Editing Paramus, New Jersey (section)

==In popular culture==
* Rock band [[Black Sabbath]] made stops in Paramus during their Paranoid Tour in 1970 and 1971.<ref>[https://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/par_tour/ Paranoid Tour - Black Sabbath Online] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119170944/https://www.black-sabbath.com/tourdates/par_tour/ |date=January 19, 2022 }} Accessed March 19, 2022.</ref>
* [[Rockapella]], the [[a cappella]] group best known for performing on the children's game show ''[[Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego? (game show)|Where in The World Is Carmen Sandiego?]]'', had their first public gig at the former [[Bamberger's]] store (currently [[Macy's]]) at [[Garden State Plaza]] on October 11, 1986, after performing at a private party in [[Oradell, New Jersey|Oradell]] six months earlier.<ref>[https://rockapella.com/past-concerts Rockapella - Past Tour Dates] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220218213449/https://www.rockapella.com/past-dates/ |date=February 18, 2022 }} Accessed February 18, 2022.</ref>
*The 1993 ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' spin-off movie ''[[Coneheads (movie)|Coneheads]]'' is set in Paramus.<ref>Wiggins, Ovetta. [https://web.archive.org/web/20121021125956/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22673553.html "Cone-Town, Usa – Ask Any Alien: It's A Great Place To Live Pointed Praise"], ''[[The Record (North Jersey)|The Record]]'', July 24, 1993. Accessed May 28, 2007.</ref> [[Dan Aykroyd]] and [[Jane Curtin]]'s characters decide to move to and permanently reside in the borough so daughter [[Michelle Burke]] can attend [[Paramus High School]]. Aykroyd's character "Beldar Conehead" spends his days in Paramus giving driving lessons and playing [[golf]].
*Scenes from the 2008 film ''[[Burn After Reading]]'' by the [[Coen Brothers]] were filmed in Paramus at the site of the old Tower Records annex building located on Route 17S that had been transformed into Hardbodies Fitness Center.<ref>[[Emanuel Levy|Levy, Emanuel]]. [http://emanuellevy.com/comment/burn-after-reading-shooting-a-joel-and-ethan-coen-wild-comedy-6/ "Burn After Reading: Shooting a Joel and Ethan Coen Wild Comedy"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714075818/http://emanuellevy.com/comment/burn-after-reading-shooting-a-joel-and-ethan-coen-wild-comedy-6/ |date=July 14, 2014 }}, Emanuel Levy Cinema 24/7, August 24, 2008. Accessed December 12, 2013. "The unit soon decamped to Paramus, New Jersey, where all the scenes that transpire at Hardbodies Fitness Center the workplace of Linda, Chad, and Ted were filmed. At an abandoned building that had until recently housed a Tower Records, Gonchor and his department with a fitness-equipment assist from Gym Source transformed the newly emptied space into a working gym."</ref>
*A scene from the 1996 film ''[[Ransom (1996 film)|Ransom]]'' was filmed on [[New Jersey Route 4|Route 4]] in Paramus where Mullen is driving to Stone Quarry.<ref>Schager, Nick. [http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29138/best-movies-set-in-new-jersey/ "The 10 Best Movies Set in New Jersey; A state that deserves more cinematic recognition"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151201004312/http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a29138/best-movies-set-in-new-jersey/ |date=December 1, 2015 }}, ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', June 20, 2014. Accessed September 7, 2015. "Much of Ron Howard's Ransom was filmed in and around New York and New Jersey, and Mel Gibson's first attempt to hand over money in exchange for his kidnapped son is clearly set at a Haledon, New Jersey, quarry — a location that Gibson arrives at after driving from Manhattan to Jersey City (via the Holland Tunnel), and then on through Paramus."</ref>
*Paramus was one of the filming locations in the 1986 film ''[[Something Wild (1986 film)|Something Wild]]''.<ref>Barth, Jack. [https://books.google.com/books?id=8K0qAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Something+Wild%22+paramus ''Roadside Hollywood: The Movie Lover's State-By-State Guide to Film Locations, Celebrity Hangouts, Celluloid Tourist Attractions, and More''], p. 192. [[Contemporary Books]], 1991. {{ISBN|9780809243266}}. Accessed April 13, 2016. "Directed by New Jersey's Susan Seidelman. Something Wild (Rahway, Paramus, Ringwood, New Jersey Turnpike, Jersey City, 1986)"</ref>
* Several episodes of the [[HBO]] crime drama ''[[The Sopranos]]'' used Paramus locations. Throughout the series, [[Garden State Plaza]] and the Ramsey Outdoor store (the now closed store in Ramsey) on Route 17 were both featured, and a character was "whacked" at the remnants of the Old Mill Bathing Beach on Paramus Road.<ref>Parrilo, Rosemary. [http://www.nj.com/sopranos/stories/030401locations.html "The Locations"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515001511/http://www.nj.com/sopranos/stories/030401locations.html |date=May 15, 2010 }}, ''[[The Star-Ledger]]'', March 4, 2001. Accessed September 10, 2013.</ref> Also near the Garden State Plaza, Tony Soorano uses a pay phone in front of the Hannah Krause store on Rt 17. In the series finale, a scene with [[Paulie Gualtieri]] was filmed in Paramus, in which he drove past a gas station.<ref>[http://www.sopranos-locations.com/locations/super-value-gas-station/ The Sopranos location guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309070418/http://www.sopranos-locations.com/locations/super-value-gas-station |date=March 9, 2014 }}, Accessed October 10, 2013.</ref>
* ''[[The Real Housewives of New Jersey]]'' frequently film in Paramus locations as Jennifer Aydin, a star of the show since 2018, lives in Paramus.<ref>[https://www.etonline.com/rhonj-star-jennifer-aydin-shows-off-20000-square-foot-palace-of-paramus-exclusive-166458/ "'RHONJ' Star Jennifer Aydin Shows Off 20,000 Square Foot 'Palace of Paramus'"], Accessed April 27, 2024.</ref>
* [[Avril Lavigne]] performed at [[Westfield Garden State Plaza]] on March 17, 2004, as part of her [[List of Avril Lavigne promotional tours|Live by Surprise Tour]]. 
* The 2005 ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[direct-to-video]] ''All Star Alphabet'', featuring [[Stephen Colbert]] and [[Nicole Sullivan]], was filmed on location at [[Garden State Plaza]].<ref>Nash, Margo. [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/nyregion/footlights-all-about-a-and-dont-forget-z.html "Footlights; All About A, And Don't Forget Z"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725214841/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/04/nyregion/footlights-all-about-a-and-dont-forget-z.html |date=July 25, 2018 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', September 4, 2005. Accessed October 16, 2018. "When it came time to choose a shopping center, the video's makers headed, quite naturally, to New Jersey. Mr. Colbert, dressed as a big blue letter Z, and Ms. Sullivan, appearing as a big red A, are shown in the video ambling around the Garden State Mall{{sic}}, asking people if they know any words with their letters in them. Ms. Sullivan got a lot more responses than Mr. Colbert."</ref>
* The former Paramus Bowling Center was the filming site of the bowling competition shows ''[[Make That Spare]]'' and ''Championship Bowling''.<ref>Galant, Debra. [https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/nyregion/bowling-once-a-first-date-now-takes-back-seat.html "Bowling, Once a First Date, Now Takes Back Seat"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925121952/http://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/10/nyregion/bowling-once-a-first-date-now-takes-back-seat.html |date=September 25, 2015 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', December 10, 2000. Accessed September 30, 2015. "Even people who never set foot there remember seeing Paramus Lanes on the 1950s television shows ''Make That Spare'' and ''Championship Bowling.''"</ref>
* [[Hanson (band)|Hanson]]'s 1997 video "Tulsa, Tokyo & the Middle of Nowhere", features the band travelling to [[Paramus Park]] on May 7, 1997, performing in the food court in front of 600 screaming fans.<ref>[http://thd.danitza.org/events/1997events.html hanson events: 1997] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528193950/http://thd.danitza.org/events/1997events.html |date=May 28, 2019 }}. Accessed May 30, 2018.</ref> The performance was their first public appearance after the release of "[[MMMBop]]".<ref>Macatee, Rebecca. [https://www.eonline.com/news/848930/why-hanson-s-scary-choices-worked-zac-hanson-talks-20-years-of-mmmbop-and-his-future-with-taylor-and-isaac "Why Hanson's 'Scary' Choices Worked: Zac Hanson Talks 20 Years of 'MMMBop' and His Future With Taylor and Isaac"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180407023738/http://www.eonline.com/news/848930/why-hanson-s-scary-choices-worked-zac-hanson-talks-20-years-of-mmmbop-and-his-future-with-taylor-and-isaac |date=April 7, 2018 }}, ''[[E!]]'', May 6, 2017. Accessed May 30, 2018. "'The first girls we heard screaming were not at Paramus Park Mall in New Jersey when we did our first public performance after "MMMBop" came out,' the father of four adds with a laugh."</ref>
*Garden State Plaza is the setting for [[Tricia Sullivan]]'s science fiction novel ''Maul'' (2002). The novel takes its title from the way that the word "mall" is pronounced with the New Jersey accent. In the novel, three teenage girls start a shoot out with a local gang.<ref>[[Tricia Sullivan|Sullivan, Tricia]]. [https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1597800372 ''Maul''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706191226/https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1597800372 |date=July 6, 2018 }}, ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''. Accessed July 6, 2018.</ref>
*American [[ska punk]] band [[Less Than Jake]] has a song entitled ''24 Hours in Paramus'' on their 1995 album ''[[Losers, Kings and Things We Don't Understand]]''.
* The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] situational hidden camera show, ''[[What Would You Do? (2008 TV program)|What Would You Do?]]'' filmed some episodes in Paramus at the Tom Sawyer Diner.<ref>[https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/paramus/2019/10/27/what-would-you-do-features-paramus-nj-professor-lesson/4089159002/ Paramus professor shows 'what she would do' on hidden camera show] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029175706/https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/paramus/2019/10/27/what-would-you-do-features-paramus-nj-professor-lesson/4089159002/ |date=October 29, 2020 }} ''NorthJersey.com''. Accessed October 26, 2020</ref><ref>[https://abcnews.go.com/US/olympic-star-adam-rippon-joins-scenario-coming/story?id=71761605 Olympic star Adam Rippon joins 'What Would You Do?' scenario about coming out] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200822081626/https://abcnews.go.com/US/olympic-star-adam-rippon-joins-scenario-coming/story?id=71761605 |date=August 22, 2020 }} ''ABCNews.com''. Accessed October 26, 2020.</ref>