Trader Vic's was delayed when the Corbin Park developer filed for bankruptcy in 2010. Construction activity began resuming in 2012; however, a new completion date for Trader Vic's has not been announced. The song "Werewolves of London," a Top 40 hit co-written by Warren Zevon and appearing on his 1978 album Excitable Boy, contains the line "I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vic's," presumably referring to the chain's London location. The restaurant is also referenced by Bill Murray's character Frank Cross to John Forsythe's character Lew Hayward in the 1988 movie "Scrooged." Trader Vic's Trader Vic's is a
Warren Zevon music video from a new compilation, "". The video, titled "She's Too Good for Me," aired every hour on the hour throughout the day. First and last issues of the Zevon albums "Stand in the Fire" and "The Envoy" were released on March 27, 2007, by Rhino Records, alongside a Rhino re-issue of "Excitable Boy", with the three CDs having four unreleased bonus tracks each. Noteworthy rarities include the outtakes "Word of Mouth" and "The Risk" from the "Envoy" sessions and "Frozen Notes (Strings Version)", a melancholy outtake from "Excitable Boy" performed on acoustic piano with a string quartet. On