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 * Category:Novels_set_in_New_Jersey
 * Category:New_Jersey_books

Slogans

 * "Content is created at the point of consumption."
 * "California: It's where you make TV shows about New Jersey."

What constitutes a legitimate cultural reference?
Numerous cultural products make reference to nj in passing. For example, the television programs Queer Eye for the Straight Guy or T loves Coco are set in NJ, but are not known for making substantial references to or comments about the state.

To qualify as a bona fide example, a cultural product should intentionally make an attempt to portray something about the state of nj, such as its socio-economic realities, inhabitants, geography, mode of dress, lifestyle, accent, notable event, or behavior. or it should communicate or portray aspects of new jersey life, culture, or geography, among others. a given reference to or portrayal of life in new jersey may be very brief - and many are; the issue concerns whether there is an intent on the part of the creators to reference new jersey. of course, it is possible that a bona fide new jersey reference could be unintentional.

Cryptic references
references which would pass unnoticed and/or uninterpreted to those not from or familiar with new jersey life. the only person laughing in the movie theatre (example).

Extreme notoriety

 * the Hindenberg issue (fame, etc)
 * Lindbergh kidnapping
 * John List Westfield, NJ murders (November 9, 1971)
 * Valerie Jean Solanas b. Ventnor City, New Jersey April 9, 1936 - Unsuccessful assassin of Andy Warhol, June 3, 1968

Television series

 * Aqua Teen Hunger Force (currently titled Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1)
 * Cake Boss
 * Jersey Shore
 * Jerseylicious
 * The Real Housewives of New Jersey
 * Royal Pains
 * The Sopranos
 * The Uncle Floyd Show

Television episodes

 * Breakout Kings
 * It's a Jersey Thing, South Park, season 14, episode 9
 * MonsterQuest, season 3, episode 4: "Devils in New Jersey"
 * Bourdain, Cajun episode, Aug-Sept 2011, "double-tap".

Scenes in television

 * 30 Rock, season X, episide X, real name character from Scotch Plains, NJ
 * Breakout Kings, season X, episode X
 * Futurama, season 6, episode (summer 2011), "...New Jersey official joke state...", Hubert J. Farnsworth
 * The Cleveland Show, season X, episode X: "Rallo's Rap" (Montclair "Rallo" Tubbs), in which Bernard (Bernard Bernard) mentions Piscataway, NJ, à propos of nothing. (watch screen capture)
 * It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, season 6, episode X

Film

 * Clerks; set in Leonardo, New Jersey
 * Mallrats
 * Chasing Amy
 * Garden State
 * Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)
 * Jersey Girl
 * New Jersey: The Movie
 * On the Waterfront

Scenes in film
Lloyd: That's a lovely accent you have. New Jersey? Lady at bus stop: Austria. Lloyd: Austria! Well, then. G'day mate! Let's put another shrimp on the barbie! Lady at bus stop: Let's not.
 * Apocalypse Now (can't find youtube clip)
 * Cadillac Man
 * Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
 * Dumb & Dumber (1994)

Characters in film

 * Buckaroo Banzai, from The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
 * Melvin Ferd III, main character in The Toxic Avenger.

Theater

 * Jersey Boys
 * What Am I Doing in New Jersey? (George Carlin)

Scenes in Theater

 * "Are you from Jersey? I'm from Jersey...What exit?", Saturday Night Live, (period), recurring sketch.

Music

 * New Jersey is the only American state without a state song.
 * Grooveshark playlist of the songs mentioned in this article (link).

Music: Albums

 * Nebraska, Bruce Springsteen
 * New Jersey (album) (Bon Jovi)

Music Videos
-Shot on location at Union Dry Dock, Hoboken, New Jersey
 * New Jersey: The Videos (Bon Jovi)
 * Union City Blue (Blondie)

Music: Songs

 * Breakout Kings, season X, episode X (The Smithereens) (not about New Jersey, except now it is)
 * "Homicide", Cam'ron, Crime Pays.
 * "Sundays Piscataway / 8 Ki's I have we lay"
 * listen

"In Patterson that's just the way things go/If you're black you might as well not show up on the street/'Less you wanna draw the heat." "I was standing by the Hudson River's edge at night/Looking out across the Jersey shore."
 * "The Garden State Parkway Boogie" (Holme), watch
 * "Let's Have a War", Fear, The Record
 * "Union City Blue", Blondie, Eat to the Beat
 * "You Can't Catch Me" released in 1956 by Chuck Berry, mentions the New Jersey Turnpike.
 * "Jersey Girl (song)" by Tom Waits from the album Heartattack and Vine (1980)
 * "Jersey Girl (song)" by Tom Waits covered by Bruce Springsteen as the B-side of the "Cover Me" single (1984)
 * On Bob Dylan's 1976 album Desire, the song "Hurricane", about boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter references Patterson, New Jersey:
 * Bruce Springsteen's 1982 album "Nebraska" included the song "Atlantic City.” It was released as a single in the UK, but not the US (and therefore: not even New Jersey.)
 * Lou Reed's 1986 album Mistrial includes the song "Tell It To Your Heart” which references New Jersey:

Literature

 * Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.? cf. (The Lonely Island, Incredibad, "Ras Trent", listen
 * Forever... (novel)?
 * Philip Roth
 * Charles Addams
 * Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea Chelsea Handler (2008)
 * (Weird NJ)
 * mona lisa overdrive: ...a reclusive artist named Slick Henry, who lives in a place named Factory in the Dog Solitude a large, poisoned expanse of deserted factories and dumps, perhaps in New Jersey.

Web sites

 * Hot Chicks with Douchebags
 * Weird NJ

News and current events

 * hacking, congress, kid from new jersey

Language

 * New Jersey English