Señor Wences

   At the end of a 1959 episode[episode needed] of the cartoon series Quick Draw McGraw, Quick Draw McGraw and his sidekick Baba Looey repeat the famous lines of "S'awriiiight". The line is also used in The Munsters, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Cheers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Wacky Races, Mad Men, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Roger Ramjet.
   In early episodes of The Jetsons,[10] George's watch reads the time in Johnny's voice, and responds with Pedro's "'sawright'" when George thanks it.
   In the 1965 Chilly Willy cartoon "Half-Baked Alaska", Chilly and Smedly did a routine similar to the "Nice? Nice" act. A similar gag happens at the end of "Pesty Guest", produced that same year.
   In the 1979 movie The In-Laws, a South American dictator speaks to the protagonists indirectly, via a "Johnny"-like character drawn on his hand named "Señor Pepe." At that point, any doubts they may have had about his sanity are confirmed.
   On CHEERS, Season 10, Episode 19- Rich Man, Wood Man (02/20/92). During an argument between Woody and Kelly, Sam says, "It's like arguing with Senor Wences"
   In "Fat Butt and Pancake Head", a 2003 episode of the animated television series South Park, Eric Cartman creates a hand puppet in the style of Señor Wences' Johnny. Cartman and the puppet also go through several of Señor Wences's classic routines.
   In The Simpsons episode Homer Vs Patty and Selma, Bart claims he can have fun all by himself, he makes a hand puppet, which he then asks 'S'awriiight?' repeatedly, before bursting into laughter.
   In Disney's Aladdin, there are two references to Señor Wences. The first happens when Aladdin first meets the Genie, (Robin Williams) who describing himself as "often imitated", employs a dummy and a high-pitched, Spanish-accented voice similar to Johnny. The second is near the end of the film, when Aladdin suggests Jafar wish to be a genie. The Genie makes a Johnny-like hand puppet.
   In the Sam & Max comic book, Bad Day on the Moon, Max spends a brief time as disembodied spirit in possession of Sam's hand, taking on the appearance of a Johnny-type puppet, except with bunny ears, and saying the "S'awright" line.
   In the novel Caramelo, one of the characters meets Señor Wences in a Chicago jail cell.
   In the movie America's Sweethearts, when Lee Phillips (Billy Crystal) urges Dave Kingman (Stanley Tucci) that they have to make a film with a director that Phillips insists is a genius, Kingman responds, "No, there's only one genius in this business, and that was Señor Wences. A little lipstick, some hair, and his hand, and the guy had a career for 85 years!"
   On the July 14, 2009 episode of The Colbert Report, host Stephen Colbert used a Johnny-like character named Senator Wences to question Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor during her confirmation hearing.
   In the May 20, 2010 The Rush Limbaugh Show, Limbaugh derisively referred to the President of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, as Señor Wences and gave a short review of who Señor Wences is. Limbaugh explained the comparison as Calderón seemed to be a puppet, articulating US President Barack Obama's philosophies during the State visit press conference on May 19, 2010.
   In "Noshing and Moshing," the 15th episode of Freaks and Geeks, Neil performs the "S'awriiiight" call and reply gag with his painted hand and a box.
   In the March 29, 2012 episode of "30 Rock" ("The Shower Principle"), the character Jenna Maroney, after catching her hand in a mousetrap hidden in a refrigerator, shouts in pain, "But I'm auditioning to play Senor Wences' wife tomorrow!"
   In the season 2 episode of Mad Men entitled "For Those Who Think Young," Paul Kinsey opens and closes his satchel while saying "S'awliright." Señor Wences is also mentioned in the season 6 Mad Men episode "Collaborators."[11]
   A song called The Man With The Laughing Hand Is Dead (which appears on the Melvins' album The Crybaby), written by Bliss Blood in collaboration with the Melvins, is a peculiar dirge for Señor Wences. It is based upon the picture of the aftermath following Wences' death. It mentions Wences' characters Johnny and Pedro, among other things, and uses excerpts of a recording of Wences' performing one of his numbers called Deefeecult For You - Easy For Me.
   In the stage comedy Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, by Christopher Durang (2013 Tony Award winner for Best Play), Vanya reminisces about Señor Wences' act during his Act 2 harangue against Spike, mimicking Wences' routine by making a hand puppet and alternatively using a high and low voice.