Television

Various television shows have also had a field day poking fun at the urban legend, some examples of this are listed below:


* In an episode of the sitcom ALF, Alf believed that his neighbor was actually Elvis after he took a peanut butter and banana sandwich.

* The TV show Eerie Indiana featured Elvis in the show's introduction, suggesting that he was alive and well living in 'Eerie'.

* The BBC television show called Give My Head Peace had a Christmas special entitled "The King and I"[1]. This featured a plot line of Elvis saving one of the characters (Andy) from a very dangerous situation. After telling his friends the story, everyone is convinced that he is suffering from mental illness and in a bid to save him from the psychiatric ward, Mervyn (Andy's friend) takes him to Graceland to show him Elvis' grave and shock him back to reality. The plan backfires and Andy insists on digging up Elvis' coffin to check inside. After being chased back to Belfast, Mervyn is shocked into believing Andy in a comedy ending when Elvis himself (played by impersonator Martin Fox) pops around to check if Andy is OK.

* In an early episode of In Living Color, they poked fun at Elvis sightings making a short spoof documentary similar to ones showing expeditions to find Bigfoot.

* In 1991 and 1992, actor/director Bill Bixby (who starred in two movies with Presley and was also one of Elvis' close friends) hosted a program live from Las Vegas titled The Elvis Files. People called in to ask questions to an "expert panel" on why they thought Elvis was alive. Radio shock jock Howard Stern even called in to make fun of the program. At the end of the show, the final results of the call-in poll stated people believed Elvis was alive.

* On an episode of The New WKRP in Cincinnati, someone called Les Nesman claiming to be Elvis, which later turned out to be a joke by a rival station.

* On an episode of The Fairly Odd Parents, Chester and his dad stumble upon a "underground sandhouse" where Elvis is living.

* An episode of science fiction television series Sliders features the character Rembrandt Brown, a soul music singer, meeting a successful alternate version of himself who fakes his own death to escape the pressure of celebrity life, in reference to the alleged rumours concerning Elvis' death.

* In one of The Simpsons Halloween episodes several tombstones are shown. One of them reads: "Elvis: face it!"

* In another episode of "The Fairly Oddparents", Cosmo, a dimwitted fairy is looking for something and says "All I found was this cup (holding up the Holy Grail) and this guy (showing Timmy Elvis)!".


Trivia

* There is an official Elvis Sighting Society which is based at the Newport Restaurant in the Westboro section of Ottawa, Ontario. Restaurant Owner Moe Atallah is one of the founders of the group.

* Sightings of Elvis in the Yukon Territory are completely believable, since "Tagish" Elvis Presley, a local resident, has not only legally adopted the name, but dresses as Elvis and believes he is a reincarnation of Elvis.

* "Elvis" and "Lives" are anagrams of each other.

I found all this at.. http://elvis.y2u.co.uk/Elvis_Sightings.html