Pennysaver

In popular culture

In Donna Tartt's 1992 novel The Secret History, the Pennysaver is mentioned in Chapter 7.

The Pennysaver plays a significant role in the 2007 film Juno, in which the main character, Juno, searches for adoptive parents for her unborn child in the publication.

In a Season 6 episode of The Golden Girls, Episode 18: "Older and Wiser," both Rose and Blanche are hired to model for a local pennysaver. The two begin to bicker over who has the prettier face and hands, but the joke is on them: When the pennysaver is delivered, they find out that they appear in an ad for beauty cream—as "before" models.

In a Season 3 episode of the CBS comedy Two and a Half Men, Episode 10: "Something Salty and Twisted", Alan Harper, played by Jon Cryer, has a feature article written of him titled "ALAN HARPER: Good Doctor, Good Neighbor, Good Guy." in the Tarzana PennySaver. It is revealed that to be featured in the article he had to buy advertisements in the paper.

In a Season 1 episode of the NBC comedy Save Me, Episode 6: "Heavenly Hostess", Beth Harper, played by Anne Heche, is told by God that she needs to have a garage sale. After multiple people start showing up to her address for a yard sale that was advertised in the PennySaver, she comes to the realization that God placed the ad in the PennySaver to make sure that she has her garage sale on that specific day.

In a Season 6 episode of the NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, Episode 3: "The Pawnee-Eagleton Tip Off Classic", Ron Swanson, played by Nick Offerman, receives the Pawnee PennySaver in the mail at his girlfriend's residence, which sends him on an overzealous quest to get off the grid. When Ron asks, “Who or what is PennySaver?”, Tom Haverford, played by Aziz Ansari, responds, “It’s a free circular with a bunch of coupons in it”.

In a Season 5 episode of the CBS drama NCIS: Los Angeles, Episode 13: "Allegiance", when Special Agent G. Callen and Special Agent Sam Hanna (played by Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J) interview a suspect, they are surprised to find that he isn't a threat, but instead an ambitious entrepreneur wanting to get his brand out there with his chosen method, the PennySaver.

In a Season 1 episode of Young Sheldon, Episode 4: Sheldon is taken to a psychiatrist to overcome his fear of eating solid food. While he and his folks sit on the couch, Sheldon's father asks him if he has a coupon from the pennysaver, to save some money.

In the 2011 non-fiction book It Chooses You, author Miranda July interviewed thirteen PennySaver sellers in Los Angeles.

References

References

1. (September 19, 2013). "OPENGATE CAPITAL SIGNS AGREEMENT TO ACQUIRE PENNYSAVER FROM HARTE-HANKS, INC.". opengatecapital.com.
2. "PennySaver Goes Out Of Business After 50 Years Without Notice, Shocking Workers". CBS.
3. "Archived copy".
4. (2016-04-12). "The PennySaver is coming back nearly a year to the day it was shuttered". Orange County Register.
5. Tartt, Donna. (1992). "The Secret History". [[Vintage Books]].
6. [http://goldengirls.zxq.net/epiguide.htm The Golden Girls Forever Episode Guide]
7. [http://corporate.blog.pennysaverusa.com/2013/06/14/even-god-places-ads-in-the-pennysaver/ Even God Places Ads in the PennySaver] {{webarchive. link. (2014-10-26)
8. [http://corporate.blog.pennysaverusa.com/2013/10/08/the-pawnee-pennysaver/ The Pawnee PennySaver] {{webarchive. link. (2014-10-26)
9. [http://corporate.blog.pennysaverusa.com/2014/01/21/ncis-los-angeles-knows-about-the-benefits-of-advertising-in-the-pennysaver/ NCIS: Los Angeles Knows About the Benefits of Advertising in the PennySaver] {{webarchive. link. (2014-10-28)