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==Popular culture== *For a period of time, it was used as the theme song to ''[[Ramblin' Rod Anders|The Ramblin' Rod Show]]'', a children's morning cartoon show.<ref name="libby2002">{{Cite news|journal=[[Willamette Week]]|url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-1023-requiem-for-ramblin-rod.html|url-status=live|archive-date=1 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701232157/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-1023-requiem-for-ramblin-rod.html|title=REQUIEM FOR RAMBLIN' ROD: Portland's favorite kiddie show host is dead, but not forgotten.|publisher=Mark Zusman|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-24|quote=To cheers from a bleacher full of tots, each morning Ramblin' Rod sailed into camera view on a ersatz tugboat made of fiberboard, while [[Henry Mancini]]'s "Baby Elephant Walk" played in the background. His uniform was always the same: polyester slacks and a cardigan sweater covered in pins that said things like "{{tooltip|2=I'm with Stupid is a jovial insult, best known as a popular slogan for novelty T-shirts.|I'm with Stupid}}" or "[[Gerald Ford#1976 presidential election|Ford in '76]]," all gifts from his pint-sized followers.|first=Brian|last=Libby|date=21 May 2002}}</ref> *[[Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra]] recorded the song as "Tiny Elephant Parade" on their 1990 album ''Ska Para Toujou''.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}} * The first few seconds of the song were interpolated in the 1980 arcade game ''[[Crazy Climber]]'' as the 5-second intro tune to each building (level). * In 1986, the song was featured in ''[[Cheers]]'' season 5 episode 10: "Everyone Imitates Art", in which Woody whistles the song. * In 1990 the song was featured in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' season 2 episode 5: "[[Dancin' Homer]]", in which a drunk Homer dances to the song which inspires the Springfield Isotopes baseball team to win. *In 1994 [[Willi One Blood]] sampled the melody of "Baby Elephant Walk" for the chorus of the song "Whiney Whiney (What Really Drives Me Crazy)" as featured on the soundtrack for the film ''[[Dumb and Dumber]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|editor-first=Larry|editor-last=Flick|title=Single Reviews : New & Noteworthy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59|via=Google Books|magazine=Billboard|date=21 January 1995|accessdate=15 July 2016|page=59|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|issn=0006-2510|quote=[[Willi One Blood]]: Whiney Whiney (What Really Drives Me Crazy) ... Pop minded reggae artists aims to enjoy radio success à la [[Ini Kamoze]] with a maddeningly catchy ditty that melts sexy and silly rhymes over a jaunting groove that borrows heavily from [[Henry Mancini]]'s "Baby Elephant Walk" and "[[You Really Got Me]]" by [[the Kinks]].}}</ref> *In 1996 the song was featured in ''[[Friends]]'' season 3 episode 7: "The One with the Race Car Bed". Joey hums the song during the episode's opening scene. *In 2016, the song was used in a [[Land Rover]] TV ad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.adbreakanthems.com/adverts/land-rover-evoque-city-safari/|title=Land Rover Evoque - City Safari UK TV Advert Song / Music|website=Adbreakanthems|access-date=24 March 2020|url-status=live|archive-date=21 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221114806/https://www.adbreakanthems.com/adverts/land-rover-evoque-city-safari/|quote=This new Land Rover Evoque spot takes MOR maestro Henry Mancini’s 1961 hit Baby Elephant Tune out for a spin in today’s urban sprawl.}}</ref>
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