page_title: Ottumwa, Iowa
section_title: In popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Ottumwa, Iowa / Arts and culture / In popular culture
caption_attribution_description: English: View of Canteen Lunch in the Alley in Ottumwa Iowa I took on September 2, 2006. The Canteen is an Ottumwa institution, founded in 1936. This picture is also available on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/roemerman/234301229/
context_page_description: Ottumwa is a city in and the county seat of Wapello County, Iowa, United States. The population was 25,023 at the 2010 U.S. Census. Located in the state's southeastern section, the city is split into northern and southern halves by the Des Moines River.
context_section_description: Owl City - In his song "The 5th of July", Adam Young mentions Ottumwa as the town in which he was born.
  Cpl. "Radar" O'Reilly – Company clerk from M*A*S*H television series and books was from Ottumwa, Iowa.
  The movie The Tuskegee Airmen featured the character Hannibal "Iowa" Lee Jr. (played by Laurence Fishburne), who claimed Ottumwa as his hometown.
  The television movie The Woman Who Loved Elvis starring Roseanne Barr (then the wife of Ottumwa native Tom Arnold) was partially filmed in Ottumwa.
  In the sitcom Roseanne, Roseanne Connor's restaurant, the Lanford Lunch Box, was based on the Canteen Lunch in the Alley, in central downtown Ottumwa, which has been a stopping point for Ottumwans since the 1920s. Many famous patrons have been seen eating a "Canteen", a loose meat sandwich similar to a Maid-Rite.
caption: View of Canteen Lunch in the Alley
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