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==In popular culture== * The name "Okefenokee" has appeared many times in American pop culture, including [[Walt Kelly]]'s [[comic strip]] ''[[Pogo (comic strip)|Pogo]]'', where the characters made their home in the Okefenokee Swamp, and ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', in which [[List of Scooby-Doo characters#Scooby-Dum|Scooby-Dum]] comes from the Okefenokee as well. * The 1941 movie ''[[Swamp Water]]'', directed by [[Jean Renoir]], starring [[Walter Brennan]] and [[Walter Huston]], and based on the novel by [[Vereen Bell]], was shot on location in the Okefenokee near Waycross, Georgia. * The 1952 movie ''[[Lure of the Wilderness]]'', a remake of ''Swamp Water'' starring [[Jeffrey Hunter]], Walter Brennan (reprising his ''Swamp Water'' role), and [[Jean Peters]], was set in the Okefenokee Swamp.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/lure-of-the-wilderness/|access-date=July 21, 2013 |title=Lure of the Wilderness|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> * In 1974, two [[LP record]]ings of the sounds of the swamp were released as disk 6 of the ''[[Environments (album series)|Environments]]'' series. * [[Monster Mansion|Tales of the Okefenokee]] was a [[Old Mill (ride)|mill chute]] ride at [[Six Flags Over Georgia]] that ran from 1967 to 1980, with theming inspired by the [[Uncle Remus]] stories of [[Joel Chandler Harris]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Defunctland: The History of the Terrifying Splash Mountain Predecessor, Tales of the Okefenokee | date=March 7, 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rghHLkqVE0A |access-date=2023-05-15}}</ref> * The 1976 movie [[Gator (film)|Gator]], starring and directed by [[Burt Reynolds]], and the title song of the same name by [[Jerry Reed]], are set in the Okefenokee swamp. <ref>{{Citation |title=Jerry Reed β Gator |url=https://genius.com/Jerry-reed-gator-lyrics |access-date=2025-02-20}}</ref> * An illustrated children's book, ''Deep in the Swamp'' by Donna M. Bateman (2007), describes the plant and animals of the Okefenokee Swamp.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Deep in the Swamp |url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258676.Deep_in_the_Swamp |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Goodreads}}</ref>
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