Editing Gore Vidal (section)

===In popular culture===
In the 1960s, the weekly American [[sketch comedy]] television program ''[[Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In]]'' featured a running-joke sketch about Vidal; the telephone operator Ernestine ([[Lily Tomlin]]) would call him, saying: "Mr.&nbsp;Veedul, this is the Phone Company calling! (snort! snort!)."<ref>StarNewsOnline.com (blog) – On "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In", [http://books.blogs.starnewsonline.com/16317/gore-vidal-rip/ Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the telephone operator would often call "Mr. Veedle"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515182853/http://books.blogs.starnewsonline.com/16317/gore-vidal-rip/ |date=May 15, 2013 }}.</ref><ref>Ernestine the Operator – TV Acres [http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20101206233347/http://www.tvacres.com/] – Lily Tomlin as Ernestine the Telephone Operator – ... a [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20121119080822/http://www.tvacres.com/comm_ernestine.htm conversation with writer Gore Vidal as Ernestine says "Mr. Veedle], you owe us ..."</ref> The sketch, titled "Mr.&nbsp;Veedle", also appeared in Tomlin's comedy record album ''[[This Is a Recording (Lily Tomlin album)|This Is a Recording]]'' (1972).<ref>Record album: This is a Recording, [http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/lily-tomlin/album/this-is-a-recording/track/mr-veedle by Lily Tomlin, title: "Mr. Veedle"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109004715/http://www.rhapsody.com/artist/lily-tomlin/album/this-is-a-recording/track/mr-veedle |date=January 9, 2015 }}. Rhapsody.</ref>

Vidal provided his own voice for the animated-cartoon version of himself in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Moe'N'a Lisa]]".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Simpsons (TV Series) Moe'N'a Lisa (2006) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0888356/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=January 19, 2023}}</ref> He also voiced his animated-cartoon version in ''[[Family Guy]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Family Guy (TV Series) Mother Tucker (2006) Full Cast & Crew|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0837966/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_cl_sm |publisher=[[IMDb]] |access-date=January 19, 2023}}</ref> He was interviewed in the ''[[Da Ali&nbsp;G Show]]''; the Ali&nbsp;G character mistakes him for [[Vidal Sassoon]], a famous hairdresser.<ref>{{cite web |title=Da Ali G Show - Gore Vidal| date=August 28, 2013 |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DBX123HJVLc |via=YouTube |access-date=January 19, 2023}}</ref>

The Buckley-Vidal debates, their aftermath and cultural significance, were the focus of a 2015 documentary film called ''[[Best of Enemies (2015 film)|Best of Enemies]]'', as well as a 2021 play by [[James Graham (playwright)|James Graham]], inspired by the film.<ref>{{cite news|last=Grynbaum|first=Michael M.|date=July 24, 2015|title=Buckley vs. Vidal: When Debate Became Bloodsport|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/movies/buckley-vs-vidal-when-debate-became-bloodsport.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=July 14, 2020|archive-date=August 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200821084445/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/26/movies/buckley-vs-vidal-when-debate-became-bloodsport.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Best Of Enemies |url=https://www.youngvic.org/whats-on/best-of-enemies?sourceNumber=7903#close |website=[[Young Vic]] |access-date=May 12, 2021 }}{{Dead link|date=November 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In season eight, episode eight of ''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'' titled "Gettysburg", [[Oscar Martinez (The Office)|Oscar Martinez]] calls [[Dwight Schrute]] "Gore Vidal" when Dwight tries to explain his version of history naming the "Battle of Schrute Farms" as the northernmost battle in the Civil War. Dwight responds to Oscar that he doesn't "know who that is".

A [[Netflix]] biopic titled ''Gore'' was filmed in 2017. It was directed and co-written by [[Michael Hoffman (director)|Michael Hoffman]], and based on [[Jay Parini]]'s book ''Empire of Self, A Life of Gore Vidal''. The film, which starred [[Kevin Spacey]] in the title role, was cancelled and remains unreleased due to sexual misconduct allegations made against Spacey.<ref name="HR_Stanhope">{{cite magazine | last1 = Stanhope | first1 = Kate | last2 = McClintock | first2 = Pamela | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/netflix-officially-severs-ties-kevin-spacey-1054981 |title = Netflix severs ties with Kevin Spacey, drops 'Gore' movie |magazine = [[The Hollywood Reporter]] | publisher = [[Eldridge Industries]] | location = Los Angeles, California| date = November 3, 2017 | access-date = November 4, 2017}}</ref><ref name="Variety_Nov3_Oldham">{{cite magazine | first = Stuart | last = Oldham | title = Kevin Spacey Suspended From 'House of Cards' | url = https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/netflix-fires-kevin-spacey-from-house-of-cards-1202607002/ | magazine = [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] | publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]]| location=Los Angeles, California| date = November 3, 2017 | access-date = November 4, 2017}}</ref>