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== Television and film appearances == *Wolfe's legs appeared in [[John Lennon]] and [[Yoko Ono]]'s 1971 film ''[[Up Your Legs Forever]]''<ref name="Cott2013">{{cite book|author=Jonathan Cott|title=Days That I'll Remember: Spending Time With John Lennon & Yoko Ono|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ei8DAwAAQBAJ|date=July 16, 2013|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-1-78323-048-8|page=74}}</ref> * Wolfe was featured as an interview subject in the 1987 [[PBS]] documentary series ''Space Flight''. * In July 1975, Wolfe was interviewed on ''[[Firing Line (TV series)|Firing Line]]'' by [[William F. Buckley Jr.]], discussing ''[[The Painted Word]]''.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujnMvAzoDWYC&q=firing+line+with+william+f.+buckley+jr+tom+wolfe&pg=PA73|title=Conversations with Tom Wolfe|first=Dorothy McInnis|last=Scura|date=January 1, 1990|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|isbn=9780878054275|via=Google Books}}</ref> * Wolfe was featured on the February 2006 episode "The White Stuff" of [[Speed (American cable network)|Speed Channel]]'s ''[[Unique Whips]]'', where his [[Cadillac]]'s interior was customized to match his trademark white suit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0775843/plotsummary|title=The White Stuff|date=March 8, 2006|via=IMDb}}</ref> * Wolfe guest-starred alongside [[Jonathan Franzen]], [[Gore Vidal]] and [[Michael Chabon]] in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Moe'N'a Lisa]]", which aired November 19, 2006. He was originally slated to be killed by a giant boulder, but that ending was edited out.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://superspringfield.blogspot.com/2005/11/tom-wolfe-is-screaming.html|title=Crisis on Infinite Springfields: "Tom Wolfe Is Screaming"|first=Corey|last=Bond|date=November 30, 2005}}</ref> Wolfe was also used as a sight gag on ''The Simpsons'' episode "[[Insane Clown Poppy]]", which aired on November 12, 2000. Homer spills chocolate on Wolfe's trademark white suit, and Wolfe rips it off in one swift motion, revealing an identical suit underneath. The episode "[[Flanders' Ladder]]" was dedicated to the memory of Wolfe as seen at the end of the episode's credits.
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