In 2019, Saturday Night Live aired a sketch called “Cheques,” a mock bank commercial that plays up the scandalous drama of check-writing — “because there’s nothing like furiously scribbling on a piece of paper, tearing it, flicking your wrist and saying ‘I trust this will suffice.’”
“Best of all, checks are easy,” vamps actress Sandra Oh, giving a check logistics lesson for unaware youngsters as she taps on a blank check. “Here: his name. Here: how much. Here: the same, but with letters.”