sings most of "The Gambler's" dialog, then falls asleep just as Rogers concludes the song's story. After he dies, The Gambler's spirit rises from his Muppet body, singing backup and dances to the song's last two choruses, and lets a deck of cards fly from his hand before fading away. A caricature parody of Kenny Rogers singing the song appeared in the 1993 Pinky and the Brain short "Bubba Bo Bob Brain" (season 1, episode 34). The lyrics to this version were changed to refer to Go Fish: "You gotta know how to cut 'em, know how to shuffle, know how to deal the cards before you play fish with me." In the series King of the Hill, “The Gambler” is repeatedly shown to be one of lead character Hank Hill's favorite songs. In the 2007 episode of The Office "Beach Games," Kevin Malone sings the verses of the song in the bus while the rest of the staff joins him for the chorus. This was a nod to Kevin's gambling problem. Film The song is played in the 2019 Richard Jewell (film) directed by Clint Eastwood. The song was featured in the trailer for the 2021 film Army of the Dead. The song was featured in the 2021 film King Richard. The song is played in the film Dog, released in 2022. Other Country Yossi parodied the song in the 1980s on his Wanted album as "The Rabbi". On July 21, 2009, the song was released for the music game Rock Band as a playable track as part of the "Rock Band Country Track Pack" compilation disc. It was made available via digital download on at the end of 2009. A 2014 Geico television commercial features Rogers singing part of the song a cappella during a card game, to the displeasure of the other players. In the 2016 video game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Spirit of Justice, this happens on one occasion in the game's fifth case: If Apollo Justice presents the wrong evidence, Phoenix recounts something about a gambler singing the first part of the chorus, after which the judge chimes in that he likes the song before singing the rest of the chorus. Apollo, embarrassed, thinks, "I don't know what's worse: the penalty, or their singing." References External links Lyrics of this song 1978 singles 1978 songs Bobby Bare songs Johnny Cash songs Kenny Rogers songs