Just how popular is our beloved show? Check out the TV shows, movies, and other places where "Will & Grace" has been mentioned or send me some you've noticed that aren't listed below.
In the May 2004 issue of Allure Magazine, when Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen were asked wether they prefer 'Will or Grace', both replied that they prefer 'Jack and Karen'.
In Adam Sandler's "Chanukah Song Part 3", one of the lyrics is: "Ross and Phoebe from 'Friends' say the Hanukkah blessing, So does Lenny's pal Squiggy and "Will & Grace"'s Debra Messing!"
During an interview with Marcellus, an evictee from "Big Brother 3", he had this to say about "Will & Grace": "My dream would be to be written onto 'Will & Grace' as Will's boyfriend, and then to meet the guy who plays Jack, and hook up with him in real life."
In the film "Josie & the Pussycats", there's a part where Josie is listening to something that's telling her how great she is and part of it goes like this: "You should have your own TV show, we'll air it after 'Will & Grace'!".
One of the recent answers in "Jeopardy" was: "This 'Will & Grace' star's big screen debute was in 'Risky Business'. The question was of course, "Who is Megan Mullally?"
In an old episode of "3rd Rock From the Sun", they had the aliens travel to an alternate universe where Harry was the President of NBC. During one meeting to discuss a timetable change, he suggested making "Will & Grace" an hour long. I think he suggested, "A half hour of Will and a half hour of Grace". And the audience went nuts; they were all cheering!
Submitted by Alice: In "Dawson's Creek", Jen and this gay guy, Jack, got drunk and ended up kissing or something, and Jen went "Will" to him and he went "Grace". And can you believe that there is another gay Jack on TV, and his last name ends with 'Mc'?!
On one episode of "Hollywood Squares", Tom Bergeron asked "What is the world's most popular fruit?". Bruce Vilanch replied, "Uh...that guy on 'Will & Grace'."
In an episode of SNL, during the Weekend Update segment, one of Tina Fey's bits was: "At the 12th annual GLAAD Media Awards for positive portrayals of gays and lesbians, Showtime's 'Queer As Folk' won for best drama and 'Will & Grace' won for best comedy. So better luck next year to the zero other nominees."
In his monologue, Jay Leno mentioned a group of pro-gay, pro-gun NRA members: "They said their favourite hour of TV is 'Will & Grace' followed by "Just Shoot Me".
During the opening of "The Kids In The Hall" 2002 tour, "Tour of Duty", Scott Thompson is complaining to his agent that he's sick of only getting gay roles. Right before he hangs up the phone, he shouts, "No I don't want to be on 'Will & Grace'!".
Submitted by Betty: In the most recent episode of "Friends", Lisa Kudrow was flipping through In Style Wedding magazine which has Megan Mullally on the cover.
In the book "The Daily Show Presents America: The Book" (on page 153) there is a section on the various corporations and what you can get if you own them. General Electric, which owns NBC, is mentioned, and one part says "We don't think you'll want to miss a personalized tour of Siberia's largest hydroelectric dam. Especially the way Will and Grace's Megan Mullally gives it."