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==In popular culture== The [[reality television|reality]] [[television series]] ''[[Bering Sea Gold]]'' is set and filmed in Nome. Nome is referenced in the songs "Marry the Man Today" from the 1950 [[Frank Loesser]]/[[Jo Swerling]]/[[Abe Burrows]] musical ''[[Guys and Dolls]]''; in "A Little Brains, A Little Talent" from the 1955 Richard Adler and Jerry Ross musical ''[[Damn Yankees]]''; and in "Ah, Paree!" from [[Stephen Sondheim]]'s 1971 musical ''[[Follies]]''. [[Johnny Horton]] wrote the theme song "[[North to Alaska (song)|North to Alaska]]" for the [[North to Alaska|film of the same name]] starring John Wayne. Nome is mentioned twice in the lyrics. When Karen tries to buy the titular character a train ticket to the [[North Pole]] in the 1969 [[Rankin/Bass]] Christmas special ''[[Frosty the Snowman (TV special)|Frosty the Snowman]]'', Nome is mentioned by the ticket agent as one of many destinations for a northbound train. In episode 1 of the 1997 [[BBC]] television travel series ''[[Full Circle with Michael Palin|Full Circle]]'', British actor, comedian, writer and presenter [[Michael Palin]] (of [[Monty Python]] fame) traveled to Nome and met a goldpanner on the "Golden Sands of Nome". In the video game ''[[Rainbow Six Extraction]]'', Nome appears as one of 12 playable locations. ''[[The Great Alaskan Race]]'' is a movie (2019) about a group of brave mushers travel over 1100 km to save the small children of Nome, from a deadly epidemic. Payne Lindsay hosted a season of hit podcast Up and Vanished in Nome. ===Films set in Nome=== * ''[[The Spoilers (1930 film)|The Spoilers]]'' (1930) * ''[[The Spoilers (1942 film)|The Spoilers]]'' (1942) * ''[[North to Alaska]]'' (1960) * ''[[Balto (film)|Balto]]'' (1995) * ''[[Balto II: Wolf Quest]]'' (2002) * ''[[Balto III: Wings of Change]]'' (2004) * ''[[The Fourth Kind]]'' (2009) * ''[[Snow Dogs]] (2002)'' * ''[[Togo (film)|Togo]] (2019)''
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