Editing Fats Waller (section)

==In popular culture==
* Waller is the subject of the Irish poet [[Michael Longley]]'s "Elegy for Fats Waller".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://beck.library.emory.edu/BelfastGroup/browse.php?id=longley1_10282#longley1_10271 |title=Workshop Poems – The Belfast Group |website=Beck.library.emory.edu |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-date=October 31, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031003221/http://beck.library.emory.edu/BelfastGroup/browse.php?id=longley1_10282#longley1_10271 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Waller's version of "[[Louisiana Fairytale]]" was used for many years as the theme song to the American television series ''[[This Old House]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tv/faqs#toh7 |title=FAQs &#124; This Old House TV |publisher=This Old House |access-date=June 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329034912/http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/tv/faqs#toh7 |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Waller's church organ music featured prominently in [[David Lynch]]'s film ''[[Eraserhead]]'' in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.davidlynch.de/headmusic.html |title=David Lynch's Eraserhead Soundtrack |website=DavidLynch.de |access-date=June 27, 2014}}</ref>
* In [[Michel Gondry]]'s 2008 film ''[[Be Kind Rewind]]'', the character Elroy Fletcher (portrayed by [[Danny Glover]]) tried to find proof that Fats Waller was born in [[Passaic, New Jersey]] at the site of his titular video rental store. He was unable to find any proof of it. Later on in the film, after the "Sweded" videos were destroyed because of copyright violations, his employer Mike (portrayed by [[Mos Def]]) led him and some people in their neighborhood in making an [[alternate history]] documentary about Fats Waller with Mike portraying Fats Waller.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/22/comedy|title=Be Kind Rewind|first=Peter|last=Bradshaw|date=February 22, 2008|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref>
* The story of Fats Waller's performance at [[Al Capone]]'s birthday party was told in the ''[[Mysteries at the Museum]]'' Season 21 episode "[[Mysteries at the Museum#Season 21 (2018)|Columbus and the Mermaid, Skyscraper Snafu and Stealing the Show]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Travel Channel Schedule|url=http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/tv-schedule.2018.08.08.CST|website=Travelchannel.com|access-date=July 31, 2018}}</ref>
* In 1950, the story of Fats Waller was retold as "The Shy Boy" in the weekly ''[[Destination Freedom]]'' radio drama, written by [[Richard Durham]].<ref>"[https://archive.org/details/DestinationFreedom/DF_50-06-11_ep094-The_Shy_Boy.mp3 The Shy Boy]", ''[[Destination Freedom]]''</ref>
*”Ain't Misbehavin'” by Fats Waller is featured in Diamond City Radio, a virtual station in the video game, ''[[Fallout 4]]'', and likewise in its successor, ''[[Fallout 76]]'', in its virtual Appalachia Radio. Included in the games' soundtracks, the composition enhances the retro post-apocalyptic atmosphere, receiving positive player reception for its nostalgic and immersive contribution to the experience.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ8fWP6a3Q4|title=Fats Waller - Ain't Misbehavin' (Audio)|date=September 17, 2019 |access-date=January 4, 2024|via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Fats Waller's "Jitterbug Waltz" also stars in 2007's ''[[BioShock]]''.
* In “Another Man’s Moccasins”, a Walt Longmire mystery #4, by Craig Johnson, the protagonist, Walter Longmire, plays “A Good Man is Hard to Find” credited to Fats Waller during a flashback to the Vietnam war and later while solving a murder mystery in Wyoming.