A remixed version by Junkie XL is featured in the video game "Destroy All Humans!". New York television personality Clay Cole wrote about the early years of rock 'n' roll and live television in his memoirs, "Sh-Boom! The Explosion of Rock 'n' Roll (1953–1968)", published by Morgan James Books. "Sh-Boom" was parodied by Stan Freberg. Another parody, as a singing Lucky Strike cigarette commercial by the Sportsmen Quartet, appeared on the October 31, 1954, Jack Benny radio show. Comic Ronnie Golden wrote a parody, "Shoe Bomb," on the subject of the British terrorist Richard Reid. The song appeared in the video game "Mafia II" (2010).