Norman Vincent Peale

== Cultural references ==
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* In ''Power of the Plus Factor'' (p.&nbsp;39) Peale states that one of the most remarkable men he ever met was the Palestinian [[Musa Alami]].
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===Dated entries===
* Peale is sarcastically referred to as a "deep philosopher" in the 1959 [[Tom Lehrer]] song "[[It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier]]" (on the album ''[[An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer]]'').{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* Peale was the subject of the 1964 feature film, ''[[One Man's Way]]'', starring [[Don Murray (actor)|Don Murray]].<ref>{{cite news | last =Thompson | first =Howard | title = One Man's Way' | newspaper =[[New York Times]] | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =March 12, 1964 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/1964/03/12/archives/one-mans-way.html | accessdate =September 19, 2022 }}</ref>
* A clip of Peale's radio program is heard briefly in the 1975 film ''[[Grey Gardens]]''.{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* In the 2004 [[Niels Mueller]] film, ''[[The Assassination of Richard Nixon]]'', the Jack Jones character played by [[Jack Thompson (actor)|Jack Thompson]] tries to convince his employee Samuel J. Bicke ([[Sean Penn]]), a disillusioned salesman with a history of short-lived jobs, to truly believe in the products he is selling, and to follow the concept of positive thinking, he asking his son to give Bicke a couple of books, one of which is Peale's 1952 ''[[The Power of Positive Thinking|The Power...]]''.{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* Peale appears as a character in the 2006 [[Grey Gardens (musical)|Grey Gardens musical]], based on the eponymous 1975 film.{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* A widely reprinted editorial in the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' stated that the 2006 book and DVD ''[[The Secret (2006 film)|The Secret]]'' both borrow on Peale's ideas, and that ''The Secret'' suffers from some of the same weaknesses as Peale's works.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-feb-13-oe-klein13-story.html |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=January 13, 2007|title=Wish for a cake -- and eat it too |first=Karin |last=Klein |date=February 13, 2007 }}</ref>

===Undated entries===
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* The ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' episode "The Smell of Music" portrays a wounded soldier, [[Jordan Clarke (actor)|Jordan Clarke]], who rejects counsel from Col. [[Sherman Potter]] ([[Harry Morgan]]), saying, "Doc, if there's one thing I don't need right now it's Norman Vincent Peale, so... save that "Everything's Gonna Be All Right" speech for someone else."{{when|date = January 2022}}{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* Peale is referred to in the song "The [[John Birch Society]]" by the [[Chad Mitchell Trio]] ("Norman Vincent Peale may think he's kidding us along ... he keeps on preaching brotherhood, but we know what he means&nbsp;...").{{when|date = January 2022}}{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* In the "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]" episode of ''[[The Simpsons]]'', a building with the sign "Birthplace of Norman Vincent Peale" is destroyed.{{when|date = January 2022}}{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* In the fourth episode ("The Bracelet") of the [[HBO]] show ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', [[Larry David]] calls [[Richard Lewis (comedian)|Richard Lewis]] "Norman Vincent Lewis" after he says, "Every day is a great day for me."{{when|date = January 2022}}{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* In the musical ''[[Li'l Abner (musical)|Li'l Abner]]'', General Bullmoose is reminded to take his "Norman Vincent Peale pill", and declares he's "not taking those Peale pills anymore. They make me think too positive."{{when|date = January 2022}}{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* In the graphic novel ''[[Watchmen]]'', [[Adrian Veidt]] is described as being "a little Norman Vincent Peale" after a vague explanation of how he achieved success in wealth and fitness.{{when|date = January 2022}}{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* Peale was profiled in an episode of the CNN series ''[[Race for the White House]]'', entitled "John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon".{{when|date = January 2022}}{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* In ''[[Too Much and Never Enough]]'', [[Mary L. Trump]] described Peale as a charlatan.{{when|date = January 2022}}{{citation needed|date = January 2022}}
* In the video game ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II]], players see the quote "It's always too soon to quit!" from Peale upon death. {{when|date = October 2022}}{{citation needed|date = October 2022}}