airing 9/6/1978. Famous lines from the Director "Can they march backwards?" The band appeared in a Bob Hope special in October 1980 A member of the band, Gary Bittner, appeared as part of the introduction to each ABC-TV college football telecast during the 1988 college football season. Members of the band marched onto the Hollywood Squares television show season finale playing 76 Trombones to wish John Davidson good luck in a summer tour of The Music Man. The band played the theme from Jeopardy! on the 2001 College Championship broadcast of the show. The band has appeared on ESPN football College GameDay in Miami and Pasadena during football season. The band has appeared on basketball College GameDay at Pauley Pavilion, as well as Atlanta, Indianapolis and San Antonio during the NCAA basketball tournament. The band appeared on both CBS' The Early Show and NBC's Today Show in 2007. Members of the Marching Band Percussion Section appeared at the beginning of a new Paula Abdul video during the Super Bowl XLII Pregame Show on Fox. The band performed The Simpsons theme song at the end of the episode Lisa the Greek The band performed The Amazing Race theme on the premiere of the 24th season, aired on February 23, 2014Herb and Nate on the Season 24 Premiere, CBS, February 2014 ABC's The Goldbergs, Barry Goldberg’s Day Off episode, February 25, 2015. The Band played "The Mighty Bruins" and "Bang, Bang" on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on January 20, 2016. The Band played "Bruin Warriors" on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on October 12, 2016. The Band also appeared on this show in 2019. Members of the Drumline played on Lip Sync Battle on October 27, 2016. Twenty members of the Band recorded music for the ABC series Imaginary Mary for an episode entitled “Prom-Com” that aired on April 18, 2017. The recording session was held in a historic studio that was used by Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, and numerous others, including Michael Jackson for parts of his “Thriller” album! Commercial advertisements The band has appeared in television commercials for Southern Bell Southwestern Bell Federal Express ESPN's Sports Heaven (the Super Bowl XL commercial) McDonald's (chicken nuggets commercial) Honda Wendy's NCAA "Think of us as a marching band" promo was aired throughout March and April 2013. Delta Airlines Album and video media Dan Fogelberg album The Innocent Age A recording of the band