Editing Pismo Beach, California (section)

==In popular culture==
The city is mentioned in the films ''[[Clueless (film)|Clueless]]'' (a reference is made to a fictitious "Pismo Beach disaster") and ''[[A Night at the Roxbury]]'', the TV show ''[[United States of Tara]]'', and the animated series ''[[Futurama]]'' (episode "[[Raging Bender]]"), ''[[Robot Chicken]]'' (episode "Rodiggity"), and ''[[The Critic]]'' (episode "Lady Hawke").<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allreadable.com/0d21HqMC | title=The Critic S2E5 - English Transcript }}</ref>

The [[W. C. Fields]] comedy ''[[The Bank Dick]]'' (1940), set in [[Lompoc, California|Lompoc]], includes a character listed in the film's credits as "A. Pismo Clam".

In the 1957 [[Merrie Melodies]] short ''[[Ali Baba Bunny]]'', [[Bugs Bunny]] and his traveling companion [[Daffy Duck]] emerge from a tunnel, with Bugs believing they have arrived at Pismo Beach "and all the clams we can eat".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sepulveda |first=Victoria |date=April 7, 2022 |title=This tiny Central Coast town gets name-dropped in tons of movies |url=https://www.sfgate.com/streaming/article/Pismo-Beach-mentioned-in-movies-17058909.php |access-date=April 7, 2022 |work=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref>

In the TV movie ''[[Dragnet (series)#Dragnet 1966 .28Aired 1969.29|Dragnet 1966]]'' (1969), Bill Gannon ([[Harry Morgan]]) takes disability retirement and moves to Pismo Beach. After eight months and three weeks of eating Pismo Beach clam chowder, Bill's health returns, his teeth stop falling out, and he is able to be reinstated with the [[LAPD]]. Explaining to [[Joe Friday]] ([[Jack Webb]]) the reason for his restored health, he states, "The clams, Joe. The clams."

In "Guess Who's Knott Coming to Dinner", the fifth episode of the first season of ''The New Scooby-Doo Movies'' (aired October 7, 1972), when the mystery gang makes an unsuccessful escape from Captain Moody's mansion, Shaggy says they must have made a wrong turn at Pismo Beach.

In ''[[The Monkees (TV series)|The Monkees]]'' TV series episode "The Wild Monkees" (aired November 13, 1967), Pismo Beach is mentioned a few times. [[Mike Nesmith]] states, "You remember the Massacre at Pismo Beach?" when told that the Black Angels motorcycle gang will be staying at the hotel where they are working. The rest of the group replies "Pismo Beach?"

In the ''[[I Love Lucy]]'' TV series episode "Lucy Gets in Pictures" (aired February 21, 1955), Lucy ([[Lucille Ball]]) mentions Pismo Beach as one of the locations that her best friend, Ethel Mertz ([[Vivian Vance]]), and she want to visit.

Pismo Beach is mentioned in the [[Coen Brothers]]' film ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' (1998). This shout-out inspired the title of the [[Labradford]] song "Up to Pizmo" from the band's 2001 album ''[[Fixed::Context]]''.