Supermarket Sweep/Sweep In Popular Culture

An episode of Laverne & Shirley was named "Supermarket Sweep". The title characters were Slotnik's one millionth customers. The man behind the counter said that they won a free shopping spree in the supermarket. They had 3:00 to grab everything they could get their hands on and whatever stuff they had must be over the line to be won. The hilarious duo shop like crazy. As soon as they have a heap of stuff, they get tired and all they win are two items.

On Late Night with David Letterman, Dave makes an appearance on Supermarket Sweep as one of his clips of the week. Dave coaches the shoppers while wearing an Ithaca sweatshirt and a whistle around his neck.

On the Married...with Children two-parter "You Better Shop Around", Al & Peggy Bundy compete against a rival in a shopping spree in the supermarket in which the Bundys are seeking refuge due to a broken air conditioner.

After Elmo watches a video about sleep on the popular Sesame Street ending segment, Elmo's World, there is a parody mentioned called "Supermarket Sleep".

A Nickelodeon kids' game in the 1990s better known as Nickelodeon Super Toy Run, hosted by Mike O'Malley had kids given 5 minutes to grab everything, which would be toys, before time was up. This was a similar concept to Sweep but it was toy shopping at Toys R Us.

In the Batman Beyond episode "Spellbound" from 1999, when Terry Mcginnis is ensorcelled and ransacking Wayne Manor, he hallucinates being on a game show called Supermarket Spree.

In 2005, Supermarket Sweep was briefly mention on a 1990 episode of VH1's I Love the 90s: Part Deux.

The Red Tag Special prop was used in the set of GSN's 50 Greatest Game Shows of All Time.

In 2016, as part of the "Cut For Time" unaired skit, Saturday Night Live (SNL) spoofed "Supermarket Sweep" as "Supermarket Spree", where (Melissa McCarthy) will stop at nothing to take out her competitor (Vanessa Bayer).

In 2017, an episode of Family Guy called "Cop and a Half-Wit" (the title itself is a parody of the 1993 film Cop and a Half), Peter runs through Joe's house for a whole minute and grabs a majority of his stuff.