Editing Wildwood, New Jersey (section)

==In popular culture==
[[File:WildwoodsConventionCenter.jpg|thumb|[[Wildwoods Convention Center]]]]
* [[Cozy Morley]], a popular entertainer and club owner, recorded a song called ''[[On the Way to Cape May]]''.<ref>Staff. [http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20130826/NEWS01/308260015/ "'On the way to Cape May' composer, Cozy Morley, 87, dies; Comic legend was dubbed 'Bob Hope of the Jersey Shore'"], ''[[Courier-Post]]'', August 26, 2013. Accessed November 11, 2013.</ref>
* Wildwood is home to the beverage known as the "[[The Rickey|Lime Rickey]]".<ref>Staff. [https://books.google.com/books?id=bdHlN7hkz6EC&pg=PT149 "Cocktails and Drinking Games for Smartphones and Mobile Devices"], p. 149. MobileReference, 2007. {{ISBN|9781605011042}}. "The Lime Rickey is also known as a Gin Rickey. Rumored to be named for Colonel Rickey, an English officer once based in Washington, D.C., it is more popularly cited as originally being from the seaside resort community of Wildwood, New Jersey."</ref>
* The song "[[Wildwood Days]]" by [[Bobby Rydell]] is about the shore town.<ref name=NYT2005/>
* The song "Everything's Wild in Wildwood" by [[The Treniers]] was inspired by summers in the early 1950s during which they played residencies at a night club in the town.<ref name=NYT2005>Strauss, Robert. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/nyregion/the-heart-of-rock-n-roll-is-in-wildwood.html "The Heart of Rock 'n' Roll Is in Wildwood"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 4, 2005. Accessed October 28, 2019. "The Treniers even recorded a song called ''Everything's Wild in Wildwood.''"</ref>
* '''1967''': The psychedilic rock band [[Nazz]] releases "Wildwood Blues", a song about Wildwood scene.<ref>Sullivan, Dan. [https://www.nytimes.com/1967/09/29/archives/2-combos-blasting-in-citys-rock-pile-candymen-and-the-nazz-do-their.html "2 Combos Blasting In City's Rock Pile; Candymen and The Nazz Do Their High-Decibel Thing"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 29, 1967. Accessed November 11, 2013. "The group does have some interesting rhythmic notions, notably a stop-the-beat effect gin the orgiastic climax of 'Wildwood Blues,' and, whether by accident or design, they sometimes fall into a kind of atonality that has a certain punch."</ref>
* '''1975''': A portion of the rock band [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]'s 1975 album ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'' was recorded from a July 23, 1975 concert at the old [[Wildwoods Convention Center]].<ref>Horning, Rob. [http://www.popmatters.com/review/kiss-alivemft/ Kiss: Alive!], PopMatters, April 27, 2004. Accessed November 11, 2013.</ref>
* In the 1987 movie ''[[Wall Street (1987 film)|Wall Street]]'', when Charlie Sheen's character tells Daryl Hannah's character she could have bought a beach house for four hundred thousand dollars (the value of a painting they were looking at) she sardonically replies, "Sure you could, in Wildwood, New Jersey".<ref>[http://sfy.ru/sfy.html?script=wall_street "Wall Street (1987) screenplay], sfy.ru. Accessed August 18, 2008.</ref>
* '''2005''': [[WWE Raw]] came to the Wildwood Convention Center late summer of 2005. [[WWE SmackDown]] came to the Wildwood Convention Center late summer of 2006. WWE Raw broke an attendance record at the Wildwood convention center on August 10, 2007.<ref>[http://www.wildwoodtime.com/Wildwood_Events_2007.htm Schedule of Events 2007], accessed March 26, 2007.</ref>
* A [[CKY (band)|CKY]] song entitled "The Boardwalk Body" was written about a body found under the boardwalk on one of lead singer [[Deron Miller]]'s childhood trips to Wildwood.<ref>Harris, Chris. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110605163752/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1554178/cky-not-ready-discuss-dead-body-just-yet.jhtml "CKY Almost Done With LP But Not Ready To Discuss Dead Body Yet ...; Drummer Jess Margera also reveals new side project with members of Clutch, Fireball Ministry, Moistboyz.""], [[MTV.com]], March 9, 2007. Accessed November 11, 2013. "Without giving too much of the macabre story away, drummer Jess Margera revealed that the track is about a childhood trip Miller took with his family to Wildwood, New Jersey, where he 'full-on found some dead body under the boardwalk.'"</ref>
* The video for [[Jason Aldean]]'s song "[[Laughed Until We Cried]]" is set in Wildwood.<ref>Callahan, Michael. [http://www.phillymag.com/articles/pulse-60-second-critic-music-video-jason-aldean-laughed-until-we-cried/ "Pulse: 60-Second Critic: Music Video: Jason Aldean, 'Laughed Until We Cried'"], ''[[Philadelphia (magazine)|Philadelphia]]'', December 2007. Accessed July 23, 2013. "Aldean, the latest crooner trying to claim the mantle of Kenny Chesney Lite, strolls the Cape May beach and Wildwood Boardwalk with suitable pathos in this video, as he warbles your boilerplate 'Weren't things great back when' country tune from his latest CD, Relentless."</ref>
*'''2008''': The documentary ''Wildwood Days'' is released, featuring [[Chubby Checker]], [[Dick Clark]], [[Bobby Rydell]], and [[Bruce Willis]] describe their experiences with Wildwood's rock music history during the 1950s and 1960s.<ref>Schaad Jr., Jacob. [http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/wildwood-mainmenu/in-another-time/7194-in-another-time-g-three-actors-three-different-takes-on-wildwood-life-.html "In another time: Three actors, three different takes on Wildwood life"], ''Shore News Today'', January 4, 2011. Accessed November 11, 2013. " According to his biography, Willis first worked at a clothing store at the corner of Pacific and Garfield Avenues in Wildwood during the summer and then as a bartender one night a week at the popular Red Garter nightclub in North Wildwood. After a few weeks he headed for New York City where, so the story goes, he was spotted by a movie person and signed to a contract."</ref>
*'''2008''': The movie ''Wipe Out'' is released, featuring beach scenes filmed in Wildwood.{{citation needed|date=October 2014}}
* A season 4 episode of ''[[Hoarders (TV series)|Hoarders]]'' features Randy Senna, the owner of "Randyland" based out of Wildwood.<ref>Suit, Lauren . [http://www.shorenewstoday.com/snt/news/index.php/wildwood-mainmenu/wildwood-leader/14547-senna-sees-randyland-the-shot-in-the-arm-that-pacific-avenue-needs.html "Senna sees 'Randyland' the shot in the arm that Pacific Avenue needs"], ''Shore News Today''. August 3, 2011. Accessed October 18, 2012. "Senna wrote two autobiographies and is nearing completion on a documentary film about himself has also enjoyed his 30 minutes of fame when word of his collection drew producers from the A&E hit reality show ''Hoarders.''"</ref>
*'''Summer 2016''': the [[Travel Channel]] filmed Season 8, Episode 6 of the television show ''[[Hotel Impossible]]'' at the White Caps Motel in Wildwood.
*'''September 2017''': The movie ''[[Wetlands (2017 film)|Wetlands]]'', featuring [[Heather Graham]], was partly filmed in Wildwood.<ref>Argos, Greg. [http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/04/13/wildwood-acts-as-home-to-new-major-motion-picture/ "Wildwood Acts As Home To New Major Motion Picture"]. [[KYW-TV]], April 13, 2016. Accessed May 3, 2016. "The movie, called'' Wetlands'', will star Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Heather Graham and Christopher McDonald. Location manager Alex Starke says Wildwood is not just the perfect place for filming."</ref>