Editing Brian Boitano (section)

==Celebrity and popular culture career==

===''South Park''  song===
{{Main|What Would Brian Boitano Do?}}
A [[caricature]] of Boitano as a [[superhero]] appears as a semi-recurring character in the [[Animated cartoon|cartoon]] series ''[[South Park]]''. The film ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'' (1999) features a musical number titled "[[What Would Brian Boitano Do?]]".<ref>Gwen Kapp, [http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Tickled-by-life-Boitano-even-enjoys-South-Park-2505146.php "Tickled by life, Boitano even enjoys 'South Park' ribbing"], ''San Francisco Chronicle'', Feb. 5, 2006.</ref> He was also featured in ''[[The Spirit of Christmas (short film)#Jesus vs. Santa|Jesus vs. Santa]]''.

===Food Network show===
On August 23, 2009, [[Food Network]] debuted a new series entitled ''[[What Would Brian Boitano Make?]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-08-18 |title=U.S. skating champ Boitano serves up cooking show |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-food-chefs-boitano-idCATRE57H2AZ20090818 |access-date=2023-05-05}}</ref> which borrows both its name and opening musical theme from the ''[[South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut]]'' song. The show features Boitano preparing meals for his friends. The series was picked up for a ten-episode second season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=What Would Brian Boitano Make Picked Up for Another Season |url=http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/11/what-would-brian-boitano-make-picked-up-for-another-season/ |work=EatMeDaily.com |date=November 9, 2009 |access-date=November 15, 2009 |archive-date=December 20, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220094708/http://www.eatmedaily.com/2009/11/what-would-brian-boitano-make-picked-up-for-another-season/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Other television and film appearances===
* Boitano starred, along with [[Katarina Witt]] and archrival [[Brian Orser]], in the 1990 German [[dance film]] ''[[Carmen on Ice]]''; Boitano played Don Jose. All three won an [[Emmy Award]] for "Outstanding performance in classical music/dance programming".<ref name=":1" />
* He was featured in the [[Super Bowl XXVI]] halftime show "Winter Magic", along with [[Gloria Estefan]] and [[Dorothy Hamill]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Do You Remember the 1992 Super Bowl Halftime Show in MN? [WATCH] |url=https://river967.com/do-you-remember-the-1992-super-bowl-halftime-show-in-mn-watch/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=96.7 The River |date=February 3, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
* Boitano had a [[cameo appearance|cameo]] in the 2007 film ''[[Blades of Glory]]'' as a world skating federation judge.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blades of Glory |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/blades-of-glory/cast/2000287080/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
* He and fellow figure skater [[Michelle Kwan]] had a cameo as themselves in the 2005 Disney film, ''[[Ice Princess]]'', appearing as [[sports commentator|commentator]]s during the Sectionals competition.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ice Princess |url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/ice-princess/cast/2000126508/ |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=TVGuide.com |language=en}}</ref>
* He appeared on ''[[Giada at Home]]'' for one episode.<ref>{{Citation |title="Giada at Home 2.0" Giada on Ice (TV Episode 2010) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1902363/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* He appeared as a guest judge on ''Top Chef Masters'', Season 4 episode 3. The episode is titled "What would Brian Boitano Make?"<ref>{{Citation |title="Top Chef Masters" What Would Brian Boitano Eat? (TV Episode 2012) - IMDb |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2333772/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* He appeared on Fox Business Network's ''Stossel'', episode "Spontaneous Order" (February 10, 2011).
* He appeared in an episode of ''[[Check, Please!|Check, Please! Bay Area]]'', a restaurant review program which airs on [[KQED-TV]] in [[San Francisco]].<ref>[http://blogs.kqed.org/checkplease/2013/04/27/pompeis-grotto-lillie-maes-house-of-soul-food-spqr-check-please-bay-area-reviews/ ''Check Please! Bay Area'', Season 8, Episode 4]. blogs.kqed.org. April 27, 2013.</ref>
*He hosted a series on HGTV, called ''The Brian Boitano Project'', which premiered January 16, 2014, in which he purchased a near derelict ancestral home in Northern Italy, home to many Boitanos. During the series he gives the home in [[Favale di Malvaro]] a sympathetic restoration/renovation and shops flea markets with two nieces to find decor and furnishings. Local artisans, carpenters, masons and painters create a gem where he can live part-time and host Boitanos from afar.<ref>[http://www.hgtv.com/the-brian-boitano-project/show/index.html The Brian Boitano Project]. hgtv.com</ref>
*Boitano appeared as a guest on Season 18 of the reality series ''[[Hell's Kitchen (U.S. TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]'', where he along with [[Gordon Ramsay]] and [[Traci Des Jardins]] co-judged the team challenge in the episode "Hell Freezes Over".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wloszczyna |first=Susan |date=2018-10-20 |title=It's a cold day in 'Hell's Kitchen' as Chef Ramsay pulls a twist that puts everything on ice: Episode 4 recap |url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2018/hells-kitchen-recap-season-18-episode-4-chef-ramsay-hell-freezes-over-news/ |access-date=2023-05-05 |website=GoldDerby |language=en-US}}</ref>