 In the episode, Petty gets bumped from the show and nearly comes to blows with Greg Kinnear.Petty appeared in the 1997 film "The Postman", directed by and starring Kevin Costner, as the Bridge City Mayor (from the dialogue it is implied that he is playing a future history version of himself).In 2002, he appeared on "The Simpsons" in the episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation", along with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Lenny Kravitz, Elvis Costello, and Brian Setzer.