Cass Elliot British play and film "Beautiful Thing" feature her recordings, and one character reflects on her memories of Elliot. Elliot was the subject of a 2004 stage production in Dublin, "The Songs of Mama Cass", with Kristin Kapelli performing main vocals. The name “Mama Cass” is mentioned at the end of the 2009 film “The Proposal” The song "Mama, I Remember You Now" by the Swedish artist Marit Bergman is a tribute to Elliot. The Frank Zappa song "We're Turning Again" references the urban legend of Cass choking to death. "We can visit Big Mama, we can whap her on the
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