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==In popular culture== {{Redirect|Cucamonga}} The name "Cucamonga" became well known to fans of [[Jack Benny|Jack Benny's]] popular radio program, in which an announcer, voiced by [[Mel Blanc]], would call out: "Train leaving on track five for [[Anaheim]], [[Azusa, California|Azusa]] and Cu-camonga!" This running gag became so well known that it eventually led to a statue of Benny in Cucamonga.<ref>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=dSzVrahTRmEC&pg=PA126|title=Rancho Cucamonga| first= Paula |last= Emick| publisher= Arcadia Publishing |isbn= 9780738575001|year=2011}}</ref><ref name="origin">{{cite web |url=https://www.insidetheie.com/rancho-cucamonga-california-name |title=The Origin of the Name 'Cucamonga'| website= insidetheie.com |date= May 28, 2006| author= iedude| publisher= Inside The Inland Empire |url-status= dead| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928104301/https://www.insidetheie.com/rancho-cucamonga-california-name| archivedate= September 28, 2011| access-date= January 5, 2023}}</ref> The city is the primary setting of the TV series ''[[Workaholics]]'' and the feature film ''[[Next Friday]]''. Further mention of the city was made in the Netflix series ''[[Unsolved (U.S. TV series)|Unsolved]]''. The city was claimed as the location where the "Flamin' Hot" flavor of [[Cheetos]] was created in the 1980s at the Frito-Lay factory.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Crockett|first=Zachary|date=November 29, 2017|title=How a janitor at Frito-Lay invented Flamin' Hot Cheetos|url=https://thehustle.co/hot-cheetos-inventor/|access-date=February 8, 2021|website=The Hustle|language=en-US}}</ref> Cucamonga is referenced in the [[Grateful Dead]] song "Pride of Cucamonga" on the album ''[[From the Mars Hotel]]'', and in "Cucamonga" on [[Frank Zappa]]'s album ''[[Bongo Fury]]''.
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