Cheese in Pop Culture

A self-indulgent exercise. Voila:

In Pop Culture/Art:

Monty Python’s “Cheese Shop”- This hilarious skit features a man getting progressively more frustrated with the apparent lack of cheese in a certain cheese shop. In the end, the man is driven to drastic measures towards the shop-keeper. I can say no more.

Modest Mouse’s “Mice Eat Cheese”- A slow, strange song with a comic edge, this song describes someone who picks up a case of “factory outlet beer” and then goes home, even though they do not want to be alone. And yet, this description is followed by the refrain “Mice eat cheese/ and for the most part they do as they please then/ cat comes home/ mice don’t feel very free to walk around”. There may be a deep metaphor here that I am missing, yet I do believe this song is simply somewhat self-indulgent and random. I personally think it’s lovely.

In Pop Culture/Slang

Say Cheese- Generally said by a person taking a picture of one or several persons, with the intent of causing them to look like they are smiling.
Cut the Cheese- This refers to the act of flatulence.
How Cheesy- Used similarly to “corny”, this refers to something’s being over-the-top, tacky, and/or ridiculous/embarrassing.
Cheezin’- A big, dorky ear-to-ear grin.