Bad Haircut

Book menu for Bad Haircut by Tom Perrotta

Here's a list of all the food, books, music, and movies mentioned in this collection of short stories.

"The Wiener Man"
Food:
Hot dogs, 2, 4-7, 10-11, 14, 21
Hamburgers, 4, 21
Pork chops, 13-14

Music:
Jimi Hendrix, 3

TV:
The Flintstones, 6

"Thirteen"
Food:
Jelly donuts, 26
Pizza, 26
French fries, 27
Gum drops, 29

TV:
The Twilight Zone, 25
Happy Days, 44

Movies:
Billy Jack, 29

Music:
Peter Lemongello, 25

Magazines:
Playboy

"Race Riot"
Food:
French Fries, 56
Coffee, 57
Boone's Farm wine, 60

Music:
Deep Purple, 52
Doobie Brothers, 61

TV:
Happy Days, 48

"Snowman"
Food:
Hot cocoa, 68
Oreo cookies, 81
Hershey's Kisses, 81
Orange juice, 85

TV:
Charlie's Angels, 69
Starsky and Hutch, 78
Scooby-Doo, 83

"Forgiveness"
Food:
Pizza, 103

Music:
"I Got a Name" / Jim Croce, 93
"Operator" / Jim Croce, 105
Zeppelin, 102
Lynyrd Skynyrd, 103

TV:
Jeopardy!, 103

"A Bill Floyd Xmas"
Food:
Rocky Road ice cream, 119
Christmas cookies, 119
Rum and Coke, 126-7

Music:
Zeppelin, 116
Aerosmith, 125
The Grateful Dead, 125

"You Start to Live"
Music:
Simon and Garfunkel, 134
Zeppelin, 149

"The Jane Pasco Fan Club"
Food:
Pop-Tarts, 158

Books:
The Lord of the Rings / J.R.R. Tolkien, 162
The Great Gatsby / F. Scott Fitzgerald, 165

Movies:
The Graduate, 177

"Just the Way We Were"
Food:
Birthday cake, 1841-185
Oreo cookies, 185
Pepsi, 188
Blackberry brandy, 199

TV:
The Brady Bunch, 184

Music:
"We May Never Pass this Way Again", 191
The Carpenters, 193
"YMCA", 195
"Just the Way You Are" / Billy Joel, 196
"Dream On" /Areosmith, 196

Movies:
Carrie, 197

"Wild Kingdom"
Food:
Beer, 213
Coffee, 214-215
Turkey sandwich, 226
Lasagna, 226

TV:
Wild Kingdom, 207, 209
The Munsters, 213

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