JorisE73 said:

ShellyMcG said:

JorisE73 said:

I don't know how any of these things work but could it be that Primary Wave (who seems to be reposible for advertising Prince in media or whatever) could have paid Disney to advertise Purple Rain in some form in there products?

You say you don't know how these things work but you probably know more than me . I'd say it's likely that someone has paid for it though. A subtle little advertisement for a possible Purple Rain SDE or just for the Prince brand in general. By that same token, I suppose it's possible that the costume designer on the movie is just a big Prince fan and decided to use the shirt.

I think you can't put a shirt of a brand (Prince and Purple Rain) in a movie without permission from the owners. So maybe Disney asked the Estate and paid them for the use or the Estate or PRimary Wave paid them for exposure and advertisement.
It's a bit like with the movie Nope, they had to ask the Estate for permission to us e that LOvesexy shirt in it

[Edited 6/2/25 15:36pm]

JorisE73 said:

TRIVIA: In which movie was the first reference to Prince made?

nayroo2002 said:

TrivialPursuit said:

That's what I'm saying. There was also a Prince t-shirt in The Breakfast Club (a movie with drug use if someone's clutching the pearls)

No, Ally Sheedy was actually studying the inner album sleeve of '1999'

there is a deleted scene when they find the album in a teacher's locker (or was it the Princapal?)

[Edited 6/5/25 1:21am]

OnlyNDaUsa said:

TRIVIA: In which movie was the first reference to Prince made?

That's a good trivia question, but I couldn't begin to guess.

If you're talking music, I still don't know. But I do remember "Sexy Dancer" in Summer Lovers (1982).

But before that, I can't really pinpoint anything.

Unbelievable we have to talk about a Prince T-shirt in some movie.

That's how exciting times are.

In two more days it's celebration. Did we hear a new snippet?

Nope.

I'm about to declear all things Prince dead in my own life.

TrivialPursuit said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

TRIVIA: In which movie was the first reference to Prince made?

That's a good trivia question, but I couldn't begin to guess.

If you're talking music, I still don't know. But I do remember "Sexy Dancer" in Summer Lovers (1982).

But before that, I can't really pinpoint anything.

the 1979 movie "The Glove"


https://youtu.be/2yBy3wT4yu0?t=2753 (45:53 if the link dosn't take you to that point)

It's like the requisite nerd thing to hate on Nirvana after admitting you formerly dug Nirvana. It's because the songs are like 3 chords a pop so we gotta condescend on how "evolved" our taste has come since our teenage years.

The fact that every successive generation gets heavy into Nirvana in their early teens before they eventually start trashing Nirvana in their late teens speaks for itself.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

TrivialPursuit said:

That's a good trivia question, but I couldn't begin to guess.

If you're talking music, I still don't know. But I do remember "Sexy Dancer" in Summer Lovers (1982).

But before that, I can't really pinpoint anything.

the 1979 movie "The Glove"


https://youtu.be/2yBy3wT4yu0?t=2753 (45:53 if the link dosn't take you to that point)

I think you just owned the hardcorest level ever.

BonnieC said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

BonnieC said:

I think you just owned the hardcorest level ever.

I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm pretty sure that was posted hear sometime ago. I just remember it being mentioned at some point. The fun part was going through that movie and finding the moment. But I can't take any credit for it. [Edited 6/6/25 1:08am]

Aw OK then.
It stroke me as one of the earliest/rarest reference one could find.
It was meant as a compliment, so all props to the original digger.

BonnieC said:

OnlyNDaUsa said:

BonnieC said: I'm not sure what you mean, but I'm pretty sure that was posted hear sometime ago. I just remember it being mentioned at some point. The fun part was going through that movie and finding the moment. But I can't take any credit for it. [Edited 6/6/25 1:08am]

Aw OK then.
It stroke me as one of the earliest/rarest reference one could find.
It was meant as a compliment, so all props to the original digger.

Ok thanks! It almost has to be the first!

This is turning into a fun thread!
Allow me to recap some obvious ones:

Shaun Of The Dead

Pretty Woman

Unbreakable

The Simpsons (far from the only one)

Animaniacs

Flight Of The Con chords

[Edited 6/6/25 15:06pm]

Gett Off is played in the striptease bar scene of John Landis' "Innocent Blood". I can't find find the video on youtube, probably because of the barenaked ladies in that scene.

The last huge Prince reference (for me) was the wonderful, surprise performance of "Gett Off" in 'Coming 2 America'