Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan Himself". An episode of Perry Como's TV show did a parody titled "Golf Widow". A Muppet Show season 1 episode (aired on 22 November 1976) featured Rowlf the Dog and Sam Eagle singing the song, with Sam clearly embarrassed at having to sing the word 'tit' (also asking the meaning of "obdurate"). The song is played during the film "Music for Ladies in Retirement" (1941) In the 1971 film "Whoever Slew Auntie Roo?", Shelley Winters as the title character sings "Tit-Willow" just before she is murdered. In John Wayne's last movie "The Shootist", made in 1976, Wayne and Lauren Bacall
Dust in the Sun playing the lead when Robinson wanted to increase the emphasis on the romantic subplot involving Bayard as he thought it was too old. Robinson then offered the lead to Tingwell, who claimed he was too short and wrong for the role, and he suggested Ken Wayne. Tingwell went on to act in "The Shiralee" (1957). Robinson was originally reluctant to work with Wayne and instead cast New Zealand actor Walter Brown. Jill Adams was imported from England to play the female lead. Maureen Lanagan was a Sydney model making her first film – Robinson also used models turned actors in