Paddle ball

In an early demonstration of 3-D effects, the carnival barker in House of Wax is shown doing tricks with a paddle ball to gain the attention of potential customers.

[7] In The Misfits, Marilyn Monroe is depicted provocatively whacking a paddle ball while wearing a polka-dot dress in a saloon in Dayton, Nevada.

[8] In Blazing Saddles, Mel Brooks (in his cameo as the cross-eyed governor) and Harvey Korman use a paddle ball to great comedic effect.

Korman's character performs tricks with relative ease and hands the paddle to Brooks, who can barely manage one hit.

[9] In the Pixar/Disney animated movie WALL-E, there is a brief scene in a montage where the titular robot loses control of a paddle ball and is struck repeatedly in the head.

In the DreamWorks Animation film Over the Hedge, RJ uses a paddleball by hitting it a few times, and then making the attached ball to get tied on the ceiling in order to go over Vincent to steal his food.

[12] The record for the most people in a paddle ball relay is 162, achieved by a team from Nike Digital Sport in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 20 February 2013.