The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards (TV Special 1980)
clips"Sneak Previews" Being There/The Fog/Chapter Two/American Gigolo/Fatso (TV Episode 1980)
Clips shown"Sneak Previews" Oscar Special 1980 (TV Episode 1980)
Clips featuredHollywood: The Gift of Laughter (TV Movie 1982)
Chauncy Gardner is introduced to the President of the USA.Precious Images (Short 1986)
Little Caesar (1931)
Jezebel (1938)
Captain Kangaroo (TV Series 1955–1992)
The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series 1962–1971)
The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) (TV Series 1965–1980)
- Jerzy Kosinski talks about the movie he adapted from his novel
- marquee shown in background when Chong is going to the hotel
Eyes of a Stranger (1981)
The theater Jane and David are seen leaving has the film poster for Being There displayed outside. It is rather visible as they walk by."Knots Landing" Secrets (TV Episode 1981)
There is a poster for the film in Marni's apartment.- Referenced during the "Terms of Endearment" review.
Double Indemnity (1944)
Music featured in- When Chance (Peter Sellers) meets the journalist at the dinner party at 1h37min, and says, "Hello Ronald, how are you?", he answers "Just fine", and Chance says "Good, I am fine too. Yes, good. We are fine." In Strangelove, President Merkin Muffley (also Sellers) has with the Soviet Premier over the phone in Dr. Strangelove: "Good... Well, it's good that you're fine and... and I'm fine... I agree with you, it's great to be fine..."
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Chance shows concern for the care of a tree in a polluted city, much like Maude in Hal Ashby's 1971 film.The Godfather (1972)
"Not Necessarily the News" Episode #2.8 (TV Episode 1984)
Includes a trailer for "Being There: The Final Chapter," starring Richard Nixon."Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Episode dated 24 September 2010 (TV Episode 2010)
Playing Justin Bieber, Jimmy Fallon imitates the film's final scene on a pond- One of Katie's short films: 'Going There'
Barbie (2023)
The scene where Ken gets a first long look at the real world is based on that of Chance.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)