Editing Banacek (section)

==In popular culture==
The [[mentalism|mentalist]] Steven Shaw adopted his stage name "[[Banachek]]" after the television program.<ref name="Draper">{{cite web|last1=Draper|first1=Paul|title=Banachek LIVE Video Q&A on Full Circle Magic, Streamed on Nov. 19, 2014|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxT5mwqgqsg|website=YouTube.com|date=19 November 2014 |access-date=14 Nov 2017}}</ref>

The show was referenced by the band [[Fun Lovin' Criminals]] in the lyrics of its 1998 single "Love Unlimited".

The character Banacek was also referenced in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' "[[Treehouse of Horror III]]" segment "Dial Z for Zombies" when Bart tries to cast a spell to rid Springfield of the zombies he unleashed by intoning the magic words "[[Kojak]], [[Mannix]], Banacek, [[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Danno]]..." (All names of 1970s TV detectives.)

In 2018, ''Banacek'' was the subject of an episode-length parody in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' ("[[Homer Is Where the Art Isn't]]"), with [[Bill Hader]] voicing the Peppard character, named "Manacek".  The episode is patterned closely after a typical Banacek outing, referencing items from the series' storytelling format to its establishing shots. The opening and closing credits mimicked ''Banacek'''s style, even including Goldenberg's theme music.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Perkins|first1=Dennis|title=Bill Hader helps The Simpsons stick it to that Banacek guy, who must work there or something|url=https://www.avclub.com/bill-hader-helps-the-simpsons-stick-it-to-that-banacek-1823872344|website=The AV Club|publisher=Onion, Inc.|access-date=March 20, 2018|date=March 18, 2018}}</ref>  In the ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'', Rich Heldenfels called the episode "a dead-on parody of ''Banacek''."<ref name=Akron>{{cite news|url=https://www.ohio.com/akron/entertainment/tv/heldenfels-mailbag-why-didnt-they-make-a-sequel-to-starman|title=Heldenfels' Mailbag: Why didn't they make a sequel to 'Starman'?|last=Heldenfels|first=Rich|work=[[Akron Beacon Journal]]|date=April 19, 2018|access-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623033211/https://www.ohio.com/akron/entertainment/tv/heldenfels-mailbag-why-didnt-they-make-a-sequel-to-starman|archive-date=June 23, 2018}}</ref>

Banacek has a clear resemblance to the title character of the [[Steve McQueen]] movie ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'', particularly in his attitude towards women and authority.  The house used for exterior shots of Thomas Crown's home in Boston, the [[Harrison Gray Otis House#Second Harrison Gray Otis House|Harrison Gray Otis House]], was used for Banacek's home in the series.  Both the film and the show revolve around insurance investigations, but in the series Banacek is solving crimes, not committing them.