Socks (cat)
Cultural references: #proveit
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* Socks was featured prominently in an episode of the sitcom ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' in December 1993 entitled "Sox and the Single Girl," in which Socks is inadvertently removed from the White House during a press dinner.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/murphy-brown/sox-and-the-single-girl/episode/35628/summary.html |title="Murphy Brown": Sox and the Single Girl |website=[[TV.com]] }} |
* Socks was featured prominently in an episode of the sitcom ''[[Murphy Brown]]'' in December 1993 entitled "Sox and the Single Girl," in which Socks is inadvertently removed from the White House during a press dinner.{{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/murphy-brown/sox-and-the-single-girl/episode/35628/summary.html |title="Murphy Brown": Sox and the Single Girl |website=[[TV.com]] }} |
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* On the April 1, 1994, edition of ''[[Larry King Live]]'', a Muppet version of Socks was a special guest interviewed by [[Kermit the Frog]], who was guest hosting for [[Larry King]] at the time.{{cite web |author=Danny |date=April 2002 |url=http://www.toughpigs.com/anthking06.htm |title=April Frog's Day: Part Six: Watch What You Do |website=ToughPigs.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611115439/http://www.toughpigs.com/anthking06.htm |archive-date=June 11, 2011 }} |
* On the April 1, 1994, edition of ''[[Larry King Live]]'', a Muppet version of Socks was a special guest interviewed by [[Kermit the Frog]], who was guest hosting for [[Larry King]] at the time.{{cite web |author=Danny |date=April 2002 |url=http://www.toughpigs.com/anthking06.htm |title=April Frog's Day: Part Six: Watch What You Do |website=ToughPigs.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611115439/http://www.toughpigs.com/anthking06.htm |archive-date=June 11, 2011 }} |
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* Socks was to be the subject of a canceled 1993 video game entitled ''[[Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] and [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]] platforms.{{cite web |last=G. |first=Evan |url=http://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0094 |title=Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill |work=Snes Central |date=April 1, 2012 |access-date=December 11, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064222/http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0094 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }} The game was released in 2018.{{ |
* Socks was to be the subject of a canceled 1993 video game entitled ''[[Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill]]'' for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] and [[Sega Mega Drive|Sega Genesis]] platforms.{{cite web |last=G. |first=Evan |url=http://snescentral.com/article.php?id=0094 |title=Socks the Cat Rocks the Hill |work=Snes Central |date=April 1, 2012 |access-date=December 11, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208064222/http://www.snescentral.com/article.php?id=0094 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }} The game was released in 2018 as an unlicensed Super NES cartridge.{{Cite web |last=Meslow |first=Scott |date=November 8, 2016 |title=Today, Let Us Remember the Bizarre-Ass Video Game About Hillary Clinton's Cat |url=https://www.gq.com/story/hillary-clinton-socks-the-cat-video-game |access-date=2026-04-21 |website=GQ |language=en-US}} |
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* In his announcement of the [[Next Generation Internet Program]] in 1996, President Clinton said, "When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the World Wide Web. Now even my cat has its own page."{{cite web |last=Gromov |first=Gregory |url=https://www.netvalley.com/ |title=A New Home for the Mind |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720213401/http://www.netvalley.com/ |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=June 3, 2025 }} |
* In his announcement of the [[Next Generation Internet Program]] in 1996, President Clinton said, "When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the World Wide Web. Now even my cat has its own page."{{cite web |last=Gromov |first=Gregory |url=https://www.netvalley.com/ |title=A New Home for the Mind |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720213401/http://www.netvalley.com/ |archive-date=July 20, 2011 |url-status=live |access-date=June 3, 2025 }} |
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* [[Steve Bell (cartoonist)|Steve Bell]]'s long running cartoon series ''[[If... (comic)|If...]]'' in ''[[The Guardian]]'' included Socks as a recurring character with more influence on politics than is generally assumed.{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Steve |date=10 November 2008 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cartoon/2008/nov/10/obama-white-house |title=Socks Is Back |work=The Guardian |access-date=June 3, 2025 }} |
* [[Steve Bell (cartoonist)|Steve Bell]]'s long running cartoon series ''[[If... (comic)|If...]]'' in ''[[The Guardian]]'' included Socks as a recurring character with more influence on politics than is generally assumed.{{cite news |last=Bell |first=Steve |date=10 November 2008 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cartoon/2008/nov/10/obama-white-house |title=Socks Is Back |work=The Guardian |access-date=June 3, 2025 }} |
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