode.</p>

<p>In Gilmore Girls, Rory Gilmore is accepted into Princeton University</p>

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<p>“Across the Universe”
[Making</a> a scene across the University - The Daily Princetonian](<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2007/09/24/18688/]Making”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2007/09/24/18688/)</p>

<p>Other films:
<a href=“http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2006/03/02/14699/[/url]”>http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2006/03/02/14699/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>JHS
In the musical, South Pacific, based on Michener’s book, Lt. Cable is a Princeton grad. He overcomes prejudice ( the song Carefully Taught) and has an affair with an island girl. He then heroically killed off.</p>

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<p>I can’t believe I forgot about Logan in 24! Greatest TV show ever?</p>

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<p>In The Girl Next Door, Eli is mentioned as having been accepted to Princeton.</p>

<p>In Her Shoes, a novel by Jennifer Weiner '91: Rose Feller is a Princeton grad. Her younger sister Maggie camps out in a Princeton library.</p>

<p>In the **Left Behind **series, character Cameron “Buck” Williams is a Princeton grad.</p>

<p>In the science fiction novel **Lord Kalvan of Otherwhen **by H. Beam Piper, Calvin Morrison had been a theology student at Princeton, but dropped out to join the U.S. Army and fight in the Korean War. He later became an officer with the Pennsylvania State Police and was transported to another time-line.</p>

<p>In the television series Numb3rs, the characters of Charlie Eppes and Larry Fleinhardt are Princeton Alumni. Charlie graduated at the age of 16 and Larry at the age of 19.</p>

<p>In **“The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement”, **the character played by Anne Hathaway has graduated from Princeton</p>

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<p>Transformers 2!</p>

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<p>Transformers 2 filming at Princeton University </p>

<p>[Transformers</a> 2 Filming at Princeton University - Transformers 2 video - Fanpop](<a href=“http://www.fanpop.com/spots/transformers-2/videos/3460103/title/transformers-2-filming-princeton-university]Transformers”>Transformers 2 Filming at Princeton University - Transformers 2 video - Fanpop)</p>

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<p>The movie Spanglish opens and closes with a voiceover by a young woman applying to Princeton.</p>

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<p>Just to make a correction. In the Flintstones, it is Prinstone not Princestone and Fred plays quarterback (I think) against Shale. And also the episode Cinderellastone has Fred’s dream alter ego reference Prinstone. Great show.</p>

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<p>In the novel The Reluctant Fundamentalist, the characters Changez and Erica are Princeton grads.</p>

<p>In the mystery novel The Rule of Four, the protagonists are Princeton students and the Art Museum and its collections play a central role in the plot.</p>

<p>In The Simpsons, Cecil Terwilliger, the brother of Sideshow Bob, is an alumnus (Sideshow Bob refers to it as the years Cecil spent in Clown College).[312] Snake also attended, but took a year off, presumably never to return.</p>

<p>In There’s Something About Mary, Mary attended Princeton University. So did her ex-boyfriend “Woogie” who was also holder of a scholarship from Princeton.</p>

<p>In the semi-autobiographical novel This Side of Paradise, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, a former Princeton alumnus himself, the protagonist Amory Blaine attends Princeton.</p>

<p>Professor Richard Pierson of the Princeton Observatory was portrayed by Orson Welles in the Mercury Theatre on the Air’s famous radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, broadcast October 30, 1938.</p>

<p>Watchmen, a graphic novel created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colorist John Higgins: Dr. Jon Osterman/Doctor Manhattan, born 1929, attended Princeton University from 1948–1958 and graduated with a Ph.D. in atomic physics.</p>

<p>In The West Wing, former Deputy Communications Director Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe) is a magna cum laude Princeton undergraduate. In fact, in Season 1 it is revealed that Sam’s Secret Service code name is “Princeton.”</p>

<p>In the television series Weeds, the character Megan gets accepted into Princeton.</p>

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<p>Spanglish! One of my favourite films =D</p>

<p>And totally second latinisfun…I didn’t know about Logan either…and 24 IS one of the best shows of all time! XD</p>

<p>How can you guys forget ‘A Cinderella Story’?</p>

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<p>I have to reiterate the mention of “Across the Universe” (2007). If you like the Beatles or movie musicals, or just the sixties culture, it is a must see. It has a nice little chunk filmed on campus as one of the main characters attends Princeton before dropping out.</p>

<p>And as a fan of the tv show House, I always enjoy seeing the aerial shots of the Frist student center representing the fictional Princeton-Plainsboro hospital.</p>

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<p>In Gossip Girl, Blair Waldorf cites Princeton as one of the three “real” Ivy League schools.</p>

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<p>In the Office, Andy Bernard in season 3 refers to the Ivy League as 4 schools: “Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and Cornell.”
(He went to Cornell).
Lolz…</p>

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<p>Julie (Susan’s daughter) in Desperate Housewives went to Princeton.</p>