Old Time Rock and Roll the 1983 film "Risky Business", starring Tom Cruise. Cruise's character, Joel Goodson, famously lip-syncs and dances in his underwear as this song plays after his parents leave him home alone. In 1986, the song was also featured in the TV series ""ALF"", in a caricature of the before mentioned Tom cruise scene, in which Alf has similarly been left home alone and trashed the house. Activision created a series of "" television commercials directed by Brett Ratner based on the scene, each featuring a different set of celebrities lip-sync to the lyrics while using the new instrument controllers. The first
Tom Nash (Home and Away) to film the show's 3,000th episode special in 2001. Tom was described as a sporty, good-looking guy, with an eye for the ladies. Squires called Tom "a very down-to-earth teenager who simply wants to find his own way in life." Tom liked to please his parents, although there was often tension between him and his father, who had high expectations for him. Tom became involved in a "shocking" relationship with local policewoman Terri Garner (Alyson Standen; Amelia Longhurst), who was much older than him. He later dated Justine Welles (Bree Desborough) and competed with his friend Vinnie Patterson (Ryan Kwanten)